Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	day_n	heaven_n	water_n	6,118	5	6.3597	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09151	The testaments of the [twelue] patriarches the sonnes [of] Iacob: translated out of the Greeke [into] Latine by Robert Grosthed, some[time] Byshop of Lyncolne, and out of his copye into French and Dutch by others: Now Englished by A. G. To the credit whereof an auncient Greeke copye written in parchment, is kept in the Vniversitie Library of Cambridge.; Testamentum duodecim patriarcharum. English.	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 19467; ESTC S113653	69,583	168

onely vauntyng your selues againste menne but also beeyng puffed vp with Pride againste the Commaundementes of GOD. For this caus● shall the Temple whiche the Lorde shall haue chosen ▪ be vndoubtedly lefte desolate in vn●leannesse and you your selues become captiues to all Nations and bee lothed and abho●red ▪ among them and receiue endelesse shame and confusion through God● rightfull iudgement and all that see you shall shunne you And were it not for our fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob there should not one of my seede bee left vppon earth Furdermore I know by the booke of Enoch that you shall goe astray by the space of threescore and tenne we●kes and defile the Priesthoode stayn● the sacrifices destroie the Law despise the saiynges of the Prophetes frowardlie persecute righteous folke hate the godly abhorre the saiynges of soothfa●e men call hym Hereticke that goeth about to re●ue the Lawe by the power of the Highest and in the ende ye shall kill * hym out of 〈◊〉 as you thinke not knowyng that he shall rise againe and so shall ye receaue his in●ocent bloud wilfullye vppon your owne heades For his sake shall your holy places be left desolate whiche you shall ha●● defiled euen by vtter forswearyng ▪ and your dwelling shall not be clea●e ▪ but you shalb●e accursed among the Heathen and despaire shall vexe you till he visite you 〈◊〉 and mercifully receaue you th●●●gh faith water And forasmuche as y● haue ●earde of the three score and ten weekes ●eare ye also of the Priesthoode For in e●ery Iubiley shall be Priesthood In the first Iubiley the firste annointed into●the Priesthoode shall bee greate and talke to God as to his father and his Priesthoode shall be full of the feare of the Lord and in the daye of hys gladnesse hee shall ryse vp to the saluation of the worlde In the seconde Iubiley the annointed shall be conceiued in the heauinesse of the beloued sorte and his Priesthoode shall bee honourable and he shall bee glorified among all men The thirde Priest shall bee taken vp in sorrowe and the fourth shall bee in griefe because the multitude of iniquities shall be layd vpon hym and throughout all Israell euerye man shall hate hys neighboure The fifth shall bee helde faste in darkenesse and likewise the sixth and the seauenth And in the seauenth shall bee suche abhomination before God and man as I cannot expresse howbeit that the doers thereof shall be knowne For thys cause shall they bee in captiuitie and corruption and their Lande and Substaunce shall 〈◊〉 destroyed but in the fifth weeke they shal returne into their desolate countrey and renue the Lordes house In the seauenth weeke shall come Idolatrous Priestes coueitous warriours vnrighteous Scribes and filthy abusers of men children and beastes After that the Lorde hath sent vengeaunce vppon them in the priesthoode then will God raise vp a new priest to whom all the Lordes worde shal be opened and he shall execute true iudgemente vppon earth manye daies and hys starre shall rise in heauen As a kyng shall he shead forthe the light of knowledge in the open sunshine of the daye and hee shal be magnified ouer all the worlde and bee receaued and shine as the sunne vppon the earth and driue awaye all darkenesse and there shall be peace vpon all the earth In his dayes the heauens shall reioyce the earth shall be glad the cloudes shal be merie the knowledge of the Lorde shall bee poured out vpon the earth as the waters of the Seas and the Angels of glory that are in the Lordes presence shall reioice in hym The heauens shal be opened and out of the temple of glorie shall sanctification come vpon him with the fathers voice as from Abraham the Father of Isaac and the glory of the highest shall be spread out vpon hym and the Spirite of vnderstanding and sanctification shal rest vpon him whereof hee shall geue aboundantlye and mightely to hys childrē in truth for euermore and there shall none succeede hym from generation to generation worlde without end In his Priesthoode all sinne shall come to ende and the vnrighteous shal cease from their naughtinesse but the righteous shall reste in hym and hee shall vpon the gates of Paradise and staye the threatnyng sworde againste Adam and feede the Lambes with the fruite of life and the spirite of holines shall be in them Hee shall bynde vp Beliall and geue his owne children power to tread down hurtfull spirites and the Lorde shall reioice in his children and accept them as his beloued for euermore Then shall Abraham Isaac and Iacob bee glad and then shall I and all Saintes rei●yce How my children ye haue heard all Therefore chuse vnto you either light or darkenes either the law of the Lord or the workes of Beliall and wee aunswered our Father saying We will walke before the Lorde accordyng to his law And our father sayde the Lorde is witnesse and his Angels are wit●●sses and I am a witnesse and you your selues are witnesses of the woordes of my mouth And when wee had aunswered wer will her witnesses Leuy rested with this charge geuen vnto his Children And he stretched out his feete and was put to his Fathers when hee had liued ● hundreth and seuen and thirty yeares an● they layd hym in a Coffin and buried hym afterwarde in Hebron besides Abraham Isaac and Iacob Finis ¶ The Testament of Iuda made to his children at his death concernyng valiauntnesse couetousnes and fo●nication Loe here the blessed Princely state Of Iuda ▪ suffering not hys mate The Seepter Lyon Pursse and Crowne Betoken glory and renowne THe copy of al the saiynges of Iuda whiche he spake to his childrē at the tyme of his death when they were come together before hym he said vnto them I was my fathers fourth sonne and my mother called mee Iuda saiyng I thanke thee Lorde for that hee hath geuen mee a fourth so●nne I was swifte of foote and painfull in my youth and obeied my Father in all thinges and blessed my mother and my mothers sisters And when I came to mans estate my Father Iacob prayed ouer mee saying thou shalt be a Kyng and prosperous in all thinges Beholde God gaue mee grace in all my workes both abroad and at home Upon a tyme I sawe a ●inde and ran after her and caught her and made meate of her for my Father Also I ●utran the Roes and ouertooke all thinges that were in the fields in so much that I caught a wilde Mare and tamed her I plucked a Kid out of the mouth of a Beare and takyng hym by the paw ouerthrewe hym and rente asunder all wilde beastes that turned vpon me as if I had been a dogge I encountred with a wil be Boare and ouerrunning hym tare hym in peeces In Hebron a Bastardlyon leapte vpon a dogge and I catchyng him by

by he repenteth him for in as muche as his minde is bent vnto righteousnesse he putteth awaie naughtinesse and out of hande amendeth his miss●deedes and correcteth the corruptnesse of his mynde But if his mynde encline to euill all his doynges tende to naughtines ▪ in somuche that he thrusteth awaye the good and taketh to hym the bad because he is vnder the dominion of Beliall and if he dooe any good thing he tourneth the same vnto euill For if he beginne to dooe any good he bringeth the ende of his dooynges to an euill worke because the treasure of his harte is infected with the venime of a deuellishe and mischeuous Spirite and therfore the euill ouermastereth the go●d in his mynde and bryngeth the ende of the thyng to naughtinesse Some man sheweth compassion vppon hym that serueth his tourne in naughtinesse that manne hath twoo faces and that deede of his is starke lewdenesse An other man loueth vngratiousnesse and he is leude likewise and althoughe he could finde in his harte to dye for the compassyng of his euill yet it is mani●este that he is double-faced and his doyng is altogether starke naught For his loue beyng but leudnesse dooeth as it were cloke his euill with a good name whereas the d●ist of his doynges tendeth to a wicked ende An other stealeth doeth open wrōg pilleth and polleth is coueteous pitieth not the poore He also hath a double face and all this is starke naughte for in b●yng nigardly towardes his neightbor he prouoketh gods wrathe and denieth the highest in not pitiyng the poore He despiseth and spiteth the Lorde whiche is the commaunder of the lawe he suffereth not the poore to rest he defileth his owne soule to make his bodie gaie he killeth many and pitieth few this is the part of a double faced persone Another committeth whoredome and fornication or vexeth many menne piteously with his power and riches and yet absteineth from meates His faste is naught for he doeth the commaundementes with an euil conscience and that is a double faced dealyng whiche is all together naughte Suche maner of folke are like swine and Hares for they seeme to bee halfe cleane but in very deede they be vtterly vnclean You therefore my childrē become not like them neither beare ye in one hoode twoo faces the one of goodnesse and the other of naughtinesse but sticke alonely vnto goodnes For in goodnes doeth God rest and men like well of it Shū naughtines and kill the deuell in your good workes for they y are double faced serue not god but their owne lustes because they seeke to please Belial and suche as are like thē selues Now although plaindealing men and suche as pretende but one face are taken for offenders at the handes of suche as beare twoo faces yet are they righteous before god For many in killyng wicked persones dooe twoo woorkes at once namely good by euill but in deede the whole worke is good because that he whiche hath rooted out the euill hath destroyed it Some man hatyng his neighbour mercifully blameth hym for his aduoutrie or thefte suche a one is double faced but yet is the whole woorke good because he followeth the Lordes example not respectyng what seemeth good when it is euill in deede An other wil not make merrie with riotters leaste he should bee stained by them and de●ile his owne soule This manne also is double faced but yet is al his doyng good and he is like a Ro● or a Stagge whiche in common wilde herde some to bee vncleane and yet are altogether cleane because he walked in the zeale of the Lorde shunnyng and hatyng those ▪ whom God willeth to bee shunned in his commaundementes and so killeth he euill with weldoyng Se therefore my Sonnes how there are twoo in all thynges one against the other and the one hidden vnder the other Death succedeth to ●fe shame to glorie night to daie and darkenesse to lighte All righteous thynges are vnder light and life therefore doeth eternall life ouermaister death It is not to be ●aied that truthe is vntruth righteousnesse vnrighteousnesse or right wrōg because that as al thinges are vnder God so all truthe is vnder light I haue practized all these thynges in my life and not straied from the truthe of the Lorde but sought out the commaundementes of the highest to the vttermost of my power and walked with one face in goodnesse Take heede therefore my Children to the Lordes Commaundementes and followe the truthe with one face in goodnesse Take heede therefore my Children to the Lordes Commaundementes and followe the truthe with one single face For they that are double faced shall be double punished The spirite of errour hateth the man that sighteth against it Keepe the lawe of the Lorde and regarde not euill that seemeth good but haue an eye to the thyng that is good in deede and keepe the same retournyng to the lorde in all his Commaundementes and restyng vpon hym for the endes where at menne doe ame dooe shewe their righteousnesse And knowe the Angelles of the Lorde from the Angelles of Sathan For if ye cleaue to wicked spirites your soules shall bee tormented of the wicked spirite whom ye serue in wicked lustes and woorkes But if ye quietly and cherefully acquainte your selues with the Aungell of peace he shall comforte you in your life tyme My Children become not like the Sodomites whiche knewe not the Aungell and perished for euer For I am sure that you shall synne and bee deliuered into the handes of youre enemies your ●ande shall bee laied waste and your selues shal be scattered into the fower corners of the yearth and bee despised as vnprofitable Water in youre dispersyng abroade vntill ●he highest dooe visite the yearth eatyng and drinkyng as a manne with menne and breakyng the Serpentes head in peeces without noice He shall saue Israel and all the Heathen by water ●eyng GOD hidden in manne Therefore tell your children these thynges that they neglecte not Gods Lawe written in the Tables of heauen For the tyme will come that thei shall geue no credite to the Lawe of the Lorde And you fallyng to naughtinesse shall deale wickedly against GOD geuing no heede to his Lawe but to mennes commaundementes For this cause shall ye bee scattered abroade as my brothers Gad and Dan whiche were not acquainted with their owne Countrey tribe and tongue Neuerthelesse the lorde shall gather you together again in * faith for the hope of his mercie for Abraham Isaac and Iacobs sake When he had so saied he commaunded them to burie hym in Hebron And he died slepyng a good slepe and afterward his sonnes doyng as he had willed them caried hym backe and buried hym with his fathers ¶ The Testamente of Ioseph made to his brethren children at his death concernyng chasti●●e and pacience Let Ioseph teache thee ▪ Lo●●e and Chas●itie So shalte thou haue A blessed long life Voyde of all

meanes of his sonne Ioseph chiefe steward of Pharao his land whome his brethren heretofore had sould Where when he had lyued 17. yeares and seene his family encreased exceedingly to his great ioy and comfort no doubt especially all the other countries about being plagued with a great famine and by Gods mercy not greatly feeling y same perceauyng also his troublesome pilgrimage dra●ing to an ende called his sonne Ioseph vnto him sayd If I haue found grace in thy sight oh put thy hand vnder my thighe for in this order they tooke an othe in Iacobs tyme deale mercifully with me and truely bury me not in Egipt but let me sleepe with my Fathers Where notinge his sure fayth in the promise of God made to his fathers willed hym to looke for Canaan his hoped inheritaūce and not to trust to Pharaos land To which his request whē Ioseph his louing sonne obediently did condescend Iacob taking a little more strength vnto hym and sitting vp desirous also to shew forth the great goodnesse of the Lord in preseruing him and hys sayd God almightye appeared vnto me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me saying Beholde I will make thee fruitfull and cause thee to multiplye and will make a great number of People of thee and will geue this land to thy seede for an † euerlasting possessiō Thy sonnes Manasses and Ephraim I take as mine owne their other brethren shall be called † after their names As I came from Mesopotamia Rachell dyed in the lande of Canaan and was buryed by the way to Ephratha the same is Betheleem Then Iacob albeit somewhat dimme for age beholding Iosephes ii sonnes sayd what are these to whome Ioseph aunswered they are my sonns which God hath geuē me O bryng them to me sayd Iacob and let me blesse them I had not thought to haue seene thy face Ioseph ▪ yet loe God hath shewed mee thy seede God in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac dyd walke God whiche hath fed me all my lyfe long vnt●ll this day and the * Angel which hath deliuered me from all euill blesse these la●de and let my * name ▪ be named in thē the name of my Fathers Abraham and Isaac that they may growe into a multitude in the middes of the earth Then as Ioseph lifted his Fathers hand from Ephra●m to Manas●es the Elder Iacob sayd Let it be I knowe it well my Sonne he shall also be a great people but his younger brother shal be grea●er in thee let Israel blesse say God make thee as Ephraim Manasses 〈…〉 he fainting sayd Behold Ioseph I dye God shal be with you and b●ing you agayne to the land of your Fathers Moreouer I * geue vnto thee a portiō of land aboue thy brethren which I cōquered by sword and bow of the Amorites And come you hether also O my Children that I may tell you what shall come on you in the last dayes Gather ye together and heare ye sonnes of Iacob harken vnto Israell your Father Ruben my first borne my † might my strēgth excellent in dignitie and power vnconstāt as water thou shalt not excell because thou didst defile my couch Symeon and Leuy brethren in euil who in your wrath slewe a man and in your selfe will digged downe a wall Cursed be your wrath for it was shamelesse and your fearcenesse for it was cruell I † wil diuide you in Iacob and scatter you in Israel Iuda Thy. hand shall be on the necke of thine enemies Thy Brethren shall stoope vnto thee as a Lyons whelpe shalt thou come vp from the spoyle Thou shalt couch as a Lyon and as a Lyonesse Who shall stirre thee vp ▪ The Scepter shall not depart from thee nor a lawgeuer from betwene thy feete vntill Shiloh come all nations shall seeke after him Thou shalt binde thy Asse sole to the vine and the Asses colt to the best vine thou shalt wash thy garment in wine and thy cloke in the bloud of grapes thy eyes shal be red with wine thy teeth white with milke Zabulon thou shalt dwell by the sea side and thou shalt be an hauē for ships thy border shal be vnto Zidō Isachar thou shalt be a strong Asse couching downe betwene two burdens And thou shalt see that rest is good and that the land is pleasaunt and shalt bow thy shoulder to beare and shalt be subiect vnto tribute Dan thou shalt iudge thy people as one of the tribes of Israell Dan thou shalt be a Serpent by the way an adder by the path ▪ byting the Horse heeles so that his rider shall fall backwarde Then Iacob foreseyng in his minde the greate calamity that should betide his posteritye cōsorting him selfe resting in Gods promise tryed out with harte and minde O Lorde I haue wayted for thy saluation Gad an host of men shall ouercome thee but thou shalt ouercome at the last And what shall I say to Aser his bread shal be far and he shal giue pleasures for a king Nephthalim is a hinde sent for a present geuing goodly wordes Ioseph is a florishing bough by a well side the small boughes shall run vppon the wall The Archers shot agaynst him and hated him but his bow was made strong and hys armes strengthned by the hāds of the almighty God of Iacob Out of him shall come an Heardmā a stone in Israell All these thinges come frō thy fathers god which hath helped thee blessed thee with blessinges ▪ of the heauē with blessinges of the deepe benea●● wyth blessinges of breastes and wombe The blissinges of me thy Father that I geeue thee are stronger then the blessings that I had of mine elders Vntill the ende of the hilles of the world they shall be on thy head Beniamin shall rauen as a wolfe In the Morning he shall deuour the pray and at night diuide the spoyle And now when I shal be gathered to my people bury me with my father in the caue that is in the field of Ephrō the Hethite in the caue that is in the field of Machpelath which is before Mamre in the land of Canaā which Abra. bought with the field of Ephrō the Hethite for a possessiō to bury in where as were buryed Abraham and Sara his wife and Isaac with Rebecca and there I buryed Lea. The field and the caue that is therin was bought of the Children of Heth. When Iacob had made an ende of cōmaunding all that he woulde vnto his Sonnes hauyng liued a hundreth forty and seuen yeares hee plucked vp his feete into the bed and quietly dyed Then Ioseph falling vpon his fathers face and kissing him with teares caused him to be enbawmed by Phisitions to the space of forty dayes and mourned for him threescore and ten dayes Who departing from Egipt into Canaā with noblemen of

this shall Abraham Isaac and Iacob rise vp againe to life and I and the Princes my brethren shall be your S●●pter in Israell Leuy firste I next Ioseph the third Beniamin the fourth Symeon the fifth Isachar the sixth and so all the reste And the Lorde hath blessed vs Leuy shall bee the Messenger of my presence Symeon the Power of my glorie Ruben Heauen Isachar the Hearth Zabulō the Sea Ioseph the Mountaines Beniamin the Tabernacle Dan the lightes Heptalim the 〈◊〉 God the Daysunne and After an Oliue tree And there shall be one people of the lorde and one tongue and there shall bee no more the false Spiritie of Be●●●● ▪ because he shall bee cast into endlesse fire They that are buried in sorrowe shal 〈…〉 and they that were poore for the Lordes sake shall be made riche Thei that suffered penurie shall haue plentie and they that were weake shall bee made strong They that died for the lordes sake shall wake vp vnto life and runne in Iacob yea they shall runne skipping and leapyng and they shal flie as Eagles for iov But the vngodlie shall be sorrowfull and the synners shall mourne and all the people shall glorifie the Lorde for euer Therefore my children keepe all the lawe of the Lorde for there is hope for all suche as walke aright A hundreth and nineteene yeares olde doe I dye in your fight Lette none of you burie me costly clothes nor rippe my beallie for so will Rulers doe But cary me backe into Hebron with you With these woordes Iuda died and his children doyng in all thynges as he commaunded them buried hym with his fathers in Hebron Finis ¶ The Testament of Isachar made to his Children at his death conce●nyng a single harte L●●r●e here a simple life Not voide of paine but strife The Sythe the Spade the Asse S●● forthe what man he was THe copie of Isachars woordes He callyng his children about hym saied vnto them Ye childrē of Isachar heare your Father and harken to the woordes of the beloued of the Lorde I am Iacobs fifth sonne in the reward of Mandrake For Iacob broughte Mandrakes out of the fielde and Rachell meetyng hym tooke them of hym Thereat Ruben wept and at his noise my mother Lea came out Now the Mandrakes were sweete sented apples whiche the lande of Aran bryngeth forthe in high countreis by the waterualleis And Rachell saied I will not geue thee these Apples because they shal helpe me to children Now there were twoo of these Apples And Lea said doth it not suffice thee that thou hast gotten awaie the housbande of virginitie but that thou wilte haue this also She aunswered let Iacob lye with thee to night for thy sonnes Mandragoras Lea saied vnto her do not boste nor brag for Iacob is myne and I am the wife of his youth And Rachell aunswered howe so was he not first handfasted vnto me and serued he not our Father fowerteene yeres for me What shall I doe to thee For many are the wiles and policies of menne and gile goes forward vpon yearth If it had been otherwise thou shouldest not haue sen Iacob in the face at this daie For thou arte not his wife but werte guilfully putte to hym in my steade My father deceiued me and conueiyng me awaie that nighte suffered me not to see hym For had I been there this had not come to passe Wherefore take thee one Mandrake and in lewe of the other I graunte thee hym for one nighte And Iacob knewe Lea who conceiuyng bare me and called my name Isachar because of the hire Then an Angell of the lorde appeared vnto Iacob and said that Rachel should beare but two sonnes because she had forsaken the companie of her housebande and chosen continencie And if my mother Lea had not geuen thee twoo Apples for his companie she should haue borne eighte children whereas by reason of that she bare but sixe and Rachell twoo because GOD visited her in the Mandrakes For he knewe that she desired to company with Iacob for issues sake and not for luste of pleasure For she ●●ned vp the Mandrake and deliuered it to Iacob the next daie and therefore God heard Rachell in the Mandrakes because that although she had a mynde to them yet she eate them not but offered them to the Prieste of the moste highest whiche was in those daies and laied them vp in the Lordes house Therefore my children when I came to mannes state I walked with an vprighe harte and became Bayliff● of Housebandrie to my Fathers and broughte them the fruites of their Landes in their due seasons and my Father blessed me when he sawe how● I walked plainly and ●mplie I was no busie bodie in my dooynges I was not hurtfull nor spitefull to my neighbour I rai●ed not vpon any manne neither dispraised I the life of any that walked in singlenesse of mynde By reason hereof when I was thirtie yeres olde ▪ I tooke a wife be●ause labour had cōsumed my strength I neuer knewe the pleasure of a woman through wantonnesse but my laboure made me to sleepe soundlie and my Father did alwaies reioice of my simplicity For whatsoeuer paines I tooke first of al I offered al the first fruites and the first ingendered cattle to the Lorde by the Priest and then gaue my Father the reste and the Lorde doubled his benefites in my handes Yea and Iacob hym self perceiued well that GOD wrought with my plain dealyng For vnto euery poore man and to euery man in aduersitie gaue I of the frutes of the yearth with a single harte And nowe my children harken and walke in singlenesse of mynde for I knowe that the lorde is verie well pleased with it The single-harted manne coueteth not golde vndermineth not his neighbour lusteth not after diuersitie of meates destreth not shifte of apparell nor behighteth hym self long tyme but onely hath an eye to Gods will and the spirites of error can doe nothyng against hym For he can no skill to entertaine a faire woman least he should destie his owne mynde wrathe ouermaistereth not his witte enuie melteth not his soule neither doeth his mynde run coueteously vpon gain For he leadeth an vpright life and beholdeth all thynges with a single eye excludyng all hurtfulnesse of worldly errour leaste he should ouersee any of the Commaundementes of God Therefore my children keepe Gods Lawe and holde faste plainnesse walke on in ●●nocencie and bee not to inquisitiue in Gods secretes or of your neighbours doynges but loue God and your neighboure pitie the poore and weake bowe doune your backs to Housbandrie and labour in tillyng of the yearth in all maner of Housbandrie offering presentes to the lorde with thankesgeuyng who blesseth the yearth with encrease and newe spryng of fruites as he blessed all holy men from Abell to this daie for there is none other portion geuē thee then of the fatnesse of the yearth ▪

Simeon had gotten his coate and would not deliuer it vs but was mynded to haue cutte it in peeces with his sworde and he was angry that he was yet aliue and that be had not slain hym Then all my brethrē risyng vp together saied vnto hym why shouldest thou not geue it vs seeyng that thou onely art the worker of this mischief in Israell Hereupon he gaue it them and they did as Dan had counselled And now my children I warne you kepe the Lords Commaundementes be mercifull to your neighbours and haue inward compassion towardes all not onely men but also beastes For in that respect the Lorde blessed me insomuche that when all my brothers were sicke I scaped without sicknes For God knoweth euery mans intent Therefore my children haue compassion in your bowels because that as any man dealeth with his neighbor so will God deale with hym For the children of my brothers fell sicke also and dyed for Iosephes sake beecause their fathers pitied hym not but my children were preserued without sicknes as you know And while I was vpon the Sea coast of Chanaan I fell to fishing for my Father Iacob and whereas many others were drowned in the Sea I abode vnhurt I was the firste that made a fisher boate to float on the sea for God gaue me vnderstandyng and wisedome therein so that I did set vp a Mast in the boate and fastned a sayle to the middes of the wood and castyng along the shore in it I fished for my fathers houshold till we came into Egypt and for pities sake I gaue of my fishyng to euery stranger that I met with If there were any forrner borne or any sicke bodie or anie aged person I boyled my fish and dressed it well accordyng to euery mans neede and caried it to them comfortyng them and hauing compassion with them And therfore God made me to catch muche fishe in the Sea. For he that geueth his neighbour receiueth the thinges multiplied of the Lorde Fiue yeares did I fish geuing to euery man that I saw and seruing all my fathers house sufficiētly In haruest time I fished and in winterty●●e I fed sheep with my brothers Now will I tell you what I did I saw a miserable man in the depe of winter and hauyng compassion vppon hym I stale a garment priuily out of my House and gaue it the naked man You therefore my Children take pity indifferētly of all men and shew mercy with the thinges whiche the Lorde geueth you and deale them abroad to all men with a good hart Aud if ye haue not wherewith to succour the needie out of hand yet haue compassion on him with inward mercy I know that my hand for●lowed not to geue to hym that wanted and to spēd that time with him insomuch that I haue walked aboue seuen furlōgs with such a one weeping and my hart yirned vpon hym for compassion You therfore my children haue earnest and inwarde mercy towardes all that are in misery that God hauyng pitie vppon you may be mercifull to you likewise For in the last dayes God will sende his mercy vppon the earth and wheresoeuer he findeth inward and hartie mercy there will he dwell For looke how muche mercie man sheweth to hys neighbour so much wil God shew to him again Now when wee came downe into Egipt Ioseph minded not our euill dealing with him but when he saw me it made hys hart yirne Whom looke ye vpou my children and learne to forget y harme that is done to you Loue ye one another doe not one of you thinke vppon anothers ill dealyng for that breaketh vnitie and displaceth all kinred and troubleth the mynde For hee that is mindful of harme past hath not the bowells of mercie Marke the water and see how it washeth away the Sande when the stones and timber are remoued asunder And if a brooke be draw●e into many streames the earth sucketh it vp and it commeth to nothyng and so shall you if you be deuided among your selues Therfore deuide not your selues into two heades for all thinges that God hath created haue but one head a peece He hath geuen a man two shoulders two handes and two feete but yet do all the members obey one head I know by the writinges of my Fathers that in the last dayes ye shall depart from the Lord and be deuided in Israell folowyng two kynges workyng all abhomination and worshippyng all maner of Idols and your enemies shall take you prisoners and you shall fit among the heathen in all misery tribulation and sorowe of mynd And afterward you shall remember the Lord and repent and he shal turne you againe for he is mercifull and full of compassion and thinketh not vppon the ●ewdnes of the Children of men because they be flesh and the spirites of errour beguile them in all their doyngs After this shall GOD himself ryse vp vnto you the light of righteousnes and holsonnes and mercy are in his punishments He shall redeeme all men from the bondage of Beliall and all the spirites of error shal be troden downe and he shall turne all nations to the folowyng of hym ye shall see God in the shape of man for God hath chosen Ierusalem and God is his name Neuerthelesse by the wickednes of your words you shall prouoke hym to wrathe and ye shall be caste of till the tyme of full finishing And now my children bee not sad for my death neither be ye out of hart because I leaue you For I shall rise vp againe among you as a captaiue in the middes of his childrē And I shal reioyce in the middest of my tribe among as many as haue kept the lawe of the Lorde aud the commaundementes of their Father Zabulon But as for the wicked God shall bring euerlastyng fire vpō them and destroy them for euer I returne to my reste as my Fathers haue don now feare you the Lorde your GOD with al your strength all the dayes of your life As he had spoken these wordes he fell a sleepe to hys singular bene●ite and his sonnes said hym in a coffin and cariyng hym backe againe vnto Hebron buryed hym there with his Fathers ¶ The Testament of Dan made to his Children at his death concernyng anger and liyng The Serpent With weapon And Dan declare The intent Of those men That wrathfull are THe Copy of Dan hys words which he spake to them in hys laste dayes In the hundred and fiue and twenteth yeare of his life he called hys Tribe vnto hym and sayd Ye children of Dan heare my saiynges and geue heede to the words of your Fathers mouth I lyked in my hart and shewed in my whole lyfe the thing that is good for truth i●yned with right dealyng pleaseth God well I haue hated hurtfull thinges as liyng and anger because they teache a