horsse brydles by the space of a thousande and sixe hundreth furlonges The XV. Chapter ANd I sawe another signe in heuen grett mervellous .vii. angells havinge the seven laste plages for in thē is fulfylled the wrath of god And I sawe as it were a glassye see mingled with fyre and them that had gotten victory of the beest and of his ymage and of his marke and of the nombre of his name stonde on the glassye see hauinge y e harpes of God and they songe the songe of Moses the seruaunt of God and the songe of the lambe saynge Greate and maruellous are thy workes LORDE God almyghty iust and true are thy wayes thou kynge of sayntes Who shal not feare the O LORDE and gloryfie thy name For thou only are holy for all gētiles shall come and worshippe before the for thy iudgmentes are made manyfest And after that I loked and beholde the temple of the Tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen and the seuen angelles came out of the temple which had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynnē and hauynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles And one of the foure beestes gaue vnto the seuen angelles seuen golden vialles full of the wrath of God which liueth for euermore And the temple was full of smoke for the glory off God and for his power and no man was able to entre in to the temple tyll the seuen plages of the seuē angels were fulfilled The XVI Chapter ANd I herde a greate voyce out of the temple sayenge to the seuen angels go youre wayes poure out youre vialles of wrath vpon the earth And the fyrst went and poured out his viall vpon the earth and there fell a noysom◠a sore botch vpon the men which had the marke of the beest and vpon them that worshipped his ymage And the seconde angel shed out his viall vpō the see and it turned as it were in to the bloud of a deed man and euery lyuinge thinge dyed in the see And the thyrde angel shed out his vyall vpon the ryuers and fountaynes of waters and they turned to bloude And I herde an angel saye LORDE which art and wast thou art righteous and holy because thou hast geuē soche iudgmentes for they shed the bloude of sayntes and prophetes and therfore hast thou geuen them bloude to drynke for they are worthy And I herde another angell out of the aulter saye euen so LORDE God almighty true and righteous are thy iudgmentes And the fourth angell poured out his viall on the Sonne and power was geuen vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre And the men raged in gret heate and spake euell of the name of God which had power ouer those plages and they repented not to geue him glory And the fifte angell poured out his vyall vpon the seate of the beest and his kyngdome wexed derke and they gnewe their tonges for sorowe and blasphemed the God of heauē for sorowe and payne of their sores and repented not of their dedes And the sixte angell poured out his vyall vpon the gret ryuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the waye of the kynges of the Easte shulde be prepared And I sawe thre vncleane spretes kike frogges come out of the mouth of the dragon and out off the mouth off the beest and out off the mouth of the false prophet For they are the spretes of deuels workynge myracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole worlde to gaddre them to the battayle of that gret daye of God allmighty Beholde I come as a thefe Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes lest he be founde naked and men se his filthynes And he gaddered them togedder in to a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon And the seuenth angell poured out his viall in to the ayre And there came a greate voyce out of heauen from the seate sayenge ▪ It is done And there folowed voyces 〈◊〉 dringes and lightnynges and there 〈…〉 gret earthquake soch as was not 〈…〉 were vpon the earth so myghty 〈…〉 quake and so greate And 〈…〉 was deuyded in to thre parties And the cities of nacions fell And greate Babilon came in remembraunce before God to geue vnto hyr the cuppe of wyne of the fearcenes of his wrath And euery yle fled awaye and the mountaynes were not founde And there fell a greate hayle as it had bene talentes out of heauē vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plage of the hayle for it was greate and the plage of it sore The XVII Chapter ANd there cam one of the seuē angels which had the seuen vialles and talked with me sayenge vnto me Come I wil shewe the the iugdment of the greate whore that sytteth vpon many waters with whom the kynges of the earth haue commytted whordome and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion And he caryed me awaye into the wildernes in y e sprete And I sawe a woman syt vpon a rose colored beest full of names of blasphemie which had seuē heades ten hornes And y e woman was arayed in purple and rose color and decked with golde precious stone and pearles and had a cupp of golde in her honde full of abhominacions and fylthines of her wordome And in her forhed was a name wryttē a mistery greate Babilon the mother of whordome and abominaciōs of the earth And I sawe the wyfe dronkē with the bloude of sayntes and with the bloud of the witnesses of Iesu And when I sawe her I wondred with greate mervayle And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore meruayllest thou I wyl shewethe the mistery of the woman and of the beest that beerith her which hath seuen heades and ten hornes The beest that thou seest was and is not and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pytt and shal go in to perdicion and they that dwell on the earth shal wondre whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life from the begynnynge of the worlde when they beholde the beest that was and is not And here is a mynde that hath wiszdome The seuen heades are seuen mountanes 〈◊〉 the woman sytteth they are also 〈…〉 Fyue are fallen and one is 〈…〉 is not yet come When he 〈…〉 continue a space And the 〈…〉 and is not is euē the eyght and is of the seuen and shal go in to destruccion And y e ten hornes which thou sawest are ten kynges which haue not yet receaued the kyngdome but shal receaue power as kynges at one houre with y e beest These haue one mynde and shal geue their power and strēgth vnto y e beeste These shal fyght with the lambe and the lābe shal ouercome them For he is LORDE of all lordes and kinge of all kinges and they that are on his syde are called and chosen and faithfull And he saide vnto me The waters which
stondeth vpon the is like Carmel The hayre of thy heade is like the kynges purple folden vp in plates O how fayre and louely art thou my derlynge in pleasures Thy stature is like a date tre and thy brestes like the grapes I sayde I wil clymme vp in to the date tre and take holde of his braunches Thy brestes also shal be as the vyne grapes the smell of thy nostrels like the smell of apples and thy thâ—â—â—te like the best wyne This shal be pure cleare for my loue his lippes and teth shal haue their pleasure There wil I turne me vnto my loue and he shal turne him vnto me O come on my loue let vs go forth in to the felde and take â—â—re lodginge in the vyllages In the mornynge wil we ryse by tymes and go se the vynyarde yf it be spronge forth yf the grapes be growne yf the pomgranates be shoâ—â— out There wil I geue the my brestes There shal the Mandragoras geue their smell besyde oure dores There o my loue haue I kepte vnto the all maner of frutes both new and olde The VIII Chapter O That I might fynde the without kysse y e whom I loue as my brother which suckte my mothers brestes that thou woldest not be offended yf I toke the and brought the in to my mothers house that thou mightest teach me and that I might geue the drynke of spyced wyne and of the swete sappe of my pomgranates His left hande lyeth vnder my heade his right hande embraceth me I charge you o ye daughters of IerusaleÌ„ 〈◊〉 ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her 〈◊〉 she be content herself What is she this 〈◊〉 coÌ„meth vp from the wildernes and 〈◊〉 vpon hir loue I am the same that 〈◊〉 the vp amonge the aple trees where thy â—â—ther beare y e where y e mother brought 〈◊〉 in to the worlde O set me as a seale vpoÌ„ thine hert and as â—eale vpon thine arme for loue is mightie the death gelousy as the hell Hir coaâ—â— are of fyre and a very flamme of the LORâ—E so y t many waters are not able to quench 〈◊〉 nether maye y e streames drowne it Yee 〈◊〉 man wolde geue all the good of his houâ—â— for loue he shulde counte it nothinge When oure loue is tolde oure yonge sister â—hose brestes are not yet growne what shal â—e do vnto her Yf she be a wall we shal â—ylde a syluer bollworke there vpon Yf she 〈◊〉 a tower we shal festen her with bordes of â—edre tre Yf I be a wall my brestes like towres then am I as one that hath founde fauoure in his sight Salomon had a vynyarde at Baal Hamon this vynyarde delyuered he vnto the kepers y t euery one for the frute therof shulde geue him a thousande peces of syluer But my vynyarde o Salomon geueth the a thousande and two hundreth to y e kepers of the frute Thou that dwellest in the gardens O let me heare thy voyce that my companyons maye herken to the same O get the awaye my loue as a roo or a yonge hert vnto the swete smellinge mouÌ„taynes The ende of Salomons Balettes called Cantica Canticorum Fautes escaped in the pryntinge of this parte Vpon the seconde leaf the seconde syde in the syxte Chapter of Iob the letter A. Within the yoke an egg rede Within the yoke of an egg In the Psalter Vpon the xxxv leaf the seconde syde in the cxxxvi psalme the seconde verse â–ª Vpon the trees rede Vpon the wyll ye trees All the Prophetes in Englishe Esay Ieremy Baruch Ezechiel Daniel Oseas Ioel. Amos. Abdy Ionas Micheas Naum. Abacuc Sophony Aggeus Zachary Malachy The Prophet Esay What Esay conteyneth Chap. I. The prophet rebuketh the people of Israel for their abhominacions Chap. II. The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. PunyshmeÌ„t of God specially for the pryde of wemen Chap. IIII. Plages to come wyth a promyse of the grace and conforte thorow Christ. Chap. V. The louynge kyndnes of God towarde Israel afore other people Agayne the vnthankfulnes and vnfaithfulnes of them Chap. VI. The sendynge of Esay The harde hertes of the people Chap. VII He rebuketh the kynge for beynge afrayed of the vngodly kynges of the Heithen and because he put not his trust in God He geueth him a tokeÌ„ of grace which he receaueth not Chap. VIII The people forsake God seke helpe at the Heithen Chap. IX He putteth theÌ„ in mynde of the mysery that is past Of the coÌ„mynge and kyngdome of Christ. Punyshment for their pryde Chap. X. Punyshment of vnrighteous rulers The comforte of Israel agaynst the pryâ—â— of the kynge of the Assyrians Chap. XI A prophecie of Christ. Chap. XII A thankesgeuynge of the faithfull people Chap. XIII Punyshment to come vpon Babilon by the Persians Medes Chap. XIIII God will haue mercy on his people He threteneth Palestina Chap. XV. The plage of Moab Chap. XVI The vexacion feare of Moab Chap. XVII PunyshmeÌ„t of Damascus siria Chap. XVIII The callynge of the Heithen Chap. XIX.XX. Plages vpon Egipte Ethiopia Chap. XXI The punyshmeÌ„t of Babilon Duma and Arabia Chap. XXII The punyshment vpon IerusaleÌ„ by SeÌ„nacherib Sobna is put downe Eliachim commeth in his steade Chap. XXIII The punyshment of Tyre of all the cities by the see coast and of the Iles. Chap. XXIIII Of the generall punyshment of the whole earth vnto the ende of the worlde Chap. XXV A thaÌ„kesgeuynge vnto God The callinge of the Heithen Chap. XXVI Men ought to trust onely iÌ„ God Chap. XXVII The punyshment of Leuiathan The goodnes of God The delyueraunce of Israel The callynge of the Heithen Chap. XXVIII The punishment of Ephraim Of mens lawes Of the stone in Sion Chap. XXIX PunyshmeÌ„t vpon Ierusalem for mens lawes and doctrynes Chap. XXX Gods people are punyshed for sekinge helpe at other then him self Chap. XXXI He calleth the people agayne to God and promiseth them defence Chap. XXXII Health vnder the kynge of righteousnes He threateneth the carelesse cities· Chap. XXXIII PunyshmeÌ„t vpon the enemies of Gods people Chap. XXXIIII Gods plage vpon the Heithen Chap. XXXV A coÌ„forte secrete promyse concernynge the callynge of the Heithen Chap. XXXVI Sennacherib the kinge of the Assirians sendeth his hoost to besege IerusaleÌ„ Chap. XXXVII The prayer of Ezechias God coÌ„forteth him by Esay The angel of the LORDE putteth the Assirians hoost to shame Chap. XXXVIII Ezechias is deed sicke God helpeth him vp agayne He thanketh God Chap. XXXIX The kynge of Babilon sendeth Embassitours vnto Ezechias which sheweth them his treasure displeaseth God withall Chap. XL. The delyuerauÌ„ce not onely of Israel out of the captiuyte of Babilon but of all faithfull also in Christ. The vanyte of maÌ„ The excellent power of God Chap. XLI God reasoneth with the Iewes geÌ„tiles reproueth the people of Israel for their vnthankfulnes Chap. XLII The coÌ„mynge power of Christ The praise
him self vnto Daniel and commaunded that they shulde offre meat offrynges and swete odoures vnto him The kynge answerde Daniel and sayde Yee off a treuth youre God is a God aboue all goddes a LORDE aboue all kynges and an opener of secretes seynge thou canst discouer this mysterie So the kynge made Daniel a greate man and gaue him many and greate giftes He made him ruler off all the countrees of Babilon and lorde of all the nobles that were at Babilon Now Daniel intreated the kynge for Sydrac Misac and Abdenago so that he made them rulers ouer all the offyces in the londe off Babilon but Daniel himself remayned still in the courte by the kynge The III. Chapter NAbuchodonosor the kynge caused a goldeÌ„ ymage to be made which was lx cubites hye and sixe cubites thicke This he made to be set vp in the valley of Duran in the londe of Babilon sent out to gather together the dukes lordes nobles the iudges and officers the debites aÌ„d shreues with all the rulers of the londe y t they might come to the dedicacion of the ymage which Nabuchodonosor the kynge had set vp So the dukes lordes and nobles the iudges and officers debytes and shreues with all the rulers of the londe gathered them together and came vnto the dedicatynge of y e ymage that Nabuchodonosor the kinge had set vp Now when they stode before the ymage which Nabuchodonosor set vp the bedell cried out w t all his might O ye people kynreddes and tunges to you be it sayde that wheÌ„ ye heare the noyse off the trompettes which shal be blowne w t y t harpes shawmes Psalteries Symphonies and all maner off Musick ye fall downe and worshipe the golden ymage y t Nabuchodonosor the kynge hath set vp Who so then falleth not downe and boweth himself shal euen the same houre be cast in to an hote burnynge ouen Therfore when all the folke herde the noyse off the trompettes that were blowne with the harpes shawmes Psalteries Symphonies and all kynde of Melody theÌ„ all the people kynreddes and nacions fell downe and bowed them selues vnto the golden ymage that Nabuchodonosor the kynge had set vp Now were there certayne men off the Caldees that went euen then and accused y e Iewes and sayde vnto kynge Nabuchodonosor O kynge God saue thy lyfe for euer Thou beynge kynge hast geuen a-commauÌ„demeÌ„t that all men when they heare the noyse off the trompettes harpes shawmes psalteries symphonies and all the other melodies shall fall downe and bowe them selues towarde the golden ymage who so theÌ„ fell not downe and worshipped not that he shulde be cast in to an hote burnynge ouen Now are there certaine Iewes whom thou hast set ouer the offices of the londe off Babilon namely Sydrac Misac and Abdenago These men o kynge regarde not thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„t yee they will not serue thy goddes ner bowe them selues to the golden ymage that thou hast set vp Then Nabuchodonosor in a cruell wrath and displeasure commaunded y t Sidrac Misac Abdenago shulde be brought vnto him So these men were brought before the kynge Then Nabuchodonosor spake vnto them and sayde what o Sidrac Misac and Abdenago will not ye serue my goddes nor bowe youre selues to the golden ymage that I haue set vp wel be redy herafter when ye heare the noyse of the troÌ„pettes blowne with the harpes shawmes psalteries symphonies and all y e other melodies that ye fall downe and worshipe the ymage which I haue made But yff ye worshipe it not ye shal be cast immediatly in to an hote burnynge ouen Let se what god is there y t maye delyuer you out of my hondes Sydrac Misac and Abdenago answered the kynge and sayde O Nabuchodonosor we ought not to coÌ„sente vnto y e in this matter for why oure God whom we serue is able to kepe vs from the hote burnynge ouen O kynge and can right wel delyuer vs out off thy hondes And though he wil not yet shalt thou knowe o kynge that we will not serue thy goddes ner do reuereÌ„ce to the ymage which thou hast set vp Then was Nabuchodonosor full off indignacion so that y e countenaunce of his face chaunged vpoÌ„ Sidrac Misac Abdenago Therfore he charched and commaunded that the ouen shulde be made seuen tymes hoter then it was woÌ„te to be and spake vnto the strongest worthies that were in his hooste for to bynde Sidrac Misac and Abdenago and to cast them in to the hote burnynge ouen So these men were bounde in their cotes hosen shues with their other garmentes aÌ„d castin to the hote burnynge ouen for the kinges commaundement was so strate and the ouen was exceadynge hote As for the men that put in Sydrac Misac and Abdenago the flame off the fyre destroyed them And these thre men Sydrac Misac and Abdenago fell downe in y e hote burnynge ouen beinge fast bounde Then Nabuchodonosor the kynge marueled and stode vp in all haist he spake vnto his councel and sayde dyd not ye cast these thre men bounde in to the fyre They answered and sayde vnto the kynge Yee o kynge He answered and sayde lo for all that yet do I se foure men goinge lowse in the myddest off the fyre and nothinge corrupte and the fourth is like an angel to loke vpon Vpon this weÌ„te Nabuchodonosor vnto the mouth of the hote burnynge ouen he speake also sayde O Sydrac Misac and Abdenago ye seruauntes of the hye God go forth and come hither And so Sydrac Misac and Abdenago wente out of the fyre Then the dukes lordes and nobles and the kynges councell came together to se these men vpon whom the fyre had no maner of power in their bodies In so moch that the very hayre of their heade was not burnt and their clothes vnchaunged Yee there was no smell of fyre felt vpon them Then spake Nabuchodonosor and sayde Blessed be the God of Sidrac Misac Abdenago which hath sent his angel 〈◊〉 defended his seruauÌ„tes that put their trust in him y t haue altered the kynges commaundement and ioperde their bodies ther vpon â—â—ther then they wolde serue or worshipe eny other god excepte their owne God only Therfore I wil and commauÌ„de that all people kynreddes tunges â–ª which speake eny blasphemy agaynst the God of Sydrac Misac and Abdenago shal dye and their houses shal be prysed Because there is no God y t maye saue as this So the kynge promoted Sidrac Misac and Abdenago in the londe of Babylon Nabuchodonosor kynge vnto all people kynreddes and tunges that dwell vpon the whole earth peace be multiplied amoÌ„ge you I thought it good to shewe the tokeÌ„s maruelous workes y t y e hye God hath wrought vpon me O how greate are his tokeÌ„s how mightie are his wonders His kyngdome is an euerlastinge kyngdome and his power lasteth for euer and euer The IIII. Chapter I Nabuchodonosor beynge at
you euerlastinge rest for he is nye at hande that shal come in the ende of the worlde Be ready to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastinge light shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of youre glory I testifie my sauioure openly O receaue the gift y t is geuen you and be glad geuynge thankes vnto him that hath called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stonde fast beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the LORDE which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued glorious garmeÌ„tes of the LORDE Take thy nombre O Sion and shutt vp thy purified which haue fulfilled the lawe of the LORDE The nombre of thy children whom thou longedest for is fulfilled beseke the power of the LORDE that thy people which haue bene called from the begynnynge maye be halowed I Eszdras sawe vpon the mount Sion a greate people whom I coude not nombre they all praysed the LORDE with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of theÌ„ there was a yonge maÌ„ of an hye stature mâ—re excellent then all they and vpon euery one of their heades he sett a crowne and was euer hygher and hygher which I marueled at greatly So I axed y e angell sayde Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothinge and put on the immortall and haue testified knowleged the name of God Now are they crowned and receaue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the angell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth them the palmes in their handes So he answered and sayde vnto me It is y e sonne of God whom they haue knowleged in the worlde Then beganne I greatly to commende them that stode so stifly for the name of the LORDE And so the angell sayde vnto me Go thy waye and tell my people what maner of thinges and how greate wonders of the LORDE thy God thou hast senâ— The III. Chapter IN the thirtie yeare of the fall of the cite I was at Babilon laye troubled vpoÌ„ my bed my thoughtes came vp ouer my hert for I sawe y e desolacion of Sion the plenteous wealth of them y t dwelt at Babilon my sprete was sore moued so that I begaÌ„ne to speake fearfull wordes to the most hyest and sayde O LORDE LORDE thou spakest at the begynnynge whan thou plantedst y e earth and that thy self alone and gauest commaundement vnto y e people and a body vnto Adam which was a creature of thy handes and hast brethed in him the breth of life and so he lyued before the and thou leddest him in to paradyse which gardeÌ„ of pleasure thy right hande had planted or euer the earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemeÌ„t to loue y e waye which he transgressed immediatly thou appoyntedest death in him and in his generacions Of him came nacions trybes people kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walked after their owne wil and dyd nyce thinges before the and as for thy commaundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelt in the worlde and destroydest them And like as the death was in Adam so was the water floude also in these Neuertheles one of them thou leftest namely Noe with his housholde of whom come all righteous meÌ„ And it happened that whan they y t dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multiplie and had gotten many children and were a greate people they beganne to be more vngodly then the first Now whan they all lyued so wickedly before the thou didest chose the a man from amonge them whose name was Abram Him thou louedest and vnto him only thou shewdest thy wyll and maydest an euerlastinge couenaunt with him promisinge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As for Iacob thou didest chose him and put backe Esau. And so Iacob became a greate multitude And it happened that whaÌ„ thou leddest his sede out of Egipte thou broughtest theÌ„ vp to the mount Sion bowinge downe the heauens settinge fast the earth mouynge the grounde makynge the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glory wente thorow foure portes of fyre and earth quakes and wyndes and colde that thou mightest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob and diligence vnto the generacioÌ„ of Israel And yet tokest thou not awaye from theÌ„ that wicked hert that thy lawe might brynge forth frute in them For the first Adam bare a wicked hert transgressed and was ouercome and so be all they y t are borne of him Thus remayned weaknes with the lawe in the hert of the people with the wickednesse of the rote so that the good departed awaye and the euell abode still So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then didest thou rayse the vp a seruaunt called Dauid whom thou commaundedst to buylde a cite vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacrifice vnto the therin This was done now many yeares Then the inhabiters of the cite forsoke the and in all thinges dyd eueÌ„ as Adam and all his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cite ouer in to the handes of thine enemies Are they of Babilon then better and more righteous then thy people y t they shal therfore haue the domynion of Sion For whan I came there and sawe their vngodlynes and so greate wickednesse that it coude not be noÌ„bred yee whan my soule sawe so many euell doers in y e xxx yeare my hert fayled me for I sawe how thou suffrest them in soch vngodlynes and sparest y e wicked doers but thine owne people hast thou roted out and preserued thine enemies this hast thou not shewed me I can not perceaue how this happeneth Do they of Babilon then better then they of Sion Or is there eny other people y t knoweth the sauynge the people of Israel Or what generacion hath so beleued y e couenauÌ„tes as Iacob And yet their rewarde appeareth not and their labo hath no frute For I haue gone here and there thorow the HeitheÌ„ I se y t they be rych wealthy thynke not vpon y e commaundementes Weye thou therfore oure wickednesse now in y e balaunce and theirs also that dwell in the worlde and so shal thy name be nowhere founde but in Israel Or where is there a people vpon earth y t hath not synned before the Or what people hath so kepte thy commaundementes Thou shalt fynde that Israel by name hath kepte thy preceptes but not the other people and Heithen The IIII. Chapter ANd the angell that was sent vnto me whose name was Vriel gaue me answere and sayde Thy
thou sawest where y e whore sytteth are people and folke and nacions and tonges And the ten hornes which thou sawest vpon the beest are they that shal hate the whore and shal make her desolate and naked and shall eate hir fleszhe and burne her with fyre For God hath put in their hertes to fulfill his wyll and to do with one consent for to geue hir kyngdome vnto the beest vntill the wordes of God be fulfylled And the womā which thou sawest is that greate cite which raigneth ouer the kynges of the earth The XVIII Chapter ANd after that I sawe another angel come downe frō heauē hauinge greate power and y e earth was lyghtned with his bryghtnes And he cryed mightely with a stronge voyce sayenge She is fallen she is fallen euen greate Babilon and is become the habitacion of deuels and y e holde of all fowle spretes and a cage of all vncleane and hatefull byrdes for all naciōs haue dronken of the wyne of the wrath of her whordome And the kynges of the earth haue committed fornicacion with her and her marchauntes are wexed ryche of the abundaunce of her pleasures And I herde another voyce from heauen saye come awaye from her my people that ye be not partakers of her synnes lest ye receaue of her plages For her synnes are gone vp to heauen and the LORDE hath remembred her wyckednes Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you and geue her dubble acordinge to her workes And poure in dubble to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you And as moche as she gloryfied her selfe and lyued wantanly so moch poure ye in for her of punyszhmēt and sorowe for she sayeth in her herte I syt beinge a quene and am no wyddowe and shall se no sorowe Therfore shal her plages come at one daye death and sorowe and honger and she shal be brēt with fyre for stronge is the LORDE God which shal iudge her And the kynges of the earth shal bewepe her and wayle ouer her which haue committed fornicacion and lyued wantanly with her when they shal se the smoke of her burnynge and shal stonde a farre of for feare of her punyszhment sayenge Alas Alas that greate cite Babylon that mighty cite For at one houre is thy iudgment come And the marchauntes off the earth shall wepe and wayle in them selues because no man will bye their ware eny more the ware of golde and syluer and of precious stones off pearle sylke and purple and skarlet all Thynen wod and all manner vessels of yuery and all manner vessels of most precious wod and of brasse and of yron synomom and odours and oyntmentes and frank ynsence and wyne and oyle and fyne floure and wheate and catell and shepe and horses and charrettes and bodies and soules of men And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from the. And all thinges which were deyntie and had in pryce are departed from the and thou shalt fynde them no more The marchauntes of these thinges which were wexed ryche by her shall stonde afarre of for feare of the punyszhment of her wepynge and waylinge and sayenge alas alas that greate cite that was clothed in sylke and purple and scarlet and decked with golde and precious stone and pearles for at one houre so greate ryches is come to naught And euery shippe gouerner and all they that occupie shippes and shippmen which worke in the see stode a farre of and cryed when they sawe the smoke of her burnynge and sayde what cite is like vnto this greate cite And they cast dust on their heades and cryed wepynge and waylinge and sayde Alas Alas the greate cite wher in were made ryche all that had shippes in the see by the reason of her wares for at one houre is she made desolate Reioyce ouer her thou heauē and ye holy Apostles and prophetes for God hath geuen youre iudgmēt on her And a mighty angell toke vp a greate stone lyke a mylstone and cast it in to the see sayenge with suche violēce shal that greate cite Babylon be cast and shal be founde nomore And the voyce of harpers and musicions and of pypers and trompetters shal be herde no more in the and no craftes man of what soeuer craft he be shal be founde eny more in the and the sounde of a myll shal be herde no more in the and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde shal be herde nomore in the for thy marchauntes were prynces of the earth And with thyne inchaūtment were deceaued all nacions and in her was founde the bloude of the prophetes and of the sayntes and of all that were slayne vpō the earth The XIX Chapter ANd after that I herde the voyce of moch people in heauen sayenge Alleluia Saluacion and glory and honour and power be ascribed to the LORDE o r God for true and righteous are his iudgmentes because he hath iudged the greate whore which did corrupt y e earth with her fornicacion and hath auenged the bloud of his seruaūtes of her hond And agayne they sayde Alleluia And smoke rose vp for euermore And y e xxiiij elders the foure beestes fell downe and worshipped God that sat on the seate sayenge Amen Alleluia And a voice came out of the seate sayenge prayse o r LORDE God all ye that are his seruaūtes 〈◊〉 that feare him both small and greate And I herde the voyce of moch people 〈◊〉 y e voyce of many waters as y e voyce of stronge thondrynges sayenge Alleluia for God omnipotent raigneth Let vs be glad and reioyce and geue honour to him for the mariage of the lābe is come and his wife made her selfe ready And to her was graunted that she shulde be arayed with pure and goodly sylke As for the sylke it is the rightewesnes of sayntes And he sayde vnto me Blessed are they which are called vnto the Lambes supper And he sayde vnto me these are the true sayenges of God And I fell at his fete to worshippe him And he sayde vnto me Se thou do it not For I am thy felowe seruaunt and one of thy brethren and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus Worshippe God For the testimony of Iesus is y e sprete of prophesy And I sawe heauē open beholde a whyte horss◠and he y t sat vpon him was called 〈◊〉 and true in rightewesnes dyd 〈…〉 make battayle His eyes were 〈…〉 fyre and on his heade were 〈…〉 he had a name wrytten 〈…〉 but him selfe And he was 〈…〉 vesture dipt in bloude and his name is called y e worde of God And y e warriers which were in heauen folowed him vpon whyte horsses clothed with whyte and pure sylke and out of his mouthe wante a sharppe swerde that with it he shulde smyte the Heithen And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and he trode the wynefatte of the fearcenesse
seuen and seuen the male and his female that there maye besede left a lyue vpon the whole earth For yet after seuen dayes I wil sende raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes and wyll destroye all maner of thinges that I haue made from of the face of the earth And Noe dyd all that the LORDE commaunded him Sixe hūdreth yeare olde was he whan the water floude came vpon earth And he wente in to the Arcke with his sonnes his wyfe and his sonnes wyues for the waters of the floude Of cleane beastes and of vncleane of all fethered foules of all that crepeth vpon earth wente in vnto him to the Arcke by pares a male and a female as y e LORDE cōmaunded him And whan the seuen dayes were past the water floude came vpon the earth In the sixe hundreth yeare of Noes age vpon the seuentene daye of the seconde moneth that same daye were all y e fountaynes of the greate depe broken vp and the wyndowes of heauen were opened and there came a rayne vpon y e earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes Vpon the selfe same daye wēte Noe in to the Arcke with Sem Ham and Iaphet his sonnes and with his wyfe and the thre wyues of his sonnes and all maner of beastes after their kynde all maner of catell after their kynde all maner of crepynge thinges that crepe vpō the earth after their kynde and all maner of foules what so euer coude flye what so euer had fethers after their kynde These wente all vnto Noe in to the Arcke by cooples of all flesh in whom was the breth of life And these were the male the female of all maner of flesh and wente in acordinge as God commaūded him And the LORDE shut the dore vpon him Then came the water floude fourtie dayes vpon the earth and the water increased and bare vp the Arcke and lift it vp ouer y e earth Thus the water preuayled and increased sore vpon the earth so that the Arcke wente vpon the waters Yee the waters preuayled and increased so sore vpon earth that all the hye mountaynes vnder the whole heauen were couered Fyftene cubytes hye preuayled y e waters ouer the mountaynes which were couered Then all flesh that crepte vpon earth perished both foules catell beastes and all y t moued vpon earth and all men What so euer had the breth of life vpon the drye londe dyed Thus was destroyed all that was vpon the earth both man and beast both wormes and foules vnder y e heauē all these were destroyed from the earth Saue Noe onely remayned and they that were with him in the Arcke And the waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes The VIII Chapter THen God remembred Noe and all the beastes and all the catell that were with him in the Arcke and caused a wynde to come vpon the earth and y e waters ceassed and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte and the rayne of heauē was forbydden and the waters ranne styll awaye from y e earth and decreased after an hundreth and fiftye dayes Vpon the seuentene daye of the seuenth moneth rested the Arcke vpon the mountaynes of Ararat And the waters wēte awaye and decreased vntyll the tenth moneth for the first daye of the tenth moneth the toppes of the mountaynes appeared After fourtie dayes Noe opened y e wyndow of the Arcke which he had made ▪ sent forth a rauen which flew out and came agayne vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpō the earth Then sent he forth a doue from him to wete whether the waters were fallē vpon the earth But when y e doue coude fynde no restynge place for hir fete she came agayne vnto him in to the Arcke for the waters were yet vpon the face of all the earth And he put out his hande and toke her to him in to the Arke Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo sent out the doue agayne out of the Arke she returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde and beholde she had broken of a leaf of an olyue tre bare it in hir nebb Then Noe perceaued that the waters were abated vpon the earth Neuertheles he taried yet seuen other dayes and sent forth the doue which came nomore to him agayne In the sixte hundreth and one yeare of Noes age vpon the first daye of y e first moneth the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth Then Noe toke of the hatches of the Arke and sawe y t the face of the earth was drye So vpon the seuen and twentye daye of the seconde moneth the whole earth was drye Then spake God vnto Noe and sayde Go out of the Arke thou and thy wyfe and thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the. As for all the beastes that are with the what so euer flesh it be both foule catell and all maner of wormes that crepe vpon the earth let them go out with the and be ye occupied vpon the earth growe and multiplye vpon the earth So Noe wente out with his sonnes and with his wife and with his sonnes wyues All the beastes also and all the wormes and all the foules and all that crepte vpon the earth wente out of the Arke euery one vnto his like And Noe buylded an altare vnto y e LORDE and toke of all maner of cleane beastes of all maner of cleane foules and offred brē◠sacrifices vpon y e altare And y e LORDE smelled the swete sauo r sayde in his hert I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mās sake for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell euen from the very youth of him Therfore from hēce forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth as I haue done Nether shall sowynge tyme and haruest colde 〈◊〉 heate Sommer and wynter daye and 〈◊〉 ceasse so longe as the earth endure◠▪ The IX Chapter ANd God blessed Noe and his sonnes and sayde vnto them increace multiplye and fyll the earth The feare also and drede of you be vpon all beastes of the earth vpon all foules vnder the heauen and vpon all that crepeth on the earth and all fyshes of the see be geuen in to youre hādes All that moueth and hath life be youre meate Euen as the grene herbe so haue I geuē you all Onely eate not the flesh with the bloude wherin the soule is For the bloude of you wherin youre soule is wyll I requyre of the hande of all beastes and the soule of mā wyll I requyre of mans hande ye◠euery mans soule of anothers hande He that sheddeth mās bloude his bloude shal be shed by man agayne for God made man after his owne licknesse As for you be ye frutefull and increase and be occupied vpon the earth that ye maye multiplye therin Farthermore God sayde vnto Noe and to his sonnes w t him Beholde I make my
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
eny ymage that is like a man or woman or beest vpon earth or fethered foule vnder the heauen or worme vpon the grounde or fyszshe in the water vnder y e earth y t thou lifte not vp thine eyes towarde heauen and se the Sonne and the Moone the starres and the whole hoost of heaueÌ„ and be disceaued and worshippe and serue them which the LORDE y i God hath made to serue all nacioÌ„s vnder y e whole heaueÌ„ But you hath the LORDE taken and broughte you out of the yron fornace namely out of Egipte that ye shulde be the people of his enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye And the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes so that he sware y t I shulde not go ouer Iordane ner come in to that good londe which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaunce As for me I must dye in this londe and shal not go ouer Iordane But ye shal go ouer and shall haue that good loÌ„de in possession Take hede therfore vnto youre selues that ye forget not the conuenaunt of the LORDE youre God and that ye make no ymages of eny maner of faszhion as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded For the LORDE thy God is a consumynge fyre and a gelous God Yf whan ye haue begotten children and childers children and haue dwelt in the londe ye marre youre selues make you ymages of eny maner of faszhion and do euell in the sighte of y e LORDE youre God to prouoke him I call heauen and earth to recorde ouer you this daie that ye shall shortly pâ—rishe froÌ„ the londe in to y e which ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it Ye shal not dwell longe therin but shal vtterly be destroyed And y e LORDE shal scater you amonge y e nacions and ye shall be left a small people amoÌ„ge y e Heythen whyther the LORDE shall brynge you There shal ye serue goddes which are y e workes of mens handes euen wodd stone which nether se ner heare ner eate ner smell But yf thou seke the LORDE y e God there thou shalt finde him yee yf thou seke him w t thy whole hert and with all y e soule Whan thou shalt be strately troubled whaÌ„ all these thinges shal come vpoÌ„ the in y e latter dayes then shalt thou turne agayne to y e LORDE thy God and be obedient vnto his voice For y e LORDE y e God is a mercifull God he shal not forsake the ner destroye the nether shall he forget the couenaunt with thy fathers which he sware vnto them For axe after the tymes past which haue bene before the sens the daie y t God created man vpon earth from one ende of the heaueÌ„ vnto the other whether there was euer eny soch greate thinge done or eny soch like herde that a people hath herde y e voyce of God speake out of the fyre as thou hast herde yet liued Or whether God assaied to go take vnto him a people out of y e myddes of a nacion thorow tentacions thorow tokens thorow wonders thorow warre thorow a mightie hande thorow a stretched out arme and thorow greate visioÌ„s acordinge vnto all as the LORDE youre God hath done with you in Egipte before thine eyes Thou hast sene it y t thou mightest knowe that the LORDE is God and that there is none other but he onely Out of heauen made he the to heare his voyce that he might nurtoure the and vpon earth he shewed the his greate feare out of y e fyre thou herdest his wordes because he loued y e fathers chose their sede after theÌ„ And he brought y t out w t his presence thorow his mightie power out of Egipte to dryue out before the nacions greater and mighter then thou and to bringe y e in y t he might geue the their loÌ„de to enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye turne it into thine herte that the LORDE is God aboue in heauen and beneth vpon earth and that there is no mo Kepe his ornaunces therfore and commaundementes which I commaunde the this daie theÌ„ shal it go well w t the and thy children after the so that thy life shal longe endure in y e londe which the LORDE the God geueth the thy life longe Then separated Moses thre cities beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge y t he might flye thither which had slayne his neghboure vnawarres hated him not a fore tyme y t he might flye in to one of these cities lyue Bezer in y e wildernes in the playne countre amonge the Rubenites Ramoth in Gilead amoÌ„ge y e Gaddites Golan in Basan amonge the Manassites This is the lawe which Moses layed before the children of Israel these are the testimonies ordinaunces lawes y t Moses spake vnto the children of Israel after they were departed out of Egipte beyonde Iordane in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor in y e londe of Sion kynge of y e Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon whom Moses the childreÌ„ of Israel smote after they were departed out of Egipte conquered his laÌ„de the londe of Og kynge of Basan two kynges of the Amorites which were beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge froÌ„ Aroer which lyeth vpon y e ryuer syde of Arnon vnto mount Sion which is Hermon all y e playne felde beyonde Iordane eastwarde vnto the see in y e plaine felde vnder mount Pisga The V. Chapter ANd Moses called all Israel sayde vnto theÌ„ Heare Israel the ordinaunces lawes which I speake in yo r eares this daye lerne them kepe theÌ„ so that ye do therafter The LORDE oure God made a couenaunt with vs at Horeb he made not this couenaunt with oure fathers but with vs that are here this daie and lyue euery one He talked with vs face to face out of the fyre vpoÌ„ the mount I stode at the same tyme betwixte the LORDE and you that I mighte shewe you the worde of the LORDE For ye were afrayed of the fyre wente not vp to the mount and he sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my sighte Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage of eny maner of licknesse of the thinges y t are aboue in heauen beneth vpon earth in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not hono r them ner serue theÌ„ For I y e LORDE y e God am a gelous God vysitinge the synne of the fathers vpoÌ„ the children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion of theÌ„ y t hate me shewe mercye vpon many thousandes y t loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take y e name of y
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
of the LORDE and wente and blewe the trompettes and who so was harnessed wente before theÌ„ but y e multitude folowed y e Arke of the LORDE And all was full of the noyse of the trompettes The seconde daye wente they once aboute the cite also and came agayne into the hoost Thus dyd they sixe dayes But vpon the seueÌ„th daye whan the mornynge sprynge arose they gat them vp early and wente after the same maner seuen tymes aboute y e cite so that vpon the same one seuenth daye they wente seuen tymes aboute the cite And at the seueÌ„th tyme whan the prestes blewe the trompettes Iosua sayde vnto the people Make a shoute for y e LORDE hath delyuered you the cite Howbeit this cite all that is therin shal be damned vnto the LORDE onely the harlot Rahab shal lyue all that are with her in y e house for she hyd the messaungers whom we sent forth Onely bewarre of it that is damned lest ye damne youre selues yf ye take ought of it which is damned and make the hoost of Israel to be damned and brynge it in to mysfortune But all the syluer and golde with the ornameÌ„tes of brasse yron shal be sanctified vnto the LORDE that it maye come to the LORDES treasure Then made the people a greate shoute and the prestes blewe the trompettes for whan the people herde the noyse of the trompettes they made a greate shoute and the walles fell and ehe people clymmed vp in to the cite euery one straight before him Thus they wanne y e cite and destroyed all that was in the cite with the edge of the swerde both man and woman yonge and olde oxe shepe and Asse But Iosua sayde vnto y e two men which had spyed out the londe Go in to the house of the harlot and bringe out the woman froÌ„ thence with all that she hath acordynge as ye haue sworne vnto her Then y e yonge men the spyes wente in and brought forth Rahab with hir father and mother brethren and all that she had and all hir kynred and caused her to dwell without the hoost of Israel As for the cite they brent it with fyre all that was therin onely the syluer and golde and the ornamentes of brasse and yroÌ„ put they vnto the treasure in the house of y e LORDE but Iosua let the harlot Rahab lyue with hir fathers house and all that she had she dwelt in Israel vnto this daie because she had hyd the messaungers whoÌ„ Iosua sent vnto Iericho to spye At the same tyme sware Iosua and sayde Cursed be that man before the LORDE which setteth vp this cite of Iericho buyldeth it Whan he laieth y e foundacioÌ„ therof let it cost him his first sonne And whaÌ„ he setteth vp the gates of it let it cost him his yoÌ„gest sonne Thus the LORDE was with Iosua so that he was spoken of in all londes The VII Chapter BVt the children of Israel had coÌ„mytted a sinne in the thinge y t was damned for Achan the sonne of Charmi the sonne of Sabdi the sonne of Serah of y e trybe of Iuda toke some of it y t was daÌ„ned Then was the wrath of the LORDE fearce ouer the children of Israel Now whan Iosua sent out men from Iericho vnto Hai which lyeth besyde BethaneÌ„ on y e east syde of Bethel he sayde vnto theÌ„ Go vp and spye the londe And whan they had gone vp and spyed out Hai they came agayne to Iosua and sayde vnto him Let not all the people go vp but vpon a two or thre thousande that they maye go vp and smyte Hai lest all the people weerye themselues there for they are but fewe So there wente vp of the people vpon a thre thousande men and they fled before the men of Hai and they of Hai smote vpon a syxe and thyrtie men of them and chaced them from the porte vnto Sebarâ—m and smote them downe the waye Then was the hert of the people discoraged * and became like water As for Iosua he rente his clothes and fell vpon his face vnto the earth before the Arke of the LORDE vntill the eueninge with the Elders of Israel and cast dust vpon their heades And Iosua sayde Oh LORDE LORDE wherfore hast thou broughte this people ouer Iordane to delyuer vs in to the handes of the Amorites to destroye vs O that we had taried beionde Iordane as we begaÌ„ne Oh my LORDE what shal I saye whyle Israel turneth his backe vpon his enemies WhaÌ„ the Cananites heare of this they shal compasse vs rounde aboute yee and rote out oure names from of the earth What wylt thou do then vnto thy greate name Then sayde the LORDE vnto Iosua StoÌ„de vp why lyest thou so vpon thy face Israel hath offended and traÌ„sgressed ouer my couenaunt which I commaunded theÌ„ They haue taken also of the thinge that was damned and haue stollen and dyssembled and layed it amonge their ornamentes The children of Israel are not able to stonde before their aduersaries but must turne their backes vpon their enemies for they are acursed I wyll no more be with you from heÌ„ce forth yf ye put not out the damned from amonge you Stonde vp and sanctifie the people and saye Sanctifie yo r selues agaynst tomorow for thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel There is a damned thinge in the O Israel therfore canst thou not stonde before thine enemies tyll ye put awaye the damned from amonge you And ye shall ryse vp early one trybe after another and loke which trybe so euer the LORDE taketh the same shall come forth one kynred after another and loke which kynred the LORDE taketh the same shall come forth one house after another And loke what house the LORDE taketh the same shal come forth one housholder after another And who so euer is founde in y e curse the same shal be burnt in the fyre with all that he hath because he hath gone beyonde the couenaunt of the LORDE and committed folye in Israel Then Iosua gat him vp by tymes in the mornynge and brought forth Israel one trybe after another and y e trybe of Iuda was taken And whan he had brought forth the kynreds in Iuda y e kinred of the Serahites was taken And whan he had brought forth the kynred of the Serahites one housholde after another Sabdi was taken And whaÌ„ he had brought forth his house one housholder after another Achan the sonne of Charmi y e sonne of Sabdi the sonne of Serah of the trybe of Iuda was taken And Iosua sayde vnto Achan My sonne geue the glory vnto the LORDE the God of Israel and geue him the prayse and tell me what thou hast done and hide nothinge fro me Then answered Achan vnto Iosua and sayde Verely I haue synned agaynst y e LORDE God of Israel thus thus haue I done I sawe amoÌ„ge y e spoiles a costly Babilonish garment
vnto the that shal come vpon thy two sonnes Ophni and Phineas They shall both dye in one daye But vnto my selfe I wyll rayse vp a faithfull prest which shal do acordinge as it is in my hert in my soule vnto him wyll I buylde a sure house that he maye allwaye walke before myne anoynted And who so euer remayneth of thy house shall come and worshipe him for a syluer peny and for a pece of bred and shall saye I praye the leaue me to one prestes parte that I maye eate a morsell of bred The III. Chapter ANd whan the childe Samuel mynistred vnto the LORDE vnder Eli the worde of y e LORDE was deare at the same tyme nether was there eny sure manifest vision And it fortuned at the same tyme that Eli laye in his place and his eyes beganne to be dymme so that he coulde not se. And Samuel had layed him downe in y e temple of the LORDE where the Arke of God was before y e lampe of God was put out And the LORDE called Samuel He answered Beholde here am I. And he ranne vnto Eli sayde Beholde here am I thou hast called me But he saide I haue not called the go thy waye agayne and laye the downe to slepe And he wente his waye and layed him downe to slepe The LORDE called againe Samuel And Samuel arose wente vnto Eli sayde Beholde here am I thou hast called me Neuertheles he sayde My sonne I haue not called the. So thy waye agayne and laye the downe to slepe As for Samuel he knewe not the LORDE as yet the worde of y e LORDE was not yet shewed vnto him And y e LORDE called Samuel y e thirde tyme. And he arose wente vnto Eli sayde Beholde here am I thou hast called me Then perceaued Eli y t the LORDE called y e childe he sayde vnto him Go thy waye agayne laye the downe to slepe and yf the LORDE call the eny more then saye Speake LORDE for y e seruaunt heareth Samuel wēte his waye and layed him downe in his place Thē came y e LORDE stode and called like as afore Samuel Samuel And Samuel sayde Speake LORDE for thy seruaunt heareth And the LORDE saide vnto Samuel Beholde I do a thinge in Israel y t who so euer shall heare it both his eares shal glowe In y t daie will I rayse vp vpon Eli all y t I haue spokē cōcernynge his house I will take it in hande perfourme it for I haue tolde him y t I wil be Iudge ouer his house for euer because of the wickednes y t he knewe how shamefully his childrē behaued thēselues and hath not once loked sowerly therto Therfore haue I sworne vnto y e house of Eli y t this wickednes of y e house of Eli shall not be recōcyled nether w t sacrifice ner w t meat offringe for euer And Samuel laye vnto y e morow opened the dores of the house of the LORDE But Samuel was afrayed to tell the vysion vnto Eli. Then Eli called him sayde Samuel my sonne He answered Beholde here am I. He sayde What is y e worde y t the LORDE hath spokē vnto the hyde it not fro me God do this that vnto y e yf thou hyde oughte fro me of all that he hath talked w t the. Then Samuel tolde him alltogether hyd nothinge from him He sayde It is the LORDE let him do what pleaseth him Samuel grewe vp the LORDE was w t him there fell none of all his wordes vpō the earth And all Israel frō Dan vnto Bersaba knewe y t Samuel was faithfull to be a prophet of the LORDE And the LORDE appeared agayne at Silo for the LORDE shewed him selfe vnto Samuel at Silo thorow the worde of the LORDE The IIII. Chapter ANd all Israel spake of Samuel And Israel wente forth to the battayll against the Philistynes pitched besyde the. Helpe stone As for the Philistynes they pitched at Aphek and prepared them selues agaynst Israel And whan the battayll beganne the hoost was deuyded so that Israel was smyttē before the enemies in the edge in the felde they slewe aboute a foure thousande men And whan the people came in to the hoost the Elders of Israel sayde Wherfore hath the LORDE caused vs to be smytten this daie before the Philistynes Let vs take vnto vs the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt from Silo let it come amōge vs that it maye helpe vs from the hande of oure enemies And the people sent vnto Silo caused to set thēce the Arke of y e couenaunt of the LORDE Zebaoth that sytteth vpon the Cherubins And with the Arke of the couenaunt of God there were the two sonnes of Eli Ophni and Phineas And whan the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE came in to the hoost all Israel shouted w t a greate shoute so that the earth sounded withall But whan the Philistynes herde y e noyse of y e shoute they sayde what noyse is this of soch greate shoutinge in the tentes of the Hebrues And whan they perceaued y t the Arke of the LORDE was come in to the hoost they were afrayed sayde God is come in to the hoost And they sayde morouer Wo vnto vs for it hath not bene thus afore tyme. Wo vnto vs. Who wil delyuer vs frō the hande of these hye goddes These are the goddes that smote Egipte w t all maner of plages in the wyldernesse Be stronge now and manly ye Philistynes that ye serue not the Hebrues as they haue serued you Be manly and fighte Then foughte the Philistynes Israel was smytten euery one fled vnto his tēte there was a very greate slaughter so that there fell of Israel thirtye thousande fote mē the Arke of God was takē the two sonnes of Eli Ophni and Phineas dyed Then rāne there one of Ben Iamin out of the fore fronte of the battayl came vnto Silo the same daye had his clothes rente and had earth vpō his heade And whan he came in Heli sat vpon the seate that he mighte loke towarde the waye for his herte was fearfull aboute y e Arke of God And whan the man came in to the cite he tolde it forth and all the cite cried And whan Eli herde y e noyse of the cryēge he axed What noyse of busynes is this The man came haistely and tolde Eli. As for Eli he was fourescore and eightene yeare olde and his eyes were dymme so that he could not se. The man sayde vnto Eli I come and am fled this daye out of the hoost He sayde How is it my sonne Then answered the tydinge bringer sayde Israel is fled before the Philistynes and a greate slaughter hath there bene amonge the people thy two sonnes Ophni Phineas are deed yee the Arke of God is takē awaye Whan
For it is no harde matter for the LORDE to helpe by many or by fewe Then answered him his wapen bearer Do all that is in thine hert go on thy wâ—rie beholde I am with the euen as thine hert wyll Ionathas sayde Well than Whan we are gone ouer to the men and come within the sighte of them yf they saye stonde styll tyll we come to you then wyll we stonde styll in oure place and not go vp to them But yf they saye Come vp to vs we wyll go vp to them theÌ„ hath the LORDE delyuered them in to oure hande and this shal be a token for vs. Now whan they came both in the sighte of the Philistynes watch the Philistynes sayde Se y e Hebrues are gone out of their holes that they were crepte in to And the men in the watch answered Ionathas and his wapeÌ„ bearer and sayde Come vp to vs and we wyll teach you what the matter is Then sayde Ionathas to his weapen bearer Come vp after me the LORDE hath delyuered them into Israels hande And Ionathas clamme vp with handes and fete and his wapen bearer after him And Ionathas smote them downe before him and his wapeÌ„ bearer slewe behynde him so that the first slaughter that Ionathas and his wapen bearer dyd was vpoÌ„ a twentye men with in the length of halue an aker of londe which a pare of oxen maye tyll in one daye And there came a fearfulnes and flight in the hoost vpon the felde and amonge all the people of the watch and vpon the destroyers there came a fearfulnes also and flight so that the londe was in a rumoure and there came a flight thorow God And Sauls watchmeÌ„ at Gibea BeÌ„ Iamin sawe that y e multitude gat them awaye and ranne to and fro Saul sayde vnto the people that was with him Tell and se which of vs is gone awaye And whan they nombred beholde Ionathas his wapen bearer was not there Then saide Saul vnto Ahia Brynge hither the Arke of God for at that tyme was the Arke of God with the children of Israel And whyle Saul was yet speakynge to the prest the multitude in the Philistynes hoost gat vp ranne and was greate And Saul sayde vnto the prest Withdrawe thine hande And Saul cried and all the people that was with him and came to the battayll And beholde euery mans swerde was agaynst another and there was a very greate rumoure The Hebrues also that were with y e Philistynes afore and had gone vp with them in the hoost on euery syde ioyned them selues vnto Israel which were with Saul and Ionathas And all the men of Israel which had hyd theÌ„ selues vpon mount Ephraim whan they herde that the Philistynes fled folowed after them in the battayll Thus y e LORDE helped Israel at that tyme and y e battayll lasted vnto Bethauen And whan the men of Israel came forth Saul charged all the people the same daye and sayde Cursed be euery man which eateth bred vntyll euen that I maye auenge me on myne enemies Then all the people taisted no bred And all the people of the londe came in to the wodd But there laye hony vpon the felde and whan the people came in to the wodd heholde the hony flowed but no man put of it to his mouth with his haÌ„de for the people were afraied because of the ooth As for Ionathas he had not herde that his father had charged the people and he put forth his staff that he had in his hande and dypped the ende of it in y e hony câ—mbe and turned his hande to his mouth and his eyes were lighted Then answered one of the people and sayde Thy father hath charged the people and sayde Cursed be euery maÌ„ that eateth oughte this daye Neuertheles the people were faynte Then sayde Ionathas My father hath troubled the londe Se how lighte myne eyes are become because I haue taisted a litle of this hony Yf the people this daie had eateÌ„ of the spoyle of their enemies that they founde the slaughter shulde haue bene greater agaynst the Philistynes Yet smote they the Philistynes the same daye fro Michmas vnto Aialon and the people were very weery And y e people turned to the spoyles and toke shepe and oxen and calues and slewe them vpon the earth and ate them with the bloude Then was it tolde Saul Beholde the people synne agaynst the LORDE in that they eate bloude He â—ayde Ye haue done euell roll vnto me now a greate stone And Saul sayde morouer Go abrode amoÌ„ge the people and saye vnto them that euery one brynge me his oxe and his shepe and slaye them here that ye maye eate and not to synne agaynst the LORDE with eatynge of bloude Then broughte all the people euery one his oxe with his haÌ„de the same nighte and slewe them there And Saul buylded an altare vnto y e LORDE This is the first altare that he buylded vnto the LORDE And Saul sayde Let vs go downe after the Philistynes by nighte and spoyle them tyll it be cleare mornynge that we let none escape They answered Do what so euer pleaseth the. But the prest sayde Let vs go nye here vnto God And Saul axed at God Shal I go downe here after y e Philistines wilt thou delyuer theÌ„ in to Israels hande Neuertheles he answered him not at that tyme. Then sayde Saul Let all the armyes of the people come hither and make search and se in whom is this synne at this tyme. For as truly as God the Sauioure of Israel lyueth though it be in my sonne Ionathas he shal dye And no man answered him of all the people And he sayde vnto all Israel Be ye on the one syde I my sonne Ionathas wyl be on this syde The people sayde vnto Saul Do as it pleaseth the. And Saul sayde vnto the LORDE the God of Israel Do thou that right is TheÌ„ was Ionathas and Saul taken but the people wente forth fre Saul sayde Cast the lot ouer me and my sonne Ionathas So Ionathas was takeÌ„ And Saul sayde vnto Ionathas Tell me what hast thou done Ionathas tolde him sayde I taisted a litle hony with the staff that I had in my hande and beholde must I dye therfore TheÌ„ sayde Saul God do this and that vnto me Ionathas thou must dye the death But the people sayde vnto Saul Shulde Ionathas dye that hath done so greate health in Israel this night God forbyd As truly as the LORDE lyueth there shal not one heer of his heade fall vpon y e earth for with God hath he wroughte at this tyme So the people delyuered Ionathas that he dyed not Then wente Saul vp from the Philistynes and the Philistynes wente vnto their place But whan Saul had coÌ„quâ—red the kyngdome ouer Israel he foughte against all his enemyes rounde aboute against the Moabites agaynst the childreÌ„ of Ammon agaynst the
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
called the cite which he buylded after y e name of Semer y e owner of y e mount of Samaria And Amri dyd that which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE and was worse then all they that were before him and walked in all y e wayes of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and in his synnes wherwith he made Israel to synne so that they prouoked the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath in their vanities What more there is to saye of Amri all that he dyd and his power that he exercysed beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Amri slepte with his fathers was buried in Samaria and Achab his sonne was kynge in his steade In the eight thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was Achab the sonne of Amri kynge ouer Israel raigned ouer Israel at Samaria two twentie yeare dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE more thē all they y t were before him And he thoughte it but a small matter to walke in the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat and toke Iesabel the doughter of Eth Baal kynge of Sidon to wife and wente and serued Baal and worshiped him And vnto Baal he set vp an altare in Baals house which he buylded him in Samaria and made a groue so that Achab dyd more to prouoke the God of Israel vnto wrath then all the kynges y t were before him in Israel At y e same tyme dyd Hiel of Bethel buylde Iericho It cost him his first sonne Abiram y t he layed y e foundacion his yongest sonne Segub y t he set vp the portes Acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake by Iosua the sonne of Nun. The XVII Chapter ANd Elias y e Theszbite one of the inhabiters of Gilead saide vnto Achab As truly as the LORDE God of Israel lyueth whose seruaunt I am there shal nether rayne ner dew come this yeare excepte I speake it And the worde of the LORDE came vnto him and sayde Get the hence and turne the towarde the east and hyde the bythe ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane and thou shalt drynke of the ryuer and I haue commaunded the rauens that they shal fede the there He departed and dyd acordinge to the worde of the LORDE and wente his waye and sat him downe by the ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane And the rauēs broughte him bred and flesh in the mornynge and in the euenynge and he dranke of the ryuer And it fortuned after cerayne dayes that the riuer was dryed vp for there was no rayne in the lōde Then came y e worde of y e LORDE vnto him and sayde Get y e vp and go vnto Sarepta which lieth by Sidō for there haue I commaunded a wedowe to make prouysion for the. And he gat him vp and wente vnto Sarepta And whan he came to the gate of y e cite beholde the wedowe was there and gathered stickes And he called her and sayde Fetch me a litle water in a vessell y t I maye drinke And as she was goinge to fetch it he cried vnto her sayde Brynge me a morsell of bred also in thine hande She sayde As truly as the LORDE y e God lyueth I haue no bred but an handfull of floure in a pitcher a curtesy oyle in a cruse and beholde I haue gathered vp one or two stickes wyll go and prepare it for me and my sonne that we maye eate and dye Elias sayde vnto her Feare not go thy waye do as thou hast sayde yet make me first a morsell of bred therof brynge it me forth afterwarde shalt thou make it for y e thy sonne For thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel The meell in the pitcher shall not be spent the oyle in y e cruse shall not fayll vnto the daye y t the LORDE shal cause it for to rayne vpō earth She wente dyd as Elias sayde And he ate she also and hir house a certayne season The meel in the pitcher was not mynished and the oyle in the cruse fayled not acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake by Elias And after these actes the sonne of the wife of y e house was sicke and his sicknes was so exceadinge sore that there remayned no breth in him And she sayde vnto Elias What haue I to do with the thou man of God Art thou come in vnto me y t my synne shulde be kepte in remembraunce that my sonne shulde be slayne He sayde vnto her Geue me thy sonne And he toke him frō hir lappe caried him vp in to y e chamber where he himselfe dwelt and layed him vpō his bed called vpon the LORDE and sayde O LORDE my God hast thou dealt so euell w t the wedow with whom I dwell y t thou woldest slaye hir sonne And he stretched out him selfe ouer the childe thre tymes called vpon the LORDE and saide O LORDE my God let the soule of this childe come agayne in to him And the LORDE herde the voyce of Elias And the soule of the childe came agayne vnto him he reuyued And Elias toke the childe and broughte him downe from the chamber in to the house and delyuered him vnto his mother and sayde Beholde thy sonne lyueth And the woman sayde vnto Elias Now knowe I that thou are a man of God that the worde of the LORDE is in thy mouth of a trueth The XVIII Chapter ANd after a longe season came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Elias in the thirde yeare sayde Go thy waye shewe y e selfe vnto Achab y t I maye cause it for to rayne vpon earth And Elias wente to shewe him selfe vnto Achab. But there was a greate derth ī Samaria And Achab called Abdia his chefe officer As for Abdia he feared y e LORDE greatly for whā Iesabel roted out y e prophetes of y e LORDE Abdia toke an C. prophetes and hyd them in caues here fiftye there fiftye prouyded for them w t bred and water Achab now sayde vnto Abdia Go thorow the londe vnto all the welles of water ryuers yf happlye we maye finde hay to saue y e horses mules y t all the catell perishe not And they parted thē selues in to the londe to go thorow it Achab departed the one waye alone and Abdia y e other waye alone Now whan Abdia was on y e waye Elias met him And whan he knewe him he fell downe vpon his face sayde Art not thou my lorde Elias He sayde yee go thy waye and tell y e lorde beholde Elias is here But he sayde What haue I offended that thou wilt delyuer thy seruaunt in to the handes of Achab that he maye slaye me As truly as the LORDE thy God lyueth there is no people ner kingdome but my lorde hath sent
of the kynges children he sayde Laye them vpon two heapes at the dore of the porte tyll tomorow And on the morow whan he wente forth he stode and sayde vnto all the people Are ye righteous Beholde I haue made an appoyntmeÌ„t against my lorde and slayne him who hath slayne all these then Vnderstonde ye now therfore that there is not fallen vpon the earth one worde of the LORDE which he spake agaynst the house of Achab and the LORDE hath done euen as he sayde by his seruaunt Elias So Iehu smote all the remnaunt of the house of Achab at Iesrael all his greate men his kynsfolkes and his prestes tyll there was not one lefte ouer And he gat him vp wente his waye and came to Samaria By the waye there was a shepherdes house where Iehu founde the brethren of Ochosias kynge of Iuda and sayde Whence are ye They sayde We are Ochosias brethren and are goynge downe to salute the kynges children and the quenes children He sayde Take them alyue And they toke them alyue and slewe them by the welles syde at the shepherdes house euen two and fortye men and let not one of them remayne And whan he wente from thence he fouÌ„de Ionadab y e sonne of Rechab which met him saluted him And he sayde vnto him Is thyne hert righte as myne hert is with thyne hert Ionadab sayde Yee Yf it be so sayde he then geue me thy hande And he gaue him his hande And so he caused him to syt besyde him in the charet and saide Come with me and se my zele for the LORDE And they caryed him with him vpon his charet And whan he came to Samaria he smote all that remayned of Achab at Samaria tyll he had destroyed him acordynge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake vnto Elias And Iehu gathered all the people together and saide vnto them Achab did Baal but litle seruyce Iehu wyll serue him better Call vnto me now therfore all Baals prophetes all his seruauÌ„tes and all his prestes that there be none wantynge for I haue a greate sacrifyce to do vnto Baal Who so euer is myssed shal not lyue But Iehu dyd it craftely that he mighte destroye all the mynisters of Baal And Iehu sayde Sanctifie y e feast vnto Baal and proclame it And Iehu sent in to all Israel and caused all Baals ministers to come so that there was nomaÌ„ lefte behynde which came not And they came in to Baals house so that the house of Baal was full from one corner to another Then sayde he vnto him that had the rule of the vestrye Brynge forth rayment for all Baals mynisters And he broughte forth the rayment And Iehu wente in to Baals house with Ionadab the sonne of Rechab and sayde vnto Baals mynisters Search and se that there be not here amoÌ„ge you eny mynyster of the LORDE but onely Baals mynisters And whan they came in to offer sacrifyces and burnt offerynges Iehu appoynted him foure score men without sayde Yf eny of these men escape whom I delyuer vnder youre handes then shal the same mans soule be for his soule Now whaÌ„ he had made an ende of the burnt offerynge Iehu sayde vnto the fotemen and knyghtes Go in smyte euery man let noman go forth And they smote theÌ„ with the edge of the swerde And the fote men and knightes threw theÌ„ awaie and weÌ„te vnto the cite of Baals house and brought forth the piler in y e house of Baal and brent it and brake downe Baals pyler with the house of Baal and made a preuy house therof vnto this daie â—hus Iehu destroyed Baal out of Israel But Iehu lefte not of from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which caused Israel to synne namely from the golden calues at Bethel and at Dan. And the LORDE sayde vnto Iehu Because thou hast bene wyllinge to do that which was righte in my sighte hast done vnto Achabs house all that was in my hert therfore shall thy children syt vpon y e seate of Israel vnto the fourth generacion Neuerthelesse Iehu was not diligent to walke in the lawe of the LORDE God of Israel with all his hert for he lefte not of froÌ„ the synnes of Ieroboam which made Israel to synne At the same time beganne the LORDE to be greued at Israel For Hasael smote them in all the borders of Israel from Iordane Eastwarde and all the londe Gilead of the Gaddites Rubenites and Manassytes from Aroer that lyeth on the ryuer by Arnon and Gilead and Basan What more there is to saye of Iehu and all that he dyd and all his power beholde it is wryten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Iehu fell on slepe with his fathers they buryed him in Samaria And Ioahas his sonne was kynge in his steade The tyme that Iehu reigned ouer Israel is eight and twentye yeares at Samaria The XI Chapter AThalia the mother of Ochosias whaÌ„ she sawe that hir sonne was deed gat her vp and destroyed all the kynges sede But Ioseba kynge Iorams doughter the syster of Ochosias toke Ioas the sonne of Ochosias and stale him awaye with his norse in the chamber from amonge the kynges children which were slayne and she hyd him from Athalia so that he was not slayne And he was hyd with her in the house of the LORDE sixe yeares But Athalia was quene in the londe Neuertheles in the seuenth yeare sent Ioiada and toke the rulers ouer huÌ„dreds with the captaynes and fote men and caused theÌ„ to come to him in to the house of the LORDE and made a couenaunt with them and toke an ooth of them in the house of the LORDE and shewed them the kynges sonne and coÌ„maunded them and sayde This is it that ye shall do One thirde parte of you which enter on the Sabbath shall kepe the watch in the kynges house and one thyrde parte shal be at the porte of Sur and one thirde parte shal be at y e porte which is behynde the fote men and ye shal kepe the watch at the house of Massa. But two partes of you all that go of on the Sabbath shal kepe the watch in the house of the LORDE aboute the kinge and ye shall get you rounde aboute y e kynge and euery one with his weapen in his hande and who so euer coÌ„meth within y e wall let him die so that ye be with the kinge whaÌ„ he goeth out and in And the rulers ouer the hundreds dyd all as Ioiada the prest had commauÌ„ded them and toke vnto them their men which entred vpon the Sabbath with those that wente of on the Sabbath and came to Ioiada y e prest And the prest gaue the captaynes speares and shyldes which had bene kynge Dauids and were in the house of the LORDE And the fote men stode aboute the kynge euery one with his weapen in his hande froÌ„ the corner on the
Assaph the sonne of Barachias and of the children of Merari their brethren Ethan the sonne of Cusaia and with them their brethren of the seconde course namely Zacharias Iaesiel Semiramoth Iehiel Vnni Eliab Benaia Maeseia Mathithia Elipheleia Mikneia Obed Edom Ieiel the dore kepers For Heman Assaph and Ethan were syngers with brasen belles makynge a loude noyse but Zacharias Iaesiel Semiramoth Iehiel Vnni Eliab Maeseia Benaia with Phalteries to Alamoth Mathithia Elipheleia Mikneia Obed Edom Ieiel Asasia with harpes to synge aboue them on hye Chenania the ruler of the Leuites was the master of Musick to teach them for to synge for he was a man of vnderstondinge And Barachias and Elcana were the dorekepers of the Arke But Sachamia Iosaphat Nathaneel Amasai Zacharias Benaia Elieser the prestes blewe the trompettes before y e Arke of God And Obed Edom and Iehia were dorekepers of the Arke So Dauid and the Elders of Israel and the captaynes ouer thousandes wente vp to fetch the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the house of Obed Edom w t ioye And whan God had helped the Leuites y t bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt there were offred seuen bullockes seuen raÌ„mes And Dauid had a lynneÌ„ garment vpoÌ„ him and so had all the Leuites y t bare the Arke and y e syngers and Chenania the master of Musick w t the syngers Dauid had an ouerbody cote of lynnen vpon him also Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE with myrth with trompettes tabrettes loude Cymbales with psalteries and harpes Now whan the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE came in to the cite of Dauid Michol y e doughter of Saul loked out at awyndowe whaÌ„ she sawe kynge Dauid daunsynge playenge she despysed him in hir hert The XVII Chapter ANd whaÌ„ they brought in the Arke of God they set it in y e Tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it and offred burnt offerynges thank offerynges before God And whaÌ„ Dauid had ended the burnt offerynges and thank offerynges he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE distributed vnto euery man in Israel both vnto man and woman a cake of bred and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage And he appoynted before the Arke of y e LORDE certayne Leuites to mynister that they shulde geue prayse thankes and loauinges vnto the LORDE God of Israel namely Assaph the first Zacharias the seconde Ieâ—el Semiramoth Iehiel Mathithia Eliab Benaia Obed Edom and Iehiel with psalteries and harpes But Assaph with loude Cymbales Benaia and Iehasiel the prestes with tabrettes allwaye before the Arke of y e couenaunt of God At the same tyme ordeyned Dauid first of all to geue thaÌ„kes vnto the LORDE by Assaph and his brethren O geue thankes vnto the LORDE call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let y e hert of them reioyce that seke the LORDE O seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore RemeÌ„bre his maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmeÌ„tes of his mouth Ye sede of Israel his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God his iudgmeÌ„tes are in all londes Be myndefull euer of his couenauÌ„t what he hath commaunded in to a thousande generacions Which he made with Abraham his ooth vnto Isaac And he comfirmed the same vnto Iacob for a perpetuall lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt And sayde Vnto the wyl I geue y e londe of Canaan y e metelyne of yo r inheritaunce WhaÌ„ they were yet but small fewe in noÌ„bre and straungers in the same londe And they wente from one nacion to another from one realme to another people He suffred no man to hurte them and reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme O synge vnto y e LORDE let all y e earth be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his holynes amoÌ„ge the HeytheÌ„ his wonderous workes amonge y e people For the LORDE is greate and can not worthely be praysed and more to he had in awe then all goddes As for all the goddes of the HeytheÌ„ they are but Idols but it is the LORDE that made the heauens Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him strength and ioye is in his place Ascrybe vnto the LORDE ye kynreds of nacions ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name brynge presentes and come before him and worshipe y e LORDE in y e bewtye of holynes Let the whole earth stoÌ„de in awe of him he hath made the compase of the worlde so fast that it can not be moued Let the heauens reioyse and let the earth be glad and let it be tolde amonge the Heythen that the LORDE reigneth Let the See make a noyse and the fulnesse therof let the felde be ioyfull and all that therin is Let all the trees in the wod leape for ioye before the LORDE for he commeth to iudge the earth O geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer And saye Helpe vs O God oure Sauioure and gather vs together and delyuer vs from the Heythen that we maye geue thankes vnto y e holy name and synge prayses vnto the in thy Psalmes Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel from euerlastinge to euerlastinge and let all people saye Amen And Prayse be vnto the LORDE So he lefte Assaph and his brethren there before the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE to mynister allwaye before the Arke euery daye his daye worke But Obed Edom and their brethren eight and threscore and Obed Edom the sonne of Iedithun and Hossa to be dore kepers And Sadoc y e prest his brethreÌ„ the prestes lefte he before the habitacion of the LORDE vpon the hye place at GibeoÌ„ to offre burntsacrifices daylie vnto the LORDE vpon the altare of burnt offerynges in the mornynge in the euenynge as it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE which he coÌ„maunded vnto Israel And with them Heman Iedithun and y e other chosen which were named by name to geue thankes vnto the LORDE because his mercy endureth for euer And with them Heman Iedithun to stryke vpon the tabrettes and Cymbales and the musicall instrumentes of God As for the childreÌ„ of Iedithun he made them dorekepers So all the people departed euery one to his house and Dauid returned also to blesse his house The XVIII Chapter IT fortuned whaÌ„ Dauid dwelt in his house he sayde vnto y e prophet Nathan Beholde I dwell in a house of Ceder and the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE is amonge the curtaynes
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
he him after y e golde weighâ— for all maner of vessels of euery offyce and all siluer ornamentes after the weight for all maner of vessell of euery offyce and weighâ— for the golden candilstickes and golden lampes for euery candilstycke and his lampes his weight likewyse for the siluer candilstickes gaue he the weight to the candilsticke his lampes acordynge as was requyred for euery candilstycke He gaue golde also for y e tables of the shewbred for euery table his weight â–ª and syluer lykewise for the syluer tables And pure golde for the fleshokes bâ—sens and censors and for the golden cuppes vnto euery cuppe his weight and for the sâ—uer cuppes vnto euery cuppe his weighte and for the altare of incense his weighte of the most pure golde And a patrone of the charett of the golden Cherubins that they mighte sprede out them selues and couer the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE All this is geuen me in wrytinge of the hande of the LORDE to make me vnderstonde all the workes of the patrone And Dauid sayde vnto SalomoÌ„ his sonne Be thou manly and stronge and make it feare not and be not fayntharted the LORDE God my God shal be with the and shall not withdrawe his hande ner fayle the tyll thou haue fynished euery worke for the seruyce in the house of the LORDE Beholde the courses of the prestes and Leuites to all the offyces in the house of God are with the in euery worke and are willinge and haue wisdome to all the offyces and so haue the prynces and all the people for euery thinge that thou hast to do The XXX Chapter ANd kynge Dauid sayde vnto all the congregacion God hath chosen Salomon one of my sonnes which yet is yonge and tender But the worke is greate for it is not a mans palace but the LORDE Gods Yet haue I after all my abilite prepâ—red vnto the house of God golde for the vessels of golde syluer for them of syluer brasse for them of brasse yron for theÌ„ of yron wod for them of wod Onix stones set Rubyes stones of dyuerse coloures all precious stones Marble stones in multitude Besydes this for the good wyl y t I haue to the house of God I haue of myne awne proper good thre M. taleÌ„tes of golde of Ophir seuen M. taleÌ„tes of pure syluer which I geue vnto the holy house of God besyde all y t I haue prepared to ouerlaye y e walles of the house y t the same which ought to be of golde maye be of golde that it which ought to be of syluer maye be of syluer and for all maner of worke by the hande of the craftesmen And who is now fre wyllinge to fyll his hande this daye vnto the LORDE Then were the prynces of the fathers y e prynces of the trybes of Israel the captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundreds the rulers ouer the kynges busynes fre wyllinge gaue to y e mynistracion in the house of God fyue M. talentes of golde and ten M. guldens and ten M. talentes of syluer eightene M. taleÌ„tes of brasse and an hundred M. taleÌ„tes of yron And by whom so euer were fouÌ„de stones they gaue them to the treasure of the house of the LORDE vnder the haÌ„de of Iehiel the Gersonite And y e people were glad that they were fre wyllinge for they gaue it w t a good wyll euen with all their hert vnto the LORDE And Dauid also y e kynge reioysed greatly and praysed God and sayde before the whole congregacion Praysed be thou O LORDE God of Israel oure father vnto the belongeth worshippe and power glory victory thankes for all that is in heauen and earth is thine thine is y e kyngdome and thou art exalted aboue all prynces Thine are riches and honoure before y e thou reignest ouer all in thy hande consisteth power and might in thy haÌ„de is it to make euery man greate and stronge Now thaÌ„ke we the oure God and prayse y e name of thy glory For who am I What is my people that we shulde be able with a fre wyll to offre as this is done For of the commeth all and of thy hande haue we geuen it the For we are but pilgrems strauÌ„gers before the as were all oure fathers Oure life vpon earth is as a shadowe and here is no abydinge O LORDE oure God all this abundaunce that we haue prepared to buylde the an house vnto thy name came of thy hande and is thine alltogether I knowe my God that thou tryest the hert and that vnfaynednes is acceptable vnto the therfore haue I geueÌ„ all this with an vnfayned hert eueÌ„ with a good wyll and now haue I had ioye to se thy people which here are present offre with a fre wyll vnto the. O LORDE God of oure fathers Abraham Isaac Israel kepe thou euermore soch purposes and thoughtes in y e hertes of thy people prepare thou their hertes vnto the. And graunte my sonne Salomon a perfecte hert that he maye kepe thy coÌ„maundementes thy testimonies thy statutes that he maye do all buylde this palace which I haue prepared And Dauid sayde vnto the whole coÌ„gregacion O prayse the LORDE yo r God And all the coÌ„gregacion praysed y e LORDE God of their fathers bowed them selues worshipped the LORDE then the kynge and offred sacrifices vnto the LORDE And on y e nexte morow offred they burnt offerynges a M. bullockes a M. raÌ„mes a M. laÌ„bes w t their drynk offerynges plenteously offred they amonge all Israel And they ate and dranke the same daie before the LORDE with greate ioye and made Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge y e seconde tyme and anoynted him to be y e prynce for the LORDE Sadoc to be the prest Thus sat Salomon vpon the seate of y e LORDE kynge in his fathers steade prospered And all Israel obeyed him all y e rulers mightie men all kynge Dauids children submytted themselues vnto kynge Salomon And y e LORDE made Salomon excellent greate in y e sighte of all Israel and gaue him soch a glorious kyngdome as none had before him ouer Israel So had Dauid now bene kynge ouer all Israel And y e tyme that he was kynge ouer Israel is fortye yeares At Hebron reigned he seuen yeare and at Ierusalem thre thirtie yeare dyed in a good age full of dayes riches and honoure And Salomon his sonne was kynge in his steade These actes of kynge Dauid both y e first and last beholde they are wrytten amonge the actes of Samuel the Seer and amonge the actes of the prophet Nathan and amoÌ„ge the actes of Gad the Seer with all his kyngdome power and tymes which passed vnder him both vpon Israel vpon all the kyngdomes of the earth The ende of the first boke of the Cronicles The seconde boke of the Cronicles called Paralipomenon
What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kyngdome of Salomon to whom the LORDE appeareth and Salomon maketh his prayer vnto him Chap. II. How Salomon deuyseth to buylde the temple of the LORDE Chap. III. How he begynneth to buylde and after what faszshion Chap. IIII. Of the ornamentes of the temple Chap. V. The Arke is broughte in to the temple c. Chap. VI. Salomon speaketh vnto the people prayseth God and beseketh him to heare soch as make their prayer in the temple Chap. VII The fyre commeth from heauen consumeth the sacrifice The kynge the people offre The LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon and promyseth to heare him Chap. VIII Salomon buyldeth cities and subdueth the Heythen Of his captaynes and of his wife Chap. IX The Quene of Saba bringeth presentes vnto Salomon receaueth giftes of him Salomon dyeth Chap. X. Roboam oppressynge the people maketh them to fall awaye from him Chap. XI The LORDE wil not suffre Roboam kynge of Iuda BeÌ„ Iamin to fighte agaynst Israel He buyldeth cities Chap. XII Roboam forsaketh the lawe of the LORDE The kynge of Egipte commeth vpon him The LORDE delyuereth him Chap. XIII Of Abia Ieroboam their warres Chap. XIIII XV. Of kynge Asa. Chap. XVI Baesa coÌ„meth vp against Asa which agreeth with him therfore is he rebuked Chap. XVII Of the reigne of Iosaphat Chap. XVIII Iosaphat maketh frendshippe with Achab and helpeth him to fight Chap. XIX Iehu rebuketh Iosaphat for helpynge the vngodly Iosaphat amendeth and lyueth well Chap. XX. The Moabites Ammonites with the Syrians and Edomites go forth agaynst Iosaphat which prayeth vnto God and he helpeth him Chap. XXI Iosaphat dyeth Ioram his sonne is made kynge slayeth his brethren and forsaketh the LORDE Edom falleth awaye from Iuda God punysheth Ioram Chap. XXII Ochosias is made kinge and taketh parte with Achabs sonne Chap. XXIII Ioiada maketh Ioas kynge commaundeth to slaye Athalia Chap. XXIIII Whyle Ioiada lyueth kynge Ioas doth well but after his death he forsaketh the LORDE And because Zacharias reproueth him he coÌ„maundeth to stone him to death His awne seruauntes kyll him vpon his bed Chap. XXV Of kynge Amasias which smyteth the Edomites He worshippeth their Idols therfore the prophet reproueth him He wyll nedes fight with the kynge of Israel which ouercommeth him and taketh him Chap. XXVI Of kynge Osias other wyse called Vsia or Azarias of his buyldinges how he became leper for his presumpcion Chap. XXVII Of Iothams reigne of his buyldinges and of his warres Chap. XXVIII Of the wicked kynge Achas Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI Of the verteous kynge Ezechias and of his noble actes Chap. XXXII Sennacherib layeth sege to Ierusalem Ezechias comforteth the people Sennacherib threateneth but the LORDE delyuereth Iuda Ezechias is sicke and recouereth Chap. XXXIII Of the reigne of Manasses and of his amendment from his wickednes Of kynge Ammon his sonne Chap. XXXIIII XXXV Of the reigne and most vertuous actes of kynge Iosias and of his death Chap. XXXVI Thre monethes reigneth Ioachas after whom reigneth Eliachim other wyse called Ioachim whom Nabuchodonosor carieth vnto Babilon and in his steade reigneth Ioachim his sonne which also is led awaye captayne vnto Babilon Sedechias is made kynge and at the last caried awaye presoner with all the people and Ierusalem destroyed The first Chapter ANd Salomon the sonne of Dauid was stablyshed in his kyngdome and the LORDE his God was with him made him exceadinge greate And Salomon spake vnto all Israel to the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds to the Iudges and to all y e prynces in Israel and to the chefest fathers so that they wente Salomon and the whole congregacion with him vnto the hye place which was at Gibea for there was y e Tabernacle of y e witnesse of God which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE had made in y e wyldernesse For Dauid had brought vp the Arke of God from Kiriath Iarim whan he had prepared for it for he had pitched a tent for it at Ierusalem As for y e brasen altare which Bezaleel the sonne of Vâ—â— the sonne of Hur had made it was there before the habitacion of the LORDE and Salomon and the congregacion soughte God And Salomon offred a thousande burntofferynges vpoÌ„ the brasen altare that stode before the Tabernacle of witnesse In the same nighte appeared God vnto Salomon and sayde vnto him Axe what shal I geue the And Salomon sayde vnto God Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid â—nd hast made me kynge in his steade Now LORDE God let y e worde that thou hast pâ—omysed vnto my father Dauid be verified for thou hast made me kynge ouer a people which is as many in noÌ„bre as the dust vpon the earth Graunte me wyszdome therfore and knowlege y t I maye go out and in before this people for who is able to iudge this greate people of thine Then sayde God vnto Salomon For so moch as thou art so mynded and hast not desyred riches ner good ner hono r ner the soules of thine enemies ner longe life but hast requyred wyszdome and knowlege to iudge my people ouer whom I haue made the kynge wyszdome therfore and knowlege be geuen the. Morouer riches good and honoure wyll I geue the so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the amoÌ„ge the kynges nether shal be after the. So came Salomon from the hye place which was at Gibeon vnto IerusaleÌ„ from y e Tabernacle of witnesse and reigned ouer Israel And Salomon gathered him charettes and horsmen so that he had a thousande and foure hundreth charettes twolue thousande horsmen and those appoynted he to be in the charet cities and with the kynge at Ierusalem And the kynge broughte it so to passe that there was as moch syluer golde at IerusaleÌ„ as stones and as many Ceders as the Molberyes trees that are in the valleys And there were horses broughte vnto Salomon out of Egipte the kynges marchauntes fetched them from Kena for moneye And they came vp and broughte out of Egipte a charet for sixe huÌ„dreth syluer peÌ„s and an horse for an hundreth and fiftye Thus broughte they also vnto all the kynges of the Hethites and to the kynges of y e Syrians The II. Chapter ANd Salomon thoughte to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE an house for his kyngdome and tolde out thre score and ten thousande men to beare burthens and foure score thousande that hewed tymber vpoÌ„ the mount and thre thousande and sixe hundreth officers ouer them And Salomon sent vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre sayenge As thou dyddest with my father sendedst him Ceder trees to builde an house for to dwell in euen so do thou w t me also Beholde I wyl buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God to sanctifie it for to burne good incense before him and allwaye to prepare y e
Be it knowne vnto the kynge that we came in to Iewry to the house of y e greate God which is buylded with all maner of stone and balckes are layed in the walles and y e worke goeth fast forth and prospereth in their handes Neuertheles we axed the Elders and sayde vnto them Who hath cōmaunded you to buylde this house and to make vp the walles therof We axed their names also that we might certifye the and haue wrytten the names of the men that were their rulers But they answered vs w t these wordes and sayde We are the seruaūtes of the God of heauen and earth and buylde the house y t was buylded many yeares agoo which a greate kynge of Israel buylded and set vp Howbeit whan oure fathers prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath he gaue them ouer in the hande of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon the Caldee which brake downe this house caried y e people awaye vnto Babilon Neuertheles in the first yeare of Cyrus the kynge of Babilon y e same kynge Cyrus commaunded to buylde this house of God for the vessels of golde and siluer in the house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalē and broughte thē in to y e temple at Babilon those dyd Cyrus the kynge take out of y e temple at Babilon and delyuered them vnto Seszbazer by name whom he made Debyte and sayde vnto him Take these vessels go thy waye and brynge them vnto the temple at Ierusalem and let the house of God be buylded in his place Then came the same Seszbazar and layed y e foundacion of the house of God at Ierusalem Sence that tyme hath it bene in buyldinge and yet is it not fynished Yf it please y e kynge now let there be search made in y e kynges treasure house which is at Babilon whether it haue bene kynge Cyrus commaundement that the house of God at Ierusalem shulde be buylded sende vs y e kynges mynde concernynge the same The VI. Chapter THen cōmaunded kinge Darius that search shulde be made in y e library of y e kynges treasure house which laye at Babilon So at Egbathanis in a castell that lyeth in the londe of the Meedes there was founde a boke in it was there an acte wrytten after this maner In the first yeare of kynge Cyrus cōmaunded the same kynge Cyrus to buylde y e house of God at Ierusalem in the place where the sacrifice is made to laye the foundacion to beare thre score cubites heyght thre score cubites bredth thre walles of all maner of stones and one wall of tymber the expences shal be geuen of the kynges house And the goldē and syluer vessell of y e house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalem and broughte vnto Babilon shal be restored agayne y t they maye be broughte vnto the temple at Ierusalē to their place in to the house of God Get you farre from them therfore thou Thathnai Debyte beyonde the water and Sethar of Bosen youre councelers which are beyonde the water Let them worke in y e house of God that the Debyte of y e Iewes and their Elders maye buylde the house of God in his place I haue commaunded also what shal be done to y e Elders of Iuda for the buyldinge of the house of God that there shal diligently be takē of the kynges goodes euen of the rentes beyonde the water geuen vnto the men and that they be not hyndered And yf they haue nede of calues lambes or goates for the burnt offrynge vnto y e God of heauen wheate salt wyne and oyle after the custome of the prestes at Ierusalem there shal be geuen them daylie as is acordinge and se that this be not done necligētly that they maye offre swete sauoures vnto y e God of heauen and praye for the kynges lyfe and for his children This commaundement haue I geuē And what man so euer he be that altereth these wordes there shal a balke be taken from his house and set vp and he shal be hanged theron and his house shal be prysed for the dede But the God that dwelleth in heauen destroye all kynges and people that put to their hāde to alter and to breake downe the house of God at Ierusalem I Darius haue commaunded that this be diligently done Then Thathnai y e Debyte beyonde y e water and Sethar of Bosen with their councelers to whom kynge Darius had sent dyd their diligence And y e Elders of the Iewes buylded and they prospered thorow the prophecienge of Aggeus the prophet and Zachary the sonne of Iddo and they buylded and set vp the worke acordinge to the commaundement of the God of Israel and after the commaundement of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerses kynges of Persia. And they perfourmed the house vnto the thirde daye of the moneth Adar that was the sixte yeare of the reigne of kynge Darius And the children of Israel the prestes the Leuites and the other children of y e captyuite helde the dedicacion of the house of God with ioye and offred at the dedicacion of the house of God an hundreth calues two hundreth lambes foure hundreth goates and for the syn offerynge for all Israel twolue he goates acordinge to the nombre of the trybes of Israel and set the prestes in their courses and y e Leuites in their offices to mynister vnto God which is at Ierusalē as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And the children of the captyuite helde Passeouer vpon the fourtenth daye of the first moneth for y e prestes and Leuites had purified them selues so y t they were all cleane as one man and kylled Passeouer for all the children of the captyuite and for their brethrē the prestes and for them selues And the childrē of Israel which were come agayne out of captiuyte and all soch as had separated them selues vnto them from the fylthinesse of the Heythen in the londe to seke the LORDE God of Israel ate helde the feast of vnleuēded bred seuen dayes with ioye for the LORDE had made them glad and turned the hert of the kynge of Assur vnto thē so that their handes were strengthed in the worke of the house of God which is y e God of Israel The VII Chapter AFter these actes in the reigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia there wente vp from Babilon Eszdras the sonne of Seraia the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Helchias the sonne of Sallum the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne Meraioth the sonne of Serahia y e sonne of Vsi the sonne of Buki the sonne of Abisua the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the chefe prest which was a quycke scrybe in the lawe of Moses which the LORDE God of Israel dyd geue And y e kynge gaue him all that he
from the LORDE and smote Iob with maruelous sore byles from the sole off the fote vnto his crowne so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes and scraped of the etter off his sores with a potsherde Then sayde his wife vnto him Dost tho◠yet cōtynue in thy perfectnesse curse God dye But Iob sayde vnto her Thou speakest like a foolish womā Seinge we haue receaued prosperite at the honde of God wherfore shulde we not be content with aduersite also In all these thinges dyd not Iob synne with his lippes Now when Iobs frendes herde of all y e trouble that happened vnto him there came thre off them euery one from his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Baldad the Suhite and Sophar the Naamathite For they were agreed together to come to shewe their compassion vpon him and to comforte him So when they lifte vp their eyes a farre off they knewe him not Then they cried and wepte then euery one off them rente his clothes and sprynckled dust vpon their heades in the ayre They sat them downe by him also vpon the grounde vij dayes and vij nightes Nether was there eny of them that spake one worde vnto him for they sawe that his payne was very greate The III. Chapter AFter this opened Iob his mouth and cursed his daye and sayde lost be that daye wherin I was borne and the night in the which it was sayde there is a manchilde conceaued The same daye be turned to darcknesse and not regarded of God from aboue nether be shyned vpō w t light but be couered with darcknesse and the shadowe of death Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it and let it be lapped in with sorowe Let the darckstorme ouercome y e night let it not be reckened amonge the dayes off the yeare ner counted in the monethes Despysed be that night and discommended let them that curse the daye geue it their curse also euen those that be ready to rayse vp Leuiathan Let the starres be dymme thorow darcknesse of it Let it loke for light but let it se none nether the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge because it shut not vp the wombe that bare me ner hyd these sorowes fro myne eyes Alas why dyed I not in y e byrth Why dyd not I perysh as soone as I came out of my mothers wōbe Why set they me vpō y e irknees Why gaue they me suck with their brestes Then shulde I now haue lyen still I shulde haue slepte and bene at rest like as the kynges ād lordes of y e earth which buylde them selues speciall places As the prynces that haue greate substaunce of golde their houses full of syluer O that I vtterly had no beynge or were as a thīge borne out of tyme that is put asyde ether as yonge children which neuer sawe the light There must the wicked ceasse from their tyranny there soch as are ouerlaboured be at rest there are those letten out fre which haue bene in preson so that they heare nomore the voyce of the oppressoure There are small and greate the bonde man and he that is fre frō his master Wherfore is the light geuen to him that is in mysery and life vnto them that haue heuy hertes Which longe for death and it commeth not for yf they might fynde the 〈◊〉 graue they wolde be maruelous glad as those that dygge vp treasure To the man whose waye is hyd which God kepeth backe from him This is the cause that I syghe before I eate and my roaringes fall out like a water floude For the thynge that I feared is come vpon me and the thynge that I was afrayed of is happened vnto me Was I not happy Had I not quyetnesse Was I not in rest And now commeth soch mysery vpon me The IIII. Chapter THen answered Eliphas of Theman and sayde vnto him Yf we begynne to comon with the peraduēture thou wilt be myscontent but who can witholde himself from speakynge Beholde thou hast bene a teacher of many and hast comforted the weery hondes Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen thou hast refresshed the weake knees But now that the plage is come vpon the thou shrēckest awaye now that it hath touched thyself thou art faint harted Where is now thy feare of God thy stedfastnesse thy pacience and the perfectnesse of thy life Considre I praye the who euer peryshed beynge an innocent Or when were the godly destroyed As for those that plowe wickednesse as I haue sene myself and sowe myschefe they reape y e same For whē God bloweth vpon them they perysh and are destroyed thorow the blast of his wrath The roaringe of the lyon the cryenge off the lyonesse y e teth off y e lyōs whelpes are brokē The greate lyon perysheth because he cā get no pray and the lyons whelpes are scatred abrode There is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell which hath geuen a terrible sounde in myne eare with a vision in the night when men are fallen a slepe Soch feare and drede came vpō me that all my bones shoke And when the wynde passed ouer by me the hayres of my flesh stode vp Then stode there one before me whose face I knewe not an ymage there was and the wether was still so that I herde this voyce◠Maye a man be iustified before God Maye there eny man be iudged to be clene by reason of his owne workes Beholde he hath founde vnfaythfulnesse amonge his owne seruauntes and proude disobedience amonge his angels How moch more thē shal they that dwell in houses of claye whose foundacion is but earth be moth eaten They shal be destroyed from the mornynge vnto the euenynge yee they shall perish or euer they be awarre and be taken awaye so clene that none of thē shall remayne but be deed or euer they be awarre off it The V. Chapter NAme me one els yf thou canst fynde eny yee loke aboute the vpon eny of the holy men As for the foolish man displeasure kylleth him and anger slayeth y e ignoraunt I haue sene my self when the foolish was deperoted that his bewty was sodēly destroyed that his children were without prosperite or health that they were slayne in the dore and no mā to delyuer them that his haruest was eaten vp off the hungrie that the weapened man had spoyled it and that the thurstie had droncke vp his riches It is not the earth that bryngeth forth trauayle nether commeth sorow out of y e groūde but it is man that is borne vnto mysery like as the byrde for to fle But now will I speake off the LORDE and talke of God which doth thinges that are vnsearcheable and marueles without nōbre Which geueth rayne vpō the earth and poureth water vpon all thinges which setteth vp them of lowe degre and sendeth prosperite to those that are in heuynesse Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll so that they
prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble agaynst the tyme of batell warre By what waye is the light parted the heate dealt out vpon earth Who deuydeth the abundauÌ„ce of waters in to ryuers or who maketh a waye for the stormy wether y t it watereth moystureth y e drye baren grounde to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth in the wildernes where no maÌ„ remayneth Who is the father of rayne Or who hath begotten the droppes of dew Out of whose woÌ„be came the yse who hath gendred the coldnes of y e ayre y t the waters are as harde as stones lye congeeled aboue the depe Hast thou brought y e vij starres together Or art thou able to breake the Circle of heaueÌ„ CaÌ„st thou bringe forth the mornynge starre or the euenynge starre at coÌ„uenient tyme coÌ„ueye theÌ„ home agayne Knowest thou the course off heaueÌ„ y t thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce therof vpoÌ„ earth Morouer caÌ„st thou lift vp thy voyce to y e cloudes y t they maye poure downe a greate rayne vpoÌ„ the Canst thou thoÌ„dre also y t they maye go their waye be obedieÌ„t vnto the sayeÌ„ge lo here are we Who geueth sure wisdome or stedfast vnderstoÌ„dinge who nombreth the cloudes in wisdome who stilleth y e vehement waters of the heaueÌ„ who turneth the clottes to dust theÌ„ to be clottes agayne Huntest thou the praye froÌ„ the Lyon or fedest thou his whelpes lyeÌ„ge in their deÌ„nes lurkinge in their couches who prouydeth meate for the rauen wheÌ„ his yonge ones crie vnto God aÌ„d fle aboute for want of meate Chap. XXXIX KNowest thou the tyme when the wilde gotes briÌ„ge forth their yoÌ„ge amoÌ„ge the stony rockes Or layest thou wayte when the hindes vse to fawne Rekenest thou the moneth as after they ingendre y t thou knowest the tyme of their bearinge Or when they lye downe when they cast their yonge ones when they are delyuered off their trauayle payne How their yoÌ„ge ones growe vp waxe greate thorow good fedinge who letteth the wilde asse go fre or who lowseth the boÌ„des of the Moole Vnto whoÌ„ I haue geuen the wyldernes to be their house the vntilled londe to be their dwellinge place That they maye geue no force for the multitude off people in the cities nether to regarde the crienge of the dryuer but to seke their pasture aboute the mouÌ„taynes to folowe vpon the grene grasse Wyll the vnicorne be so tame as to do y e seruyce or to abyde still by thy criâ—be CaÌ„st thou bynde y e yock aboute him in thy forowes to make him plowe after the in y e valleis Mayest thou trust hiÌ„ because he is stroÌ„ge or coÌ„mitte thy labo r vnto hiÌ„ Mayest thou beleue hiÌ„ y t he wil briÌ„ge home y e corne or to cary eny thinge vnto y e barne The Estrich whose fethers are fayrer theÌ„ y e wynges of the sparow hauke wheÌ„ he hath layed his egges vpon the grounde he bredeth them in the dust and forgetteth them so that they might be troden with fete or broken with somme wilde beast So harde is he vnto his yong ones as though they were not his and laboureth in vayne without eny feare And that because God hath taken wisdome from him hath not geuen him vnderstondinge When his tyme is he flyeth vp an hye and careth nether for horse ner man Hast thou geuen the horse is strength or lerned him to bowe downe his neck with feare that he letteth him self be dryuen forth like a greshopper where as the stoute neyenge that he maketh is fearfull he breaketh y e grounde with the hoffes of his fete chearfully in his strength and runneth to mete the harnest men He layeth asyde all feare his stomack is not abated nether starteth he a back for eny swerde Though the quyuers rattle vpon him though the speare and shilde glistre yet russheth he in fearsly and beateth vpon the grounde He feareth not the noyse of the trompettes but as soone as he heareth the shawmes blowe tush sayeth he for he smelleth the batell afarre of y e noyse the captaynes and the shoutinge Commeth it thorow thy wysdome that the goshauke flyeth towarde the south Doth the Aegle mounte vp make his nest on hye at thy commaundement He abydeth in the stony rockes aÌ„d vpon the hye toppes of harde mountaynes where no man can come From thence maye he beholde his praye and loke farre aboute with his eyes His yonge ones are fed with bloude and where eny deed body lyeth there is he immediatly Morouer God spake vnto Iob and sayde Can he that stryueth with the Allmightie be at rest Shulde not he which disputeth with God geue him an answere Iob answered the LORDE sayenge Beholde I am to vyle a personne to answere the therfore will I laye my hande vpon my mouth Once or twyse haue I spoken but I will saye nomore The XL. Chapter THen spake the LORDE vnto Iob out of the storme and sayde gyrde vp y e loynes like a man and tell me the thiÌ„ge that I will axe the. Wilt thou disanulle my iudgment Or wilt thou condemne me y t thou thy self mayest be made rightuous Is thine arme then like the arme of God Maketh thy voyce soch a souÌ„de as his doth Then arme thy self with thine owne power vp decke the in thy ioly araye poure out the indignacion of thy wrath se that thou cast downe all y e proude loke well that thou makest all soch as be stubburne to obeye treade all the vngodly vnder thy fete cast theÌ„ downe in to the myre and couer their faces with darcknesse Then will I confesse also that thyne owne right honde hath saued the. Beholde the cruell beaste whom I made w t the which eateth haye as an oxe lo how stronge he is in his loynes and what power he hath in the nauell of his body He spredeth out his tale like a Cedre tre all his vaynes are stiff His shynnes are like pipes off brasse his rygge bones are like staues of yroÌ„ First when God made him he ordened the wyldernesse for him y t the mountaynes shulde geue him grasse where all the beastes off the felde take their pastyme He lyeth amoÌ„ge the redes in the Mosses the fennes hyde him with their shadowe and the wylowes of the broke couer him rounde aboute Lo without eny laboure might he drynke out the whole floude and suppe off Iordane without eny trauayle Who darre laye honde vpon him openly and vndertake to catch him Or who darre put an hoke thorow his nose aÌ„d laye a snare for him Darrest thou drawe out Leuiathan with an angle or bynde his tonge with a snare Canst thou put a rynge in the nose of him or bore his chaftes thorow with a naule Wyll he make many fayre wordes with the thynkest thou or flatre the Wyll he make a couenaunt with the Or art thou able
my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Lest myne enemie saye I haue preuayled agaynst hiÌ„ for yf I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyse at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my hert is ioyfull in thy sauynge health I wil synge of the LORDE that dealeth so louyngly with me Yee I wil prayse the name of the LORDE the most hyest The XIII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodyes saye in their hertes Tush there is no God They are corrupte aÌ„d become abhominable in their doynges there is not one â— doth good The LORDE loked downe froÌ„ heaueÌ„ vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde seke after God But they are all gone out of the waye they are alltogether become vnprofitable there is none that doth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulcre with their tonges they haue disceaued the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lippes Their mouth is full of cursinge and bytternes their fete are swift to shed bloude Destruccion wretchednes are in their wayes aÌ„d the waye of peace haue they not knowne there is no feare off God before their eyes How can they haue vnderstondinge y t worke myschefe eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpoÌ„ y e LORDE Therfore shal they be brought in greate feare for God stondeth by the generacion of the rightuous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the couÌ„cell of the poore because he putteth his trust in the LORDE Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out off Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte TheÌ„ shulde Iacob reioyse and Israel shulde be right glad The XIIII A psalme of Dauid LORDE who shall dwell in thy tabernacle who shal rest vpoÌ„ y i holy hill Euen he y t ledeth an vncorrupte life that doth the thinge which is right aÌ„d that speaketh the treuth from his herte He y t vseth no disceat in his tonge he that doth no euell to his neghboure slaundreth not his neghbours He y t setteth not by the vngodly but maketh moch of theÌ„ that feare the LORDE he y t sweareth vnto his neghboure dispoynteth him not He that geueth not his money vpon vsury and taketh no rewarde agaynst the innoceÌ„t Who so doth these thiÌ„ges shal neuer be remoued The XV. A psalme of Dauid PReserue me o God for in the do I trust I haue sayde vnto y e LORDE thou art my God my goodes are nothinge vnto the. All my delyte is vpon the sanctes that are in the earth and vpon soch like But they y t runne after another shall haue greate trouble Their drynk offerynges of bloude wil not I offre nether make mencion of their name in my mouth The LORDE himself is my good and my 〈◊〉 thou manteynest my enheritauÌ„ce 〈…〉 is fallen vnto me in a fayre ground◠〈…〉 a goodly heretage I wil thanke 〈…〉 for geuynge me warnynge my 〈…〉 so haue chastened me in the night 〈…〉 Afore honde sawe I God allwayes 〈…〉 me for he is on my right honde that I shulde not be moued Therfore dyd my hert reioyce my tunge was glad my flesh also shall rest in hope For why thou shalt not leaue my souâ—e in hell nether shalt thou suffre thy saynte to se corrupcion Thou hast shewed me the wayes off life thou shalt make me full of ioye w t thy countenaunce At thy right hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore The XVI A psalme of Dauid HEare y e right O LORDE coÌ„sidre my coÌ„â—playnte herken vnto my prayer thaâ— goeth not out of a fayned mouth Leâ— my sentence come forth froÌ„ thy presence and loke vpon the thinge that is equall Thoâ— hast proued visited myne herte in the nighâ— season thou hast tried me in the fyre hasâ— founde no wickednes in me for I vtterly puâ—â—posed that my mouth shulde not offende Because of the wordes of thy lippes I haue kepte me froÌ„ the workes of men in y e wayâ— off the murthurer Oh ordre thou my goynâ—ges in thy pathes that my fote steppes slippe not For vnto the I crie heare me o Godâ— enclyne thine eares to me and herkeÌ„ vnto my wordes Shewe y i maruelous louinge kindnesse thou that sauest them which put their trust in the from soch as resist thy right honde Kepe me as the apple of an eye defende me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges From the vngodly that trouble me fro myne enemies which compasse my soule rounde aboute Which manteyne their owne welthynesse with oppression their mouth speaketh proude thinges They lye waytinge in o r waye on euery syde turnynge their eyes downe to the grounde Like as a lyon that is gredy of his pray as it were a lyons whelpe lurckynge in his denne Vp LORDE dispoynte him cast him downe delyuer my soule with thy swerde from the vngodly FroÌ„ the men of thy honde o LORDE from the men off the worlde which haue their porcion in this life whose belies thou fyllest with thy treasure They haue children at their desyre and leaue the reste of their substauÌ„ce for their babes But as forme I will beholde thy presence in rightuousnes and when thy glory appeaâ—â— shal be satisfied 〈◊〉 XVII A psalme of Dauid when he is delyuered from the honde off Saul 〈…〉 loue the o LORDE my streÌ„gth 〈…〉 The LORDE is my suco r my refuge 〈◊〉 my Sauio r my god my helper iÌ„ whoÌ„ 〈…〉 my buckler y e horne of my health my proteccioÌ„ I wil prayse y e LORDE call vpon him so shal I be safe fro myne enemies The sorowes of death coÌ„passed me the brokes of vngodlynes made me afrayed The paynes of hell came aboute me the snares of death toke holde vpoÌ„ me Yet in my trouble I called vpoÌ„ the LORDE coÌ„playned vnto my God So he herde my voyce out off his holy teÌ„ple my coÌ„playnte came before hiÌ„ yee eueÌ„ in to his eares TheÌ„ the earth trembled quaked the very fouÌ„dacioÌ„s of the hilles shoke were remoued because he was wrothe There weÌ„te a smoke out of his nostrels aÌ„d a coÌ„sumynge fyre out of his mouth so y e coales were kyndled at it He bowed the heaueÌ„s came downe it was darcke vnder his fete He rode vpoÌ„ the Cherubins dyd fle he came flyenge with the wynges of the wynde He made darcknesse his pauylion rounde aboute hiÌ„ with darcke water thicke cloudes to couer him At the brightnes off his presence the cloudes remoued with hale stones coales of fyre The LORDE also thondred out of y e heaueÌ„ the heyth gaue his thondre w t hale stones coales of fyre He sent out his arowes scatred theÌ„ he cast sore lighteninges destroyed theÌ„ The springes of waters were sene the foundacioÌ„s of the rouÌ„de worlde were discouered
in the deare tyme. Let oure soule paciently abyde the LORDE for he is oure helpe and shilde So shal oure herte reioyse in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse o LORDE be vpon vs like as we put oure trust in the. The XXXIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the LORDE his prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shall make hir boast in the LORDE the poore oppressed shal heare therof and be glad O prayse y e LORDE with me and let vs magnifie his name together I sought the LORDE and he herde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They that haue an eye vnto him shal be lightened their faces shall not be ashamed This poore man cried vnto the LORDE and he herde him yee and delyuered him out of all his troubles The angell of the LORDE pitcheth his tente rounde aboute them that feare him and delyuereth them O taist and se how frendly the LORDE is blessed is the man y t trusteth in him O feare the LORDE ye y t be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothinge The rich shal want and suffre hunger but they which seke the LORDE shal wāt no maner of thinge that is good Come hither o ye children herken vnto me I wil teach you the feare of the LORDE Who so listeth to lyue wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell and do good Let him seke peace ensue it For the eyes of the LORDE are ouer the rightuous and his eares are open vnto their prayers But the face of the LORDE beholdeth them that do euel to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth When the rightuous crie the LORDE heareth them and delyuereth thē out of all their troubles The LORDE is nye vnto them y t are contrite in hert wil helpe soch as be of an hūble sprete Greate are y e troubles of the rightuous but the LORDE delyuereth them out of all He kepeth all their bones so y t not one of them is broken But miszfortune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate y e rightuous shal be giltie The LORDE delyuereth the soules of his seruaūtes and all they that put their trust in him shal not offende The XXXIIII A psalme of Dauid STryue thou with them o LORDE that stryue w t me fight thou agaynst them that fight agaynst me Laye honde vpon the shylde and speare and stonde vp to helpe me Drawe out thy swearde and stoppe the waye agaynst them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am y i helpe Let them be cōfounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let thē be turned back and brought to confucion that ymagin myschefe for me Let thē be as y e dust before the wynde and the angell of the LORDE scaterynge thē Let their waye be darcke and slippery and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them For they haue pryuely laied their nett to destroye me without a cause yee and made a pitte for my soule which I neuer deserued Let a sodane destrucciō come vpon him vnawarres and y e nett that he hath layed priuely catch him self that he maye fall in to his owne myschefe But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE and reioyse in his helpe All my bones shal saie LORDE who is like vnto the which delyuerest y e poore from those that are to stronge for him yee the poore and the nedy from his robbers False witnesses are rysen vp laye to my charge thinges that I knowe not They rewarde me euell for good to the greate discomforth of my soule Neuertheles when they were sick I put on a sack cloth I humbled my soule with fastinge and my prayer turned in to myne owne bosome I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother I wēte heuely as one y e mourneth for his mother But in my aduersite they reioyse and gather them together yee y e very lame come together agaynst me vnawarres makynge mowes at me ceasse not With y e gredy scornefull ypocrites they gnaszshed vpon me with theirteth LORDE whan wilt thou loke vpō this O restore my soule from y e wicked rumoure of thē my dearlinge from the lyons So wil I geue y e thankes in the greate congregacion prayse the amonge moch people O let thē not triūphe ouer me that are myne enemies for naught O let them not wyncke w t their eyes that hate me without a cause And why their comonynge is not for peace but they ymagin false wordes agaynst y e outcastes of the londe They gape vpon me w t their mouthes sayenge there there we se it with oure eyes This thou seist o LORDE holde not thy tonge thē go not farre fro me o LORDE Awake LORDE and stonde vp auenge thou my cause my God and my LORDE Iudge me o LORDE my God acordinge to thy rightuousnesse y t they triūphe not ouer me O let thē not saye in their hertes there there so wolde we haue it O let them not saye we haue ouercome him Let them be put to confucion and shame that reioyse at my trouble let thē be clothed with rebuke and dishonoure that boost thē selues agaynst me Let them also be glad and reioyse that fauoure my rightuous dealinge yee let them saye allwaye blessed be y e LORDE which hath pleasure in the prosperite of his seruaunt And as for my tonge it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of thy prayse all the daye longe The XXXV A psalme of Dauid MY hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly that there is no feare of God before his eyes For he dyssembleth before his face so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate he wil not be lerned to do good He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde he will come in no good waye ner refuse the thinge that is euell Thy mercy O LORDE reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faith fulnesse vnto the cloudes Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes thy iudgment like the greate depe Thou LORDE preseruest both mē the beestes How precious is thy mercy O God that the children of men maye put their trust vnder y e shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfied with the plēteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures For by the is y e well of life in thy light shall we se light O sprede forth thy louynge kyndnesse vnto them that knowe the thy rightuousnes vnto thē that are true of hert O let not the fote of pryde ouertake me O let not the hande of y e vngodly cast me downe As for wicked doers they fall they
glad that thou iudgest the folke rightuously and gouernest the nacions vpoÌ„ earth Let the people prayse the o God let all people prayse the. God euen oure owne God geue vs his blessinge that the earth maye bringe forth hir increase God blesse vs and let all the endes of y e worlde feare him The LXVII A psalme of Dauid LEt God aryse so shal his enemies be scatered and they that hate him shal fle before him Like as the smoke vanisheth so shalt thou dryue them awaye and like as waxe melteth at the fyre so shall the vngodly perish at the presence off God But the rightuous shal be glad reioyse before God they shal be mery ioyful Oh synge vnto God synge prayses vnto his name magnifie him y e rydeth aboue the heaueÌ„s whose name is y e LORDE reioyse before hiÌ„ He is a father of y e fatherlesse he is a defender of widdowes eueÌ„ God in his holy habitacioÌ„ He is the God y t maketh meÌ„ to be of one mynde in a house bryngeth y e presoners out of captiuite in due season but letteth y e rennagates coÌ„tinue in scarcenesse O God when thou weÌ„test forth before y e people wheÌ„ thou weÌ„test thorow y e wildernes Sela. The earth shoke y e heauens dropped at the presence of God in Sinai at y e presence of God which is y e God of Israel Thou o God sendest a gracious rayne vpon thyne enheritauÌ„ce refreshest it when it is drye That thy beastes maye dwell therin which thou of thy goodnes hast prepared for the poore The LORDE shal geue the worde w t greate hoostes of EuaÌ„gelistes Ringes w t their armies shal fle they of y e housholde shal deuyde y e spoyle Yf so be y t ye lye amoÌ„ge the pales the doues fethers shal be couered with syluer hir winges of the colo r of golde When the All mightie setteth kynges vpoÌ„ the earth it shal be cleare euen in the darcknesse The hill of Basan is Gods hill the hill of Basan is a pleÌ„teous hill Why hoppe ye so ye greate hilles It pleaseth God to dwell vpoÌ„ this hill yeâ— the LORDE wil abyde in it for euer The charettes of God are many M. tymes a thousande the LORDE is amoÌ„ge them in the holy Sinai Thou art gone vp an hye thou hast led captyuite captyue receaued giftes for meÌ„ Yee euen for thy enemies that they might dwell with the LORDE God Praysed be the LORDE daylie eueÌ„ y e God which helpeth vs poureth his benefites vpoÌ„ vs. Sela. The God y t is o r Sauio r eueÌ„ God the LORDE by whoÌ„ we escape death The God that smyteth his enemies vpoÌ„ the heades vpon the hayrie scalpes soch as go on still in their wikednes The LORDE hath sayde some wil I bringe agayne from Basan some wil I bringe agayne froÌ„ the depe of the see That thy fote maye be dipped in the bloude of thine enemies that thy dogges maye licke it vp It is well seâ—e o God how thou goest how thou my God and kynge goest in the Sanctuary The syngers go before and then the mynstrells amonge the maydens with the tymbrels O geue thankes vnto God the LORDE in the congregacion for the welles of Israel There litle Beniamin the prynces of Iuda the prynces of ZabuloÌ„ and the prynces of Nephthali beare rule amoÌ„ge them Thy God hath coÌ„mitted streÌ„gth vn to the stablish the thinge o God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy teÌ„ples sake at Ierusalem shal kynges brynge presentes vnto the. Reproue the beestes amonge the redes the heape of bulles with the calues those that dryue for money Oh scaâ—re the people that delyte in batayle The prynces shal come out of Egipte the Morians loÌ„de shal stretch out hir hondes vnto God Synge vnto God o ye kyngdomes of the earth o synge prayses vnto the LORDE Sela. Which sytteth in the heauens ouer all froÌ„ the begynnge Lo he shal sende out his voyce yee and that a mightie voyce Ascrybe ye the power vnto God his glory is in Israel and his might in the cloudes God is wonderfull in his Sanctuary he is the God of Israel he will geue strength and power vnto his people Blessed be God The LXVIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for the waters are come in eueÌ„ vnto my soule I sticke fast in the depe myre where no grounde is I am come in to depe waters and the floudes wil drowne me I am weery of crienge my throte is drye my sight fayleth me for waytinge so longe vpon my God They y t hate me without a cause are mo then the hayres of my heade â–ª they that are myne enemies wolde destroye me giltlesse are mightie I am fayne to paye the thinges y t I neuer toke God thou knowest my symplenesse and my fautes are not hyd from the. Let not them that trust in the o LORDE God of hoostes be ashamed for my cause let not those y t seke the be confounded thorow me o God oâ— Israel And why for thy sake do I suffre reprofe shame couereth my face I am become a straunger vnto my brethren and an aleaunt vnto my mothers children For the zele of thine house hath euen eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked the is fallen vpon me I wepte and chastened my self w t fastinge and that was turned to my reprofe I put on a sacke cloth and therfore they iested vpon me They that satt in the gate spake agaynst me and the dronckardes made songes vpon me But LORDE I made my prayer vnto the in an acceptable tyme Heare me o God with thy greate mercy sure helpe Take me out of the myre y t I syncke not Oh let me be delyuered froÌ„ theÌ„ y t hate me out of y e depe waters 〈…〉 floude drowne me that the 〈…〉 not vp y t the pitte shut not hir mouth vpon me Heare me o LORDE for thy louynge kyndnesse is confortable turne the vnto me acordinge vnto y e greate mercy Hyde not thy face from thy seruauÌ„t for I am in trouble O haist y e to helpe me Drawe nye vnto my soâ—le and saue it Oh delyuer me because of 〈◊〉 enemies Thou knowest my reprofe my shame my dishono r my aduersaries are all in thy sight The rebuke breaketh my hert maketh me heuy I loke for some to haue pitie vpon me but there is no man for some to coÌ„forte me but I fynde none They gaue me gall to eate wheÌ„ I was thurstie they gaue me vyneger to drynke Let their table be made a snare to take them selues withall an occasion to fall a rewarde vnto them Let their eyes be blynded that they se not euer bowe downe their backes Poure out thy indignacion vpon them let thy wrothfull displeasure take holde of them Let their habitacion be voyde no man to dwell in their tentes
For they persecute him whom thou hast smytten besyde thy woundes they haue geuen him moo Let them fall froÌ„ one wickednesse to another not come into thy rightuousnesse Let theÌ„ be wyped out of y e boke of the lyuinge not be written amonge the rightuous As for me I am poore in heuynesse let thy helpe defende me o God That I maye prayse y e name of God with a songe magnifie it with thankesgeuynge This shal please the LORDE better then a bullocke that hath hornes hoffes O considre this be glad ye that be in aduersite seke after God yo r soule shal lyue For the LORDE heareth the poore despyâ—â— not his presoners Let heauen earth praise him the see all that moueth therin For God wil saue Sion buylde the cities of Iuda that men maye dwell there haue theÌ„ in possession The sede of his seruauntes shal iÌ„heret it they that loue his name shal dwell therin The LXIX A psalme of Dauid HAist the o God to delyuer me to helpe me o LORDE Let theÌ„ be shamed confounded that seke after my soule let them be turned backwarde put to confucioÌ„ that wysh me euell Let them soone be brought to shame y t crie ouer me there there But let all those that seke the be ioyfull glad in the and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health saye alwaye y e LORDE be pray 〈…〉 As for me I am poore in misery 〈…〉 to helpe me Thou art my helpe my redemer my God oh make no 〈◊〉 tarienge The LXX psalme IN the o LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌ„fucioÌ„ but rydde me delyuer me thorow thy rightuousnesse â–ª encline thine eare vnto me helpe me Be thou my stronge holde where vnto I maye allwaye fle thou that hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castell Delyuer me o my God out of y e haÌ„de of the vngodly out of the hande of theâ— rightuous cruell man For thou o LORDE God art the thinge that I loÌ„ge for thou art my hope euen fro my youth I haue â—eaned vpoÌ„ y e euer sens I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe therfore is my prayse allwaye of the. I am become a wonder vnto the multitude but my sure trust is in the. Oh let my mouth be fylled with thy prayse honoure all the daye loÌ„ge Cast me not awaye in myne olde age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake agaynst me they that laye wayte for my soule take their coâ—â—cell together sayenge God hath forsakeÌ„ him pÌ„ersecute him take him for there is none to helpe him Go not farre fro me o God my God haist the to helpe me Let them be coÌ„founded perish that are agaynst my soule let theÌ„ be couered with shame dishonoure that seke to do me euell As for me I wil pacieÌ„tly abyde allwaye wil euer encrease thy prayse My mouth shal speake of thy rightuousnesse sauynge health all the daye loÌ„ge for I knowe no ende therof Let me go in o LORDE God I wil make mencion of thy power and rightuousnesse only Thou o God hast lerned me fro my youth vp vntill now therfore wil I tell of y e wonderous workes Forsake me not o God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thyne arme vnto childers children thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy rightuousnes o God is very hie thou that doest greate thinges o God who is like vnto the O what greate troubles aduersite hast thou shewed me yet didest thou turne refresh me yee broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou hast brought me to greate honoure comforted me on euery syde Therfore wil I prayse the thy faith fulnesse o God playeÌ„ge vpon the lute vnto the wil I synge vpon the harpe o thou holy one of Israel My lippes wolde fayne synge prayses vnto the so wolde my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tonge talketh of thy rightuousnesse all the daye longe for they are confounded brought vnto shame y t sought to do me euel The LXXI A psalme of Salomon GEue the kinge thy iudgmeÌ„t o God and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne That he maye gouerne thy people acordinge vnto right and defende thy poore That the mountaynes maye brynge peace and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people He shal kepe the symple folke by their right defende the childreÌ„ of the poore and punysh the wrongeous doer Thou shalt be feared as longe as y e Sonne and the Moone endureth from one generacion to another He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll and like the droppes that water y e earth In his tyme shal rightuousnesse florish yee and abundauÌ„ce of peace so longe as the Moone endureth His dominion shal be from the one see to the other and from the floude vnto the worldes ende They that dwell in the wildernes shal knele before him his enemies shal licke the dust The kynges of the see and of the Iles shal brynge presentes y e kinges of Araby Saba shall offre giftes All kynges shal worshipe him all HeitheÌ„ shal do him seruyce For he shal deliuer the poore wheÌ„ he crieth the nedy y t hath no helpe He shall be fauorable to the symple poore he shal preserue the soules of soch as be in aduersite He shal deliuer their soules from extorcion wronge deare shal their bloude be in his sight He shal lyue vnto him shal be geueÌ„ of y e golde of Arabia Prayer shal be made euer vnto him daylie shal he be praysed There shal be an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hilles his frute shal shake like Libanus shal be grene in the cite like grasse vpoÌ„ the earth His name shal endure for euer his name shal remayne vnder the sonne amonge the posterites which shal be blessed thorow him all the Heithen shal prayse him Blessed be the LORDE God euen the God of Israel which only doth woÌ„derous thinges And blessed be the name of his maiesty for euer and all londes be fulfilled with his glory Amen Amen Here ende the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Iesse The LXXII A psalme of Asaph O How louynge is God vnto Israel to soch as are of a clene hert Neâ—erthelesse my fete were allmost gone my treadinges had wel nye slipte And why I was greued at y e wicked to se the vngodly in soch prosperite For they are in no parell of death but stonde fast like a palace They come in no misfortune like other folke nether are they plaged like other men And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde ouerwhelmed with cruelte
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
knoweth the thoughtes of men that they are but vayne Blessed is the maÌ„ whom thou lernest o LORDE and teachest him in thy lawe That thou mayest geue him pacience in tyme of aduersite vntill the pytte be dygged vp for the vngodly For the LORDE wil not fayle his people nether wil he forsake his inheritaunce And why iudgment shal be turned agayne vnto rightuousnesse and all soch as be true of hert shal folowe it Who ryseth vp with me agaynst the wicked who taketh my parte agaynst the euell doers Yf the LORDE had not helped me my soule had allmost bene put to sylence When I sayde my fote hath slipped thy mercy o LORDE helde me vp In y e multitude of the sorowes that I had in my herte thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue eny thinge to do with the stole of wickednesse which ymagineth myschefe in the lawe They gather them together agaynst the soule of the rightuous condemne the innocent bloude But the LORDE is my refuge my God is the streÌ„gth of my confideÌ„ce He shal recompence theÌ„ their wickednesse and destroye them in their owne malice yee the LORDE oure God shal destroye them The XCIIII psalme O Come let vs prayse the LORDE let vs hertely reioyse in the strength of oure saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thaÌ„kesgeuynge shewe oure self glad in him w t psalmes For the LORDE is a greate God and a greate kynge aboue all goddes In his honde are all y e corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The see is his for he made it and his hondes prepared the drie loÌ„de O come let vs worshipe and bowe downe oure selues Let vs knele before the LORDE oure maker For he is oure God as for vs we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his hoÌ„des To daye yf ye wil heare his voyce hardeÌ„ not youre hertes as wheÌ„ ye prouoked in tyme of temptacion in the wildernes Where yo r fathers teÌ„pted me proued me and sawe my workes XL. yeares longe was I greued with that generacion sayde they euer erre in their hertes they verely haue not knowne my wayes Therfore I sware vnto theÌ„ in my wrath that they shulde not enter in to my rest The XCV psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe synge vnto the LORDE all the whole earth Synge vnto y e LORDE prayse his name be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his honoure amonge the HeitheÌ„ and his wonders amonge all people For y e LORDE is greate and can not worthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all goddes As for all y e goddes of the HeitheÌ„ they be but Idols but it is the LORDE that made the heaueÌ„s Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him power and honoure are in his Sanctuary Ascrybe vnto the LORDE o ye kinredes of the Heithen ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name brynge presentes and come in to his courte O worshipe the LORDE in the beutye of holynesse let the whole earth stonde in awe of him Tell it out amonge the HeitheÌ„ that the LORDE is kynge and that it is he which hath made the rounde worlde so fast that it can not be moued and how that he shal iudge the people rightuously Let the heaueÌ„s reioyse and let the earth be glad let the see make a noyse yee all that therin is Let the felde be ioyfull and all that is in it let all the trees of the wodd leape for ioye Before the LORDE for he commeth for he coÌ„meth to iudge the earth yee with rightuousnesse shal he iudge the worlde and y e people with his trueth The XCVI psalme THe LORDE is kynge the earth maye be glad therof yee the multitude of the Iles maie be glad therof Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute him rightuousnesse and iudgment are the habitacion of his seate There goeth a fyre before him to burne vp his enemies on euery syde His lightenynges geue shyne vnto the worlde the earth seyth it is afraied The hilles melt like wax at the presence of y e LORDE at the presence of the LORDE of the whole earth The very heauens declare his rightuousnes all people se his glory CoÌ„founded be all they that worshipe ymages and delite in their Idols worshipe him all ye goddes Sion heareh of it and reioyseth yee all y e doughters of Iuda are glad because of thy iudgmentes o LORDE For thou LORDE art the most hyest ouer all the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all goddes O ye that loue the LORDE se that ye hate the thinge which is euell the LORDE preserueth the soules of his sayntes he shal delyuer theÌ„ from the honde of the vngodly There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted Reioyse therfore in the LORDE ye rightuous and geue thankes for a remembraunce of his holynesse The XCVII psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe for he hath â—one maruelous thinges With his owne right honde and with his holy arme hath he gotten the victory The LORDE hath declared his sauynge health and his rightuousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the HeitheÌ„ He hath remembred his mercy and trueth towarde the house of Israel so that all the endes of the worlde se the sauynge health of oure God Shewe youre self ioyfull vnto the LORDE all ye londes synge reioyse and geue thankes Prayse the LORDE vpon the harpe synge to the harpe with a psalme of thankesgeuynge With trompettes also shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the LORDE the kynge Let the see make a noyse and all y t therin is yee the whole worlde all that dwell therin Let the floudes clappe their hondes and let all the hilles be ioyfull together Before the LORDE for he is come to iudge the earth Yee with rightuousnes shall he iudge the worlde and the people with equite The XCVIII psalme THe LORDE is kynge be the people neuer so vnpacient he sytteth vpon the Cherubins be the earth neuer so vnquiete The LORDE is greate in Sion hye aboue all people O let men geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy greate wonderful name for it is holy The kynges power loueth iudgment thou preparest equite thou executest iudgmeÌ„t rightuousnes in Iâ—cob O magnifie the LORDE o r God fâ—ll downe before his fote stole for he his holy Moses Aaron amonge his prestes Samuel amonge soch as call vpoÌ„ his name these called vpon the LORDE he herde theÌ„ He spake vnto theÌ„ out of the cloudy piler for they kepte his testimonies the lawe that he gaue them Thou herdest theÌ„ o LORDE o r God thou forgauest theÌ„ o God punyshedst their owne invencions O magnifie the LORDE oure God and worshipe
him vpō his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye lōdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates thē with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thākfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thākesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my criēge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smyttē downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heauē is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instrēgth fulfillinge his commaundement that mē maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
earth vpon hir foundacion that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmeÌ„t so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles But at thy rebuke they fle at the voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed Then are the hilles sene alofte the valleys beneth in their place which thou hast appoynted for theÌ„ Thou hast set them their boundes which they maie not passe that they turne not agayne to couer y e earth Thou causest the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys and the waters runne amonge y e hilles That all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke that the wylde asses maye quench their thyrste Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of the ayre their habitacion and synge amonge the braunches Thou watrest the hylles from aboue the erth is fylled with y e frutes of thy workes Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell and grene herbe for the seruyce of men Thou bryngest fode out of the earth wyne to make glad y e herte of maÌ„ oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce bred to strength mans herte The trees of the LORDE are full of sappe euen the trees of Libanus which he hath planted There make the byrdes their nestes and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for y e conyes Thou hast appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons the Sonne knoweth his goinge downe Thou makest darcknesse that it maye be night wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue Yee and the yonge lyons which roare after the praye and seke their meate at God But when the Sonne ariseth they get them awaye together and lye them downe in their dennes Then goeth man forth to his worke and to till his londe vntill the euenynge O LORDE how manifolde are thy workes right wysely hast thou made theÌ„ all yee the earth is full of thy riches So is this greate and wyde see also wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable both small and greate beastes There go the shippes â—uer and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastyme therin They wayte all vpoÌ„ the that thou mayest geue them meate in due season WheÌ„ thou geuest it them they gather it wheÌ„ thou openest thine honde they are fylled with good But when thou hydest thy face they are soroufull yf thou takest awaye their breth they dye are turned agayne to their dust Agayne when thou lattest thy breth go forth they are made and so thou renuest the face of the earth The glorious magesty of the LORDE endureth for euer and the LORDE reioyseth in his workes The earth treÌ„bleth at the loke of him he doth but touch y e hilles and they smoke I will synge vnto the LORDE as longe as I lyue I wil prayse my God whyle I haue my beinge O that my wordes might please him for my â—oye is in the LORDE As for synners they shal be coÌ„sumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an ende but prayse thou the LORDE o my soule Halleluya The CIIII. psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE and call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE Seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions Yee the couenaunt that he made w t Abraham and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament Sayenge vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan the lott of youre heretage When there was yet but a fewe of them and they straungers therin What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another from one kyngdome to another He suffred no man to hurte them but reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme Morouer he called for a derth vpon the loÌ„de and destroyed all the prouysion of bred But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt They hurte his fete in the stockes the yron pearsed his herte Vntill the tyme that his worde came and till the worde of y e LORDE had tried him Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered the prynce of the people bad let him go He made him lorde of his house ruler of all his substaunce That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil and teach his Senatours wysdome Israel also came in to Egipte and Iacob was a straunger in the loÌ„de of Ham. But he increased his people exceadingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose hert turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen These dyd his tokens amoÌ„ge them and wonders in the londe of Ham. He sent darcknesse and it was darcke for they were not obedient vnto his worde He turned their waters in to bloude and slewe their fishe Their londe brought forth frogges yee euen in their kynges chambers He spake the worde their came all maner of flies lise in all their quarters He gaue them hale stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in their loÌ„de He smote their vynyardes fige trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes He spake y e worde and their came greshoppers catirpillers innumerable These ate vp all the grasse in their loÌ„de and deuoured the frutes of their grouÌ„de He smote all y e first borne in their loÌ„de euen the chefe of all their substaunce He brought them forth w t syluer golde there was not one feble personne amoÌ„ge their tryâ—es Egipte was glad of their departinge for they were afraied of theÌ„ He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue light in the night season At their desyre there came quales and he fylled them with the bred of heaueÌ„ He opened the rocke of stone the waters flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse For why he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt Thus he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the loÌ„des of the HeitheÌ„ where they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Halleluya
agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saie Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaiÌ„st me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpoÌ„ my backe made loÌ„ge forowes But the rightous LORDE hath hewen y e yocke of y e vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned backwarde as many as haue euell will at Sion Let theÌ„ be eueÌ„ as the haye vpon the house toppes which wythereth afore it be pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues his bosome So that they which go by saye not so moch as the LORDE prospere you we wish you good lucke in the name of the LORDE The CXXIX psalme OVt of the depe call I vnto the o LORDE LORDE heare my voyce Oh let thine eares considre well the voyce of my complaynte Yf thou LORDE wilt be extreme to marcke what is done amysse Oh LORDE who maye abyde it But there is mercy with the that thou mayest be feared I loke for the LORDE my soule doth wayte for him and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde the LORDE froÌ„ the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the LORDE â–ª for with the LORDE there is mercy and plenteous redempcion And he shal redeme Israel from all his synnes The CXXX A psalme of Dauid LORDE I am not hye mynded I haue no proude lokes I do not exercise myself in greate matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it lowe like as a childe y t is weened from his mother yee my soule is euen as a weened childe Let Israel trust in the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The CXXXI Psalme LORDE remembre Dauid and all his trouble How he swore vnto y e LORDE vowed a vowe vnto y e mightie one of Iacob I wil not come within the tabernacle of my house ner clymme vp iÌ„ to my bedde I wil not suffre myne eyes to slepe ner myne eye lyddes to sloÌ„ber Vntill I fynde out a place for the LORDE an habitacioÌ„ for the mightie one of Iacob Lo we herde of the same at Ephrata fouÌ„de it in y e wod We wil go in to his tabernacle â–ª fall downe before his fotestole Arise o LORDE in to thy restinge place thou y e arke of y e streÌ„gth Let thy prestes be clothed with rightuousnesse and let thy sayntes reioyse For thy seruaunte Dauids sake turne not awaye the presence of thine anoynted The LORDE hath made a faithfull ooth vnto Dauid he shal not shrenke from it Of the frute of thy body shal I set vpon thy seate Yf thy children wil kepe my couenaunt my testimony y t I shal lerne theÌ„ their childreÌ„ also shal syt vpoÌ„ thy seate for euermore For the LORDE hath chosen SioÌ„ to be an habitacioÌ„ for him self hath he chosen her This shal be my rest here wil I dwel for I haue a delite therin I will blesse hir vytales w t increase wil satisfie hir poore with bred I wil decke hir prestes with health hir sayntes shal reioyse be glad There shall I make the horne of Dauid to florish I haue ordened a lanterne for myne anoynted As for his enemies I shal clothe theÌ„ w t shame but vpon himself shal his crowne florish The CXXXII A psalme of Dauid BEholde how good ioyfull a thinge it is brethreÌ„ to dwell together in vnite It is like y t precious oyntment vpon the heade that ranne downe vnto the beerd eueÌ„ vnto Aarons beerd weÌ„te downe to the skyrtes of his clothinge Like the dewe of Hermon which fell vpon the hill of Sion For there the LORDE promised his blessynge and life for euermore The CXXXIII psalme BEholde O prayse the LORDE all 〈◊〉 seruauntes of the LORDE ye that 〈◊〉 night stoÌ„de in the house of the LORDE 〈◊〉 lift vp youre handes in the Sanctuaâ—◠〈◊〉 prayse the LORDE The LORâ—◠〈…〉 heauen earth blesse the out 〈…〉 The CXXXIIII psalâ—â— â–ª O Prayse y e name 〈…〉 o ye seruauÌ„te◠〈…〉 in y e 〈…〉 of the house of 〈…〉 LORDE for the 〈…〉 For I knowe y t y e LORDE is greate y t o r LORDE is aboue all goddes What so euer y e LORDE pleaseth y t doth he in heaueÌ„ in earth in the see in all depe places He bryngeth forth the cloudes from the endes of the worlde he turneth y e lighteniÌ„ges vnto rayne bringiÌ„ge the wyndes out of their treasuries Which smote the firstborne of Egipte both of man and beest He hath sent tokens and wonders in to the myddest of the o thou londe of Egipte vpon Pharao and all his seruauntes Which smote dyuerse nacions slewe mightie kynges Sihon kynge of y e Amorites Og the kynge of Basan and all the kyngdomes of CanaaÌ„ And gaue their loÌ„de for an heretage for an heretage vnto Israel his people Thy name o LORDE endureth foreuer so doth thy memoriall o LORDE from one generacion to another For the LORDE wil aueÌ„ge his people be gracious vnto his seruauÌ„tes As for the ymages of the HeitheÌ„ they are but syluer and golde the worke of mens haÌ„des They haue mouthes speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and yet they heare not nether is there eny breth iÌ„ their mouthes They that make them are like vnto them so are all they that put their trust in theÌ„ Prayse the LORDE ye house of Israel prayse the LORDE ye house of Aaron Prayse the LORDE ye house of Leui ye that feare y e LORDE prayse the LORDE Praysed be the LORDE out of Sion which dwelleth at IerusaleÌ„ Halleluya The CXXXV psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer O geue thaÌ„kes vnto the God of all goddes for his mercy endureth for euer O thanke the LORDE of all lordes for his mercy endureth for euer â—hich only doth greate wonders for his 〈…〉 endureth for euer Which by his 〈…〉 soome made the heauens for his mercy 〈…〉 for euer Which layed out the earth 〈…〉 waters for his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 hath made greate lightes for 〈…〉 for euer The Sonne 〈…〉 his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 the starres to gouerne 〈…〉 endureth for euer 〈…〉 their firstborne 〈…〉 for euer And 〈…〉 them for 〈…〉 reed see in to partes for his mercy endureth for euer And made Israel to go thorow y e myddest of it for his mercy endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoost he ouer threwe them in the reed see for his mercy endureth for euer Which led his people thorow the wyldernesse for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote greate kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Yee and slewe mightie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sihon kynge of the Amorites
for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye their londe for an heretage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heretage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remeÌ„breth vs wheÌ„ we are in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The CXXXVI psalme BY the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte when we remeÌ„bred Sion As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin TheÌ„ they that led vs awaye captyue requyred of vs a songe and melody in o r heuynes â–ª synge vs one of the songes of Sion How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauÌ„ge loÌ„de Yf I forget the o Ierusalem let my right hande be forgotten Yf I do not remembre the let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the childreÌ„ of Edom o LORDE in the daye of Ierusalem how they sayde downe with it downe with it eueÌ„ to the grounde O doughter BabiloÌ„ thou shalt come to misery thy self yee happie shal he be that rewardeth y e as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shal he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones The CXXXVII A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole hert euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teÌ„ple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth for thou hast magnified thy worde acordynge vnto thy greate name When I call vpoÌ„ the thou hearest me and endewest my soule with moch streÌ„gth All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o LORDE when they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the LORDE that greate is the glory of the LORDE For though the LORDE be hye yet hath he respecte vnto y e lowly as for y e proude he beholdeth him afarre off Though I walke iÌ„ y e myddest of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thine haÌ„de vpoÌ„ the furiousnes of myne enemies y e righthande shal saue me The LORDE shal make good for me yee thy mercy o LORDE endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thine owne handes The CXXXVIII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE thou searchest me out and knowest me Thou knowest my downe syttinge my vprisynge thou vnderstoÌ„dest my thoughtes afarre of Thou art aboute my path aboute my bedd spyest out all my wayes For lo there is not a worde iÌ„ my toÌ„ge but thou o LORDE knowest it alltogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde before layed thine hoÌ„de vpon me Soch knowlege is to wonderfull excelleÌ„t for me I can not atteyne vnto it Whither shal I go then from thy sprete Or whither shal I fle from thy presence Yf I clymme vp in to heauen thou art there yf I go downe to hell thou art there also Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge remayne in the vttemost parte of the see Euen there also shal thy honde lede me and thy right hande shal holde me Yf I saye peradueÌ„ture the darcknesse shal couer me then shal my night be turned to daye Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse with the but the night is as cleare as the daye the darcknesse light are both alike For my reynes are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the for I am woÌ„derously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well My bones â—re not hyd from the though I be made secretly and fashioned beneth in the earth Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse they stonâ—e all writteÌ„ iÌ„ thy boke my dayes were fashiâ—ned when as yet there was not one of them How deare are y e couÌ„cels vnto me o God O how greate is the summe of them Yf I tell them they are mo in nombre then the ende when I wake vp I am present with â—he Wilt thou not slaye y e wicked oh God â—hat the bloudethyrstie mighte departe froâ—â—e For they speake vnright of the thine â—â—emies exalte them selues presumptuously I hate them o LORDE that hate the I maye not awaye with those that ryse vp â—gaynst the Yee I hate them right sore â—â—erfore are they myne enemies Trye me â—o God and seke the grounde of myne hert proue me examen my 〈…〉 well yf there be eny waye 〈…〉 me lede me in the waye 〈…〉 The CXXXIX A psalme of Dauid â–ª DElyuer me o LORDE from the 〈◊〉 men oh preserue me from the wicked men Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes stere vp strife all the daye longe They sharpen their tonges like a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Sela. Kepe me o LORDE from the hande of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me spred a nett abrode with coardes yee sett trappes in my waye Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE thou art my God heare the voyce of my prayer o LORDE O LORDE God thou strength of my health thou hast couered my heade in y e daye of battayll Let not y e vngodly haue his desyre o LORDE let him not haue his purpose lest they be to proude Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon y e head of theÌ„ y t coÌ„pase me aboute Let hote burnynge coales fall vpoÌ„ theÌ„ let theÌ„ be cast in to the fyre and in to the pytt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth a malicious wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed Sure I am that the LORDE wil auenge the poore and manteyne the cause of the helplesse The rightuous also shal geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name the iust shal continue in thy sight The CXL A psalme of Dauid LORDE I call vpon the haist the vnto me and consider my voyce wheÌ„ I crie vnto the. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the inceÌ„se and let the liftinge vp of my haÌ„des be an euenynge sacrifice Set a watch o LORDE before my mouth yee a watch at the dore of my lippes O let not myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thiÌ„ge to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men lest I eate of soch thinges as please theÌ„ Let the rightuous rather smyte me frendly and reproue me so wil I take it as though he had poured oyle vpoÌ„ my heade it shal not hurte my heade yee I wil praye yet for theâ— wickednesse Their iudges stoÌ„ble at the stone yet heare they my wordes y t they be ioyfull Oure bones lye scatered before y e pytt like as when one graueth and dyggeth
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
SioÌ„ aÌ„d pourge the bloude out from IerusaleÌ„ w t y e wynde of his smoke and fyre Morouer vpon all the dwellinges of the hill of Sion and vpon their whole congregacion shal the LORDE prouyde a cloude and smoke by daye and the shyninghe of a flammynge fyre by night for all their glory shal be preserued And Ierusalem shall be a tabernacle for a shadowe because of hete in the daye tyme a place and refuge where a man maye kepe him for wether and rayne The V. Chapter NOw well than I will synge my beloued frende a songe of his vynyearde My beloued frende hath a vyneyearde in a very frutefull plenteous grounde This he hedged this he walled rounde aboute and planted it with goodly grapes In the myddest of it buylded he a towre and made a wyne presse therin And afterwarde when he loked y t it shulde bringe him grapes it brought forth thornes I shewe you now my cause o ye Citysens of Ierusalem and whole Iuda Iudge I praye you betwixte me and my wynegardinge What more coude haue bene done for it that I haue not done Wherfore then hath it geuen thornes where I loked to haue had grapes of it Well I shall tell you how I will do w t my vynyarde I will take the hedge from it that it maye perish and breake downe y e wall that it maye be troden vnder fote I will laye it waist that it shall nether be twysted nor â—ut but beare thornes and breares I wil also forbyd y e cloudes that they shal not rayne vpon it As for the vynyarde of the LORDE of hoostes it is the house of Israel and whole Iuda his fayre plantinge Of these he loked for equyte but se there is wronge for rightuousnesse lo It is but misery Wo to you that ioyne one house to another and bringe one londe so nigh vnto another till ye can get no more grounde Wil ye dwell vpon the earth alone The LORDE of hoostes rowneth me thus iÌ„ myne eare shal not many greater and more gorgious houses be so waist that no man shall dwell in theÌ„ And ten akers of vynes shal geue but a Quarte and xxx bushels of sede shal geue but thre Wo be vnto them that ryse vp early to vse them selues in dronkynnes and yet at night are more superfluous with wyne In whose companies are harpes and lutes tabrettes and pâ—pes and wyne But they regarde not the worke of the LORDE and coÌ„sidre not the operacioÌ„ of his hondes Therfore cometh my folck also in captiuyte because they haue no vnderstondynge Their glory shal be myxte with huÌ„ger and their pryde shal be marred for thurste Therfore gapeth hel and openeth hyr mouth marvelous wyde that pryde boostinge and wisdome with soch as reioyse therin maye descende in to it Thus shal man haue a fall he shal be brought lowe and the high lokes of the proude layde downe But the LORDE of hoostes y e holy God shal be exalted and vntouched when he shal declare his equyte and rightuousnesse after this maner Then shal y e lambes eate their apoynted foder and shal fede plenteously in the mountaynes Wo vnto vayne persones that drawe wickednes vnto theÌ„ as it were with a coorde and synne as it were with a cart rope Which vse to speake on this maner let hâ—m make haist now and go forth w t his worke that we maye se it Let the councel of y e holy one of Israel come and drawe me y t we maye knowe it Wo vnto them that call euel good and good euel which make darcknesselight light darcknesse y t make sower swete and swete sower Wo vnto them that are wyse in their owne sight and thinke them selues to haue vnderstoÌ„dinge Wo vnto them y t are connynge men to suppe out wyne and experte to set vp droÌ„keÌ„nesse These gyue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes but condemne the iust cause of the rightuous Therfore like as fyre licketh vp the strawe and as the flame coÌ„sumeth the stubble Euen so when their root is ful their blossome shal vanish awaye like dust or smoke for they despyse the lawe of the LORDE of hoostes and blaspheme the worde of the holy maker of Israel Therfore is the wrath of the LORDE kyndled also agaynst his people and he shaketh his honde at them yee he shal smyte so that the hilles shal tremble And their carcases shal lye in the opeÌ„ stretes like myre After all this the wrath of God shall not câ—asse but he shal stretch his hoÌ„de wyder â–ª And he shal gyue a tokeÌ„ vnto a straunge people and call vnto them in a farre countre and beholde they shal come hastely with spede There is not one faynt nor feble amonge them no not a slogish nor slepery parsone There shal not one of them put of the gyrdle from his loynes ner lowse the lachet of his shue Their arowes are sharpe and their bowes bent Their horse hoofes are like flynt and their cartwheles like a stormy wynde Their crie is as it were of a lyon and the roaringe of them like lyons whelpes They shal roare and haÌ„tch vp the praye and no man shal recouer it or get it from theÌ„ In that daye they shal be so fearce vpon them as the see And yf we loke vnto the londe beholde it shal be all darcknesse and sorowe Yf we loke to heauen beholde it shal be darck with careful desperacion The vj Chapter IN the same yeare y y kynge Osias dyed I â—aâ—e the LORDE sittinge vpon an high and glorious seate and his trayne fylled y e palace From aboue flakred the Seraphins wherof euery one had sex wynges With twayne ech couered his face w t twayne his fete and with twayne dyd he flye They cried also ech one to other on this maner holy holy holy is the LORDE of hoostes The whole worlde is ful of his glory Yee the geastes and dorechekes moued at their crienge and the house was ful of smoke Then I sayde O wo is me For I was astonished that I which am a man of vnclene lippes and dwell amonge people y t hath vnclene lippes also Shulde se y e Kynge and LORDE of hoostes with myne eyes Then flewe one of the Seraphins vnto me hauinge a hote cole in his honde which he had taken from the aulter with the tonges and touched my mouth and sayde lo this hath touched thy mouth thy vnrightuousnes is taken awaye and thy synne forgeuen After this I herde the voyce of the LORDE takinge advysement on this maner Whom shall I sende and who wil be oure messaunger TheÌ„ I sayde here am I sende me And so he sayde go and tel this people ye shall heare in dede but ye shal not vnderstonde ye shal plane lyse and not perceaue Harden the harte of this people stoppe their eares and shut their eyes that they se not w t their
maner of corne by water Thou wast the comon marcket of al people Sidō is sory for it yee and all y e power of the see cōplaneth and saieth O y t I had neuer traueled with childe that I had neuer borne eny y t I had nether norished boye ner brought vp doughter As soone as Egipte perceaueth it she wil be as sory as Tirus it self Go ouer the see Mourne ye y t dwel in the Iles. Is not that the glorious cite which hath bene of longe antiquite whose natyues dwellinge farre of commende her so greatly ▪ Who hath deuysed soch thinges vpon Tirus the crowne of al cities whose marchaūtes and captaynes were the highest and principal of the worlde Euē the LORDE of hoostes hath deuysed it that he maye put downe al pompe and minish all the glory of the worlde Go thorow thy londe o thou doughter of the see as men go ouer the water and there is not a gyrdle more Thus the LORDE that remoueth the kingdomes and hath taken in hande agaynst that mightie Canaan to rote it out hath stretched out his honde ouer the see and sayde From hence forth shalt thou make no more myrth o thou doughter Sidon for thou shalt be put downe of the Cethēs Stonde vp therfore and go where the enemie wil carie the where thou shalt also haue no rest Beholde for thyne ensample The Caldees were soch a people that no man was like them Assur buylded them he set vp his castels palaces and broke them downe agayne And therfore mourne ye shippes of the see for youre power shal be throwne downe After that shal the lxx yeares of Tirus euen as longe as their kinges life was beforgotten And after lxx yeares it shal happē to Tirus as with an harlot that playeth vpon a lute Take thy lute saie men to her and go aboute the citie thou art yet an vnknowne wensche make pastyme with dyuerse balettes wherby ▪ thou mayest come in to acquantaunce Thus shal it happen after lxx yeares The LORDE shal uiset the citie of Tirus and it shal come agayne to hyr Marchaundyse and shal occupie with al the Kingdomes that be in the worlde But all hir occupiēge and wynnynge shal be halowed vnto the LORDE For then shal they laye vp nothinge behinde them nor vpon heapes but the marchaūdise of Tirus shal belōge vnto the citisens of the LORDE to the fedinge and susteninge of the hūgrie and to the clothinge of the aged The xxiiij Chapter BEholde y e LORDE shal waist and plage the worlde he shal make the face of the earth desolate scatre abrode y e inhabitours therof Then shal the prest be as the people the master as the seruaunt the dame like the mayde the seller like the byer he that lēdeth vpon vsury like him y t boroweth vpō vsury the creditoure as the detter Yee miserably shal y e worlde be waysted clene destroyed For y e LORDE hath so determed in himself The earth shal be heuye and decaye The face of y e earth shal perish fal awaye the proude people of y e worlde shal come to naught For y e earth is corrupte of hir indwellers For why they haue offended y e lawe chaunged the ordinaūces and made the euerlastinge testamēt of none effecte And therfore shal the curse deuoure the earth for they y t dwel therō haue synned wherfore they shal be brent also and those that remayne shal be very few The swete wyne shal mourne the grapes shal be weake and all y t haue bene mery in harte shal sighe The myrth of tabrettes shal be layde downe the chere of the ioyful shal ceasse and the pleasure of lutes shal haue an ende there shal no more wyne bedronke with myrth the beer shal be bytter to thē that drinke it the wicked cities shal be broken downe all houses shal be shut that no man maye come in In the stretes shal there be lift vp a crie because of wyne all mens chere shal vanish awaye and all ioye of the earth shal passe Desolacion shal remayne in the cities and the gates shal be smytten with waistnesse For it shal happen vnto all londes and to all people like as when a mā smyteth downe y e olyues y t are left vpon the tre or seketh after grapes when the wyne gatheringe is out And those same that remayne shal lift vp their voyce and be glad shal magnifie the glory of the LORDE euen from the see prayse the name of the LORDE God of Israel in the valeis and Ilōdes We heare songes sunge to the prayse of the rightuous frō al the endes of the worlde Therfore I must speake O my vnfrutfulnesse o my pouerte Wo is me all is ful of synneres which offende of purpose and malice And therfore o thou that dwellest vpon the earth there is at hōde for the feare pyt and snare Who so escapeth the terrible crie shal fall in to the pyt And yf he come out of the pyt he shal be takē with the snare For the wyndowes aboue shal be opened and the foundacion of the earth shal moue The earth shal geue a greate crack it shal haue asore ruyne and take an horrible fall The earth shal stacker like a dronken man and be takē awaye like a tent Hir misdedes shal lie so heuye vpō her y t she must fall and neuer rise vp agayne At the same tyme shal the LORDE mustre together the hie hooste aboue and y e kynges of the worlde vpon the earth These shal be coupled together as prisoners be and shal be shut in one warde and punished innumerable daies The Moone and the Sonne shal be ashamed when the LORDE of hoostes shal rule them at Ierusalem vpon the mount Sion before and with his excellent councel The xxv Chapter O LORDE thou art my God I wil prayse the and magnifie y e name For thou bringest marvelous thinges to passe acordinge to thine olde councels truly and stedfastly Thou makest of townes heapes of stone and of head cities broken walles The palaces of the wicked destroyest thou out of the citie that they shal neuer be buylded againe Therfore the very rude people must magnifie the and the cities of the cruel heithen must feare the. For thou art the poore mans helpe a strēgth for the neadful in his necessite Thou art a defence agaynst euel wether a schadowe agaynst the hete But vnto the presumptuous thou art like a strōge whyrle wynde that casteth downe the boostinge of the vngodly thou kepest men from heate with the shadow of the cloudes thou cuttest of the braunches of tyrauntes Morouer the LORDE of hoostes shal once prepare a feast for all people vpō the hill A plenteous costly pleasaunt feast of fat and welfed beastes of swete and most pure thinges Vpon the hill shal he take awaye the syde vale y t hāgeth before y e face of
al people and the coueringe wherwith all Gentiles are couered As for death he shal vtterly coÌ„sume it The LORDE God shal wipe awaye the teares from all faces and take awaye the confucioÌ„ of his people thorow y e whole worlde For y e LORDE himself hath sayde it At the same tyme shal it be sayde lo this is oure God in whoÌ„ we put oure trust and he hath healed vs. This is the LORDE that we haue wayted for Let vs reioyse delyte in his health For the hoÌ„de of y e LORDE ceaseth vpoÌ„ this hil But Moab shal be throssheÌ„ downe vnder him like as the straw is trodeÌ„ vnder fete in a doÌ„ge hill For he shal stretch out his hoÌ„des vpon him like as a swimmer doth to swymme And w t the power of his hondes shal he cast downe his hie pompe As for his stroÌ„ge holdes hie walles he shal burâ—e them cast theÌ„ downe and fell theÌ„ to the grounde in to dust The xxvj Chapter THen shal this songe be sunge in the londe of Iuda We haue a stroÌ„ge citie the walles tâ—e ordinauÌ„ce shal kepe vs. OpeÌ„ y e gates y t the good people maye go in which laboureth for the treuth And thou which art the doer and hast the matter in honde shalt prouyde for peace eueÌ„ the peace y t meÌ„ hope for in the. Hope stil in the LORDE for in the LORDE God is euerlastinge streÌ„gth For why it is he y t bringeth lowe the hie mynded citesyns casteth downe the proude cities He casteth theÌ„ to the grouÌ„de yee eueÌ„ in to y e myre y t they maye be trodeÌ„ vnder the fete of the symple with the steppes of the poore Thou LORDE coÌ„sidrest the path of y e rigtuous whether it be right whether the waye of y e rightuous be right Therfore LORDE we haue a respecte vnto the waye of thy iudgmentes thy name and thy remeÌ„braunce reioyse the soule My soule lusteth after the all the night loÌ„ge my mynde haisteth frely to the. For as soone as thy iudgment is knowne to the worlde theÌ„ the inhabitours of the earth lerne rightuousnesse But the vngodly though he haue recaued grace yet lerneth he not rightuousnesse but in that place where he is punished he offendeth feareth not the glory of the LORDE LORDE they wil not se thine hie honde but they shal se it and be confounded wheÌ„ thou shalt deuoure them with the wrath of the people and with the fyre of thine enemies But vnto vs LORDE prouyde for peace for thou workest in vs all o r workes O LORDE oure God though soch lordes haue dominacion vpon vs as knowe not the yet grauÌ„te that we maye only hope in the and kepe thy name in remembraunce The malicious Tyrauntes wheÌ„ they die are nether in life nor in the resurrectioÌ„ for thou visitest theÌ„ and rootest theÌ„ out and destroyest all the memoryall of them Agayne thou increacest the people o LORDE thou increacest the people thou shalt be praysed and magnified in all y e endes of the worlde The people that seke vnto the in trouble that same aduersite which they complane of is vnto theÌ„ a chastenynge before the. Like as a wife w t childe wheÌ„ hir trauayle coÌ„meth vpoÌ„ her is ashamed crieth and suffreth the payne EueÌ„ so are we o LORDE in thy sight We are with childe we trauayle beare with the sprete we bringe forth health where thorow the earth is vndestroyed and the inhabitours of the worlde perish not But as for thy dead men and ours that be departed they are in life and resurrection They lie in the earth they wake haue ioye for y t dew is a dew of life light But y e place of the malicious Tyrauntes is falleÌ„ awaye So go now my people in to thy chaÌ„bre and shut the doore to the and suffre now y e twiÌ„cklinge of an eye till the wrath be ouerpast For beholde the LORDE wil go out of his habitacion vyset the wickednes of theÌ„ that dwell vpon earth He wil discouer the bloude that she hath deuoured she shal neuer hyde theÌ„ that she hath murthured The xxvij Chapter THen the LORDE with his heuye great and loÌ„ge swearde shal vyset LeuiathaÌ„ that invincible serpeÌ„t eueÌ„ LeuiathaÌ„ y t croked serpent and shal slaye the Wallfish in y e see At the same tyme shal meÌ„ synge of the vynyarde of Muscatel I the LORDE kepe it and water it in due season I watch daye night that no man breake in to it I beare no euel wil in my mynde Who will compell me that I greatly forgettinge all faith fulnesse shulde burne it vp at once w t thornes bushes Or who will enforce me to kepe or make peace It wil come to this poynte y t Iacob shal be rooted againe and Israel shal be grene beare floures they shal fyll y e whole worlde w t their frute Smyteth he not his smyter as euel as he is smytteÌ„ him self Destroieth he not y e murtherers as he is murthured Euery maÌ„ recoÌ„penseth w t y e measure y t he receaueth He museth vpoÌ„ his sore wynde as vpoÌ„ the dayes of extreme heate And therfore shal the iniquite of Iacob be thus reconciled And so shal he take awaye all y e frute of his synnes As for aulter stones he shal make them all as stones beaten to poulder the Groues and Idols shal not stonde The stronge cities shal be desolate and y e fayre cities shal be left like a wildernes The catel shal fede and lie there and the shepe shal eate it vp Their haruest shal be brent their wyues which were their bewtie when they came forth shal be defyled For it is a people without vnderstoÌ„dinge and therfore he y t created them shal not fauoure them and he y t made them shal not be merciful to theÌ„ In y t tyme shal y e LORDE shute from y e swifte water of Euphrates vnto y e ryuer of Egipte And there shal the children be chosen out one by one Then shal the greate trompet be blowen so that those which haue bene destroyed in the Assirians londe and those that be scatred abrode in Egipte shal come worshipe the LORDE at IerusaleÌ„ vpoÌ„ the holy mount The xxviij Chapter WO be to y e crowne of pryde to y e dronkeÌ„ Ephraemites and to the faydinge floure to the glory of his poÌ„pe y t is vpoÌ„ the toppe of the pleÌ„teous valley which meÌ„ be ouerladen w t wyne Beholde the strength and power of the LORDE shal breake in to the londe on euery syde like a tempest of hale that beareth downe stronge holdes and like an horrible mightie and ouer flowinge water And the proude crowne of the dronken Ephraemites shal be troden vnderfoote And as for the faydinge floure the glory of his pompe which is vpon the toppe of the plenteous valley
it shal happen vnto him as to an vntymely frute before the haruest come Which as soone as it is sene is by and by deuoured or euer it come well in a mans honde And then shal the LORDE of hoostes be a ioyful crowne and a glorious garlāde vnto the remnaunt of his people Vnto the lowly he shal be a sprete of iudgment and vnto them that dryue awaye the enemies from y e gates he shal be a sprete of strēgth But they go wronge by y e reason of wyne they fall and stacker because of strōge drynke Yee euē the prestes and prophetes them selues go amisse they are dronken with wyne and weake braned thorow stronge drynke They erre in seinge and in judgmēt they fayle For all tables are so ful of vomyte and fylthynes y t no place is clene What is he amonge them y t can teach instructe or enfourme the childrē which are weened from suck or taken from the brestes of eny other fashion then Commaunde y t maye be commaunded byd y t maye be byddē forbyd that maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle And therfore the LORDE also shal speake w t lispinge lippes and w t a straunge lāguage vnto this people to whom he spake afore of this maner This shal bringe rest yf one refresh the weery ye this shal bringe rest But they had no will to heare And therfore the LORDE shal answere their stubbournes Cōmaunde y t maye be cōmaunded byd y t maye be bydden forbyd y t maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle That they maye go forth fall backwarde be brussed snared and taken Wherfore heare the worde of the LORDE ye mockers that rule the LORDEs people which is at Ierusalē For ye cōforte yo r selues thus Tush death we are at a poynte as for hell we haue made a cōdicion with it that though there breake out eny sore plage it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape and with nymblenes will we defende o r selues Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil laye a stone in Sion a greate stone a costly corner stone for a sure foundacion y t who so putteth his trust in him shal not be confouded Rightuousnes wil I set vp agayne in y e balaunce and iudgment in the weightes The tēpest of hale shal take awaye yo r refuge that ye haue to disceaue withal and y e ouerflowinge waters shal breake downe yo r strōge holdes of dissimulaciō Thus the appoyntmēt that ye haue made w t death shal be done awaye and the cōdicion that ye made with hell shal not stōde When the greate destructiō goeth thorow it shal all to treade you It shal take you quyte awaye before it For it shal go forth early in the mornynge and contynue only y t daye and y t night And the very feare only shal teach you when ye heare it For y e bedde shal be so narow y t a mā cā not lye vpon it And the coueringe to small that a mā maye not wynde him self therin For the LORDE shal steppe forth as he dyd vpon the mount Perazim and shal take on as he dyd vpō the dale of Gabaon that he maye bringe forth his deuyce his straunge deuyce and fulfil his worke his wonderful worcke And therfore make no mockes at it that youre captiuyte increase not for I haue herde the LORDE of hoostes saye that there shal come a soden destruction and plage vpon the whole earth Take hede and heare my voyce pondre and merck my wordes wel Goeth not the husbonde man euer in due season earnestly to his londe he moweth ploweth his grounde to sowe And whē he hath made it playne he soweth it with fitches or comyn He soweth y e wheate and Barlye in their place Milium and Rye also in their place And y t he maye do it right his God teacheth him and sheweth him For he treadeth not the fitches out with a wayne nether bringeth he the cart here and there ouer the comyn but he throssheth y e fitches out with a flale and the comyn with a rod. As for the wheate he gryndeth it to make bred therof In as moch as he can not bringe it to passe w t treadinge out For nether the brussinge that the cart wheles make ner his beastes can grynde it This and soch like thinges come of the LORDE of hostes which is maruelous in councel and greate in rightuousnesse The xxix Chap. WO vnto the o Ariel Ariel thou cite that Dauid wāne Take yet some yeares and let some feastes yet passe ouer then shal Ariel be beseged so that she shal be heuy and sorouful and shal be vnto me euen as a lyon For I wil laye sege to the rounde aboute and kepe y e in with towers and graue vp dykes agaynst ye. And thou shalt be brought lowe and speake out of the earth and thy wordes shal go humbly out of y e grounde Thy voyce shal come out of the earth like the voyce of a witch and thy talkinge shal groane out of the myre For the multitude of thine enemies shal be like mealdust And the nombre of Tyrauntes shal be as y e dust that the wynde taketh awaye sodenly Thou shalt be visited of the LORDE of hoostes with thondre earth quake and with a greate crack with the whyrle wynde tempest and with the flame of a consumynge fyre But now the multitude of all the people that went out agaynst Ariel the whole hooste the stronge holdes and sege is like a dreame which apeareth in the night It is like as when an hungrie man dreameth that he is eatynge and when he awaketh he hath nothinge like as when a thurstie man dreameth that he is drinkinge and when he awaketh he is faynt and his soule vnpacient So is the multitude of all people that mustre them selues agaynst the hill of Sion But ye shal be at youre wittes ende ye shal be abasshed ye shal stackre and rele to and fro Ye shal be dronken but not of wyne Ye shal fall but not thorow dronkenes For the LORDE shal geue you an hard slepinge sprete and holde downe youre eyes namely yo r prophetes and heades which shulde se them shal he couer And all visions shal be vnto you as the wordes that stonde in a sealed lettre when one offreth it to a man that is lerned and sayeth rede vs this lettre Thē he answereth I cā not rede it for it is shutt But yf it be geuē to one y t is not lerned or sayde vnto him rede this lettre Then sayeth he I can not rede Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE For so moch as this people draweth nye me w t their mouth and prayseth me highly with their lippes where as there herte neuertheles is farre fro me and the feare
I do with them cōsidre my glory ye that be at honde The synners at Sion are a frayde a sodane fearfulnesse is come vpon the ypocrytes What is he amonge us saye they that will dwell by that consumynge fyre which of vs maye abyde that euerlastinge heate He that ledeth a godly life saye I speaketh the treuth He that abhorreth to do violence and disceate he that kepeth his hōde that he touch no rewarde which stoppeth his eares that he heare no councel agaynst the innocent which holdeth downe his eyes that he se no euel He it is that shal dwel on hie whose sauegarde shal be in the true rocke to him shal be geuen the right true meat drynke His eyes shal se the kynge in his glory in the wyde worlde and his herte shal delite in the feare of God What shal then become of the scrybe of the Senatoure what of him that teacheth childrē There shalt thou not se a people of a straunge tūge to haue so diffused a lāguage that it maye not be vnderstonde nether so straunge a speache but it shal be perceaued There shal Sion be sene the head citie of oure solempne feastes There shal thine eyes se Ierusalem that glorious habitation the tabernacle that neuer shal remoue whose nales shal neuer be taken out worlde without ende whose coardes euerychone shal neuer corruppe for the glorious Magesty of the LORDE shal there be present amōge vs. In that place where fayre broade ryuers streames are shal nether Gallye rowe ner greate shippe sale For the LORDE shal be oure capteyne the LORDE shal be oure lawe geuer The LORDE shal be oure kinge he himself shal be oure Sauioure There are the coardes so layd abrode that they cā not be better The mast set vp of soch a fashion that no bāner ner sale hāgeth therō but there is dealed greate spoyle yee lame men runne after the pray There lieth no mā that saieth I am sick but all euel is taken awaye from the people that dwel there The xxxiiij Chapter COme ye Heithen heare take hede ye people Herkē thou earth all that is therin thou rounde cōpasse al that groweth ther vpon for the LORDE is angrie with al people his displeasure is kindled agaynst all the multitude of them to curse them to slaye them So that their slayne shal be cast out their bodies stincke that euē the very hilles shal be wet with the bloude of them All the starres of heauen shal be consumed the heauen shal folde together like a roll all the starres therof shall fall like as the leaues fall from the vynes and fygetrees For my swearde saieth he shal be bathed in heauen shal immediatly come downe vpon Idumea and vpon the people which I haue cursed for my vengeaunce And the LORDES swearde shal be full of bloude be rustie with the fatnesse bloude of lambes and gootes with the fatnesse of neeres of the wethers For the LORDE shal kyl a great offringe in Bosra and in the londe of Idumea There shal the Vnicornes fall with the Bulles that is with the giauntes and their londe shal be washed with bloude their grounde corrupte with fatnesse Vnto the also o Sion shal come the daye of the vengeaunce of God and the yeare when as thyne owne iugdmentes shal be recompensed Thy floudes shal be turned to pytch and thine earth to brymstone therwith shal the londe be kyndled so that it shal not be quenched daye ner night But smoke euermore so forth to lie waist And no man shal go thorow thy londe for euer But Pellicanes Storkes great Oules and Rauens shall haue it in possession dwell therein For God shal sprede out the lyne of desolacion vpon it weye it with the stones of emptynes When kinges are called vpō there shal be none and all princes shal be awaye Thornes shal growe in their palaces nettels thistles in their stronge holdes y t the dragons maye haue their pleasure therin that they maye be a courte for Estriches There shal straunge visures and monstruous beastes mete one another the wylde kepe company together There shal the lamia lye haue hir lodginge There shall the hedghogge buylde digge be there at home and bringe forth his yongeones There shal the kytes come together ech one to his like Seke thorow the scripture of the LORDE rede it There shal none of these thinges be left out there shal not one ner soch like fayle ▪ For what his mouth commaundeth that same doth his sprete gather together or fulfilleth Vpon whom so euer y e lot fallet or to whom he dealeth it with the line those shal possesse the enheritaunce from generacion to generacion and dwel therin The xxxv Chapter BVt the deserte wildernesse shal reioyse y e waist grounde shal be glad and florish as the lilly She shal florish pleasauntly and be ioyful and euer be geuynge of thankes more and more For y e glory of libanus the bewty of Charmel Sarō shal be geuen her These shal knowe the honoure of the LORDE and the magesty of oure God And therfore strength y e weake hōdes and conforte the feble knees Saye vnto them that are of a fearful hert Be of good chere and feare not Beholde youre God cometh to take vengeaunce to rewarde God cometh his owne self and wil delyuer you Then shal the eyes of the blinde be lightned and the eares of the deaff opened Then shal the lame man leape as an herte the domme mās tūge shal geue thankes In the wildernesse also there shal welles springe and floudes of water in the deserte The drie grounde shal turne to ryuers and the thurstie to springes of water Where as dragons dwelt afore there shal growe swete floures and grene russhes There shal be footpathes comon stretes this shal be called the holy waye No vnclene person shal go thorow it for the LORDE himself shal go with thē that waye and the ignoraūt shal not erre There shal be no lyon and no rauyshinge beast shall come therin nor be there but men shal go there fre and safe And the redemed of the LORDE shal conuerte and come to Sion with thankesgeuinge Euerlastinge ioye shal they haue pleasure gladnesse shal be amōge them And as for all sorow and heuynes it shal vanish awaye The xxxvj Chapter IN the xiiij yeare of kinge Ezechias came Sennacherib kinge of the Assirians downe to laye sege vnto all the stronge cities of Iuda And the kinge of the Assiriās sent Rabsaches from Lachis toward Ierusalem agaynst kinge Ezechias with a greuous hooste ▪ which set him by the condite of the ouerpole in the waye that goeth thorow y e fullers lōde And so there came forth vnto him Eliachim Helchias sonne the presydent Sobna the scribe and Ioah Asaphs
for Ierusalēs sake I will not ceasse vntill their rightuousnes breake forth as y e shyninge light their health as a burnynge lampe Then shal the Gētiles se thy rightuousnesse all kinges thy glory Thou shalt be named with a new name which the mouth of y e LORDE shal shewe Thou shalt be a crowne in the honde of the LORDE and a glorious garlāde in the hōde of thy God From this tyme forth thou shalt neuer be called the forsakē thy lōde shal nomore be called the wildernesse But thou shalt be called Hephziba that is my beloued y e londe Beula that is a maried womā for y e LORDE loueth y e thy lōde shal be inhabited And like as yonge mā taketh a doughter to mariage so shal God mary himself vnto y e sonnes And as a brydegrome is glad of his bryde so shal God reioyse ouer the. I wil set watchmē vpō thy walles o Ierusalem which shall nether ceasse daye nor night to preach y e LORDE And ye also shall not kepe him close nor leaue to speake of hī vntill Ierusalē be set vp made the prayse of the worlde The LORDE hath sworne by his right honde by his stronge arme that frō hence forth he wil not geue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies ner y e wyne wherī thou hast laboured to be drynke for y e straungers But they that haue gathered in the corne shal eate it geue thankes to the LORDE they that haue borne in the wyne shall drynke it in the court of my Sanctuary Stōde back departe a sunder ye y t stonde vnder y e gate make rowme ye people repayre the strete take awaye y e stones set out a tokē for the people Beholde y e LORDE proclameth in the endes of the worlde tel y e doughter Siō se thy Saluaciō cometh beholde he bringeth his treasure w t him his workes go before him For they whō y e LORDE delyuereth shal be called the holy people as for the thou shalt be named the greatly occupied and not the forsaken The lxiij Chapter WHat is he this that cometh from Edom with stayned reade clothes of Bosra which is so costly cloth cometh in so neēbly with all his strēgth I am he y t teacheth rightuousnes am of power to helpe Wherfore thē is thy clothinge reade thy raymēt like his y t treadeth in y e wyne presse I haue troddē the presse my self alone of all people there was not one with me Thus haue I trodē downe myne enemies in my wrath and set my fete vpō them in my indignacion And their bloude sprange vpō my cloothes so haue I stayned all my rayment For the daye of vengeaūce that I haue takē in honde the yeare of my delyueraunce is come I loked aboute me and there was no mā to shewe me eny helpe I fel downe and no man helde me vp Thē I helde me by myne owne arme my feruētnesse susteyned me And thus haue I troden downe the people in my wrath and bathed them in my displeasure In so moch that I haue shed their bloude vpon the earth I will declare the goodnesse of the LORDE yee and the prayse of the LORDE for all that he hath gyuen vs for the greate good y t he hath done for Israel which he hath gyuen them of his owne fauoure acordinge to the multitude of his louynge kindnesses For he sayde These no doute wil be my people and no shrēkinge children and so he was their Sauioure In their troubles he forsoke thē not but the angel that went forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue kindnesse that he had vnto them redemed he them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer sence the worlde begāne But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde he was their enemie and fought agaynst them him self Yet remēbred he the olde tyme of Moses his people How he brought them from the water of the see as a shepherde doth with his shepe how he had geuen his holy sprete amonge them how he had led Moses by the right honde with his glorious arme how he had deuyded the water before them wherby he gat him self an euerlastinge name how he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playne that they shulde not stomble The sprete of the LORDE led them as a tame beast goeth in the felde Thus o God hast thou led thy people to make thy self a glorious name with all Loke downe then from heauē and beholde the dwellinge place of thy sanctuary thy glory How is it y t thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louynge kyndnesse wyl not be entreated of vs Yet art thou o r father For Abraham knoweth vs not nether is Israel acquanted with vs. But thou LORDE art oure father and redemer and thy name is euer lastinge O LORDE wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy waye wherfore hast thou hardened oure hertes that we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake y t are of the generaciō of thy heretage Thy people hath had but litle of thy Sanctuary in possessiō for oure enemies haue takē it in And we are become euen as we were from the beginnynge but thou art not their LORDE for they haue not called vpon thy name The lxiiij Chapter O That thou woldest cleue the heauen in sonder come downe that the mountaynes might melt awaye at thy presence like as at an hore fyre and that the malicious might boyle as the water doth vpon the fyre Wherby thy name might be knowne amōge thine enemies y t the Gētiles might trēble before ye. That thou mightest come downe with thy wonderous straunge workes then shulde the hilles melt at thy presence For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none excepte thou o God that herde or perceaued nether hath eny eye sene what thou dost for thē that put their trust in the. Thou helpest him that doth right with cherefulnesse and them that thynke vpon thy wayes But lo thou art angrie for we offende and haue bene euer in synne and there is not one whole We are all as an vnclene thinge all oure rightuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman we fall euerychone as the leaf for oure synnes carie vs awaye like the wynde There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that stondeth vp to take holde by the. Therfore hydest thou thy face from vs and consumest vs because of oure synnes But now o LORDE thou father of ours we are the claye and thou art oure potter and we all are the worke of thy hondes Be not to sore displeased o LORDE and kepe not oure offences to lōge in thy remembraunce but considre that we all are thy people
Iosias kinge of Iuda that was in the first yeare of Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon Which sermone Ieremy the prophet made vnto all the people of Iuda to all y e Inhabitours of Ierusalē on this maner From the xiij yeare of Iosias the sonne of Amon kinge of Iuda vnto this present daye that is euen xxiij yeare the worde of the LORDE hath bene committed vnto me And so I haue spokē to you I haue rysen vp early I haue geuē you warnynge in season but ye wolde not heare me Though the LORDE hath sent his seruauntes all the prophetes vnto you in season Yet wolde ye not obeye ye wolde not encline yo r eares to heare He sayde turne agayne euery man from his euell waye from youre wicked ymaginacions so shal ye dwell for euer in the londe that the LORDE promised you youre fore fathers And go not after straunge goddes serue them not worshipe them not angre me not with the workes of youre hōdes then will not I punysh you Neuertheles ye wolde not heare me saieth the LORDE but haue defied me with the workes of youre hōdes to youre owne greate harme Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Because ye haue not herkened vnto my worde lo I will sende out call for all the people y t dwell in the north saieth the LORDE wil prepayre Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt and wil bringe them vpon this londe and vpon all y t dwell therein vpon all the people that are aboute them and will vterly rote them out I will make of them a wildernesse a mockage and a continuall deserte Morouer I will take from them the voyce of gladnesse and solace the voyce of the brydegrome the bryde the voyce of the anoynted with the creszshettes this whole londe shal become a wildernes they shall serue the sayde people and the kinge of Babilon thre score yeares and ten When the lxx yeares are expyred I wil viset also the wickednesse of the kinge of Babylon his people saieth the LORDE yee the londe of the Caldees wil make it a perpetuall wildernes wil fulfil all my wordes vpon that londe which I haue deuysed agaynst it yee all that is written in this boke which Ieremy hath prophecied of all people so that they also shal be subdued vnto dyuerse nacions greate kynges for I wil recompense them acordinge to their dedes workes of their owne hondes For thus hath the LORDE God of Israel spoken vnto me Take this wyne cuppe of indignacion fro my honde that thou mayest cause all the people to whom I sende the for to drinke of it that when they haue dronkē thereof they maye be madd out of their wyttes when the swearde commeth that I wil sende amōge them Then toke I the cuppe from the LORDES honde made all the people drynke there of vnto whom the LORDE had sent me But first the cite of Ierusalem all the cities of Iuda their kinges prynces to make thē desolate waist despysed cursed acordinge as it is come to passe this daye Yee Pharao y e kinge of Egipte his seruauntes his prynces his people altogether one w t another and all kinges of the londe of Hus all kinges of the Philistynes londe Ascalon Gaza Accaron the remnaunt of Aszdod ▪ the Edomites the Moabites the Ammonites all the kinges of Tirus Sidon the kinges of the Iles that are beyonde the see Dedan Thema Buz the shauen Ismaelites all the kinges of Araby generally all the kinges that dwell in the deserte all the kinges of Simri all the kinges of Elam all y e kinges of the Meedes all kinges towarde the north whether they be farre or nye euery one with his neghbours Yee and all the kingdomes that are vpon the whole earth The kinge of Sesach sayde he shal drinke with them also And saye thou vnto them this is the commaundement of the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel drinke and be droncken spewe and fall that ye neuer ryse and that thorow the swearde which I wil sende amonge you But yf they will not receaue the cuppe of thy honde and drinke it then tell them Thus doth the LORDE of hoostes threaten you drynke it ye shal and that shortly For lo I begynne to plage the cite that my name is geuen vnto thynke ye then that I will leaue you vnpunyshed Ye shall not go quyte For why I call for a swearde vpō all the inhabitours of the earth saieth the LORDE of hoostes Therfore tell them all these wordes and saye vnto them The LORDE shal crie from aboue and let his voyce be herde from his holy habitacion With a greate noyse shall he crie from his courte regall He shal geue a greate voyce like the grape gatherers and the sounde thereof shal be herde vnto the endes of the worlde For the LORDE hath a iudgment to geue vpon all people and will holde his courte of iustice with all flesh and punyshe the vngodly saieth the LORDE For thus sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes Beholde a miserable plage shall go from one people to another and a greate stormy water shal arise from all the endes of the earth And the same daye shall the LORDE himself slaye them from one ende of the earth to another There shall no mone be made for eny of them none gathered vp none buried but shall lie as dunge vpon the grounde Mourne o ye shepherdes crie sprinckle youre selues with aszshes o ye rammes of the flocke for the tyme of youre slaughter is fulfilled and ye shal fall like vessels connyngly made for pleasure The shepherdes shall haue no waye to fle and the rammes of the flocke shall not escape Then shal the shepherdes crie horribly and the rammes of the flocke shal mourne for the LORDE shal consume their pasture and their best feldes shal lie deed because of the horrible wrath of the LORDE They shall forsake their foldes like as a lyon For their londes shal be waist because of the wrath of the destroyer and because of his fearfull indignacion The XXVI Chapter IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came this worde from the LORDE sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE Stonde in the courte of the LORDE house and speake vnto all them which out of the cities of Iuda come to do worshippe in the LORDES house all the wordes y t I commaundethe to saye Loke that thou kepe not one worde backe yf perauenture they will herkē and turne euery man from his wicked waye that I maye also repente of the plage which I haue determed to brynge vpon them because of their wicked invencions And after this maner shalt thou speake vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE yf ye will not obeye me to walke in my lawes which I
haue geuen you and to heare the wordes of my seruauntes the prophetes whom I sent vnto you rysynge vp tymely and still sendinge Yf ye will not folowe thē I saye then will I do to this house as I dyd vnto Silo and will make this cite to be abhorred of all the people of the earth And the prestes the prophetes and all the people herde Ieremy preach these wordes in the house of the LORDE Now when he had spoken out all the wordes that the LORDE commaunded him to preach vnto all the people then the prestes the prophetes and all the people toke holde vpon him and sayde thou shalt dye How darrest thou be so bolde as to saye in the name of the LORDE it shal happen to this house as it dyd vnto Silo and this cite shal be so waist that no man shal dwell there in And when all the people were gathered aboute Ieremy in the house of the LORDE the prynces of Iuda herde of this rumoure they came soone out of the kinges Palace in to the house of the LORDE and sat them downe before the new dore of the LORDE Then spake the prestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers to all the people these wordes This man is worthy to dye for he hath preached agaynst this cite as ye youre selues haue herde with youre eares Then sayde Ieremy vnto the rulers and to all the people The LORDE hath sente me to preach agaynst this house agaynst this cite all the wordes that ye haue herde Therfore amende youre wayes and youre advysementes and be obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God so shal the LORDE repēt of the plage y t he had deuysed agaynst you Now as forme I am in youre hondes do with me as ye thinke expediēt and good But this shall ye knowe yf ye put me to death ye shal make youre selues this cite all the inhabitours there of giltie of innocent bloude For this is of a treuth that the LORDE hath sente me vnto you to speake all these wordes in youre eares Then sayde the rulers and the people vn the prestes and prophetes This man maye not be condemned to death for he hath preached vnto vs in the name of the LORDE oure God The Elders also of the londe stode vp sayde thus vnto all the people Micheas the Morascite which was a prophet vnder Ezechias kinge of Iuda spake to all the people of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Sion shal be plowed like a felde Ierusalē shal be an heape of stones the hill of the LORDES house shal be turned to an hie wod Dyd Ezechias y e kinge of Iuda the people of Iuda put him to deeth for this No verely but rather feared y e LORDE made their praier vnto him For the which cause also y e LORDE repented of the plage y t he had deuysed agaynst them Shulde we then do soch a shamefull dede agaynst oure soules There was a prophet also that preached stiffly in the name of the LORDE called Vrias the sonne of Semeia of Cariathiarim this mā preached also agaynst this cite agaynst this lōde acordinge to all as Ieremy saieth Now when Ioachim the kinge with all the estates prynces had herde his wordes the kinge went aboute to slaye him When Vrias perceaued that he was afrayed fled departed in to Egipte Then Ioachim the kinge sent seruauntes in to the lōde of Egipte Namely Elnathā the sonne of Achbor certayne men w t him in to Egipte which fetched Vrias out of Egipte brought him vnto kinge Ioachim that slewe him with the swearde cast his deed body in to y e comō peoples graue But Ahicam the sonne of Saphan helped Ieremy that he came not in to the hondes of the people to be slayne The XXVII Chapter IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came this worde vnto Ieremy from the LORDE which spake thus vnto me Make the bondes chaynes and put them aboute thy neck sende thē to the kinge of Edom the kinge of Moab the kinge of Amon the kinge of Tirus to the kinge of Sidon that by the messaungers which shal come to Ierusalem vnto Sedechias the kinge of Iuda and byd them saye vnto their masters Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel speake thus vnto yo r masters I am he that made the earth the men y e catell that are vpon the grounde with my greate power outstretched arme haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me And now will I delyuer all these londes in to the power of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt The beestes also of the felde shal I geue him to do him seruyce And all people shal serue him his sonne and his childes children vntil the tyme of the same lōde be come also Yee many people greate kinges shal serue him Morouer that people kingdome which wil not serue Nabuchodonosor and that wil not put their neckes vnder y e yock of the kinge of Babilon the same people will I viset with swearde with honger with pestilence vntill I haue consumed them in his hondes saieth the LORDE And therfore folowe not youre prophetes soythsayers expounders of dreames charmers witches which saye vnto you ye shal not serue the kinge of Babilon For they preach you lies to bringe you farre from youre londe that I might cast you out destroye you But the people that put their neckes vnder the yock of the kinge of Babilon serue him those I willet remayne still in their owne lōde saieth the LORDE they shal occupie it dwell there in All these thinges tolde I Sedechias the kinge of Iuda and sayde Put youre neckes vnder the yock of the kinge of Babilon and serue him his people that ye maye lyue Why wilt thou and thy people perish with the swearde with honger with pestilence like as the LORDE hath deuysed for all people that wil not serue the kinge of Babilon Therfore geue no eare vnto those prophetes that tell you Ye shall not serue the kinge of Babilon for they preach you lies nether haue I sent them saieth the LORDE how be it they are bolde falsely for to prophecie in my name that I might y e sooner dryue you out that ye might perish with yo r preachers I spake to the prestes also and to all the people Thus saieth the LORDE Heare not the wordes of those prophetes that preach vnto you saye Beholde the vessels of the LORDES house shall shortly be brought hither agayne from Babilon For they prophecie lies vnto you Heare them not but serue the kinge of Babilon y t ye maye lyue Wherfore will ye make this cite to be destroyed But yf they be true prophetes in very dede and yf the worde of
LORDE Beholde the daies come saieth the LORDE y t the cite of y e LORDE shal be enlarged from the towre of Hananeel vnto y e gate of the corner wall From thence shal the right measure be taken before her vnto the hill toppe of Gareb and shal come aboute Gaatha and the whole valley of the deed carcases and of the ashes all Seremoth vnto the broke of Cedron and from thence vnto the corner of the horsgate towarde y e east where as the Sanctuary of the LORDE also shal be set And when it is now buylded set vp of this fashion it shall neuer be broken ner cast downe eny more The XXXII Chapter THese wordes spake the LORDE vnto Ieremy in the tenth yeare of Sedechias kinge of Iuda which was y e xviij yeare of Nabuchodonosor what tyme as the kinge of Babilons hooste layed sege vnto Ierusalem But Ieremy the prophet laye bounde in y e courte of the preson which was in the kinge of Iudaes house where Sedechias the kinge of Iuda caused him to be layed because he had prophecied of this maner Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I will delyuer this cite in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon which shal take it As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda he shal not be able to escape the Caldees but surely he shall come in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon which shall speake with him mouth to mouth and one of them shall loke another in the face And Sedechias shal be caried vnto Babilon and there shall he be vntill the tyme that I vyset him saieth the LORDE But yf thou takest in hōde to fight agaynst the Caldees thou shalt not prospere And Ieremy sayde Thus hath the LORDE spoken vnto me Beholde Hananeel the sonne of Sellum thine Vncles sonne shall come vnto the and requyre the to redeme y e londe that lieth in Anathot vnto thy self for by reason of kynred it is thy parte to rede me it and to bye it out And so Hananeel myne Vncles sonne came to me in the courte of the preson acordinge to the worde of the LORDE and sayde vnto me Bye my londe I praye the that lieth in Anothot in the countre of Ben Iamyn for by heretage thou hast right to lowse it out for thy self therfore redeme it Then I preceaued that this was the commaundement of the LORDE and so I lowsed the londe from Hananeel of Anathot myne Vncles sonne and weyed him there the moneye euen seuen sycles and ten syluer pens I caused him also to make me a writinge and to seale it and called recorde there by and weyed him there the money vpon the waightes So I toke the euydence with the copie when it was orderly sealed and red ouer and I gaue the euydence vnto Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia in the sight of Hananeel my cosen and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euydence and before all the Iewes that were therby in the courte of the preson I charged Baruch also before them saienge The LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel commaundeth the to take this sealed euydence with the copie and to laye it in an erthen vessell that it maye longe continue For the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel hath determed that houses feldes and vynyardes shal be possessed agayne in this londe Now when I had delyuered the euydence vnto Baruch y e sonne of Nerias I besought the LORDE sayenge O LORDE God It is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy greate power and hie arme and there is nothinge to harde for ye. Thou shewest mercy vpon thousandes thou recompēcest the wickednes of the fathers in to the besome of the children that come after them Thou art the greate and mightie God whose name is the LORDE of hoostes greate in councell and infinite in thought Thine eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens children to rewarde euery one after his waye and acordinge to the frutes of his inuencions Thou hast done greate tokens and wonders in the londe of Egipte as we se this daye vpon the people of Israel and vpon those men to make thy name greate as it is come to passe this daye Thou hast brought thy people of Israel out of the londe of Egipte with tokens with wondres with a mightie honde with a stretched out arme and with greate terriblenes and hast geuen them this londe like as thou haddest promysed vnto their fathers Namely that thou woldest geue them a lōde that floweth with mylke and honye Now when they came therin and possessed it they folowed not thy voyce and walked not in thy lawe but all that thou commaundedest them to do that haue they not done and therfore come all these plages vpon them Beholde there are bulworckes made now agaynst the cite to take it and it shal be wonne of the Caldees that besege it with swearde with honger and death and loke what thou hast spoken that same shal come vpon them For lo all thinges are present vnto the Yet sayest thou vnto me o LORDE God and commaundest me that I shall loose a pece of londe vnto my self and take witnesses therto and yet in the meane season the cite is delyuered in to the power of the Caldees Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me sayenge Beholde I am the LORDE God of all flesh Is there eny thinge then to harde for me Therfore thus sayde the LORDE beholde I shal delyuer this cite in to the power of the Caldees and in to the power of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon they shall take it in For the Caldees shall come and wynne this cite and set fyre vpon it and burne it with the gorgeous houses in whose parlers they haue made sacrifice vnto Baal and poured drynke offeringes vnto straunge goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath For seinge the children of Israel and the children of Iuda haue wrought wickednes before me euer from their youth vp what haue they els done but prouoked me with the workes of their owne hondes saieth the LORDE Or what hath this cite bene els but a prouokinge of my wrath euer sence the daye that I buylded it vnto this houre Wherin I cast it out of my sight be cause of the greate blasphemies of the childrē of Israel and Iuda which they haue done to prouoke me yee they their kinges their prynces their prestes their prophetes whole Iuda and all the citesyns of Ierusalem When I stode vp early and taught them and instructe them they turned their backes to me and not their faces They wolde not heare to be refourmed and correcte They haue set their goddes in y e house that is halowed vnto my name to defyle it They haue buylded hie places for Baal in the valley of the children of Ennon to vowe their sonnes and doughters vnto Moloch which I neuer commaūded them nether came it
the londe of the Caldees The leest amoÌ„ge the people shal teare them in peces loke what pleasaunt thinge they haue they shal laye it waist â–ª The noyse at y e wynnynge of Babilon shâ—â— moue the earth the crie shal be herde amonge the GeÌ„tiles The LI. Chapter THus hath the LORDE sayde Beholde I will rayse vp a perlous wynde agaynst Babilon hir citesens y t beare euell will agaynst me I wil sende also in to BabiloÌ„ fanners to fanne her out to destroye hir londe for in the daye of hir trouble they shal be aboute her on euery syde Morouer the LORDE hath sayde vnto the bowe men to them y t clymme ouer the walles in brest plates Ye shal not spare hir yongemeÌ„ kyll downe all hir hoost Thus the slayne shal fall downe in the londe of the Caldees and the wounded in the stretes As for Israel Iuda they shall not be forsakeÌ„ of their God of the LORDE of hoostes of the holyone of Israel no though they haue fylled all their londe full of synne Fle awaye from Babilon euery man saue his life Let no man holde his tunge to hir wickednes for the tyme of the LORDES vengeaunce is come yee he shal rewarde her agayne Babilon hath bene in the LORDES honde a golden cuppe y t maketh all londes droncken Of hir wyne haue all people droncken therfore are they out of their wittes But sodenly is Babilon fallen and destroyed Mourne for her brynge plasters for hir woundes yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne We wolde haue made Babilon whole saye they but she is not recouered Therfore wil we let her alone go euery maÌ„ in to his owne countre For hir iudgmeÌ„t is come in to heauen is gone vp to the cloudes And therfore come on we will shewe Sion the worke of the LORDE oure God Make sharpe the arowes and fyll the quyuers for the LORDE shall rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meedes which hath allready a desyre to destroye Babilon This shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDES and the vengeaunce of his temple Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babilon make youre watch stronge set yo r watch men in araye yee holde preuye watches yet for all that shall the LORDE go forth with the deuyce which he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babilon O thou that dwellest by the greate waters o thou that hast so greate treasure and riches thyne ende is come the rekenynge of thy wynnynges The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne by himself that he wil ouerwhelme the with men like greshoppers in nombre which with a corage shall crie Alarum Alarum agaynst the. Yee euen the LORDE of hoostes that with his power made the earth with his wiszdome prepayred y e rounde worlde with his discrecion spred out the heauens As soone as he letteth his voyce be herde the waters in the ayre waxe fearce He draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth He turneth y e lightenynges to rayne he bringeth the wyndes out of their secrete places By the reason of wyszdome all men are become fooles Confounded be all the casters of ymages for y e thinge that they make is but disceate hath no breath Vayne is it worthy to be laughed at in the tyme of visitacion it shal perish Neuertheles the porcion of Iacob is none soch but he that made all thinges whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he is the rodde of his enheritaunce Thou breakest my weapens of warre yet thorow the I haue scatred the nacions kyngdomes Thorow the haue I scatred horse horse man yee the charettes soch as sat vpon them Thorow the I haue scatred man woman olde and yonge bacheler mayden Thorow the I haue scatred the shepherde his flocke the husbond man his catell the prynces the rulers Therfore wil I rewarde the cite of Babilon all hir citesyns the Caldees with all the euell which they haue done vnto Sion Yee that ye youre selues shall se it saieth the LORDE Beholde I come vpon the thou noysome hill saieth the LORDE thou that destroyest all londes I wil stretch out my honde ouer the cast the downe from the stony rockes wil make the a brente hill so that nether corner stones ner pinnacles ner foundacion stones shal be taken eny more out of the but waist desolate shalt thou lie foreuermore saieth the LORDE Set vp a tokeÌ„ in the londe blowe the trompettes amonge the Heithen prouoke the nacions agaynst her call the kyngdomes of Ararat Menni Ascanes agaynst her nombre out Taphsar agaynst her bringe as greate a sorte of horses agaynst her as yf they were greshoppers Prepare agaynst them y e people of the Meedes w t their kynges prynces all their chefe rulers yee and the whole londe that is vnder them The londe also shal shake be afrayed when the deuyce of the LORDE shall come forth agaynst Babilon to make the londe of Babilon so waist that no maÌ„ shal dwell eny more therin The Worthies of Babilon shal leaue the batell kepe them selues in stronge holdes their strength hath fayled them they shal be like women Their dwellinge places shal be brent vp their barres shal be broken One purseuaunt shal mete another yee one poste shal come by another to bringe the kinge of Babilon tydinges that his cite is taken in on euery syde the foordes occupyde the fennes brent vp and the souldyers sore afrayed For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel The doughter of Babilon hath bene in hir tyme like as a threszshinge floore but shortly shal hir haruest come Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon hath deuoured and distroyed me he hath made me an emptie vessell He swalowed me vp like a Dragon and fylled his bely with my delicates he hath cast me out he hath takeÌ„ my substaunce awaye the thinge that was left me hath he caried vnto Babilon saieth the doughter that dwelleth in Sion Yee my bloude also vnto the Caldees saieth Ierusalem Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil defende thy cause avenge the I will drynke vp hir see drye vp hir water sprynges Babilon shal become an heape of stones a dwellinge place for dragons a fearfulnes wondringe because no man dwelleth there They shall roare together like lyons as the yonge lyons when they be angrie so shal they beÌ„de them selues In their heate I shal set drynke before theÌ„ they shal be droncken for ioye Then shal they slepe an euerlastinge slepe neuer wake saieth the LORDE I shal carie them downe to be slayne like shepe like wethers gootes O how was Sesah wonne O how was the glory of y e whole londe taken how happeneth it that Babilon is so wondred at amonge the HeitheÌ„ The see is rysen ouer Babilon hath
couered her with his greate wawes Hir cities are layed waist the londe lieth vnbuylded and voyde it is a londe where no man dwelleth where no mā traueleth thorow Morouer ▪ I wil vyset Bel at Babilō the thinge that he hath swalowed vp that same shal I plucke out of his mouth The Gentiles also shall runne nomore vnto him yee and the walles of Babilon shal fall O my people come out of Babilon that euery man maye saue his life from the fearfull wrath of the LORDE Be not faynte herted feare not at euery rumoure that shal be herde in the londe for euery yeare bringeth new tydinges yee straunge wickednes and lordshipe And lo the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilō and the whole londe shal be confounded yee and hir slayne shal lie in the myddest of her Heauen and earth with all that is therin shall reioyce ouer Babilon when the destroyers shal come vpon her from the north saieth y e LORDE Like as Babilō hath beaten downe and slayne many out of Israel so shal there fall many and be slayne in all hir kyngdome Ye that haue escaped the swearde haist you stōde not still remembre the LORDE afarre of and thinke vpon Ierusalem for we were ashamed to heare the blasphemies oure faces were couered with shame because the straunge aleauntes came in to the Sanctuary of the LORDE Wherfore beholde saieth the LORDE the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilon and thorow the whole lōde they shal mourne and fall Though Babilon clymmed vp in to heauē and kepte her power an hie yet shal I sende her destroyers saieth the LORDE A piteous crie shall be herde from Babilon and a greate mysery from the londe of the Caldees when the LORDE destroyeth them and when he dryueth out the hie stomack proude boostinge where with they haue bene as furious as the wawes of greate water floudes and made greate crakes with their wordes For the destroyers shall come vpon her euen vpon Babilon which shal take hir worthies and brake their bowes for God is disposed to avenge him self vpon them sufficiently to recompence thē Yee saieth the LORDE I will make their prynces their wyse men their chefe rulers all their worthies dronckē so that they shal slepe an euerlastinge slepe and neuer wake Thus saieth the kinge whose name is y e LORDE of hoostes Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The thicke wall of Babilon shal be broken and hir proude gates shal be brente vp And the thinge that the Gētiles and the people haue wrought with greate trauayle and laboure shal come to naught and be consumed in the fyre This is the charge that Ieremy gaue vnto Sarias the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia when he wente towarde Babilon with Sedechias the kinge of Iuda in the fourth yeare of his reigne Now this Sarias was a peaceable prynce Ieremy wrote in a boke all the misery that shulde come vpon Babilon yee and all these sermons that be written agaynst Babilon and gaue Sarias this charge When thou commest vnto Babilon se that thou rede all these wordes and saye O LORDE thou art determed to rote out this place so that nether people ner catell shal dwell there eny more but to lie waist for euer and when thou hast redde out the boke bynde a stone to it and cast it in the myddest of Euphrates and saye Euē thus shal Babilon syncke be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I will bringe vpon her so that she shal neuer come vp agayne Thus farre are y e preachinges of Ieremy The LII Chap. SEdechias was xxj yeare olde when he was made kynge he raigned xj yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name was Hamithal Ieremies doughter of Lobna He lyued wickedly before the LORDE euen as Ioachim dyd Wherfore the LORDE was angrie at Ierusalem Iuda so longe till he had cast thē out of his presence And Sedechias fel from the kynge of Babilon But in y e ix yeare of his raigne In the tēth Moneth the tenth daye of the Moneth it happened that Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon with all his hooste came before Ierusalem beseged it made them bulworkes rounde aboute it And this beseginge of the cite endured vnto the xj yeare of kynge Sedechias And in the fourth Moneth the ix daye of the Moneth there was so greate honger in the cite that there were no more vitayles for the people of the londe So all the souldyers brake awaye and fled out of the cite by night thorow the waye of the porte betwene the two walles by the kynges garden Now y e Caldees had cōpassed the cite rounde aboute yet wente these men their waye towarde the wildernesse And so the Caldees folowed vpon them and toke Sedechias the kinge in the felde of Iericho when his hoost was runne from him So they caried the kynge awaye presoner to Reblatha vnto the kinge of Babilon in the londe of Hemath where he gaue iudgment vpon him The kinge of Babilō also caused Sedechias sonnes be slayne before his face yee put all the prynces of Iuda to death at Reblatha Morouer he put out the eyes of Sedechias caused him be bounde with cheynes to be caried vnto Babilon let him lie in preson till he dyed Now y e tenth daye of the fyfth Moneth in the xix yeare of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon Nabusaradan the chefe captayne and the kinge of Babilons seruauntes came vnto Ierusalem brent vp the house of the LORDE He brent vp also the kinges palace all the houses all the gorgeous buyldinges in Ierusalē And the whole hoost of the Caldees y t were with the chefe captayne brake downe all the walles of Ierusalem rounde aboute As for the poore people soch folke as yet was left in the cite which also were fallen to the kinge of Babilon yee what people as yet remayned Nabusaradan the chefe captayne caried them awaye presoners But y e poore people of the countre dyd Nabusaradan the chefe captayne leaue in the londe to occupie the vynyardes feldes The Caldees also brake the brasen pilers that were in the house of the LORDE yee the seate and the brasen lauer that was in the house of y e LORDE caried all the metall of them vnto Babilon They toke awaye also the Cauldrons shouels flesh hokes sprinklers spones all the brasen vessell that was occupide in the seruyce with the basens colepannes sprinklers pottes candilstickes spones and cuppes wherof some were of golde and some of syluer The chefe captayne toke also the two pilers the lauer the xij brasen bullockes y t stode vnder y e seate which kinge Salomon made in the house of the LORDE all the vessell conteyned so moch metall that it might not be weyed For euery piler was xviij cubites hie the rope that went aboute it
them awaye eueÌ„ as thou hast plucked me because of all my wickednesse For my sorow is very greate and my herte is heuy The II. Chapter ALas how hath y e LORDE darckened the doughter of Sion so sore in his wrath As for the honoure of Israel he hath casten it downe from heauen How happeneth it that he remembred not his owne fote stole when he was angrie The LORDE hath cast downe all the glory of Iacob without eny fauoure All the stronge places of the doughter Iuda hath he broken in his wrath throwne them downe to the grounde hir kyngdome hir prynces hath he suspended In the wrath of his indignacion he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath with draweÌ„ his right honde from the enemie yee a flame of fyre is kyndled in Iacob hath consumed vp all rounde aboute He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his right honde as an aduersary and euery thinge that was pleasauÌ„t to se he hath smyten it downe He hath poured out his wrath like a fyre in to the tabernacle of the doughter â—ion The LORDâ— is become like as it were an enemie he hath cast downe Israel all his places yee all his stronge holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the doughter of Iuda w t moch sorow and heuynesse Hir tabernacle which was like a garden of pleasure hath he destroyed hir hie soleÌ„pne feastes hath he put downe The LORDE hath brought it so to passe that the hie solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are clene forgotteÌ„ In his heuy displeasure hath he made the kynge prestes to be despised The LORDE hath forsaken his owne aulter is wroth with his owne Sanctuary hath geuen the walles of their towres in to the hondes of the enemie Their enemies made a noyse in the house of the LORDE as it had bene in a solempne feast daye The LORDE thought to breake downe the walles of the doughter Sion he spred out his lyne drewe not in his honde till he had destroyed them Therfore mourne the turrettes and the broken walles together Hir portes are casten downe to the grounde hir barres are broken smytten in sonder hir kynge prynces are caried awaye to the GeÌ„tiles They haue nether lawe ner prophetes ner yet eny vision from the LORDE The Senatours of the doughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in sylence they haue strowed aszshes vpon their heades and gyrded them selues with sackcloth The maydens of Ierusalem hange downe their heades to the grounde Myne eyes begynne to fayle me thorow wepinge my body is disquieted my leueris poured vpon the earth for the greate hurte of my people seynge the children and babes dyd swowne in the stretes of the cite Euen when they spake to their mothers where is meate and drynke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the stretes of the cite like as they had bene wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome What shal I saye of the O thou doughter Ierusalem to whom shall I lickeÌ„ the To whom shal I coÌ„pare the o thou doughter Sion to comforte the withall Thy hurte is like a mayne see who maye heale the Thy prophetes haue loked out vayne folish thinges for the they haue not shewed the of thy wickednesse to kepe the from captiuyte but haue ouerladen the and thorow falsede scatred the abrode All they that go by the clappe their hondes at the hissinge and wagginge their heades vpon the doughter Ierusalem and saye is this the cite that men call so fayre wherin the whole londe reioyseth All thine enemies gape vpon the whisperinge and bytinge their teth sayenge let vs deuoure for the tyme that we loked for is come we haue founde and sene it The LORDE hath fulfilled the thinge that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuysed longe agoo he hath destroyed and not spared He hath caused thine aduersary to tryumphe ouer the and set vp the horne of thine enemie Let thine hert crie vnto the LORDE O thou cite of the doughter Sion let thy teares ruÌ„ne downe like a ryuer daye night rest not let not the aple of thine eye leaue of Stonde vp and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night poure out thine heâ—â— like water before the LORDE lift vp thine hondes for the lyues of thy yonge children that dye of honger in the stretes Beholde O LORDE considre why hast thou gathered me vp so clene Shal the women then eate their owne frute euen children of a spanne longe Shal the prestes and prophetes be slayne thus in the Sanctuary of the LORDE Yonge olde lye behinde the stretes vpon the grounde my maydens yonge men are slayne with the swearde whom thou in the daye of thy wrothfull indignacion hast put to death Yee euen thou hast put them to death not spared them My neghbours that are rounde aboute me hast thou called as it were to a feast daye so that in the daye of the LORDES wrath none escaped nether was eny left behinde Those that I had brought vp norisshed hath myne enemy destroyed The III. Chapter I Am the maÌ„ that thorow the rodd of his wrath haue experieÌ„ce of misery He droue me forth and led me yee into darcknesse but not in to light Agaynst me only he turneth his honde layeth it euer vpon me My flesh my skynne hath he made olde and my bones hath he brussed He hath buylded rounde aboute me closed me in with gall and trauayle He hath set me in darcknesse as they that be deed for euer He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me Though I crie call piteously yet heareth he not my prayer He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones made my pathes croked He layeth waite for me like a Bere and as a lyon in a hole He hath marred my wayes and brokeÌ„ me in peces he hath layed me waist altogether He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marck to shute at The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen in to my reynes I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songes vpon me all y e daye loÌ„ge He hath fylled me with bytternesse geuen me wormwod to drynke He hatâ— smytten my teth in peces rolled me in the dust He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges I thought in myself I am vndone there is no hope for me in the LORDE O remembre yet my mysery and my trouble the wormwod and the gall Yee thou shalt remeÌ„bre them for my soule melteth awaye in me Whyle I coÌ„sidre these thinges in my hert I get a hope
e wildernesse The very breth of oure mouth euen the anoynted LORDE himself shal be takē in oure synnes of whom we saye Vnder his shadowe we shal be preserued amonge the Heithen And thou O doughter Edom that dwellest in the londe of Hus be glad and reioyce for the cuppe shal come vnto the also which whē thou suppest of thou shalt be dronckē Thy synne is wel punished O thou doughter Sion he shall not suffre the to be caried awaye eny more But thy wickednesse O doughter Edom shall he vyset and for thy synnes sake he shal lede the in to captiuyte The V. Chapter CAll to remēbraunce O LORDE what we haue suffred cōsidre and se oure cōfucion Oure enheritaunce is turned to the straungers oure houses to the aleauntes We are become carefull and fatherlesse and oure mothers are as the wydowes We are fayne to drynke oure owne water for moneye and oure owne wod must we bye with moneye Oure neckes are vnder persecucion we are weery and haue no rest Afore tyme we yelded oure selues to the Egipcians and now to the Assirians only that we might haue bred ynough Oure fathers which now are gone haue synned we must beare their wickednesse Seruauntes haue the rule of vs and no man delyuereth vs out of their hōdes We must get o r lyuynge with the parell of oure lyues because of the drouth of the wildernesse Oure skynne is as it had bene brent in an ouen for very sore honger The wyues are raueshed in Sion the maydens in the cities of Iuda The prynces are hanged vp with the honde of the enemies they haue not spared the olde sage men they haue taken yonge mens lyues from them and the boyes are hanged vp vpon trees The elders syt no more vnder the gates and the yonge men vse no more playenge of Musick The ioye of oure herte is gone oure mery quere is turned in to mourninge The garlande of oure heade is fallen alas that euer we synned so sore Therfore oure hert is full of heuynesse oure eyes dymme because of y e hill of Sion that is destroyed In so moch that the foxes runne vpon it But thou O LORDE that remaynest for euermore and thy feate worlde with out ende Wherfore wilt thou still forget vs and forsake vs so longe O LORDE Turne thou vs vnto the so shal we be turned Renue o r daies as in olde tyme for thou hast now banished vs longe ynough and bene sore displeased at vs. The ende of the Lamentacions of Ieremy The Prophet Baruch What Baruch conteyneth Chap. I. Baruch readeth the boke before the kynge and all the people which sende money to Ierusalem Chap. II. They knowlege that they haue deserued punyshment God promyseth them forgeuenesse Chap. III. They praye hartely beinge in preson and he exorteth them to amende Chap. IIII. A sermon to the people with an exortacion to pacience Chap. V. He conforteth them and sheweth the vocacion of the Heithen Chap. VI. A copie of the epistole that Ieremy sent to the Iewes which were led awaye presoners vnto Babilon These are the wordes of the boke that Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia the sonne of Sedechias the sonne of Sedei the sonne of Helchia wrote at Babilon in the fifth yeare the seuēth daye of the moneth what tyme as the Caldees wanne Ierusalem and brent it The first Chapter ANd Baruch dyd rede the wordes of this boke that Iechonias the sonne of Ioachim kynge of Iuda might heare and in the presence of all the people that were come to heare the boke yee and before all the noble kinges sonnes before y e lordes of the councell and elders and before the whole people from y e lowest vnto the hyest before all them that dwelt at Babilon by y e water of Sodi Which when they herde it wepte fasted and prayed before the LORDE They made a colleccion also of money acordinge to euery mans power and sent it to Ierusalem vnto Ioachim the sonne of Helchia the sonne of Salon prest with y e other prestes and to all the people which were w t him at Ierusalē what tyme as they had gotten the ornamentes of the temple of y e LORDE that were taken awaye out of the temple that they might brynge them agayne in to the londe of Iuda the x. daye of the moneth Siban namely syluer vessel which Sedechias the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda had made After that Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon had takē Iechonias with all his prynces lordes and all the people and led them captyue from Ierusalem vnto Babilon And they sayde Beholde we haue sent you money to bye you burnt offerynges and incense withall make you vnleuended bred offre for synne vpon the aulter of the LORDE oure God And praye for the prosperite of Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon and of Balthasar his sonne y t their dayes maye be vpon earth as the dayes of heauen that God also maye geue vs strength and lighten oure eyes that we maye lyue vnder the defence of Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon and vnder the proteccion of Balthasar his sonne that we maye longe do them seruyce and fynde fauoure in their sight Praye for vs also vnto the LORDE oure God for we haue synned agaynst the LORDE oure God and vnto this daye is not his wrath turned yet awaye from vs. And se that ye rede this boke which we haue sent vnto you to be rehearced in the temple of the LORDE vpon the hye dayes and at tyme conuenient Thus shal ye saye The LORDE o r God is rightuous but we are worthy of cōfucion shame like as it is come to passe this daye vnto all Iuda to euery one y t dwelleth at Ierusalem to o r kinges prynces prestes prophetes to oure fathers We haue synned before the LORDE oure God we haue not put oure trust in him ner geuen him credence we haue not obeyed him we haue not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE oure God to walke in the commaundementes that he gaue vs. Sens the daye that he brought oure forefathers out of the londe of Egipte vnto this present daye we haue bene euer a mysbeleuynge and an vnfaithful people vnto y e LORDE oure God destroyenge oure selues vtterly and shrenckinge backe that we shulde not heare his voyce Wherfore there are come vpon vs greate plages dyuerse curses like as the LORDE deuysed by Moses his seruaūt which brought oure forefathers out of the lōde of Egipte to geue vs a lōde that floweth with mylcke and hony like as it is to se this daye Neuertheles we haue not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE oure God acordinge to all the wordes of the prophetes whom he sent vnto vs and to oure rulers but euery man folowed his owne mynde and wicked ymaginacion to offre vnto straūge goddes and to do euel in the sight of the LORDE oure God The II.
mountaynes in all valleys his bowes shall be broken downe to the grounde thorow out the londe Then all the people of the londe shal go from his shadowe and forsake him When he is fallē all y e foules of y e ayre shal syt vpon him and all wilde beestes of the felde shal go aboute amonge his braūches so that from hence forth no tre in the water shall attayne to his hyenesse nor reach his toppe vnto the cloudes nether shall eny tre off the water stonde so hye as he hath done For vnto death shall they all be delyuered vnder the earth and go downe to y e graue like other men Morouer thus saieth the LORDE God In the daye when he goeth downe to the graue I wil cause a lamentacion to be made I will couer the depe vpon him I will staunch his floudes and the greate waters shal be restrayned I shall cause Libanus to be soroufull for his sake and all the trees off the felde shall be smyttē I wil make the Heithen shake at the sounde of his fall when I cast him downe to hell with them y t descende in to the pytte All the trees of Eden w t all the chosen and besttrees of Libanus yee and all they that are planted vpon the waters shal mourne with him also in the lower habitaciōs for they shal go downe to hell w t him vnto thē that be slayne with the swearde which dwelt afore vnder the shadow off his arme amōge the Heithē To whom shalt thou be lickened that art so glorious greate amonge the trees off Eden Yet art thou cast downe vnder y e earth amonge the trees off Eden where thou must lye amonge the vncircumcised with them that be slayne w t the swearde Euen thus is it with Pharao all his people saieth the LORDE God The XXXII Chapter IN the xij yeare the first daye of the xij Moneth the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man take vp a lamentacion vpō Pharao the kynge of Egipte saye vnto him Thou art reputed as a Lyon of the Heithen as a whalfish in the see Thou castest y t waters aboute the thou troublest the waters w t thy fete and stampest in their floudes Thus sayeth the LORDE God I wil sprede my net ouer y e namely a greate multitude of people these shal dryue the into my yarne for I will cast the vpō the lōde and let the lye vpō the felde that all the foules of the ayre maye syt vpō the I wil geue all the beastes of the felde ynough off the. Thy flesh will I cast vpō the hilles and fyll the valleys with thy hyenesse I will water the londe with the abundaunce off thy bloude euen to the moūtaynes y e valleys shal be full off the. When thou art put out I will couer the heauen and make his starres dymme I will sprede a cloude ouer the Sonne ād the Moone shall not geue hir light All the lightes off heauen will I put out ouer the and bringe darcknesse vpon thy londe saieth y e LORDE God I wil trouble the hertes off many people when I bringe thy destruccion amōge the Heithen and countrees whom thou knowest not Yee I will make many people with their kynges so afrayed thorow y e that their hayre shal stonde vp whē I shake my swearde at their faces Sodenly shal they be astonnyed euery man in him self at y e daye of thy fall For thus saieth the LORDE God the kynge of Babilons swearde shal come vpon y e with y e sweardes of the worthies will I smyte downe thy people All they that be mightie amonge the Gētiles shal waist the proude pompe of Egipte and brynge downe all hir people All the catell also of Egipte wil I destroye that they shal come nomore vpō the waters so that nether mās fote ner beastes clawe shal stere them eny more Then wil I make their waters cleare and cause their floudes to runne like oyle sayeth the LORDE God when I make the londe of Egipte desolate and when y e countre with all that is therin shal be layde waist and whē I smyte all thē which dwell in it that they maye knowe that I am the LORDE This is the mournynge that the doughters off the Heithen shall make Yee a sorow and lamentaciō shal they take vp vpon Egipte and all hir people saieth the LORDE God In the xij yeare the xv daye of the Moneth came the worde off the LORDE vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man Take vp a lamentacion vpon the people of Egipte and cast them downe yee ād the mightie people of the Heithē also euen with thē that dwell beneth and with them that go downe in to the graue Downe how fayre so euer thou be and laye the with the vncircircumcised Amōge those that be slayne with the swearde shal they lye The swearde is geuen alredy ▪ he shal be drawen forth and all his people The mightie worthies and his helpers y t be gone downe and lye with the vncircumcised and with them that be slayne with y e swearde shal speake to him out of the hell Assur is there also with his company ād their graues rounde aboute which were slayne ād fell all with the swearde whose graues lye besyde him in the lowe pytte His comōs are buried rounde aboute his graue alltogether wounded and slayne with the swearde which men afore tyme brought feare into y e londe off the lyuynge There is Elam also with all his people and their graues rounde aboute which all beynge wounded and slayne with the swearde are gone downe vncircumcised vnder the earth which neuertheles somtyme brought feare in to the londe off the lyuynge for the which they beare their shame with the other that be gone downe to y e graue Their buryall is geuen them and all their people amonge them that be slayne Their graues are rounde aboute all them which be vncircumcised and with them that be slay ▪ thorow the swearde for seynge that in tymes past they made the londe off the lyuynge afrayed they must now beare their owne shame with them that go downe to the pytte and lye amonge them that be slayne There is Mesech also and Tubal and their people and their graues rounde aboute These all are amonge the vncircūcised and them that be slayne with the swearde because afore tyme they made the londe off the lyuynge afrayed Shulde not they then lye also amonge y e worthies and vncircumcised Giauntes which w t their weapens are gone downe to hel whose sweardes are layed vnder their heades whose wickednesse is vpon their bones because that as worthies they haue brought feare in to y e lōde of y e lyuinge Yee amōge the vncircūcised shalt thou be destroyed and slepe with them that perished thorow the swearde There is the lōde off Edom with hir kynges and prynces also which w t
agayne and sayde the kynge must shewe his seruauntes the dreame and so shal we declare what it meaneth Then the kynge answerde sayenge I perceaue off a treuth that ye do but prolōge y e tyme for so moch as yese that the thinge is gone fro me Therfore yff ye wil not tell me the dreame ye shal all haue one iudgment But ye fayne and dyssemble with vayne wordes which ye speake before me to put off the tyme. Therfore tell me the dreame ād so shall I know ▪ yff ye can shewe me what it meaneth Vpon this the Caldees gaue answere before the kynge and sayde there is no man vpon earth that can tell the thinge which y e kynge speaketh of Yee there is nether kynge prynce ner LORDE that euer axed soch thinges at a soythsayer charmer or Caldeer for it is a very harde matter that the kynge requyreth Nether is there eny that can certifie the kynge theroff excepte the goddes whose dwellinge is not amonge the creatures For y e which cause the kynge was wroth with greate indignaciō and cōmaunded to destroye all the wyse men at Babilon and y e proclamacion wēte forth that the wyse mē shulde be slayne They sought also to slaye Daniel with his cōpanyons Then Daniel enquered Arioch the kynges stewarde off the iudgment and sentence that was gone forth alredy to kyll soch as were wyse at Babilon He answered and sayde vnto Arioch beinge then the kinges debyte Why hath the kynge proclamed so cruell a sentence So Arioch tolde Daniel the matter Vpon this wente Daniel vp and desyred the kinge y e he might haue leysoure to shewe the kynge the interpretacion and then came he home agayne shewed the thinge vnto Ananias Misael Asarias his companiōs y t they shulde beseke the God of heauen for grace in this secrete that Daniel and his felowes with other soch as were wyse in Babilon perished not Then was the mystery shewed vnto Daniel in a visiō by nyght And Daniel praysed y e God of heauē Daniel also cryed loude and sayde O that the name of God might be praysed for euer and euer for wisdome and strength are his owne he chaungeth the tymes and ages he putteth downe kynges he setteth vp kynges he geueth wyszdome vnto the wyse and vnderstōdinge to those that vnderstōde he openeth the depe secretes he knoweth y e the thynge that lyeth in darcknesse for the light dwelleth with him I thanke the and prayse the O thou God off my fathers that thou hast lent me wyszdome and strength hast shewed me the thinge that we desyred off the for thou hast opened the kynges matter vnto me Vpon this wente Daniel in vnto Arioch whom the kinge had ordened to destroye the wyse at Babilon he wente vnto him and sayde destroye not soch as are wyse in Babilon but bringe me in vnto the kynge and I shal shewe the kynge the interpretacion Then Arioch brought Daniel into the kynge in all the haist and sayde vnto him I haue founde a man amonge the presoners off Iuda y t shal shewe the kinge the interpretacion Thē answered the kynge and sayde vnto Daniel whose name was Balthasar Art thou he y t cāst shewe me y e dreame which I haue sene the interpretacion therof Daniel answered the kynge to his face and sayde As for this secrete for the which the kinge maketh inquisicion it is nether the wyse the sorcerer the charmer ner the deuell coniurer that can certifie the kynge off it Only God in heauē cā open secretes and he it is that sheweth the kinge Nabuchodonosor what is for to come in the latter dayes Thy dreame and that which thou hast sene in thyne heade vpon thy bed is this ▪ O kynge thou didest cast in thy mynde what shulde come herafter So he that is the opener off mysteries telleth the what is for to come As for me this secrete is not shewed me for eny wiszdome that I haue more then eny other lyuynge but only that I might shewe the kynge the interpretacion that he might knowe the thoughtes off his owne herte Thou kynge sawest and beholde there stode before the a greate ymage whose fygure was maruelous greate and his vysage grymme The ymage heade was of fyne golde his brest and armes off syluer his body ād loynes were off copper his legges were off yron his fete were parte off yron and parte of earth This thou sawest till the tyme that without eny hondes there was hewen off a stone which smote the ymage vpon the fete that were both off yron and earth and brake thē to poulder then was the yron the earth the copper the syluer and golde broken altogether in peces and became like the chaffe off corne that the wynde bloweth awaye from y e somer floores that they cā nomore be foūde But the stone that smote the ymage became a greate mountayne which fulfylleth the whole earth This is the dreame And now will we shewe before the kynge what it meaneth O kynge thou art a kynge off kynges For the God off heauē hath geuē the a kingdome ryches strength and maiesty hath delyuered the all thinges that are amōge y e children off men the beastes off the felde ād the foules vnder the heauē and geuen the dominion ouer them all Thou art that goldē heade After y t there shal aryse another kingdome which shal be lesse then thyne The thyrde kingdome shal belyke copper and haue dominacion in all lōdes The fourth kingdome shal be as stronge as yron For like as yron brusseth and breaketh all thinges Yee euen as yron beateth euery thinge downe so shal it beate downe and destroye Where as thou sawest the fete and toes parte of earth and parte off yron that is a deuyded kyngdome which neuertheles shal haue some off the yron grounde mixte with it for so much as thou hast sene the yron mixte with the claye The toes of the fete that were parte off yron and parte off claye signifieeh that it shal be a kyngdome partely stronge and partely weake And where as thou sawest yron myxte with claye they shall myngle them selues w t y e sede off symple people yet not contynue one with another like as yron wil not be souldered with a potsherde In the dayes off these kynges shall the God of heauen set vp an euerlastinge kyngdome which shall not perish and his kyngdome shall not be geuen ouer to another people Yee the same shall breake and destroye all these kyngdomes but it shall endure for euer And where as thou sawest that without eny hondes there was cut out of the mount a stone which brake the yron the copper y e earth the syluer and golde in peces by that hath y e greate God shewed the kynge what wyl come after this This is a true dreame and the interpretacion of it is sure Then the kynge Nabuchodonosor fell downe vpon his face and bowed
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
sprete within me aÌ„d the visions off my heade made me afrayed till I gat me vnto one off them that stode by to knowe the treuth concerninge all these thinges So he tolde me and made me vnderstoÌ„de the interpretacioÌ„ of these thinges These foure greate beastes are foure kinges which shal aryse out of the earth These shal take in the kyngdome off the sayntes of the most hyest and possesse it still more more for a longe season After this I requyred diligently to knowe the treuth concerninge the fourth beest which was so farre vnlike the other beestes and so horrible whose teth were of yron and his nales off brasse which deuoured and destroied and stamped the resydue vnder his fete I desyred also to knowe the treuth as touchinge the ten hornes that he had vpon his heade and this other which came vp afterwarde before whose face theâ— fell downe thre which horne had eyes and a mouth that spake presumptuous thinges and loked with a grimmer visage then his felowes I behelde and the same horne made battail agaynst the sayntes yee aÌ„d gat the victory off them vntill the tyme that the olde aged came that the iudgment was geueÌ„ to the chefest sayntes and till the tyme that y e sayntes had the kyngdome in possession He gaue me this aâ—swere That fourth beest shal be the fourth kingdome vpoÌ„ earth it shal be more then all other kyngdomes it shall deuoure treade downe aÌ„d destroye all other londes The ten hornes are ten kynges that shal aryse out of that kyngdome after whoÌ„ there shall stonde vp another which shall be greater then the first He shall subdue thre kynges and shall speake wordes agaynst the hyest off all he shall destroye the sayntes of the most hyest and thynke that he maye chaunge tymes and lawes They shall be geuen vnder his power vntill a tyme two tymes and halff a tyme. But the iudgment shal be kepte so that his power shal be taken from him for he shal be destroyed and perish at the last As for the kyngdome power and all might that is vnder the heauen it shal be geuen to the holy people off the most hyest whose kyngdome is euerlastinge yee all powers shall serue and obeye him Thus farre exteÌ„de y e wordes Neuerthelesse I Daniel was so vexed in my thoughtes that my countenaunce chaunged but the wordes I kepte still in my herte The VIII Chapter IN the thirde yeare off the raigne of kinge Balthasar there apeared a visioÌ„ vnto me Daniel after that I had sene the first I sawe in a vision and when I sawe it I was at Susis in the chefe cite which lyeth in the londe off Elam and in y e vision me thought I was by the ryuer off Vlai Then I loked vp and sawe and beholde there stode before the ryuer a ramme which had hornes and these hornes were hye but one was hyer then another and the hyest came vp last I sawe that this ramme puszhed with his hornes agaynst the west agaynst the north and agaynst the south so that no beestes might stonde before him ner defende them from his power but he dyd as him listed and waxed greatly I toke hede vnto this and then came there an hegoate from the west ouer the whole earth and touched not the grounde This goate had a maruelous goodly horne betwixte his eyes and came vnto the ramme that had the two hornes whom I had sene a fore by the ryuer syde and ranne fearcely vpon him with his might I sawe him drawe nye vnto the ramme beynge very fearce vpon him yee he gaue him soch a stroke that he brake his two hornes Nether had the ramme so moch strength as to stonde before him but he kest him downe trodde him vnder his fete and no man was able to delyuer the ramme out of his power The goate waxed exceadinge greate and when he was at the strongest his greate horne was broken also Then grewe there other foure soch like in the steade towarde the foure wyndes off the heauen Yee out of one of the leest off these hornes there came vp yet another horne which waxed maruelous greate towarde the south towarde the east and towarde the fayre pleasaunt londe It grewe vp to the hoost off heauen wherof it dyd cast some downe to the grounde and off the starres also and trode them vnder fete Yee it grewe vp vnto the prynce off the hoost from whom the daylie offeringe was taken and the place off his Sanctuary casten downe And a certayne season was geuen vnto it agaynst the daylie offeringe because of wickednesse that it might cast downe the verite to the grounde and so to prospere in all thinges that it went aboute Vpon this I herde one off the sayntes speakynge which saynte sayde vnto one that axed this question How longe shall this vision off the daylie sacrifice and of the waistinge abhominacion endure that the Sanctuary and the power shall so be troden vnder fote And he answered him Vnto the euenyinge the morninge euen two thousande and thre huÌ„dreth dayes then shall the Sanctuary be clensed agayne Now when I Daniel had sene this vision and sought for the vnderstondinge of it beholde there stode before me a thinge like vnto a man And I herde a mans voyce in the ryuer off Vlai which cryed and sayde O Gabriel make this man vnderstonde the vision So he came and stode by me But I was afrayed at his coÌ„minge and fell downe vpon my face Then sayde he vnto me O thou sonne of man marcke well for in the last tyme shall this vision be fulfylled Now as he was speakynge vnto me I waxed faynte so that I suncke downe to the grounde But he toke holde vpon me and set me vp agayne sayenge Beholde I will shewe the what shall happen in the last wrath for in the tyme appoynted it shal be fulfilled The ramme which thou sawest with the two hornes is the kynge off the Medes aÌ„d Perses but the goate is the kynge of Greke londe the greate horne that stode betwixte his eyes that is the pryncipall kynge But where as it brake and foure other rose vp in the steade it signifieth that out of this people shall stonde vp foure kyngdomes but not so mightie as it After these kyngdomes whyle vngodnesse is a growinge there shall aryse a kynge off an vnshamefast face which shall be wyse in darcke speakinges He shal be mightie and stronge but not in his owne strength He shall destroye aboue measure and all that he goeth aboute shall prospere he shall slaye the stronge and holy people And thorow his craftynes falsede shall prospere in his honde his herte shall be proude and many one shall he put to death in his welthynesse He shal stonde vp agaynst the prynce off prynces but he shal be destroyed without honde And this vision that is shewed vnto the is as sure as the evenynge and the mornynge Therfore
broken downe for the corne shal be destroied O what a sighinge make the catell the bullockes are very euel likynge because they haue no pasture and the shepe are fameszshed awaye O LORDE to the will I crie for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernesse and the flame hath brent vp all the trees of the felde Yee the wylde beestes crie also vnto the for the water ryuers are dryed vp and the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse The II. Chapter BLowe out y e trompet in Sion crie vpō my holy hill y t all soch as dwel in the londe maye trēble at it for y e daie of the LORDE commeth is harde at honde a darcke daye a gloomynge daye a cloudy daye yee a stormy daye like as the mornynge spredeth out vpō the hilles Namely a great mightie people soch as haue not bene sens y e begynnynge nether shal be after them for euermore Before him shal be a consumynge fyre behynde him a burnynge flame The londe shal be as a garden of pleasure before him but behinde him shal it be a very waist wildernesse there is no man that shal escape him They are to loke vpon like bayrded horses runne like horse men They skyppe vp vpon y e hilles as it were the sounde of charettes as the flame of fyre that consumeth the strawe and as a mightie people redy to the batell The folke shal be afrayed of him all faces shal be as blacke as a pot These shal rūne like giauntes leape ouer the walles like men of warre Euery mā in his goinge shal kepe his araie not go out of his Path. There shal not one dryue another but ech shal kepe his owne waye They shal breake in at the wyndowes not be hurte They shal come into the cite runne vpon the walles They shal clymme vp vpon the houses slyppe in at the wyndowes like a thefe The earth shal quake before him yee the heauens shal be moued the Sonne Moone shal be darckened and the starres shal withdrawe their shyne The LORDE shal shewe his voyce before his hoost for his hoost is greate stronge mightie to fulfill his commaundement This is y e greate and maruelous fearfull daye of the LORDE And who is able to abyde it Now therfore saieth the LORDE Turne you vnto me with all youre hertes with fastinge wepynge and mournynge rente youre hertes not youre clothes Turne you vnto the LORDE youre God for he is gracious mercifull longe sufferynge of greate compassion redy to pardone wickednes Then no doute he also shal turne forgeue after his chastenynge he shall let youre increase remayne for meat drynck offerynges vn to the LORDE youre God Blowe out with the trōpet in Sion proclame a fastynge call the congregacion gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bringe the children suclynges together Let y e brydegrome go forth of his chābre the bryde out of her closet Let the prestes serue the LORDE betwixte the porch y e aulter wepinge sayenge be fauourable o LORDE be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heretage be brought to soch confucion lest the Heithen be lordes therof Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heithen where is now their God Then shal the LORDE be gelous ouer his londe spare his people yee y e LORDE shal answere saye vnto his people Beholde I wil sende you corne wyne oyle so that ye shal haue plenty of them I wil nomore geue you ouer to be a reprofe amonge the Heithen Agayne as for him of the north I shal dryue him farre from you shute him out in to a drye and waist londe his face towarde the east see and his hynder partes towarde the vttemost see The stynke of him shall go vp and his fylthy corrupcion shal fall vpon himself because he hath dealte so proudly Feare not o londe but be glad and reioyse for the LORDE wil do greate thinges Be not ye afrayed nether o ye beastes of the felde for the pastures shal be grene and the trees shal beare their frute the fygetrees vinyardes shal geue their increase Be glad then o ye children of Sion and reioyse in the LORDE youre God for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes he it is y t shal sende you downe shuwers of rayne early and late in the first moneth so that y e garners shal be full of corne and the presses plenteous in wyne and oyle And as for the yeares that y e greszshopper locuste blasstinge caterpiller my greate hoost which I sent amonge you haue eaten vp I shal restore them to you agayne so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and be satisfied and prayse the name of the LORDE youre God that so maruelously hath dealte with you And my people shall neuer be confounded eny more Ye shall well knowe that I am in the myddest of Israel and that I am youre God yee and that there is none other and my people shall nomore be brought to confucion After this will I poure out my sprete vpon all flesh yo r sonnes yo r doughters shal prophecy yo r olde mē shal dreame dreames youre yonge men shal se visions Yee in those dayes I will poure out my sprete vpon seruauntes and maydens I will shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokēs in the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure off smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darcknesse y e Moone in to bloude before y e greate notable daye off the LORDE come And the tyme shal come y t who so euer calleth on the name of the LORDE shal be saued For vpon the mount Sion at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion like as the LORDE hath promised yee amonge the other remnaunt whom the LORDE shall call The III. Chapter FOr take hede In those dayes at y e same tyme when I turne agayne the captyuite of Iuda Ierusalē I shal gather all people together brynge thē in to the valley of Iosaphat and there wil I reason with thē because of my people heretage of Israel whō they haue scatred aboute in the nacions parted my lōde yee they haue cast lottes for my people the yonge mē haue they set in the brodel house solde the Damsels for wyne y t they might haue to drīke Thou Tirus and Sidō and all ye borders of the Philistynes what haue ye to do with me Will ye defye me well yf ye will nedes defye me I shall recōpence you euen vpon youre heade y t right shortly for ye haue takē awaye my syluer golde my fayre goodly Iewels brought them in to youre gods houses The children also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto the Grekes that ye
felde Yee vnto BabiloÌ„ shalt thou go there shalt thou be delyuered and there the LORDE shal lowse the from the honde off thine enemies Now also are there many people gathered together agaynst the sayenge what Sion is cursed we shall se oure lust vpon her But they knowe not the thoughtes off the LORDE they vnderstonde not his councell that shall gather them together as the sheeues in the barne Therfore get the vp o thou doughter Sion and throsshe out the corne For I wil make thy horne yron and thy clawes brasse that thou mayest grynde many people their goodes shalt thou appropriate vnto the LORDE and their substaunce vnto the ruler off the whole worlde The V. Chapter AFter that shalt thou be robbed thy selff o thou robbers doughter they shal laye sege agaynst vs and smyte the iudge off Israel with a rodde vpon the cheke And thou Bethleem Ephrata art litle amonge the thousandes off Iuda Out off the shal come one vnto me which shall be y e gouernoure iÌ„ Israel whose outgoinge hath bene from the begynnynge and from euerlastinge In the meane whyle he plageth them for a season vntill the tyme that she which shall beare haue borne then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be conuerted vnto y e children of Israel He shal stonde fast and geue fode in the strength of the LORDE and in the victory of the name of y e LORDE his God and when they be conuerted he shall be magnified vnto the farthest partes of the worlde Then shal there be peace so that the Assirian maye come in to oure londe and treade in oure houses We shall brynge vp seuen shepherdes and viij prynces vpoÌ„ them these shal subdue the londe of Assur w t the swerde and the londe of Nymrod with their naked weapens Thus shal he delyuer vs from the AssiriaÌ„ when he commeth within oure lande and setteth his fote within oure borders And the remnaunt of Iacob shal be amonge the multitude of people as the dew of the LORDE and as the droppes vpon the grasse that tarieth for no man and waiteth of no body Yee the residue of Iacob shal be amonge the Gentiles and the multitude off people as the lyon amonge the beestes of y e wodde and as the lyons whelpe amonge a flocke of shepe which when he goeth thorow treadeth downe teareth in peces and there is no man that can helpe Thyne honde shal be lift vp vpon thine enemies and all thine aduersaries shal perish The tyme shal come also sayeth the LORDE that I wil take thine horses from the destroye thy charettes I will breake downe the cities off thy londe and ouerthrowÌ„e all thy stronge holdes All witchcraftes will I rote out of thyne hande there shall no mo soythsayenges be within the. Thine Idols and thyne ymages will I destroye out of y t so that thou shalt nomore bowe thy self vnto the workes of thyne owne hondes Thy groues wil I plucke vp by the rotes breake downe thy cities Thus will I be aueÌ„ged also vpon all Heithen that will not heare The VI Chapter HErken now what the LORDE sayeth Vp reproue the mountaynes and let the hilles heare thy voyce O Heare the punyshment of the LORDE ye mountaynes and ye mightie foundacioÌ„s of y e earth for the LORDE wil reproue his people aÌ„d reason with Israel O my people what haue I done vnto the or wherin haue I hurte the geue me answere Because I brought the froÌ„ the londe of Egipte and delyuered the out of the house of bondage Because I made Moses Aaron and Miriam to lede the Remembre o my people what Balach the kynge of Moab had ymagined agaynst the aÌ„d what answere that Balaam the sonne of Be or gaue him from Sethim vnto Galgal y t ye maye knowe the louynge kyndnesses of y e LORDE What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto the LORDE shall I bowe mykne to the hye God Shal I come before him w t brent offeringes and with calues of a yeare olde Hath the LORDE a pleasure in many thousand rammes or innumerable streames of oyle Or shal I geue my firstborne for myne of fences and the frute of my body for the synne of my soule I wil shewe the O maÌ„ what is good and what the LORDE requyreth off the Namely to do right to haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse to be lowly and to walke with thy God that thou mayest be called a cite of the LORDE that thy name maye be rightuousnesse Heare o ye trybes who wolde els geue you soch warnynge Shulde I not be displeased for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is minished Or shâ—lde I iusâ—fie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes amonge those that be full off riches vnrightuously gotten where the citesyns deale with falsede speake lyes and haue disceatfull tunges in their mouthes Therfore I will take in honde to punysh the and to make the desolate because of thy synnes Thou shalt eate not haue ynough yee thou shalt bringe thy self downe Thou shalt fle but not escape aÌ„d those y t thou woldest saue wil I delyuer to the swerde Thou shalt sowe but not reape thou shalt presse out olyues but oyle shalt thou not haue to anoynte thy self withall thou shalt treade out swete must but shalt drynke no wyne Ye kepe the ordinaunces of Amri all the customes of the house of Achab ye folowe their pleasures therfore wil I make the waist cause y e inhabiters to be abhorred O my people thus shalt thou beare thine owne shame The VII Chapter WO is me I am become as one that goeth a gleenynge in the haruest There are no mo grapes to eate yet wolde I fayne with all my herte haue of the best frute There is not a godlyman vpoÌ„ earth there is not one rightuous amoÌ„ge meÌ„ They laboure all to shed bloude euery maÌ„ hunteth his brother to death yet they saye they do well when they do euell As the prince wil so sayeth the iudge y t he maye do him a pleasure agayne The greate maÌ„ speaketh what his herte desyreth y e hearers alowe him The best off theÌ„ is but as a thistle and the most rightuous of them is but as a bâ—ere in the hedge But when the daye of thy preachers commeth y t thâ—u shalt be vysited theÌ„ shal they be waisted awaye Let no man beleue his frende ner put his confideÌ„ce in a prince Kepe the porte of thy mouth from her y t lieth in thy bosome for y e sonne shal put his father to dishonoure the doughter shal ryse agaynst her mother y e doughter in lawe agaynst hir mother in lawe and a mans foes shal be euen they of his owne housholde Neuerthelesse I wil loke vp vnto y e LORDE I wil paciently abyde God my sauioure my God shal heare me
yonge mē y t they might declare their meanynges thēselues by mouth So when they were sent for and came in y e kynge sayde vnto them shew vs and make vs to vnderstōde what the thinges are that ye haue wrytten Then beganne the first which had spokē of the strength of wyne sayde O ye men wyne is maruelous strōge and ouercōmeth them y e drynke it it disceaueth the mynde bryngeth both the poore man y e kynge to dotage and vanite Thus doth it also w t the bondman and with the fre with the poore rych it taketh awaye their vnderstondinge and maketh them careles and mery so that none of them remembreth eny heuynes dett or dewtie It causeth a man to thinke also that y e thinge which he doth is honest and good and remembreth not that he is a kynge nor y t he is in auctorite y t he ought not to do soch thinges Morouer whan men are drynckinge they forgett all frendshipe all brotherly faithfulnes loue but as soone as they are dronckē they drawe out the swerde wil fight whā they are layed downe frō the wyne so rysen vp agayne they can not tell what they dyd Iudge ye now Is not wyne the strongest For who wolde els take in hande to do soch thinges And whan he had spoken this he helde his tonge The IIII. Chapter THen the seconde which had sayde y t the kynge was stronger beganne to speake sayēge O ye men are not they the strongest most excellent y t cōquere the lōde the see all y t is in y e see in the earth Now is the kynge lorde of all these thinges hath dominion of thē all loke what he cōmaūdeth it is done Yf he sende his mē forth a warfare they go and breake downe hilles walles towres They are slayne slaye oher men them selues ouer passe not y e kynges worde Yf they get the victory they brynge the kynge all the spoyle Likewyse the other y t medle not w t warres fightinge but tyll the grounde whan they reape they brynge trybute vnto y e kynge And yf y e kynge alone do but cōmaunde to kyll they kyll yf he cōmaunde to forgeue they forgeue yf he cōmaunde to smyte they smyte yf he byd dryue awaye they dryue awaye yf he commaunde to buylde they buylde yf he cōmaūde to breake downe they breake downe yf he cōmaunde to plante they plāte The comon people y e rulers are obedient vnto him And y e kynge in the meane season sytteth hī downe eateth and drynketh taketh his rest thē kepe they watch roūde aboute y e kinge not one of thē darre gett him out of y e waye to do his owne busynes but must be obediēt vnto y e kinge at a worde Iudge ye now o ye men how shulde not he go farre aboue vnto whom men are thus obediēt And whan he had spokē this he helde his tonge The thirde whose name was Zorobabel which had spokē of wemen of y e trueth begāne to saye after this maner O ye mē it is not y e greate kynge it is not the multitude of mē nether is it wine y t excelleth Who is it thē y t hath y e lordshipe ouer thē Haue not wemen borne the kynge all y e people y t rule these thinges Haue not wemē borne thē brought thē vp y t plante the vynes wher out y e wyne cōmeth They make garmētes for all mē they geue hono r vnto all men w t out wemen can not men lyue Yf they gather golde syluer all precious thinges se a fayre wel fauoured womā they leaue all together and turne their eyes onely vnto the woman gape vpon her haue more desyre vnto her then vnto the syluer golde or eny maner of precious thinge A mā leaueth his father y t brought him vp he leaueth his owne naturall coūtre and cleueth vnto the woman yee he ioperdeth his life with the woman and remembreth nether father ner mother ner countre By this then ye must nedes knowe y t wemen haue y e domynion ouer you Doth it greue you A mā taketh his swerde goeth his waye to steale to kyll to murther to sayle vpon the see seyth a lyon and goeth in the darcknes and when he hath stollen disceaued robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue Agayne a man loueth his wyfe better then father and mother yee many one there be that renne out of their wyttes become bondmen for their wyues sakes many one also haue perished haue bene slayne haue synned because of wemen And now beleue me I knowe a kynge which is greate in his power all lōdes stōde in awe of him no man darre laye hande vpon him yet dyd I se y t Apame y e daughter of the greate kynge Bartacus the kynges cōcubine satt besyde the kynge vpō the right hāde and toke of his crowne from his heade and set it vpon hir owne heade and smote the kynge with hir left hande Morouer the kynge loked vpō her w t open mouth yf she laughed vpon him he laughed also but yf she toke eny displeasure with him the kynge was fayne to flater her to geue her good wordes till he had gotten hir fauoure agayne O ye men are not wemen then stronger Greate is the earth and hie is the heauen that do these thinges Then the kynge the prynces loked one vpon another So he beganne to speake of the trueth O ye men are not wemē stronger Greate is the earth hye is the heauen swyft is the course of the Sonne he compaseth the heauen rounde aboute and fetcheth his course againe to his owne place in one daye Is he not excellent that doth this yee greate is the trueth and stronger then all thinges All the earth calleth vpon the trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thinge Wine is vnrighteous the kynge is vnrighteous wemen are vnrighteous all the children of men are vnrighteous yee all their workes are vnrighteous and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnes also shall they be destroyed and perish As for y e trueth it endureth and is allwaye stronge it lyueth and cōquereth for euermore worlde without ende The trueth accepteth no personnes it putteth no difference betwixte rych or poore betwixte y e mightie or symple but doth right vnto euery mā whether they be euel or good all men are louyngly dealt withall in the workes of it In the iudgment of it there is no vnrighteous thinge but strength kingdome power and maiesty for euermore Blessed be the God of trueth And with that he helde his tōge and all y e people cried sayde Greate is the trueth and aboue all Then sayde the kynge vnto him Axe what thou wilt more then is
of Assiria which brought vs hither Then Zorobabel and Iesua and the rulers of the villages of Israel sayde vnto them It is not mete that ye shulde buylde the temple of oure God w t vs we oure selues alone wil buylde vnto the LORDE like as Cyrus the kynge of the Persians hath commaūded vs But the Heithen in the londe layed them selues against those that were in Iewry helde vp the buyldinge from them layed wayte vpō them preuely stopped soch as brought eny thinge to them forbad them to buylde hyndered those that made thē passage that the buyldinge shulde not be fynished this contynued so longe as kynge Cyrus lyued so they put of the buyldinge for the space of two yeare vntill y e raigne of kynge Darius The VI. Chapter NOt w t stondinge in the seconde yeare of the raigne of Darius Aggeus Zachary the sonne of Addo prophecied vpon them in Iewry and Ierusalem in the name of the God of Israel Then Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec stode vp and beganne to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem when the prophetes of the LORDE helped them At the same tyme came Sysennes the vnder shreue in Syria and Phenices with the landlordes and his companyons and sayde vnto them Who hath bydden commaunded you to buylde the house to make the rofe and all other thinges agayne And who are the worke men that buylde them Neuertheles the elders of the Iewes had soch grace of the LORDE that they wolde not be lett though they were prouoked therto but buylded on still vntill the tyme that kynge Darius were certified therof and an answere receaued from him The letter that these men sent vnto kynge Darius was after this maner Sysennes the vnder shreue in Syria and Phenices and the landlordes with their cōpaniōs which are head rulers in Syria and Phenices sende their salutacion vnto Darius the kynge We certifie oure lorde the kynge that we came in to the londe of Iewry wente to Ierusalem where we founde them buyldinge the greate house of God and the tēple with greate costly frestone and with goodly tymbre for the walles yee they make greate haist with the worke helpe one another and it goeth forth prosperously in their handes and with greate diligence worshipe is it made Then axed we the elders who had cōmaunded them to make vp the house and the buyldinge and this we dyd to y e intēt that we might certifie the perfectly and wryte vnto the the names of those y t were y e rulers of the worke So they gaue vs this answere we are the seruauntes of the LORDE which made heauen and earth as for this house it hath bene buylded and set vp afore tyme by the greate and mightie kynge of Israel But whan oure fathers prouoked God vnto wrath synned agaynst the God of Israel he gaue thē ouer in to the power of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon the kynge of the Caldees which brake downe y e house and brēt it and caried awaye the people presoners vnto Babilon Neuertheles in the first yeare that kynge Cyrus reigned at Babilon Cyrus the kynge wrote and commaunded to buylde vp this house agayne and all the ornamentes that Nabuchodonosor caried awaye from Ierusalem vnto Babilon and appropriated vnto his owne temple those brought Cyrus forth agayne and delyuered them to Zorobabel to Salmanasar the vndershreue commaundynge them y t they shulde brynge those same ornamentes agayne to Ierusalē in to y e tēple to begynne from y t tyme forth to buylde the tēple agayne in his owne place Thē Salmanasar layed the foundacion of y e LORDES house at Ierusalem and euer sence haue they buylded yet is it not ended And therfore O kynge yf thou thynkest it good let it be sought in the Lybraries rolles of kynge Cyrus yf it be founde thē that it is done w t the councell and cōsent of kynge Cyrus and yf oure lorde y e kynge be so mynded let him wryte vnto vs therof Then cōmaunded kinge Darius to seke in the Lybraries and so at Egbathanis in a litle cite in Media there was founde soch a wrytinge In the first yeare of the raigne of Cyrus the same kynge Cyrus cōmaunded y t the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem shulde be buylded agayne odoures to be made there contynually vnto the LORDE whose heyth shal be ten cubites y e bredth lx cubites iiij square w t thre hewen stones w t a lofte of tymbre of the same countre yee w t a new loft the expenses therof to be geuen of y e house of kynge Cyrus And the ornamētes of golde syluer y t Nabuchodonosor toke out of the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem shal be set agayne in the temple at Ierusalē where they were afore Sysennes also the vndershreue in Syria and Phenices y e prynces and their companyons and the other y t be head rulers in Syria and Phenices shall not medle ner haue eny thinge to do with that place I Cyrus haue cōmaunded also that they shal buylde the house of the LORDE whole vp haue ordeyned them to helpe those y t be come out of captiuyte tyll the house of the LORDE be fynished out of the trybute and taxinge that is yearly raysed vp in Syria and Phenices diligently to geue them a certayne summe to the offerynge of the LORDE and the same to be delyuered vnto Zorobabel the officer that he therwithall maye ordeyne oxen rammes lambes corne salt wyne and oyle and that contynually euery yeare after the expences which the prestes that be at Ierusalem shew to be made daylie this shal be geuen vnto them without delaye that they maye offer sacrifices daylie to the hyest God for the kynge and for his seruauntes and to praye for their lyues Let it be proclamed also on euery syde that who o euer breaketh or despyseth this cōmaundement of y e kynge shal be hanged vpon a galow made of his owne good all his goodes shal be seasoned vnto y e kynge The LORDE therfore whose name is there called vpon rote out and destroye all y e kynges and people that vndertake by violence to hynder the same or to deale vncurteously w t the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem I Darius the kinge haue ordeyned that these thinges shal be done with all diligence The VII Chapter THen Sysennes y e vndershreue in Celosyria and Phenices and the other landlordes with their companyons obeyed the thinges that kynge Darius had ordened were diligent in the holy workes were felow helpers with the olde rulers of the Iewes And so the worke of the Sanctuary wente forth and prospered whan Aggeus and Zachary prophecied And they perfourmed all thinges thorow the commaundement of the LORDE God of Israel and after the deuyce of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerses kynges of Persia. And thus
and with him ij C. and l. men Of the sonnes of Zachnes Iechonias Zecholi and with him ij C. and l. men Of the sonnes of Salamaasias Gotholie and lxx with him Of the sonnes of Zaphacia Zarias Miheli and with him lxxx Of the sonnes of Iob Abdias Ieheli and with him ij C. and xij men Of the sonnes of Bania Salimoth the sonne of Iosaphia and with him an C. and lx men Of the sonnes of Beer Zachary Bebei and with him ij C. and viij men Of the sonnes of Esead Iohannes Ezechan and with him Cx. men Of the sonnes of Adonicā those that were the last and these are their names Eliphalam y e sonne of Gebel and Semeias with him lxx men All these called I together by the water Thia where we pitched oure tentes thre dayes and there I mustered them As for the sonnes of the prestes and Leuites I founde none there Then sent I vnto Eleazar Eccelom and Masman Malobam and Enaathan and Samea and Ioribimathan Eunagan Zachary Mosollamū these were the leders and men of experiēce I sent them worde that they shulde come vnto Loddeus which was by the place of the treasury commaunded them that they shulde speake vnto Loddeus and to his brethren to those that were in the treasury to sende vs soch mē as might execute the prestes office in the house of the LORDE oure God And w t the mightie hāde of oure LORDE God they brought vnto vs mē of good experience from amōge the sonnes of Moolius the sonne of Leui y e sonne of Israel Sebebeiam the sonnes his brethrē Aszbin Anim of whom there were xviij From amōge the children of the sonnes of Cananeus their sonnes were xx men And of them y t serued in the temple whom Dauid had ordeyned and the pryncipall men that ministred for the worke vnto the Leuites in the temple ij C. and xx men whose names are all tokened vp in wrytinge Then commaunded I a fastynge vnto y e yonge men before the LORDE y t I might desyre of him a prosperous iourney a good waye for vs yee for vs for oure children and for the catell because of the layenges awayte I durst not require of the kynge men of horse of fote to conveye vs safely agaynst oure enemies for we had sayde vnto the kynge that y e power of the LORDE oure God shulde be with them that seke him w t their whole hert And therfore we besought God oure LORDE earnestly because of these thinges and he was mercifull vnto vs and herde oure prayer And I separated from amonge y e rulers of the people from y e prestes of y e temple xij men Sebeia Asania ten men of their brethren with them And I weied thē the golde the syluer all y e prestly ornamētes of the house of o r God which the kynge his coūcell his prynces whole Israel had geuē And whan I had weyed it I gaue thē an Cl. talētes in syluer an C. talentes of syluer vessell an C. talentes of golde of goldē vessell seuē tymes twentie and vessels of other metall yee of good metall xij glisteringe as the golde saide vnto thē ye also are holy vnto the LORDE the vessels are holy the golde the syluer is promised vnto the LORDE the God of o r fathers Be diligent now kepe it vntill the tyme y t ye delyuer it to the rulers of the people to y t prestes to the Leuites to y e pryncipall mē of the cities of Israel in Ierusalem in the chambre of the house of oure God So y e prestes the Leuites which receaued of me the golde the syluer the vessell brought it to Ierusalē in to the tēple of the LORDE And from Thia we brake vp the xij daye of the first moneth tyll we came to Ierusalē And whan the thirde daye was past the weyed golde syluer was delyuered in y e house of the LORDE the fourth daye vnto Marimoth the sonne of Ior the prest w t him was Eleazar y e sonne of Phineas and with thē were Iosabdus y e sonne of Iesnet Medias the sonne of Banus certayne of the Leuites to the nombre to the waighte the waight of them was writtē vp the same tyme. As for those that were come out of captiuyte they offred sacrifice vnto the LORDE the God of Israel euē xij oxen for all Israel lxxxvj rammes lxxij shepe xij goates for synne xij kyne for a thankofferinge all to the sacrifice of the LORDE And y e kinges cōmission delyuered they vnto y e stewardes and debytes of the kynge and to the vndershreues in Celosyria and Phenices Now whan these thinges were done the rulers came vnto me and sayde The generacion of Israel the prynces y e prestes and Leuites the straunge people and indwellers of the londe haue not put awaye their vnclennesse from the Cananites Hethites Pheresites from the Moabites Egipcians Edomites For both they and their sonnes haue mengled them selues with the daughters of them the holy sede is mixte with the outlandish Heithen sens the begynnynge of their raigne haue the rulers and heades bene partakers of their wickednesse As soone as I had herde these thinges immediatly I rent my holy garmentes and pulled out y e hayre of my heade my beerd sat me downe soroufull heuy So all they that were moued thorow the worde of the God of Israel came vnto me and I sat still full of heuines vntill the euenynge sacrifice Then stode I vp frō fastinge hauynge rente clothes the holy garmēt kneled downe vpon my knees helde out my hādes vnto y e LORDE sayde O LORDE I am confounded ashamed before thy face for oure synnes are become many vpon oure heades o r wickednesses are exalted vnto the heauē for sens y e tyme of o r fathers we are in greate sinne vnto this daye And for the synnes of vs o r fathers we w t oure brethren w t oure prestes haue bene deliuered vnto the kinges of the earth in to the swerde in to captiuite became a spoyle with confucion shame vnto this daie And now O LORDE God how greate is the mercy y t we haue gottē of the in y t thou hast left vs a rote a name in the place of thy Sanctuary to discouer oure light in the house of y e LORDE o r God geuē vs meate at all tymes of o r ministracion And whan we were in captiuyte we were not forsaken of the LORDE oure God but he made the kynges of Persia gracious fauourable vnto vs so y t they gaue vs vytayles meate yee leue to buylde vp the tēple of oure LORDE God agayne to repayre the waisted places of Sion and to dwell in Iewry Ierusalem And now O LORDE what
by the smoke had the vpper hande After this there wēte ouer before me a watery cloude and sent downe moch rayne w t a storme whan the stormy rayne was past the droppes remayned still Then sayde he vnto me like as the rayne is more then the droppes and as the fyre exceadeth the smoke euen so y e measure of the thinges that are past hath the vpper hande Then wente the droppes and the smoke aboue and I prayed and sayde Maye I lyue thynkest thou vntyll that tyme Or what shall happen in those dayes He answered me and sayde As for the tokēs wherof thou axest me I maye tell the of thē in a parte but as touchinge y e life I maye not shewe the for I am not sent therfore The V. Chapter NEuerthelesse as concernynge the tokens mark this Beholde the dayes shal come that they which dwell vpon earth shal be takē in a greate nombre the waye of the trueth shal be hyd and the lōde shal be baren from faith but iniquyte shal haue the vpper hande like as thou hast sene now and as thou hast herde lōge agoo And the londe that thou seist now to haue rule shalt thou shortly se waist But yf God graunte the to lyue thou shalt se after y e thirde trompet that the Sonne shal sodenly shyne agayne in the night and the Moone thre tymes in the daye bloude shal droppe out of wodd and the stone shal geue his voyce and the people shal be vnquyete and euen he shal rule whom they hope not that dwell vpon earth and the foules shal flyt and the Sodomitysh see shal cast out his fish and make a noyse in the night which many shal not knowe but they shal all heare the voyce therof There shal be a cōfucion also in many places and the fyre shal be oft sent agayne and the wylde beastes shal go their waye menstruous wemen shal beare monsters and salt waters shal be founde in the swete one frende shal fight agaynst another then shal all wyt and vnderstandinge be hyd and put asyde in to their secrete places shal be sought of many and yet not be founde then shal vnrighteousnes and volupteousnes haue the vpperhande vpon earth One lande also shal axe another and saye Is righteousnes gone thorow the And it shal saye No. At the same tyme shal men hope but nothinge optayne they shal laboure but their wayes shall not prospere To shewe the soch tokens I haue leue and yf thou wylt praye agayne wepe as now and fast seuen dayes thou shalt heare yet greater thinges Then I awaked and a fearfulnes wente thorow all my body my mynde was feble and carefull so that I allmost swowned withall So the angell that was come to talke with me helde me comforted me and sett me vp vpon my fete And in the seconde night it happened y t Salathiel the captayne of the people came vnto me sayenge Where hast thou bene and why is thy countenaunce so heuy Knowest thou not y t Israel is commytted vnto the in the londe of their captyuyte Vp then and eate and forsake vs not as the shepherde that leaueth his flock in the handes of wicked wolues Then sayde I vnto him Go thy waye fro me and come not nye me he herde it and as I sayde so wēte he his waye fro me And so I fasted seuen dayes mournynge and wepynge like as Vriell the angell commaunded me And after seuen dayes it happened that y e thoughtes of my hert were very greuous vnto me agayne my soule receaued y e sprete of vnderstandynge I begāne to talke w t the most hyest agayne and sayde O LORDE LORDE of euery wod of y e earth of all the trees therof thou hast chosen y e one onely vynyarde and of all londes of the whole worlde thou hast chosen the one pytt and of all floures of the groūde thou hast chosen the one lylie and of all the depthes of the see thou hast fylled the one ryuer and of all builded cities thou hast halowed Sion vnto thy self and of all y e foules that are created thou hast named the one doue and of all the catell y t are made thou hast prouyded y e one shepe amōge all y e multitudes of folkes thou hast gotten the one people and vnto this people whom thou louedest thou gauest a lawe y t is proued of all And now O LORDE why hast thou geuē this one people ouer vnto many vpon the one rote thou hast prepared other and why hast thou scatred y e one onely people amonge many which treade thē downe yee which haue euer withstonde y e promyses neuer beleued y e couenaūtes And though thou werest enemye vnto y e people yet shuldest thou punysh thē w t thine owne handes Now whā I had spokē these wordes the angell y t came to me y e night afore was sēt vnto me sayde vnto me Heare me herkē to y e thinge y t I saye I shal tell y e more And I sayed Speake on my LORDE Thē sayde he vnto me Thou art sore vexed troubled for Israels sake Louest thou y t people better then him y t made them And I sayde No LORDE but of very grefe cōpassion haue I spokē For my reynes payne me euery houre because I wolde haue experience of the waye of the most hyest and to seke out parte of his iudgment And he sayde vnto me that thou mayest not And I sayde wherfore LORDE Where vnto was I borne then Or why was not my mothers childesbed then my graue So had I not sene the mysery and trouble of Iacob and the trauayle of my people of Israel And he sayde vnto me Nōbre me y e thinges y t are not yet come gather me together y e droppes that are scatred abrode make me y e floures grene agayne ▪ y t are wythered opē me the thinge that is closed and bringe me forth the wyndes that are shutt vp Shewe me the ymage of a voyce and then shal I declare the the thinge that thou labourest to knowe And I sayde O LORDE LORDE who maye knowe these thinges but he that hath not his dwellynge w t mē As for me I am vnwyse how maye I thē speake of these thinges wherof thou axest me Thē sayde he vnto me like as thou canst do none of these thinges y t I haue spoken of Euen so canst thou not fynde out my iudgment or in the ende the loue that I haue promysed vnto my people And I sayde Beholde o LORDE yet art thou nye vnto them that haue no ende and what shal they do that haue bene before me or we that be now or they that shal come after vs And he sayde vnto me I wyl lycken my iudgment vnto a rynge Like as there is no slacknesse of the last euen so is there no swiftnesse of the first So I answered sayde
and I sayde O LORDE thou spakest vnto thy creature from the begynnynge euen the first daye and saydest Let heauen and earth be made and thy worde was a perfecte worke And then was there the sprete and the darcknesses were yet on euery syde and sylence there was no mans voyce as yet from the. Then commaundedst thou a fayre light to come forth out of thy treasures that thy worke might appeare and be sene Vpon the seconde daye thou maydest the sprete of the firmament and commaundedst it to parte asunder to make a deuysion betwixte the waters that the one parte might remayne aboue and the other beneth Vpon the thirde daye thou broughtest to passe y t the waters were gathered in the seuenth parte of the earth Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp and kepte them to the inteÌ„t y t men might sowe and occupie huszbandrie therin As soone as thy worde wente forth the worke was made For immediatly there was greate in numerable frute many dyuerse pleasures desyres of temptacion floures of chaungeable coloure and smell and this was done the thirde daye Vpon the fourth daye thou coÌ„maundedst that the Sonne shulde geue his shyne and y e Moone hir light the starres didest thou sett in ordre and gauest them a charge to do seruyce euen vnto man that was for to be made VpoÌ„ the fifth daye thou saydest vnto the seuenth parte where the waters were gathered that they shulde bringe forth diuerse beastes foules and fishes And so it came to passe that the domme water and without soule brought forth lyuynge beastes at the commaundement of God that all people might prayse thy wonderous workes Then didest thou preserue two soules y e one thou calldest Enoch and the other Leuiathan and didest separate the one from the other for the seuenth parte namely where the water was gathered together might not holde them both Vnto Enoch thou gauest one parte which was dryed vp the thirde daye that he shulde dwell in the same parte wherin are a thousande hilles But vnto LeuiathaÌ„ thou gauest the seuenth parte namely the moyst and hast kepte him to deuoure what thâ—â— wylt and whan Vpon the sixte daye thou gauest coÌ„maundement vnto the earth that before the it shulde brynge forth beastes catell and all y e crepe besydes this Adam also whom thou maydest lorde of all thy creatures Of him come we all and the people also whom thou hast chosen specially vnto thy self All this haue I sayde now and spoken before the that I might shewe how that the worlde is made for oure sakes As for the other people which also come of Adam thou hast sayde that they are nothinge but be like a spetle and hast lickened the abundauÌ„ce of them vnto a droppe that falleth from the rofe of the house And now O LORDE the HeitheÌ„ which haue euer bene reputed as nothinge haue begoÌ„ne to be lordes ouer vs and to deuoure vs but we thy people whom thou hast called y e first borne thy only begotten and thy feruent louer are geuen in to their handes and power Yf the worlde now be made for oure sakes why haue we not the inheritaunce in possession with the worlde How longe shal this endure The VII Chapter ANd it happened after that I had spoken out these wordes there was sent vnto me an angell which had bene by me also the nightes afore and he sayde vnto me Vp Eszdras and heare the wordes that I am come to tell the. And I sayde speake on LORDE my God TheÌ„ sayde he vnto me The see is sett in a wyde place y t it might be depe and greate but the intrauÌ„ce is narow and small like a ryuer For who wolde go in to the see to loke vpon it and to rule it Yf he wente not thorow the narow how might he come in to the brode Item another A cite is buylded and sett vpon a brode felde and is full of all goodes the intraunce is narow and sodane like as yf there were a fyre at the right hande and a depe water at the left and as it were onely one strate path betwixte theÌ„ both so small that there coude but one man go there Yf this cite now were geuen to an heyre he neuer wente thorow this parlous waye how wolde he receaue his inheritauÌ„ce And I sayde It is so LORDE Then sayde he Euen so is Israel also a porcion And why for their sakes haue I made the worlde whan Adam traÌ„sgressed my statutes then was y e thinge iudged that was done â–ª Then were y e intraunces of the worlde made narow full of sorow and trauayle They are but few euell full of parels and laboure For the intraunces of the fore worlde were wyde and sure and brought immortall frute Yf they now which are entred in to this worlde maye not comprehende these strayte and vayne thinges moch lesse maye they coÌ„prehende and vnderstonde the secrete thinges Why disquietest thou thy self then seynge thou art but a corruptible maÌ„ And what woldest thou knowe where as thou art but mortall And why hast thou not receaued in to thine hert the thinge that is for to come but that is present TheÌ„ sayde I O LORDE LORDE thou hast ordened in thy lawe that the righteous shulde inheret these thinges but that the vnfaithfull and vngodly shulde perishe Neuertheles the righteous shall suffre strayte thinges and hope for wyde for they that haue lyued vngodly suffred strayte thinges shal not se the wyde And he saide vnto me There is no iudge aboue God and none that hath vnderstondinge aboue the Hyest For there be many y t perish because they despyse y e lawe of God that is sett before them For God hath geuen strayte commaundement to soch as come that they knowe what they do and how they shulde lyue and yf they kepte this they shulde not be punyshed Neuertheles they were not obedient vnto him but spake agaynst him ymagined vayne thinges purposed to synne and sayde morouer that there was no God that God regarded it not His wayes haue they not knowne his lawe haue they despysed denyed his promyses in his statutes ordinaunces haue they not bene faithfull stedfast and haue not perfourmed his workes And therfore Eszdras vnto the full plenty and to the emptye emptynesse Beholde the tyme shal come y t these tokens which I haue tolde the shal come to passe the bryde shall appeare the earth y t now passeth awaye shal be shewed whoso euer is delyuered from y e foresayde euels shal se my woÌ„ders For my sonne Iesus shal be openly declared w t those y t be w t him they y t remayne shal be mery in foure hundreth yeares After these same yeares shall my sonne Christ dye and all men that haue life and y e worlde shal be turned in to the olde sylence seuen dayes like as in the fore iudgmentes so that no man shall
bare with heuynes as for the earth acordinge to the ordynaunce of y e earth onely so that many are gone awaye in her as it is come to passe Then saye I vnto the like as thou hast borne with trauayle sorowe euen so the earth also from the begynnynge geueth hir frute vnto man for him y t made her And therfore witholde thy sorowe and heuynes by thy self and loke what happeneth vnto y e beare it strōgly For yf thou iudgest the marck ende of God to be righteous and good and receauest his councell in tyme thou shalt be commended therin Go thy waye then in to the cite to thy husbande And she sayde vnto me that wyll I not do I will not go in to the cite but heare will I dye So I commoned more with her and sayde Do not so but be coūceled and folowe me for how many falles hath Sion Be of good comforte because of the sorowe of Ierusalem For thou seist that oure Sanctuary is layed waist oure aulter broken oure temple destroyed oure playenge of instrumentes and synginge layed downe the thankesgeuynge put to sylence o r myrth is vanished awaye the light of oure candelstick is quenched y e Arke of the couenaunt is takē from vs all oure holy thinges are defyled and the name that is called vpon ouer vs is dishonoured oure children are put to shame oure prestes are brent oure Leuites are caried awaye in to captiuyte oure virgins are defyled and oure wyues rauyshed oure righteous men spoyled and oure childrē destroyed oure yonge men are brought in bōdage and oure strōge worthies are become weake and Sion which seale is y e greatest of all is lowsed vp from hir worshipe for she is deliuered into the handes of them that hate vs. And therfore shake of y e greate heuynes and putt awaye the multitude of sorowes that the Mightie maye be mercyfull vnto the and that the Hyest maye geue the rest from y e laboure and trauayle And it happened that whan I was talkynge with her hir face dyd shyne glyster so that I was afraied of her and mused what it might be And immediatly she cast out a greate voyce very fearfull so that y e earth shoke at the noyse of the woman and I loked and beholde the woman appeared vnto me nomore but there was a cite buylded and a place was shewed from the grounde and foundacion Then was I afrayed and cried with loude voyce and sayde where is Vriel the angell which came to me at the first For he hath caused me to come in many consideracions and hye thoughtes and myne ende is turned to corrupcion and my prayer to rebuke And as I was speakynge these wordes he came vnto me and loked vpon me and I laye as one that had bene deed and myne vnderstandinge was altered and he toke me by the right hande and comforted me and set me vp vpon my fete and sayde vnto me what ayleth the and why is thine vnderstandinge vexed and the vnderstondinge of thy hert and wherfore art thou sory And I sayde Because thou hast forsaken me and I haue done acordynge vnto thy wordes I wente in to the felde and there haue I sene thinges that I am not able to expresse He saide vnto me Stōde vp and be manly and I shal geue the exortacion Then sayde I Speake on to me my LORDE forsake me not lest I dye in vayne for I haue sene that I knewe not herde that I do not knowe Or shall my vnderstondynge be disceaued and my mynde But now I be seke the that thou wilt shewe thy seruaunt of this wōder He answered me thē and sayde heare me and I shall enfourme the and tell the wherfore thou art afrayed for the Hyest hath opened many secrete thynges vnto the. He hath sene that thy waye is right and that thou takest sorowe continually for thy people and makest greate lamentacion for Sion and therfore vnderstonde the vision which thou sawest a litle whyle agoo after this maner Thou sawest a woman mournynge and thou hast comforted her Neuertheles now seist thou the licknes of the woman nomore but thou thoughtest there was a cite buylded and like as she tolde the of the fall of her sonne so is this the answere The woman whom thou sawest is Sion and where as she tolde the that she hath be ne thirtie yeares vnfrutefull and baren those are the xxx yeares wherin there was no offeringe made in her But after xxx yeares Salomon buylded her and offred and then bare the baren a sonne And where as she tolde the that she norished him with laboure that was the dwellynge of Ierusalem But where as the sonne dyed in hir chamber that is the fall of Ierusalem And thou sawest hir lickenesse how she mourned for hir sonne and what els happened vnto her I haue shewed ye. And now God seyth that thou art sory in thy mynde and suffrest from y e hert for her and so hath he shewed the hir clearnesse and the faymes of hir bewtye And therfore I bad the remayne in the felde where no house is buylded For I knew y t the Hyest wolde shew this vnto the therfore I commaunded the to go in to the felde where no foundacion ner buyldinge is For in the place where the Hyest wyll shewe his cite there shall be no mans buyldinge And therfore feare not and let not thine hert be afrayed but go thy waye in and se the glorious and fayre buyldinge and how greate it is and how greate thou thinkest it after the measure of thine eyes then shalt thou heare as moch as thine eares maye comprehēde For thou art blessed aboue many other and art called with the Hyest as y e few But tomorow at night thou shalt remayne here and so shal y e Hyest shewe the visions of hye thinges which he wyll do vnto them that dwell vpon earth in y e last dayes So I slepte the same night like as he cōmaunded me The XI Chapter THen sawe I a dreame and beholde there came vp from y e see an Aegle which had xij wynges and thre heades And I sawe and beholde he spred his wynges ouer all the earth and all the wyndes of the ayre blew in them and so they were put together agayne And I behelde and out of his fethers there grew other litle contrary fethers the heades rested the head in the myddest was greater then the other yet rested it with the residue Morouer I sawe that the Aegle flew w t his wynges and raigned vpon earth ouer all them that dwell vpon the earth and I sawe y t all thinges vnder heauen were subiecte vnto him and no man spake against him no not one creature vpon earth I sawe also that the Aegle stode vp vpon his clawes gaue a sounde w t his fethers a voyce sayēge after this maner watch not all together slepe euery mā in his owne place watch for a tyme
but let the heades be preserued at the last Neuertheles I sawe y t the voyce wente not out of his heades but from the myddest of his body And I nombred his cōtrary fethers beholde there were eight of them And I loked beholde vpon the right syde there arose one fether raigned ouer all the earth And it happened y t whan it raigned the ende of it came the place therof appeared no more So the nexte folowinge stode vp raigned had a greate tyme it happened y t whan it raigned the ende of it came also like as the first so that it appeared nomore Then came there a voyce vnto it sayde Heare thou y t hast kepte in the earth so lōge this I saye vnto the before thou begynnest to appeare nomore There shal none after y e atteyne vnto thy tyme. Then arose the thirde raigned as the other afore appeared nomore also So wēte it with all the residue one after another so y t euery one raigned thē appeared nomore Thē I loked beholde in processe of tyme the fethers y t folowed were set vp vpō the right syde y t they might rule also and some of thē ruled but within a while they appeared nomore for some of thē were set vp but ruled not After this I loked beholde y e xij fethers appeared nomore and the two wynges there was nomore vpon the Aegles body but two heades that rested sixe fethers Then sawe I also y t the sixe fethers were parted in two remayned vnder the heade y t was vpon the right syde for the foure cōtynued in their place So I loked and beholde they that were vnder the wynges thought to set vp them selues and to haue the rule Then was there one set vp but shortly it appeared nomore and the seconde were sooner awaye then the first And I behelde and lo the two thought also by thē selues to raigne whā they so thought beholde there waked one of the heades that were at rest namely it that was in the myddest for that was the greater of the two heades And then I sawe that the two heades were fylled with him and the heade was turned with them y t were by him ate vp y e two vnder wynges y t wolde haue raigned But this heade put y e whole earth in feare and bare rule in it ouer all those y t dwelt vpon earth with moch laboure and he had the gouernaunce of the worlde ouer all the foules that haue bene After this I loked and beholde the heade that was in the middest sodenly appeared nomore like as y e wynges then came the two heades which ruled vpon earth ouer those that dwelt therin And I behelde lo the heade vpon the right side deuoured it that was vpon the left syde And I herde a voyce which sayde vnto me loke before the and considre the thinge that thou seist Then I sawe and beholde as it were a lyon that roareth rennynge haistely out of y e wod and he sent out a mans voybe vnto the Aegle and sayde Heare thou I wyl talke with the and the Hyest shal saye vnto the Is it not thou that hast the victory of the foure beastes whom I made to raigne vpon earth and in my worlde and that y e ende of their times might come thorow thē And the fourth came and ouerwanne all the beastes that were past and had power ouer the worlde with greate fearfulnes and ouer the whole compasse of the earth w t the most wicked laboure and so longe time dwelt he vpon the earth with disceate the earth hast thou iudged not with trueth For thou hast troubled the meke thou hast hurte the peaceable and quyete thou hast loued lyers and destroyed the dwellynges of them that brought forth frute and hast cast downe the walles of soch as dyd the no harme Therfore is thy wrongeous dealynge and blasphemy come vp vnto the Hyest and thy pryde vnto the Mightie The Hyest also hath loked vpō the proude tymes and beholde they are ended and their abhominacions are fulfilled And therfore appeare nomore thou Aegle and thy horrible wynges and thy wicked fethers and thy vngracious heades and thy synfull clawes and all thy vayne body that the earth maye be refreshed and come agayne to herself whan she is deliuered from thy violence and that she maye hope for y e iudgment and mercy of him that made her The XII Chapter ANd it happened whā y e Lyō spake these wordes vnto y e Aegle y e heade y t afore had y e vpperhāde appeared nomore nether dyd y e foure wynges appeare eny more y t came to hī were sett vp to raigne their kyngdome was small full of vproure And I sawe beholde they appeared no more y e whole body of y e Aegle was brēt the earth was in greate feare Then awaked I out of the traunce of my mynde and from greate feare and sayde vnto my sprete Lo this hast thou geuen me in y t thou searchest out the wayes of the Hyest lo yet am I weary in my minde and very weake in my sprete and litle strēgth is there in me for the greate feare that I receaued this night Therfore wil I now beseke the Hyest y t he wyl comforte me vnto the ende I sayde LORDE LORDE yf I haue founde grace before thy sight and yf I am iustified with y e before many other yf my prayer be come vp before thy face cōforte me then and shew me thy seruaunt the interpretacion playne differēce of this horrible sight that thou mayest perfectly cōforte my soule for thou hast iudged me worthy to shew me y e last oftymes And he sayde vnto me this is the interpretacion of this sight The Aegle whom thou sawest come vp from the see is the kingdome which was sene in the vision of thy brother Daniel but it was no expounded vnto him for now I declare it vnto the. Beholde the dayes come that there shal ryse vp a kyngdome vpō earth and it shal be feared aboue all the kyngdomes y t were before it In the same kyngdome shal xij kynges raigne one after another For the secōde shal begynne to raigne and shal haue more tyme thē the other this do y e xij wynges signifie which thou sawest As for the voyce that spake and that thou sawest go out from the heades but not from y e body it betokeneth that after the tyme of that kyngdome there shall aryse greate stryuynges and it shal stonde in parell of fallynge neuertheles it shal not yet fall bot shal be set in to his beginnynge And y e eight vnderwynges which thou sawest hāge vnto y e wynges of hī betokē y t in hī there shal aryse eight kynges whose tyme shal be but small their yeares swift two of them shal beare But whan the middest
greate power shal they come and stonde fightinge with theÌ„ and shal waist the porcion of the londe of the Assirians And then shal the Dragons haue the vpper hande not remembringe their byrth and shal turne aboute swearinge together in greate power to persecute them But these shal be afrayed and kepe sylence at their power and shal fle and one out of the londe of the Assirians shal besege theÌ„ and consume one of theÌ„ and in their hoost shal be feare and drede and strife amonge their kynges Beholde cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and they are very horrible to loke vpon full of wrath and storme They shal smyte one vpon another and they shal smyte at y e greate starre vpon earth and their starre and the bloude shal be from the swerde vnto the bely and the smoke of maÌ„ vnto y e Camels lytter And there shal be greate fearfulnes and tremblinge vpoÌ„ earth and they that se the wrath shal be afrayed and a tremblinge shal come vpon them And then shal there come greate raynes from y e south and from the north and parte from the west and from the stormy wynde from the east and shal shutt them vp agayne the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre to cause feare towarde y e east and west wynde shal be destroyed the greate cloudes shal be lift vp and y e mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they maye make all the earth afrayed and theÌ„ y t dwell therin and that they maye poure out ouer all places an horrible starre fyre and hâ—le and flyenge swerdes and many waters y t all feldes maye be full and all ryuers they shal breake downe the cities walles mountaynes hylles all trees wod and the grasse of the medowes and all their frute And they shal go stedfast vnto Babilon and mâ—ke her afrayed they shal come to her and besege her the starre and all wrath shal they poure out vpon her Then shal the dust and smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be aboute her shal bewayle her and they that remayne vnder her shal do seruyce vnto them that haue put her in feare And thou Asia y t coÌ„fortest thyself also vpoÌ„ the hope of Babilon and art a worshipe of hir personne Wo be vnto the thou wretch because thou hast made thyself like vnto her hast decte y e daughters iÌ„ whoâ—dome that they might tryumphe and please thy louers which haue allwaye desyred to coÌ„mytte whordome w t the thou hast folowed the abhominable cite in all hir workes and invencions Therfore sayeth God I wyl sende plages vpon the wyddowhode pouerte hoÌ„ger warres and pestilence to waist thy houses with destruccion and death and the glory of thy power shal be dryed vp as a floure whan y e heate aryseth y t is sent ouer the. Thou shalt be sick as a poore wife that is plaged beateÌ„ of wemen so y t the mightie and louers shal not be able to receaue the. Wolde I so hatâ— the saieth the LORDE Yf thou haddest not allwaye slayne my chosen exaltinge the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer their death whan thou wast dronkeÌ„ set forth the betwâ—â— of thy countenaunce The rewarde of thy whordome shal be recompensed the in thy bosome therfore shalt thou receaue rewarde Like as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayeth the LORDE euen so shal God do vnto the and shal delyuer the in to the plage Thy childreÌ„ shal dye of honger thou shalt fall thorow y e swerde Thy cities shal be broken downe all thine shal perish w t the swerde in y e felde They y t be in y e mouÌ„taynes shal dye of honger eate their owne flesh drinke their owne bloude for very hoÌ„ger of bred thyrst of water Thou vnhappie shalt come thorow the see receaue plages agayne In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne cite shal rote out one parte of y e londe coÌ„sume the porcion of thy glory They shal treade the downe like stuble they shal be thy fyre and shal consume the thy cities and thy londe thy wod thy frutefull trees shal they burne vp with the fyre Thy children shal they cary awaye captyue and loke what thou hast they shal spoyle it and marre the bewtie of thy face The XVI Chapter WO vnto the Babilon Asia wo vnto y e Egipte Syria gyrde yo r selues w t clothes of sack hayre and mourne for youre childreÌ„ be sory for yo r destruccion is at honde A swerde is sent vpon you who wil turne it back A fyre is kyndled amoÌ„ge you who wil quench it Plages are sent vnto you what is he that wil dryue them awaye Maye eny man dryue awaye an hoÌ„grie lyon in the wod Or maye eny maÌ„ quench the fyre in the stubble whan it hath begonne to burne Maye one turne agayne the arowe y t is shot of a stronge archer The mightie LORDE sendeth the plages what is he that wil dryue them awaye The fyre is kyndled gone forth in his wrath what is he that will quench it He shall cast lightenynges who shal not feare He shal thonder and who shall not be afrayed The LORDE shal threaten who shal not vtterly be beaten to poulder at his presence The earth quaketh the foundacions therof y e see aryseth vp w t wawes from the depe and the floudes of it are vnquyete the fishes therof also before the LORDE before the glory of his power For stronge is his right hande that holdeth the bowe his arowes that he shuteth are sharpe shall not mysse whan they begynne to be shot in to y e endes of the worlde Beholde y e plages are sent shal not turne agayne tyll they come vpon earth The fyre is kyndled shall not be put out tyll it consume the foundacions of the earth Like as an arowe which is shot of a mightie archer returneth not bacwarde euen so y e plages y t shal be sent vpon earth shal not turne agayne Wo is me wo is me who wyl delyuer me in those dayes The begynnynge of sorowes greate mourninge the begynnynge of derth greate death the begynnynge of warres the powers shal stonde in feareâ— the begynnynge of euels they shal tremble euery one What shal I do in these thinges whan the plages come Beholde hoÌ„ger and plage trouble anguysh are sent as scourges for amendement But for all these thinges they shal not turne froÌ„ their wickednesses ner be allwaye myndefull of y e scourges Beholde vitayles shal be so good cheape vpon earth y t they shal thinke themselues to be in good case and euen then shal myschefe growe vpoÌ„ earth warres derth greate disquietnes For many of them that dwell vpoÌ„ earth shall perish of hoÌ„ger the other that escape
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
t the wynde as y e remembraunce of a straūger y t tarieth for a daie thē departeth But y e righteous shal lyue for euermore their rewarde also is w t the LORDE their remembraunce w t the Hyest Therfore shal they receaue a glorious kyngdome a beutifull crowne of the LORDES hande for w t his right hande shal he couer thē w t his owne arme shall he defende thē His gelousy also shal take awaye the harnesse he shal wapē y e creature to be auēged of y e enemies He shal put on righteousnes for a brest plate take sure iudgment in steade of an helmett The invyncible shylde of equite shall he take his cruell wrath shal he sharpē for a speare the whole compase of the worlde shall fight with him agaynst the vnwyse Thē shal the thonder boltes go out of y e lighteninges come out of the rayne bowe of the cloudes to the place apoynted out of the hard stony indignacion there shall fall thick hales y e water of y e see shal be wroth agaynst thē the floudes shal renne roughly together Yee a mightie wynde shal stōde vp agaynst them a storme shall scater thē abrode Thus the vnrighteous dealinge of thē shal bringe all the lōde to a wyldernes wickednes shall ouerthrowe the dwellinges of the mightie The VI. Chapter WYszdome is better then strength a mā of vnderstādinge is more worth thē one y t is strōge Heare therfore O ye kinges vnderstonde O lerne ye y t be iudges of the endes of the earth Geue are ye y t rule y e multitudes delite in moch people For the power is geuē you of the LORDE the strēgth from the Hyest which shal trie yo r workes and search out yo r ymaginaciōs How that ye beynge officers of his kyngdome haue not executed true iudgment haue not kepte the lawe of righteousnes ner walked after his will Horribly that right soone shall he appeare vnto you for an harde iudgmēt shal they haue y t beare rule Mercy is graūted vnto the symple but they that be in auctorite shal be sore punyshed For God which is LORDE ouer all shall excepte no mās personne nether shal he stande in awe of eny mans greatnesse for he hath made y e small and greate careth for all alyke But the mightie shal haue y e sorer punyshmēt Vnto you therfore o ye kinges do I speake y t ye maye lerne wyszdome and not go amysse for they y t kepe righteousnes shal be righteously iudged and they y t are lerned in righteous thinges shal finde to make answere Wherfore set yo r lust vpon my wordes loue thē so shal ye come by nurtor. Wyszdome is a noble thinge neuer faydeth awaie yee she is easely sene of thē that loue her founde of soch as seke her She preuēteth them y t desyre her y t she maye first shewe herself vnto thē Who so awaketh vnto her by tymes shal haue no greate trauayle for he shal fynde her syttinge ready at his dores To thinke vpon her is parfecte vnderstandinge who so watcheth for her shal be safe that soone For she goeth aboute sekynge soch as are mete for her sheweth her self cherefully vnto them in their goynges meteth them w t all diligēce For y e vnfained desyre of refourmacion is hir begynnynge to care for nurto r is loue and loue is the kepinge of hir lawes Now the kepinge of y e lawes is perfeccion an vncorrupte life an vncorrupte life maketh a man familier w t God And so the desyre of wyszdome ledeth to y e kingdome euerlastinge Yf yo r delyte be thē in royall seates cepters o ye kynges of the people set youre lust vpō wyszdome y t ye maye raigne for euer more O loue the light of wyszdome all ye y t be rulers of the people As for wyszdome what she is and how she came vp I wil tell you and will not hyde the misteries of God from you but wil seke her out from y e begynnynge of the natiuyte and brynge the knowlege of her in to light and wil not kepe back the trueth Nether will I haue to do w t cōsumynge envye for soch a man shal not be partaker of wiszdome But the multitude of the wyse is the welfare of the worlde and a wyse kynge is the vpholdinge of the people O receaue nourtoure then thorow my wordes and it shal do you good The VII Chap. I Myself also am a mortall man like as all other am come of y e earthy generaciō of him y t was first made in my mothers wōbe was I fashioned to be flesh In the tyme of ten monethes was I brought together in bloude thorow the sede of man the cōmodious appetite of slepe Whan I was borne I receaued like ayre as other men fell vpon the earth which is my nature crienge wepinge at the first as all other do I was wrapped in swadlinge clothes brought vp w t greate cares For there is no kinge y t hath had eny other begynnynge of byrth All men then haue one intraunce vnto life one goinge out in like maner Wherfore I desyred and vnderstandinge was geuē me I called the sprete of wyszdome came in to me I set more by her thē by kingdomes royall seates counted riches nothinge in cōparison of her As for precious stone I compared it not vnto her for all golde is but grauell vnto her syluer shal be counted but claye before hir sight I loued her aboue welfare beutie purposed to take her for my light for hir shyne can not be quenched All good thinges came to me w t her innumerable riches thorow hir hādes I was glad in thē all for this wyszdome wēte before me I knew not y t she is the mother of all good thinges Now as I myself lerned vnfaynedly so do I make other men partakers of her hyde her riches from no man for she is an infinite treasure vnto men which who so vse become partakers of the loue frendshipe of God and are accepted vnto him for the giftes of wyszdome God hath graunted me to talke wysely conueniētly to hādle the thinges y t he hath graciously lent me For it is he y t ledeth vnto wyszdome teacheth to vse wyszdome a right In his hāde are we o r wordes yee all o r wyszdome o r vnderstandinge knowlege of all o r workes For he hath geuē me y e true sciēce of these thinges so that I knowe how y e worlde was made the powers of y e elemētes y e begynnynge endinge myddest of y e tymes how the tymes alter how one goeth after another and how they are fulfilled y e course of the yeare the ordinaunces of the
can we discerne the thinges that are vpon earth and greate labo r haue we or we can fynde the thinges which are before oure eyes Who will then seke out the groūde of the thinges that are done in heauē Oh LORDE who cā haue knowlege of y e vnderstandinge and meaninge excepte thou geue wyszdome and sende thy holy goost frō aboue that the wayes of them which are vpon earth maye be refourmed y t men maye lerne y e thinges that are pleasaunt vnto the and be preserued thorow wyszdome The X. Chapter WYszdome preserued y e first mā whō God made a father of the worlde whā he was created alone brought him out of his offence toke him out of the moulde of y e earth gaue him power to rule all thinges Whan the vnrighteous wente awaye in his wrath from this wyszdome y e brotherheade perished thorow y e wrath of murthur Agayne whā y e water destroyed y e whole worlde wyszdome preserued the righteous thorow a poore tre wherof she was gouerner herself Morouer whā wickednes had gotten y e vpperhande so y t the nacions were puft vp with pryde she knewe y e righteous preserued him fautlesse vnto God and layed vp sure mercy for his children She preserued the righteous whan he fled from the vngodly y t perished what tyme as y e fyre fell downe vpon y e v. cities Like as yet this daye the vnfrutefull waist and smokinge lōde geueth testimony of their wickednesse yee the vnripe and vntymely frutes that growe vpon the trees And for a tokē of a remembraunce of the vnfaithfull soule there standeth a piler of salt For all soch as regarded not wyszdome gat not only this hurte that they knewe not the thinges which were good but also left behinde them vnto mē a memoriall of their foolishnes so y t in the thinges wherin they synned they coude not be hydd But as for soch as take hede vnto wyszdome she shal delyuer them from sorowe Whan the righteous fled because of his brothers wrath wyszdome led him the right waye shewed him y e kyngdome of God gaue him knowlege of holy thinges made him riche in his laboures and brought to passe the thinges that he wente aboute In y e disceatfulnes of soch as defrauded him she stode by him made him ryche She saued him from the enemies and defended him from y e disceauers She made him stronge in battayll and gaue him the victory y t he might knowe how that wyszdome is stronger then all thinges Whan the righteous was solde she forsoke him not but delyuered him frō synners She wente downe with him in to the dongeon and fayled him not in the bandes tyll she had brought him the cepter of y e realme and power agaynst those that oppressed him As for them that had accused him she declared them to be lyers brought him to perpetuall worshipe She delyuered the righteous people and fautlesse sede from the nacions that oppressed them She entred in to the soule of the seruaunt of God and stode by him in wonders and tokens agaynst the horrible kynge She gaue y e righteous the rewarde of their labours led them forth a maruelous waye on the daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a light of starres in the night season She brought them thorow the reed see and caried them thorow the greate water She drowned their enemies in the see and brought them out of the depe So the righteous toke the spoyles of the vngodly and praysed thy holy name o LORDE and magnified thy victorious hād with one acorde For wyszdome openeth the mouth of y e domme maketh y e tonges of babes to speake The XI Chapter SHe ordred their workes in the hādes of the holy prophet so y t they wente thorow y e wyldernes y t was not inhabited pitched their tētes in y e waist deserte They stode agaynst their enemies were auenged of their aduersaries Whā they were thirstie they called vpō y e water was geuē them out of y e rok their thirst slockened out of y e harde stone For by y e thinges where thorow their enemies were punished were they helped in their nede For vnto the enemies thou gauest mās bloude in steade of lyuynge water And where as they had scarcenesse in y e rebuke whan the children were slayne thou gauest vnto thine awne a plenteous water vnloked for declaringe by the thyrst y t was at that tyme how thou woldest bringe thine awne vnto hono r slaye their aduersaries For whan they were tryed nourtured w t fatherly mercy they knowleged how the vngodly were iudged and punyshed thorow y e wrath of God These hast thou exorted as a father proued thē but vnto y e other thou hast bene a boysteous kynge layed hard to their charge condēned thē Whether they were absent or present their punyshmēt was alyke For their grefe was dubble namely mournynge and y e remēbraunce of thinges past But whā they perceaued y t their punishmētes dyd thē good they thought vpon the LORDE wondered at y e ende For at the last they helde moch of him of whō in y e out castinge they thought scorne as of an abiecte Neuerthelesse y e righteous dyd not so when they were thirstie but euenlike as y e thoughtes of y e foolish were so was also their wickednes Where as certayne mē now thorow erro r dyd worshipe dommeserpentes vayne beestes thou sendedst a multitude of domme beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce y t they might knowe that loke where withall a mā synneth by the same also shal he be punyshed For vnto thy allmighty hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossible to sende amonge them an heape of Beeres or woode lyōs or cruell beastes of a straūge kynde soch as are vnknowne or spoute fyre or cast out a smokinge breth or shote horrible sparkes out of their eyes which might not only destroye them with hurtinge but also kyll them with their horrible sight Yee without these beestes might they haue bene slayne with one winde beynge persecuted of their awne workes and scatered abrode thorow the breth of thy power Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in measure nōbre weight For thou hast euer had greate strēgth might who maye withstōde y e power of thine arme And why like as y e small thynge y t y e balaunce weyeth so is y e worlde before y e yee as a droppe of y e morninge dew that falleth downe vpon the earth Thou hast mercy vpon all for thou hast power of all thynges and makest the as though thou sawest not the sinnes of mē because they shulde amende For thou louest all the thinges that are and hatest none of thē whō thou hast made nether didest thou ordeyne or make eny thinge of
cōsented to lett them go and had sent them out with greate diligence they wolde repente folowe vpon them For whan they were yet mournynge and makinge lamētacion by the graues of the deed they deuysed another foolishnes so that they persecuted them in their flienge whom they had cast out afore w t prayer Worthy necessite also brought them vnto this ende for they had cleane forgotten the thinges y t happened vnto them afore But the thinge that was wantynge of their punyshment was requysite so to be fulfilled vpon them with tormētes that thy people might haue a maruelous passage thorow and that these might fynde a straunge death Thē was euery creature fashioned agayne of the new acordinge to the wyll of their maker obeyenge thy commaundementes y t thy children might be kepte without hurte For the cloude ouershadowed their tentes the drye earth appeared where afore was water so y t in the reed see there was a waye without impediment and the greate depe became a grene felde where thorow all y e people wente that were defended with thy hande seinge thy wonderous maruelous workes For as y e horses so were they fedd leapte like lābes praysinge the o LORDE which haddest delyuered them And why they were yet myndefull of the thinges that happened whyle they dwelt in the londe how the grounde brought forth flyes insteade of catell and how y e ryuer scrauled with the multitude of frogges in steade of fyszshes But at the last they sawe a new creacion of byrdes what tyme as they were disceaued with lust and desyred delicate meates For whan they were speakinge of their appetite the quales came vp vnto them from the see and punyshmentes came vpon y e synners not without the tokēs which came to passe afore by the vehemēce of y e streames for they suffred worthely acordinge to their wickednesses they dealt so abhominably churlishly with straungers Some receaued no vnknowne gestes some brought y e straungers in to bondage that dyd them good Besyde all these thinges there were some that not only receaued no straungers with their wylles but persecuted those also and dyd thē moch euell that receaued thē gladly Therfore were they punyshed with blyndnesse like as they that were couered with sodane darcknesse at the dores of the righteous so y t euery one sought y e intraunce of his dore Thus the elementes turned in to them selues like as whan one tune is chaunged vpon an instrument of musick and yet all the residue kepe their melody which maye easely be perceaued by the sight of the thinges that are come to passe The drye lōde was turned in to a watery y e thinge that afore swamme in the water wente now vpon the drye grounde The fyre had power in the water cōtrary to his awne vertue and the water forgatt his awne kynde to quench Agayne the flammes of the noysome beastes hurte not the flesh of them that wēte with them nether melted they the yse which els melteth lightly In all thinges hast thou promoted thy people o LORDE and brought them to honoure thou hast not despysed them but allwaye and in all places hast thou stonde by them The ende of the boke of wyszdome Ecclesiasticus called Iesus Syrac The prologe of Iesus the sonne of Syrac vnto his boke MAny and greate mē haue declared wyszdome vnto vs out of y e lawe out of y e prophetes out of other that folowed thē In the which thinges Israel ought to be commended by the reason of doctrine and wiszdome Therfore they that haue it reade it shulde not onely thē selues be wyse there thorow but serue other also with teachinge and wrytinge After that my graundfather Iesus had geuen diligent laboure to reade the lawe the prophetes and other bokes that were left vs of oure fathers and had wel exercised himself therin he purposed also to wryte some thinge of wyszdome and good maners to the intēt that they which were wyllinge to lerne and to be wyse might haue the more vnderstandinge and be the more apte to lede a good conuersacion Wherfore I exorte you to receaue it louyngly to reade it with diligence and to take it in good worth though oure wordes be not so eloquent as the famous oratours For the thinge that is wryttin in the Hebrue tonge soundeth not so well whan it is trāslated in to another speache Not only this boke of myne but also the lawe the prophetes and other bokes sounde farre other wyse then they do whan they are spoken in their awne language Now in the XXXVIII yeare whan I came in to Egipte in the tyme of Ptolomy Euerges and continued there all my life I gat libertie to reade and wryte many good thinges Wherfore I thought it good and necessary to bestowe my diligence and trauayle to interprete this boke And consideringe that I had tyme I laboured and dyd my best to perfourme this boke and to brynge it vnto light that the straūgers also which are disposed to lerne might applye them selues vnto good maners lyue acordinge to y e lawe of y e LORDE What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. All wyszdome commeth of God for he onely is wyse The frute of Gods feare Chap. II. An exortacion vnto pacience to the feare of God Chap. III. A doctryne for children how they shulde honoure father and mother how men ought to be gentle and lowly Chap. IIII. Wyszdome lerneth to be mercifull and louynge vnto euery man What rewarde wyszdome geueth to them that loue her and seke her Chap. V. Let no man trust in his riches let no man leane vpon his owne power let no man despyse the mercy longe sufferynge of God Chap. VI. Of true false frendshipe An exortacion to herken vnto wyszdome Chap. VII Many goodly lessons and documētes Chap. VIII He teacheth to bewarre of strife to thincke scorne of no mā to avoyde suerryshipp to bewarre of branelesse and cruell people Chap. IX How mē shulde behaue them selues with their wyues how olde frendshipe ought nor to be broken c. with many other good lessons Chap. X. Of iudges rulers of the people How pryde ought to be eschued Chap. XI Many good instruccions Chap. XII How and to whom a mā shulde do good Chap. XIII How the poore shulde kepe himself from the riche Chap. XIIII The vnfaithfulnes and wickednes of rich nygardes An exortacion to do good to cleue vnto wyszdome Chap. XV. The profit that commeth of the feare of God of wyszdome which the wicked will not receaue Chap. XVI The multitude of euell children is not good for the grace of God is not amonge the vngodly The pacience mercy and wyszdome of God Chap. XVII How God made man endewed him with giftes openynge his wil lawe vnto him but chose Israel out of all people Chap. XVIII The wyszdome of God and ordre of his workes which no man maye comprehende
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
yet are ye in no wyse able sufficiently to prayse him Who hath sene him that he might tell vs Who can magnifie him so greatly as he is For there are hyd yet greater thinges thē these be as for vs we haue sene but few of his workes For the LORDE hath made all thinges and geuen wyszdome to soch as feare God The XLIIII Chapter A commendacion of the olde vertuous fathers LEt vs commende the noble famous men and the generacion of oure foreelders and fathers Many more glorious actes hath the LORDE done and shewed his greate power euer sens y e begynnynge The noble famous men raigned in their kyngdomes and bare excellent rule In their wyszdome and vnderstondinge they folowed the councell shewed in the prophecies They led the folke thorow the councell and wyszdome of the scrybes of the people Wyse sentences are founde in their instruccion They sought the swetenes and melody of Musick and brought forth the pleasaunt songes in scripture They were riche also coude comforte and pacifie those that dwelt with them All these were very noble and honorable men in their generacions and were well reported of in their tymes These haue left a name behynde them so that their prayse shal allwaye be spokē of Afterwarde there were some whose remembraunce is gone They came to naught and perished as though they had neuer bene and became as though they had neuer bene borne yee their children also with them Neuertheles these are louynge men whose righteousnes shal neuer be forgotten but contynue by their posterite Their children are an holy good heretage Their sede endured fast in y e couenaunt For their sakes shal their childrē sede contynue for euer their prayse shal neuer be put downe Their bodies are buried in peace but their name lyueth for euermore The people can speake of their wyszdome the congregacion can talke of their prayse Enoch walked right acceptably before the LORDE therfore was he trāslated for an example of amendemēt to y e generacions Noe was a stedfast righteous man in the tyme of wrath he became a recōcylinge Therfore was he left a remnaunt vnto the earth whan the floude came An euerlastinge couenaunt was made w t him that all flesh shulde perishe nomore with y e water Abraham was a greate father of many people in glory was there none like vnto him He kepte the lawe of the Hyest came in to a couenaunt with him He set the couenaunt in his flesh and whan he was tempted he was founde faithfull Therfore swore God vnto him with an ooth that he wolde blesse all people in his sede that he wolde multiplie and increase him as the dust of the earth and to exalte his sede as the starres yee and that his sede shulde haue y e possession and inheretaunce of the londe from see to see and from the ryuer vnto y e borders of the londe With Isaac dyd he stablish y e same couenaūt for Abrahā his fathers sake Yee y t gracious blessynge and health of all men and couenaunt dyd he stablysh with Isaac and made it to rest vpon the heade of Iacob He knew him in that he prospered him so well and richely and gaue him an heretage and sundered his porcion by it self and parted it amonge the twolue trybes Mercifull men brought he out of him which founde fauo r before all flesh The XLV Chapter MOses beloued of God and mē whose remembraunce is in hye prayse him hath the LORDE made like in the glory of the sayntes and magnified him so that the enemies stode in awe of him thorow his wordes he dyd greate wonders He made him greate in the sight of kynges gaue him commaundement before his people and shewed him his glorious power He stablyshed him with faithfulnes and mekenes and chose him out of all men For he herde his voyce and led him in the darcke cloude and there he gaue him the commaundementes yee the lawe of life and wyszdome that he might teach Iacob the couenaunt and Israel his lawes He chose Aaron his brother also out of y e trybe of Leui exalted him made him soch like An euerlastinge couenaunt made he w t him and gaue him the presthode in the people He made him glorious in bewtifull araye and clothed him with the garment of honoure He put perfecte ioye vpō him and gyrded him with strength He deckte him with syde clothes and a tunycle with an ouerbody cote also and gyrdle Rounde aboute made he him belles of golde and that many that whan he wente in the sounde might be herde that they might make a noyse in the Sanctuary and geue the people warnynge The holy garment was wrought broderd with golde yalow sylke and purple And in the brestlappe there was a goodly worke wherin was fastened light and perfectnesse Vpon y e same also there was a worke fastened and set with costly precious stones all bounde with golde and this he brought in his mynistracion The stones also were fastened for a remembraunce after the twolue trybes of Israel Vpon his mytre there was a plate of pure golde a grauen ymage of holynes a famous and noble worke garnished and pleasaunt to loke vpon Before him were there sene no soch fayre ornamētes and these it behoued hī allwaye to vse There might none other put them on but onely his children and his childers children perpetually Daylie perfourmed he his burnt offeringes two tymes Moses fylled his handes and anoynted him w t holy oyle This was now confirmed him with an euerlastinge couenaunt and to his sede as y e dayes of heauē namely that his childrē shulde allwaye mynistre before him and perfourme the office of the presthode and wysh the people good in his name Before all men lyuynge chose he him that he shulde offre before the LORDE and make odours for a swete sauoure and remembraūce that he shulde reconcyle the people of the LORDE with him agayne He gaue him auctorite also in his commaundementes and in y e couenaūt that he shulde teach Iacob the statutes and testimonies and to enfourme Israel in his lawe Therfore there stode vp certayne agaynst him and had envye at him in the wyldernes namely they that were of Dathan Abirams syde and the furious congregaciō of Chore. This the LORDE sawe and it displeased him and in his wrothfull indignacion were they consumed A greate wonder did he vpon them and consumed them with the fyre Besydes this he made Aaron yet more honorable and glorious He gaue him an heretage and parted the first frutes vnto him Vnto him specially he appoynted the bred for sustenaunce for the prestes ate of y e offerynges of the LORDE this gaue he vnto him his sede Els had he no heretage ner porcion in y e londe and with the people For the LORDE himself is
posterite As for y e sede y t came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnaunt vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of him Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of his sede he left behynde him a very foolishnes of the people and soch one as had no vnderstoÌ„dinge namely RoboaÌ„ which turned awaye the people thorow his councell and Ieroboam y e sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to synne and shewed Ephraim the waye of vngodlynes In so moch that their synnes myszdedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the londe for the same Yee he sought out brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them The XLVIII Chapter THen stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre and his worde brâ—â—t like a creshett He brought an hoÌ„ger vpon theÌ„ and in his zele he made them few in nombre For they might not awaye w t the commauÌ„dementes of the LORDE Thorow the worde of the LORDE he shut the heauen and thre tymes brought he the fyre downe Thus became Elias honorable in his wonderous dedes Who maye make his boost to be like him One that was deed raysed he vp from death in the worde of y e Hyest he brought him out of the graue agayne He cast downe kynges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate Vpon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment vpon Horeb the iudgmeÌ„t of the vengeaunce He prophecied recompensynge vnto kynges and ordeyned prophetes after him He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charett of horses of the LORDE He was ordeyned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacifie the wrath to turne y e hertes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnished in loue for we lyue in life Elias was couered in the storme but Heliseus was fylled with his mouth Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man might ouercome him There coude no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his life in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they from their synnes tyll they were caried awaye presoners out of the londe and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prynce vnto y e house of Dauid Howbeit some of them dyd right some heaped vp vngodlynes Ezechias made his cite stronge conveyed water in to it dygged thorow the stony rock with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsaches lift vp his hande agaynst Sion defyed them with greate pryde TheÌ„ trymbled their hertes and handes so y t they sorowed like a woman trauaylinge with childe So they called vpoÌ„ the LORDE which is mercyfull lift vp their haÌ„des before him Immediatly the LORDE herde theÌ„ out of heauen and delyuered them by the hande of Esay He smote the hoost of the Assirians his angell destroyed theÌ„ For Ezechias had done the thinge that pleased the LORDE remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father Which Esay was greate faithfull in his visions In his tyme y e Sonne weÌ„te backwarde he lengthened the kynges life With a right sprete prophecied he what shulde come to passe at the last to soch as were soroufull in Sion he gaue consolacion wherwhith they might coÌ„forte them selues for euermore He shewed thinges y t were for to come secrete or euer they came to passe The XLIX Chapter THe remembrauÌ„ce of Iosias is like as whan the Apotecary maketh many precious swete smellynge thinges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes and as the playenge of Musick by the wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhominacions of y e vngodly He directed his hert vnto the LORDE in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshipe of God agayne All kynges excepte Dauid Ezechias Iosias coÌ„mitted wickednes for euen y e kynges of Iuda also forsoke y e lawe of God For they gaue their horne vnto other their hono worshipe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cite of the SaÌ„ctuary brent with fyre and the stretes therof laye desolate waist for they intreated Ieremy euell which neuertheles was a prophet ordeyned from his mothers wombe that he might rote out breake of destroye that he might buylde vp plante agayne Ezechiel sawe the glory of the LORDE in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubins For he thought vpon the enemies in y e rayne to do good vnto soch as had ordred their wayes a right And the bones of the twolue prophetes florish from out of their place for they gaue comforte consolacion vnto Iacob and delyuered theÌ„ faithfully How shall we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ringe in the right hande So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their tymes buylded the house set vp the Sanctuary of y e LORDE agayne which was prepared for an euerlastinge worshipe And Nehemias is allwaye to be coÌ„mended which set vp for vs the walles y t were broken downe made the portes barres agayne and buylded oure houses of the new But vpon earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was taken vp from y e earth And Ioseph which was lorde of his brethren the vpholder of his people His bones were couered kepte Seth Sem were in greate honoure amonge y e people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes whaÌ„ he was created The L. Chapter SYmon the sonne of Onias the hye prest which in his life set vp the house agayne in his dayes made fast the teÌ„ple The heyth of y e temple also was founded of him the dubble buyldinge the hye walles of the temple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadinge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them from destruccion He kepte his cite made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure and worshipe amonge his people and enlarged the intraunce of the house and the courte He geueth light as the mornynge starre in the myddest of the cloudes and as y e Moone whan it is full He shyneth as the Sonne in the temple of God He is as bright as y e rayne bowe in y e fayre cloudes florisheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of y e yeare as the lilies by the ryuers of water Like as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in tyme of Sommer as a fyre inceÌ„se that is
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
I shal destroye this dragon without swearde or staff The kynge sayde I geue y e leaue Then Daniel toke pitch fatte and hairie woll and did seyth them together and made lompes therof this he put in y e DragoÌ„s mouth and so y e dragon barst in sonder and Daniel sayde lo there is he whom ye worshipped When they of Babylon herde that they toke greate indignacion and gathered them together agaynst the kynge sayenge The kynge is become a Iewe also he hath destroyed Bel he hath slayne y e Dragon and put the prestes to death So they came to y e kynge sayde let us haue Daniel or els we wâ—l destroye the and thine house Now whan y e kynge sawe that they russhed in so sore vpon him that necessite constrained him he deliuered Daniel vnto them which cast him in to the lyons denne where he was sixe dayes In the denne there were seuen lyons and they had geuen them euery daye two bodies and two shepe which then were not geueÌ„ them that they might deuoure Daniel There was in Iewry a prophet called Abacuc which had made potage and broker bred in a depe platter and was goinge in to the felde for to brynge it to y e mowers But the angell of the LORDE sayde vnto Abacuc go cary the meate that thou hast in to Babilon vnto Daniel which is in y e lyoÌ„s denne And Abacuc sayde LORDE I neuer sawe Babilon and as for the denne I knowe it not Then the angel of the LORDE toke him by the toppe and bare him by the hayre of the heade and thorow a mightie wynde set him in Babilon vpon the denne And Abacuc cried sayenge O Daniel thou seruaunt of God haue take the breakfast y t God hath sent ye. And Daniel saide O God hast thou thought vpon me wel thou neuer faylest them that loue the. So Daniel arose ate and the angel of the LORDE set Abacuc in his owne place agayne immediatly Vpon the seuenth daye the kynge wente to bewepe Daniel and whan he came to the denne he loked in and beholde Daniel sat in the myddest of the lyons Then cried y e kynge with a loude voyce sayenge Greate art thou o LORDE God of Daniel he drewe him out of the denne As for those that were y e cause of his destruccioÌ„ he dyd cast theÌ„ in to the denne and they were deuoured in a moment before his face After this wrote the kynge vnto all people kynreddes and tunges that dwelt in all countrees sayenge peace be multiplied with you My commaundement is in all the dominyon of my realme that men feare and stonde in awe of Daniels God for he is the lyuynge God which endureth euer his kyngdome abydeth vncorrupte and his power is euerlastinge It is he that can delyuer and saue he doth wonders and maruelous workes in heauen and in earth for he hath saued Daniel from the power of the Lyons The ende of the Storye of Bel. The first boke of the Machabees What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the power of Alexander kynge of Macedonia Of certayne vnfaithfull Israelites Of the greate tyranny of Antiochus how miserably he destroyeth IerusaleÌ„ which God suffreth to be plaged because they haue forsaken him Chap. II. How feruently Matathias and his sonnes stryue for the honoure of God and welfare of the people How swetely he exorteth his sonnes eueÌ„ in the houre of his death to be sted fast in the lawe of God Chap. III. Of Iudas Machabeus that worthy captayne and of his noble actes agaynst Antiochus Chap. IIII. V Of the glorious victory that God gaue Iudas against Gorgias and Lisias how they wynne the cite and clense the temple agayne how they fyght afterwarde against the Heithen Chap. VI. Antiochus besegeth Elymas in Persia Iudas layeth sege to the castelar Ierusalem the kynge goeth aboute to helpe theÌ„ that are therin Chap. VII The tyranny of Demetrius They take truce with the people of God kepe it not Chap. VIII Iudas hearinge how reasonable the Romaynes are seketh for to make peace with them Chap. IX How Iudas was slaine in the bataill and how there came vp derth after his death Ionathas was captayne after him and gatt the victory of Bachides Chap. X. Of AlexaÌ„der the sonne of Antiochus Demetrius maketh peace with Ionathas so doth Alexander afterwarde Ptolomy geueth his doughter Cleopatra vnto AlexaÌ„der Demetrius defyeth Ionathas Chap. XI Ptolomy ryseth agaynst Alexander and Ionathas and promyseth to geue Demetrius his daughter whom he had geuen allredy vnto Alexander The death of Alexander and Ptolomy â–ª the raigne of Demetrius Demetrius and Ionathas are frendes Alexanders sonne taketh the kyngdome vpon him Chap. XII The Iewes wryte vnto the Romaynes and Sparcians to renue the olde frendshipe Triphon receaueth Ionathas with fayre wordes and then causeth him and his to be slayne Chap. XIII After the death of Ionathas is Symon his brother made Captaine of the people which goeth forth agaynst Triphon and burieth his brother Triphon slayeth Antiochus haynously Symon maketh peace with Demetrius and layeth sege to Gaza Chap. XIIII Demetrius seketh helpe against TriphoÌ„ Demetrius is takeÌ„ Peace in Iewry SimoÌ„ ruleth well The Romaines and they of Sparta renue the peace with Symon Chap. XV. Antiochus wryteth louyngly vnto the Iewes and persecuteth Triphon He breaketh the bonde with the Iewes Chap. XVI The faithfulnes of SymoÌ„ his sonnes Ptolomy szlayeth them disceatfully and betrayeth the londe The first Chapter AFter that Alexander the sonne of Philippe kynge of Macedonia wente forth of the londe of Cethim and slewe Darius kynge of the PersiaÌ„s and Meedes It happened that he toke greate warres in honde wanne very many stronge cities and slew many kinges of y e earth goinge thorow to y e endes of the worlde and gettinge many spoyles of the people In so moch y t the worlde stode in greate awe of him therfore was he proude in his herte Now wheÌ„ he had gathered a mightie stroÌ„ge hoost subdued y e loÌ„des and people with their prynces so that they became tributaries vnto hiÌ„ he fell sick And wheÌ„ he perceaued that he must nedes die he called for his noble estates which had bene brought vp with him of children parted his kyngdome amonge them whyle he was yet alyue So AlexaÌ„der raygned xij yeare and then dyed After his death fell the kyngdome vnto his prynces and they optayned it euery one in his rowme and caused them selues to be crowned as kynges and so dyd their childreÌ„ after them many yeares moch wickednesse increaced in the worlde Out of these came y t vngracious rote noble Antiochus y e sonne of Antiochus the kynge which had bene a pledge at Rome he raigned in y e Cxxxvij yeare of the raigne of the Grekes In those dayes weÌ„te there out of Israel wicked men which moued moch people w t their couÌ„cel sayeÌ„ge Let
euerlastinge kyngdome Elias beynge gelous and feruent in the lawe was taken vp in to heauē Hananias Asarias and Misael remayned stedfast in faith and were delyuered out of the fyre In like maner Daniel beynge vngiltie was saued from the mouth of the Lyons And thus ye maye considre thorow out all ages sens the worlde beganne that who so euer put their trust in God were not ouer come Feare not ye then the wordes of an vngodly man for his glory is but donge and wormes to daye is he set vp and to morow is he gone for he is turned in to earth and his memoriall is come to naught Wherfore o my sonnes take good hertes vnto you and quyte youre selues like men in the lawe for yf ye do the thinges that are commaunded you in the lawe of the LORDE youre God ye shal optaine greate honoure therin And beholde I knowe that youre brother Symon is a man of wyszdome se that ye geue eare vnto him allwaye he shall be a father vnto you As for Iudas Machabeus he hath euer bene mightie and strōge from his youth vp let him be youre captayne and ordre the battayll of y e people Thus shall ye brynge vnto you all those that fauoure the lawe and se that ye auenge the wronge of youre people and recompence the Heithen agayne and applie youre selues whole to the commaundement of the lawe So he gaue them his blessinge and was layed by his fathers and dyed in the Cxlvj yeare at Modin where his sonnes buried him in his fathers sepulcre all Israel made greate lamentacion for him The III. Chapter THen stode vp Iudas Machabeus in his fathers steade and all his brethrē helped him and so dyd all they that helde with his father and fought with cherefulnesse for Israel So Iudas gat his people greate honoure He put on a brest plate as a giaunte and arayed him self with his harnesse and defended the hoost with his swearde In his actes he was like a lyon as a lyons whelpe roaringe at his praye He was an enemie to the wicked and hūted them out and brent vp those that vexed his people So that his enemies fled for feare of him and all the workers of vngodlynes were put to trouble soch lucke and prosperite was in his honde This greued dyuerse kynges but Iacob was greatly reioysed thorow his actes and he gat him self a greate name for euer He wente thorow the cities of Iuda destroyenge the vngodly out of them turnynge awaye the wrath from Israel and receauynge soch as were oppressed and the fame of him wente vnto the vttemost parte of y e earth Then Appollonius a prynce of Syria gathered a mightie greate hoost of the Heithen out of Samaria to fight agaynst Israel Which when Iudas perceaued he wente forth to mete him fought with him slewe him and a greate multitude with him the remnaunte fled and he toke their substaunce Iudas also toke Appollonius owne swearde and fought w t it all his life longe Now when Seron another prynce of Siria herde saye that Iudas had gathered vnto him the congregacion and church of the faithfull he sayde I will get me a name and a prayse thorow out the realme for I will go fight with Iudas and them that are with him as many as haue despised the kynges commaundement So he made him ready and there wente with him a greate mightie hoost of the vngodly to stonde by him and to be auenged of the childrē of Israel And when they came nye vnto Bethoron Iudas wente forth agaynst them with a small company And when his people sawe soch a greate hoost before thē they sayde vnto Iudas How are we able beynge so fewe to fight agaynst so greate a multitude and so stronge seinge we be so weery and haue fasted all this daye But Iudas sayde It is a small matter for many to be ouercome with fewe Yee there is no difference to the God of heauen to delyuer by a greate multitude or by a small company for the victory of the battell stondeth not in the multitude of the hoost but the strength commeth from heauen Beholde they come agaynst vs with a presumptuous and proude multitude to destroye vs oure wyues and oure children and to robbe vs. But we will fight for oure lyues and for oure lawes and the LORDE himself shall destroye thē before oure face therfore be not ye afrayed of them As soone as he had spoken these wordes he leapte sodenly vpon thē Thus was Seron smytten and his hoost put to flight ▪ and Iudas folowed vpon them beyonde Bethoron vnto the playne felde where there were slayne eight hundreth men of them and the residue fled in to the londe of the Philistynes Then all the Heithen on euery syde were afrayed for Iudas and his brethren so y t the rumoure of him came vnto the kynges eares for all the Gentiles coude tell of the warres of Iudas So whan kynge Antiochus herde these tidinges he was angrie in his mynde wherfore he sente forth and gathered an hoost of his whole realme very stronge armies and opened his treasury and gaue his hoost a yeares wagies in honde commaundynge them to be ready at all tymes Neuerthelesse when he sawe that there was not moneye ynough in his treasuries and that thorow the discorde and persecucion which he made in y e londe to put downe y e lawes that had bene of olde tyme his customes and tributes of the londe were my niszshed he feared that he was not able for to beare the costes and charges eny lenger ner to haue soch giftes to geue so liberally as he dyd a fore more then the kynges that were before him Wherfore he was heuy in his mynde and thought to go in to Persides for to take tributes of y e londe and so to gather moch moneye So he left Lysias a noble man of the kynges bloude to ouersee the kynges busynesses from the water Euphrates vnto the borders of Egipte and to kepe well his sonne Antiochus till he came agayne Morouer he gaue him half of his hoost and elephantes committed vnto him euery thinge of his mynde concernynge those which dwelt in Iuda and Ierusalem that he shulde sende out an army agaynst them to destroye and to rote out the power of Israel and the remnaunt of Ierusalem to put out their memoriall from that place to set straungers for to inhabit all their quarters and to parte their londe amōge them Thus the kynge toke the other parte of the hoost and departed from Antioch a cite of his realme ouer the water of Euphrates in the hundreth and xlvij yeare and wente thorow the hye countrees And Lysias chose vnto him Ptolomy the sonne of Doriminus Nycanor and Gorgias mightie men the kynges frendes These he sent with xl thousande fote men and vij thousande horsmen for to go in to y e londe of Iuda and to destroye
in his wroth sayenge Yf Iudas and his hoost be not delyuered now in to my hondes as soone as euer I come agayne and fayre well I shal burne vp this house With that wente he out in a greate anger Then the prestes came in and stode before the aulter of the tēple wepinge sayenge For so moch as thou o LORDE hast chosen this house that thy name might be called vpon therin and y t it shulde be an house of praier and peticion vnto thy people Be avenged of this mā his hoost and let them be slayne with y e swearde remembre the blasphemies of them suffre them not to continue eny longer When Nicanor was gone from Ierusasalem he pitched his tente at Bethoron and there an hoost met hī out of Siria And Iudas came to Adarsa with iij. M. mē made his prayer vnto God sayenge O LORDE because the messaungers of kynge Senacherib blasphemed the the angel wente forth and slewe an Clxxxv. thousande of them Euen so destroye thou this hoost before vs to daie that other people maye knowe how that he hath blasphemed thy Sanctuary and punysh him acordinge to his maliciousnesse And so the hoostes stroke the felde the thirtente daye of the moneth Adar and Nicanors hoost was discomfited and he himself was first slayne in the battayll When Nicanors men of warre sawe that he was kylled they cast awaye their weapens and fled but the Iewes folowed vpon them an whole dayes iourney from Adazer vnto Gazara blowinge with the trompettes and makinge tokens after them So the Iewes came forth of all the townes there aboute and blewe out their hornes vpon them and turned agaynst them Thus were they all slayne and not one of them lefte Then they toke their substaunce for a pray and smote of Nicanors heade his right honde which he helde vp so proudly and brought it with them and hāged it vp afore Ierusalem Wherfore the people were exceadingly reioysed and passed ouer that daye in greate gladnesse And Iudas ordened that y e same daye namely the xiij daye of y e moneth Adar shulde be kepte in myrth euery yeare Thus the londe of Iuda was in rest a litle whyle The VIII Chapter IVdas herde also the fame of the Romaynes that they were mightie and valeaunt men agreable to all thinges that are requyred of them make peace with all men which come vnto them and how they were doughty men of strength Besydes that it was tolde him of their battayls noble actes which they dyd in Galacia how they had conquered them and brought them vnder tribute and what greate thinges they had done in Spayne how that with their wyszdome and sober behauoure they had wonne the Mynes of syluer and golde that are there and optayned all the londe with other places farre from thē how they had discomfited and slayne downe the kynges that came vpon them from the vttemost parte of the earth and how other people geue them tribute euery yeare How they had slayne and ouercome Philippe and Perses kynge of Cethim and other mo in battayll which had brought their ordinaunce agaynst them how they discomfited greate Antiochus kynge of Asia that wolde nedes fight w t them hauynge an hundreth and xx Elephantes with horsmen charettes and a very greate hoost how they toke him self alyue and ordened him with soch as shulde raigne after him to paye thē a greate trybute yee and to fynde thē good suerties and plege Besydes all this how they had takē from him India Media and Lydia his best londes and geuen them to kynge Eumenus Agayne how they perceauynge y t the Grekes were cōmynge to vexe them sent against thē a captaine of an hoost which gaue thē battayll slewe many of thē led awaye ther wyues and children captyue spoyled thē toke possession of their londe destroyed their stronge holdes and subdued thē to be their bonde men vnto this daye Morouer how y t as for other kyngdomes Iles which somtyme withstode thē they destroyed them and brought them vnder their dominion But helped euer their owne frendes and those y t were confederate with them conquered kyngdomes both farre nye y t who so euer herde of their renowne was afrayed of them for whom they wolde helpe to their kyngdomes those raigned whō it lyked not them to raigne they put him downe And how they were come to greate preeminence hauynge no kynge amonge thē nether eny man clothed in purple to be magnified there thorow but had ordened thē selues a perlament where in there sat iij. C. and xx Senatours daylie vpon the councell to dispatch euer the busynesse of the people and to kepe good ordre And how y t euery yeare they chose a Mayre to haue the gouernaun-of all their londe to whom euery man was obedient and y t there was nether euell will ner discencion amonge them Then Iudas chose Eupolemus the sonne of Ihon the sonne of Iacob Iason the sonne of Eleazar sent thē vnto Rome for to make frenshipe a bonde of loue w t them y t they might take frō them the bondage of y e Grekes for y e Iewes sawe y t the Grekes wolde subdue the kyngdome of Israel So they wēte vnto Rome a very greate iourney came in to y e Perlamēt saide Iudas Machabeus w t his brethrē the people of y e Iewes hath sent vs vnto you to make a bonde of frendshipe peace w t you ye to note vs as yo r louers frendes And y e matter pleased y e Romaines right well wherfore it was writtē vp of y e which y e Romaynes made a wrytinge in tables of Latō sent it to Ierusalē y t they might haue by thē a memoriall of y e same peace bōde of frēdshipe after this maner God saue y e Romaines y e people of the Iewes both by see by lōde kepe y e swearde enemy frō thē for euermore Yf there come first eny warre vpō y e Romaynes or eny of their frēdes thorow out all their dominyō y e people of y e Iewes shal helpe thē as y e tyme requireth y t w t all their hertes Also they shal nether geue nor sēde vnto their enemies vitales weapēs money ner shippes but fulfil this charge at the Romaynes pleasure take nothinge from them therfore Againe yf the people of the Iewes happē first to haue warre the Romaynes shal stonde by thē with a good wil acordinge as the tyme wil suffre Nether shal they geue vnto the Iewes enemies vytales weapens money ner shippes Thus are the Romaynes content to do shal fulfill their charge without eny disceate Acordinge to these articles the Romaynes made the bonde with the Iewes Now after these articles sayde they yf eny of the parties wyll put to them or take eny thinge from them they shal do it
sawe a greate lyght to them which sat in the region shadowe of deeth lyght is begoÌ„ne to shyne From that tyme forth beganne Iesus to preach and to saye Amende youre selues y e kingdome of heauen is at honde As Iesus walked by the see of Galile he sawe two brethren Simon which was called Peter Andrew his brother castynge a net into y e see for they were fiszhers and he sayde vnto them folowe me I will make you fiszhers of meÌ„ And they strayght waye lefte their nettes and folowed hym And whan he weÌ„t forth from thence he sawe other two brethren Iames the sonne of zebede and Ihon his brother in the ship with zebede their father mendynge their nettes and called them And they without tarynge lefte y e shyp and their father and folowed hym And Iesus went aboute all Galile teachyng in their synagoges and preachynge the gospel of the kyngdome and healed all maner of siknes all maner dyseases amonge the people And his fame spred abrode through out all Siria And they brought vnto hym all sick people that were taken with diuers diseases and gripinges and theÌ„ y t were possessed with deuils those which were lunatyke and those that had the palsie he healed theÌ„ And ther folowed hym a greate nombre of people from Galile from the ten cities and from Ierusalem and from the regions that lye beyonde Iordan The V. Chapter WHen he sawe the people he went vp into a mountayne and when he was set his disciples came to hym and he opened his mouth and taught them sayinge Blessed are the poore in sprete for theirs is the kyngdome of heueÌ„ Blessed are they that mourne for they shal be coÌ„forted Blessed are the meke for they shall inheret the erth Blessed are they which honger thyrst for rightewesnes for they shal be filled Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obteyne mercy Blessed are the pure in herte for they shall se God Blessed are the peacemakers for they shal be called the chyldren of God Blessed are they which suffre persecucion for rightwesnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heuen Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and falsly say all manner of yuell saynges against you for my sake Reioyce and be glad for greate is youre rewarde in heueÌ„ For so persecuted they the Prophetes which were before youre dayes Ye are y e salt of the earth but and yf the salt haue lost his saltnes what can be salted therwith It is thence forth good for nothynge but to be cast out and to be trodden vnder fote of men Ye are the light of the worlde A cite that is set on an hill can not be hid nether do men lyght a candell and put it vnder a buszhell but on a candelstick and it lighteth all that are in the house Let youre light so shyne before men that they maye se youre good workes and glorify youre father which is in heauen Thinke not that I am come to destroye the lawe or the Prophetes no I am not come to destroye them but to fulfyll them For truly I saye vnto you till heauen and earth periszhe one iott or one tyttle of the lawe shall not escape tyll all be fulfilled Whosoeuer breaketh one of these least coÌ„maundmentes and teacheth meÌ„ so he shal be called the leest in the kyngdome of heauen But whosoeuer obserueth and teacheth the same shal be called greate in the kyngdome of heauen For I saye vnto you excepte youre rightewesnes exceade the righetewesnes of the Scribes and Pharises ye can not entre in to the kyngdome of heauen Ye haue herde how it was sayde to theÌ„ of the olde tyme Thou shalt not kyll For whosoeuer kylleth shall be in daunger of iudgement But I saye vnto you whosoeuer is angrie with his brother is in daunger of the iudgement Whosoeuer sayeth vnto his brother Racha is in daunger of y e couÌ„sell But whosoeuer sayeth thou foole is in daunger of hell fyre Therfore when thou offrest thy gift at the altare and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst the leaue there thyne offrynge before the altare and go thy waye first and reconcyle thy selfe to thy brother then come and offre thy gyfte Agre with thine aduersary quicklye whyle thou art in the waye with hym lest that aduersary deliuer the to the iudge and the iudge deliuer the to the minister and then thou be cast in to preson I saye vnto the verely thou shalt not come out theÌ„ce till thou haue payed the vtmost farthinge Ye haue herde how it was sayde to them of olde tyme Thou shalt not committe aduoutrie But I saye vnto you that whosoeuer loketh on a wife lustinge after her hath committed aduoutrie with hir already in his hert Wherfore yf thy right eye offende the plucke hym out and cast him from the. Better it is for the that one of thy membres periszhe then that thy whole body shulde be cast in to hell Also yf thy right honde offende the cut hym of and cast him from the. Better â—t is that one of thy meÌ„bres periszh theÌ„ y t all y e body shulde be cast in to hell It is sayde whosoeuer putteth awaye his wyfe let hym geue her a testimonyall of the deuorcemeÌ„t But I saye vnto you whosoeuer putteth awaye his wyfe except it be for fornicacioÌ„ causeth her to breake matrymony And whosoeuer maryeth her that is deuorsed breaketh wedlocke Agayne ye haue herde how it was sayde to theÌ„ of olde tyme Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe but shalt performe thyne ooth to God But I saye vnto you sweare not at all nether by heaueÌ„ for it is God is seate nor yet by the earth for it is his fote stole nether by Ierusalem for it is the cyte of y e greate kinge nether shalt thou sweare by thy heed because thou canst not make one heer whyte or blacke But your communicacion shal be yee yee nay nay For what soeuer is more then that commeth of euel Ye haue herde howe it is sayde An eye for an eye a toth for a toth But I saye vnto you that ye resist not euell But whosoeuer geueth the a blowe on thy right cheke turne to him the other also And yf eny man will sue the at the lawe take awaye thy coate let him haue thy cloake also And who so compelleth the to go a myle go w t hym twayne Geue to hym that axeth and from hym that wolde borowe turne not awaye Ye haue herde how it is saide thou shalt loue thyne neghboure hate thyne enemy But I saye vnto you loue youre enemies Blesse theÌ„ that cursse you Do good to theÌ„ that hate you Praye for theÌ„ which do you wronge and persecute you that ye maye be the chyldern of youre father which is in heauen for he maketh
his hāde dryed vp And they axed him sayenge Is it laufull to heale vpon the Sabbath because they might accuse him But he sayde vnto thē Which of you is it yf he had a shepe fallē in to a pytte vpon the Sabbath that wolde not take him and lift him out And how moch is a man better then a shepe Therfore it is lefull to do good vpon the Sabbath Then sayde he to the mā Stretch forth thine hande And he stretched it forth and it was whole agayne like vnto the other Then wente the Pharises out and helde a councell agaynst him how they might destroye him But whā Iesus knew therof he departed thence moch people folowed him and he healed them all and charged them y t they shulde not make him knowne that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spoken by Esay the prophet which sayeth Beholde this is my seruaunt whom I haue chosen and my beloued in whom my soule delyteth I wil put my sprete vpon hī and he shal shewe iudgment vnto the Heithē He shal not stryue ner crye nether shal eny man heare his voyce in the stretes A brosed rede shal he not breake and flax that beginneth to burne shal he not quench tyll he sende forth iudgment vnto victory And in his name shal the Heithen trust Then was there brought vnto him one possessed of a deuell the which was blynde and domne and he healed him in so moch y t y e blynde and domne both spake and sawe And all the people were amased and sayde Is not this the sonne of Dauid But whan the Pharises herde that they sayde He dryueth the deuyls out none other wyse but thorow Beelzebub the chefe of the deuyls Neuertheles Iesus knew their thoughtes and sayde vnto them Euery kyngdome deuyded within it self shal be desolate and euery cite or house deuyded in it self maye not contynue So yf one Sathan cast out another thē is he at variaunce within him self how maye then his kyngdome endure But yf I cast out deuils thorow Beelzebub thorow whom do youre childrē cast them out Therfore shal they be youre iudges But yf I cast out the deuyls by the sprete of God then is the kyngdome of God come vpon you Or how cā a man entre in to a stronge mans house and violently take awaye his goodes excepte he first bynde the stronge mā thē spoyle his house He that is not w t me is agaynst me he y t gathereth not w t me scatereth abrode Therfore I saye vnto you All synne and blasphemy shal be forgeuen vnto men but the blasphemy agaynst the sprete shal not be forgeuen vnto men And whosoeuer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shal be forgeuē him But whosoeuer speaketh agaynst the holy goost it shal not be forgeuen him nether in this worlde ner in the worlde to come Either make the tre good and his frute good also or els make the tre euel his frute euel also For the tre is knowne by the frute O ye generaciō of vypers how can ye speake good whan ye youre selues are euell For of y e abundāce of y e hert y e mouth speaketh A good man out of the good treasure of his hert bringeth forth good thinges an euel man out of his euell treasure bringeth forth euell thinges But I saye vnto you that of euery ydell worde that mē haue spoken they shal geue accomptes at y e daye of iudgmēt Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified out of thy wordes thou shalt be cōdemned Then answered certayne of the scrybes and Pharises and sayde Master we wolde fayne se a tokē of the. And he answered and saide vnto thē This euell and aduouterous generacion seketh a token and there shal no token be geuen thē but the token of the prophete Ionas For as Ionas was thre dayes and thre nightes in the Whalles bely so shal the sonne of mā be thre dayes and thre nightes in the hert of the earth The men of Ninyue shal ryse in the last iudgment with this generacion and shal condemne it for they dyd pēnaunce acordinge to y e preachinge of Ionas And beholde here is one greater thē Ionas The quene of the south shal aryse in the last iudgmēt with this generacion and shal condēne it for she came from the vttemost partes of the earth to heare y e wyszdome of Salomon And lo here is one greater then Salomon Whan the vncleane sprete is gone out of man he walketh thorow dry places sekinge rest fyndeth none Thē saieth he I wil turne agayne in to my house frō whence I wēte out And whan he cōmeth he fyndeth it emptye swepte and garnyshed Then goeth he his waye taketh vnto him seuen other spretes worse then him self and whan they are entred in they dwell there And the ende of that man is worse then the begynnynge Euen so shal it go w t this euell generacion Whyle he yet talked vnto the people beholde his mother his brethrē stode without desyringe to speake w t him Then sayde one vnto him Beholde thy mother and thy brethren stonde without wolde speake w t the. Neuertheles he answered sayde vnto him that tolde him Who is my mother who are my brethren And he stretched forth his hande ouer his disciples sayde Beholde my mother and my brethrē For who soeuer doth y e wyll of my father which is in heauē the same is my brother sister and mother The XIII Chapter THe same daye wente Iesus out of y e house and sat by the see syde moch people resorted vnto him so y t he wēte in to a shyppe and satt him downe and all the people stode vpō the shore And he spake many thinges vnto thē in symilitudes sayenge Beholde The sower wente forth to sowe and as he sowed some fell by the waye syde Then came the foules ate it vp Some fell vpon stony grounde anone it spronge vp because it had no depth of earth But whan the Sonne arose it caught heate and for so moch as it had no rote it withred awaye Some fell amōge the thornes the thornes grewe vp and choked it Some fell vpō good groūde gaue frute some an hundreth folde some sixtie folde some thirtie folde Who so hath eares to heare let hī heare And the disciples came vnto him and sayde Why speakest thou to thē by parables He answered and sayde vnto thē Vnto you it is geuen to knowe the mystery of the kingdome of heauen but vnto them it is not geuen For whoso hath vnto him shal be geuē and he shal haue abundaunce But who so hath not from him shal be taken awaye euē that he hath Therfore speake I vnto thē by parables for with seynge eyes they se not with hearinge eares they heare not for they
the lorde of the vynyarde commeth what wyl he do w t those huszbandmen They sayde vnto him He wyl cruelly destroye those euell personnes let out his vyniarde vnto other huszbaÌ„dmen which shal delyuer him the frute at tymes conuenyent Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Dyd ye neuer rede in the scriptures The same stone which the buylders refused is become the heade stone in the corner This was the LORDES doynge it is maruelous iÌ„ oure eyes Therfore I saie vnto you The kingdome of God shal be takeÌ„ froÌ„ you shal be geueÌ„ vnto the HeitheÌ„ which shal brynge forth y e frutes of it And who so falleth vpoÌ„ this stone shal be brokeÌ„ in peces loke vpoÌ„ whom it falleth it shal grynde him to poulder And when the hye prestes Pharises herde his parables they perceaued that he spake of them And they wente aboute to take him but they feared y e people because they helde hiÌ„ for a prophet The XXII Chapter ANd Iesus answered and spake vnto theÌ„ agayne by parables sayde The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a kynge which maried his sonne And sent forth his seruauntes to call the gestes vnto the mariage they wolde not come Agayne he sent forth other seruauntes and sayde Tell the gestes Beholde I haue prepared my dynner myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled and all thinges are readye come to the mariage But they made light of it and wente their wayes one to his huszbandrye another to his marchaundise As fâ—â— the remnauÌ„t they toke his seruauntes and intreated theÌ„ shamefully and slew theÌ„ When the kynge herde that he was wroth and sent forth his warryers and destroyed those murtherers and set fyre vpon their cite Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes The mariage in dede is prepared but the gestes were not worthy Go youre waye out therfore into y e hye wayes and as many as ye fynde byd them to the mariage And the seruauntes weÌ„te out in to the hye wayes and gathered together as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad the tables were all full Then the kynge weÌ„te in to se the gestes and spyed there a man that had not on a weddynge garment and sayde vnto him Frende how camest thou in hither hast not on a weddyinge garment And he was euen spechlesse Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes Take and bynde him hande and fote cast him into y e vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth For many be called but few are choseÌ„ Then wente the Pharises and toke councell how they might tangle him in his wordes and sent vnto him their disciples with Herodes officers and sayde Master we knowe that thou art true and teachest the waye of God truly and carest for no maÌ„ for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of meÌ„ Tell us therfore how thinkest thou Is it laufull to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not Now whaÌ„ Iesus perceaued their wickednes he sayde O ye ypocrites why teÌ„pte ye me Shewe me y e tribute money And they toke hiÌ„ a peny And he saide vnto theÌ„ Whose is this ymage and superscription They sayde vnto him The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue therfore vnto the Emperour that which is the Emperours and geue vnto God that which is Gods When they herde that they marueyled and left him weÌ„te their waye The same daye there came vnto him the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses sayde Yf a man dye hauynge no children his brother shal mary his wife rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there with us seueÌ„ brethren The first maried a wife and dyed for somoch as he had no sede he left his wife vnto his brother Like wyse the secoÌ„de and thirde vnto the seueÌ„th Last of all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of the seuen For they all had her Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Ye erre and vnderstoÌ„de not the scriptures ner the power of God In the resurreccion they shal nether mary ner be maried but are as the angels of God in heauen As touchinge the resurreccioÌ„ of the deed haue ye notred what is spoken vnto you of God which sayeth I am the God of Abraham and y e God of Isaac and the God of Iacob Yet is not God a God of the deed but of the lyuynge And whan the people herde that they were astonnyed at his doctryne When the Pharises herde that he had stopped the mouth of the Saduces they gathered them selues together And one of them a Scrybe teÌ„pted him and sayde Master which is the chefest commaundemeÌ„t in the lawe Iesus saide vnto him Thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hert with all thy soule and with all thy mynde this is the pryncipall and greatest coÌ„maundement As for the seconde it is like vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thyself In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes Now whyle the Pharises were gathered together Iesus axed them and sayde What thinke ye of Christ Whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him Dauids He sayde vnto them How then doth Dauid in sprete call him LORDE sayenge The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Yf Dauid now call him LORDE how is he then his sonne And no man coude answere him one worde nether durst eny man axe him eny mo questioÌ„s froÌ„ that daye forth The XXIII Chapter THen spake Iesus vnto y e people and to his disciples and sayde The scrybes Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate Therfore what soeuer they bid you obserue that obserue and do but after their workes shal ye not do for they saye do not For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens and laye them vpon mens shulders But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers All their workes do they to be sene of men They set abrode their Philateries and make large borders vpon their garmentes and loue to syt vppermost at the table and to haue the chefe seates in the synagoges and loue to be saluted in the market and to be called of meÌ„ Rabbi But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called Rabbi for one is youre master euen Christ and all ye are brethren And call no man father vpon earth for one is youre father which is in heaueÌ„ And ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called masters for one is youre master namely Christ. He that is greatest amoÌ„ge you shal be youre seruaunt For who so exalteth him self shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himself shal be exalted Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men Ye come not in youre
shall fall from heauen and the powers of heauen shal moue and then shal appeare the token of the sonne of man in heauē and then shal all the kynreds of the earth mourne and they shal se the sonne of man come in the cloudes of heauen with greate power and glory And he shal sende his angels with y e greate voyce of a trompe they shal gather together his chosen from the foure wyndes from one ende of the heauen to the other Lerne a symilitude of y e fygge tre When his braunche is yet tender and his leaues spronge ye knowe that Sommer is nye So likewyse ye whan ye se all thynges be ye sure that it is nye euen at the dores Verely I saye vnto you This generacion shal not passe tyll all these be fulfylled Heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal not perishe Neuertheles of that daye houre knoweth no man no not the angels of heauen but my father onely Euen as it was in the tyme of Noe so shal the commynge of the sonne of man be also For as they were in the dayes before y e floude they ate they dronke they maried and were maried euen vnto the daye y t Noe entred in to the shippe and they regarded it not tyll the floude came and toke them all awaye So shal also the commynge of the sonne of man be Thē shal two be in the felde the one shal be receaued and the other shal be refused Two shal be gryndinge at the Myll the one shal be receaued and the other shal be refused Two in the bed the one shal be receaued and the other refused Watch therfore for ye knowe not what houre youre LORDE wil come But be sure of this that yf the good man of the house knewe what houre the thefe wolde come he wolde surely watch and not suffre his house to be broken vp Therfore be ye ready also for in the houre that ye thynke not shal the sonne of man come Who is now a faithfull and wyse seruaūt whom his lorde hath made ruler ouer his houszholde that he maye geue them meate in due season Blessed is y t seruaūt whom his lorde whan he cōmeth shal fynde so doynge Verely I saye vnto you he shal set him ouer all his goodes But and yf the euell seruaūt shal saye in his hert Tush it wil be longe or my lorde come and begynne to smyte his felowes yee and to eate and drynke with the dronken The same seruaūtes lorde shal come in a daye whā he loketh not for him and in an houre that he is not ware of and shal hew him in peces and geue him his rewarde with ypocrytes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth The XXV Chapter THen shal the kyngdome of heauen be like vnto ten virgins which toke their lāpes and wente forth to mete the brydegome But fyue of them were foolish and fyue were wyse The foolish toke their lāpes neuertheles they toke none oyle with them But the wyse toke oyle in their vessels with their lampes Now whyle the brydegrome taried they slombred all and slepte But at mydnight there was a crye made Beholde the brydegrome commeth go youre waye out for to mete him Then all those virgins arose and prepared their lampes But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse geue vs of youre oyle for oure lāpes are gone out Then answered the wyse and sayde Not so lest there be not ynough for vs and you but go rather vnto them that sell and bye for youre selues And whyle they wente to bye the brydegrome came and they that were readye wente in with him vnto the mariage and the gate was shut vp At y e last came y e other virgins also and sayde LORDE LORDE opō vnto vs. But he answered and sayde Verely I saye vnto you I knowe you not Watch ye therfore for ye knowe nether the daye ner yet the houre whan y e sonne of man shal come Like wyse as a certayne mā ready to take his iourney in to a straunge countre called his seruaūtes and delyuered his goodes vnto thē And vnto one he gaue fyue talentes to another two and to another one vnto euery man after his abilyte and straight waye departed Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes wente and occupied with the same and wanne other fyue talentes Likewyse he y t receaued two talentes wāne other two also But he that receaued y e one wente and dygged a pyt in the earth and hyd his lordes money After a longe season the lorde of those seruauntes came and rekened with them Then came he that had receaued fyue talentes and brought other fyue talentes and sayde Syr thou delyuerdst vnto me fyue talentes Beholde with them haue I wonne fyue talētes mo Then sayde his lorde vnto hī wel thou good faithfull seruaunt thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle I wil set the ouer moch entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde Thē came he also that had receaued two talentes and sayde Syr thou delyuerdst vnto me two talentes Beholde I haue wonne two other talētes with thē His lorde sayde vnto him Wel thou good and faithfull seruaūt thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle I wil set the ouer moch entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde Then he that had receaued the one talēt came and sayde Syr I knew that thou artan hard man thou reapest where thou hast not sowen and gatherest where thou hast not strowed and so I was afrayed and wēte and hyd thy talent in the earth lo there thou hast thine owne But his lorde answered and sayde vnto him Thou euell and slouthfull seruaunt knewest thou that I reape where I sowed not and gather where I strawed not Thou shuldest therfore haue had my money to the chaungers and then at my commynge shulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage Therfore take the talent frō him and geue it vnto him that hath ten talentes For who so hath to him shal be geuen and he shal haue abundaunce But who so hath not frō him shal be takē awaye euen that he hath And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt in to vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth But whan the sonne of man shal come in his glory and all holy angels with him then shal he syt vpon the seate of his glory And all people shal be gathered before him and he shal separate them one from another as a shepherde deuydeth the shepe from y e goates And he shal set y e shepe on his right honde and the goates on the lefte Then shal the kynge saye vnto them that shal be on his right honde Come hither ye blessed of my father inheret ye y e kingdome which is prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde For I was hongrie and ye gaue me meate I was thirstie and ye
the people lest they shulde thrunge him for he healed many of them in so moch that all they which were plaged preased vpon him that they might touch him And whan the foule spretes sawe him they fell downe before him and cried and sayde Thou art the sonne of God And he charged them strately that they shulde not make him knowne And he wente vp in to a mountayne and called vnto him whom he wolde and they came vnto him And he ordeyned y e twolue that they shulde be with him and that he might sende them out to preach and that they might haue power to heale sicknesses and to cast out deuyls And vnto Symon he gaue the name Peter and Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon the brother of Iames and gaue thē the name Bonarges that is to saye the children of thonder and Andrew and Philippe and Bartylmew and Mathew and Thomas and Iames y e sonne of Alpheus and Taddeus and Symon of Cana and Iudas Iscarioth which betrayed him And they came to house Then assembled the people together agayne in so moch that they had no leysure to eate And when they that were aboute him herde of it they wente out to holde him For they sayde he taketh to moch vpon him But the scrybes that were come downe from Ierusalem sayde He hath Belzebub and thorow the chefe deuell casteth he out deuyls And he called them together and spake vnto them in symilitudes How can one Sathan dryue out another And yf a realme be deuyded in it self how can it endure And yf a house be deuyded agaynst it self it can not contynue Yf Sathan now ryse agaynst him self and be at variaunce with him self he can not endure but is at an ende No man can entre in to a stronge mans house and take awaye his goodes excepte he first bynde the stronge man and then spoyle his house Verely I saye vnto you All synnes shal be forgeuen the children of men and the blasphemy also wherwith they blaspheme But who so blasphemeth the holy goost hath neuer forgeuenes but is giltie of the euerlastinge iudgment For they sayde he hath an vncleane sprete And there came his mother and his brethrē and stode without and sente vnto him and called him And the people sat aboute him and sayde vnto him Beholde thy mother and thy brethrē axe after the without And he answered and sayde Who is my mother and my brethren And he loked rounde aboute him vpon his disciples which sat rounde in compasse aboute him and sayde Beholde my mother and my brethren For who so euer doth the will of God the same is my brother and my sister and my mother The IIII. Chapter ANd he begāne agayne to teach by y e see side And there gathered moch people vnto him so that he wente in to a shippe and sat vpon the water And all the people stode vpon the londe by the see syde And he preached longe vnto thē by parables and sayde vnto thē in his doctryne Herken to beholde there wente out a sower to sowe it happened whyle he was sowinge that some fell by the waye syde Then came the foules vnder the heauen and ate it vp Some fell vpon stonye grounde where it had not moch earth and anone it came vp because it had not depe earth Now whā the Sonne arose it caught heate and in so moch as it had no rote it wythred awaye And some fel amonge the thornes the thornes grew vp and choked it and it gaue no frute And some fell vpon a good grounde which gaue frute that came vp and grew And some bare thirtie folde and some sixtie folde and some an hundreth folde And he sayde vnto them Who so hath eares to heare let him heare And whan he was alone they that were aboute him w t the twolue axed him concernynge this parable And he sayde vnto thē Vnto you it is geuen to knowe the mystery of the kyngdome of God but vnto them that are without all thinges happen by parables that with seynge eyes they maye se and not discerne and that with hearinge eares they maye heare and not vnderstōde lest at eny tyme they turne and their synnes be forgeuen them And he sayde vnto them Vnderstonde ye not this parable How wyl ye then vnderstonde all other parables The sower soweth the worde These be they that are by the waye syde where the worde is sowne and as soone as they haue herde it immediatly commeth Sathā and taketh awaye the worde that was sowen in their hertes And likewyse are they that are sowen on the stonye grounde which when they haue herde the worde receaue it with ioye and haue no rote in them but endure for a tyme. When trouble and persecucion aryseth for y e wordes sake immediatly they are offended And these are they that are sowen amōge the thornes which heare the worde and y e carefulnes of this worlde and the disceatfulnes of riches and many other lustes entre in and choke the worde and so is it made vnfrutefull And these are they y t are sowen vpō a good grounde Which heare y e worde and receaue it and brynge forth frute some thirtie folde and some sixtie folde and some an hundreth folde And he sayde vnto thē Is a candle lighted to be put vnder a buszhell or vnder a table Is it not lighted to be set vpon a candelsticke For there is nothinge hyd that shal not be openly shewed and there is nothinge secrete y t shal not be knowne Who so hath eares to heare let him heare And he sayde vnto them Take hede what ye heare With what measure ye mete with the same shal it be measured vnto you agayne And vnto you that heare this shal more be geuen For who so hath vnto him shal be geuen and who so hath not from him shal be taken awaye euen that he hath And he sayde The kyngdome of God is after this maner as when a man casteth sede vpon the londe and slepeth and stondeth vp night and daye and the sede spryngeth vp groweth he not knowinge of it For the earth bryngeth forth frute of her selfe first the grasse afterwarde the eare then the full wheate in the eare But whan she hath brought forth the frute he putteth to the syckell because the haruest is come And he sayde Where vnto wyl welicken the kyngdome of God Or by what symilitude wyl we compare it It is like a grayne of mustarde sede which whā it is sowē vpō the londe is the leest amonge all sedes of the earth And whā it is sowen it groweth vp and is greater then all herbes and getteth greate braunches so y t the foules vnder the heauē maye dwell vnder y e shadowe therof And by many soch parables he spake the worde vnto thē there after as they might heare it without parables spake he nothinge vnto
of y e good treasure of his hert bryngeth forth y t which is good and an euell mā out of the euell treasure of his hert bryngeth forth that which is euell For of the abundaunce of the hert the mouth speaketh But why call ye me LORDE LORDE do not that I saye vnto you Who so euer commeth vnto me and heareth my wordes and doth thē I wil shewe you to whom he is lyke He is like vnto a man which buylded an house and digged depe and layed y e foundacion vpon a rocke Whan the waters came the floudes bett vpon that house and coulde not moue it for it was groūded vpō y e rocke But he that heareth and doth not is like vnto a man that buylded his house vpō the earth without foundacion and the streames bett vpō it and it fell immediatly and greate was the fall of that house The VII Chapter WHan he had ended his talkynge vnto the people he wente in to Capernaum and a captaynes seruaunt laye deed sicke whom he loued Whā he herde of Iesus he sent the elders of the Iewes vnto him and prayed him that he wolde come and make his seruaunt whole But whā they came to Iesus they besought him instantly sayde He is worthy y t thou shuldest shewe this for him for he loueth oure people hath buylded vs y e synagoge And Iesus wente w t them Now whan they were not farre from y e house y e captaine sent frēdes vnto hī saiēge vnto him Oh LORDE trouble not thy self I am not worthy y t thou shuldest enter vnder my rofe and therfore I thought not my self worthy to come to y e but speake y e worde my seruaūt shal be whole For I my self also am a mā subiecte to the hygher auctorite haue soudyers vnder me And I saye vnto one Go he goeth And to another Come he cōmeth And to my seruaūt Do this he doeth it Whan Iesus herde y t he marueyled at hī turned him aboute sayde vnto y e people y t folowed hī I saye vnto you So greate faith haue I not founde no not in Israel And whā they that were sent came home agayne they founde the seruaūt that was sicke whole And it fortuned afterwarde that he wēte into a cite called Naim and many of his disciples wente with him and moch people Whan he came nye to the gate of the cite beholde there was caried out one deed which was the onely sonne of his mother and she was a wyddowe and moch people of the cite wente with her And whan the LORDE sawe her he had cōpassion on her and sayde vnto her Wepe not And he came nye and touched the Coffyn And they that bare him stode styll And he sayde Yonge man I saye vnto the Aryse And the deed sat vp and beganne to speake And he delyuered him vnto his mother And there came a feare on them all and they praysed God and sayde A greate prophet is rysen amonge vs and God hath vysited his people And this fame of him was noysed in all Iewry and in all y e regions that laye rounde aboute And the disciples of Ihō shewed him of all these thinges And Ihon called vnto him two of his disciples and sent thē vnto Iesus sayenge Art thou he that shal come or shal we loke for another Whan the men came to him they sayde Ihon y e baptist hath sent vs vnto the sayenge Art thou he that shal come or shal we loke for another At the same houre healed he many from sicknesses plages and frō euell spretes and vnto many that were blynde he gaue sight And Iesus answered sayde vnto thē Go yo r waye shewe Ihon what ye haue sene herde The blynde se the halt go the lepers are clensed the deaf heare the deed aryse the Gospell is preached vnto y e poore and blessed is he that is not offended at me Whan the messaungers of Ihō were departed Iesus begāne to speake vnto y e people cōcernynge Ihō What are ye gone out for to se in y e wyldernesse Wolde ye se a rede that is shakē w t the wynde Or what are ye gone out for to se Wolde ye se a mā clothed in soft rayment Beholde they that are gorgiously arayed lyue delycately are in kynges courtes Or what are ye gone out for to se Wolde ye se a prophet Yee I saye vnto you one that is more thē a prophet This is he of whom it is wrytten Beholde I sende my messaunger before y e face which shal prepare thy waye before the. For I saye vnto you Amonge thē y t are borne of wemē there is no greater prophet thē Ihon the baptist Notwith stondynge he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God is greater then he And all the people that herde him and y e publicans iustified God and were baptysed with the baptyme of Ihon. But the Pharises and scrybes despysed y e councell of God against thē selues were not baptised of hī But the LORDE saide Where vnto shal I licken the men of this generacion And whom are they like They are like vnto childrē which syt in the market and crye one to another and saye We haue pyped vnto you and ye haue not daunsed we haue mourned vnto you ye haue not wepte For Ihon y e baptist came and ate no bred and drāke no wyne and ye saye he hath y e deuell The sonne of man is come eateth and drynketh ye saye This man is a glutton and a wyne bebber a frende of publicans and synners And wyszdome is iustified of all hir children And one of the Pharises desyred him y t he wolde eate with him And he wente in to the Pharises house and sat him downe at y e table And beholde there was in the cite a womā which was a synner Whē she knewe that Iesus sat at the table in the Pharises house she brought a boxe with oyntment stode behynde at his fete and wepte and beganne to water his fete with teares and to drye thē w t the hayres of hir heade and kyssed his fete anoynted thē with oyntmēt But whan the Pharise which had called him sawe that he spake within himself and sayde Yf this mā were a prophet he wolde knowe who what maner of woman this is that toucheth him for she is a synner And Iesus answered and saide vnto him Simō I haue somewhat to saye vnto the. He sayde Master saye on A certayne lender had two detters the one ought fyue hundreth pens the other fiftie but whan they had no thinge to paye he forgaue thē both Tell me which of them wyl loue him most Symon answered and sayde He I suppose to whō he forgaue most Then sayde he vnto him Thou hast iudged right And he turned him to the woman and sayde vnto Symō Seist thou this womā I am come
is he then his sonne Now whyle all the people gaue audience he sayde vnto his disciples Bewarre of the scrybes which wyl go in longe garmentes and loue to be saluted vpon the market and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges and at the table They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge These shal receaue the greater daÌ„nacion The XXI Chapter ANd he loked vp and behelde y e riche how they put in their offerynges in to the Gods chest He sawe also a poore wedowe which put in two mytes and he sayde Verely I saye vnto you This poore wedowe hath put in more theÌ„ they all For these all haue of their excesse put in vnto the offerynge of God but she of hir pouerte hath put in all hir lyuynge that she had And whaÌ„ some spake of the temple that it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels he saide The time shal come wher in of all this that ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon another which shal not be broken downe They axed him and sayde Master whaÌ„ shal these be and what shal be the token whan these shal come to passe He sayde Take hede that ye be not disceaued For many shal come in my name and saye I am he the tyme is come hard by Folowe them not But whan ye heare of warres and insurreccions be not ye afrayed for soch must come to passe but the ende is not yet there so soone Then sayde he vnto them One people shal ryse agaynst another and one realme ageynst another shal be greate earthquakes here and there pestilence and derth and fearfull thinges And greate tokeÌ„s shal there be froÌ„ heaueÌ„ But before all these they shal laye handes vpon you and persecute you and delyuer you vp in to their synagoges and presons and brynge you before kynges prynces for my names sake But this shal happen vnto you for a wytnesse Be at a poynt therfore in youre hertes that ye take no thought how ye shal answere for I wil geue you mouth wyszdome â—gaynst the which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake ner to resist But ye shal be delyuered vp euen of youre elders brethren kynszfolkes and frendes and some of you shal they put vnto death and ye shal be hated of euery man for my names sake and yet shal not one hayre of youre heade perishe Holde fast youre soules with pacience But whan ye shal se Ierusalem beseged with an hoost then vnderstonde that the desolacion of it is nye Then let them which be in Iewry flye vnto the mountaynes â–ª â—nd let soch as be in the myddest therof departe out and let soch as be in the countrees not come therin For these are the dayes of vengeaunce that euery thinge which is wrytten maye be fulfilled But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue sucke in those dayes for there shal be greate trouble vpon earth and wrath ouer this people and they shal fall thorow the edge of the swerde and be led captyue amoÌ„ge all nacions And IerusaleÌ„ shal be troden downe of the Heithen â–ª vntyll the tyme of the Heithen be fulfilled And there shal be tokens in the Sonne and Mone and starres and vpon earth the people shal be in soch perplexite that they shal not tell which waye to turne them selues And the see and the waters shal roare and men shal pyne awaye for feare and for lokynge after the thinges which shal come vpoÌ„ earth For euen the very powers of heauen shal moue And then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloude with power and greate glory But whan these thinges begynne to come to passe theÌ„ loke vp and lift vpp youre heades for youre redempcion draweth nye And he tolde them a symilitude Beholde the fygge tre and all tre trees whaÌ„ they now shute forth their buddes ye se by them and perceaue that Sommer is now at hande So likewyse ye whan ye se all these thinges come to passe be sure that the kyngdome of God is nye Verely I saye vnto you This generacioÌ„ shal not passe tyll all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe But take hede vnto youre selues that yo hertes be not ouerladeÌ„ with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes and with takinge of thought for lyuynge and so this daye come vpoÌ„ you vnawares For as a snare shal it come on all them that dwell vpon earth Watch therfore coÌ„tynually and praye that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that shal come to stoÌ„de before y e sonne of man And on the daye tyme he taught in the temple but in the night season he wente out and abode all night vpon mount Oliuete And all the people gat them vp early vnto him in the temple for to heare him The XXII Chapter THe feast of swete bred which is called Easter drue nye And y e hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death and were afrayed of the people But Satan was entred in to Iudas named Iscarioth which was of y e nombre of y e twolue and he weÌ„te his waye and talked with the hye prestes and with y e officers how he wolde betraye him vnto them And they were glad and promysed to geue him money And he coÌ„sented sought oportunite y t he might betraye hiÌ„ without eny rumoure Then came y e daye of swete bred wherin the Easter lambe must be offered And he sent Peter and Ihon and sayde Go youre waye prepare vs the Easter lambe that we maye eate But they sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare it He saide vnto them Beholde whaÌ„ ye come in to y e cite there shal mete you a man bearinge a pitcher of water folowe him in to the house y t he entreth in and saye vnto the good man of the house The master sendeth y e worde Where is y e gesthouse wherin I maye eate the Easter laÌ„be with my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued They wente their waye and founde as he had sayde vnto them and made ready the Easter lambe And whan the houre came he sat him downe and the twolue Apostles with him and he sayde vnto them I haue hertely desyred to â—ate this Easter laÌ„be with you before I suffre For I saye vnto you that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof tyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuyde it amonge you For I laye vnto you I wil not drynke of the frute of y e vyne vntyll the kyngdome of God come And he toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and gaue it them and sayde This is my body which shal be geuen for you This do
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
drye londe which whā the Egipcians assayed to do they were drowned By faith the walles of Iericho fell whā they were compased aboute seuen dayes By faith the harlot Raab perished not with the vnbeleuers whā she had receaued the spyes to lodginge peaceably And what shal I more saye y t tyme wolde be to shorte for me to tell of Gedeon of Barac and of Samson of Iepthae and of Dauid and Samuel and of the prophetes which thorow faith subdued kyngdomes wroughte righteousnes optayned y e promyses stopped y e mouthes of lyōs quenched the violēce of fyre escaped y e edge of the swerde of weake were made stronge became valeaunt in batayll turned to flighte the armyes of the aleauntes the wemen receaued their deed agayne from resurreccion But other were racked and accepted no delyueraunce that they mighte optayne the resurreccion that better is Other taisted of mockinges and scourginges of bondes also and presonment were stoned were hewen a sunder were tempted were slayne with the swerde wente aboute in shepe skynnes and goates skynnes in nede in tribulacion in vexacion which men the worlde was not worthy of they wandred aboute in wyldernesses vpon mountaynes in dennes and caues of the earth And these all thorow faith optayned good reporte and receaued not y e promes because God had prouyded a better thinge for vs that they without vs shulde not be made perfecte The XII Chapter WHerfore seynge we haue so greate a multitude of witnesses aboute vs let vs also laye awaye all y t presseth downe and the synne that hangeth on and let vs runne with pacience vnto the batayl that is set before vs lokynge vnto Iesus y e aucto r and fyniszher of faith which whan the ioye was layed before him abode the crosse and despysed the shame and is set downe on y e righte hāde of y e trone of God Cōsidre him therfore that endured soch speakinge agaynst hī of synners lest ye be weery and faynte in youre myndes for ye haue not yet resisted vnto bloude stryuynge agaynst synne and haue forgotten the consolacion which speaketh vnto you as vnto children My sonne despyse not the chastenynge off the LORDE nether faynte whan thou art rebuked of him for whō the LORDE loueth him he chasteneth yee and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth Yf ye endure chastenynge God offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto sonnes What sonne is that whom the father chasteneth not Yf ye be not vnder correccion wherof all are partakers then are ye bastardes and not sonnes Morouer seyenge we haue had fathers off oure flesh which corrected vs we gaue them reuerence shulde we not then moch rather be in subieccion vnto y e father of spirituall giftes y t we mighte lyue And they verely for a few dayes nurtred vs after their awne pleasure but he lerneth vs vnto y t which is profitable that we mighte receaue of his holynes No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous but greuous neuertheles afterwarde it bringeth the quyete frute of righteousnes vnto them which are exercysed therby Life vp therfore the handes which were let downe and the weake knees and se that ye haue straight steppes vnto youre fete lest eny haltinge turne you out of the waye yee let it rather be healed Folowe after peace with all men and holynes without the which no man shal se the LORDE ād loke well that no mā be destitute of the grace of God lest there sprynge vp eny bytter rote and cause disquyetnes and therby many be defyled that there be no whoremonger or vncleane person as Esau which for one meate sake solde his byrth righte For ye knowe how that afterwarde whan he wolde haue inhereted the blessynge he was put by for he foūde no place of repētaunce though he desyred y e blessynge with teares For ye are not come to y e moūt that can be touched and burneth with fyre nether yet to myst and darcknes and tempest of wedder nether to the sounde of the trompe and y e voyce of wordes which they that herde wyszhed awaye that the worde shulde not be spoken to them for they were not able to abyde that which was spoken And yf a beest had touched the mountayne it must haue bene stōed or thrust thorow with a darte And so terrible was the sighte which appeared that Moses sayde I feare and quake But ye are come to the mount Sion and to the cite of the lyuynge God to the celestiall Ierusalem and to the multitude of many thousande angels and vnto the congregacion of the first borne which are wrytten in heauen and to God the iudge of all and to the spretes of iust and perfecte men and to Iesus the mediatoure of the new Testament and to the sprenklynge off bloude that speaketh better then the bloude of Abel Se that ye despyse not him that speaketh vnto you for yf they escaped not which refused him that spake on earth moch more shal we not escape yf we turne awaye from him that speaketh from heauē whose voyce shoke the earth at that tyme. But now promyseth he sayeth Yet once more wyl I shake not the earth onely but also heauen No doute that same that he sayeth yet once more signifieth the remouynge awaye of those thinges which are shaken as off thinges which are made that y e thinges which are not shakē maye remayne Wherfore seynge we receaue the vnmoueable kyngdome we haue grace wherby we maye serue God please him with reuerence and godly feare For oure God is a consumynge fyre The XIII Chapter LEt brotherly loue cōtynue Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers for therby haue dyuerse receaued angels in to their houses vnawares Remembre them that are in bondes euē as though ye were bounde with them and be myndefull off them which are in aduersite as ye which are also in the bodye Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes let y e chamber be vndefyled For whorekepers and aduouterers God wil iudge Let youre conuersacion be without couetousnes and be content with that ye haue allready for he hath sayde I wyl not fayle the nether forsake the so that we maye boldely saye The LORDE is my helper and I wyl not feare what man maye do vnto me Remembre thē which haue the ouersighte of you which haue declared vnto you the worde of God The ende of whose cōuersacion se that ye loke vpon and folowe their faith Iesus Christ yesterdaye and Todaye the same cōtinueth foreuer Be not caried aboute w t dyuerse and straunge lernynges for it is a good thinge that the herte be stablyszhed with grace and not with meates which haue not profited them that haue had their pastyme in them We haue an altare wherof they haue no power to eate which serue in the Tabernacle For the bodies of
thy fylthy nakednes do not apere anoynt thine eyes with eye salue y t thou mayste se. As many as I loue I rebuke chasten Be feruent therfore and repent Beholde I stonde at the doore knocke Yf eny man heare my voyce and vpen the dore I wil come in vnto him and will suppe with him he with me To him that ouercoÌ„mth will I grauÌ„te to sytt with me on my seate eueÌ„ as I ouercam and haue sytteÌ„ with my father on his seate Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the coÌ„gregacioÌ„s The IIII. Chapter AFter this I loked and beholde a dore was open in heaueÌ„ and the fyrste voyce which I harde was as it were of a trompet talkinge with me which sayde come vp hydder and I wil shewe the thinges which must be fulfylled her after And immediatly I was in the sprete beholde a seate was set in heauen and one sat on the seate And he that sat was to loke vpon like vnto a iaspar stone and a sardyne stone And there was a rayne bowe aboute the seate in syght like to a Smaragde And aboute the seate were xxiiij seates And vpon the seates xxiiij elders syttinge clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde And out of y e seate proceded lightnynges and thundrynges voyces and there wer seuen laÌ„pes of fyre burninge before the seate which are the seuen spretes of God And before the seate there wasâ—â— see of glasse like vnto crystall and in the mydes off the seate and rounde aboute the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde And the first beest was like a lion the seconde beest like a calfe and the thyrde beest had a face as a man and the fourth beest was like a flyenge egle And the foure beestes had eche one off them vj. wynges aboute him and they were full of eyes with in And they had no rest daye nether night sayenge * holy holy holy is the LORDE God almyghty which was and is and is to come And when those beestes gaue glory and honour and thankes to him that sat on the seate which lyueth for euer and euer y e xxiiij elders fell downe before him that sat on the trone and worshipped him y t lyueth for euer and cast their crounes before y e trone sayenge thou art worthy LORDE to receaue glory and hono r and power for thou hast created all thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created The V. Chapter ANd I sawe in the right hoÌ„de of him that sat in the trone a boke wrytten with in on the backside sealed with seueÌ„ seales And I sawe a stroÌ„ge angell preachinge with a loude voyce Who is worthy to open the boke and to loose the seales therof And no maÌ„ in heaueÌ„ ner in earth nether vnder y e earth was able to opeÌ„ y e boke nether to loke thereon And I wepte moch because no man was founde worthy to open and to rede the boke nether to loke thereon And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not Beholde the lyon which is off the trybe of Iuda y e rote of Dauid hath obtayned to opeÌ„ the boke and to lowse the seueÌ„ seales therof And I behelde lo in the myddes of the seate and of y e foure beastes and in the myddes of y e elders stode a lambe as though he had bene kylled which had seuen hornes and seueÌ„ eyes which are the seueÌ„ spretes of God sent in to all the worlde And he came and toke the boke out of the right hoÌ„de of him that sat vpon the seate And when he had taken the boke the foure beestes and the xxiiij elders fell downe before the lambe hauinge harpes and golden vialles full of odoures which are y e prayers of the sayntes and they songe a newe songe saynge thou art worthy to take the boke to opeÌ„ the seales therof for thou wast kylled and hast redemed vs by thy bloud out of all kynreddes and toÌ„ges and people and nacions hast made vs vnto o r God kynges and prestes and we shal raygne on y e earth And I behelde and I herd the voyce of many angilles aboute the trone and aboute the beestes and y e elders and I herde thousand thousandes sayenge with a loude voyce Worthy is the lambe that was killed to receaue power and riches wiszdome and strength and honoure and glory and blessynge And all creatures which are in heaueÌ„ on the earth vnder the earth in the see all y t are in theÌ„ herd I sayenge blessinge honoure glory power be vnto him y t sytteth vpoÌ„ the seate and vnto the laÌ„be for euermore And the foure beestes saide AmeÌ„ And y e xxiiij elders fell vpon their faces and worshipped him that lyueth for euermore The VI. Chapter ANd I sawe when the laÌ„be opened one of the seales I herde one of the foure beestes saye as it wer the noyse off thonder come and se. And I sawe and beholde there was a whyte horsse and he y t sat on him had a bowe and a crowne was geuen vnto him and he went forth conquerynge and for to ouercome And wheÌ„ he opened the seconde seale I herde the seconde beeste saye come and se. And there went out another horsse that was reed power was geuen to him that sat there on to take peace from the earth and that they shulde kyll one another And there was geueÌ„ vnto him a gret swearde And when he opened the thyrde seale I herde the thyrde beeste saye come se. And I behelde and lo a blacke horsse and he that sate on him had a payre of balances in his honde And I herde a voyce in the myddes of the foure beastes saye a measure of whete for a peny and thre measures of barly for a peny and oyle and wyne se thou hurte not And when he opened the fourth seale I herde the voyce of the fourthe beaste saye come and se. And I loked and beholde a pale horsse and his name that sat on him was deeth and hell folowed after him power was geueÌ„ vnto them ouer the fourthe parte of the earth to kyll with swearde and w t honger and with deeth of the vermen of the earth And when he opened the fyfte seale I sawe vnder the aultre the soules of them y t were kylled for the worde of God and for y e testimony which they had and they cryed with a lowde voyce sayeÌ„ge How loÌ„ge tariest thou LORDE holy and true to iudge to auenge oure bloude on them that dwell on the earth And longe whyte garmentes were geuen vnto euery one of them And it was sayde vnto them that they shulde reste for a lyttle season vntyll the nomber of their felowes and brethreÌ„ and of them that shulde be killed as they were were fulfilled And I behelde when he
opened the sixte seale and loo there was a grett earthquake and y e sonne was as blacke as sacke cloth made of heare And the mone wexed eueÌ„ as bloude and the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth euen as a fyggetree castith from her her fygges when she is shaken off a mighty wynde And heauen vanyszhed awaye as a scroll when it is rolled togedder And all mountayns and yles were moued out of their places And the kynges of y e earth and the grete men and the riche men and the chefe captaynes and the myghte men and euery free man hyd them selues in dennes and in rockes of y e hylles and sayde to the hylles and rockes fall on vs and hyde vs from the presence of him that sytteth on the seate and from the wrath of the lambe for the grete daye of his wrath is come And who can endure it The VII Chapter ANd after that sawe I foure angels stoÌ„de on y e foure corners of the earth holdinge y e foure wyndes of y e earth y t y e wyndes shulde not blowe on y e earth nether on y e see nether on eny tree And I sawe another angel ascende froÌ„ the rysinge of the sonne which had the seale of y e lyuinge God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure angelles to whom power was geuen to hurt the earth and the see sayenge Hurt not the earth nether the see nether the trees till we haue sealed the seruauÌ„tes of oure God in their forheddes And I herde the nombre of them which were sealed and there were sealed an c. and xliiij M. of all the trybes of the children of Israell Of y e trybe of Iuda were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Ruben were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Gad were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Asser were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Neptalym were sealed xij M. Of y e trybe of Manasses were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Symeon were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Leui were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Isacar were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Zabulon were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Ioseph were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Beniamin were sealed xij thousande After this I behelde and lo a gret multitude which no man coulde nombre of all nacions and people and tonges stode before the seate and before the lambe clothed w t longe whyte garmeÌ„tes and palmes in their hondes and cryed with a londe voyce sayenge saluacion be asscribed to him y t sytteth vpon the seate of oure God and vnto the lambe And all the angels stode in the compase of the seate and of the elders and of the foure beastes and fell before y e seat on the faces and worshipped God sayenge amâ—â— Blessynge and glory wiszdome and thaÌ„kes and honour and power and might be vnto oure God for euermore Amen And one of the elders answered sayenge vnto me what are these which are arayed in longe whyte garmeÌ„tes and whence cam they And I sayde vnto him LORDE thou wotest And he sayde vnto me these are they which cam out of gret tribulacion and made their garmentes large and made theÌ„ whyte in the bloude of the lambe therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God and serue him daye and night in his temple and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwell amonge them They shal honger no more nether thyrst nether shal the sonne lyght on them nether eny heate For the laÌ„be which is in the myddes of the seate shal fede them and shal leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuynge water and God shal wype awaye all teares from their eyes The VIII Chapter ANd when he had opened the seuenth seale there was sileÌ„ce in heauen aboute the space of halfe an houre And I shal reigne for eurmore And the foure and twentye Elders which sat before God on their seatts fell vpon their faces and worshipped God sayenge we geue the thankes LORDE God allmyghte which art and wast and art to come for thou hast receaued thy greate might and hast raygned And the Heythen were angry thy wrath is come and the tyme of the deed that they shulde be iudged and that thou shuldest geue rewarde vnto thy seruauÌ„tes the prophettes and saynctes and to theÌ„ that feare thy name small greate and shuldest destroye them which destroye the earth And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there was sene in his temple the arcke of his testament and there folowed lightnynges and voyces and thondrynges and earth quake and a greate hayle And there appeared a greate token in heauen A woman clothed with the Sonne and the mone vnder her fete and vpon her deed a crowne of twolue starres And she was with childe and cryed trauaillinge in byrth and payned redy to be delyuered And there appeared another token in heauen and beholde a greate reed dragon hauinge seuen heades and ten hornes and seueÌ„ crownes vpoÌ„ his heades and his tayle drue the thyrde parte of the starres and cast them to the earth And the dragon stode before the womaÌ„ which was ready to be delyuered for to devoure her childe as sone as it were borne And she brought forth a man childe which shulde rule all nacions with a rod of yron And her sonne was taken vp vnto God and to his seate And the woman fled in to wyldernes where she had a place prepared off God that they shulde fede her there a M.ij. C. and lx dayes And there was a greate batayll in heaueÌ„ Michael and his angels foughte with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels and preuayled not nether was their place founde eny more in heauen And the greate dragon that olde serpent called the deuell and Sathanas was cast out Which disceaued all the worlde And he was cast in to the earth and his angelles were cast out with him also And I harde a lowde voyce which sayde in heauen Now is saluacion and strength and the kyngdome become oure Gods and y e power his Christes For he is cast downe which accused them before God daye and night And they ouercame him by the bloude of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loued not their lyues vnto the deeth Therfore reioyce ye heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the see for the deuell is come downe vnto you which hath greate wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man childe And to the woman were geueÌ„ two wynges of a greate egle that she might flye in to the wyldernes in to her place where she is noryszhed for a tyme two tymes and halffe a tyme from the presence of the serpeÌ„t And the dragon cast out of
his mouth water after the womā as it had bene a ryuer that he might cause her to be caught of y e floud And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the womā and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede which kepe the cōmaundementes of God and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sonde The XIII Chapter ANd I sawe a beest rise out of the see hauinge seuen heades and x. hornes and vpon his hornes x. crownes and vpō his heed the names of blasphemy And the beest which I sawe was lyke a catt of the mountayne and his fete were as the fete of a bear and his mouth as the mouthe of a lyon And y e dragō gaue him his power and his seate and greate auctorite and I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his dedly wounde was healed And all the worlde wōdred at the beest and they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beest and they worshipped the beest sayenge who is like vnto the beest who is able to warre with him And there was geuen vnto him a mouth to speake greate thinges blasphemies and power was geuen vnto him to do xlij monethes And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemy agaynst God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen And it was geuen vnto him to make warre with the sayntes and to ouercome them And power was geuen him ouer all kynred tonge and nacion and all that dwell vpon the earth worshipt him whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life of the lambe which was kylled from the beginnynge of the worlde Yf eny man haue an eare let him heare He that leadeth in to captiuite shal go in to captiuite he that killeth with a swearde must be killed with y e swearde Heare is the pacience and the faith of the saynctes And I behelde another beest commynge vp out of the earth and he had two hornes like a lambe and he spake as dyd the dragō And he dyd all that the first beest coulde do in his presence and he caused the earth and them which dwell therin to worshippe the fyrst beest whose deedly woūde was healed And he dyd greate wonders so that he made fyre come downe from heauē in the sight of men And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth by y e meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the sight of the beest sayenge to them that dwelt on the earth that they shulde make an ymage vnto the beest which had the wounde of a swearde and dyd liue And he had power to geue a sprete vnto the ymage of the beest and that the ymage of the beest shulde speake and shulde cause that as many as wolde not worshippe the ymage of the beest shulde be kylled And he made all bothe smale and greate ryche and poore fre and bond to receaue a marke in their right hondes or in their forheades And that noman might by or sell saue he y t had y e marke or the name of the beest ether the nombre of his name Here is wiszdome Let him that hath wyt count the nombre of the beest For it is the nombre of a man and his nombre is sixe hondred thre score and sixe The XIIII Chapter ANd I loked and lo a lambe stode on the moūt Syon and with him C. and xliiij thousande hauynge his fathers name wrytten in their forheades And I herde a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voyce of a greate thondre And the voyce that I herde was as the harpers that playe vpon their harpers And they songe as it were a newe songe before the seate before y e foure beestes and the elders and no man coulde learne y t songe but the hondred and xliiij M. which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with wemen for they are virgyns These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth These were redemed from men beynge the fyrst frutes vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was founde no gyle For they are withoutē spot before the trone of God And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes of heauen hauinge an euerlastinge Gospell to preache vnto them that syt and dwell on the earth and to all nacions kinreddes and tōges and people sayēge with a lowde voyce Feare God and geue honour to him for the houre of his iudgement is come and worshippe him that made heauen and earth and the see and the fountaynes off water And there folowed another angell sayenge She is fallen she is fallen euē Babilon that greate cite for she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off hyr whordome And the thyrde angel folowed thē sayenge with a loude voyce Yf eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage and receaue his marke in his forhed or on his honde the same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath And he shal be punyszhed in fyre and brymstone before the holy Angels and before the lambe And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore And they haue no res◠daye ner nyght which worshippe the beast and his ymage and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of his name Here is the pacience of sayntes Heare are they that kepe the commaundementes and the faith off Iesu. And I herde a voyce from heauen sayenge vnto me wryte Blessed are y e deed which here after dye in the LORDE Yee the sprete sayeth that they rest from their laboures for their workes folowe them And I loked and beholde a whyte cloude and vpō y e cloude one syttynge like vnto the sonne of man hauinge on his heed a golden crowne and in his hōde a sharpe sykle And another angell came out of the temple cryenge with a loude voyce to him that sat on the cloude Thruste in thy sycle and reepe for the tyme is come to reepe for the corne of the earth is rype And he that sat on y e cloude thrust in his sykle on the earth and the earth was reeped And another angell came out of the temple which is in heauen hauinge also a sharpe sykle And another angel came out from the aultre which had power ouer fyre and cryed with a loude crye vnto hym that had the sharpe syckle and sayde Thruste in thy sharpe syckle and gather the clusters of y e earth for hir grapes are rype And the angell thrust in his syckle on the erthe and cut downe the grapes of the vynyarde of the earth and cast them in to the greate wynefat of y e wrath of God the wynefat was trodden without the cite and bloude came out of the fat euen vnto the
and wrath of allmightye God And hath on his vesture and on his thyghe a name wrytten Kynge of all kinges and LORDE of all lordes 〈◊〉 I sawe an angell stonde in the Sonne and he cryed with a lowde voyce sayenge to all the fowles that flye by them yddes vnder the heauen Come and gaddre youre selues togedder vnto the supper of the gret God that ye maye eate the fleszhe of kynges and of hye captaynes and the fleszhe of mighty men and the fleszhe of horsses and of theÌ„ that syt on them and the fleszhe of all free men and bondmen both of small and greate And I sawe the beeste and the kynges of y e earth and their warriers gaddred togedder to make battayle agaynste him that sat vpon the horsse and agaynst his sowdiers And the beeste was taken and with him that false prophet that wrought myracles before him with which he disceaued then that receaued the beestes marke and them that worszhipped his ymage The 〈◊〉 were cast in to a ponde of fyre burnynge w t brymstone and the remnaunte were slayne with the swearde of him that sat vpon the horsse which swearde proceded out of his mouth and all the foules were filled with their fleszhe The XX. Chapter ANd I sawe an angell come downe from heauen hauinge the keye of the bottomlesse pyt and a gret chayne in his honde And he toke the dragon that olde serpent which is the deuell and Satanas and he bounde him a thousand yeares and cast him in to the bottomlesse pyt and he bounde him and set a seale on him that he shuld disceaue the people nomoare tyll the thousand yeares were fulfilled And afâ—â—r that must he be lowsed for a littell 〈…〉 〈…〉 seates and they sat vpon 〈…〉 was geuen vnto 〈…〉 the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnes of Iesus 〈◊〉 for the worde of God which had not woâ—â—shipped the beest nether his ymage nether had raken his marke vpon their forheaâ—des or on their hondes and they lyued and raygned with Christ a thousand yeare brethe other of the deed men lyued not agayne vntill the thousand yeare were fyniszhed This is that fyrst resurreccion Blessed and holy is he that hath parte in the fyrst resurreccion On soch hath the seconde deeth no power but they shal be the prestes of God and of Christ and shall raygne with him a thousand yeare And when the thousand yeares are expyred Sathan shal be lowsed out of his preson and shal go out to deceaue the people which are in the foure quarters of the earth Gog and Magog to gadder them togedder to batayle whose nombre is as the sonde off the see and they went vp on the playne of the earth and compased the tentes of the sayntes aboute and the beloued cite And fyre cam doune from God out of heauen and deuoured them and the deuell that disceaued them was cast into a lake of fyre and brymstone where the beest and the false prophet were and shal be tormented daye and night for euermore And I sawe a gret whyte seate and him that sat on it from whole face fled awaye both the earth and heauen and their place was nomore founde And I sawe the deed both gret and small stonde before God And the bokes were opened and another boke was opened which is the boke of life and the deed were iudged of tho thinges which were wrytten in the bokes accordinge to their dedes and the see gaue vp her deed which were in her and deeth and hell delyuered vp the deed which were in them and they were iudged euery man accordynge to his dedes And deth and hell were cast in to the lake of fyre This is that second deeth And whosoeuer was not founde wrytten in the boke off life was cast in to the lake of fyre The XXI Chapter ANd I sawe a newe heauen and a newe earth For the fyrst heauen and the fyrst earth were vaniszhed awaye and there was nomore See And I Ihon sawe that holy cite newe Ierusalem come downe from God out of heauen prepared 〈…〉 garniszhed for hyr huszband And 〈…〉 a greate voyce from the seate sayen 〈…〉 the tabernacle of God is with 〈…〉 and he wil dwell with them And they 〈◊〉 his people and God himselfe shal be with theÌ„ and shal be their God And God shal wipe awaye all teares from their eyes And there shal be nomore deeth nether sorowe nether shal there be eny more payne for y e olde thinges are gone And he that sat vpon the seate sayde Beholde I make all thinges newe And he sayde vnto me wryte for these wordes are faithfull and true 〈◊〉 sayde vnt◠〈◊〉 it is done I am 〈…〉 begynnynge and 〈…〉 that is a thyrst 〈…〉 He that 〈…〉 I wil 〈…〉 But 〈…〉 and murthurers and whormongers and sorcerers and ydolaters all lyars shal haue their parte in the lake that burneth with fyre and brymstone which is the seconde death And there came vnto me one of the seuen angels which had the seuen vials full of the seuen last plages and talked with me sayenge come hydder I wil shewethe the bryde y e laÌ„bes wyfe And he caryed me awaye in y e sprete to a greate and an hye mouÌ„tayne and he shewed me the greate cite holy IerusaleÌ„ descendinge out of heauen from God hauynge the brightnes of God And her shynynge was lyke vnto a stone most precious euen a Iaspar cleare as cristall had greate and hye walles and had twolue gates and at y e gates twolue angels and names wrytten which are the twolue trybes of Israel on the est parte thre gates and on the north syde thre gates and towarde the south thre gates and from the west thre gates â–ª and the wall of the cite had twolue foundacioÌ„s and in them the names of the lambes twolue Apostles And he that talked with me had a golden rede to measure the cite with all and the gates therof and the wall therof And the cite was bylt foure square and the length was as large as the bredth of it and he â—â—asured the cite with the rede twolue M. furlonges and the length and the bredth and y e heyth of it were equall And he measured the wall therof an cxliiij cubittee after y e measure of a man which the angel had And the buyldinge of the wall of it was of Iaspar And the cite was of pure golde like vnto cleare glasse and y e foundacioÌ„s of the walles and of y e cite were garnyszhed with all maner of precious stones The fyrst foundacion was a Iasper the seconde a Saphyre y e thyrde a Calcedony the fourth a Smaragde the fyft a Sardonix the sixt a Sardâ—os the seuenth a Crysolite the eyght berall the nynth a Topas the tenth a Crysoprasos the eleueÌ„th a Iacyncte the twelfte an Amatist And the twolue gates were twolue pearles and euery gate was of
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
departe out of y e londe of the Caldees and ye shall be as the rammes that go before the flocke For lo I will wake vp an hoost of people from y e northren londe bringe them vpon Babilon these shal laye sege to it wynne it Their arowes shal not mysse like as a connynge archer shuteth not wronge And the Caldees shal be spoyled all they that spoyle them shal be satisfied saieth the LORDE because ye were so chearfull glad to treade downe myne heretage fulfilled youre pleasures as the calues in the grasse and triumphed ouer them like the bulles when ye had gotten the victory Youre mothers shal be sore confounded and they that bare you shal come to shame She shall be the leest set by amonge the nacions vyode waist dried vp No man shal be able to dwell there for the feare of y e LORDE but she shal be whole desolate All they that go by Babilon shall stonde still be abashed shal wondre at all hir plages Go forth in yo r araye agaynst Babilon rounde aboute all ye that can hādle bowes shute as her spare no arowes for she hath synned agaynst the LORDE Crie out vpon her vpon her agaynst her roūde aboute she shal yelde herselfe her foundaciōs shal fall hir walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDE Yee vēgeaunce shal be taken of her as she hath done so shal she be dealt withall They shal rote out the sower from Babilon him y t handleth the sickle in haruest For feare of the swearde of the enemie euery man shall get him to his owne people euery man shal fle to his owne londe Israel is a scatred flocke the Lyons haue dispersed them First the kinge of the Assirians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon hath brussed all their bones Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will viset the kinge of Babilon his kingdome as I haue visited the kinge of the Assirians and will bringe Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he maye fede vpon Charmel Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim Galaad In those dayes and at the same tyme saieth the LORDE yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda there shal be none for I wil be mercifull vnto them whom I suffre to remayne ouer Go downe o thou avenger in to the enemies londe viset them that dwell therin downe with them and smyte them vpon the backes saieth the LORDE do acordinge to all that I haue commaunded the. There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter greate murthur namely on this maner How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken brussed in sonder How chaunceth it that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner I my self haue layed wayte for the thou art taken vnawarres art thou trapped snared for why thou hast prouoked y e LORDE vnto anger The LORDE hath opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For the thinge that is done in the londe of the Caldees it is the LORDE of hoostes worke These thinges shal come vpon her at the last they shal breake in to hir preuy chābres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shall so destroye her y t nothinge shal be left They shal slaye all hir mightie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto thē for the daye tyme of their visitacion is at honde Me thinke I heare already a crie of them that be fled escaped out of the londe of Babilon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the LORDE oure God the vengeaunce of his temple Yee a voyce of them that crie agaynst Babilon Call vp all the archers agaynst Babilon pytch youre tentes rounde aboute her that none escape Recompence her as she hath deserued and acordinge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her self agaynst the LORDE agaynst y e holy one of Israel Therfore shal hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes all hir men of warre shal be roted out in y t daye saieth the LORDE Beholde I speake vnto the o thou proude saieth the LORDE God of hoostes for thy daye shal come euē the tyme of y e visitaciō And the proude shal stomble fall no man shal helpe him vp I wil burne vp his cities with fyre it shal consume all that is rounde aboute him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The children of Israel Iuda suffre violence together All they that haue them in captiuyte kepe them fast wil not let them go but their avēger redemer is mightie whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he shal manteyne their cause he shal make the londe shake iudge them that dwell therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees saieth the LORDE vpon them that dwell in Babilon vpon their prynces vpō their wyse mē The swearde vpon their soythsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpō their worthies so that they shal stonde in feare The swearde vpon their horsmen and charettes vpon all the comon people that dwell vnder thē so that they all shal become like women The swearde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen awaye The swearde vpon their waters so that they shal be dried vp For the londe worshippeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thinges Therfore shal wilde beestes Apes Estriches dwell therin for there shal neuer man dwell there nether shal eny man haue his habitacion there for euermore Like as God destroyed Sodom Gomorre with the cities that laye there aboute saieth the LORDE So shal noman dwell there also nether shal eny mā haue there his habitacion Beholde there shal come a people from the north with a greate bonde of men many kinges shal stonde vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes buclers cruell are they vnmercifull Their voyce roareth like the raginge see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fight agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kinge of Babilon heareth tell of them his hondes shal waxe feable Sorowe and heuynes shall come vpon him as a woman trauelinge with childe Beholde like as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wil I dryue thē forth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordene to soch thinge For who is like me or who wil stryue with me or what shepherde maye stonde agaynst me Therfore heare the councel that the LORDE hath geuen vpon Babilon and the deuyce that he hath taken vpon
in the worlde sene the begynnynge which was wrytten in thy lawe that men maye fynde the path and that they which wyl lyue in the latter dayes maye lyue And he answered me sayēge Go y t waye gather thy people together saye vnto thē that they seke the not for xl dayes but loke thou gather the many boxe trees and take with the Sarea Dabria Selemia Echanus and Asial these fyue which are ready to wryte swiftly and come hither and I shal light a cādle of vnderstōdinge in thine hert which shal not be put out tyll the thinges be perfourmed which thou shalt begynne to wryte And then shalt thou declare some thinges openly vnto the perfecte and some thinges shalt thou shew secretly vnto y e wyse Tomorow this houre shalt thou begynne to wryte Then wēte I forth as he commaūded me and gathered all y e people together and sayde Heare these wordes o Israel Oure fathers from the begynnynge were straunges in Egipte from whēce they were delyuered and receaued the lawe of life which they kepte not which ye also haue trāsgressed after thē Then was this londe and the londe of Sion parted amōge you by the lot to possesse But yo r fathers and ye yo r selues also haue done vnrighteousnes haue not kepte the wayes which the Hyest cōmaunded you And for so moch as he is a righteous iudge he toke from you in tyme the thinge that had geuen you And now are ye here and yo r brethren amōge you Therfore yf so be that ye wil subdue yo r owne vnderstandinge and refourme youre hert ye shal be kepte aliue after death shal ye opteyne mercy For after death shall the iudgment come whan we shal lyue agayne and then shal the names of the righteous be manifest and y e names of the vngodly with their workes shal be declared Let no mā therfore come now vnto me ner axe eny question at me these xl dayes So I toke the fyue men as he commaunded me and we wente in to the felde and remayned there The next daye a voyce called me sayēge Eszdras Open thy mouth drynke that I geue the. Thē opened I my mouth beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full of water but the colo r of it was like fyre And I toke it and dranke And whā I had dronken it my hert had vnderstondinge and wyszdome grew in my brest for my sprete was kepte in remembraunce and my mouth was opened and shut nomore The Hyest gaue vnderstondinge vnto the fyue men y t they wrote y e hye thīges of the night which they vnderstode not But in the night they ate bred as for me I spake in the daye and helde not my tonge by night In xl dayes they wrote two hundreth foure bokes And it happened whā the xl dayes were fulfilled that the Hyest spake sayenge The first that thou hast wryttē speake openly y t the worthy and vnworthy maye rede it But kepe y e lxx last y t thou mayest shew it onely to soch as be wyse amonge thy people For in them is the sprynge of vnderstōdinge the fountayne of wyszdome and the streame of knowlege And I dyd so The XV. Chapter BEhelde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in y e mouth saieth the LORDE and cause them to be wrytten in a letter for it is the trueth Feare not the ymaginaciōs against y t let not y e vnfaithfulnes of them trouble the that speake agaynst the. For all the vnfaithfull shal dye in their vnfaithfulnes Beholde saieth the LORDE I wil brynge plages vpon the worlde y e swerde honger death and destruccion for wickednes hath the vpper hande in all y e earth and their shamefull workes are fulfilled Therfore saieth the LORDE I wil holde my tonge nomore vnto their wickednesse which they do so vngodly nether wil I suffre them in the thinges that they deale with all so wickedly Beholde the innocent bloude of the troubled crieth vnto me and the soules of the righteous complayne cōtynually and therfore saieth the LORDE I wil surely auēge and receaue vnto me all the innocēt bloude from amonge them Beholde my people is led as a flock of shepe to be slayne I wil not suffre them now to dwel in Egipte but wyl brynge them ou◠with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smyte it with plages as afore and wyl destroye all the londe off it Egipte shal mourne and the foundacions of it shal be smytten with the plage and punyshment y t God shal brynge vpon it They that tyll y e groūde shal mourne for their sedes shal be destroyed thorow the blastinge and hale and an horrible starre Wo worth y e worlde and them that dwell therin for y e swerde their destrucciō draweth nye one people shal stōde vp to fight against another swerdes in their hādes For mē shal be vnstedfast and some shal do violence vnto other they shal not regarde their kynge and prynces the wayes of their doinges and hādelinges in their power A man shal desyre to go in to the cite shal not be able For because of their pryde y e cities shal be brought in feare y e houses shal shake and men shal be afrayed A man shal haue no pitie vpon his neghboure but one shal prouoke another vnto battayll to spoyle their goodes because of the honger of bred and because of the greate trouble Beholde I gather call together all the kynges of y e earth which are from the vprysinge from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vnto them and restore the thinges that they haue geuē them Like as they do yet this daye vnto my chosen so wil I do also and recōpense thē in their bosome Thus sayeth y e LORDE God My right hande shal not spare y e synners and my swerde shal not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocēt bloude vpon earth The feare is gone out frō his wrath and hath cōsumed the foundacions of the earth and the synners like the strawe that is kindled Wo worth them that synne and kepe not my commaundementes saieth the LORDE I wil not spare them Go youre waye ye children from violence defyle not my Sanctuary for the LORDE knoweth all thē that synne agaynst him and therfore delyuereth he them vnto death and destrucciō For now are the plages come vpon the worlde ye shal remayne in thē For God shal not delyuer you because ye haue synned agaynst him Beholde an horrible vision commeth frō the east where generacions of Dragons shal come out and the people of the Arabes with many charettes and the multitude of them shal be as the wynde vpō earth that all they which heare them ragynge in their wrath maye feare and be afrayed and as the wylde bores out of y e wod so shal they go out and with
continued in a good life and holy conuersacion so that they were loued accepted both of God and men and of all the people of the londe The ende of the boke of Tobias The boke of Iudith What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the noble cite Egbathanis Of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of the Assirians of his victory and power Chap. II. The vnsaciable desyre that Nabuchodonosor had to raigne of his hoost tyrānye Chap. III. Dyuerse kynges and prynces yelde themselues for feare The tyranny of Holofernes and pryde of the kynge Chap. IIII. The Iewes are afrayed and carefull for Ierusalem and the temple make their londe strōge prepare them selues to the battayll call vpon God and Eliachim the prest comforteth them Chap. V. Holofernes taketh indignacion at the children of Israel because they go aboute to defende them selues Achior beareth wytnesse to the trueth Chap. VI. Achior for tellynge the trueth is takē ▪ and delyuered vnto the people of the Iewes vnto whom he telleth all the matter which moueth the people to crye vpon God Chap. VII Holofernes layeth sege to Bethulia The children of Israel crye vpon God Holofernes taketh the water from them so that they in the cite haue greate thyrst and are vnpacient Osias comforteth them and appoynteth fyue dayes to the grace of God Chap. VIII Iudith reproueth the elders that set◠a tyme to the mercy of God she exorteth the people to amēdemēt to praier rehearseth the benefites of God and telleth them hir deuyce Chap. IX Iudith goeth in to hir oratory and prayeth feruently vnto God for the deliueraūce of hir people Chap. X. Iudith decketh herself of the best fashiō taketh hir maydē with her goeth forth by night in to Holofernes tent Chap. XI Iudith telleth Holofernes the cause of hir cōmynge which pleaseth him well Chap. XII Holofernes commaundeth to intreate hir well and geueth hir liberty to go in and out to hir prayer maketh a greate supper byddeth hir to it and is dronken Chap. XIII Iudith seketh oportunite prayeth vnto God for strēgth smyteth of the heade of drōken Holofernes and bryngeth it in to the cite where the people reioyse and prayse God Chap. XIIII Holofernes heade is stickte vp vpon the walles the children of Israel fall vpon their enemies which take their flight Achior cōmeth in to the nombre of the people of God Chap. XV. Holofernes hoost are out of their wyttes after his death the Israelites folowe vpō thē the other cities of Israel helpe them they wynne greate spoyles cōmēde Iudith Chap. XVI Iudith syngeth prayse vnto the LORDE The people come together vnto Ierusalē to geue thankes and prayse vnto the LORDE How Iudith made hir ende The first Chapter ARphaxat the kynge of the Medes subdued many people vnto his dominion buylded a noble strōge cite which he called Egbathanis The walles of it made he of fre stone foure squared seuētie cubites hye and thirtie cubites brode He made towres therevpon of an hundreth cubites hye But vpon the foure corners euery syde was twentie fote brode He made the portes in the heith like as the towres This kynge trusted in his mightie hoost in his glorious charettes So in y e twolft yeare of his raigne it happened that Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of the Assirians which raigned in the greate cite of Niniue fought agaynst Arphaxat and ouercame hī in y e greate felde called Ragau besyde Euphrates and Tigris and Iadason in the felde of Erioth the kinge of the Elikes Then was the kyngdome of Nabuchodonosor exalted and his hert was lift vp and he sent vnto all them that dwelt in Celicia in Damascus in Libanus and vnto the Heithen that dwelt in Carmel and Cedar and to soch as dwelt in Galile in the greate felde of Eszdrelō to all them that were in Samaria and beyonde the water of Iordane vnto Ierusalem and the whole londe of Iesse vnto the mountaynes of Ethiopia Vnto all these dyd Nabuchodonosor the kynge of y e Assirians sende messaungers But they all w t one consent wolde not agree vnto him and sent the messaungers agayne emptie and put thē awaye without honoure Then Nabuchodonosor the kynge toke indignaciō at all those londes and sware by his trone by his kyngdome that he wolde be auenged of all these countrees The II. Chapter IN the xiij yeare of kynge Nabuchodonosor vpon the xxij daye of y e first moneth it was deuysed in the courte of Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of the Assiriās that he wolde defende himself So he called vnto him all y e elders all his captaynes and men of warre and shewed them his secrete councell and tolde them that his purpose was to brynge the whole earth vnder his domynion Now whan they were all content with this sayenge Nabuchodonosor the kinge called Holofernes the chefe captayne of his warres and saide vnto him Go thy waye forth agaynst all the kyngdomes of the west and specially agaynst those that haue despysed my commaundement Thou shalt spare no realme all stronge cities shalt thou brynge in subieccion vnto me Then Holofernes called together all the captaynes rulers of all the power in Assiria and mustred the soudyers vnto the hoost like as the kynge commaunded him namely an hundreth and twētye thousande fightinge men vpon fote and twolue thousande archers vpon horsebacke All his ordinaunce sent he before with an innumerable multitude of camels so that the hoost was well prouyded for with oxen and small catell and y t without nombre He caused corne to be prepared out of all Syria for his hoost Moch golde and syluer also toke he out of the kynges house So he toke his iourney he and all his hoost with charettes horsmen and archers of whom there were so many that they couered the grounde of the lande like the greshoppers And whan he was gone past the borders of the Assirians he came towarde the greate mountaynes of Ange which lye vpon the left syde of Celicia and so he wente vp in to all their castels and wanne euery strōge holde As for y e welthy cite of Melothus he brake it downe spoyled all the childrē of Tharsis and the Ismaelites which laye towarde the wyldernes and vpon the south syde of y e londe of Chelon He wente ouer Euphrates also and came in to Mesopotamia and brake downe all the hye cities that were there from the broke of Mambre tyll a man come to the see and he toke the borders in from Celicia vnto the coastes of Iaphet towarde the south He caried awaye all the Madianites and spoyled all their goodes who so euer withstode him he slew them with the swerde After this he wente downe in to the felde of Damascus in the tyme of haruest and brent vp all the corne and all the trees and caused the vynes to be cutt downe And the feare of him fell vpon all them that dwelt in y e earth The III. Chapter
with many prayers to let him go with his life because he had many of the Iewes fathers and brethren in preson which yf they put him to death might be disapoynted So when he had promised faithfully to delyuer them agayne acordinge to the condicion made they let him go without harme for the health of y e brethren And when Iudas had slayne xxv M he wente from Carnion Now after y t he had chased awaye and slayne his enemies he remoued the hoost towarde Ephron a strōge cite wherin dwelt many dyuerse people of the Heithen and y e stronge yonge men kepte the walles defendinge thē mightely In this cite was moch ordinaunce and prouysion of dartes But when Iudas and his company had called vpon Allmighty God which w t his power breaketh the strength of the enemies they wanne the cite and slew xxv M. of them y t were within From thence wente they to the cite of the Scythians which lieth vj. C. furlonges from Ierusalem But when y e Iewes which were in the cite testified that the cite syns dealte louyngly with them yee and intreated them kyndly in y e tyme of their aduersite Iudas and his company gaue them him which made them his people and euer defended his owne porcion with euydent tokens that he wolde preserue them still So at the commaundement of the captayne they remoued from thence and came to a towne called Dessasan And Symon Iudas brother fell in honde with Nicanor but thorow the sodane commynge of the enemies he was afrayed Neuertheles Nicanor hearinge the manlynes of them that were with Iudas and y e bolde stomackes that they had to fight for their naturall countre durst not proue the matter with bloudsheddinge Wherfore he sent Possidonius Theodocius Mathias before to geue and to take peace So when they had taken longe advysement there vpon and the captayne shewed it vnto the multitude they were agreed in one mynde to haue peace And they appoynted a daye to syt vpon these matters quyetly amonge them selues y e stoles also were brought and set forth Neuerthelesse Iudas cōmaunded certaine men of armes to waite in conueniēt places lest there shulde sodenly aryse eny euell thorow the enemies And so they commoned reasonably together Nicanor whyle he abode at Ierusalem ordred himself not vnreasonably but sent awaye the people that were gathered together He loued Iudas euer with his hert and fauoured him He prayed him also to take a wyfe and to brynge forth children So he maried lyued in rest and they led a comon life But Alcimus perceauynge the loue that was betwixte them and how they were agreed together came to Demetrius and tolde him that Nicanor had taken straunge matters in honde and ordened Iudas an enemy of the realme to be the kynges successoure Then the kinge was sore displeased and thorow the wicked accusations which Alcimus made of Nicanor he was so prouoked that he wrote vnto Nicanor sayenge that he was very angrie for the frendshipe and agrement which he had made with Machabeus Neuertheles he commaunded him in all the haist that he shulde take Machabeus presoner and sende him to Antioche Which lettres when Nicanor had sene he was at his wittes ende and sore greued that he shulde breake the thinges wherin they had agreed specially seynge Machabeus was the man that neuer dyd him harme But because he might not withstonde the kynge he sought oportunite to fulfil his commaundement Notwithstondinge when Machabeus sawe that Nicanor beganne to be churlish vnto him and that he intreated him more rughly then he was wonte he perceaued that soch vnkyndnes came not of good and therfore he gathered a few of his men and withdrewe himself frō Nicanor Which when he knewe that Machabeus had manfully preuented him he came in to the greate and most holy temple and commaunded the prestes which were doynge their vsuall offeringes to delyuer him the man And when they sware that they coude not tell where the mā was whō he sought he stretched out his honde and made an ooth sayenge Yf ye wyll not delyuer me Iudas captyue I shall remoue this temple of God in to the playne felde I shal breake downe the aulter and consecrate this tēple vnto Bachus After these wordes he departed Then the prestes lift vp their hondes towarde heauen and besought him that was euer the defender of their people sayenge Thou o LORDE of all which hast nede of nothinge woldest that the temple of thy habitacion shulde be amonge vs. Therfore now o most holy LORDE kepe this house euer vndefyled which lately was clensed Now was there accused vnto Nicanor one Razis an Alderman of Ierusalem a louer of the whole cite and a man of good reporte which for the kynde hert that he bare vnto the people was called a father of y e Iewes This man oft tymes when the Iewes were mynded to kepe them selues vndefyled defended and delyuered them beynge content stedfastly to spende his body and his life for his people So Nicanor wyllinge to declare the hate that he bare to the Iewes sent fyue hundreth men to take him for he thought yf he gat him he shulde brynge the Iewes in greate decaye Now when the people beganne to ruszshe in at his house to breake the dores and to set fyre on it he beynge now taken wolde haue defended himself with his swearde chosinge rather to dye manfully then to yelde himselfe to those wicked doers and because of his noble stocke he had rather haue bene put to extreme cruelte Notwithstondynge what tyme as he myssed of his stroke for haist and the multitude fell in violently betwixte the dores he rāne boldly to y e wall cast himself downe manfully amonge the heape of them which gaue soone place to his fall so that he fell vpon his bely Neuerthelesse whyle there was yet breath within him he was kyndled in his mynde and whyle his bloude guszshed out exceadingly for he was very sore wounded he ranne thorow the myddest of y e people and gat him to the toppe of a rocke So when his bloude was now gone he toke out his owne bowels with both his hondes and threw them vpon the people callinge vpon the LORDE of life and sprete to rewarde him this agayne and so he dyed The XV. Chapter NOw when Nicanor knewe that Iudas was in the countre of Samaria he thought with all his power to strike a felde with him vpon a Sabbath daye Neuerthelesse the Iewes that were compelled to go with him sayed O do not so cruelly and vnkyndly but halowe y t Sabbath daye and worshipe him that seyth all thinges For all this yet sayed the vngracious personne Is there a mightie one in heauen that commaunded the Sabbath daye to be kepte And when they sayde yee the lyuynge God the mightie LORDE in heauen commaunded the seuenth daye to be kepte he sayde And I am mightie vpon earth to commaunde them
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
temple Chap. XXII Paul answereth the Iewes is scourged and layed in preson agayne Chap XXIII Paul commeth before the councell Debate ariseth amonge the people the captayne delyuereth him God conforteth him Chap. XXIIII Paul is accused before felix he answereth for himself Chap. XXV The Iewes accuse Paul before Festus he appealeth vnto the Emperoure and is sent vnto Rome Chap. XXVI Kynge Agrippa heareth Paul which telleth him his callinge from the begynnynge Chap. XXVII Pauls shippinge towarde Rome Iulius the captayne intreateth Paul curteously at the last they suffre shipwrake Chap. XXVIII The vyper hurteth not Pauls hande he healeth Publius father and preacheth Christ at Rome The Actes of the Apostles The first Chapter THE first treatise deare Theophilus haue I made of all that Iesus beganne to do and to teache vntyll y e daye that he was taken vp after that he thorow the holy goost had geuen commaundementes to to the Apostles whom he had chosen to whō also he shewed himself alyue after his passion by many tokēs and appeared vnto them fourtye dayes longe and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God And whan he had gathered them together he commaunded them that they shulde not departe from Ierusalem but to wayte for the promyse of the father wherof sayde he ye haue herde of me For Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed w t y e holy goost that within this few dayes Now whan they were come together they axed him and sayde LORDE shalt thou at this tyme set vp the kyngdome of Israel agayne But he sayde vnto them It belongeth not vnto you to knowe the tymes or seasons which the father hath kepte in his awne power but ye shal receaue the power of y e holy goost which shal come vpon you and ye shal be my witnesses at Ierusalem and in all Iewrye and Samaria and vnto the ende of the earth And whan he had spoken these thinges whyle they behelde he was taken vp and a cloude receaued him from their fight And whyle they loked after him as he wente in to heauen beholde there stode by them two men in whyte garmentes which also sayde ye men of Galile Why stonde ye gasynge vp in to heauen This Iesus which is takē vp from you in to heauen shal come euen so as ye haue sene him go in to heauen Then turned they agayne from y e mount that is called Oliuete which is nye to Ierusalem and hath a Sabbath dayes iourney And whan they came in they wente vp in to a parler where abode Peter and Iames Ihon and Andrew Philippe and Thomas Bartilmew and Mathew Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes and Iudas the sonne of Iames. These all contynued with one acorde in prayer and supplicacion with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes amonge the disciples and sayde The company of the names together was aboute an hundreth and twentye Ye men and brethren this scripture must nedes be fulfylled which y e holy goost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was a gyde of thē that toke Iesus for he was nombred with vs and had opteyned the felashippe of this mynistracion This same trulye possessed the felde for the rewarde of vnrighteousnes and hanged himself and brast a sunder in the myddes and all his bowels guszhed out And it is knowne vnto all thē that dwell at Ierusalem in so moch that the same felde is called in their mother tonge Acheldema that is to saye the bloude felde For it is wrytten in the boke of psalmes His habitacion be voyde and noman be dwellinge therin And His biszhoprike another take Wherfore amonge these men which haue bene gathered together with vs all the tyme that the LORDE Iesus wēte out and in amonge vs begynnynge from the baptyme of Ihon vntyll y e daye that he was takē vp from vs must one be a wytnesse with vs of his resurreccion And they appoynted two Ioseph called Barsabas whose syrname was Iustus and Mathias makinge their prayer and sayenge Thou LORDE which knowest the hertes of all men shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen that the one maye take the rowme of this mynistracion and Apostelshippe from the which Iudas by transgression fell that he might go awaye in to his awne place And they gaue forth the lottes ouer them and the lot fell vpon Mathias And he was counted with the eleuen Apostles The II. Chapter ANd whan the Whit sondaye was fulfylled they were all with one acorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had bene the cōmynge of a mightie wynde and it fylled the whole house where they sat And there appeared vnto them clouen tunges like as they had bene of fyre And he sat vpon ech one of them and they were all fylled with the holy goost And they beganne to preach with other tunges euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellinge at Ierusalem Iewes men that feared God out of euery nacion that is vnder heauen Now whan this voyce came to passe the multitude came together and were astōnyed For euery one herde that they spake with his awne tunge They wondred all and marueyled and sayde amonge themselues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galile How heare we thē euery one his awne tunge wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and we that dwell in Mesopotamia and in Iewry and Capadocia Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia Egipte and in the partes of Lybia by Cyren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselytes Cretes and Arabians we heare them speake with oure awne tunges the greate workes of God They were all amased and wondred and sayde one to another What wil this be But other mocked them and sayde They are full of swete wyne Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen and lift vp his voyce and sayde vnto them Ye men of Iewry and all ye that dwell at Ierusalē be this knowne vnto you and let my wordes entre in at youre eares For these are not dronken as ye suppose for it is yet but the thirde houre of y e daye but this is it that was spokē before by the prophet Ioel And it shal come to passe in the last dayes sayeth God I will poure out of my sprete vpon all flesh and youre sonnes and youre doughters shal prophecye and youre yonge men shal se visions and youre olde men shall dreame dreames and on my seruauntes and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of my sprete in those dayes they shal prophecye And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokens on the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure of smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darknesse and the Moone in to bloude before that
greate and notable daye of the LORDE come And it shall come to passe Who so euer shal call vpō the name of the LORDE shal be saued Ye men of Israel heare these wordes Iesus of Nazareth y e man approued of God amonge you with miracles and wonders and tokens which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge you as ye yo selues knowe also him after that he was delyuered by the determinate councell and foreknowlege of God haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous personnes and crucifyed him slayne him whō God hath raysed vp and lowsed the sorowes of death for so moch as it was vnpossyble that he shulde be holden of it For Dauid speaketh of him Afore honde haue I set the LORDE allwayes before me for he is on my right hōde that I shulde not be moued Therfore dyd my hert reioyse and my tunge was glad For my flesh also shal rest in hope For thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell nether shalt thou suffer y e Holy to se corrupcion Thou hast shewed me the wayes of life thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce Ye men and brethren let me frely speake vnto you of the Patryarke Dauid For he is deed and buried and his sepulcre is with vs vnto this daye Wherfore now seinge y t he was a prophet and knewe that God had promised him with an ooth that the frute of his loynes shulde syt on his seate he sawe it before and spake of the resurreccion of Christ for his soule was not left in hell nether hath his flesh sene corrupcion This Iesus hath God raysed vp wherof we all are witnesses Seynge now that he by the right hande of God is exalted and hath receaued of y e father y e promyse of the holy goost he hath shed forth this that ye se and heare For Dauid is not ascended in to heauen but he sayde The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my righte hande vntyll I make thine enemies y t fote stole So therfore let all the house of Israel knowe for a suertye y t God hath made this same Iesus whom ye haue crucified LORDE and Christ. Whan they herde this their hert pricked them and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles Ye men and brethrē What shal we do Peter sayde onto them Amēde youre selues and let euery one of you be baptysed in the name of Iesus Christ for the remyssion of synnes and ye shal receaue the gifte of the holy goost For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children and to all that are farre of whō so euer the LORDE oure God shal call And w t many other wordes bare he witnesse and exorted them and sayde Saue youre selues from this vntowarde generacion They that gladly receaued his preachinge were baptysed the same daye there were added vnto them aboute thre thousande soules They contynued in the Apostles doctryne and in the felashippe and in breakynge of bred and in prayer And feare came vpō euery soule and many wonders and tokens were done by y e Apostles But all they that beleued were together and had all thinges commen They solde their goodes and possessions and parted them out amonge all acordinge as euery mā had nede And they contynued daylie with one acorde in the tēple and brake bred in euery house they toke their meate with ioye synglenesse of hert praysinge God and had fauoure with all y e people And the LORDE added to the congregacion daylie soch as shulde be saued The III. Chapter PEter and Ihon wente vp together in to the temple aboute the nyenth houre to praye And there was a certayne man halt from his mothers wombe whom they brought and layed daylie at the gate of the tēple which is called the Bewtyfull that he might axe almesse of them that wēte in to the temple Now whan he sawe Peter and Ihon that they wolde in to the temple he desyred to receaue an almesse Peter behelde him with Ihon and sayde Loke on vs. And he gaue hede vnto them hopynge to receaue somethinge of them Howbeit Peter saide Syluer and golde haue I none but soch as I haue geue I the. In the name of Iesus Christ of Nazareth ryse vp walke And he toke him by the righte hande and lifte him vp Immediatly his legges ancle bones were made strōge and he sprange stode and walked and entred with them in to the tēple walkynge and leapinge and praysinge God And all the people sawe him walke and prayse God And they knewe him y t it was he which sat for almesse at the bewtyfull gate of the temple And they were fylled with wondrynge and were astonnyed at that which had happened vnto hī But as this halt which was healed helde him to Peter and Ihon all the people ranne vnto them in to the porche which is called Salomōs and wondred Whan Peter sawe that he answered vnto the people Ye men of Israel why maruayle ye at this or why loke ye so at vs as though we by oure awne power or deseruynge had made this man to walke The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Iacob y e God of oure fathers hath glorifyed his childe Iesus whom ye delyuered and denyed in the presence of Pilate whan he had iudged him to be lowsed But ye denyed the holy and iust and desyred the murthurer to be geuen you but ye slewe the prynce of life whom God hath raysed from the deed of the which we are witnesses And thorow y e faith in his name hath he confirmed his name vpon this man whom ye se and knowe and faith thorow him hath geuē this man this health before youre eyes Now deare brethrē I knowe that ye haue done it thorow ignoraunce as dyd also youre rulers But God which by the mouth of all his prophetes had shewed before y t his Christ shulde suffre hath so fulfilled it Do penaunce now therfore and turne you that youre synnes maye be done awaye whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE and whan he shal sende him which now before is preached vnto you euen Iesus Christ which must receaue heauen vntyll the tyme that all thinges which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophetes sence y e worlde beganne be restored agayne For Moses sayde vnto y e fathers A prophet shal the LORDE youre God rayse vp vnto you euen from amōge youre brethren like vnto me him shal ye heare in all that he shal saye vnto you And it shal come to passe what soule soeuer shal not heare the same prophet shal be destroyed from amonge the people And all the prophetes from Samuel and thence forth as many as haue spoken haue likewyse tolde of these dayes Ye are the children of the prophetes and of the couenaunt which God made vnto o r fathers