in his wrath As for the honour of Israel he hath cast it downe frō heauen vnto the earth and he remembred not his owne footestole when he was angry 2 The Lorde hath cast out all the habitations of Iacob without any fauour all the strong places of the daughter of Iuda hath he broken in his wrath and throwen them downe to the grounde her kingdome and her princes hath he prophaned 3 In the wrath of his indignation he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath withdrawen his right hande from the enemie yea a flambe of fire is kindled in Iacob and hath consumed vp all rounde about 4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his ryght hande as an aduersarie and euery thyng that was pleasaunt to see he hath slayne he hath powred out his wrath like a fire into the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion 5 The Lorde is become like as it were an enemie he hath deuoured Israel and all his palaces yea all his strong holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the daughter of Iuda with much sorowe and heauinesse 6 His tabernacle as a garden hath he destroyed his solempne meetinges hath he put downe the Lord hath brought it so to passe that the hye solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are cleane forgotten in his heauy displeasure hath he dispised the kyng and priestes 7 The Lorde hath forsaken his owne aulter and hath abhorred his owne sanctuarie and hath geuen the walles of their towres into the handes of the enemie their enemies made a noyse in the house of the Lorde as it had ben in a solempne feast day 8 The Lorde thought to breake downe the walles of the daughter of Sion he spread out his line and drewe not in his hande tyll he had destroyed them therfore mourne the turrettes the broken walles fall downe together 9 Her gates are suncke downe to the grounde her barres are broken and smitten in sunder the kyng and princes are caryed away to the gentiles they haue neither lawe nor prophetes nor yet any vision from the Lorde 10 The senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in scilence they haue strawed asshes vpon their heads and gyrded them selues with sackcloth the maydens of Hierusalem hang downe their heades to the grounde 11 Mine eyes begin to fayle me through weeping my body is disquieted my liuer is powred vpon the earth for the great hurt of the daughter of my people seeing the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streetes of the citie 12 Euen when they spake to their mothers Where is meate and drinke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the streetes of the citie like as they had ben wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome 13 What shall I say vnto thee O thou daughter Hierusalem to whom shal I liken thee To whom shall I compare thee O thou daughter Sion to comfort thee withall thy heart is lyke a mayne sea who may heale thee 14 Thy prophetes haue looke dout vayne and foolish thinges for thee they haue not shewed thee of thy wickednesse to kepe thee from captiuitie but they haue seene out for thee burthens of vanitie and banishment 15 All they that go by thee clappe their handes at thee hissing and wagging their heades vpon the daughter Hierusalem and say Is this the citie that men call so faire wherein the whole lande reioyceth 16 All thyne enemies gape vpon thee whispering and grinding their teeth saying let vs deuour for the tyme that we looked for is come we haue founde and seene it 17 The Lorde hath fulfilled the thing that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuised long ago he hath destroyed and not spared he hath caused thyne aduersarie to triumph ouer thee and set vp the horne of thyne enemie 18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lorde O thou citie of the daughter Sion let thy teares runne downe like a riuer day and night rest not and let not the apple of thyne eye leaue of 19 Stand vp and make thy prayer in the first watche of the night powre out thine heart like water before the Lord lift vp thyne handes for the liues of thy young chyldren that dye of hunger in the streetes 20 Beholde O Lorde and consider to whom thou hast done thus Shall the women then eate their owne fruite euen chyldren of a spanne long shall the priestes and prophetes be slayne in the sanctuarie of the Lorde 21 Young and olde lye thorowe the streetes vpon the grounde my maydens and young men are slayne with the sworde whom thou in the day of thy wrathfull indignation hast put to death yea euen thou hast put them to death and not spared them 22 My neighbours that are rounde about me hast thou called as it were to a feast day so that in the day of the lordes wrath none escaped neither was any left behinde those that I haue brought vp and nourished hath myne enemie destroyed The .iij. Chapter 1 I Am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie 2 He droue me foorth and led me yea into darknesse but not into light 3 Against me is he turned he turneth his hande dayly against me 4 My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde and my bones hath he bruised 5 He hath buylded rounde about me and closed me in with gall and trauaile 6 He hath set me in darknesse as they that be dead for euer 7 He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out and hath layde heauie linkes vpon me 8 Though I crye and call pitiously yet heareth he not my prayer 9 He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones and made my pathes crooked 10 He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare and as a lion in a hole 11 He hath marred my wayes and broken me in peeces he hath layde me waste altogether 12 He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marke to shoote at 13 The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot euen into my reynes 14 I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songues vpon me all the day long 15 He hath filled me with bitternesse and geuen me wormewood to drinke 16 He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones and roulled me in the dust 17 He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges 18 I thought in my selfe I am vndone there is no hope for me in the Lorde 19 O remember yet my miserie and my trouble the wormewood and the gall 20 Yea thou shalt remember them for my soule melteth away in me 21 Whyle I consider these thinges in my heart I get a hope agayne 22 Namely it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed 23 Newe mercyes shall the Lord shewe vpon thee early in the day springing O Lorde great is
them that I may do vnto thee 11 And Gad came to Dauid and sayd vnto him thus sayth the Lorde Choose thee 12 Eyther three yeres famishment or three monethes to be destroyed before thyne aduersaries that the sworde of thyne enemies may ouertake thee or els the sworde of the Lord and pestilence in the lande three dayes and the angell of the Lorde destroying throughout all the coastes of Israel And nowe aduise thy selfe what worde I shal bring againe to him that sent me 13 And Dauid sayde vnto Gad I am in an exceeding strayte Let me fall nowe into the hande of the Lorde for passing great are his mercies but let me not fal into the hand of men 14 So the Lorde sent pestilence vpon Israel and there were ouerthrowen of Israel threescore and ten thousande men 15 And God sent the angell into Hierusalem to destroy it And as he was about to destroy the Lorde behelde and had compassion on the euyll sayde to the angel that destroyed It is enough let nowe thyne hand ceasse And the angel of the Lorde stoode by the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 16 And Dauid lift vp his eyes and sawe the angell of the Lorde stand betweene the earth and heauen hauing a drawen sword in his hand stretched out toward Hierusalem Then Dauid and the elders of Israel whiche were clothed in sacke fell vpon their faces 17 And Dauid sayde vnto God Is it not I that commaunded the people to be numbred It is I that haue sinned and done euyll in deede and what haue these sheepe done Let thyne hande O Lorde my God be on me and on my fathers house but not on thy people that they shoulde be punished 18 And the angell of the Lord commaunded Gad to say to Dauid that Dauid shoulde go vp and set vp an aulter vnto the Lorde in the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 19 And Dauid went vp according to the saying of Gad whiche he spake in the name of the Lorde 20 And Ornan turned about and saw the angell and his foure sonnes were with him and hyd them selues But Ornan was threshing wheate 21 And as Dauid came to Ornan Ornan loked and sawe Dauid and went out of the threshing floore and bowed hym selfe to Dauid with his face to the grounde 22 And Dauid sayde to Ornan Geue me the place of the threshing floore that I may buylde an aulter therin vnto the lord Thou shalt geue it me for as much money as it is worth that the plague may ceasse from the people 23 And Ornan sayd vnto Dauid Take it to thee and let my lorde the king do that which seemeth good in his eyes Lo I geue thee oxen also for burnt sacrifices and treshing instrumentes for wood wheate for meate offring I geue it all 24 And king Dauid sayde to Ornan Not so but I will bye it for as much money as it is worth For I will not take that whiche is thyne for the Lorde nor offer burnt offringes without coast 25 And so Dauid gaue to Ornan for that place sicles of golde sixe hundred by wayght 26 And Dauid buylt there an aulter vnto the Lorde and offred burnt offringes and peace offringes and called vpon the Lorde and he hearde him from heauen in fire vpon the aulter of burnt offring 27 And when the Lorde had spoken to the angel he put vp his sword againe into the sheathe of it 28 At that time when Dauid sawe that the Lorde had hearde him in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite he vsed to offer there 29 For the tabernacle of the Lorde which Moyses made in the wildernesse the aulter of burnt offring were at that season in the hill of Gibeon 30 And Dauid coulde not go before it to aske counsell at God for he was afrayde of the sword of the angel of the Lorde The .xxii. Chapter 2 Dauid prepareth things necessarie for the buylding of the temple 6 He commaundeth his sonne Solomon to buylde the temple of the Lorde which thing he him selfe was forbidden to do 9 Vnder the figure of Solomon Christ is promised 1 ANd Dauid said This is the house of the lord God this is the aulter for the burnt offring of Israel 2 And Dauid commaunded to gather together the straungers that were in the lande of Israel and he set masons to hew and pullishe stones for the building of the house of God 3 And Dauid prepared plentie of iron for nayles doores of the gates to ioyne withal and aboundaunce of brasse without wayght 4 And Cedar trees without number For the Zidons and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to Dauid 5 And Dauid sayde Solomon my sonne is young and tender and the house that is to be buylded for the Lorde must be magnificall excellent and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreys I wil therfore make ordinaunces for it And so Dauid prepared many thinges before his death 6 And he called Solomon his sonne and charged him to buylde an house for the Lorde God of Israel 7 And Dauid sayde to Solomon My sonne I thought as it was in myne heart to buylde an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God 8 But the word of the Lord came to me saying Thou hast shed much blood and hast made great battayles thou shalt therefore not buylde an house vnto my name for thou hast shed much blood vp on the earth in my sight 9 Behold a sonne is borne to thee and he shal be a man of rest for I wil geue him rest from all his enemies rounde about For his name is Solomon I wil send rest and peace vpon Israel in his dayes 10 He shall buylde an house for my name and he shal be my sonne and I wil be his father and I wil establishe the seate of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer 11 Nowe therfore my sonne the Lorde be with thee and prosper thee and thou shalt buylde an house to the Lorde thy God as he hath sayde of thee 12 And the Lord shall geue thee wysdom and vnderstanding and shall geue thee commaundementes for Israel that thou mayst kepe the lawe of the Lorde thy God 13 For then thou shalt prosper euen when thou takest heede and fulfillest the statutes and lawes which the Lorde charged Moyses with for Israel Plucke vp thyne hearte therfore be strong dread not nor be discouraged 14 Behold according to my pouertie haue I also prepared for the house of the Lorde an hundred thousande talentes of golde and a thousande thousande talentes of siluer and as for brasse iron it can not be nūbred for it is verie much And I haue prepared timber and stone and thou mayest prouide more thereto 15 Moreouer thou hast workemen with thee mowe and masons and carpenters to worke in stone and timber many men that be actiue for euery worke 16 And of golde siluer brasse iron there is no number Vp therefore and
naught 9 The righteous wyll reioyce when he seeth the vengeaunce he wyll washe his foote steppes in the blood of the vngodly 10 And euery man shall say veryly there is a rewarde for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth ¶ The argument of the .lix. Psalme ¶ Dauid vttereth how he was affected at such time as wayte was layde for to slay him He declareth what prayers he made against the vnreasonablenes of his aduersaries how greatly he trusted in God hauing his minde quiet and redie to prayse God his refuge and succour at all times ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid when Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him 1 DEliuer me from myne enemies O Lorde defende me froÌ„ them that rise vp against me 2 Deliuer me from the workers of iniquitie and saue me from the blood thirstie men 3 For lo they lye in wayte for my soule men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God 4 When no fault is done they runne and set them selues in order arise to meete me and beholde 5 And thou O God Lorde of hoastes Lorde of Israel awake to visite all Heathen and be not mercifull vnto all them that offend of malice Selah 6 They go to and fro at euening they barke lyke a dogge and runne about through the citie 7 Behold they speake with their mouth swordes are in their lippes for say they who doth heare vs 8 But thou O God wylt haue them in derision thou wylt laugh all Heathen to scorne 9 I wyl reserue his strength for thee for thou O Lorde art my refuge 10 My mercifull Lord wyll preuent me the Lord will let me see my desire vpon mine enemies 11 Slay them not lest my people forget it but in thy stoutnes scatter them like vagaboundes and put them downe O God our defence 12 The wordes of their lippes be the sinne of their mouth O let them be taken in their pryde for they speake nothing but curses and lies 13 Consume them in thy wrath consume them that nothing of them remayne and let them knowe that it is the Lord that ruleth in Iacob vnto the endes of the worlde Selah 14 And let them gad vp and downe at euening let them barke lyke a dogge and go about the citie 15 Let them runne here and there for meate and go to bed if they be not satisfied 16 As for me I wyll sing of thy power and wyll prayse thy louing kindnes betime◠〈◊〉 the morning for thou hast ben my â—â—â—ence and refuge in the day of my trouble 17 Vnto thee O my strength will I sing psalmes for thou O Lorde art my refuge and my mercyfull Lorde The argument of the .lx. psalme ¶ Dauid where as he and his people were so afflicted that it might seeme God to haue forsaken them yet he considering that God would be pacified by them that returned vnto him vnfaignedly from their sinnes prayeth to God for to defende maintaine and encrease his people and kingdome according to his promises ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Susan Eduth a golden psalme of Dauid for to teache made when he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Stobah and when Ioab turned backe and slue twelue thousande Edomites in the salt valley 2. Sam. 8. 1. Paral. 18. 1 O Lorde thou hast cast vs out thou hast dispearsed vs thou art displeased O turne thee vnto vs agayne 2 Thou hast made the land to tremble thou hast cleft it asunder heale the breaches therof for it is redy to fall downe 3 Thou hast made thy people see heauie thinges thou hast geuen vs wyne to drinke that maketh vs tremble 4 But to suche as feare thee thou hast geuen a banner to be lyfted vp on high for the trueth sake Selah 5 Therfore that thy beloued may be deliuered helpe me with thy right hand and heare me 6 The Lorde hath spoken in his holynes whereof I wyll reioyce this I wyll deuide Sichem and measure the valley of Sucoth 7 Gilead shal be myne and Manasses shal be myne Ephraim also shal be the strength of my head and Iuda my law geuer 8 Moab shal be my washpot ouer Edom I wyll cast my shoe Philistea be thou glad of me 9 Who wyll leade me into the strong citie who wyll bring me into Edom 10 Hast not thou remoued vs from thence O Lorde and wylt not thou O Lorde go out with our hoastes 11 Geue vs ayde against trouble for the sauing helpe of man is but vayne 12 Thorowe the Lorde we wyll do valiaunt actes for he him selfe wyll treade downe our enemies The argument of the .lxj. psalme ¶ Dauid beyng in daunger requireth God to deliuer him he declareth his trust in God He desireth long life of God and promiseth to prayse him therfore ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth of Dauid 1 HEare my crying O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer 2 From the endes of the earth I wyll call vnto thee when my heart is in heauines oh set me vp on the rocke that is higher then I. 3 For thou hast ben my hope and a strong towre for me against the face of the enemie 4 I wyll dwell in thy tabernacle for euer my trust shal be vnder the couering of thy wynges Selah 5 For thou O Lorde hast hearde my vowes and hast geuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy name 6 Thou wilt adde dayes vnto the kings dayes and his yeres shal be a generation and a generation 7 He shall dwell before the Lorde for euer O appoynt thy louing mercy and faithfulnes that thei may preserue him 8 So wyll I sing psalmes vnto thy name that I may day by day perfourme my vowes ¶ The argument of the .lxij. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth that in God he putteth his whole trust and that his aduersaries deuising mischiefe shall therby worke their owne destruction He declareth also that to trust vnto man aucthoritie spoyle riches or goodes is but vanitie Only God hath power and good wyll to helpe in all necessities who wyll rewarde euery one according to his workes ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Iudethun a psalme of Dauid 1 MY soule truly only stayeth vpon the Lorde for of him commeth my saluation 2 He onlye is my rocke and my sauing helpe he is my refuge so that I can not be remoued greatly 3 Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man ye shal be slayne all the sort of you ye shal be as a tottering wall and like a broken hedge 4 They deuise only howe to thrust him from his promotion they delight in a lye they blesse with their mouth and curse with their heart Selah 5 Neuerthelesse O my soule stay thou only vpon the Lorde for my confidence is in him 6 He only is my rocke
soule vnto thee 10 Delyuer me O God from myne enemies I hyde my selfe with thee 11 Teache me to do the thyng that pleaseth thee for thou art my Lorde let thy good spirite leade me foorth vnto the lande of ryghteousnesse 12 For thy names sake O God thou wilt cause me to lyue and for thy righteousnesse sake thou wilt bryng my soule out of trouble 13 And of thy goodnesse thou wylt restrayne myne enemies and destroy all them that be aduersaries to my soule for I am thy seruaunt ¶ The argument of the .cxliiij. Psalme ¶ Dauid acknowledgeth it to proceede only of God that he hath ouercome his enemies and hath his subiectes obedient vnto hym He marueyleth that God is so beneficiall vnto hym a man to be esteemed of no valure He desireth God vtterly to vanquishe his aduersaries and that his people may florishe with all kynde of felicitie ¶ Of Dauid 1 BLessed be God my rocke who teacheth my handes to warre and my fingers to fyght 2 My holynesse and my fortresse my refuge and my only deliuerer my buckler in hym I haue put my trust who subdueth my people vnder me 3 O God what is man that thou doest knowe hym what is the sonne of man that thou doest thynke of hym 4 Man is lyke a thyng of naught his dayes be lyke a shadowe that passeth away 5 Bowe thy heauens O God and come downe touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke 6 Cast out terrible lightninges and feare them shoote out thyne arrowes and consume them 7 Sende downe thine hand from aboue deliuer me and take me out of the great waters from the hande of the children of an other deuotion then I am 8 Whose mouth vttereth vanitie and their ryght hande is a ryght hande of falshood 9 O Lorde I wyll syng a newe song vnto thee and I wyll syng psalmes vnto thee vpon a Lute and vpon an instrument of ten strynges 10 Who geueth victorie vnto kynges who redeemeth Dauid his seruaunt from peryll of the sworde 11 Redeeme me and deliuer me from the hande of the children of an other deuotion then I am whose mouth vttereth vanitie and their ryght hande is a ryght hande of falshood 12 That our sonnes may growe vp in their youth as young plantes that our daughters may be as corners stones grauen after the fashion as a palace is 13 That the corners of our houses may be fylled yeeldyng foorth all maner of stoore that our cattell may bring foorth thousandes yea ten thousandes in our streates 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no decay no leadyng into captiuitie and no complaynyng in our streates 15 Happy are the people that be in such a case blessed is the people who haue God for their Lorde ⧠The argument of the cxlv psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth to be talked and song of all ages the wonderous workes of God wherin is declared his goodnesse mercifulnesse power and prouidence God raigneth for euer he aydeth the oppressed and afflicted He feedeth all creatures He is iust and mercifull in all his workes He is present with those that call vpon him and feare him such he heareth and saueth wheras he destroyeth the wicked ¶ The prayse of Dauid 1 I Will magnifie thee O Lord my king and I wyll blesse thy name for euer and euer 2 I wyll blesse thee euery day and I wyll prayse thy name for euer and euer 3 Great is God and most worthy to be praysed and his greatnesse can not be searched out 4 One generation shal praise thy workes vnto another and they shall declare thy mightie power 5 I wyll set foorth in wordes the glorious maiestie of thy excellentnesse and thy wonderous workes 6 I wyll also declare thy greatnesse so that men shall speake of the force of thy terrible actes 7 They shall vtter out of their mouth a memoriall of thyne aboundaunt kyndnesse and they shall syng of thy ryghteousnesse 8 God is gratious and mercifull loth to be angry and great in louing kindnesse 9 God is good vnto euery man and his mercie is ouer all his workes 10 All thy workes shall confesse it vnto thee O God and thy saintes shall blesse thee 11 They shal shewe the glorie of thy kingdome and talke of thy power 12 That they may make knowen to the children of men his manifolde power the glorious maiestie of his kingdome 13 Thy kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages 14 God vpholdeth all such as fall and lyfteth vp all those that be bowyng downewarde 15 The eyes of all wayte vpon thee and thou geuest them their meate in due season 16 Thou openest thyne hande and thou satisfiest the desire of euery thing liuing 17 God is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all his workes 18 God is nye vnto all them that call vpon hym vnto all such as call vpon hym in trueth 19 He wyll fulfyll the desire of them that feare hym he will also heare their crye and he wyll saue them 20 God preserueth all those that loue him but he wyll bring to nothyng such as be vngodly 21 My mouth shall speake the prayse of God and all fleshe shall blesse his holy name for euer and euer The argument of the .cxlvi. psalme ¶ The prophete vttereth his great desire to prayse God he withdraweth men from puttyng their trust in princes pronouncyng that man to be happy who trusteth in God the creatour of all thinges the geuer of ryght to those that suffer wrong the feeder of the hungry the deliuerer of prisoners out of captiuitie and the defendour of straungers fatherlesse and widdowes 1 PRayse ye the Lord prayse thou God O my soule whylest I lyue I wyll prayse God I wyll syng psalmes vnto my Lorde so long as I shal be 2 Put not your trust in princes nor in the sonne of man in whom there is no saluation 3 His spirite shall depart out of hym he shall turne agayne to his earth at that day all his thoughtes shall perishe 4 Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde his trust is in God his Lorde 5 Who made heauen and earth the sea and all that therin is who mainteyneth the trueth for euer 6 Who executeth iudgement for those that are oppressed with wrong who geueth foode to the hungry 7 God looseth those that be bounde God geueth syght to the blynde 8 God rayseth them vp that are falling God loueth the ryghteous 9 God taketh strangers into his custodie he releeueth the fatherlesse and the widdowe as for the way of the vngodlye he turneth it vpsyde downe 10 God thy Lorde shall raigne O Sion to the worldes ende throughout all generations Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the cxlvij. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth the children of Israel to prayse God for that by hym they were brought home out of captiuitie He declareth Gods great
Iosippus which was also called Caiphas vnder whom Christe suffered he after .xi. yeres forsoke Iurie and returned to Rome after him Tiberius sent Pontius Pilate vnder whom Herode Agrippa to the honor of Tiberius Caesar builded the citie of Tiberias After y e death of Herode Ascolonita the monarchie of the kingdome of the Iewes was deuided into two partes by the Senate of Rome and one part was geuen to Archelaus vnder the name of the Tetrarch that is of Iurie and Idumea and it was promised him that if he did worthily he shoulde be made king An other part was deuided into two Tetrarches and one part therof was geuen to Herode Antipas ouer the riuer and Galilee and to his brother Philippus was geuen the Tetrarchie of Ituria or Traconitis and to Lisania was geuen the Tetrarchie of Abilen Christes line Christe Iesus our Lorde was borne the .42 yere of the Empire of Augustus in the .30 yere of Herode the kyng on the Sunday at nyght and in the .15 yere of Tiberius Christ was 30. yeres of age Christes birth Christes childhood Christes suffering Christes rising Octauianus or Augustus 57 I. Tiberius Caesar 23 K. 〈…〉 in the 〈…〉 you ioyne the 〈…〉 so begynneth the sixt age which shall continue to the day of iudgement H. Pontius Pilate was made Procurator of Iurie by Tiberius Caesar who commyng to Hierusalem woulde haue the image of Iulius Caesar to be set in the temple in the .17 yere of his rule he pronounced false sentence agaynst Christe he woulde haue brought into the temple the images of the Gentiles contrarie to the lawe of the Iewes and the money receaued into Corbonam that is of the Arke wherin was put the offrings of the priestes to the repayryng of the temple also of the Treasure house wherin was put the oblations of all passengers he turned to his owne vse and therfore Tiberius exiled him to Lions his owne countrey where he dyed to his shame Ioh. 19. I. Octauianus or Augustus Caesar after he came to the empire found pacified the whole world therfore he disired to knowe what regions what cities what castles what villages what men were vnder his Empire for he had the rule of the whole worlde and this description was first made of Cirinus the liefetenaunt of Syria and than was Christe borne And hauyng desire to builde a notable pallace he woulde knowe howe long it shoulde continue and had aunswere from Cibilla that it shoulde endure so long tyll a virgin should bring foorth a childe whervpon he called it eternum that is euerlastyng But Christe beyng borne of a virgin the pallace fell downe whervpon he builded an aulter to God borne of the virgin and called it the aulter of heauen he raigned .13 yeres after Christes birth and in the .41 yere of his rule he numbred the people in Rome and there were founde ninetie tymes three hundred thousand and 80. thousande and sixe hundred men Luk. 2. K. Tiberius was the sonne of Augustus and of Iulia his wife he had two Nephues one of his sonne called Tibur and another of his brother called Gaius he woulde haue substituted after him the sonne of his sonne whom he loued better but Herode Agrippa loued better Gaius and wished him to be Emperour for which wishe he put Herode in prison In the .15 yere of his raigne Iohn Baptist began for to preache and to baptise and in his 18. yere Christe was crucified and Tiberius dyed Hismeria Zacharia man Elizabeth wife Iohn Baptist L. Hismeria and Anna sisters Anna wife to these three Salomas Ioachim Cleophas Zebedeus man Maria wife Maria wife Ioseph man Maria wife Alpheus man Petrus Iames the great Iohn the Euangelist Iames the lesse Simon Cananeus Taddeus S. Iudas Christe Andreas Philippus Bartholomeus Mattheus Thomas Matthias Paulus M. Ioseph or Barsabas Barnabas The Apostles dispearsed through the whole worlde to preache the Gospell of Christe were for Christes sake slayne by diuers tormentes except Iohn the Euangelist Peter and Paule in the â—9 from Christes passion and in the .14 yere of Nero were slaine at Rome the same day Andrewe in Patras Iames both of them and Matthias in Iurie Iohn the Euangelist was translated from Ephesus Thomas and Bartholmewe in Iudea Simon and Iudas in Persia Matthewe in Ethiope Marke in Alexandria Luke in Bithinia Barnabas was martered in Cipresse M. Paul in the seconde yere from Christes death was by miracle conuerted to the fayth in the .13 yere Paul and Barnabas were deuided in Antioche and went vp to Peter and Iames in Hierusalem and in the .14 yere they went to preache and Paul after long preachyng in Iurie and Greece came to Rome ¶ The whole scripture of the Bible is deuided into two Testamentes the olde Testament and the newe which booke is of diuers natures some legall some historicall some sapientiall and some propheticall The olde teacheth by figures and ceremonies the lawe was geuen terribly in lightnyng and thundryng to induce the people to obseruaunce therof by feare The newe Testament came in more gloriously with the gentle name of the Gospel and good tidynges to induce men to obserue it by loue Bookes Legal be so named wherin the lawes and iudgementes of God be pronounced by his owne mouth and they be 5. bookes which is to say Genesis Which doth treate of the beginning of the world and of all creatures of the deluge of Noes ship and the confusion of tongues of the election of Gods people and of the goyng downe of the people into Egypt Chapters 50. Exodus Sheweth of the ten plagues of Pharao and of the departyng of the children of Israel out of Egypt of the ten preceptes and iudgementes and of the instruction of Gods people of the arke of Gods couenaunt and of the Tabernacle of the aulter of Aarons vestures Chapters 40. Leuiticus It doth treate of sacrifices and oblations to be offered of the pot and the vestures of Aaron of the order and ministery of the Leuites Chapters 27. Numeri It treateth of the numbryng of the people of the tribes of Israel of the prophecie of Balaam of the mansions in wildernesse Chapters â—6 Deuteronomie Doth report agayne those thinges that were done in the former foure bookes Chapters 34. Historical be so called wherein histories of diuers actes be expressed there be of theÌ„ bookes 19. Iosuah Whiche doth treate of the passing ouer the flud of Iordane and of the subuersion of the kingdome that were the Iewes aduersaries of the bryngyng in of Gods people into the lande of beheste and of the deuision of that lande Chapters 24. Iudges Which treateth of Princes and Iudges and of the defence of the people of Israel and of their conquest and triumphes had agaynst their enemies Chapters 21. Ruth Which treateth of the matrimonie betwixt Booz and Ruth of whom Christ did spring Chapters 4. Samuel 1 Which treateth of the gouernaunce of the people of Israel by Iudges of
cryed with a lowde voyce in the Iewes language and spake saying Heare the wordes of the great king euen of the king of Assyria 29 Thus sayth the king Let not Hezekia beguile you for he shal not be able to deliuer you out of myne hande 30 Neither let Hezekia make you to trust in the Lorde saying The Lorde shall surely deliuer vs this citie shall not be geuen ouer into the hande of the king of Assyria 31 Hearken not vnto Hezekia For thus sayth the king of Assyria Deale kindely with me and come out to me and then eate euery man of his owne vine and of his owne figge tree and drincke euery man of the water of his owne well 32 Till I come and fet you to as good a lande as yours is a lande of corne and wine a lande of bread and vineyardes a lande of oyle of olyue trees and of hony that ye may liue and not dye And hearken not vnto Hezekia for he beguileth you saying The Lorde shall deliuer vs. 33 Hath euery one of the gods of the nations deliuered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria 34 Where is the god of Hamath of Arphad and where is the god of Sepharuaim Hena and Iua Dyd they deliuer Samaria out of myne hande 35 And what god is among al the gods of the nations that hath deliuered his land out of myne hande Shall the Lorde deliuer Hierusalem out of myne hande 36 But the people held their peace and aunswered not him a word for the king had commaunded saying Aunswere hym not 37 Then Eliakim the sonne of Helkia which was the steward of the houshold and Sobna the scribe Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekia with their clothes rent and tolde him the wordes of Rabsakeh The .xix. Chapter 6 God promiseth Isai victorie to Hezekia 35 The angel of the Lord killeth an hundreth and fourescore and fiue thousand men of the Assyrians 37 Sennacherib is killed of his owne sonnes 1 SO it came to passe that when king Hezekia hearde it he rent his clothes put on sacke came into the house of the Lorde 2 And sent Eliakim which was the steward of the houshold and Sobna the scribe and the elders of the priestes clothed in sacke to Isai the prophete the sonne of Amoz 3 And they sayd vnto him thus sayth Hezekia This day is a day of tribulation of rebuke and blasphemie For the children are come to the byrth and there is no strength to be deliuered 4 Peraduenture the Lorde thy God will heare al the wordes of Rabsakeh whō the king of Assyria his maister hath sent to rayle on the lyuing God to rebuke him with wordes which the Lorde thy God hath hearde And lift thou vp thy prayer for the remnaunt that are left 5 So the seruauntes of king Hezekia came to Isai 6 And Isai sayde vnto them So shall ye say to your maister Thus sayth the Lorde Be not afrayde of the wordes which thou hast heard with which the young men of the king of Assyria haue rayled on me 7 Beholde I will put hym in another mynde and he shall heare tydinges and so returne to his owne land and I will bring to passe that he shall fall vpon the sworde euen in his owne land 8 And Rabsakeh went backe againe and founde the king of Assyria fighting against Libna for he had hearde howe that he was departed from Lachis 9 And when he hearde men say of Thirhaka king of the blacke Mores Behold he is come out to fight against thee he departed and sent messengers vnto Hezekia saying 10 Thus speake to Hezekia king of Iuda saying Let not thy God deceaue thee in whom thou trustest saying Hierusalem shall not be deliuered into the hand of the king of Assyria 11 Beholde thou hast hearde what the kinges of Assyria haue done to all landes how they haue vtterly destroyed them And shalt thou escape 12 Haue the gods of the heathen deliuered them whiche myne auncestours haue destroyed As Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Thelassar 13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arphad the king of the citie of Sepharuaim and of Hena and Iua 14 And Hezekia receaued the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it And Hezekia went vp into the house of the Lorde and layde it abrode before the Lorde 15 And Hezekia prayed before the Lord and sayd O Lord God of Israel which dwellest betweene y e Cherubs thou art God alone ouer al the kingdomes of the earth thou hast made heauen earth 16 Lorde bowe downe thyne eare and heare Open Lorde thyne eyes I besech thee and see and heare the wordes of Sennacherib whiche hath sent this man to rayle on the lyuing God 17 Of a trueth Lorde the kinges of Assyria haue destroyed nations and their landes 18 And haue set fire on their gods For they were no gods but the worke of the handes of man euen of wood and stone and they destroyed them 19 Nowe therfore O Lord our God I besech thee saue thou vs out of his hande that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe that thou onely art the Lorde God 20 And Isai the sonne of Amoz sent to Hezekia saying Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel That whiche thou hast prayed me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I haue hearde it 21 This is therefore the worde that the Lorde hath sayd of him The virgin euen the daughter of Sion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorne O thou king of Assyria the daughter of Hierusalem hath shaken her head at thee 22 Whom hast thou rayled on and whom hast thou blasphemed Against whom hast thou exalted thy voyce and lyfted vp thyne eyes so hye Euen against the holy of Israel 23 By the hande of thy messengers thou hast rayled on the Lord and sayd With the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the toppes of the mountaynes euen along by the sides of Libanon and I will cut downe the hye Cedar trees and the lusty fyrre trees therof and I will go into the lodging of his borders and into the wood of his Carmel 24 I haue digged and druncke straunge waters with the steppe of my goyng wil I drye al the water pooles that are besieged 25 Hast thou not heard howe I haue ordeyned such a thing a great whyle ago and haue prepared it from the beginning And shall I not nowe bring it foorth that it may destroy and bring strong cities into wast heapes of stones 26 And the inhabiters of them shal be of litle power and faynt hearted and confounded and shal be lyke the grasse of the field or greene hearbe or as the hay on the toppes of the houses or as the corne that is vnripe smitten with blasting 27 I knowe thy dwelling thy comming out and thy
Iuda 17 They which buylded on the wall and they that bare burthens and those that laded them with one hande did euery one his worke and with the other helde his weapon 18 For euery one that buylded had his sword girded by his thingh and so buylded they And he that blewe the trumpet was beside me 19 And I saide vnto the principall men to the rulers and to the other people The worke is great and large we are seperated vpon the wall one farre from another 20 Loke in what place therefore ye heare the noyse of the trumpet resort ye thither vnto vs and our God shall fight for vs 21 And we wil be labouring in the worke And the halfe part of them helde their speares from the morning spring tyll the starres came foorth 22 And at the same time saide I vnto the people Let euery one with his seruaūt lodge within Hierusalem that in the night season we may watch and labour on the day time 23 As for me and my brethren my seruauntes and the men of the watch which folowed me we put neuer of our clothes saue onely because of the wasshing ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The people are oppressed and in necessitie 7 Nehemia remedieth it 15 He tooke not the portion of others that had ruled before lest he shoulde greeue the people 1 ANd there arose a great complaynt of the people and their wyues against their brethrē the Iewes 2 For there were some that saide Our sonnes and daughters and we are very many therefore wyll we take corne for them that we may eate and liue 3 Some also there were that saide Let vs set our landes vineyardes and houses to pledge and take vp corne in the dearth 4 But some there were that saide We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute and that vpon our landes vineyardes 5 And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren and our children as their children and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them and other men haue our landes and vineyardes 6 And when I heard their complaynt and such wordes it displeased me sore 7 And I aduised so in my minde that I rebuked the counsellers and the rulers and saide vnto them Euery one of you layeth great burdens vpon his brother And I brought a great congregation against them 8 And saide vnto them We after our habilitie haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes which were solde vnto the heathen And wyll you sell your brethrē againe and shall they be solde vnto vs Then held they their peace and coulde finde nothing to aunswere 9 And Nehemia saide It is not good that ye do Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God because of the rebuke of the heathen that are our enemies 10 I and my brethren and my seruauntes do lende them money and corne I pray you let vs leaue of this burden 11 Therefore this same day I pray you see that ye restore them their landes againe their vineyardes olyue gardens and their houses and remit the hundred parte of the money of the corne wine and oyle that ye haue exacted of them 12 Then saide they We wyll restore them againe wyll require nothing of them and wyll do as thou hast spoken And I called the priestes and tooke an oth of them that they should do so 13 And I shooke my lappe and saide God shake out euery man after the same maner from his house laboure that maintaineth not this worde euen thus be he shaken out and voyde And all the congregation saide Amen and praysed the Lorde And the people did according to this promise 14 And from the time foorth that the king committed vnto me to be captayne of them that were in the lande of Iuda euen from the twentie yere vnto the thirtie two yere of king Artaxerxes that is twelue yeres I with my brethrē liued not of such sustinaunce as was geuen to a captayne 15 For the olde captaynes that were before me had ben chargeable vnto the people and had taken of them bread wine beside fouretie sicles of siluer yea and their seruauntes had oppressed the people But so did not I and that because of the feare of God 16 But I laboured also in the worke vpon the wall and we bought no lande and all my seruauntes came thither together vnto the worke 17 Moreouer there were at my table an hundred and fiftie of the Iewes and rulers which came vnto me from among the heathen that are about vs. 18 And there was prepared for me dayly an oxe and sixe chosen sheepe and birdes were prepared for me and euer once in ten dayes wine for all in aboundance Yet required not I the liuing of a captayne for the bondage was greeuous vnto the people 19 Thinke vpon me my God vnto the best according to all that I haue done for this people The .vj. Chapter 8 Nehemia aunswereth with great wysdome and zeale to his aduersarie 11 He is not discouraged by the false prophetes 1 AND when Sanaballat Tobia and Gesem the Arabian and the other of our enemies heard that I had builded the wall and that there were no mo gappes therein howebeit at the same time had I not hanged the doores vpon the gates 2 Sanaballat and Gesem sent vnto me saying Come that we may meete take counsel together in the villages that are in the playne of the citie Ono. Neuerthelesse they thought to do me euill 3 And I sent messengers vnto them saying I haue a great businesse to do and I can not come downe Why should the worke ceasse whilest I leaue it and come downe to you 4 Howbeit they sent vnto me as good as foure times after the same maner And I gaue them the same aunswere 5 Then sent Sanaballat his seruaunt againe vnto me the fift time with an open letter in his hande 6 Wherein was written It is tolde the heathen and Gesem hath saide it that thou and the Iewes thinke to rebel for the which cause thou buildest the wall that thou mayst be their king according to these wordes 7 And hast ordayned the prophetes to preache of thee at Hierusalem and to say He is king of Iuda And now shall this come to the kinges eares come now therefore and let vs take our counsell together 8 And I sent vnto him saying There is no such thing done as thou sayest for thou fainest them out of thyne owne heart 9 For they were all minded to make vs afrayde saying They shall withdrawe their handes from their worke that it shall not be finished Nowe therefore strengthen thou my hande 10 And I came vnto the house of Semaia the sonne of Delaia the sonne of Mehetabeel he had shut him selfe within and saide Let vs come together in the house of
who coulde inuent that we shoulde bâ—th pleaâ—â—untly â—â—ng and therewith profitably learne whereby wholsome doctrine might be the deeper printed in vs for that which with violence and fâ—rce is learne 〈…〉 wâ—nt to abide long but that which entrâ—th into vs with pleasure and by louing grace it continueth the longer in our heartes it sticketh the fastâ—r in our memories Now as for the matter and content of the psalme what is there but that a man may learne it there Is not there to be learned the valiaâ— â—rtitude the righteousnes of iustice the soâ—ernes of temperaunce the perfection of prudence the fourme of penaunce the measure of 〈…〉 to vertue or perfection is it not there taught In the psalme is contayned absolute diuinitie both prophecie of Christes comming 〈…〉 threatfull warninges of the iudgement the hâ—pe of our rysing againe the feare of Gods punishmentes the promyses of euerlasting ioy the reâ—e◠〈…〉 all thesâ— be layd and couchâ—d vp in the psalter boâ—ke as in a great treasure house common to all mâ—n Which booke the prophete Dauid from 〈…〉 among many instrumentes of musicke to agree with the instrument called the Psalterie signifying thereby as I can iudge the grace 〈…〉 aboue by the inspiration of the holy ghost For this only instrument of all other haue the cause of his sounde from his vpper part where the 〈…〉 by their wrâ—stes haue their sounde comming foorth out of the lower part of them but the Psalterie put foorth the sweetenes of his harmonious melodie from the vpper part teaching vs thereby that we should set our whole studie and meditation in heauenly thinges aboue and not by the sweetenesse of the tunes to be borne downe to the sensuall affections and delectations of the fleshe ¶ Saint Austen THe sweete tunes O Lord wherto thy holy scriptures geue so liuely a grace when they be song with the moderate voyce of expert men I do confesse that they do somwhat delectably stirre me but yet not for that I would dwell and abide still there but for that my minde might ryse vpward to godly affection and heauenly deuotion Notwithstanding when I feele this in my selfe that the melodie moueth me more then the matter of the dittie which is song I confesse then that I offend mortally therein NOW let the gentle reader haue this christian consideration within him selfe that though he findeth the psalmes of this translation folowing not so to sounde agreeably to his eares in his wonted wordes and phrases as he is accustomed with yet let him not be to much offended with the worke which was wrought for his owne commoditie and comfort And if he be learned let him correct the worde or sentence which may dislike him with the better and whether his note râ—eth either of good wyll and charitie either of enuie and contention not purely yet his reprehension if it may turne to the finding out of the trueth shall not be repelled with griefe but applauded to in gladnesse that Christe may euer haue the prayse To whom with the father and the holy spirite be all glory and prayse for euer Amen ¶ The argument of the first psalme ¶ The first psalme seemeth to be a preface vnto the residue It declareth that the iust man only hath the true felicitie in this worlde whose delight is wholly in practising the lawe of God As for the vngodly man although he seeme for a tyme to prosper and to florishe yet his ende is very miserable and wretched 1 BLessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seate of the scornefull 2 But his delight is in the lawe of God and in God his lawe exerciseth him selfe day and night 3 And he shal be lyke a tree planted by the waters syde that bryngeth foorth her fruite in due season and whose leafe wythereth not for whatsoeuer he doth it shall prosper 4 As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaffe which the winde scattereth abrode 5 Therefore the vngodly shall not be able to stande in the iudgement neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous 6 For God knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the vngodly shall perishe ¶ The argument of the .ij. psalme ¶ All conspiracies of the Gentiles Iewes Princes Magistrates and Kinges against Christe be but altogether vayne for God hath marueylously appointed hym Lorde and king ouer al people to the vtter confusion of his aduersaries An exhortation to Kinges and Iudges for to be learned for to serue God and for to receaue his sonne Christe For happy are they that trust in hym 1 WHy do the Heathen so furiously rage together and why do the people imagine a vayne thing 2 The kynges of the earth stande vp and the rulers take counsell together against god and against his annointed 3 Let vs breake say they their bondes a sunder and cast away their cordes from vs. 4 He that dwelleth in heauen wyll laugh them to scorne the Lorde wyll haue them in derision 5 Then wyll he speake vnto them in his wrath and he wyll astonie them with feare in his sore displeasure 6 Saying euen I haue annointed him my kyng vpon my holy hyll of Sion 7 I wyll declare the decree God sayde vnto me thou art my sonne this day I haue begotten thee 8 Desire of me and I wyll geue thee the heathen for thyne inheritaunce and the vttermost partes of the earth for thy possession 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and breake them in peeces like a potters vessell 10 Wherfore be you nowe wel aduised O ye kinges be you learned ye that are iudges of the earth 11 Serue ye God in feare and reioyce ye with a trembling 12 Kisse ye the sonne lest that he be angrye and so ye perishe from the way if his wrath be neuer so litle kindled blessed are all they that put their trust in hym ¶ The argument of the .iij. psalme ¶ Dauid maruayling at the great number of his enemies calleth vpon God for helpe He putteth his trust in God and therfore he feareth not his aduersaries but he reioyceth at the successe that God geueth vnto hym ¶ A psalme of Dauid when he fled from the face of Absalom his sonne 2. Samu. cap. 15. 16. 1 O God howe are myne enemies increased many do ryse vp against me 2 Many say of my soule there is no saluation for it in God Selah 3 But thou O God art a buckler for me thou art my worship and the lifter vp of my head 4 I dyd call vpon God with my voyce and he hearde me out of his holy hyll Selah 5 I layde me downe and slept and I rose vp agayne for God sustayned me 6 I wyll not be afrayde of ten thousandes of the people that haue set
them selues against me rounde about 7 Arise vp O God saue thou me O my Lorde for thou hast smitten all myne enemies vpon the cheeke bone thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly 8 Saluation is of God thy blessing is vpon thy people Selah ¶ The argument of the .iiii. psalme ¶ Dauid at the rebellion of his sonne Absalom cryeth to God for helpe He reproueth the chiefe doers of his aduersaries and exhorteth them to repent He is glad that they haue plentie of victuals and other necessaries seyng that he him selfe is assured of God his fauour ¶ To the chiefe musition on Neginoth a psalme of Dauid 1 HEare me when I call O God of my righteousnesse thou hast set me at libertie when I was in distresse 2 O ye sonnes of men how long wyll ye go about to bryng my glory to confusion ye loue vanitie ye seeke after lyes Selah 3 For ye must know that God hath chosen to him selfe a godly man God wyl heare when I call vnto hym 4 Be ye angry but sinne not commune with your owne heart in your chaumber and be styll Selah 5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse and put your trust in God 6 There be many that say who wyll shewe vs any good O God lift thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpon vs. 7 Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart since the time that their corne and wine increased 8 I wyll lay me downe in peace and take my rest for thou God only makest me to dwell in safetie The argument of the .v. psalme ¶ Dauid afflicted with enemies requireth God to heare his prayers to guide him and to destroy wicked flattering rebels trusting most assuredly that the godly shall be of hym defended and blessed ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Nehiloth a psalme of Dauid 1 GEue eare vnto my wordes O God vnderstande thou my pensifnesse 2 Hearken thou vnto the voyce of my crying my kyng and my Lorde for vnto thee I wyll make my prayer 3 Thou shalt heare my voyce betymes O God I wyll early in the morning direct a prayer vnto thee and I wyll looke for helpe from thee 4 For thou art the Lorde that hath no pleasure in wickednesse neither can any euyll dwell with thee 5 Suche as be foolishe can not stande in thy sight thou hatest all workers of iniquitie 6 Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye God wyll abhorre both the blood-thirstie and deceiptfull man 7 As for me I wyll come into thyne house trusting in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare I will humble my selfe in thyne holy temple 8 Leade me O God in thy righteousnesse because of myne enemies make thy way playne before my face 9 For no trueth is in their mouth their inwarde partes are very wickednesse their throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue 10 Destroy thou them O Lord let them perishe through their owne counsailes cast them out in the multitude of their vngodlinesse for they haue rebelled against thee 11 And all they that trust in thee wyll reioyce they wyll triumph for euer because thou defendest them and they that loue thy name wyll be ioyfull in thee 12 For thou O God wylt blesse the righteous and thou wylt compasse hym about with beneuolence as with a shielde The argument of the .vj. psalme ¶ Dauid besecheth God of his mercy to mitigate the afflictions whiche he felt in his body and soule to this ende that he in this lyfe might prayse God And forsomuch as he assureth him selfe that God hath hearde his prayer he pronounceth that his enemies shall be put to shame ¶ To the chiefe musition on Neginoth vpon eyght a psalme of Dauid 1 O God rebuke me not in thine indignation neither chasten me in thy wrath 2 Haue mercy on me O God for I am weake O God heale me for my bones be very sore 3 My soule also is greatly troubled but O God howe long shall I be in this case 4 Turne thee O God and deliuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake 5 For in death no man remembreth thee and in the graue who can acknowledge thee 6 I am weerie of my groning I washe my bed euery nyght and I water my coutche with my teares 7 Mine eye is almost put out through griefe and worne out through all mine enemies 8 Away from me all workers of iniquitie for God hath hearde the voyce of my weeping 9 God hath hearde my petition God wyll receaue my prayer 10 All myne enemies shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe they shal be put to shame sodainlye The argument of the .vii. psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth God to deliuer him from such as do persecute him to death for that he is innocent and hath deserued no suche thing at their handes comforting him selfe therfore in God he threatneth destruction to his enemies ¶ Siggaion of Dauid whiche he song vnto God in the busines of Chus the sonne of Iemini 1 O God my Lord in thee I haue put my trust saue me from all them that do persecute me and deliuer thou me 2 Lest he like a Lion seasoneth on my soule teareth it in peeces hauyng no rescue 3 O God my Lord if I haue done any such thing or if there be any wickednesse in my handes 4 If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me and if I haue not deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie 5 Then let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me yea let hym put me to death and lay myne honour in the dust Selah 6 Arise O God in thy wrath and stand thou vp agaynst the rage of myne enemies stirre thou for me according to the iudgement whiche thou hast geuen 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee for their sakes therfore place thy selfe on high 8 God wyll iudge the people geue thou sentence with me O God according to my righteousnesse and according to my perfection that is within me 9 My desire is that y e wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende and that thou wouldest assist the iust who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes O most righteous Lorde 10 My buckler is with God who preserueth them that be vpright in heart 11 The Lorde is a righteous iudge and the Lorde is prouoked to anger euery day 12 If the wicked wyll not turne he wyll whet his sworde bende his bowe and haue it in a redinesse to shoote 13 He hath prepared hym instrumentes of death he hath ordayned his arrowes agaynst them that be persecutors 14 Beholde he wyll be in trauayle of a mischiefe for he hath conceaued a labour but yet he shall be brought to bed of a falsehood 15 He hath made a graue and digged it but he hym selfe
wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made 16 For his labour shall come vpon his owne head and his wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate 17 I wyll prayse God accordyng to his ryghteousnesse I wyll sing psalmes vnto the name of the most high God The argument of the .viij. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the magnificencie of God acknowledged of babes and abiectes of this world he maruayleth at Gods workes and at the great exceeding loue of God to man who is exalted to that excellencie that he is Lorde ouer all thinges in this worlde ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Gittith a psalme of Dauid 1 O God our Lorde howe excellent is thy name in all the earth for that thou hast set thy glory aboue the heauens 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast layde the foundation of thy strength for thyne aduersaries sake that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger 3 For I will consider thy heauens euen the workes of thy fingers the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned 4 What is man that thou art myndfull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest hym 5 Thou hast made hym somthyng inferiour to angels thou hast crowned him with glory and worship 6 Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou hast put all thinges in subiection vnder his feete 7 All sheepe and oxen also the beastes of the fielde the foules of the ayre and the fishe of the sea and whatsoeuer swymmeth in the seas 8 O God our Lorde howe excellent great is thy name in all the earth ¶ The argument of the .ix. psalme ¶ Dauid prayseth God for the victorie that he had obtayned ouer his enemies attributyng it wholly to God He besecheth God to continue his mercy towarde hym that he may continually set foorth his prayses ¶ To the chiefe musition at the death of Labben a psalme of Dauid 1 I Wyl prayse God with all myne heart I wyl recite all thy marueylous workes 2 I wyll be glad reioyce in thee I wyll sing psalmes vnto thy name O thou most hyest 3 For that myne enemies are returned backwarde are fallen and perished at thy presence 4 For that thou hast geuen iudgement in my ryght and cause thou that iudgest right hast sit in the throne of iudgement 5 Thou hast rebuked the Heathen and destroyed the vngodly thou hast abolished their name for euer and euer 6 O thou enemie thou thoughtest to bryng vs to a perpetuall desolation * and to destroy our cities so that there shoulde remayne no memory of them 7 But God wyll sit for euer he hath prepared his throne for iudgement 8 For he wyll iudge the world in iustice and minister iudgement vnto the people in righteousnesse 9 God also wyll be a refuge for the oppressed euen a refuge in tyme of trouble 10 And they that knowe thy name wyll put their trust in thee for thou O God hast neuer fayled them that seeke thee 11 Sing psalmes vnto God abiding at Sion declare his notable actes among the people 12 For he maketh inquisition of blood he remembreth it and forgetteth not the complaynt of the poore 13 Haue mercy on me O God consider the trouble whiche I suffer of them that hate me lift me vp from the gates of death 14 That I may shewe all thy prayses within the gates of the daughter of Sion and reioyce in thy saluation 15 The Heathen are sunke downe into the pit that they made their owne foote is snared in the same net whiche they had layde priuily for other 16 God is knowen by the iudgement that he hath executed the vngodly is trapped in y e worke of his owne handes this ought to be considered alwayes Selah 17 The wicked shal be turned vnto hell and all people that forget God 18 But the poore shall not alway be forgotten neither shall the hope of the humble afflicted perishe for euer 19 Aryse vp O God let not man preuaile let the Heathen in thy sight be iudged 20 Put them in feare O God that the Heathen may knowe them selues to be but men Selah The argument of the .x. psalme ¶ The prophete as left in the handes of wicked aduersaries complayneth to God of their pryde malice crueltie euill maners craft and prosperitie he prayeth God to succour the fatherlesse and oppressed and to represse the malice of the wicked 1 WHy standest thou so farre of O God why hidest thee in the tyme of trouble 2 The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore but euery one of them shal be taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined 3 For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire and blessing the couetous he blasphemeth God 4 The vngodly looketh so proudly as though he cared for none at all neither is the Lorde in all his thoughtes 5 His wayes are alwayes greeuous but thy iudgementes are farre aboue out of his sight and therfore he snuffeth at all his enemies 6 He hath sayde in his heart tushe I can not be remoued for I can not be touched at any tyme with harme 7 His mouth is full of cursing and of deceate and of fraude vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe 8 He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent he eyeth diligently hym that is weake 9 He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne he lyeth in wayte lurkyng * that he may violently carry away the afflicted he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted in halyng hym into his net 10 He croucheth and humbleth him selfe so that a number of thē that be weake fall by his myght 11 He sayeth in his heart tushe the Lord hath forgotten he hydeth away his face and he wyll neuer see it 12 Aryse vp O Lorde God lift vp thine hande forget not the afflicted 13 Wherefore shoulde the wicked blaspheme the Lorde whyle he sayeth in his heart that thou wylt not call to accompt 14 Surely thou hast seene this for thou beholdest labour and spite that thou mayest take the matter into thy hands he that is weake leaueth it for thee for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse 15 Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malitious searche thou out his vngodlynes and thou shalt finde none afterwarde in him 16 God is king for euer and euer but the Heathen shall perishe out of the lande 17 O God thou hast hearde the desire of the afflicted and thou wylt settle their heart 18 Thou wylt be attentiue with thyne eare to geue iudgement for the fatherlesse and oppressed so no man in the earth shall once go about hereafter to do them violence ¶ The argument of the .xi. psalme ¶ Dauid trusting in God complayneth of them who would not suffer him to hide him selfe in the
stande out for fatnesse and the cogitations of their heartes do passe from them 8 They make other dissolute they speake oppression with iniurie they talke proudely and presumptuously 9 For they stretch foorth their mouth vnto the heauen and their tongue goeth through the worlde 10 Therfore God his people turneth thither and there is drawen vnto them waters in a full cuppe 11 And they say howe shoulde God perceaue it is there knowledge in the most hyghest 12 Lo these vngodly and fortunate in the worlde do possesse riches 13 Truely I haue cleansed my heart in vayne and wasshed my handes in innocencie 14 All the day long I haue ben scourged and chastened euery mornyng 15 If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children 16 Therfore I considered howe I might vnderstande this but it was to paynefull in myne eyes 17 Vntyll I went vnto the sanctuarie of God and vnderstood the ende of them 18 Truely thou doest set them in slippery places and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed 19 Oh howe be they brought to a destruction euen vpon a sodayne they faynt they consume away for very dread 20 They be as a dreame to a man after he is once waked O Lorde thou wylt cause their image to be dispised in the citie 21 Veryly thus was my heart inflamed thus was my reynes pricked 22 So foolishe was I and voyde of vnderstanding I was euen a bruite beast before thee 23 Neuerthelesse I am alway with thee for thou hast holden me by my ryght hande 24 Thou hast guyde me with thy counsayle and after that thou receauedst me with glorie 25 Whom haue I in heauen but thee and there is none vpon earth that I desire besides thee 26 My fleshe and my heart fayleth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for euer 27 For lo they that kepe them selues a loofe from thee shall perishe thou destroyest euery one that committeth fornication agaynst thee 28 But it is good for me to come neare vnto God wherfore I put my trust in thee O Lorde God that I may declare all thy workes The argument of the .lxxiiii. psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the people of Israel complayneth of their affliction howe that they be as forsaked of God howe that their temple is set a fire and raced and the worde of God abolished He discribeth the iniuries crueltie outragiousnesse and blasphemies of the enemies He humbly prayeth that these calamities may haue an ende that iust punishment auengeaunce may be taken of the enemies and that they may be defended for his couenaunt sake as his fathers were commyng out of Egypt ¶ A wise instruction to be song of Asaph 1 O Lorde wherfore dost thou forsake vs altogether wherfore breaketh foorth thy anger agaynst the sheepe of thy pasture 2 Remember thy congregation thou hast possest it nowe a long tyme thou hast redeemed the rodde of thine inheritaunce euen mount Sion wherein thou dwellest 3 Lyft vp thy feete for to destroy vtterly euery enemie which hath done euyll in thy sanctuarie 4 Thyne aduersaries roare in the myddest of thy congregations and set vp their banners for signes of victorie 5 He that hewed tymber afore out of * thicke woddes for to builde the temple was esteemed as one offeryng a present to God aboue 6 But nowe they breake downe into peeces all the carued worke therof with axes and hammers 7 They haue set fire on thy holy places they haue defiled the dwellyng place of thy name castyng it downe to the groūd 8 Yea they sayde in their heartes let vs make hauocke of them altogether thus haue they burnt vp all the houses of God in the lande 9 We see not our ensignes there is not one prophete more no not one is there amongst vs that vnderstandeth our case 10 O Lorde shall the aduersarie do this dishonour continually shall the enemie blaspheme thy name for euer 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hande yea thy right hande consume them drawing it out of thy bosome 12 Truely God is my kyng of olde who worketh saluation in the myddest of the earth 13 Thou didst deuide the sea through thy power thou brakest the heades of the dragons in the waters 14 Thou smotest the heades of Leuiathan in peeces and gauest hym to be meate for the people in wildernesse 15 Thou broughtest out fountaynes and waters out of the harde rockes thou dyddest drye vp mightie waters 16 The day is thine the nyght is thine thou hast prepared the light the sunne 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast ordeyned summer and wynter 18 Remember this O God the enemie hath dishonoured and the foolishe people hath blasphemed thy name 19 O deliuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto a wylde beast forget not the congregation of the poore for euer 20 Loke vpon the couenaunt for darknesse of the earth hath replenisshed houses with iniquitie 21 O let not the simple go away ashamed but let the afflicted needy geue prayse vnto thy name 22 Arise O Lord mayntayne thine owne cause remember the dishonour that the foolishe man doth vnto thee dayly 23 Forget not the voyce of thine enemies the mutteryng of them that hate thee ascendeth vp continually ¶ The argument of the .lxxv. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth God and setteth foorth the duetie of a good prince who must administer iustice and equitie purge the earth from corruptnesse of iudgement suppresse the wicked and aduaunce the godly through the great power of God ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not the psalme of Asaph a song 1 WE do confesse it vnto thee O lord we do confesse it for thy wonderous workes do declare thy name to be at hande 2 When I shall take tyme fyt for the purpose I wyll iudge accordyng vnto ryght 3 The earth wasteth and all the inhabitours therof I haue vpholded the pyllours of it Selah 4 I sayd vnto fooles deale not so madly to the vngodly set not vp your horne 5 Set not vp your horne an high and speake not with a stiffe necke 6 Because promotion commeth neither from the east nor from the west nor yet from the south 7 For God is the iudge it is he that putteth downe one and setteth vp another 8 For in the hande of God there is a cup and the wine is redde it is full mixt and he powreth out the same 9 But the vngodly of the earth do wring out and drynke the dregges therof 10 As for me I wyll euer set foorth in wordes the Lorde I wyll sing psalmes to the God of Iacob 11 And I wyll breake all the hornes of the vngodly but the hornes of the ryghteous shal be exalted ¶ The argument of the .lxxvj. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth the countrey of Iurie
for that God and his wyll was knowen in it for that also that there God had geuen a notable victorie as declaryng him selfe to be the defendour of Hierusalem He setteth foorth the terrible iudgement power of God agaynst wicked enemies Finally he exhorteth all Israelites to the true worshyppyng of God ¶ To rhe chiefe musition in Neginoth the psalme of Asaph a song 1 IN Iurie is God knowen his name is great in Israel 2 At Shalem is his tabernacle and his dwellyng in Sion 3 There he brake the arrowes of the bowe the shielde the sworde and the battayle Selah 4 Thou art honourable and of more puissaunce then the mountaynes of robbers 5 The hygh couragious stomackes are spoyled they haue slept their slepe and the valiaunt souldiours coulde not finde their owne handes 6 At thy rebuke O God of Iacob both the charet and horse be brought to naught 7 Thou euen thou art dreadfull and who may stande in thy syght when thou begynnest to be angry 8 Thou causest thy iudgement to be hearde from heauen then the earth trembleth and is styll 9 When God ariseth to iudgement and to helpe all the afflicted vpon the earth Selah 10 The fearcenesse of man shall turne to thy prayse and the remnaunt of the fearcenesse thou wylt restrayne 11 Make vowes vnto God your Lorde perfourme them all ye that be rounde about hym bryng presentes vnto hym that is dreadfull 12 He abateth the spirite of princes he is dreadfull to the kynges of the earth ⧠The argument of the .lxxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete vttereth in a lamentation wonderfull cogitations of a sorowfull afflicted pensiue heart almost brought into desperation but consideryng the manifolde argument of Gods power and goodnesse declared to hym and to his fathers in tyme past he taketh good courage and trusteth of Gods helpe ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Ieduthun a psalme of Asaph 1 MY voyce was vnto the Lorde and I cryed my voyce was vnto the Lord and he hearkened vnto me 2 In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde my hande all the nyght catched ceassed not my soule refused comfort 3 I called to remembraunce God and I was disquieted I conferred with my selfe and my spirite was wrapped in pensiuenesse Selah 4 Thou dydst kepe the watche of mine eies I was amased coulde not speake 5 I dyd thynke vpon the dayes past and on the yeres of the olde worlde 6 I called to remembraunce my psalme song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme I communed with myne owne heart searched out my spirites 7 What wyll the Lorde forsake me for euer wyll he be no more intreated to be fauourable 8 Is his mercie cleane gone for euer and is his promise made from one generatiō to another come vtterly to an ende 9 Hath God forgotten to be gratious and will he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure Selah 10 And I sayde this is my death but the ryght hande of the most hyghest may graunt me yeres 11 I dyd call to remēbraunce the workes of God almightie for thy wonders done a great whyle a goe came into my mynde 12 I also gaue my selfe to muse of all thy workes and I talked of all thy actes 13 Thy way O Lorde is in holynesse who is so great a God as the Lorde 14 Thou art y e God that doth wonders thou hast made thy power knowen among the people 15 Thou hast redeemed thy people with a mightie arme the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph Selah 16 The waters sawe thee O God the waters sawe thee they feared yea the depthes of them moued out of their place 17 Thicke cloudes powred downe rayne thinne cloudes gaue a noyse and thine arrowes went abrode into al corners 18 The sounde of thy thunder was rounde about the sky the lightnynges shone through the worlde the earth quaked and trembled 19 Thy way is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters and thy footesteppes are not knowen 20 Thou dydst leade thy people lyke sheepe by the hande of Moyses and Aaron ¶ The argument of the .lxxviij. Psalme ¶ The prophete moueth his people to geue diligent eare vnto hym vtteryng the wonderfull benefites of God to the Iewes euen such as were cōmonly knowen amongst them and were to be declared of fathers vnto their children in all generations by the commaundement of God to the intent that they be not as their forefathers were rebelles and stubburne agaynst God and his worde For which cause they had euyll successe in battayle and were afflicted with sundry calamities yet they feelyng the smart of affliction made a countenaunce as though they sought God but it was hypocritically not forsakyng their sinnes and fleyng to Gods mercie wherfore God gaue the arcke to the Philistines as forsakyng the Israelites because they greued hym with hyll alters and images God also refused the tribe of Ephraim and chose the tribe of Iuda appoyntyng Dauid a sheephearde kepyng sheepe for to be kyng of his people ¶ A wise instruction of Asaph 1 HEare my lawe O my people enclyne your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth 2 I wyll open my mouth in a parable I wyll declare harde sentences of the olde tyme past 3 Which we haue hearde and knowen and such as our fathers haue tolde vs. 4 We wyll not hyde them from their children nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come the prayses of God and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done 5 For he reuiued a statute in Iacob and gaue Israel a lawe in the whiche he commaunded our forefathers to teache their children 6 To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it and children whiche shal be borne that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children 7 That they shoulde put their trust in God and not forget the workes of God but kepe his commaundementes 8 And that they be not as their forefathers were a rebellious and a mutable generation a generation that directed not their heart aright and whose spirite cleaued not stedfastly vnto God 9 Like as the children of Ephraim which beyng harnessed carying bowes turned their backes in the day of battayle 10 They kept not the couenaunt of God and they woulde not walke in his law 11 But they forgat his workes and his wonders which he had shewed them 12 Marueylous thinges dyd he in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt in the fielde of Zoan 13 He deuided the sea and let them go thorowe he made the waters to stande as on an heape 14 In the day time also he led them with a cloude and all the night through with a light of fire 15 He cloued the harde rockes in the wildernes gaue them drinke therof as it had ben out of the great deepe waters 16 He brought running streames out of a stonie rocke and
caused waters to gushe downe like as out of riuers 17 Yet for all this they sinned still against hym so that they prouoked the most hyghest in the wildernesse 18 And they temped god in their heartes in requiring meate for their lust 19 They spake against God they said can God prepare a table in the wildernesse 20 Beholde he hath smytten the stonie rocke and waters haue gushed out and streames haue flowed out aboundantly but can he likewise geue bread can he prouide fleshe for his people 21 Wherefore God hearde them he was wroth a fire was kindled in Iacob and there arose vp heauy displeasure against Israel 22 Because they beleued not in the Lord nor did put their trust in his saluation 23 And yet he commaunded the cloudes aboue and opened the doores of heauen 24 He raigned downe Manna also vpon them that they shoulde eate and gaue them corne from heauen 25 So man dyd eate the bread of angels he sent them meate inough 26 He remoued the east winde from vnder the heauen and through his power he brought in the south winde 27 He rained fleshe vpon them as thycke as dust and fethered foules like as the sande of the sea 28 He let it fall among their tentes euen rounde about their pauilions 29 So they dyd eate and were wel filled for he gaue them their owne desire neuerthelesse they were not alienated from their lust 30 But whyle the meate was yet in their mouthes the heauy wrath of God came vpon them and slue the welthyest of them and made the chosen men of Israel to stoupe 31 For all this they sinned still and beleued not his wonderous workes 32 Therfore their dayes dyd he consume in vanitie their yeres in a short troublous time 33 When he slue them they sought hym they repented them and made God their morninges worke 34 And they remembred that the Lorde was their rocke that the Lorde most hyghest was their redeemer 35 Neuerthelesse they dyd but flatter him with their mouth and they made hym a lye with their tongue 36 For their heart was not vpright with him neither continued they faythfull in his couenaunt 37 Yet for all that he beyng most merciful cleane pardoned all their misdeedes and destroyed them not 38 Yea many a tyme he dyd much for to represse his anger and neuer woulde suffer his whole rage to breake out 39 For he considered that they were but fleshe and that they were euen a winde that passeth away cōmeth not againe 40 How oft dyd they prouoke hym in the wildernes greeued hym in the desert 41 They turned backe and tempted the Lorde and prescribed boundes to the most holy God of Israel 42 They thought not of his hande in the day when he redeemed them from the enemie 43 Howe he had wrought his miracles in Egypt and his wonders in the fielde of Zoan 44 For he turned into blood their riuers fluddes so that they might not drinke 45 He sent amongst them all kind of flyes who dyd eate them and frogges who destroyed them 46 He gaue their fruites vnto the caterpiller their labour to the grashopper 47 He destroyed their vines with hayle stones and their wilde figge trees with the harde frost 48 He smote their cattell also with haylestones and their flockes with thunder boltes 49 He cast vpon them the rage of his furie anger disdayne and trouble by sending foorth euill angels amongst them 50 He made away to his indignatiō spared not their soule from death he gaue their lyfe to be subiect to the pestilence 51 And he smote all the first borne of Egypt the first fruites of concupiscence in the pauilions of Cham. 52 But as for his owne people he led them foorth like sheepe and conducted them through the wildernesse like a flocke of cattell 53 He brought them out safely that they shoulde not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the sea 54 And brought them within the borders of his sanctuarie euen to this mountayne which his right hand purchased 55 He dyd cast out the heathen also before them he caused their land to be deuided among thē for an heritage made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tentes 56 Neuerthelesse they tempted and displeased the most hyghest Lorde kept not his testimonies 57 They turned backewarde and they went astray like their forefathers they started aside like a bowe that breaketh 58 For they stirred hym to anger with their hygh places and prouoked him to ielousie with their carued images 59 When the Lorde hearde this he was wroth toke sore displeasure at Israel 60 So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo the pauilion wherin he dwelt amongst men 61 He deliuered his force into captiuitie and his glorie into the enemies hande 62 He gaue also his people ouer to y e sword and was wroth with his inheritaunce 63 Fire consumed his young men and his maydens were not maryed 64 His priestes were slayne with the sworde and his wydowes made no lamentation 65 But the Lorde awaked as though he had slept like a giaunt making a triumphant noyse after wine 66 He smote his enemies in the hynder parts put them to a perpetual shame 67 He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim 68 But he chose the tribe of Iuda euen the hill of Sion which he loued 69 And there he buylded his temple on high and layde the foundation of it like a grounde euer to continue 70 He chose also Dauid his seruaunt and toke hym away from the sheepefoldes 71 As he was folowing the ewes great with young he toke hym that he might feede Iacob his people and Israel his inheritaunce 72 So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart and guided them by the discretion of his handes The argument of the lxxix psalme The prophete in the name of the Israelites greatly afflicted lamenteth at the destruction of the temple and of the citie of Hierusalem done by the Heathen and at the slaughter of his people He prayeth God aswell to take vengeaunce of the enemies in turning his displeasure on them as to pardon hym and his their manyfolde sinnes for his names sake that they might prayse him for euer ¶ A psalme of Asaph 1 O Lord the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce they haue defiled thy holy temple they haue made Hierusalē an heape of stones 2 They haue geuen the dead bodies of thy seruauntes to be meate vnto the soules of the ayre and the fleshe of thy saintes vnto the beastes of the lande 3 They haue shed their blood like water on euery syde of Hierusalem and there is none to burie them 4 We are become an open shame vnto our neyghbours a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde about vs. 5 O God howe long wylt thou be angry
Lorde 5 Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto God all ye in the earth make a ioly noyse reioyce you chearfully syng psalmes 6 Syng psalmes vnto God playing vpon an harpe vpon an harpe and with the sounde of a psalterie 7 Shewe your selues ioyfull before the kyng eternall with trumpettes and sounde of shawmes 8 Let the sea make a noyse and that is within it the rounde worlde and they that dwell therin 9 Let the fluddes clappe their handes and let the hylles be ioyfull altogether before the face of God 10 For he commeth to iudge the earth he wyll iudge the worlde accordyng to iustice the people accordyng to equitie The argument of the .xcix. psalme ¶ The prophete setteth foorth the exceedyng fauour of God towardes the Israelites in that he raigned most mightily ouer them defended them dwelled amongst them and most gently hearde them and their fathers callyng vpon hym for helpe in their neede to the great discouragement of their aduersaries Wherfore he wylleth all to prayse God and to worshyp God 1 GOD raigneth the people be in a rage he sitteth betweene the Cherubims the earth quaketh 2 God is great in Sion and high aboue all people 3 They shall prayse thy name great dreadfull for it is holy and a kynges * power that loueth iudgement 4 Thou hast ordeyned all thynges accordyng to equitie thou hast caused iudgement and iustice to be in Iacob 5 Magnifie God our Lorde and kneele downe before his footstoole for it is holy 6 Moyses Aaron among his priestes and Samuel among such as call vpon his name these called vpon God and he hearde them 7 He spake vnto them out of the cloudy pyller for they kept his testimonies and the lawe that he gaue them 8 O God our Lord thou heardest them O Lorde thou didst forbeare them and thou tokest auengement for their owne inuentions 9 Magnifie God our Lorde and kneele downe before his holy hyll for God our Lorde is holy ¶ The argument of the C. psalme ¶ The prophete moueth all the people of God to frequent Gods temple and to come thyther chearfully with all kynde of ioy seruyng praysyng and thankyng hym for that he only is the God that hath made vs and so gratious that we shal be partakers of his benefites and goodnesse for euer ¶ A psalme for to confesse 1 BE ye ioyfull in God all that be in the earth serue God with gladnesse and come before his face with a ioyfull noyse 2 Be ye sure that God is the Lorde it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture 3 Go your way into his gates with thankesgeuyng and into his courtes with prayse be thankfull vnto hym and blesse his name 4 For God is gratious his mercie is euerlastyng and his trueth endureth from generation to generation ⧠The argument of the .cj. psalme ¶ Dauid settyng foorth the duetie of a good ruler declareth that in his gouernment aboue all thynges he wyll acknowledge Gods benefites goodnesse He wyll study to lyue vprightly to do no wrong or euyll nor to beare any malice at all in his heart but he wyll employ hym selfe most zelouslie to confounde the wicked and to promote the godly and vertuous ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 I Will sing of mercie and iudgement I wyll syng vnto thee O God psalmes 2 I wyll endeuour my selfe to be fully instructed in the way of perfectnesse when thou wylt come vnto me I wil go vp and downe in the middest of my house in the perfectnesse of my heart 3 I wyll neuer set before myne eyes any deuillishe thyng I wyll detest to do the worke of transgressours it shall take no holde of me 4 A frowarde heart shall depart from me I wyll not once knowe any euyll 5 I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke 6 Myne eyes shal be vpō such in the lande as haue a true meanyng that they may sit with me he that leadeth a perfect lyfe shall minister vnto me 7 There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght 8 I wyll euery mornyng destroy all the vngodly in the lande that I may roote out from the citie of God all workers of wickednesse ¶ The argument of the .cii. Psalme ¶ The prophete desireth God to heare hym vtteryng his godly affect and great griefe for the calamities of the people of God desolation of the citie of Sion He setteth foorth the reproches and outragious behauiours of the enemies and his affliction of mynde for it He wisheth that the people may returne home agayne and that Sion may be reedified that Gods glorie may therin be set foorth And he consideryng the eternitie of God assureth hym selfe that God wyll perfourme his promises in grauntyng that the children of his people shall lyue for euer ¶ A prayer of the afflicted when he was ouerwhelmed and when he did powre out his petition before the face of God 1 HEare my prayer O God and let my crying come in vnto thee 2 Hyde not thy face from me in y e day of my distresse encline thine eare vnto me heare me spedyly in the day that I call 3 For my dayes are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt vp as though they were a firebrande 4 My heart is smitten downe and wythered lyke grasse because I did forget to eate my bread 5 Through the noyse of my gronyng my bones wyll scase cleaue to my fleshe 6 I am become lyke a Pellicane of the wildernesse and like an Owle that is in the desert I watch and am as it were a sparrowe that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe 7 Myne enemies reuile me all the day long and they that are in a rage against me make their oth by me 8 For I haue eaten asshes as it were bread and mingled my drynke with weepyng because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast set me vp and cast me downe 9 My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe and I am wythered lyke grasse 10 But thou O God endurest for euer and thy remembraunce throughout all generations 11 Thou wylt aryse vp thou wylt haue compassion vpon Sion for it is tyme that thou haue mercie vpon her for the tyme appoynted is come 12 For thy seruauntes be well affected towarde her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust 13 And the heathen wyll feare thy name O God and all the kynges of the earth thy glorious maiestie 14 For God wyll buylde vp Sion to be seene in his glorious maiestie 15 He wyll regarde the prayer of the humble destitute of all helpe and he wyll not dispise their prayer 16 This shal be written for those that come
according vnto thy name for sweete is thy mercy 22 Deliuer me for truely I am afflicted and I am poore and my heart is wounded within me 23 I passe away like a vading shadowe and I am dryuen from place to place lyke the grashopper 24 My knees are weake through fasting my fleshe is dryed vp for want of fatnesse 25 I am become also a reproche vnto them they gase vpon me and they shake their head 26 Helpe me O my Lorde oh saue me according to thy mercy 27 And let theÌ„ know how that this is thy hande that thou O God hast done it 28 They will curse but thou wylt blesse they wyl rise vp â—against meâ— but let them be confounded and thy seruaunt wyll reioyce 29 Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame let them couer theÌ„selues with their owne coÌ„fusion as with a garment 30 As for me I will greatly prayse God with my mouth and I wyll prayse hym among the multitude 31 For he wyll stande at the right hande of the poore to saue him from the iudges of his soule The argument of the .cx. psalme ¶ Dauid prophesieth of Christe describing most euidently both his natures his priesthood his kingdome and victory ouer all his enemies ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 GOD sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my right hande vntyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole 2 God wyll sende the scepter of his power out of Sion rule thou in the midst of thyne enemies 3 Thy people wyll be very wyllyng in the time of shewing thy most mightie * power with a beautifull holynes the deawe of thy byrth is to thee from the wombe as from the morning 4 God sware and he wyll not repent thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec 5 The Lorde at thy right hande wyll wounde euen kinges in the day of his wrath 6 He wyll iudge the Heathen he wyll fill euery place with dead bodyes he wyll smyte the head of a great countrey 7 He wyll drinke of the swyft running brooke in the way therfore he wyll lift vp his head The argument of the .cxi. psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth God he rehearseth the wonderous workes that God mindfull of his promise dyd to the chyldren of Israel bringing them out of Egypt to possesse the lande of promise for an inheritaunce He declareth also that the high wysdome of man is to feare God ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 I Wyll prayse God with my whole heart in the congregation and assemblie of righteous men 2 Great are the workes of God sought out of all them that haue pleasure therin 3 His worke is glory and maiestie and his righteousnes endureth for euer 4 The merciful and gratious God hath so left a remembraunce of his meruaylous workes 5 He hath geuen meate vnto them that feare him he wyll euer be myndfull of his couenaunt 6 He hath declared vnto his people the force of his workes in geuing them the inheritaunce of the Heathen 7 The workes of his handes are veritie and iudgement all his commaundementes are true 8 They be set sure for euer and euer they are done in trueth and equitie 9 He did sende redemption vnto his people he hath commaunded his couenaunt to be for euer holy and terrible is his name 10 The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements the praise of it endureth for euer The argument of the .cxii. psalme ¶ The prophete setteth foorth the felicitie rewarde and properties of them that feare God and worship him suche the vngodly seeth with his great griefe ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 BLessed is the man that feareth God he hath great delight in his commaundementes 2 His seede shal be mightie vpon the earth the generation of them that dwell vprightly shal be blessed 3 Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and his righteousnes endureth for euer 4 There ariseth vp light in the darknes vnto them that deale vprightly he is merciful and louing and righteous 5 A good man is mercyfull and lendeth he wyll guyde his wordes with discretion 6 For he shal be neuer moued and the righteous shall be had in an euerlasting remembraunce 7 He wyll not be afraide of any euyll tidinges his heart is setled he beleueth in God 8 His heart is strengthened he will not feare vntyll he seeth a mischiefe to fall vpon his enemies 9 He hath distributed abrode he hath geuen to the poore his righteousnes remayneth for euer his horne shal be exalted with glory 10 The vngodly shall see it and it wyll greeue hym he wyll gnashe with his teethe and consume away the desire of the vngodly shall perishe The argument of the .cxiij. psalme ¶ The Prophete exhorteth all men to prayse God in consideration of his prouidence in heauen and earth who promoteth the poore man to honour and maketh the barren woman a merie mother ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 PRayse God ye seruauntes prayse ye the name of God 2 Blessed be the name of God from this time foorth for euermore 3 The name of God is to be praysed from the rising vp of the sinne vnto the goyng downe of the same 4 God is high aboue all Heathen and his glory aboue the heauens 5 Who is like vnto God our Lord that dwelleth on hygh aboue all and yet humbleth him selfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and in earth 6 He rayseth vp the simple out of the dust and lyfteth vp the poore from the dounghyll 7 For to make him sit with the princes euen with the princes of his people 8 He maketh the barren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyful mother of children Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cxiiij. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth the comming and deliuerie of the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt he declareth also the miracles worked for that purpose 1 WHen Israel came out of Egypt the house of Iacob from among the barbarous people 2 Iuda was his holynesse and Israel his dominion 3 The sea sawe that and fled Iordane was driuen backe 4 The mountaynes skypped lyke rammes and the litle hilles like young lambes 5 What ayleth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Iordane that thou wast driuen backe 6 Ye mountaines what ayled you that ye skipped lyke rammes and ye litle hilles like young lambes 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lorde at the presence of the Lorde of Iacob 8 Whiche turned the harde rocke into a standing water and the flint stone into a springing well of waters The argument of the .cxv. psalme ¶ The prophete wisheth all glory to be geuen vnto God and not vnto man He setteth foorth the difference betwixt the liuing God and idols He exhorteth al the people and priestes to put their whole trust in God by that meanes they and
endureth for euer 6 Who layde out the earth aboue the waters for his mercy endureth for euer 7 Who hath made great lightes for his mercy endureth for euery 8 The sunne to rule in the day for his mercy endureth for euer 9 The moone the starres to gouerne in the night for his mercy endureth for euer 10 Who smote Egypt with their first borne for his mercy endureth for euer 11 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for euer 12 With a mightie hande and a stretched out arme for his mercy endureth for euer 13 Who deuided the red sea in partes for his mercy endureth for euer 14 And made Israel to passe through the mydst of it for his mercy endureth for euer 15 He ouerthrewe Pharao and his hoast in the red sea for his mercy endureth for euer 16 Who led his people through the wyldernesse for his mercy endureth for euer 17 Who smote great kinges for his mercy endureth for euer 18 And he slue mightie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer 19 Sihon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer 20 And Og the king of Bashan for his mercy endureth for euer 21 And he gaue away their lande for an heritage for his mercy endureth for euer 22 For an heritage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer 23 Who remembred vs when we were brought lowe for his mercy endureth for euer 24 And he deliuered vs from our aduersaries for his mercy endureth for euer 25 Who geueth foode vnto al creatures for his mercy endureth for euer 26 Confesse you it vnto the Lord of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The argument of the .cxxxvij. psalme The prophete declareth the great griefe and lamentation of the children of Israel for that they beyng led prisoners vnto Babylon were prouoked to sing as they vsed to do at Sion He protesteth that he can not forget Hierusalem He prayeth God to remember the Idumites who malitiously incensed their enemies against them He prophesieth of the destruction of Babylon 1 BY the waters of Babylon we set downe there also we wept when we remembred Sion 2 We hanged vp our harpes on the Salou trees in the mydst of it 3 For there they that led vs away captiue required of vs some matter of a song and for our waylynges myrth saying sing vs one of the songes of Sion 4 We aunswered howe can we sing one of the songes of God in another lande besides our owne 5 If I forget thee O Hierusalem let my right hande forget her cunning 6 Let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth if I do not remember thee yea if I preferre not thee O Hierusalem aboue my most myrth 7 Remember the chyldren of Edom in the day of Hierusalem they sayde downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde 8 O daughter of Babylon who must lye wasted happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs. 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh throweth thy litle children against the stone The argument of the .cxxxviij. psalme ¶ Dauid thanketh God for his goodnes towardes hym in that he dyd heare hym in aduersitie and deliuered hym from his enemies whereby he trusteth in time to come in all distresses to be helped ¶ Of Dauid 1 I Wyll geue thankes vnto thee O God with my whole heart I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee before the gods 2 I wyll make my lowe obeysaunce towarde thy holy temple and I wyll prayse thy holy name in respect of thy louing kindnes and trueth 3 For thou hast magnified thy name and thy worde aboue all thinges 4 In the day of myne aduersitie I called vpon thee and thou heardest me thou enduedst my soule more and more with strength 5 All the kinges of the earth will prayse thee O God for they haue hearde the wordes of thy mouth 6 Yea they wyll sing of the wayes of God for great is the glory of God 7 For though God be on high yet he will haue respect vnto the lowly and he wyll knowe the proude a farre of 8 If I shall walke in the midst of trouble thou wylt make me to lyue thou wylt stretche foorth thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of mine enemies and thy right hande shall saue me 9 God wyll finishe that he hath begun by me O God thy louing kindnes endureth for euer thou wylt not forsake the workes of thyne owne handes The argument of the .cxxxix. psalme ¶ Dauid falsly accused calleth to witnesse of his innocencie God who knoweth hym throughly and vnto whom nothing is vnknowen of that is sayd done or thought out of whose handes he can not escape in any place Finally he pronounceth that he hateth the wicked to the intent that he may declare that he hath nothing to do with them ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 O GOD thou hast searched me to the quicke and thou hast knowen me 2 Thou knowest my downe sitting mine vprising thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before they be 3 Thou compassest about my path and my iourney into all coastes and thou vsest all my wayes 4 For there is not a word in my tongue but beholde thou O Lorde knowest it altogether 5 Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before and layde thyne hande vpon me 6 The knowledge that thou hast of me is marueylous it is so high that I can not attayne vnto it 7 Whyther can I go from thy spirite or whyther can I flee away from thy face 8 If I ascende vp into heauen thou art there if I lay me downe in hell thou art there also 9 If I take the wynges of the morning and go to dwell in the vttermost part of the sea 10 Euen there also thy hande shall leade me and thy ryght hande shal holde me 11 And yf I say peraduenture the darknesse shall couer me and the night shal be day for me 12 Truely the darknesse shall not darken any thing from thee and the night shal be as lightsome as the day darknesse and lyght to thee are both alike 13 For thou hast my reynes in thy possession thou didst couer me in my mothers wombe 14 I wyll confesse it vnto thee for that thy doynges are to be dreaded I am made after a marueylous sort thy workes be marueylous and that my soule knoweth ryght well 15 The substaunce of my body was not hyd from thee when I was made in secrete and fashioned with distinct members in my mothers wombe 16 Thyne eyes dyd see me when I was most imperfect and in thy booke * were written euery day of them wherin the partes of my body were shaped and no one of them were knowen vnto thee 17 Howe precious be thy cogitations towardes me O God howe greatly be the summe of them increased 18 I go about to count them I fynde that they
power wisdome and goodnesse which appeareth in all his workes and benefites but especially in that he had set foorth by Moyses his lawe and commaundementes 1 PRayse ye the Lorde for it is a good thyng sing psalmes vnto our Lorde for it is a pleasaunt thing his praise is to be desired 2 God buildeth vp Hierusalem he wyll gather together the Israelites that were banished 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart he wrappeth vp their sorowes 4 He counteth the number of the starres he geueth vnto them all names 5 Great is our Lorde and great is his power his vnderstandyng is infinite 6 God setteth vp the meeke he bringeth the vngodly downe to the grounde 7 Syng ye vnto God with a confession syng psalmes vpon the Harpe vnto our Lorde 8 Who couereth the heaueÌ„ with cloudes who prepareth rayne for the earth who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes 9 He geueth vnto cattell their foode euen vnto Rauens which call for it 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse he delighteth not in the legges of a man 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him and in them that put their trust in his mercie 12 Prayse God O Hierusalem prayse thy Lorde O Sion 13 For he maketh fast the barres of thy gates he blesseth thy children within thee 14 He maketh peace in thy borders he fylleth thee with good corne 15 He sendeth foorth his commaundement vpon the earth his word runneth very swiftly 16 He geueth snowe so whyte as wooll he scattereth the hoare frost like asshes 17 He casteth foorth his yse lyke fragmentes who is able to abide his frost 18 He sendeth foorth his worde and melteth them he bloweth with his winde and the waters flowe 19 He declareth his worde vnto Iacob his statutes ordinaunces vnto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with euery nation neither haue they the knowledge of his iudgementes Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the cxlviij psalme ¶ The prophete calleth vpon all creatures which be in heauen or earth to prayse God but especially vpon the people of God who haue greater cause geuen them for to do it then other 1 PRayse ye the Lorde prayse ye God out of heauen prayse ye hym on hygh aboue 2 Prayse hym all ye his angels prayse hym all ye his hoast 3 Prayse ye hym sunne and moone praise hym all ye starres that geue lyght 4 Prayse ye hym all ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens 5 Euen they shoulde prayse the name of God for he commaunded and they were created 6 He hath set them sure for euer and euer he hath geuen them a lawe which shall not be broken 7 Prayse ye God from the earth ye dragons and all deepes 8 Fire and hayle snowe and vapours stormie wynde fulfyllyng his worde 9 Mountaynes and all hylles fruitfull trees and all Cedars 10 Beastes and all cattell wormes and fethered foules 11 Kynges of the earth and all people princes and all iudges of the earth 12 Young men and maydens olde men with children shoulde prayse the name of God for his name only is most excellent and his maiestie aboue earth and heauen 13 He hath exalted the horne of his people the prayse of all his saintes euen of the children of Israel a people that is most nye vnto him Prayse ye the Lord. ¶ The argument of the .cxlix. Psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth the children of Israel to expresse a ioy towardes God by praysyng hym by syngyng vnto hym and by playing on musicall instrumentes partly for that God is pleased with them partly also for that God hath geuen them a victorie ouer the heathen their enemies 1 PRayse ye the Lorde syng vnto God a newe song he ought to be praysed in the congregation of saintes 2 Israel shoulde reioyce in his maker the children of Sion shoulde be ioyfull in their kyng 3 They shoulde prayse his name in a daunce they shoulde sing psalmes vnto hym vpon a tabret and a harpe 4 For God hath a pleasure in his people he wyll beautifie the afflicted with saluation 5 The saintes shal be ioyful with glory they shal expresse a ioyfull noyse in their beddes 6 The hygh promotions of the Lorde shal be in their mouth and a two edged sworde in their handes 7 That they may take auengement of the heathen and correction of the nations 8 That they may bynde their kynges in chaynes and their nobles with iron fetters 9 That they may execute the iudgement prescribed this honour shal be to all his saintes Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cl. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth generally all lyuyng creatures to prayse the mightinesse and greatnesse of God He wylleth men to do it with instrumentes of musicke 1 PRayse ye the Lorde prayse ye the Lord in his sanctuarie praise ye him in the firmament of his power 2 Prayse ye hym in his strength prayse ye hym in his excellent greatnesse 3 Prayse ye hym in the sounde of a trumpet prayse ye hym vpon a Lute and an Harpe 4 Prayse ye hym with a tabret and a daunce prayse ye him vpon the stringes and vpon the Organes 5 Prayse ye hym vpon the well tuned Cimbales prayse ye hym vpon the loude Cimbales 6 Euery thyng that draweth breath ought to prayse the Lorde Prayse ye the Lorde T. B. ⧠The ende of the Psalter ¶ Numerus secundum Hebreos cxx Ad dominum 〈◊〉 xxv Ad te domine 〈◊〉 xxvâ— Ad te domine clâ—mâ—â—â— cxxâ—ii Ad te 〈◊〉 xâ— Aâ—seâ—e domino lxxâ—iii Aâ—endite pâ—pâ—le xliâ— Aâ—dâ— heâ—â—nes i. â—tu◠〈◊〉 xxxii Beâ—ti 〈…〉 xâ—i Beâ—t◠〈…〉 cx◠〈…〉 qui. cxix Beâ—ti in mâ—lati cxxâ—iii Beati omnes 〈◊〉 xxxiiii Beâ—â—dâ— dâ—minum lxxxâ— Benediâ— câ— Beâ—edâ— omniâ— â— câ— Benediâ—â—te omnia ii Benedictus dominus Bâ—um 〈…〉 xâ—i xâ— cxâ— xâ—x â—x 〈…〉 i. cxi 〈…〉 ii cxxxviii Con◠〈◊〉 lxxv Consiâ—e◠〈…〉 câ— Conâ—iter 〈…〉 câ— câ— câ— cxxxvi xâ— câ— câ— De◠〈…〉 De◠〈◊〉 meus â—iiiâ— â–ª De◠〈…〉 â—lvi Deâ— noste◠〈…〉 l. Deâ— dâ—um lâ— De◠〈…〉 lx Deâ— repâ— lxâ—ii Dâ—s deu meus ad te lâ—ii Deus 〈…〉 lâ— De◠〈◊〉 â—rium lxxii Deus â—diâ—m lxxâ— Deus â—enerunt lxâ— Deus sâ— lxxâ— Deus 〈…〉 â–ª â—ii Deus 〈◊〉 câ— Deus laudem cxâ—i Diâ—i quoniâ—m xâ—iii Dâ—lâ—gaâ— te cx Dixit Dominus domino xiiii Dâ—xit insipicus i. â—i Dixit insipicus ii xxxix Dixiâ— cuâ— diâ—m xxxvi Dixit iniustâ— iii. Domine 〈◊〉 vi Domine ac â—n fâ—ore i. xâ—iii Domine ne in fuâ—ore ii Dâ—mâ—ne deus meus in te viii Domâ—ne dominus noster xv Domâ—ne quis habitabit xxi Domine in virtute lxxxvâ— â–ª Dâ—mâ—ne deus salutis xc Domine â—efugâ—m cii Domine exaâ—di cxxxi Domine 〈◊〉 est exal cxxxix Domine 〈…〉 â—li Domine 〈…〉 â—ii Dâ—m◠〈…〉 xxâ—i Domin◠〈…〉 xâ—ii Domin◠〈◊〉 xxxâ— Domâ—nus 〈…〉 xâ— Dominâ— repâ— decoreÌ„ Dominus
people namely of ingratefulnesse stubburnesse 11 faithlesse seruice of God 24 and sheweth Gods terrible iudgement agaynst them vnlesse they repent 1 THe vision of Esai y e sonne of Amos which he sawe vpon Iuda and Hierusalem in the dayes of Vzia Ioathan Ahaz and Iehezekiah kinges of Iuda 2 Heare O heauens and hearken O earth for the Lorde hath spoken I haue norished and brought vp children and they haue done vnfaithfully against me 3 The oxe hath knowen his owner and the asse his maisters cribbe but Israel hath not knowen my people hath geuen no heede 4 Ah sinnefull nation a people laden with iniquitie a seede of the wicked corrupt children they haue forsaken the Lorde they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger they are gone backwarde 5 Why shoulde ye be stricken any more for ye are euer fallyng away euery head is diseased and euery heart heauy 6 From the sole of the foote vnto the head there is nothyng sounde in it but woundes blaynes and putrifiyng sore they haue not ben salued neither wrapped vp neither molified with the oyntment 7 Your lande is wasted your cities are burnt vp straungers deuour your lande before your face and it is made desolate as it were the destruction of enemies in the tyme of warre 8 And the daughter of Sion shal be left as a cotage in a vineyarde lyke a lodge in a garden of Cucumbers lyke a besieged citie 9 Except the Lorde of hoastes had left vs a small remnaunt we shoulde haue ben as Sodoma lyke vnto Gomorra 10 Heare the worde of the Lord ye lordes of Sodoma and hearken vnto the lawe of our God thou people of Gomorra 11 Why offer ye so many sacrifices to me wyll the Lorde say I am full of the burnt offeringes of weathers of the fatnesse of fed beastes I haue no pleasure in the blood of bullockes lambes and goates 12 When ye come to appeare before me treadyng in my courtes who hath required this at your handes 13 Offer me no mo oblations for it is but lost labour incense is an abhominable thyng vnto me I may not away with your newe moones your sabbathes solempne meetynges your solempne assemblies are wicked 14 I hate your newe moones and appoynted feastes euen from my very heart they make me weery I can not abyde them 15 When you holde out your handes I wyll turne myne eyes from you and though ye make many prayers yet I wyll heare nothyng at all seyng your handes are full of blood 16 Washe you make you cleane put away your euyll thoughtes out of my syght ceasse from doyng of euyll 17 Learne to do well applie your selues to equitie deliuer the oppressed helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght let the widdowes complaynt come before you 18 And then go to saith the Lorde let vs talke together though your sinnes be as red as scarlet they shal be as whyte as snowe and though they were lyke purple they shal be as whyte as wooll 19 If ye be wyllyng and obedient ye shal eate the good of the lande 20 But yf ye be obstinate and rebellious ye shal be deuoured with the sworde for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it 21 Howe happeneth it then that the righteous citie which was full of equitie is become vnfaythfull as a whore Righteousnesse dwelt in it but nowe murtherers 22 Thy siluer is turned to drosse and thy wine mixt with water 23 Thy princes are wicked and companions of theeues they loue gyftes altogether and gape for rewardes As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them 24 Therfore saith the Lorde God of hoastes the mightie one of Israel Ah I must ease me of mine enemies and auenge me of mine aduersaries 25 And I shall lay my hande vpon thee and purely purge away thy drosse and take away all thy tinne 26 And set thy iudges agayne as they were sometyme and thy senatours as they were from the begynnyng and then thou shalt be called the ryghteous citie the faythfull citie 27 Sion shal be redeemed with equitie and her conuertes with righteousnesse 28 But the transgressours and the vngodly and such as forsake the Lorde shall altogether be vtterly destroyed 29 For ye shal be confounded for the trees which ye haue desired and ye shal be ashamed of the gardens that ye haue chosen 30 For ye shal be as a tree whose leaues are fallen away and as a garden that hath no moystnesse 31 And the very strong one of your idols shal be as towe and the maker of it as a sparke of fire and they shal both burne together and no man quenche them The .ij. Chapter 1 A prophecie of Christe and his kyngdome 12 Pryde couetousnesse superstition and idolatrie are reproued 17 Gods terrible iudgement agaynst these 1 THe selfe same worde that Esai the sonne of Amos sawe vpon Iuda and Hierusalem 2 And this shall come to passe in the latter dayes the hyll of the Lordes house shal be prepared in the heyght of the mountaynes and shal be hygher then the hylles and all nations shall preasse vnto hym 3 And a multitude of people shall go speakyng thus one to another come let vs ascende to the hyll of the Lorde to the house of the God of Iacob and he wyll instruct vs of his wayes and we wyll walke in his pathes for out of Sion shall come a lawe and the worde of the Lorde from Hierusalem 4 And shall geue sentence among the heathen and shall refourme the multitude of people they shall breake their swordes also into mattockes and their speares to make sithes And one people shall not lyft vp a weapon agaynst another neither shall they learne to fyght from thencefoorth 5 Come ye O house of Iacob and let vs walke in the lyght of the Lorde 6 For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Iacob because they be replenished with euils from the east and with sorcerers lyke the Philistines and in straunge children they thynke them selues to haue enough 7 Their lande is full of siluer and golde neither is there any ende of their treasure their lande is also full of horses and no ende is there of their charrettes 8 Their lande also is full of vayne gods and before the worke of their owne handes they haue bowed them selues yea euen before the thyng that their owne fingers haue made 9 There kneeleth the man there falleth the man downe before them therfore forgeue them not 10 Get thee into the rocke and hyde thee in the grounde for feare of the Lorde and for the glorie of his maiestie 11 The high lookes of man shal be brought lowe and the hautinesse of men shal be bowed downe and the Lorde alone shal be exalted in that day 12 For the day of the Lorde of hoastes shal be vpon all the proude loftie and vpon all that is exalted and
thy cause agaynst thine aduersaries and I wyll saue thy sonnes 26 And I wyll feede thine enemies with their owne fleshe make them drunken with their owne blood as with sweete wine And all fleshe shall knowe O Iacob that I am the Lorde thy sauiour thy noble redeemer The L. Chapter 1 The Iewes are reproued and also called 1 THus saith the Lorde Where is the byll of your mothers deuorcement whom I sent away or who is the vsurer to whom I solde you Beholde for your offences are ye solde and because of your transgression is your mother forsaken 2 For why woulde no man receaue me when I came and when I called no man gaue me aunswere Is my hande shortened that it myght not helpe or haue I not power to deliuer lo at a worde I drynke vp the sea of water fluddes I make drye lande so that for want of water the fishe corrupt and dye for thirste 3 As for heauen I clothe it with darknesse and put as it were a sacke vpon it 4 The Lorde God hath geuen me a well learned tongue so that I can comfort them that are troubled yea that in due season he wakeneth mine eare vp betymes in the mornyng betymes in the mornyng I say he wyll waken mine eare that I might hearkē as to the schoolemaisters 5 The Lorde God hath opened myne eare and I haue not gaynesayde nor withdrawen my selfe 6 But I offred my backe vnto the smiters and my cheekes to the nippers I turned not my face from shame and spittinges 7 And the Lorde God shall helpe me therfore shall I not be confounded I haue therfore hardened my face lyke a flint stone for I am sure that I shall not come to confusion 8 He is at hande that iustifieth me who wyll then go with me to lawe Let vs stande together yf there be any that will reason with me let hym come here foorth to me 9 Beholde the Lorde God wyll helpe me what is he thē that can condempne me lo they all shall waxe olde lyke a cloth the moth shall eate them vp 10 Therfore who so feareth the Lorde among you let hym heare the voyce of his seruaunt Who so walketh in darknesse and no lyght shyneth vpon hym let hym put his trust in the name of the Lorde and holde hym by his God 11 But take heede ye all kindle a fire and stirre vp the coales walke on in the glisteryng of your owne fire and in the coales that ye haue kindled This commeth vnto you from my hande namely that ye shall sleepe in sorowe The .lj. Chapter 1 Consolation and comfort is promised vnto the faythfull 1 HEarken vnto me ye that holde of ryghteousnesse and ye that seeke the Lorde take heede to y e stone wherout ye are hewen and to the graue wherout ye are digged 2 Consider Abraham your father and Sara that bare you how that I called hym alone and blessed hym and encreased hym 3 Therfore shall the Lorde comfort Sion and repayre all her decay makyng her desert as a paradise and her wildernesse as the garden of the Lorde Mirth and ioy shal be founde there thankesgeuyng and the voyce of prayse 4 Haue respect vnto me then O my people both high lowe and lay thine eare vnto me for a lawe and an ordinaunce shall go foorth fro me to lyghten the gentiles 5 It is harde by that my health and my ryghteousnesse shall go foorth and the people shal be ordered with mine arme the ilandes that is the gentiles shall hope in me and put their trust in myne arme 6 Lyft vp your eyes towarde heauen and loke vpon the earth beneath for the heauens shall vanishe away lyke smoke and the earth shal waxe olde like a garment and they that dwell therein shall perishe in lyke maner But my saluation shall endure for euer and my ryghteousnesse shall not ceasse 7 Hearken vnto me ye that haue knowledge in ryghteousnesse thou people that bearest my lawe in thyne heart feare not the reuilynges of men be not afrayde of their blasphemies 8 For wormes and mothes shall eate them vp lyke cloth and wooll but my ryghteousnesse shall endure for euer and my sauyng health from generation to generation 9 Wake vp wake vp and be strong O thou arme of the Lorde wake vp lyke as in tyme past euer and since the world began 10 Art not thou the same arme that hast wounded the proude and hewen the dragon in peeces Art not thou euen the same which hast dryed vp the deepe of the sea which hast made playne the sea grounde that the deliuered myght go through 11 Therfore the redeemed of the Lorde shall turne agayne come with ioy vnto Sion continuall ioy shal be on their head and mirth and gladnesse shal be with them and sorowe and wo shall flee from them 12 Yea I euen I am he that in all thynges geueth you consolation What art thou then that fearest a mortall man the childe of man which goeth away as doth the floure 13 And forgettest the Lorde that made thee that spread out the heauens and layde the foundation of the earth but thou art euer afrayde for the syght of thyne oppressour which is redy to do harme where is the wrath of the oppressour 14 The exile maketh haste to be loosed that he dye not in prison and that his bread fayle hym not 15 I am the Lord thy God that deuide the sea his waues shall rage whose name is the Lorde of hoastes 16 I haue put my wordes in thy mouth and haue defended thee in the shadowe of my hande that I may plant the heauens lay the foundation of the earth and say vnto Sion thou art my people 17 Awake awake and stande vp O Hierusalem thou that from the hande of the Lorde hast drunken out the cup of his wrath thou that hast supped of and sucked out the slumbryng cuppe to the bottome 18 For among all the sonnes whom he hath begotten there is not one that may holde it vp and not one to leade it by the hande of all the sonnes that he hath norished 19 Both these thinges are happened vnto thee but who is sory for it yea destruction wastyng hunger and sworde but who wyll comfort thee 20 Thy sonnes lye comfortlesse at the head of euery streete like a takē venison and are full of the terrible wrath of the Lorde and punishment of thy God 21 And therfore thou miserable and drunken howbeit not with wine heare this 22 Thus saith the Lorde thy Lorde and God the defendour of his people Beholde I wyll take the slumbryng cup out of his hande euen the cup with the dregges of my wrath that from hencefoorth thou shalt neuer drinke it more 23 But I wil put it into their hande that trouble thee which haue spoken to thy soule
they are the hye blessed seede of the Lorde and their fruites with them 24 And it shal be that or euer they call I shall aunswere them whyle they are yet but thinking howe to speake I shal heare them 25 The woolfe and the lambe shal feede together and the lion shall eate hay like the bullocke but earth shal be the serpentes meate There shal no man hurt nor slay another in al my holy hill saith the Lorde The .lxvj. Chapter 1 God dwelleth not in temples made by mans hande 3 He dispiseth sacrifices done without mercie and fayth 5 God comforteth them that are troubled for his sake 23 Among the christen the Sabbath is continuall 1 THus saith the Lorde Heauen is my seate and the earth is my footstoole Where shall nowe the house stande that ye wyll builde vnto me And where shal be the place that I wyll dwell in 2 As for these thynges my hande hath made them all and they are all created saith the Lorde which of them shall I then regarde Euen hym that is poore and of a lowly troubled spirite and standeth in awe of my wordes 3 For who so slayeth an oxe for me doth me so great dishonour as he that killeth a man He that killeth a sheepe for me knetcheth a dogge He that bryngeth me meate offerynges offereth swynes blood who so maketh me a memorial of incense prayseth the thyng that is vnryght Yet take they such wayes in hande and their soule delyghteth in these abhominations 4 Therfore wyll I also haue pleasure in laughyng them to scorne the thyng that they feare will I bring vpon them For when I called no man gaue aunswere when I spake they woulde not heare but did wickednesse before mine eyes and chose the thynges that displeased me 5 Heare the worde of God all ye that feare the thyng which he speaketh Your brethren that hate you and cast you out for my name sake say The Lorde is heynous agaynst vs but you shall see hym in ioy when they shal be confounded 6 Then shal be hearde a great noyse from the citie and the temple the voyce of the Lorde that wyll rewarde and recompence his enemies 7 Lyke as when a wife bringeth foorth a man childe or euer she suffer the payne of the birth anguishe of the trauayle 8 Who euer heard or sawe such thinges doth the grounde beare in one day or are the people borne all at once as Sion trauayled in childe birth and bare her sonnes 9 For thus saith the Lorde Am I he that maketh other to beare and beare not my selfe Am not I he that beareth and maketh barren saith thy God 10 Reioyce with Hierusalem and be glad with her all ye that loue her be ioyfull with her all ye that mourne for her 11 For ye shall sucke comfort out of her breastes and be satisfied Ye shall taste and haue delyte in the bryghtnesse of her glorie 12 For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll let peace into her lyke a water fludde and the glory of the heathen like a flowing streame Then shall ye sucke ye shal be borne vpon her sydes and be ioyfull vpon her knees 13 For lyke as a chylde is comforted of his mother so shall I comfort you and ye shal be comforted in Hierusalem 14 And when ye see this your heart shall reioyce and your bones shall florishe lyke an hearbe Thus shall the hande of the Lorde be knowen among his seruauntes and his indignation among his enemies 15 For beholde the Lorde shall come with fire and his charret shal be lyke a whirle wynde that he may recompence his vengeaunce in his wrath and his indignation with the flambe of fire 16 For the Lorde shall iudge all fleshe with the fire and with his sworde and there shal be a great number slayne of the Lorde 17 Such as haue made themselues holy and cleane in the gardens and those that haue eaten swines fleshe mice and other abhominations shal be taken away together saith the Lorde 18 For I do knowe their workes and thoughtes and I wyll come to gather all people and tongues then they shall come and see my glorie 19 Vnto them shall I geue a token and sende certayne of theÌ„ that be deliuered among the gentiles into Cilicia Affrica and Lydia where men can handle bowes into Italie and also Greeke lande The Isles farre of that haue not hearde speake of me and haue not seene my glorie shall preache my prayse among the gentiles 20 And shall bryng all your brethren for an offeryng vnto the Lorde out of all the people vpon horses charettes and horslitters vpon mules and cartes to Hierusalem my holy hil saith the Lord lyke as the children of Israel bryng the offeryng in cleane vessels to the house of the Lorde 21 And I shal take out certayne of them for to be priestes and Leuites saith the Lorde 22 For lyke as the newe heauen and the newe earth which I wyll make shal be fast stablished by me saith the Lorde so shall your seede your name continue 23 And it shall come to passe that from moone to his moone from Sabbath to his Sabbath all fleshe shall come to worship before me saith the Lorde 24 And they shall go foorth and loke vpon the carions of them that haue transgressed agaynst me for their wormes shall not dye neither shall their fire be quenched and all fleshe shall abhorre them ⧠The ende of the booke of the prophete Esai ⧠The booke of the prophete Ieremie ¶ The first Chapter 1 The stocke of Ieremie and in what tyme he prophecied 6 He excuseth him selfe and woulde refuse the office of a prophete because he is young and vnexpert 8 He is taught of the Lorde and becommeth bolde 11 God openeth vnto hym that the destruction of the Iewes by the Babylonians is at hande 17 Ieremie is commaunded to speake the worde of God vnto the Iewes without feare 1 THese are the sermons of Ieremie the sonne of Helkiah the priest one of them that dwelt at Anathoth in the lande of Beniamin 2 When the Lorde had first spoken with hym in the tyme of Iosiah the sonne of Amon kyng of Iuda in the .xiij. yere of his raigne 3 And so duryng vnto the tyme of Iâ—hoakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iuda and vntyll the .xi. yere of Zedekiah the sonne of Iosiah kyng of Iuda were ended when Hierusalem was taken euen in the fifth moneth 4 The worde of the Lorde spake thus vnto me 5 Before I fashioned thee in thy mothers wombe I dyd knowe thee and or euer thou wast borne I sanctified thee and ordeyned thee to be a prophete vnto the people 6 Then sayde I O Lorde God I can not speake for I am yet but young 7 And the Lorde aunswered me thus Say not so I am to young for thou shalt go to all that I shall
about 24 The chiefe captayne also toke Saraiah the hye priest and Sophoniah that was chiefe next hym the three kepers of the doore 25 He toke out of the citie a chaumberlaine which was captaine of the souldiers and seuen men that were the kinges seruauntes which were founde in the citie and Sopher a captaine that vsed to muster the men of warre with threescore men of the countrey that were taken in the citie 26 These Nabuzaradan the chiefe captaine toke and caryed them to the king of Babylon vnto Reblath 27 And the kyng of Babylon caused them to be put to death at Reblath in the lande of Hemath And thus Iuda was ledde away captiue out of his owne lande 28 This is the summe of the people whom Nabuchodonozor led away captiue in the seuenth yere of his raigne he caryed away of the Iewes three thousande twentie and three 29 In the eyghteenth yere Nabuchodonozor caryed away from Hierusalem eyght hundred thirtie and two persons 30 In the three and twentie yere of Nabuchodonozor Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne toke away seuen hundred fourtie and fiue Iewes prisoners The whole summe of the prisoners is foure thousande and sixe hundred 31 In the thirtie and seuenth yere after that Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda was caryed away in the fiue and twentith day of the twelft moneth Euilmerodach kyng of Babylon the same yere that he raigned gaue Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda his pardon and let hym out of prison 32 And spake louyngly to hym and set his throne aboue the thrones of the other kynges that were with hym in Babylon 33 He chaunged also the clothes of his prison yea and did eate with hym all his life long 34 And he had a continuall lyuyng geuen hym of the kyng of Babylon euery day a certayne thyng alowed hym all the dayes of his life vntyll he dyed The ende of the booke of the prophete Ieremie ¶ The lamentations of the prophete Ieremie ⧠The first Chapter 1 It happened after Israel was brought into captiuitie and Hierusalem destroyed that Ieremie the prophete sate weepyng and sorowfully bewayled Hierusalem and sighyng and howlyng with an heauy and wofull heart sayde 1 ALas howe sitteth the citie so desolate that sometime was full of people Howe is she become lyke a widow which was great among nations Howe is she brought vnder tribute that ruled landes 2 She weepeth sore in the nyght so that the teares runne downe her cheekes â–ª for among all her louers there is none that geueth her any comfort yea her next friendes transgresse agaynst her and are become her enemies 3 Iuda went away by reason of the affliction and great bondage she dwelleth among the heathen she findeth no rest all they that persecuted her toke her in strayte places where she coulde not escape 4 The streetes of Sion mourne because no man coÌ„meth no more to the solempne feastes all her gates are desolate her priestes make lamentatioÌ„ her maydens are carefull and she her selfe is in great heauinesse 5 Her enemies haue ben rulers ouer her and her enemies haue prospered because the Lorde hath chastened her for her great wickednesse her children are led away captiue before their enemies 6 All the beautie of the daughter of Sion is away her princes are become lyke hartes that fynde no pasture they are driuen away before their enemie so that they haue no more power 7 Nowe Hierusalem remembred in the tyme of her miserie and bare estate all her ioy pleasure that she hath had in tymes past seyng her people is brought downe vnder the power of their enemies and there is no man for to helpe her her enemies stande lokyng at her and laugh her Sabbath daies to scorne 8 Hierusalem hath sinned greeuouslye therfore is she come in decay all they that had her in honour dispise her for they haue seene her filthinesse yea she sigheth and is ashamed of her selfe 9 Her skirtes are defiled she remembred not her last ende therfore is her fall so wonderfull and there is no man to comfort her O Lorde consider my trouble for myne enemie hath the vpper hande 10 The enemie hath put his hande to all the precious thinges that she had yea euen before her eyes came the heathen in and out of the sanctuarie whom thou neuerthelesse hast forbidden to come within thy congregation 11 All her people seeke their bread with heauinesse and loke what precious thyng euery man hath that geueth he for meate to saue his lyfe Consider O Lorde and see howe vile I am become 12 Haue ye no regarde all ye that go foreby beholde see yf there be any sorowe lyke vnto mine wherwith the Lorde hath troubled me in the day of his fearefull wrath 13 From aboue hath he sent downe a fire into my bones and it burneth them cruelly he hath layde a net for my feete and throwen me wyde open he hath made me desolate so that I must euer be mournyng 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bounde fast to his hande they are wrapped or writhen and come vp about my necke he hath caused my strength to fayle the Lorde hath deliuered me into those handes wheroâ—t I can not quyte my selfe 15 The Lorde hath destroyed all the mightie men that were in me he hath proclaymed an appoynted tyme to slaughter all my best men the Lorde hath troden downe the daughter of Iuda lyke as it were in a winepresse 16 Therfore do I weepe and mine eyes gushe out of water for the comfort that shoulde quicken me is farre fro me my children are driuen away for why the enemie hath gotten the vpper hande 17 Sion casteth out her handes and there is no man to comfort her the Lorde hath layde the enemies rounde about Iacob and Hierusalem is become abhomination in the middest of them 18 The Lorde is righteous for I haue prouoked his countenaunce vnto anger O take heede all ye people and consider my heauinesse my maydens and my young men are led away into captiuitie 19 I called for my louers but they beguiled me for my priestes and counsaylers but they perished euen whyle they sought for meate to saue their lyues 20 Consider O Lorde howe I am troubled my wombe is disquieted my heart turneth about in me and I am full of heauinesse because I rebelled stubburnly the sworde hurteth me without and within I am lyke vnto death 21 They heare my mournyng but there is none that wyll comfort me All myne enemies haue hearde of my trouble and are glad therof because thou hast done it and thou hast brought foorth the time which thou calledst when they also shal be lyke vnto me 22 Let all their wickednesse come before thee and do thou to them as thou hast done vnto me for all my trespasses for my sorowe is very great and my heart is heauy The .ij. Chapter 1 ALas howe hath the Lorde darckened the daughter of Sion
more to the worke of our handes Ye are our gods for in thee the fatherlesse findeth mercie 4 I wyll heale their rebellion I wyll loue them freely for mine anger is turned away from hym 5 I wyll be vnto Israel as the deawe and he shall growe as the lilie and his roote shall breake out as the trees of Libanus 6 His braunches shal spreade out abrode and be as faire as the oliue tree smell as Libanus 7 They that dwell vnder his shadowe shall returne growe vp as the corne and florishe as the vine he shall haue as good a name as the wine of Libanus 8 Ephraim shall say what haue I to do with idols any more I haue hearde him and loked vpon him I am like a greene firre tree vpon me is thy fruite founde 9 Who so is wise shall vnderstande these thinges and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous such as be godly wyll walke in them as for the wicked they shall stumble therin ¶ The ende of the prophecie of Osea ⧠The booke of prophete Ioel. ¶ The first Chapter 1 A prophecie agaynst the Iewes 2 He exhorteth the people to prayer and fastyng for the miserie that was at hande 1 THe worde of the Lorde that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel 2 Heare ye this you elders hearken with your eares all you that dwel in this lande was there euer such a thyng in your dayes or in the dayes of your fathers 3 Of this thyng tell your children and let your children shewe it to their children and their children to their posteritie afterwarde 4 That which the caterpiller hath left the grashopper hath eaten and what the grashopper left hath the canker worme eaten and what the canker worme left the locust hath deuoured 5 Awake ye drunkardes weepe howle all ye wine bibbers for lacke of newe wine for it is cleane taken away from your mouth 6 For a nation is come vp vpon my lande mightie and without number his teeth are as the teeth of a lion and he hath the iawes of a great lion 7 He hath destroyed my vine barked my figge tree he hath pilled it and cast it from him and hath left bowes therof whyte 8 Lament as a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husbande of her youth 9 The meate offeryng and drinke offeryng is cut of from the house of the Lorde the priestes I meane the Lordes ministers mourne 10 The fielde is wasted the lande mourneth for corne is destroyed the newe wine is dryed vp the oyle is vtterly taken away 11 Be ye ashamed O ye husbandemen howle O ye wine dressers for y e wheate and for the barly for the haruest of the fielde is perished 12 The wine is dryed vp and the figge tree is decayed the pomgranate tree and the paulme the apple tree euen all the trees of the fielde are withered vp for ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men 13 Girde your selues and lament O ye priestes howle ye out ye ministers of the aulter come and lye all night in sackcloth ye seruauntes of my God for the meate and drynke offerynges are taken away from the house of your God 14 Proclayme a fast call a congregation gather the elders together with all the inhabitauntes of the lande vnto the house of the Lorde your God and crye vnto the Lorde 15 Alas for this day for the day of the Lorde is at hande euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come 16 Is not the meate cut of before our eyes yea mirth and ioy from the house of our God 17 The seede is rottē vnder their cloddes the garners are destroyed the barnes are ouerthrowen for the corne is withered 18 O howe cattell mourne the heardes of beastes are in wofull case for lacke of pasture and the flockes of sheepe are destroyed 19 Vnto thee O Lorde wyll I crye for feare hath destroyed the fruitfull places of the desert and the flambe hath burnt vp all the trees of the fielde 20 The beastes also of the fielde crye out vnto thee for the riuers of waters are dryed vp and fire hath deuoured vp the fruitfull places of the desert The .ij. Chapter 1 He prophecieth of the commyng and crueltie of their enemies 13 An exhortation to moue them to conuert 18 The loue of God towarde his people 1 BLowe vp a trumpet in Sion and showte in my holy hyll let all the inhabitauntes of the earth tremble for the day of the Lorde is come for it is nye at hande 2 A darke and glomie day a cloudie and blacke day as the mornyng is spread ouer the mountaynes so is this populus strong people like it there was none from the beginning nor shal be herafter for euermore 3 Before him is a deuouryng fire and behynde him a burnyng flambe the lande is as a pleasaunt garden before him and behinde him a waste desert yea and nothyng shall escape him 4 The shewe of him is as the shewe of horses and like horsemen so shall they runne 5 Lyke the noyse of charrettes vpon the toppes of the mountaynes they shall skip like the noyse of a flamyng fire deuouryng the stubble and as a strong people prepared to battayle 6 Before his face shall the people tremble the countenaunce of all folkes shall waxe blacke as a pot 7 They shall runne like strong men and climbe the walles like men of warre euery one shall march on in his way and they shal not linger in their pathes 8 No man shall thrust another but euery one shall walke in his path and if they shall fall on the sworde they shall not be wounded 6 They shall runne to and fro in the citie they shall runne vp downe vpon the wall they shall climbe into the houses they shall enter in at the windowes like a theefe 10 The earth shall quake before him the heauens shall tremble the sunne and the moone shal be darke and the starres shall withdrawe their shinyng 11 And the Lorde shall geue his voyce before his hoast for his campe is exceeding great for he is mightie that executeth his commaundement for the day of the Lorde is great and very terrible and who can abide it 12 But nowe saith y e Lord turne you vnto me with all your heartes with fasting with weepyng and with mournyng 13 And rent your heartes and not your garmentes turne you vnto the Lorde your God for he is gratious mercifull slowe to anger and of great goodnesse and he wyll repent him of the euyll 14 Who knoweth whether the Lorde wyll returne and take compassion and wyll leaue behinde him a blessing euen meate offeryng and drynke offeryng vnto the Lorde your God 15 Blowe vp a trumpet in Sion proclayme a fast call an assemblye sanctifie the congregation 16 Gather the people gather the elders assemble the children suckyng babes let the bridegrome
I wyll put them together as the sheepe of Bozra as the flocke in the middest of their folde they shall make great noyse by reason of the multitude of men 13 The breaker shall come vp before them they shall breake out and passe by the gate and go out by it and their king shall go before them and the Lorde shal be vpon their heades ¶ The .iij. Chapter Against the tiranny of princes and false prophetes 1 ANd I saide heare I pray you O heads of Iacob ye princes of the house of Israel shoulde not ye know iudgement 2 But they hate the good and loue the euill they plucke of their skinnes from them and their fleshe from their bones 3 And they eate also the fleshe of my people slay of their skinne from them and they breake their bones and chop them in peeces as for the pot and as fleshe within the cauldron 4 Then shall they crye vnto the Lorde but he wyll not heare them he wyll euen hide his face from them at that time because they haue done wickedly in their workes 5 Thus saith the Lorde concerning the prophetes that deceaue my people and bite them with their teeth and crye peace but if a man put not into their mouthes they prepare warre against him 6 Therfore night shal be vnto you for a vision and darkenesse shal be vnto you for a diuination and the sunne shall go downe ouer the prophetes and the day shal be darke ouer them 7 Then shall the sears be ashamed and the soothsayers confounded yea they shal al couer their lippes for they haue none aunswere of God 8 Yet notwithstanding I am full of power by the spirite of the Lorde and of iudgement and of strength to declare vnto Iacob his transgression and to Israel his sinne 9 Heare this I pray you ye heades of the house of Iacob and princes of the house of Israel they abhorre iudgement and peruert all equitie 10 They builde vp Sion with blood and Hierusalem with iniquitie 11 The heades therof iudge for rewards and the priestes thereof teache for hyre and the prophetes thereof prophecie for money yet wyll they leane vpon the Lord and say Is not the Lord among vs no euill can come vpon vs. 12 Therefore shall Sion for your sake be plowed as a fielde Hierusalem shal be an heape and the mountaine of the house as the hie places of the forest The .iiij. Chapter The calling of the Gentiles and conuertion of the Iewes 1 BVt in the latter dayes it wyll come to passe that the hill of the Lordes house shal be prepared in the toppe of the mountaines and shal be set vp hygher then any mountaynes or hilles and people shall prease vnto it 2 Yea the multitude of the Gentiles shall haste them thither saying Come let vs go vp the to hill of the Lorde and to the house of the God of Iacob and he shall teache vs his wayes and we wyll walke in his pathes for the lawe shall come out of Sion and the word of God from Hierusalem 3 And he shall iudge many people and rebuke mightie nations of farre countreys so that of their swordes they shal make plough shares and sythes of their speares one people shall not lift vp a sworde against another yea they shall no more learne to fight 4 But euery man shall sit vnder his vineyarde and vnder his figtree and no man shall make them afraide for the mouth of the Lorde of hoastes hath spoken it 5 Therfore all people wyll walke euery man in the name of his God and we wyll walke in the name of our lord God for euer and euer 6 At the same time saith the Lorde wyl I gather vp the lame and the outcast and such as I haue chastened 7 And wyll geue a remnaunt vnto the lame and make of the outcast a mightie people and the Lorde him selfe shal be their king vpon the mount Sion from this time foorth for euermore 8 And vnto thee O thou towre of the flocke thou strong holde of the daughter Sion vnto thee shall it come euen the lordeship and kingdome to the daughter Hierusalem 9 Why then doest thou crye and lament is there no king in thee are thy counsellers perished that thou art so payned as a woman in her trauaile 10 And now O thou daughter Sion sorowe and lament as a woman in her trauaile for nowe must thou get thee out of the citie dwelt vpon the plaine fielde yea vnto Babylon shalt thou go but there shalt thou be deliuered * and there the Lord shall redeeme thee from the hande of thyne enemies 11 Now also are there many people gathered together against thee saying Sion shal be condempned and our eye shall loke vpon Sion 12 But they know not the thoughtes of the Lord they vnderstand not his counsel for he shall gather them together as the sheaues in the barne 13 Therefore get thee vp O thou daughter Sion and thresshe out the corne for I wyll make thy horne iron and thy hooues brasse that thou mayst breake in peeces many people their goodes shalt thou consecrate vnto the Lorde and their substaunce vnto the ruler of the whole worlde ¶ The .v. Chapter Of the destruction of Hierusalem 1 NOW shalt thou be robbed thy selfe O thou robbers daughter they shall laye siege against vs smyte the iudge of Israel with a rodde vpon the cheeke 2 And thou Bethlehem Ephrata art little among the thousandes of Iuda out of thee shal he come foorth vnto me which shal be the gouernour in Israel whose out going hath ben from the beginning and from euerlasting 3 Therefore wyll he geue them vp for a season vntill the time that she which shall beare haue borne then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be conuerted vnto the children of Israel 4 He shall stande faste and geue foode in the strength of the Lorde and in the maiestie of the name of the Lorde his God and when they be conuerted he shal be magnified vnto the farthest partes of the worlde 5 And he shall be our peace when the Assirians shall come into our lande when he shal treade in our palaces then shall we raise against him seuen sheepheardes and eyght principall men 6 These shall subdue the lande of Assur with the sworde and the lande of Nimrod with their naked weapons Thus shall he deliuer vs from the Assirian when he commeth within our lande and setteth his foote within our borders 7 And the remnaunt of Iacob shal be among the multitude of people as the deawe of the Lord and as the droppes vpon the grasse that taryeth for no man and wayteth on no body 8 Yea the residue of Iacob shal be among the gentiles and the multitude of people as the lion among the beastes of the wood and as the lions whelpe among the flockes of sheepe which whē he goeth through treadeth downe
4 For Gaza shal be destroyed and Ascalon shal be layde waste they shall cast out Asdod at the noone day and Accaron shal be rooted vp 5 Wo vnto you that dwell vpon the sea coast the nation of the Cherethims the worde of the Lord shal come vpon you O Chanaan thou lande of the Philistines I will destroy thee so that there shall no man dwell in thee any more 6 And as for the sea coast it shal be heardmens cotages and sheepefoldes 7 Yea it shal be a portion for such as remayne of the house of Iuda to feede therevpon in the houses of Ascalon shal they rest towarde night for the Lorde their God shall visite them and turne away their captiuitie 8 I haue heard the despite of Moab and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon how they haue shamefully intreated my people magnified them selues within the borders of their lande 9 Therefore as I liue sayth the Lord of hoastes the God of Israel Moab shal be as Sodoma Ammon as Gomorra euen the breeding of nettles and salt pittes a perpetuall wildernesse The residue of my folke shal spoyle them the remnaunt of my people shall haue them in possession 10 This shall happen vnto them for their pryde because they haue dealt so shamefully with the Lorde of hoastes people and magnified them selues aboue them 11 The Lord shal be terrible vnto them and destroy all the gods in the lande and all the Iles of the Heathen shall worship hym euery man in his place 12 Ye Morians also shall perishe with my sworde 13 Yea he shall stretch out his hande ouer the north and destroy Assur As for Niniue he shall make it desolate drye and waste 14 The flockes and all the beastes of the people shall lye in the middest of it pellicanes and owles shal abide in the vpper postes of it foules shall sing in the wyndowes and desolation shal be vpon the postes for the Cedars are vncouered 15 This is the proude and carelesse citie that sayd in her heart I am and there is els none besides me O howe is she made so wast that the beastes lie in her Who so goeth by mocketh her poynteth at her with his finger The .iij. Chapter 4 Against the gouernours of Hierusalem 8 of the calling of all the gentiles 11 A comfort to the residue of Israel 1 WO to that abhominable filthy and cruel citie 2 She hearde not the voyce she receaued not correction she trusted not in the Lorde she drewe not neare to her God 3 Her rulers within her are as roaring lions her iudges are as wolues in the euening whiche leaue nothing behinde them till the morowe 4 Her prophetes are light persons vnfaythful men her priestes haue polluted the sanctuarie haue wrested the law 5 But the iust Lord that doth no vnright was in the middes therof euery morning shewing them his lawe clearly and ceassed not but the vngodly will not learne to be ashamed 6 I haue destroyed the nations their towres are desolate I haue made their streetes wast that none shall passe by their cities are destroyed without man and without inhabitaunt 7 I sayde vnto them O feare me and be content to be refourmed so their dwelling shoulde not be destroyed howe soeuer I visited them But neuerthelesse they rose vp early and corrupted all their workes 8 Therfore wayte ye vpon me sayth the Lorde vntill the time that I ryse vp to the pray for I am determined to gather the people to bring the kingdomes together that I may poure out myne anger yea all my wrathfull displeasure vpon them For all the earth shal be consumed with the fire of my ielousie 9 And then will I clense the lippes of the people that they may euery one call vpon the name of the Lorde and serue him with one consent 10 From beyonde the riuers of Ethiopia the daughter of my dispearsed prayng vnto me shall bring me an offering 11 In that time shalt thou no more be confounded because of all the imaginations wherethorowe thou haddest offended me for I will take away the proude boasters of thyne honour from thee so that thou shalt no more triumph because of my holy hill 12 In thee also will I leaue a smal poore simple people whiche shall trust in the name of the Lorde 13 The remnaunt of Israel shall do no wickednesse nor speake lyes neither shall there any deceytfull tongue be found in their mouthes For they shal be fed and take their rest and no man shall make them afrayde 14 Reioyce O daughter Sion be ioyfull O Israel reioyce and be glad from thy whole heart O daughter Hierusalem 15 For the Lorde hath taken away thy punishment hath cast out thyne enemies The king of Israel euen the Lord him selfe is with thee so that thou nedest no more to feare any misfortune 16 In that time it shal be sayde to Hierusalem Feare not and to Sion Let not thyne handes be flacke 17 For the Lorde thy God in the mids of thee is mightie he will saue thee he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioy he wil quiet him selfe in his loue he will reioyce ouer thee with gladnesse 18 After a certayne time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee and them that bare the reproche for it 19 And behold in that time will I destroy all those that vexe thee I will helpe the lame and gather vp the castaway yea I will get them prayse and honour in al landes where they haue ben put to shame 20 At the same time will I bring you againe at the same time will I gather you I will get you a name and a good report among all people of the earth when I turne backe your captiuitie before your eyes sayth the Lorde ⧠The booke of the prophete Aggeus The first Chapter 1 The time of the prophecie of Aggeus 8 An exhortation to buylde the temple againe 1 IN the second yere of king Darius in the sixth moneth the first day of the moneth came the word of the Lord by the ministerie of y e prophete Aggeus vnto Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel a prince of Iuda and to Iosua the sonne of Iosedech the hye priest saying 2 Thus speaketh the Lorde of hoastes saying This people sayth The time is not yet come for the Lordes house to be buylded 3 Then came the worde of the Lorde by the ministerie of the prophete Aggeus saying 4 Is it time for you your selues to dwel in seeled houses and this house lie wast 5 Nowe thus sayth the Lord of hoastes Consider your owne wayes in your heartes 6 Ye haue sowen much but ye bryng litle in ye eate but ye haue not inough ye drinke but ye are not filled ye cloth you but ye be not warme and he that earneth wages putteth the wages into a broken bagge 7 Thus sayth the Lorde of
46 Then sayde I vnto the angell what young person is it that crowneth them and geueth them the palmes in their handes 47 So he aunswered and sayd vnto me It is the sonne of God whom they haue knowledged in the world Then began I greatly to commende them that stoode so stiffely for the name of the Lorde 48 Then the angell sayde vnto me Go thy way and tell my people what maner of thinges howe great wonders of the Lorde thy God thou hast seene ¶ The .iij. Chapter 4 The wonderous workes whiche God dyd for the people are recited 31 Esdras marueyleth that God suffereth the Babylonians to haue rule ouer his people whiche yet are sinners also 1 IN the thirtith yere after the fall of the citie I was at Babylon and lay troubled vppon my bed and my thoughtes came vp ouer my heart 2 For I sawe the desolation of Sion and the plenteous wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon 3 And my spirite was sore moued so that I began to speake feareful wordes to the most hyest and sayde 4 O Lorde Lorde thou spakest at the beginning when thou plantedst the earth and that thy selfe alone and gauest commaundement vnto the people 5 And a body vnto Adam without soule whiche was a creature of thy handes and hast breathed in hym the breath of lyfe and so he liued before thee 6 And thou leddest hym into Paradise which thy ryght hande had planted or euer the earth brought fruites 7 And vnto him thou gauest commaundement to loue thy way which he transgressed and immediatly thou appoyntedst death in hym and in his generations Of whom came nations tribes people and kinredes out of number 8 And euery people walked after their owne wyll and did wonderfull thinges before thee and as for thy commaundementes they dispised them 9 But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water fludde vpon those that dwelt in the worlde destroyedst them 10 So that by the fludde that was wrought in eche of them that was by death in Adam 11 Neuerthelesse one of them thou leftest namely Noe with his householde of whom came all ryghteous men 12 And it happened that when they that dwelt vpon the earth began to multiplie and had gotten them many children and were a great people they began to be more vngodly then the first 13 Nowe when they liued so wickedly before thee thou didst choose thee a man from among them whose name was Abraham 14 Hym thou louedst and vnto hym only thou shewedst thy wyll 15 And madest an euerlasting couenaunt with hym promisyng hym that thou wouldest neuer forsake his seede 16 And vnto hym thou gauest Isahac vnto Isahac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau As for Iacob thou dydst choose him to thee and put backe Esau And so Iacob became a great multitude 17 And it came to passe that when thou leddest his seede out of Egypt thou broughtest them vp to the mount Sina 18 Bowing downe the heauens setting fast the earth mouyng the grounde makyng the deapthes to shake and troublyng the worlde 19 And thy glorie went through foure portes of fire and earthquakes and windes and colde that thou myghtest geue the lawe vnto the seede of Iacob and diligence vnto the generation of Israel 20 And yet tokest thou not away from them that wicked heart that thy lawe myght bryng foorth fruite in them 21 For the first Adam bearyng a wicked heart transgressed and was ouercome and so be all they that are borne of him 22 Thus remayned weaknesse still and the lawe in the heartes of the people with the wickednesse of the roote so that the good departed away and the euyll abode styll 23 So the tymes passed away and the yeres were brought to an ende Then dyddest thou rayse thee vp a seruaunt called Dauid 24 Whom thou commaundedst to builde a citie vnto thy name and to offer vp incense and sacrifice vnto thee therin 25 When this was done nowe many yeres then the inhabiters of the citie forsoke them 26 And in all thynges dyd euen as Adam and all his generations had done for they also had a wicked heart 27 And so thou gauest the citie ouer into the handes of thine enemies 28 But do they of Babylon then any thyng better that they shoulde therfore haue the dominion in Sion 29 For when I came thyther and sawe there so great wickednesse that it coulde not be numbred then my soule sawe many euyl doers in this thirteth yere so that my heart fayled me 30 For I saw howe thou sufferedst them in such vngodlinesse and sparedst the wicked doers but thine owne people hast thou rooted out and preserued thine enemies and this hast thou not shewed me 31 I can not perceaue howe this happeneth Do they of Babylon then better then they of Sion 32 Or is there any other people that knoweth thee sauyng the people of Israel or what generation hath so beleued thy couenauntes as Iacob 33 And yet their rewarde appeareth not and their labour hath no fruite For I haue gone here and there through the heathen and I see that they be riche and wealthy and thynke not vpon thy commaundementes 34 Waygh thou therfore our wickednesse nowe in the ballaunce and theirs also that dwell in the worlde and so shall thy name be no where founde but in Israel 35 Or when was it that they which dwel vpon earth haue not sinned in thy sight or what people hath so kept thy commaundementes 26 Thou shalt finde that Israel by name hath kept thy preceptes but not the â—other people andâ— heathen The .iiij. Chapter 5 The angel reproueth Esdras because he seemed to enter into the profounde iudgementes of God 1 AND the angel that was sent vnto me whose name was Vriel gaue me an answere 2 And sayd Thy heart hath taken to much vpon it in this worlde and thou thinkest to comprehende the way of the hyghest 3 Then sayde I Yea my Lorde And he aunswered me and sayde I am sent to shewe thee three wayes and to set foorth three similitudes before thee 4 Wherof yf thou canst declare me one I wyll shewe thee also the way that thou desirest to see and I shall shewe thee from whence the wicked heart commeth 5 And I sayde Tell on my Lord. Then sayde he vnto me Go thy way waygh me the wayght of the fire or measure me the blast of the winde or call me agayne the day that is past 6 Then aunswered I and sayde What man borne is able to do that that thou shouldest aske such thynges of me 7 And he sayde vnto me If I shoulde aske thee howe deepe dwellynges are in the middest of the sea or howe great water springes are in the begynnyng of the deepe or howe great water springes are vpon the stretchyng out of the heauens or which are the outgoinges of Paradise 8 Peraduenture thou
can haue knowledge of thy vnderstandyng and meanyng except thou geue wisdome and sende thy holy ghost from aboue 18 For so the wayes of them which liued on the earth were refourmed and men haue learned the thynges that are pleasaunt vnto thee and were preserued through wisdome The .x. Chapter The deliueraunce of the ryghteous and destruction of the enemies commeth through wisdome 1 SHe preferred the first fourmed father of the worlde that was created alone and brought hym out of his fall 2 And gaue him power to rule all thynges 3 But when the vnrighteous went away in his wrath from her he perished by the furious desire to murther his brother 4 For whom when the water destroyed the whole worlde wisdome agayne preserued it her selfe gouernyng the iust man by no costly worke of wood 5 Moreouer when the nations were confounded or ioyned together in their malicious confederacie she founde out the righteous and preserued hym faultlesse vnto God and kept hym strong agaynst the loue of his sonne 6 She preserued the ryghteous when he fled from the vngodly that perished what tyme as the fire fell downe vpon the fiue cities 7 Like as yet this day the vnfruitfull waste and smokyng lande geueth testimonie of their wickednesse yea the vnripe vntymely fruites that growe vpon the trees and for a token of a remembraunce of the vnfaythfull soule there standyng a pyller of salt 8 For all such as regarded not wisdome gat not only this hurt that they knewe not the thynges which were good but also left behynde them vnto men a memoriall of their foolishnesse so that in the thynges wherin they sinned they coulde not be hyd 9 But as for such as toke heede vnto wisdome she hath deliuered them from sorowe 10 When the ryghteous fled because of his brothers wrath wisdome led hym the ryght way shewed hym the kyngdome of God gaue hym knowledge of holy thynges made hym riche in his labours brought to passe the thynges that he went about 11 In the disceiptfulnesse of such as defrauded hym she stoode by hym and made hym riche 12 She saued hym from the enemies and defended him from the deceauers In a strong battayle she gaue hym the victorie that he myght knowe howe that the feare of God is stronger then all thynges 13 When the ryghteous was solde she forsoke hym not but delyuered hym from sinne She went downe with hym into the dungeon 14 And fayled hym not in the bandes till she had brought hym the scepter of the realme and power agaynst those that oppressed hym As for them that had accused hym she declared them to be lyers and brought hym to perpetuall worshyp 15 She deliuered the ryghteous people and faultlesse seede from the nations that oppressed them 16 She entred into the soule of the seruaunt of the Lorde and stoode by hym in wonders and tokens agaynst the dreadfull kynges 17 She gaue the ryghteous the reward of their labours and led them foorth a marueylous way on the day tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a lyght of starres in the nyght season 18 She brought them through the red sea and caryed them through the great water 19 But she drowned their enemies in the sea but brought them out of the bottome of the deepe 20 So the ryghteous toke the spoyles of the vngodly praysed thy holy name O Lorde and magnified thy victorious hande with one accorde 21 For wisdome openeth the mouth of the dumbe and maketh the tongues of babes to be eloquent The .xj. Chapter 1 The miracles done for Israel 13 The vengeaunce of sinners 28 The great power and mercie of God 1 SHe ordered their workes in the handes of the holy prophete 2 So that they went through the wildernesse that was not inhabited and pitched their tentes in the waste desert 3 They stoode agaynst their enemies and were auenged of their aduersaries 4 When they were thirstie they called vpon thee and water was geuen them out of the most hye rocke their thirst was quenched out of the harde stone 5 For by the thynges wherthrough their enemies were punished were the children of Israel helped in their neede 6 For in steede of a fountaine of the perpetuall runnyng flud all troubled with gorie blood 7 In reproche of the commaundement published to murther the infantes thou gauest vnto them aboundaunce of water and that not loked for neither 8 Declaryng by that thirst then howe thou hadst punished thine aduersaries 9 For when they were tryed and nurtured with fatherly mercie they knewe howe the vngodly were iudged and punished in the wrath of God 10 For these hast thou exhorted as a father and proued them but vnto the other thou hast ben a boystuous kyng layed harde to their charge and condempned them 11 Whether they were absent or present their punishment was a lyke 12 For their griefe was double and mournyng for the remembraunce of thynges past 13 For when they perceaued that their punishmentes dyd them good they thought vpon the Lorde 14 For whom in his castyng out before as an abiect they had denied with derision him in the ende when they sawe what happened they wondered at for they were of another thirst then was the iust 15 But for the foolishe deuises of their wickednesse wherwith being deceaued they worshipped serpentes that had not the vse of reason and vile beastes thou sentest a multitude of vnreasonable beastes vpon them for reuengeaunce 16 That they myght knowe that loke wherewithall a man sinneth by the same also shall he be punished 17 For vnto thy almightie hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossible to sende among them an heape of beares or wood lions 18 Or cruell beastes of a straunge kynde such as are vnknowen or spout fire or cast out a smokyng breath or shoote horrible sparkes out of their eyes 19 Which myght not only destroy them with hurtyng but also kyll them with their horrible syght 20 Yea without these beastes might they haue ben slayne with one wynde being persecuted by the reuengeaunce and scattered abroade through the breath of thy power Neuerthelesse thou hast ordered all thinges in measure number and wayght 21 For thou hast euer had great strength and myght and who may withstande the power of thyne arme 22 For why lyke as the small thyng that the ballaunce wayeth so is the worlde before thee yea as a drop of the mornyng deawe that falleth downe vpon the earth 23 But thou hast mercie vpon all for thou hast power of all thynges and makest thee as though thou sawest not the sinnes of men because they shoulde amende 24 For thou louest all the thynges that are and hatest none of them whom thou hast made for thou wouldest not haue made any thyng yf thou hadst hated it 25 Yea howe
heareth the prayer of the oppressed 14 He despiseth not the desire of the fatherlesse nor the wydowe when she powreth out her prayer before him 15 Doth not God see the teares that runne downe the cheekes of the wydowe or heareth he not the complaint ouer such as make her to weepe For from her cheekes do the teares go vp vnto heauen and the Lord which heareth them doth accept them 16 Who so serueth God after his pleasure shal be accepted and his prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes 17 The prayer of him that humbleth him selfe goeth through the cloudes tell she come nye she wyll not be comforted nor go her way tyll the highest God haue respect vnto her geue true sentēce and perfourme the iudgement 18 And the Lorde wyll not be slacke in comming nor tary long tyll he haue smitten in sunder the backes of the vnmercifull and auenged him selfe of the heathen tyll he haue taken away the multitude of the cruell and broken the scepter of the vnrighteous tyll he geue euery man after his workes and rewarde them after their doinges tyll he haue delyuered his people maintayned their cause and reioyced them in his mercie 19 O how faire a thing is mercie in the time of anguishe and trouble it is lyke a cloude of rayne that commeth in the time of drouth ¶ The .xxxvi. Chapter 1 A prayer to God in the person of all faithfull men 22 The prayse of a good woman 1 HAue mercie vpon vs O Lorde thou God of all thinges haue respect vnto vs shewe vs the light of thy mercies 2 And sende thy feare among the heathen and straungers which seeke not after thee that they may knowe that there is no God but thou and that they may shew thy wonderous workes 3 Lyft vp thyne hande ouer the outlandishe heathen that they may learne to knowe thy might and power 4 Lyke as thou art halowed in vs before them so bring to passe that thou mayst be magnified also in them before vs. 5 That they may know thee lyke as we know thee for there is none other God but onely thou O Lorde 6 Renue the tokens and chaunge the wonderous workes shew thyne hand and thy right arme gloriouslie 7 Rayse vp thyne indignation and poure out thy wrath take away the aduersarie and smite the enemie 8 Make the time shorte remember thy couenaunt that thy wōderous workes may be praysed 9 Let the wrath of the fyre consume them that lyue so carelesse and let them perishe that do thy people hurt 10 Smyte in sunder the head of the princes that be our enemies and say there is none other but we 11 Gather all the tribes of Iacob together againe that they may knowe how that there is none other God but onely thou that they may shewe thy wonderous workes and be thou thy peoples heritage lyke as from the beginning 12 O Lorde haue mercie vpon the people that hath thy name and vpon Israel whom thou hast lykened to a first borne sonne 13 O be mercifull vnto Hierusalem the citie of thy sanctuarie the citie of thy rest 14 Fill Sion with thyne vnspeakable vertues and thy people with thy glorie 15 Geue witnesse vnto thy creature whō thou madest from the beginning and rayse vp the prophesies that haue ben shewed in thy name 16 Rewarde them that wayte for thee that thy prophetes may be founde faithfull 17 O Lorde heare the prayer of thy seruauntes according to the blessing of Aaron ouer thy people and guide thou vs in the way of righteousnes that al they which dwell vpon the earth may know that thou art the Lorde the eternall God which is from euerlasting 18 The belly deuoureth all meates yet is one meate better then another 19 Lyke as the tongue tasteth venison so doth an heart of vnderstandyng marke false wordes 20 A froward heart geueth heauines but a man of experience lyfteth him vp againe 21 The woman receaueth euery man yet is one daughter better then another 22 A faire wyfe reioyceth her husband and a man loueth nothing better 23 If there be in her tongue gentlenes meekenes and holsome talke then is not her husband lyke other men 24 He that hath gotten a vertuous woman hath a goodlie possession she is vnto him a helpe and piller wherevpon he resteth 25 Where no hedge is there the goodes are spoyled and where no huswyfe is there the frendles mourneth 26 Lyke as there is no credence geuen to a robber that goeth from one citie to another so is not the man beleued that hath no nest and must turne in where he may abide in the night The .xxxvii. Chapter 1 Howe a man should knowe friendes and counsellers 12 and searche the company of an holy man 1 EVery friende sayth I wyll be friendly vnto him also but there is some friend which is onely a frende in name 2 Remaineth not there heauines vnto death when a companion and friend is turned to an enemie 3 O most wicked presumption from whence art thou sprong vp to couer the earth with falshood and disceite 4 There is some companion which in prosperitie reioyceth with his friend but in the time of trouble he taketh part against him 5 There is some companion that mourneth with his friend for the bellies sake but when trouble commeth he taketh holde of the shielde 6 Forget not thy friend in thy minde thinke vpon him in thy riches 7 Seeke no counsell at thy kinsmen and hide thy counsel from such as beare thee no good wyll 8 Euery counseller prayseth his counsell neuerthelesse there is some that counselleth but for his owne profite 9 Beware of the counseller and be aduised afore whereto thou wylt vse him for he wyll counsaile for him selfe fest he cast the lot vpon thee 10 And say vnto thee Thy way and purpose is good and afterwarde he stande against thee and loke what shal become of thee 11 Aske no counsaile at him that suspecteth thee for an enemie hide thy counsaile from such as hate thee aske no counsell for religion of him that is without religion nor for iustice of him that hath no iustice aske no counsel at a woman touching her of whō she is ielous nor at a fearefull and faint harted body in matters of warre or at a marchaunt how deare he wyl cheape thy wares toward his or at a byer of selling or at an enuious man of thankesgeuing or at the vnmerciful of louing kindnesse or at an vnhonest man of honestie or at the slothfull of working or at an hyreling which hath no house of profit or wealth or at an idle body of much labour take no such folkes to counsell 12 But be diligent to seeke counsaile at a vertuous man that feareth God such a one as thou knowest to be a keper of the commaundementes which hath a minde after thyne owne minde and is sory for thee when thou stumblest 13 And holde thy
for euer The .xlvi. Chapter The prayse of Iosue 9 Caleb 13 Samuel 1 MAnly strong in battel was Iesus the sonne of Naue and was the successour of Moyses in prophesies was geuen to be captaine of the people which according vnto his name was a great sauiour vnto the elect of God to punishe the enemies that rose vp against Israel that Israel might optayne their inheritaunce 2 O how great noble and excellent was he when he lift vp his hande and drewe out his sworde against the cities 3 Who stoode so manly before him for the Lord him selfe brought in the enemies 4 Stoode not the sunne still at his commaundement and one day was as long as two 5 He called vpon the hyghest and most mightie when the enemies preassed vpon him on euery side and the mightie Lord heard him with the hayle stones 6 They smote the Heathenishe people mightyly and in falling downe they slue all the aduersaries so that the heathen knew his hoast and all his defence that the Lord him selfe fought against them for he folowed vpon the mightie men of them 7 In the time of Moyses also he and Caleb the sonne of Iephune dyed a good worke whiche stoode against the enemies with held the people from sinne and stilled the wicked murmuring 8 And of sixe hundreth thousande people of foote they two were preserued to bring them into the heritage namely a lande that floweth with mylke hony 9 The Lord gaue strength also vnto Caleb which remayned with him vnto his age so that he went vp into the hie places of the land and his seede conquered the same for an heritage 10 That al the children of Israel might see howe good a thing it is to be obedient vnto the Lorde 11 And the iudges or rulers euery one after his name whose heart went no◠a whoring nor departed from the Lorde and that forsooke not the Lord vnfaithfully whose remembraunce hath a good report 12 Yea their bones florishe out of their place and their names shall neuer be chaunged but honour remayneth still with the children of those holy men 13 Samuel the prophete beloued of the Lorde his God ordayned a king and annoynted the princes ouer the people 14 In the lawe of the Lord ruled he and iudged the congregation and the Lorde had respect vnto Iacob 15 The prophete was founde diligent in his faithfulnes yea he is knowen faithful in his workes because he sawe the God of light 16 〈◊〉 called vpon the Lorde almightie when the enemies preassed vpon him on euery side what time as he offered the sucking lambe 17 And the Lorde thundered from heauen made his voyce to be heard with a great noyse 18 He discomfited the princes of Tyre and all the rulers of the Philistines 19 Before his last ende he made protestation in the sight of the Lorde and his annoynted that he toke neither substaunce nor good of any man no not so much as a shoe and no man might accuse him 20 After this he tolde that his ende was at hand and shewed the king also his ende and death and from the earth lyft he vp his voyce in the prophecie that the vngodlie people should perishe The .xlvii. Chapter 1 The prayse of Nathan 2 Dauid 12 and Solomon 1 AFterward in the time of king Dauid there rose vp a prophet called Nathan 2 For lyke as the fat is taken away from the offering so was Dauid chosen out of the children of Israel 3 He played with the lions as with kiddes and with beares lyke as with lambes of sheepe 4 Slewe he not a giaunt when he was yet but young toke away the rebuke frō his people what time as he toke the stone in his hande and smote downe proude Goliath with the sling 5 For he called vpon the highest Lorde which gaue him strength in his right hande so that he ouerthrewe the mightie giaunt in the battaile that he might set vp the horne of his people againe 6 So he glorified him in ten thousand and made him to haue a good report in the prayse of the Lorde that he should weare a crowne of glorie 7 For he destroyed the enemies on euery side rooted out the Philistines his aduersaries and brake their horne in sunder lyke as it is broken yet this day 8 In all his workes he praysed the hyest and holiest and ascribed the honour vnto him with his whole heart did he prayse the Lorde and loued God that made him 9 He set singers also before the aulter in their tune he made sweete songes that they might geue prayses euery day to God with songes 10 He ordayned to kepe the holy dayes worshipfully that the solempe feastes through the whole yere should be honorably holden with praysing the name of the Lorde and with singing betimes in the morning in the sanctuary 11 The Lorde toke away his sinnes and exalted his horne for euer he gaue him the couenaunt of the kingdome and the throne of worship in Israel 12 After him there rose vp the wyse sonne called Solomon Who by him dwelt in a large possession and for his sake he droue the enemies away far of 13 This Solomon raigned with peace in his time and he obtayned glory For God gaue him rest from his enemies on euery side that he might builde him an house in his name and prepare the sanctuarie for euer 14 How wyse wast thou in thy youth and filled with wysdome and vnderstanding as it were with a water flood 15 Thou coueredst and filledst the whole lande with similitudes wyse prudent sentences 16 Thy name went abrode in the Iles because of thy peace thou wast beloued 17 All landes maruailed at thy songes prouerbes similitudes and at thy interpretations 18 And in the name of the Lorde God which is called the God of Israel thou gatheredst golde as tinne thou hadst as much siluer as leade 19 Thou wast moued in inordinate loue toward women and wast ouercome in affection 20 Thou staynedst thy honour worship yea thy posteritie defiledst thou also in bringing the wrath of the Lorde vpon thy children and hast felt sorowe for thy folly 21 So that thy kingdome was deuided and Ephraim became an vnfaithfull and a rebellious kingdome 22 Neuerthelesse God forsooke not his mercie neither was he vtterly destroyed because of his workes that he should leaue him no posteritie as for the seede that came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remmaunt vnto Iacob and a roote vnto Dauid out of him 23 Thus rested Solomon with his fathers and out of his seede he left behinde him a verie foolishnes of the people and such one as had no vnderstanding euen Roboam which turned away the people through his counsell and Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to sinne and shewed Ephraim the way
and praysed God in heauen For he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer 25 And so Israel had a great victorie in that day 26 Now all the heathen that escaped came and tolde Lysias euery thing that had happened 27 Wherfore Lysias was sore afrayde and greeued in his minde because Israel had not gotten such misfortune as he woulde they should neither as the king commaunded 28 The next yere folowing gathered Lysias three score thousande chosen men of foote and fyue thousande horsemen to fight against Hierusalem 29 So they came into Iurie and pitched their tentes at Bethoron where Iudas came against them with ten thousande men 30 And when he sawe so great and mightie an hoast he made his prayer sayde Blessed be thou O sauiour of Israel which diddest destroy y e violent power of the graunt in the hande of thy seruaunt Dauid gauest the hoast of the heathen into the hand of Ionathan the sonne of Saul of his harnesse bearer 31 Put this boast now into the hand of thy people of Israel let them be confounded in their multitude and horsemen 32 Make them afrayde and disâ— the boldnesse of their strength that they may be moued thorowe their destinâ—tion 33 Cast them downe thorowe the sworde of thy louers then shall all they that knowe thy name prayse thee with thankesgeuing 34 So they stroke the battell and there were slayne of Lysias hoast fiue thousande men 35 Then Lysias seyng the discomfyting of his men and the manlinesse of the Iewes howe they were redy either to lyue or to dye lyke men he went vnto Antioch and chose out men of warre that when they were gathered together they might come againe into Iurie 36 Then sayde Iudas and his brethren Behold our enemies are discomfited let vs nowe go vp to clense and to repayre the sanctuarie 37 Vpon this al the hoast gathered them together and went vp into mount Sion 38 Nowe when they sawe the sanctuarie layed wast the aulter defiled the doores brent vp the shrubbes growing in the courtes like as in a wood or vpon mountaynes yea and that the priestes chambers were broken downe 39 They rent their clothes made great lamentation cast asshes vpon their heades 40 Fell downe flat to the grounde vpon their faces made a great noyse with the trumpettes and cryed toward heauen 41 Then Iudas appoynted certayne men to fight against those which were in the castle till they had clensed the sanctuarie 42 So he chose priestes that were vndefiled such as had pleasure in the lawe of God 43 And they clensed the sanctuarie and bare out the defiled stones into an vncleane place 44 And forsomuch as the aulter of burnt offeringes was vnhalowed he toke aduisement what he might do withall 45 So he thought it was best to destroy it lest it shoulde happen to do them any shame for the heathen had defiled it and therfore they brake it downe 46 As for the stones they layed them vp vpon the mountayne by the house in a conuenient place till there came a prophete to shewe what shoulde be done with them 47 So they toke whole stones according to the lawe and buylded a newe aulter such one as was before 48 And made vp the sanctuarie within and without halowed the house and the courtes 49 They made newe holy ornamentes brought the candlesticke the aulter of incense and the table into the temple 50 The incense layed they vpon the aulter lighted the lampes whiche were vpon the candelsticke that they might burne in the temple 51 They set the shew bread vpon the table and hanged vp the vayle and finished all the workes which they had begun to make 52 And vpon the twentie and fifth day of the nynth moneth whiche is called the moneth of Casleu in the hundred fourtie and eyght yere 53 They rose vp betimes in the morning for to do sacrifice according to the lawe vpon the newe burnt offring aulter that they had made 54 After the time and season that the heathen had defiled it the same day was it set vp againe with songues pypes harpes and cymbales 55 And all the people fel vpon their faces worshipping and thanking the God of heauen whiche had geuen them the victorie 56 So they kept the dedication of the aulter eyght dayes offring burnt sacrifices and thanke offeringes with gladnesse 57 They deckt the forefrunt of the temple also with crownes and shieldes of gold and halowed the portes and celles and hanged doores vpon them 58 Thus there was very great gladnesse among the people because the blasphemie of the heathen was put away 59 So Iudas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordeyned that the time of the dedication of the aulter shoulde be kept in his season from yere to yere by the space of eyght dayes from the twentie and fifth day of the moneth Casleu with myrth and gladnesse 60 And at the same time buylded they vp the mount Sion with hye walles and strong towres round about lest the gentiles shoulde come and treade it downe as they did afore 61 Therfore Iudas set men of warre in it to kepe it and made it strong for to defend Bethsura that the people might haue a refuge against the Edomites The .v. Chapter 3 Iudas vanquisheth the heathen that go about to destroy Israel and is holpen of his brethren Simon and Ionathas 50 He ouerthroweth the citie of Ephron because they denied him passage thorowe it 1 IT happened also that when the heathen rounde about hearde howe that the aulter the sanctuarie were set vp in their old estate it displeased them very sore 2 Wherfore they thought to destroy the generation of Iacob that was among them in so much that they began to slay and to persecute certayne of the people 3 Then Iudas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arabathane for they dwelt rounde about the Israelites where he slue and spoyled a great multitude of them 4 He thought also vpon the malice and vnfaythfulnesse of the children of Bean how they were a snare and stoppe vnto the people and howe they layed wayte for them in the hye way 5 Wherfore he shut them vp into towres and came vnto them besieged them and destroyed them vtterly brent vp their towres with all that were in them 6 Afterward went he against the children of Ammon whereof he founde a mightie power and a great multitude of people with Timothi their captayne 7 So he stroke many battayles with them which were destroyed before hym 8 And when he had slayne them he wan Gazer the citie with the townes belonging therto and so turned againe into Iurie 9 The heathen also in Galaad gathered them together against the Israelites that were in their quarters to slay them but they fled to the castle of Dathemam 10 And sent letters vnto Iudas and his brethren
wealth of his people therfore were they glad to haue him for their ruler and to do him worship alway 5 Simon wan the citie of Ioppa also for an hauen towne and made it an entraunce into the Iles of the sea 6 He enlarged the borders of his people and conquered them more lande 7 He gathered vp many of their people that were prisoners he had the dominion of Gaza Bethsura and the castle which he cleansed from filthynes and there was no man that resisted him 8 So that euery man tilled his grounde in peace the lande of Iuda and the trees gaue their fruite and encrease 9 The elders sate all in iudgement and toke their deuice for the wealth of the lande the young men put on worshippe and harnesse vpon them 10 He prouided vitailes for the cities and made goodly strong holdes of them so that the fame of his worship was spoken of vnto the ende of the worlde 11 For he made peace throughout the lande and Israel was full of mirth and ioy 12 Euery man sate vnder his vine figge trees and there was no man to fraye them away 13 There was none in the lande to fight against them for then the kinges were ouercome 14 He helped those that were in aduersitie among his people he was diligent to see the lawe kept as for such as were vngodly and wicked he toke them away 15 He set vp the sanctuary and encreased the holy vessels of the temple 16 When the Romanes and Spartians had gotten worde that Ionathas was dead they were right sory 17 But when they heard that Simon his brother was made hie priest in his steade and how he had wonne the land againe with the cities in it 18 They wrote vnto him in tables of brasse to renue the frendship and bonde of loue which they had made afore with Iudas and Ionathas his brethren 19 Which writinges were read before the congregation at Hierusalem And this is the copie of the letters that the Spartians sent 20 The Senatours and citezins of Sparta send greeting vnto Simon the great priest with the elders priestes and the other people of the Iewes their brethren 21 When your Ambassadours that were sent vnto our people certified vs of your worship honour prosperous wealth we were glad of their comming 22 And haue written the ambassage in the publike recordes in this maner namely that Numenius the sonne of Antiochus and Antipater the sonne of Iason the Iewes ambassadours are come vnto vs for to renue the olde frendship with vs. 23 Vpon this the people concented that the men should be honorably intreated and that the copie of their ambassage should be written in the speciall bookes of the people for a perpetuall memorie vnto the Spartians yea and that we should send a copie of the same vnto Simon the great priest 24 After this did Simon send Numenius vnto Rome with a golden shielde of a thousand pound waight to confirme the frendship with them 25 Which when the Romanes vnderstoode they saide what thankes shall we recompence againe vnto Simon and his children 26 For he and his brethren and the house of his father hath stablished Israel and ouercommed their enemies wherefore they graunted him to be free and confirmed the libertie thereof therefore they wrote this in tables of brasse and set it vpon pillers in mount Sion 27 The copie of the writing is this The eighteenth day of the moneth Elul in the hundred threescore and twelfth yere in the third yere of Simon the hie priest 28 In the great congregation of the priestes rulers of the people and elders of the countrey at Saramel were these wordes openly declared 29 Forsomuch as there was much warre in our lande therfore Simon the sonne of Mathathias come of the children of Iarib his brethren put them selues in perill and resisted the enemies of their people that their sanctuary and lawe might be maintayned and did their people great worship 30 Ionathas in lyke maner after that he had gouerned his people and ben their hie priest dyed and lyeth buried beside his elders 31 After that would their enemies haue troden their holy thinges vnder foote destroyed their lande and vtterlie wasted their sanctuary 32 Then Simon withstoode them and fought for his people spent much of his owne money weaponed the valiaunt men of his people gaue them wages 33 Made strong the cities of Iuda with Bethsura that lyeth vpon the borders of Iurie where the ordinaunce of their enemies laye sometime and set Iewes there for to kepe it 34 He made fast Ioppa also which lyeth vpon the sea and Gaza that bordereth vpon Azotus where the enemies dwelt afore and there he set Iewes to kepe it and whatsoeuer was meete for the subduing of the aduersaries that layed he therein 35 Now when the people sawe the noble actes of Simon and what worship he purposed to do for them his godly behauour and faithfulnes which he kept vnto them and how he sought by alwayes the wealth of his people because he did all this therefore they chose him to be their prince and hie priest 36 And in his time they prospered wel by him so that the heathen were taken out of their lande and they also which were in the citie of Dauid at Hierusalem in the castle where they went out and defiled all thinges that were about the sanctuary and did great harme vnto cleanlinesse 37 And Simon put men of the Iewes in it for the defence of the land and citie and set vp the walles of Hierusalem 38 And king Demetrius confirmed him in his high priesthood 39 For these causes made him his friend and did him great worship 40 For he heard that the Romanes called the Iewes their friendes louers and brethren howe honorably they receaued Simons Ambassadours 41 Howe the Iewes and priestes concented that he should be their prince and hie priest perpetually till God raysed vp the true prophete 42 And that he shoulde be their captaine to care for the sanctuarie and to set officers vpon the workes thereof ouer the lande ouer the weapons ouer the houses of defence to make prouision for the holy thinges 43 And to be obeyed of euery man and all the writinges of the lande to be made in his name that he should be clothed in purple and golde 44 And that it should be lawfull for none of the people nor priestes to breake any of these thinges to withstand his words nor to call any congregation in the lande without him that he should be clothed in purple and weare a coller of golde 45 And if there were any which disobeyed or brake this ordinaunce that he should be punished 46 So al the people consented to alow Simon to do according to these wordes 47 Simon also him selfe toke it vpon him and was content to be the hie priest the captaine and prince of the Iewes and priestes and to gouerne them all 48
was sore smitten and like as he had intreated other men so he died a miserable death in a straunge countrey vpon a mountayne 29 And his body dyd Philip that went with him cary away which fearing the sonne of Antiochus went into Egypt to Ptolomi Philometor The .x. Chapter 1 Iudas Machabeus taketh a citie and the temple 10 He beginneth to shewe the actes of Eupator 16 The Iewes fight against the Idumeans 24 Timotheus inuadeth Iurie with whom Iudas ioyneth battell 29 Fiue men appeare in the ayre to the helpe of the Iewes 39 Timothi is slayne 1 MAchabeus nowe and his company thorowe the helpe of the Lorde wan the temple and the citie againe 2 Destroyed the aulters and chappels that the heathen had buylded through the streetes 3 Clensed the temple made another aulter of bricke stone and after two yeres they offered sacrifices set foorth the incense the lightes and shewe bread 4 When that was done they fell downe flat vpon the grounde and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such trouble but if they sinned any more against him he him selfe to chasten them with mercie and not to come in the handes of those aliauntes and blasphemous men 5 Nowe vpon the same day that the straungers polluted the temple it happened that on the very same day it was clensed againe namely the twentie and fyfth day of the moneth called Casleu 6 They kept eyght dayes in gladnesse like as in the feast of the tabernacles remembring that not long afore they held the feast of the tabernacles vpon the mountaynes and in dennes like beastes 7 And to the same token they bare greene bowes braunches palmes and song Psalmes before hym that had geuen them good successe to clense his place 8 They agreed also together and made a statute that euery yere those dayes shoulde be solemply kept of all the people of the Iewes 9 How Antiochus then that was called the noble died it is sufficiently tolde 10 Nowe will we speake of Eupator the sonne of that wicked Antiochus howe it happened with hym and so with fewe wordes to comprehende the aduersitie that chaunced in the warres 11 When he had taken in the kingdome he made one Lysias whiche had ben captayne of the hoast in Phenices and Syria ruler ouer the matters of the realme 12 For Ptolomi that was called Macron beyng a ruler for the Iewes and specially to sit in iudgement for such wrong as was done vnto them vndertoke to deale peaceably with them 13 For the whiche cause he was accused of his friendes before Eupator and when he was suspect to be a traytour because he had left Cypres that Philometor had committed vnto him and because he departed from noble Antiochus that he was come vnto he poysoned hym selfe and died 14 Now when Gorgias was gouernour of the same places he toke straungers and vndertoke oft times to warre with the Iewes 15 Moreouer the Idumeans that helde the strong holdes receaued those that were dryuen from Hierusalem and toke in hande to warre also 16 But they that were with Machabeus besought prayed vnto the Lorde that he woulde be their helper and so they fell vpon the strong holdes of the Idumeans 17 And wan many places by strength such as came against them they slue and killed no lesse of all together then twentie thousande 18 Neuerthelesse some no lesse then nyne thousande were fled into two strong towres hauing all maner of ordinaunce to withstande them 19 Then Machabeus leauing Simon Iosephus Zacheus and those that were with them whiche were very many went to besiege them to fight where most neede was 20 Nowe they that were with Simon beyng led with couetousnesse were intreated for money thorowe certayne of those that lay in the castles toke threescore and ten thousande dragmas and let some of them escape 21 But when it was tolde Machabeus what had happened he called the captaynes of the people together accusing those persons that they had sold the brethren for money let their enemies go 22 So he slue those traytours immediatly went in hande with the two castles 23 And when they had ordred them selues manly with their weapons handes they slue in the two castles mo then twentie thousande 24 Now Timotheus whom the Iewes had ouercome afore gathered a multitude of strange people brought an hoast also of horsemen of the Asians to winne Iurie by strength 25 But when he drewe nye Machabeus and they that were with him fell to their prayer sprinkled asshes vpon their heades beyng gyrded with heery cloth about their loynes 26 Fell downe before the aulter and besought the Lord that he would be mercifull to them but an enemie vnto their enemies and to take part against their aduersaries according as it is promised in the lawe 27 So after the prayer they toke their weapons went on further from the citie when they came nye the enemies they prepared them selues against them 28 And betimes in the morning at the breake of the day both the hoastes buckled together The one part had the Lorde for their refuge which is the geuer of prosperitie strength and victorie the other had a manly stomacke which is a captayne of warre 29 The battayle nowe beyng great there appeared vnto the enemies from heauen fiue goodly men vpon horsebackes with bridels of gold leading the Iewes 30 And two of them hauing Machabeus betwixt them that kept him safe on euery side with their weapons but shot dartes and lightninges vpon the enemies where thorow they were confounded with blindnesse and so sore afrayde that they fell downe 31 There were slayne of footemen twentie thousand and fyue hundreth and sixe hundreth horsemen 32 As for Timotheus him selfe he fled vnto Gazara a very strong hold wherin Chereas was captayne 33 But Machabeus and his companie layed siege to it chearfully foure dayes 34 Now they that were within trusting to the strength of the place cursed and banned exceedingly and made great craking with wicked wordes 35 Neuerthelesse vpon the fyft day in the morning twentie yong men of Machabeus company beyng set on fire in their mindes because of the blasphemie came manfully vnto the wall and with bolde stomakes smote downe those that they mette 36 Others also clymed vp vpō the towres vndertaking to set fire vpon the portes to burne those blasphemous persons quicke with the fiers that they had made others brake open the gates and receaued the rest of the armie and toke the citie 37 Two dayes were they destroying the castle which when they founde Timotheus that was crept in a corner they killed him and slue Chereas his brother in like maner with Apollophanes 38 When this was done they song Psalmes with prayses and thankesgeuing vnto the Lorde which had done so great thinges for Israel and geuen them the victorie The .xi. Chapter 1 Lysias goeth about to
to our enemies (c) My power shall neuer be away from him “ His hand “ Rocke “ Be false in my trueth “ If I make a lye vnto Dauid (d) The sunne in the day and the moone in the nyght shall testifie that I haue promised a perpetuall continuaunce vnto Dauids seede His prince◠〈◊〉 (f) It semeth in vayne if all our lyfe be wasâ—ed in calamitie without all comfort (g) All reproches of Gods people do redounde in Christ whose steppes they folowe Mornyng prayer (a) God exerciseth man with trauaile vntyll death for he made once an ordinaunce that all should dye yea be he neuer follow “ Chaungeth “ Chaungeth “ Pride (b) No mans felicitie in this life is without labour and disquietnesse oâ— mynde neuer contented but caryed with liâ—es passions cares and sorowes “ Seene euil Euenyng prayer “ Quiet from euyll dayes a At the day of resurrection euery man shal be iudged according to iustice howsoeuer he be afflicted wrongfully 〈◊〉 this â—yte In the graue for they that be put in the graue speake no more “ VVofull labour or mischiefe Mornyng prayer (a) Being led and gouerned by his hande “ Meribah and Masâ—ah Exodus â—◠“ (a) Vanitie and no God “ That which is no God Which be worshipped for gods of idolaters “ Confesse Euenyng prayer “ He hath saued hym (a) An instrument to syng psalmes “ Iehouah “ Confesse (a) Although he be a mightie kyng yet he vseth no tirannie () That is for to prayse and for to geue thankes “ CoÌ„fession 〈…〉 (a) With thy grace opening my heart and instructing me “ Behiaal (b) To be of my counsayle and to beare me company (c) A man of good conscience Morning prayer (a) Makyng their oth this I pray God then that I may be in as euyll case as Dauid “ From the face “ Sittest “ They pitie her dust “ Of a lowe shrab “ Bounde (b) Appoynted to suffer death (a) An Egle of all birdes â—yueth a long tyme without all kynde of feblenesse dying neuer of age but of famine Plin. lib. 10. â—ap 3. “ He chydeth not to the ende (b) A man can not shew where it growed (c) Comaundement Euenyng prayer (a) An â—llusion to the words 1. Gen. God deuided vnder the firmament from the waters aboue the firmament It is maruaylous that water against his nature should be aboue the ayre and couer the vpper part of it as in maner of a seeling (b) With the sea “ Bread (c) High trees haue their growing and increase of God “ VVide of handes (d) A whale or a ballan a beast that is king of the sea for his greatnesse and strength he appeareth aboue the top of the sea as bigge as an Ilande or a great huge mountayne “ Their time Morning prayer “ Iâ—ishehak “ Iaacob Kenaan “ Corde wherewith portions of inheritances were measured “ Deceaue them “ He broke euery stâ—ffe of bread (a) Lyue to dye The interpretation of Pharaos dreame “ In his soule that is as he beleued knewe and thought (c) They executed in all pointes his commaundement chaunging nothing (d) Or strength meaning the first borne Euenyng prayer “ For. “ His praise (a) They woulde not suffer God to rule them (b) As men in a consumption through euil humours the more they eate the more thei consume so they not esteeming Manna from heauen were not fed but destroyed of the flesh that they longed to eate of (c) To their lyue bodyes “ Chorcâ— (d) Their god who was a glory and an ornament to them (e) Moyses stoode before God in his anger as men do stande in a breache of a towne wall battered for defence of it Of the idols of the Moabites “ Phineâ—es Mâ—riba (g) Moyses stirred by the rage of y e people shewed him selfe not to beleue gods worde so certainely as he was wont “ Made manie alterations “ Counsell (h) God is said to repent when he forgeueth vs at our repentaunce “ Confesse Mornyng prayer “ For. “ Sea for it was on the south part of Iurie “ Disobediently chaunged Corrupt â—meâ—s whiche els had brought them to the graue “ Confessing (b) Moyste and fruitfull groundes “ Fruites of increase Euenyng prayer My soule my tongue or my chiefe dignitie “ Confesse Be thou glad to seeke my frendship “ (a) I pray for them Let it be reiected as vnlawfull and â—bhominable (c) Drythes (d) He had as lieue that god were his enemie as frende â–ª (e) Worâ—e (f) Hath lost al his fatnesse Confesse (g) To saue his life from vnrighteous iudges (a) God sayd to Christe rule thou ouer all Mornyng prayer (b) He shall begin his dominion in Sion (c) Christe his holy word shal be receaued of his elect most wyllyngly and Christes grace shall so wonderfully â—mbrue mens heartes as the deawe of the morning moystereth the grounde (a) Confesse (b) Certaine and permanent (a) God helpeth alwayes the good in their aduersitie (b) His statâ— condition or dignitie Euenyng prayer a A people hauing a straunge tongue to the Iewes (a) God dwelleth in heauen and nedeth not the earth for his vse The dead prayseth not God for the benefites powred dayly vpon the erth for them as they that be alyue do or ought to do Morning prayer (a) That God hath deliuered me out of troubles (b) A cup in token of my deliueraunce “ CoÌ„mende hym “ Families “ “ Confesse “ Confesse “ For. Euenyng prayer “ Men of my counsayle (a) I am at deathes doore Morning prayer “ Rashe doynges “ To arise (a) In securitie of conscience “ VVorde (a) To haue so godly a mynde and affect (a) The ropes of the vngodly haue caught me The true sence Euenyng 〈◊〉 “ “ Made me â—ked “ Quicken me “ Searched (a) Infinite Morning prayer (a) I am in ieopardy alwayes of my life (b) It signifieth properâ—y an heele of a foot by translation an end â–ª or the reward and coÌ„moditie that foloweth the ende “ Thou hast made to ceasâ—e (a) Or it is tyme for God to do somethyng “ The dâ—â—re Euenyng prayer “ Head (a) Whiche forbiddeth me to reuenge myne owne quarell “ Peace (b) No aduersitie or perturbation of mynde (c) Thou knowest all that I do in this lyfe Ofâ— the 〈◊〉 to asâ—ende vnto high degrees and dignities Mornyng prayer (a) Barbarous people of the wildernes of Arabia (a) God wyll not suffer thee to go where thou shalt take any hurt “ Shadowe “ Smite “ For vs. (a) Although God suffereth tirauntes to vexe vs yet he wyll deliuer vs from them “ Crokednesse (b) God wyll make hypocrites to be knowen as they be Euenyng prayer (a) The felicitie shal be so sudden and great that it may be doubted whether it be in deede or els but in a dreame As Peters deliueraunce seemed to hym selfe but a vision Act. xii (b) Let vs not come home