haue not wherewith And for a like conclusyon because we also with all that we haue be christes therfore is the preast heyre with vs also of all that we haue receaued of god wherfore in as moch as yâ— preast wayteth on yâ— worde of god aÌ„d is oureseruaunte therin therfore of right we are his dettars owe him a sufficyent lyuinge of oure goodes aÌ„d euen therto a wiffe of oure doughters owe we vnto him if he requyre her And now when we haue appoynted him a sufficieÌ„t liuinge whether in tythes rentes or in yerelye wages he ought to be coÌ„tent to require no more nor yet to receaue any more but to be an ensample of sobernesse of dispysinge worldly thinges vnto the ensample of his parysheonars Wilt thou vowe to offre vnto yâ— poore people that is pleasaunte in yâ— sight of god for they be lefte here to do oure almes apoÌ„ in christes stead they be yâ— right heyres of all oure abundauÌ„ce ouerplus Moreouer we must haue a scole to teach goddes worde iÌ„ though it neded not to be so costely therfore it is law full to vowe vnto the buyldinge or mayntenauÌ„ce therof vnto helpinge of all good werkes And we ought to vowe to paye custome tolle rent all maner dutyes and what soeuer we owe for that is gods commaundmeÌ„t Yf thou wilt vowe pilgrimage thou must put salt therto in like maner if it shal be accepted if thou vowe to go aÌ„d viset the poore or to here gods worde or what soeuer edifieth thy soule vnto loue good worke after knowlege or what soeuer god coÌ„mauÌ„deth it is well done and a sacrifyce that sauoreth well ye will happlye saye that ye will go to this or yâ— place because god hath chosen one place more then another and will heare youre peticyen more in one place then another As for youre prayer it must be accordiÌ„ge to goddes worde Ye may not desyer god to take veÌ„geaunce on him whoÌ„ goddes worde â—eacheth you to pytye to praye for And as for yâ— other glose yâ— god will heare you more iÌ„ one place theÌ„ in another I suppose it sal infatuâ—tâ—m salt vnsauerye for if it were wisdome how coude we excuse the deeth of steueÌ„ Actes .vij. which dyed for that article that god dwelleth not in teÌ„ples made with haÌ„des we that beleue in god are yâ— temple of god sayth paule if a man loue god kepe his worde he is the teÌ„ple of god hath god presently dwellinge in him as witnesseth christ Johan .xiiij. sayeÌ„ge If a maÌ„ loue me he will kepe my worde theÌ„ my father will loue him we will come vnto him and dwell with him And in the .xv. he sayth if ye abyde in me and my wordes also abyde in you then axe what ye will ye shall haue it If thou beleue in christ hast the promyses which god hath made the in thyne harte theÌ„ go on pilgrymage vnto thyne awne haite aÌ„d there praye god will heare yâ— for his mercy and truthes sake and for his sonne christes sake and not for a few stones sakes What careth god for the temple The very beestes in that they haue liffe in them be moch better then an hepe of stonnes couched to gether To speake of chastite it is a gif e not geuen vnto all persones testifyeth both christ and also his apostle Paule wherfore all persones maye not vowe it Moreouer there be causes wherfore many persones maye better lyue chast at one tyme then at another Many maye lyue chast at twentye and thirtye for certayne colde diseases folowinge them which at .xl. when their helth is come cannot do so Many be occupyed with wylde phantasyes in their youth that they care not for mariage which same when they be wareÌ„ sad shal be greatly desyrouse yt is a daungerous thynge to make synne where none is aÌ„d to for swere yâ— benefyte of god to bynde thy self vnder payne of daÌ„nacyon of thy soule that thou woldest not vse the remeadye that god hath created if nead requyred ¶ Another thinge is this beware that thou geâ—t the not a false fayned chastite made with the vngodly perswasions of saynte Hâ—eroÌ„ or of Ouide in his fylthye boke of the remedye agenst loue lest when thorow soch imaginacyons thou hast vtterlye despysed defyed aÌ„d abhorred all voman kynde thou come in to soch case thorow the firce wrath of god that thou canst nether lyue chast nor fynde in thy harte to marye aÌ„d so be coÌ„pelled to faule into the abhominacion of the pope agenst nature and kynde Moreouer god is a wyse father knoweth all yâ— infirmityes of his children also mercy full aÌ„d therfore hath created a remedye without synne aÌ„d geuen therto his fauoure and blessinge Let vs not be wyser then god with oure ymaginacyoÌ„s nor teÌ„pte him for as godly chastite is not euery maÌ„s gyfre euen so he yâ— hath it to daye hath not power to continue it at his awne pleasure nether hath god â—romy sed to geue it him still to cure his infirmytyes with out his naturall remeadye no more then he hath promysed to slake his hongre with out meate or thirst with out drinke Wherfore other let all thinges byde fre as wise god hath created them nother vowe that which god requyreth not nor for swere that which god permitteth the with his fauoure and blessinge also or els if thou wilt neades vowe then vowe godly vnder a coÌ„dityon yâ— thou wilt contynue chast so longe as god geueth the that gyfte aÌ„d as longe as nether thyne awne necessyte nether cheryte toward thy neighboure nor yâ— authorite of theÌ„ vnder whose power thou arte dryue the vnto the contrarye The purposse of thy vowe must be salted also with the wisdom of god Thou mayest noâ— vowe to be iustefyed therbye or to make satisfaction for thy synnes or towynne heaueÌ„ nor an hyer place for then didest thou wroÌ„ge vnto the bloude of christ thy vowe were playne Idolatrye abhominable in yâ— sight of god Thy vowe must be only vnto the furtheraunce of the commauÌ„dmeÌ„tes of god which are as I haue sayde nothinge but yâ— taminge of thy meÌ„bres the seruice of thy neyghboure that is if thou thyncke thy backe to weake for the burthen of wedlocke yâ— thou canst not rule thy wiff children seruauÌ„tes and make prouision for theÌ„ godlye with out ouermoch busyenge and vnquyetyngethy self aÌ„d drounynge thy self in worldly busynesse vnchristenlye or that thou canst serue thy neyghboure in some office better beynge chast then maryed And then thy vowe is good lawfull And euâ— so must thou vowe abstineÌ„ce of meates â— ynkes so far forth as it is profitable vnto thy neyghbours vnto yâ— tamiÌ„ge of thy flesh But thou mayst vowe nether of them vnto yâ— sleynge of thy bodye As Paule coÌ„mauÌ„deth tymothe to drincke wyne no moare water because of his diseases Thou wilt saye
eyes of these men we wyll not come And Moses waxed very angrye and sayed vnto the Lorde Turne not vnto their offerynges I haue not taken so moch as an asse Can ourepre lates so saye from them nether haue vexed any of them Then Moses sayed vnto Corah Be thou aÌ„d all thy companye before the Lorde both thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery man his censer and put cens in them come before the Lorde euery man with hys censer two hundred and fyftie censers and Aaron with his censer And they toke euery man his censer and put fyre in them layed cens thereon and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and Moses Aaron also And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agenst them vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto all the congregacion And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge separate youre selues from this congregacion that I maye consume them a tonce And they fell apon their faces and sayed O most myghtie God of the spirites of all fleshe one maÌ„ hath synned and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the congregacion and saye Gett you awaye from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vpp and went vnto Dathan AbiraÌ„ the elders of Israel folowed him And he spake vnto the congregacyon sayenge departe from the tentes of these weked men and twyche nothinge of theres lest ye peryshe in all there synnes And they gate them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan and Abiram came out stode in the dore of there teÌ„tes with their wyues their sonnes and their childern And Moses sayed Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to doo all the se workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne mynde Yf these men dye the comon deth of all men or yf they be visyted after the visitacion of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me But and yf the Lorde make a newe thinge and the erth open hir mouthe and swalowe them and all that pertayne vnto them so that they goo doune quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstoÌ„d that these meÌ„ haue rayled apon the Lorde And as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde claâ—e a sunder that was vnder them and yâ— erth opened hir mouthe and swalowed them and their housses and all the meÌ„ that were with Corah and all their goodes And they and all that pertayned vnto them went doune alyue vnto hell and the erthe closed apon them and they peryshed from amonge the congregacyon And all Israel that were aboute them fledde at the crye of them For they sayed The erthe myghte happelye swalowe vs also And there came oute a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fyftye men that offred cens And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preaste and let him take vppe the censers oute of the burnynge and scater the fyre here and there for the censers of these synners are halowed in theyr deethes and let them be beten in to thyne plaâ—es and fastened apon the altare For they offred theÌ„ before the Lorde and therfore they are holye and they shal be a sygne vnto the childern of Israel And Eleazar the preast toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them and fastened them vppon the altare to be a remembraunce vnto the childern of Israel that no straunger whiche is not of the seed of Aaron come nere to offer cens before the Lorde that he be not made like vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayed vnto him by the hande of Moses And on the morowe all the multitude of the childern of Israell murmured agenste Moses and Aaron sayenge ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde And when the multitude was gathered agenste Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of witnesse And beholde the cloude had couered it and the glorye of the Lorde appeared And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of witnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Gett you from this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckelye And they fell apon theyr faces And Moses sayde vnto Aaron take a censer and put fyre therein out of the alter and poure on cens and goo quyckly vnto the coÌ„gregacion and make an attonement for theÌ„ For there is wrath gone oute from the Lorde and there is a plage begone And Aaron toke as Moses commaunded him and ran vnto the congregacion and beholde the plage was begone amonge the people and he put on cens and made an attonement for the people And he stode betwene the deed and them that were alyue and the plage ceased And the numbre of them that dyed in the plage were .xiiij. thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynes of Corah And Aaron went agayne vnto Moses vnto the dore off the tabernacle of witnesse and the plage ceased ¶ The .xvij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and take of them for euery pryncypall housse a rod of their princes ouer the housses of their fathers euen .xij. roddes and wryte euery mans name apon his rod. And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe of Leui for euery heedman ouer the housses of their fathers shall haue a rod. And put theÌ„ in the tabernacle of witnesse where I wyll mete you And his rod whom I chose shall blossome So I wyll make cease from me the grudgynges of the childern of Israel which they grudge agenst you And Moses spake vnto the childern off Israel and all the prynces gaue him for euery prynce ouer their fathers housses a rod euen xij roddes and the rod of Aaron was amonge the rodes And Moses put yâ— roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse And on the morowe Moses went in to the tabernacle and beholde the rod of Aaron of the housse of Leui was budded bare blosomes and almondes And Moses broughte out all the staues from before the Lorde vnto all the childern of Israel thei loked apon them and toke euery man his staffe And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the witnesse to be kepte for a token vnto the childern of re bellyon that their murmurynges maye ceasse frome that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him And the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses sayenge beholde we are destroyed and all come to nought for whosoeuer cometh nyethe dwellynge of the Lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume awaye ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayed vnto Aaron â–ª Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers housse with the shall bere the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
vnto the Lorde thi God aÌ„d herken vnto his voyce acordinge to all that I coÌ„maunde the this daye both thou and thi childern with all thine hert and all thi soule Then the Lorde thi God wil turne thi captiuite aÌ„d haue coÌ„ppassion vpoÌ„ the aÌ„d goo aÌ„d fett the agayne from all the nacions amoÌ„ge which the Lorde thi God shall haue scatered the. Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen euen from thence will the Lorde thi God gather the and from thence fett the and brynge the in to the lande which thi fathers possessed and thou shalt enioye it And he will shewe the kyndnesse and multiplye the aboue thi fathers And the Lorde thi God will circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thi seed for to loue the Lorde thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule that thou mayst lyue And the Lorde thi God will put al these curses vpoÌ„ thine enemyes and on theÌ„ that hate the and persecute the. But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and doo all his commaundmentes which I commaunde the this daye And the Lorde thi God will make the plenteous in all the workes of thine hande and in the frute of thi bodye in the frute of thi catell and frute of thi lande and in riches For the Lorde will turne agayne and reioyse ouer the to doo the good as he reioysed ouer thi fathers Yf thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his commaundmentes and ordynaunces which are written in the boke of this lawe yf thou turne vnto the Lord thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule For the commaundment which I commaunde the this daye is not separated from the nether ferre of It is not in heauen that thou neadest to saye who shall goo vpp for us in to heauen and fett it us that we maye heare it aÌ„d doo it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou shuldest saye who shall goo ouer see for us and fett â—t us that we maye heare it and doo it But the worde is very nye vnto the euen in thi mouth and in thine hert that thou doo it Beholde I haue sett before you this daye lyfe and good deeth and cuell in that I commaunde the this daye to loue the Lorde thi God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes his ordynaunces and his lawes that thou mayst lyue and multipye and that the Lorde thy God man blesse the in the londe whother thou goest to possesse it But and yf thyne hert turne awaye so that thou wilt not heare but shalt goo astraye and worshepe straunge goddes and serue them I pronounce vnto you this daye that ye shal surely peresh and that ye shall not prolonge youre dayes vppon the londe whother thou passest ouer Iordayne to goo and possesse it I call to recorde this daye vnto you heauen and erth that I haue sett before you lyfe and deeth blessynge and cursynge but chose lyfe that thou and thi seed maye lyue in that thou louest the Lorde thi God herkenest vnto his voyce and cleauest vnto him For he is thi life and the lengthe of thi dayes that thou mayst dwell vppon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue them The .xxxi. Chapter ANd Moses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel and sayed vnto them I am an hundred aÌ„d .xx. yere olde this daye aÌ„d can nomoare goo out and in Also the Lorde hath sayed vnto me thou shalt not go ouer this Iordayne The Lord youre God he will go ouer before the aÌ„d he will destroye these nacions before the aÌ„d thou shalt coÌ„quere theÌ„ And Iosua he shall goo ouer before the as the Lorde hath sayed And the Lorde shall doo vnto them as he dyd to Sihon aÌ„d Og kynges of the Amorites aÌ„d vnto their landes which kinges he destroyed And when the Lorde hath delyuered them to the se that ye doo vnto them acordynge vnto all the coÌ„maundmentes which I haue coÌ„maunded you Plucke vpp youre hartes and be stronge dreade not nor be aferde of them for the Lorde thi God him selfe will goo with the and wil nether let the goo nor forsake the And Moses called vnto Iosua and sayed vnto him in the sighte of all Israel Be stroÌ„ge and bolde for thou must goo with this people vnto the londe which the Lorde hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt geue it them to enheret And the Lorde he shall goo before the aÌ„d he shall be with the and wil not let the goo nor forsake the feare not therfore nor be discomforted And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the preastes the sonnes of Leui which bare the arke of the testament of the Lorde and vnto all the elders of Israel and commaunded them sayenge At the ende of .vij. yere in the tyme of the fre yere in the fest of the tabernacles when all Israel is come to appere before the Lorde thi God in the place which he hath chosen se that thou reade this lawe before all Israel in their eares Gather the people together both men wemen and childern and the straungers that are in thi cities that they maye heare lerne and feare the Lorde youre God and be diligent to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and that theyr childern which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the Lorde youre God as longe as ye lyue in the londe whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses Beholde thy dayes are come that thou must dye Call Iosua and come and stonde in the tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge And Moses and Iosua went and stode in the tabernacle off witnesse And the Lorde apeared in the tabernacle euen in the pyler off the cloude And the piler of the cloude stode ouer the dore of the tabernacle And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses beholde thou must slepe with thi fathers and this people will goo a whorynge after straunge goddes off the londe whother they goo and will forsake me and breake the appoyntement which I haue made with them And then my wrath will waxe whote agenst them and I will forsake them and will hyde my face from them and they shal be consumed And when moch aduersyte and tribulacion is come vppon them then they will saye because oure God is not amonge us these tribulacions are come vppon us But I wil hyde my face that same tyme for all the euels sake which they shall haue wrought in that they are turned vnto straunge goddes Now therfore write ye this songe and teach it the childern of Israel and put it in their mouthes that this songe maye be my witnesse vnto the childern of Israel For when I haue brought them in to the londe whiche I sware vnto their fathers that runneth with mylke aÌ„d honye then they will eate and fyll them selues and waxe