vnto the Lorde for his syn whiche he hath synned A female from the flocke a lambe or a she goote for a synneofferynge And the preest shall make an attonement for hym concernynge his synne And yf he be not able to brynge suche a shepe he shall brynge for his trespace whiche he hath synned two turtyl doues or two yonge pygeons vnto the Lorde one for a synneofferyng and the other for a burntofferynge And he shall brynge them vnto the preest which shal offer the synneofferyng fyrst and wrynge the necke a sundre of it but plucke it not clene of And he shall sprynkle of the bloode of the synneofferynge vpon the syde of the aulter and the reste of the bloode shall he powre by the botome of the aulter for it is a synneofferynge And he shall offer the seconde for a burntofferynge as the maner is and so shall the Preest make an attonement for hym for the synne whiche he hath synned and it shal be forgyuen hym And yf he be not able to brynge two turtyll doues or two yonge pygeons then he that hath synned shall brynge for his offerynge the tenth parte of Epha of fyne floure for a synofferyng but put noone Oyle therto neyther put any frankensence theron for it is a synneofferynge And let the preest offre it the preest shal take his handfull of it for a remembraunce therof burne it vpon the aulter to be a Sacrifyce for the Lorde it is a synneofferynge And the Preest shall make an attonement for hym as touchynge his synne that he hath synned in one of these it shal be forgyuen And the remenaunt shal be the preestes as a meatofferyng And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Yf a soule trespace and synne thorowe ygnoraunce in thynges that are consecrated vnto the lorde let hym bryng for his trespace vnto the Lorde a ram without blemysshe out of the flockes valued is money at two sycles after the sycle of the sanctuary that it may be for a trespaceofferynge And he shal make amendes for the harme that he hath done in the holy thynge let hym put the fyfte parte more therto and gyue it vnto the Preest And the preest shall make an attonement for hym with the ram that is for the trespace and it shall be forgyuen hym Yf a soule synne and commyt any of these thynges whiche are forbydden to be done by the commaundementes of the Lorde and wyst it not and hath offended he shall beare his synne and shall brynge a ram without blemyshe out of the flocke that is estemed to be worth a trespace offeryng vnto the preest And the preest shall make an attonement for hym concernyng his ygnoraunce wherin he erred and was not ware and it shall be forgyuen hym This is a trespaceofferynge †whiche he offered vnto the Lorde for the trespace ¶ The offerynges for synnes wyllyngly done The lawe of the burntofferynges The fyâ—e must atyde euermore vpon the aulter The offerynges of Aaron and his sonnes CAPI VI. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge yf a soule synne and trespace agaynst the Lorde and denye vnto his neyghbour that which is taken hym to kepe or that was put in to his hande or doth violent robbery or wronge vnto his neyghbour or yf he haue founde that whiche was loste and denyeth it and sweareth falsely vpon whatsoeuer thyng it be that a man doth and synneth therin Yf he haue so synned or trespaced he shall restore agayne that he toke violently away or the wronge which he dyd or that whiche was delyuered hym to kepe or the loste thynge whiche he founde and all that aboute whiche he hath sworne falsely he shall restore it agayne in the hoole somme and shall adde the fyfte parte moore therto and gyue it vnto hym to whome it perteyneth the same daye that he offereth for his trespace and let hym brynge for his trespace vnto the Lorde a ram without blemyshe out of the flocke that is estemed worth a trespaceofferyng vnto the Preest And the Preest shall make an attonement for hym before the Lorde and it shall be forgyuen hym what soeuer thynge it be that he hath done and trespaced therin And the lord spake vnto Moses sayenge Commaunde Aaron and his Sonnes saynge this is the lawe of the burntofferynge The burntofferynge shall be vpon the harth of the aulter all nyght vnto the mornynge and the fyre shall be kyndled on the aulter And the preest shall put on his lynnen albe and his lynnen breches vpon his flesshe and take awaye the asshes vpon the whiche the fyre consumed the burntsacrifyce in the aulter and he shall put them besyde the aulter put of his tayment and put on other and carye the asshes out without the hooste vnto a cleane place The fyre vpon the aulter shall burne styll and neuer be put out But the Preest shall laye wood on 〈◊〉 euery day in the mornynge and put the burntsacrifyce vppon it and he shall burne theron the fatte of the peaceofferynges The fyre shall euer burne vpon the aulter and neuer go out This is the lawe of the meatofferynge which Aarons Sonnes shall brynge before the Lorde euen before the aulter and one of them shal take his handefull of the floure of the meatofferynge and of the oyle all the frankensence whiche is vpon the meatofferynge and shall burne it vnto a remembraunce vpon the aulter for aswete sauoure euen a memoryall of it vnto the Lorde And of the reste therof shall Aaron and his sonnes eate vnleuened shal it be eaten in the holye place euen in the courte of the Tabernacle of wytnesse they shal eate it It shal not be baken with leuen I haue gyuen it vnto them for theyr porcyon of my sacrifyces It is moost holye as the synneofferynge and trespaceofferynge All the males amonge the Chyldren of Aaron shall eate of it It shal be a statute for euer in youre generacyons concernynge the sacrifyces of the Lorde ☞ Let euery one that toucheth it be holye And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge this is the offeryng of Aaron and of his sonnes whiche they shall offer vnto the Lorde in the daye when he is anoynted the tenth parte of an Epha of floure for a meatofferyng perpetuall halfe in the mornyng and halfe at nyght In the frienge pan it shal be made with oyle And when it is fryed thou shalt brynge it in and the baken offerynges of this oblacyon mynsed smal shalte thou offer for a sweee sauour vnto the Lorde And the Preest of his Sonnes that is anoynted in his steade shall offer it It is the lordes dutye for euer it shal be burnt all togyther For euery meatofferyng that is made for the Preest shall be burnt all togyther shal not be eaten And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and vnto his Sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the synneofferyng In the place where the burntofferynge is kylled shall the synne
burnt them vpoÌ„ the burntofferyng in the aulter And then he brought the peoples offerynge takynge the goote that the people had for the sacrifyce of syn and slewe it offered it for syn as he dyd the fyrst And brought the burntofferynge offered it as the maner was and brought the meatofferyng fylled his hande therof burnt it vpon the aulter besyde the burnt sacrifyce of the mornynge He slewe also the oxe and the ram for the peaceofferynge that the people had for them selues and Aarons sonnes brought vnto hym the bloode whiche he sprynkled vpon the aulter rounde aboute toke the fatte of the oxe and of the ram the rump and the fat that couereth the inwardê and the kydneyes the aboundaunce of the lyuer they put the fat vpon the brestes and he burnt the fat vpon the aulter but the brestes the ryght shoulders Aaron waued for a waueofferyng before the lorde as the lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And Aaron lyfte vp his hande ouer the people blessed them came downe from offeryng of the synneofferynge burtofferyng peaceofferyngê And Moses and Aaron went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse came out blessed the people and the glorye of the lorde appeared to al the people And there came a fyre out from before the Lorde consumed vpon the aulter the burnt offeryng the fat Which when al the people saw they gaue thankes fell on theyr faces ¶ Nadab and Abshu are slayne Israell mourneth for them The Preestes are forbydden wyne CAPI X. ANd Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron toke eyther of them his sencer put fyre therin and put sence there vpon and offered straunge fyre before the lorde which he coÌ„mauÌ„ded them not and there went a fyre out from the Lorde ☞ and consumed them and they dyed before the lorde Then Moses sayde vnto Aaron this is it that the Lorde spake sayenge I wyll be sanctifyed in them that come nye me and before all the people I wyl be glorified And Aaron helde his peace And Moses called Misaell and Elsaphan the sonnes of Oziell the vncle of Aaron and sayde vnto them come on carye your ☞ brethren from the holy place out of the hoost And they went to them and caryed them in theyr albes out of the hooste as Moses had sayde And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes vncouer not your heades neyther rent your clothes leest ye dye and leest wrath come vpon al the people But let your brethren the hole house of Israell bewepe the burnynge whiche the Lorde hath kyndled And go not ye out from the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse leest ye dye for the anointyng oyle of god is vpon you And they dyd as Moses sayde And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron sayenge Thou shalt not drynke wyne and stronge drynke thou and thy sonnes that are with the when ye go into the tabernacle of wytnesse leest ye dye Let it be a lawe for euer thorowout your generacyons that ye maye †haue knovv ledge to put dyfference bytwene holye and vnholye bytwene cleane and vncleane and that ye maye teache the Chyldren of Israell all the statutes whiche the Lorde hathe spoken vnto them by the hande of Moses And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes that were lefte take the meatofferynge that remayneth of the Sacrifyces of the Lorde and eate it without leuen besyde the aulter for it is most holy ye shall eate it in the holy place bycause it is thy dutye and thy Sonnes dutye of the Sacrifyces of the Lorde for so I am commaunded And the wauebrest and heueshoulder shall ye eate in a cleane place thou and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the. For they be thy dutye and thy sonnes dutye gyuen out of the peaceofferynges of the Chyldren of Israell The heueshoulder and the wauebrest shall they brynge in with the Sacrifyces of the fat to waue it before the lorde and it shall be thyne and thy Sonnes with the by a lawe for euer as the lorde hath commaunded And Moses sought the goote that was offered for synne and se it was burnt And he was angrye with Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnê of AaroÌ„ which were left alyue saynge Wherfore haue ye not eaten the synneofferynge in the holy place seyng it is moost holye and God hath gyuen it you to beare the synne of the congregacyon to make a grement for them before the Lorde Beholde the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place Ye shulde haue eaten it in the holye place as I coÌ„maunded And Aaron sayd vnto Moses beholde this day haue they offered theyr synneofferyng theyr burntofferynge before the Lorde ☞ and it is chauÌ„ced me after this maner And yf I had eaten the sacryfyce to daye shulde it haue bene accepted in the syght of the Lorde And when Moses herde that he was content ¶ Of beastes which be cleane and which vncleane CAPI XI ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron and sayd vnto them speake vnto the chyldren of Israell saye these are the beastes whiche ye shall eate amonge all the cattell that are on the earth whatsoeuer parteth the hoofe and deuideth it in to two clawes choweth cud amonge the beastes that shall ye eate Neuerthelesse these shall ye not eate of them that chewe cud and deuydeth the hoofes as is the Camell which choweth cud but he deuydeth not the hoofe therfore is he vncleane vnto you EueÌ„ so the cunnye which choweth the cud but deuydeth not the hoofe He is vncleane to you And the hare though he chowe the cud yet bycause he deuydeth not the hoofe he is therfore vncleane to you And agayne the swine though he deuyde the hoofe in to two clowes yet he choweth not the cud He is vncleane to you Of theyr flesshe shall ye not eate theyr carkasses shal ye not touche but let them be vncleane to you These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters what soeuer hath fynnes skales in the waters sees ryuers that shall ye eate And all that haue not fynnes skales in the see and ryuers of all that moue lyue in the waters let them be abhominacyon vnto you Ye shall not eate of theyr flesshe but abhorre theyr carkasses Let all that haue no fynnes nor skales in the waters be abhominable vn to you These are they which ye shall abhorre amonge the fowles and that ought not to be eaten for they are an abhominacyon The Egle the goshawke the cormorauÌ„t the Uultur the kyte after his kynd al rauens after theyr kynde the estrich the nyght crowe the coockowe and the Owle after his kynde the falcon the storke the great owle the backe the pellicane the pye the heron the ioye after his kynde the lapwynge and the swalowe Let all fowles that creepe and go vpon all foure be an abhominacioÌ„ vnto you
therof the mercyseate the table and all the vesselles therof the shewbread the pure candelstycke with the lampes therof euen with the Lamppes to be prepared and all the vesselles therof and the Oyle for lyght the golden aulter and the anoyntyng oyle and the swete sence and the hangyng of the tabernacle doore the brasen aulter with his gredyren of brasse his barres all his vessels the lauer his fote the hanginges of the courte with his pyllers and sockettes the hangyng to the courte gate and his pynnes and cordes and all the vessell of the seruyce of the habitacyon for the tabernacle of wytnesse the ministryng vestimentes to serue in the holy place and the holy vestimentes for Aaron the preest and his sonnes raymentes to ministre in accordyng to al that the Lorde cōmaunded Moses euen so the chyldren of Israel made all the worke And Moses behelde all the worke and se they had done it euen as the Lorde commaunded euen so had they done and Moses blessed them ¶ The Tabernacle teared vp The glory of the lorde appeareth in a clowde couerynge the Tabernacle CAPI XL. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge In the fyrst day of the fyrst moneth shalte thou set vp the habitacyon and the tabernacle of wytnesse put therin the arke of witnesse couer the arke with the vayle and bryng in the table and apparel it accordyng to the order therof And thou shalt bryng in the candelstycke and lyght his lampes and set the sence aulter of golde before the arke of wytnesse and put the hangynge at the dore of the habitaciō And set the burntoffrynge aulter before the dore of the habitacyon and Tabernacle of wytnesse and set the lauer bytwene the Tabernacle of wytnesse the aulter put water therein and make the courte rounde aboute and hang vp the hangynge at the courte gate And thou shalte take the anoyntyng oyle and anoynte the habitacyon and all that is therin halowe it with all the vessels therof that it may be holy And thou shalte anoynte the aulter of burntoffryng and al the vessels sanctifie the aulter that it maybe an aulter moost holy And thou shalte anoynte also the lauer and his fote and sanctifie it And thou shalte bryng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and wasshe them with water And thou shalte put vpon Aaron the holy vestimentes anoynte hym sanctifie hym that he maye ministre vnto me And thou shalte bryng his sonnes clothe them with garmentes and anoynte them as thoyu dydest anoynte theyr father that they may ministre vnto me For theyr anoynting shal be an euerlasting preest hode vnto them thorowout theyr generaciōs And Moses dyd accordyng to all that the Lorde cōmaunded hym euen so dyd he Thus was the Tabernacle reared vp the fyrste daye in the fyrste moneth in the seconde yere And Moses reared vp the Tabernacle and fastened his sockettes and set vp the bordes therof and put in the barres of it reared vp his pyllers and spred abrode the tent ouer the habitacion put ☞ the coueryng of the tent on hye aboue it as the lorde cōmaunded Moses And he toke ☞ the testimony and put it in the arke set the barres to the arke put the mercyseate on hye vpon the arke brought the arke into the habitacyon hanged vp the vayle and couered the arke of wytnesse as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses And he put the table in the Tabernacle of wytnes in the north syde of the habitacyon but without the vayle set the bread in order before the Lorde euen as the Lorde had cōmaunded Moses And he put the candelstycke in the tabernacle of wytnesse ouer agaynst the table towarde the south syde of the habitacion set vp the lampes before the Lorde as the lorde cōmaunded Moses And he put the golden aulter in the tabernacle of wytnesse before the vayle brent swete sence theron as the lorde cōmaunded Moses And he hanged vp the hangyng at the dore of the habitacion set the burntofferyng aulter by the entryng in of the habitacion of the tabernacle of wytnesse offred burntofferynges and meatoffrynges theron as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses And he set the lauer bytwene the tabernacle of wytnesse the aulter powred water therin to wasshe withal And Moses Aaron his sonnes wasshed theyr handes theyr feete therat when they went into the tabernacle of wytnes when they went to the aulter they wasshed themselues as the lorde cōmaūded Moses And he reared vp the court rounde aboute the habitacyon the aulter set vp an hangyng at the courte gate and so Moses finisshed the worke And the cloude couered the tabernacle of wytnes the glory of the lorde fylled the habitacion And Moses coulde not entre into the Tabernacle of wytnesse bycause the clowde abode theron the glory of the lorde fylled the habitacyon For the cloude had couered all And when the cloude was taken vp from of the habitacyon the chyldren of Israel toke theyr iourneys thorowout theyr armyes And when the cloude was not taken vp they iourneyed not tyll it was taken vp for the cloude of the lord was vpon the habitacion by day and fyre by nyght in the syght of all the house of Israel thorowout all theyr armyes ¶ The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Uelle schemoth and in the Latyn Exodus ¶ The thyrde boke of Moses called in the Hebrue vaicrah and in the Latyn Leuiticus ¶ The order of burntofferynge◠CAPI Primo ANd the Lorde called Moses and spake vnto hym out of the tabernacle of wytnes sayeng Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and thou shalte say vnto them Yf a mā of you brynge a sacrifice vnto the Lorde ye shall bryng your sacrifice from among these cattel euen from among the oxen the shepe If his sacrifice be a burntofferynge let hym offre a male of the oxen without blemysshe bryng him of his owne voluntary wyl vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse before the Lorde And he shall put his hande vpon the heade of the burntsacrifice and it shal be accepted for hym to be his attonement And he shall kyll the calfe of the droue before the Lorde And the preestes Aarons sonnes shall brynge the bloode and sprynkle it rounde aboute vpon the aulter that is by the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse And then shall he flay the burntofferyng hewe hym in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the preest shal put fyre vpon the aulter and put wood vpon the fyre And the Preestes Aarons sonnes shall lay the partes euen the heade the fat vpon the wood that is vpon the fyre in the aulter But the inwardes and the legges therof shal he wasshe in water and the preest shall burne all in the aulter that they may be ◠burntsacrifice for a swete odoure vnto the
Lorde And yf his sacrifice be of the flockes namely of the shepe or gootes let hym bryng a male without blemysshe for a burntofferyng And let hym kyll it on the North syde of the aulter before the Lorde And the preestes Aarons sonnes shall sprynkle the bloode of it rounde aboute vpon the aulter And it shall be cut in peces euen with his heade and his fat and the Preest shall put them vpon the wood that lyeth vpon the fyre in the aulter But he shall wasshe the inwardes and the legges with water and the preest shall bryng all togyther and burne it vpon the aulter for a burntofferyng of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde If the burntofferyng for the sacrifice of the lorde be of the foules he shall brynge his sacrifice of the Curtyll doues or of the yonge pygeons And the preest shal brynge it vnto the aulter â–ª and wryng the necke a sundre of it burne it on the aulter But the bloode therof shal run oute by the syde of the aulter And he shall plucke away the crop with his fethers fast them besyde the aulter on the East parte in the place of asshes And he shall breake the wynges of it but plucke them not asundre And the preest shal burne it vpon the aulter euen vpon the woode that is vpon the fyre that it may be a burntsacrifice for a swete fauour vnto the Lorde ¶ The order of meate offerynges CAPI II. THe soule that wyll offre a meatoffcynge vnto the Lorde the same offrynge shall be of fyne floure he shall powre oyle vpon it and put frankensence theron shall brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the preestes And he shall take therout his handful of the floure and of the oyle with all the frankensence and the preest shall burne it for a memorial of hym vpon the aulter to be an offryng for a swete sauour vnto the lorde And the remenaunt of the meatoffryng shal be Aarons and his sonnes a thyng moost holy of the sacrifices of the Lorde If thou bryng also a meatoffryng that is bakeÌ„ in the ouen let it be a swete cake of fyne floure myngled with oyle or an vnleuened wafer anoynted with oyle If thy meateofferyng be baken in the fryeng pan it shal be of swete floure myngled w t oyle And thou shalt mynce it smal and powre oyle theron that it may be a meatofferyng And yf thy meatofferynge be athyng broyled vpon the gredyron let it be of floure myngled w t oyle And thou shalte brynge the meatoffryng that is made of these thynges vnto the Lorde and shalte delyuer it vnto the preest that he may offre if vpon the aulter and the Preest shall take of the meatoffrynge a memoryall shall burne it vpon the aulter that it may be a burntofferynge for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And that whiche is lefte of the meatofferyng shal be Aarons and his sonnes It is a thyng moost holy of the offerynges of the Lorde All the meatofferynges whiche ye shall bryng vnto the Lorde shall be made without leuen For ye shall neyther burne leuen nor hony in any offeryng of the Lorde Notwithstandynge ye shall brynge the fyrstlynges of them vnto the Lorde but they shall not come vpon the aulter for a swete sauoure All the meatofferynges shalte thou season with salte neyther shalte thou suffre the salt of the couenauÌ„t of thy god to be lacking from thy meatofferynge but vpon all thyne offerynges thou shalte brynge salte And yf thou offre a meatofferynge of thy fyrste rype fruytes vnto the Lorde thou shalte offre for the meatofferyng of the fyrst fruytes eares of corne dryed by the fyre and corne beaten as meale And thou shalte put oyle vpon it and lay frankensence theron that it may be a meatoffryng And the preest shal burne parte of the beaten corne parte of that oyle with all the frankensence for a remembraunce And it shall be a sacrifice vnto the Lorde ¶ The order of peaceofferynges CAPI III. ANd yf his sacrifice be a peaceofferyng and he take it from among the droues whyther it be male or female he shall brynge so moche as is without blemysshe before the Lorde and put his hande vpon the heade of his offerynge and kyll it at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes the preestes shall sprynkle the bloode vpon the aulter rounde aboute And he shall offre somwhat of the peaceofferynge to be a sacrifice vnto the Lorde euen the fat that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is aboute the inwardes and the two kydneys and the fat that is on them and vpon the loynes and the abundaunce that is on the lyuer shall he take awaye with the kydneys And Aarons sonnê shall burne them on the aulter vpon the burntsacrifice whiche is vpon the wood that is on the fyre to be burntsacrifice for a swete sauour vnto the Lorde If he brynge a peaceofferynge vnto the Lorde from of the flocke let hym offre male or female but without blemysshe As yf he offre a shepe for his sacrifice he shall brynge it before the Lorde and put his haude vpon his offerynges heade and kyll it before the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse Aarons sonnes shal sprynkle the blood therof rounde aboute the aulter And of the peaceofferyng let hym brynge a sacrifice vnto the Lorde the fat therof and the rompe all togyther which they shal take of harde by the backe bone and the fat that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes and the two kydneys the fat that is vpon them and vpon the loynes and the abundaunce that is vpon the lyuer shal he take away with the kydneys And the preest shall burne them vpon the aulter to be a foode of a sacrifice vnto the Lorde If his offeryng be a goote he shall bryng it before the Lorde and put his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the tabernacle of the couenaunt and the sonnê of Aaron shall sprynkle the blood therof vpon the aulter rounde aboute And he shall brynge therof his offerynge euen a Sacrifyce vnto the Lorde the fatte that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes the two kydneyes and the fat that is vpon them and vpon the loynes the abundauÌ„ce vpon the lyuer shall he take awaye with the kydneyes And the preest shall burne them vpon the aulter for the food of the sacrifyce that all the fat maye be a swete sauour vnto the Lorde Let it be a perpetuall statute for youre generacyons thorowout youre dwellynges that ye eate neyther fat nor bloode ¶ Offerynge made for synnes done of Ignoraunce CAPI IIII. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the Chyldren of Israell and saye Yf a soule synne thorow ygnoraunce hath done any of those thyngê whiche the Lorde hath forbydden in his coÌ„maundementes to be done As yf the preest that is anoynted do syn â€
them with water and put vpon hym the albe and gyrded hym with a gyrdle and put vpon hym the tunycle †of yelovve sylke and put the Ephod theron whiche he gyrded with the brodered gyrdell that was in the Ephod and bounde it vnto hym therwith And he put the brestlap theron and put in the brestlap vrim and thumim And he put the mytre vpon his head and put vpoÌ„ the myter euen vpoÌ„ the forefront of his face the golden plate or the holy crowne as the lord coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses And Moses toke the anoyntyng oyle anoynted the Tabernacle all that was therin sanctifyed them and sprynkled therof vpon the aulter seuen tymes and anoynted the aulter and al his vessels the lauer and his fote to sanctyfy them †vvith the oyle And he powred of the anoyntyng oyle vpon Aarons heade and anoynted hym to sanctifye him And Moses brought Aarons Sonnes put albes vpon them and gyrded them with gyrdels put bonettes vpon theyr heades as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he brought the yonge oxe for synne And Aaron and his sonnes put theyr handê vpon the head of the yonge oxe that was for synne And Moses slewe hym and toke of the bloode whiche he put vpon the hornes of the aulter rounde aboute with his fynger and ☞ purifyed it and powred the bloode vnto the botome of the aulter and sanctified it and ☞ reconcyled it And he toke all the fat that was vpon the inwardê the aboundaunce of the lyuer and the two kydneyes and theyr fat and Moses burned it vpon the aulter But the yonge oxe and his hyde his fleshe his dong he burnt with fyre without the hoost as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he brought the ram for the burnt offeryng and Aaron and his sonnes put theyr handes vpon the head of the ram which Moses kylled and sprynkled the bloode vpon the aulter rouÌ„de aboute and Moses cut the ram in peces and burnt the heade the peces and the fatte and wasshed the inwardes and the legges in water and Moses burnte the ram euery whyt vpon the aulter for a burntsacryfyce that it myght be a swete sauoure and an offerynge vnto the Lorde as the Lorde commauÌ„ded Moses And he brought the other ram namely the ram of consecracion †of the preestes and Aaron and his sonnes put theyr handes vpoÌ„ the head of the ram which Moses slewe toke of the bloode of it and put it vpon the typpe of Aarons ryght eare and vpon the thombe of his ryght hand and vpon the greate too of his ryght foote And Moses brought Aarons sonnes and put of the bloode †of the ram on the typpe of the ryght eare of them and vpon the thombes of theyr ryght handes vpon the greate tooes of theyr ryght feete and Moses sprynkled the bloode vpon the aulter rounde aboute And he toke the fat and the rumpe and all the fat that was vpon the inwardes and the aboundaunce of the lyuer and the two kydneyes with theyr fat and the ryght shoulder And out of the basket of swete bread that was before the Lorde he toke one swete cake of oyled bread and one wafer and put them on the fat and vpon the ryght shoulder and put all togyther vpon Aarons handes and vpon his sonnes handes waued it a waueofferyng before the Lorde And Moses toke them from of theyr handes burnt them vpon the aulter euen vpoÌ„ the burntofferyng aulter for it was the Sacrifyce of consecracyon for a swete sauour a Sacrifyce vnto the Lorde And Moses toke the breest and waued it for a waueofferynge before the Lorde for it was of the â—am of the consecracyoÌ„ and it was Moses parte as the lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses And Moses toke of the anoyntynge Oyle of the bloode which was vpon the aulter and sprynkled it vpon Aaron and vpoÌ„ his vestimentes vpon his sonnes and on his sonnes vestimentes with hym and sanctifyed Aaron his vestures and his sonnes and his sonnes vestures with hym And Moses sayde vnto Aaron his sonnes boyle the flesshe in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes and there eate it with the breade that is in the basket of consecracyon as I coÌ„maunded sayenge Aaron and his sonnes shall eate it and that whiche remayneth of the breade shal ye burne w t fyre And ye shall not departe from the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse vii dayes vntyll the dayes of your coÌ„secracion be at an ende For seuen dayes shall he fyll your hande as he dyd this daye euen so the lorde hath commaunded to do to reconcyle you withall Therfore shall ye abyde in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse daye and nyght seuen dayes long and kepe the watch of the lorde and ye shall not dye for so I am coÌ„maunded And so Aaron and his sonnes dyd all thyngê whiche the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded ☞ by the hande of Moses ¶ The fyrst offerynges of Aaron Aaron blesseth the people The glory of the lorde is shewed CAPI IX ANd it fortuned that in the eyght daye Moses called Aaron and his sonnes and the elders of Israell and sayd vnto Aaron Take the calfe a yonge one out of the droue ☞ for syn and a ram for a burntofferynge bothe without blemysh and bryng them before the Lorde And vnto the Chyldren of Israell thou shalte speake sayenge take ye an he goote for synne and a calfe and a lambe bothe two of a yeare olde without blemishe for a burntsacrifyce and an oxe and a ram for peaceofferynges to offre before the lorde and a meatofferyng myngled w t oyle for to daye the Lorde wyll appeare vnto you And they brought that whiche Moses coÌ„mauÌ„ded before the tabernacle of wytnes and all the congregacyon came and stode before the Lorde And Moses sayde this is the thynge whiche the Lorde coÌ„maunded that ye shulde do and the glorye of the Lorde shall appeare vnto you And Moses sayde vnto Aaron go vnto the aulter and offre thy Sacrifyce for synne and thy burntofferyng and make an attonement for the and for the people and thou shalte offre the offerynge of the people to reconcyle them as the Lorde commauÌ„ded AaroÌ„ therfore went vnto the aulter and slewe the calfe which he had for syn And the ☞ sonnes of Aaron brought the bloode vnto hym he dypte his fynger in the blode and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter and powred the blood vnto the botom of the aulter But the fat and the two kydnyes the abundauÌ„ce of the lyuer of the synofferynge he burnt vpon the aulter as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses The flesshe the hyde he burnt with fyre without the hoost And he slewe the burntofferyng ☞ Aarons sonnê brought vnto hym the bloode whiche he sprynkled rounde aboute vpon the aulter And they brought the burntofferyng vnto him with the peces therof the heade and he burnt it vpon the aulter dyd wasshe the inwardes the legges and
Be thou and all thy companye before the Lorde bothe thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery maÌ„ his sencer and put sence in them that ye maye offre before the lorde euery man of the two hundred fyftie take his sencer thou also Aaron that euery one may haue his sencer And they toke euerye man his sencer and put fyre in them and layd sence theron and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse with Moses and Aaron And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agaynst them vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the glory of the Lorde appeared vnto al the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge Seperate your selues from among this congregacion that I may consume them atonce And they fell vpon theyr faces and sayde O moost myghtye God of the spirites of all flesshe yf one man hath synned wylte thou be wrothe with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the congre gacyon and say Get you away from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vp and wente vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israell folowed hym And he spake vnto the congregacyon saynge departe from the tentes of these wycked men and touche no thynge of theyrs lest ye perysshe in all theyr synnes And so they gat them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And DathaÌ„ and Abiram came out and stode in the dore of theyr tentes with theyr wyues theyr sonnes and theyr lytell chyldren And Moses sayd Hereby ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me to do al these workes and that I haue not done them of myne owne mynde If these men dye the common deathe of all men or they be ☞ visited after the visitacyon of al men then the Lorde hath not sent me But yf the Lorde make a newe thyng the earth open her mouth swalow them vp withall that they haue and they go downe quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstand that these meÌ„ haue prouoked the lorde And it fortuned that as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde cloue a sondre that was vnder them the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp theyr houses all the men that were with Corah and all theyr goodes And they and all that they had wente downe alyue vnto hel the erth closed vpon them they peryshed from among the coÌ„gregacion And all Israel that were aboute them fled at the crye of them And they sayde leest the earthe swalowe vs vp also And there came out a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred fyftie men that offered sence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest that he take vp the sencers out of the burnyng and skatter the fyre here and there for the ☞ sencers of these synners are halowed in theyr deathes and let them make of them thyn beaten plates for a couerynge of the aulter For they offered them before the lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shall be a sygne vnto the chyldren of Israel And Eleazar the Preest toke the brasen sencers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them thyn for a coueryng of the aulter to be a remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israell that no straunger whiche is not of the seede of Aaron come nere to offre sence before the Lorde that it happen not vn to hym lyke as vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayde of hym by the hande of Moses But on the morowe all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynste Moses Aaron sayeng Ye haue kylled the people of the lorde And it fortuned that wheÌ„ the multitude was gathered agaynst Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of wytnesse And beholde †vvhen they vvere entred in to it the cloude couered it the glorye of the lorde appeared And Moses Aaron came before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Get you from amonge this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckely And they fell vpon theyr faces And Moses sayd vnto Aaron take a sencer and put fyre therin out of the aulter and powre on sence and go quyckely vnto the coÌ„gregacyon that thou mayst opteyne forgyuenesse for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plage begon And Aaron toke as Moses coÌ„maunded him and ran in to the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion and beholde the plage was begonne among the people and he put on sence and made an atonement for the people And when he stode bitwene the deade and them that were alyue the plage ceased They that dyed in the plage were xiiii thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron went Agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the plage ceased ¶ Aarons rod buddith and beareth blossoms CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and take of euery prynce of them a rod after the houses of theyr fathers Euen xii roddes and wryte euery mans name vpoÌ„ his rod. And wryte Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euery rod is for a house of theyr fathers and put them in the tabernacle of wytnesse euen in the place where I mete you And the mans rod whom I chose shall blossome And I wyl make cease from me the grudgyngê of the chyldren of Israel wherby they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israell and all the princes gaue hym euery prince accordynge to theyr fathers houses a rod euen â—ii roddes the rod of Aaron was among the roddê And Moses put the roddê before the lorde in the tabernacle of wytnes And on the morow Moses went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and bare blossoms almondes And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto al the chyldren of Israel they loked vpon them toke euery man his rod. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the wytnesse to be kept for a token of the chyldrens rebellyoÌ„ and that theyr murmurynge maye cease fro me and that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym euen so dyd he And the chyldren of Israel spake vnto Moses saynge beholde we are wasted away and consumed we al come to nought who soeuer cometh nygh the dwellyng of the lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume away ¶ The offyce of the leuytes The tythes and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them Aarons herytage CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
Baall Peor And the indygnacion of the LORDE was prouoked agaynst Israell and the Lorde sayde vnto Moses take all the prynces of the people hange them vp before the Lorde ☞ agaynst the son that the wrath of the Lordes countenaunce maye be turned awaye from Israel And Moses sayd vnto the iudges of Israel †Euery one sleye his men that were ioyned vnto Baall Peor And behold one of the chyldren of Israel came and brought vnto his brethren a Madiaâ—â—tyshe woman euen in the syght of Moses and in the syght of all the multytude of the chyldren of Israell that wepte before the dore of the â—abernacle of wytnes And wheÌ„ Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest sawe it he rose vp out of the myddes of the company and toke a weapon in his hande and went after the man of Israell ☞ in to the tent and thrust them thorowe bothe the man of Israell and also the woman euen thorowe the belly of her And the plage ceased from the chyldren of Israel And there dyed in the plage xxiiii thousaÌ„d And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the Sonne of Aaron the preest hath turned myne anger awaye from the chyldren of Israel whyle he was ielouse for my sake amonge them that I had not consumed the chyldren of Israell in my ielousye Wherfore saye beholde I gyue vnto hym my couenaunt of peace he shall haue it and his seed after hym euen the couenauÌ„t of the preestes offyce for euer bycause he was ielouse for his goddes sake and made an atonement for the Chyldren of Israell The name of the Israelite which was sleyne with the Madianytysshe woman was Zamri the son of Salâ— a Lorde of an house and kynred of Simeon And the name of the Madianityshe woman that was sleyne was Cozbi the doughter of Zur a heade ouer the people of an house and kynred of Madian And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vexe the Madianites and smyte them for they trouble you with theyr wyles whiche haue begyled you by disceate in the cause of Peor in the cause of theyr syster Cozbi the doughter of a Lorde of the Madianytes whiche was sleyne in the daye of the plage for Peor sake ¶ The chyldren of Israell are nombred CAPI XXVI ANd it fortuned that after the plage the Lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Eleazar the son of Aaron the preest sayenge take the nombre of all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell from xx yere and aboue thorowout theyr Fathers houses all that are able to go to warre in Israell And Moses and Eleazar the Preest spake vnto them in the feldes of Moab by Iordayne ouer agaynst Ierico from xx yere aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moses and the chyldren of Israell wheÌ„ they were come out of Egypt Ruben the Eldest son of Israell The chyldren of Ruben Hanoch of whome commeth the kynred of the Hanochites and Palu of whome commeth the kynred of the Paluites Of Hesron commeth the kynred of the Hesronites of Carmi coÌ„meth the kynred of the Carmites These are the kynredes of the Rubenites and they were in nombre xliii thousand seuen hundred â–ª and thyrtye And the sonnes of Palu Eâ—â—ab And the sonnes of Eliab Nemuell Dathan and Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram whiche were famous in the congregacion stroue agaynst Moses and Aaron in the companye of Corah when they stroue agaynst the Lorde And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp Corah also was in the death of that multitude what tyme the fyre consumed two hundred and fiftye men and they became a sygne Notwithstandynge the Chyldren of Corah dyed not And the Chyldren of Simeon after theyr kynreds were Nemuell of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whome commeth the kynred of the Iaminytes Iachin of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iachinites of Zareh commeth the kynred of the Zarehites And of Saull commeth the kynred of the Saulâ—tes These are the kynredê of Simeon euen xxii â–ª thousande and two hundred The Chyldren of Gad after theyr kynreds were Zephon of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zephonites Haggi of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Haggites Suni of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sunâ—tes Of Aseni commeth the kynred of the Asenites and of Eri commeth the kynred of the Erites Of Arod coÌ„meth the kynred of the Arodites Of Aâ—â—ell commeth the kynred of the Arielites These are the kynreds of the Chyldren of Gad aâ—dynge to theyr nombres xl thousande and fyue hundred The Chyldren of Iuda Er and Dnan and Er and Dnan dyed in the land of Canaan But the Chyldren of Iuda after theyr kynreds were Sela of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Selanites Phares of whome commeth the kynred of the Pharesites Zareh of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zarehites And the Chyldren of Phares were â–ª Hesron of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hesâ—onites Hamull of whome commeth the kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynreds of fuda after theyr noÌ„bres lxxvi thousande and fyue hundred The chyldren of Isachar after theyr kynreds were Thola of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Tholaites Phuua of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Phuuaites of Iasub coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iasubites of Symron coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simronites These are the kynreds of Isachar after theyr nombres ixiiiâ— â–ª thousande and thre hundred The Chyldren of Zabalon after theyr kynreds were Sered of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Seredites Elon of whome commeth the kynred of the Elonites Iaheliel of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iahelielites These are the kynreds of the Zabulonites after theyr nombres threscore thousand and fyue hundred The chyldren of Ioseph thorowout theyr kynreds were Manasse Ephraim The chyldren of Manasse Machir â–ª of whome commeth the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begaâ— Gilead of Gilead coÌ„meth the kynred of the Gileadites And these are the chyldren of Gilead Hieser of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hieserites Helech of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Helechites and Asriell of whome commeth the kynred of the Asrielites Sichâ—â—â— of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sichemites Simida of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simidites and Hepher of whom coÌ„meth the kynredde of the Hepherites And Zelaphead the Sonne of Hepher had no sonnê but doughters And the names of the doughters of Zelaphead were Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha and Thirza These are the kynreds of Manasse and the nombre of them iii. thousande seuen hundred These are the Chyldren of Ephraim after theyr kynreds Suthelah of whome coÌ„meth the kinred of suthelahites Becher of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Becherites Thahen of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Thahenites And these are the chyldren of Suthelah Eran of whome commeth the kynred of the Eranites These are the kynreds of the chyldren of Ephraim after theyr nombres
Pharaos doughter He kylleth the Egyptian He fleeth and maryeth a wyfe The Israelites crye vnto the lorde CAPI II. ANd there went a man of the house of Leuy And toke a doughter of Leuy And the wyfe conceyued bare a son And when she sawe that it was a proper chylde she hyd hym thre monethes And wheÌ„ she coulde no longer hyde hym she toke a basket of bulrusshes and dawbed it with slyme and pytche and layd the chylde therin put it in the flagges by the ryuers brynke And his syster stode a farre of to wete what wolde come of it And the doughter of Pharao came downe to wasshe her selfe in the ryuer and her maydens walked along by the ryuers syde And when she sawe the basket amonge the flagges she sente her mayde to fetche it And wheÌ„ she had opened it she sawe it was a chylde and beholde the babe wepte And she had compassyon on it and sayde It is one of the Hebrues chyldren Then sayd his syster vnto Pharaos doughter shal I go and call vnto the a nurse of the Hebrues women to nurse the the chylde Pharaos doughter answered her Go. And the mayd ran and called the chyldes mother To whom Pharaos doughter sayde Take this chylde awaye and nurse it for me I wyl rewarde the. And the woman toke the chylde and nursed it vp The chylde grewe and she brought it vnto Pharaos doughter and it was made her son and she called the name of it Moses bycause sayd she I toke hym out of the water And it happened in those dayes when Moses was waxed great that he wente out vnto his brethren and loked on theyr burdens and spyed an Egyptian smytyng an Hebrue which was one of his brethren And he loked rounde aboute and when he saw no man by be slewe the Egyptian and hyd hym in the sand And wheÌ„ he was gone out another day beholde two Hebrues stroue togyther And he sayde vnto hym that dyd the wronge wherfore smytest thou thy felowe He answered Who made the a man of auctoryte to iudge vse Speakest thou to kyll me as thou kylledst the Egyptyan And Moses feared and sayd of a suretye this thyng is knowen And Pharao herde of it and wente aboute to sâ—ee Moses And Moses fleynge from the face of Pharao dwelte in the lande of Midian and he sat downe by a welles syde The preest of Midian had vii doughters which came and drewe water and fylled the troghes for to water theyr fathers shepe And the shepherdes came and droue them awaye But Moses stode vp and helped them and watered theyr shepe And wheÌ„ they came to Raguel theyr father he sayd How happeneth it that ye are come so soone to day And they answered A man of Egypte delyuered vs from the hande of the shepherdes and so drewe vs water and watered the shepe He sayde vnto his doughters And where is he why haue ye so lefte the man Call hym that he may eate breade And Moses was content to dwell with the man And he gaue Moses zephora his doughter whiche when she bare a sonne called hym Gerson for he sayde I haue ben a straunger in a straunge lande †And she bare yet another sonne vvhome he called Elieser sayenge the God of my father is myn helper and hath ryd me out of the handes of Pharao And it chaunced in processe of tyme that the kynge of Egypte dyed and the chyldren of Israell syghed by the reason of bondage and cryed And theyr complaynte came vp vnto God from the bondage god herde theyr mone And god remembred his promyse with Abraham Isaac and Iacob And God loked vpon the chyldren of Israel and God had respecte vnto them ¶ Moses hopeth shepe He seeth God in a busshe he is sent to the chyldren of Israell and to Pharao that cyrauiit CAPI III. MOses kepte the shepe of Iethro his father in lawe â–ª preest of Midian and he droue the flocke to the backesyde of the deserte and came to the mountayne of God Horeb. And the angell of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in a Flambe of fyre out of the myddê of the busshe And he loked behold the busshe burned with fyre and the busshâ— was not consumed Therfore Moses sayde I wyll go nowe and se this great syght how it cometh that the busshe burneth not And when the Lorde sawe that he came for to se God called vnto hym out of the myddes of the busshe and sayd Moses Moses He answered here am I. And he sayd Come not hyther put thy shoes of thy fete for the place whereon thou standest is holy grounde And he sayd I am the god of thy father the god of Abraham the god of Isaac and the god of Iacob And Moses hyd his face for he was afrayed to loke vpon god And the Lorde sayde I haue surely seue the trouble of my people which are in Egypt haue herde theyr crye froÌ„ the face of theyr taske maysters For I knowe theyr sorowes and am come downe to delyuer them out of the hande of the Egyptyans and to brynge them out of that lande vnto a good land and a large and vnto a lande that floweth with mylke and hony euen vnto the place of the Cananites and Hethytes and Amorites and Pherezites and Heuites and of the Iebusites Now therfore the complaynt of the chyldren of Israel is come vnto me And I haue also sene the oppressyon wherwith the Egyptians oppresse them Come thou therfore I wyll sende the vnto Pharao that y u mayst brynge my people the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt And Moses sayd vnto god what am I to go vnto Pharao and to brynge the chyldren of Israel out of Egypte And he answered I wyll be with the. And this shall be a token vnto the that I haue sent the. After that y u hast brought the people out of Egypt ye shall serue God vpon this mountayne And Moses sayde vnto God Beholde when I come vnto the chyldren of Israel I shal say vnto them The god of your fathers hath sent me vnto you and yf they saye vnto me what is his name what answere shall I gyue them And god answered Moses I am that I am And he sayd this shalte thou say vnto the chyldren of Israel I AM hath sent me vnto you And God spake further vnto Moses Thus shalte thou say vnto the chyldren of Israel the Lorde God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the god of Isaac and the god of Iacob hath sent me vnto you this is my name for euer and this is my memoryall in to generacyon and generacyon Go and gather the elders of Israel togyther and thou shalte saye vnto them The Lorde god of your fathers the god of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob appeared vnto me and sayde In visityng haue I visited you and know that whiche is done to you
And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses thus thou shalte say vnto the chyldren of Israel Ye haue sene that I haue talked with you from out of heuē Ye shal not make therfore with me goddes of syluer neyther shall ye make you goddes of golde An aulter of earth thou shalte make vnto me and theron offer thy burnt offrynges and thy peace offerynges thy shepe and thyne oxen In all places where I shall put the remembraunce of my name ⊢ thyther I wyll come vnto the blesse the. And yf thou wylt make me an aulter of stone se y u make it not of hewen stone Els yf thou lyfte vp thy toule vpon it thou hast poluted it Neyther shalte thou go vp by steppes vnto myne aulter that thy fylthynesse be not shewed theron ¶ Temporall and Ciuile ordinaunces CAPI XXI These are the lawes which thou shalt set before them If thou bye a seruaunte that is an Hebrue vi yeres he shal serue in the seuenth he shal go out fre payeng no thyng Yf he came alone he shal go out alone And yf he came maryed his wyfe shall go out with hym And yf his mayster haue gyuen hym a wyfe and she haue borne hym sonnes or doughters then the wyfe and her chyldren shal be her maysters and he shal go out alone And yf the seruaunt saye I loue my mayster my wyfe and my children I wyl not go out free His mayster shall bryng hym vnto the iudges and set hym to the dore or the dore post and his mayster shall bore his eare thorowe with a nawle and he shall be his seruaunt for euer And yf a man sell his doughter to be a seruaunt she shall not go out as the men seruauntes do If she also please not her mayster and he gyueth her to no man to wyfe thē shal he let her go fre to sel her vnto a straūge nacyon shall he haue no power seynge he despysed her If he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wyfe he shall deale with her as men do with theyr doughters And yf he take hym an other wyfe yet her fode her rayment and dutye of maryage shall he not mynysshe And yf he do not these thre vnto her then shall she go out free and pay no money He that smyteth a man that he dye shal be slayne for it If a man lay not awayte but God delyuer hym in to his hande then I wyll poynt the a place whyther he shall flee If a man come presumptuously vpon his neyghboure to flee hym with gyle thou shalte take hym fro myne aulter that he dye He that smyteth his father or his mother let hym be slayne for it He that stealeth a man and selleth hym yf it be proued vpon hym shall be slayne for it And he that curseth his father or mother shall be put to death for it If men stryue togyther and the one smyteth his neyghbour with a stone or with his fyst he dye not but lyeth in bed yf he ryse agayne walke without vpon his staffe then shall he that smote hym go quyte saue onely he shall beate his charges for lesynge his tyme and shall pay for his healynge And yf a man smyte his seruaunte or his mayde with a rod they dye vnder his hand it shal be auenged in dede And yf they continue a day or two it shall not be auenged for they are his money If men stryue and hurte a woman with chylde so that her fruyte depart from her yet no mysfortune foloweth then shall he be mersed accordyng as the womans husbande wyll lay to his charge and he shal pay as the dayes men appoynte hym And yf any mysfortune folowe then shal he pay lyfe for lyfe eye for eye toth for toth hande for hande fote for fote burnynge for burnyng wounde for woūde stripe for stripe And yf a man smyte his seruaunte or his mayde in the eye that it perysshe he shall let them goo free for the eyes sake Also yf he smyte out his seruaūtes or his maydes toth he shal let them go out fre for the tothe sake If an Oxe goore a man or a woman that they dye then the Oxe shall be stoned and his flesshe shall not be eaten but the owner of the Oxe shall go quyte If the Oxe were wont to pusshe in tyme past and it hath bene tolde his mayster and he hath not kepte hym but that he hath kylled a man or a woman then the Oxe shall be stoned and his owner shall dye also ☞ If there be set to hym a summe of money then he shal gyue for the delyueraunce of his lyfe what soeuer is put vnto hym And whyther he hath gored a son or hurt a doughter he shall be serued after the same maner But yf it be a seruaunte or a mayde that the oxe hath gored then he shall gyue vnto theyr mayster xxx ☞ sycles of syluer and the oxe shall be stoned If a man open a well or dyg a pyt couer it not an oxe or an asse fal therin the owner of the pyt shal make it good and gyue money vnto theyr mayster the dead beast shall be his If one mans oxe hurte an other that he dye then they shall sell the lyue oxe deuyde the money and the dead oxe also they shall deuyde Or yf it be knowen that the oxe hath vsed to pusshe in tymes past and his mayster hath not kepte hym he shall paye oxe for oxe and the deed shal be his owne ¶ Suche lyke lawes as are in the Chapiter aboue CAPI XXII IF a man steale an oxe or shepe and kyl it or sell it he shall restore v. oxen for an axe and .iiii. shepe for a shepe If a these be founde breakynge vp and be smytten that he dye there shall no bloode be shed for hym but yf the son be vp when he is founde then there shall be bloode shed for hym A thefe shall make restitucion If he haue not wherwith he shall be solde for his thefte If the theft be foūde in his hand alyue why ther it be oxe asse or shepe he shal restore double If a man do hurte felde or vyneyarde put in his beast to fede in another man 's feld of the best of his owne felde of the best of his owne vyneyarde shal he make restituciō If fyre breake out and catche in the thornes and the stackes of corne or in standyng corne or felde be consumed therwith he that kyndled the fyre shall make restitucion If a man delyuer his neyghboure money or stuffe to kepe and it be stolne oute of his house If the thefe be founde let hym pay double And yf the thefe be not founde then the good man of the house shall be brought vnto the iudges †And shall svvere Whyther he haue put his hande vnto his neyghboures good And in all maner of trespace whyther it be for oxe asse shepe
nowbre of them xl thousande and fyue hundred And fast by hym shall be the thybe of Manasse and the Captayne ouer the sonnes of Manasse was Gamaleel the sonne of Pedazur His hoost and the nombre of them xxxii thousande and two hundred And the thybe of Ben Iamin also and the Captayne ouer the sonnes of Ben Iamin was Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni His hoost and the nombre of them xxxv thousande and. iiii hundred All that were appoynsed with the hoost of Ephraim were an hundred thousande eyght thousande and an hundred thorowout theyr armyes they shall go into the thyrde place The standerd of the hoost of Dan shall kepe the north syde with theyr armyes and the captayne ouer the chyldren of Dan was Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Sadai His hooste and the nombre of them lxii thousande and. vii hundred And fast by hym shall the trybe of Aser pitche and the captayn ouer the sonnes of Aser was Pagiel the son of â—â—ran His hoost the nombre of them xli M. and fyue hundred And the trybe of Nephtali also and the captayne ouer the chyldren of Nephtali was Ahira the son of Enan His hoost the nombre of them liii thousand iiii hundred All they that were appoynted with the hoost of Dan was an hundred thousande lvii thousande and. vi hundred And they shall go hyndermost with theyr standardes These are the sommes of the chyldren of Israel thorowout the houses of theyr fathers euen al the nombres that pytched thorowout theyr hoost vi hundred thousande iii. thousande v. hundred and fyftie But the Leuits were not nombred among the chyldren of Israel as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And the chyldren of Israel dyd accordynge to all that the lorde coÌ„maunded Moses for so they pytched with theyr standerdes and so they iourneyed thorowout theyr kynreddes and thorowout the housholdes of theyr fathers ¶ The Leuites go not out to batayle but minyster in the sanituary They pytche theyr tent nexte to the haâ—â—â—â—aryoâ— CAPI III. THse are the generacyons of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lorde spake with Moses in mounte Sinay these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron Nadab the eldest son Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron whiche were preestes anoynted and whose hande was consecrated to ministre And Nadab and Abihu dyed before the Lorde when they offered straung fyre before the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinay and had no chyldren And Eleazar and Ithamar ministred in the syght of Aaron theyr father And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge bryng the trybe of Leuy and set them before Aaron the preest that they may serue hym and wayte vpon hym and vpon all the multitude before the Tabernacle of wytnesse to do the seruyce of the habitacyon They shall kepe all the apparel of the tabernacle of wytnesse and wayte vpon the chyldren of Israel to do the seruyce of the habitacion And thou shalte gyue the Leuites vnto Aaron and his sonnes for they are gyuen and delyuered vn to hym of the chyldren of Israel And thou shalte appoynt Aaron his sonnes to wayte on theyr preestes offyce the straunger that cometh nye shall be slayne And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Beholde I haue taken the Leuites from amonge the chyldren of Israell for all the fyrst borne that openeth the matryce among the chyldren of Israel and the Leuites shall be myne bycause al the fyrst borne are myne for the same daye that I smote all the fyrste borne in the lande of Egypt I halowed vnto me all the fyrst borne in Israel bothe man beast myne they shall be I am the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wyldernesse of Sinay saynge Nombre the chyldren of Leui after the houses of theyr fathers in theyr kynreds All that are males from a moneth olde and aboue shalte thou nombre And Moses nombred them accordynge to the coÌ„maundement of the Lorde as he had coÌ„maunded And these were the chyldren of Leui in theyr names Gerson Cahath Merari And these are the names of the chyldren of Gerson in theyr kynreds Libni and Semei The sonnes of Cahath in theyr kynreds Amram Iezehar Hebron Dziel And these are the sonnes of Merari in theyr kynreds Mahelt and Musi. These are the kynreds of the Leuites accordyng to the houses of theyr fathers Of Gerson came the kynred of the Libnites and the kynred of the Semeites These are the kynreddes of the Gersonytes And the somme of them after the nombre of al the males from a moneth olde and aboue was seuen thousand and fyue hundred And the kynreddes of the Gersonites shall pytche behynde the habitacyoÌ„ westward The captayn and moost auncyent of the house of the Gersonites was Elyasaph the son of Lael And vnder the kepynge of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of wytnesse was ☞ the habitacyon and the tente the coueryng therof the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse the hangynges of the courte and the curtayne of the doore of the Courte whiche is rounde aboute the tabernacle and the aulter and the cordes of it for all the seruyce therof And of Cahath came the kynred of the Amramites the kynred of the Iezeharites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Ozielites These are the kynreds of the Cahathites And the nombre of all the males from a moneth olde aboue was viii M. vi C. and these shal kepe the thyngê that are to be kepte in the holy place And the kynred of the chyldren of Cahath shall pytch on the south syde of the tabernacle The captayne most auncyent of the house of the kynred of the Cahathites was Elisaphan the sonne of Oziel and vnder theyr kepyng was the arke the table the candelstycke the aulters and al the vessels of the saÌ„ctuary that they ministre in and the vayle and what soeuer belonged to the ministracyon therof And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest was captayne ouer all the captaynes of the Leuites and had the ouersyght of them that wayted vpon the sanctuary And of Merari came the kynred of the Mahelites and the kynred of the Musites These are the kynreds of Merari And the somme of them accordyng to the nombre of all the males from a moneth olde aboue was vi M. ii hundred The captayn the most auncient of theyr house that were of the kynred of Merari was Zuriel the sonne of Abihael these shall pitche on the north syde of the tabernacle And vnder the custodye of the sonnes of Merari shall be the bordes of the dwellyng the barres pyllers sockettê therof all the vessell therof all that serueth therto and the pyllers of the courte rounde aboute with theyr sockettê theyr pynnes and theyr cordes But on the forefront of the habitacion before the tabernacle of wytnes east warde shall Moses
when the Lorde herde it ☞ his countenaūce was prouoked to wrath the fyre of the lorde burnte amonge them and cōsumed them that were vttermost of the hoost And the people cryed vnto Moses And when Moses made intercessyon vnto the lorde the fyre quēched And the name of the place was called ☞ Chabarah bicause the fyre of the lord burnt among them And the rascall peple that was among them fel a lustynge and turned them selues and wepte euen as dyd also the chyldren of Israel and sayde who shall gyue vs flesshe to eate we remembre the fyshe which we dyd eate in Egypte for nought and the Cucumbers and melons lekes onyons garleke But nowe our soule is dryed awaye for we can se nothynge els saue Manna The Manna was as coriander seede and to se to lyke Bedellion And the people went aboute and gathered it and grounde it in mylles or bette it in morters and baked it in pannes and made cakes of it And the tast of it was lyke vnto the tast of an oyle cake And when the dewe fell downe vpō the hoost in the nyght the Manna fell vpon it And when Moses herde the people wepe thorowout theyr housholdes euery man in the dore of his tent ☞ the face of the Lorde was prouoked vnto wrath excedyngly and it greued Moses also And Moses sayd vnto the lord wherfore hast thou delte cruelly with thy sernaunt And wherfore haue I not founde fauoure in thy syght seynge that thou puttest the weyght of all this people vpon me haue I conceyued al this people or haue I begotten them that thou shuldest saye vnto me carye them in thy bosome as a nurse beareth the suckynge chylde vnto the lande whiche thou swarest vnto theyr fathers wher shuld I haue flesshe to gyue vnto all this people which wepe before me saynge gyue vs flesh that we maye eate I am not able to beare all this people alone seynge it is to heuy for me Yf thou deale thus with me kyll me I praye the yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght that I se not my wretchednesse And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses gather vnto me lxx men of the Elders of Israell which thou knowest that they are the elders of the people and offycers ouer them thou shalte brynge them vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse that they maye stande there with the. And ☞ I wyll come downe and talke with the there ☞ take of the spiryte which is vpon the and put vpon them they shall beare the burden of the people with the leest thou be constrayned to beare it alone And saye vnto the people be halowed agaynst to morowe and ye shall eate flesshe for your wepynge is in the eares of the lorde seynge ye sayd who shall gyue vs flesshe to eate we were happye in Egypte therfore the Lorde wyll gyue you fleshe and ye shal eate Ye shall not eate one daye or two nor fyue dayes neyther ten nor twenty dayes but euē a moneth longe vntyl it come out at the nose thyrls of you and make you to parbrake bycause that ye haue cast the lorde asyde whiche is amonge you and haue wepte before hym sayenge why came we thus out of Egypt And Moses sayde syxe hundred thousand foremen are there of the people among whiche I am And thou haste sayde I wyll gyue them flesshe that they maye eate a moneth longe Shall the shepe and the oxen be slayne for them to fynde them eyther shal al the fysshe of the see be gathered togyther for them to serue them And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses Shall the lordes hande be waxed shorte Thou shalte se nowe whyther my worde shall come to passe vnto the or not And Moses went out tolde the people the sayenge of the Lorde and gathered the lxx Elders of the people and set them round aboute the Tabernacle And the lorde came downe in a cloude and spake vnto hym and toke of the spiryte that was vpon hym and gaue it vnto the. lxx Elders And it fortuned that when the spiryte rested vpon them they prophesyed and dyd not cease But there remayned two of the mē in the hoost the name of the one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad And the spiryte rested vpon them and they were of them that were wrytten and went not ou◠vnto the Tabernacle but prophesyed in the hoost And there ran a yonge man and tolde Moses and sayd Eldad and Medad do pro phesye in the hooste And Iosua the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of Moses †one of his yong men answered and sayd mayster Moses forbyd them And Moses sayde vnto hym enuyest thou for my sake wolde god that all the lordes people coulde prophesye and that the lorde wolde put his spiryte vpō them And Moses gat him into the hoost he the elders of Israell And there went forth a wynde from the Lorde brought quayles from the see and let them fall aboute the hoost euen a dayes iourney rounde aboute on euery syde of the hoost and †They dyd flye in the ayre as it were two cubytes hye ouer the earth And the people stode vp and all that daye and all that nyght and on the morowe they gathered quayles And he that gathered a lytle gathered ten homers full And they spred them abrode rounde aboute the hooste And whyle the flesshe was yet bytwene theyr teeth and or it was chewed vp beholde the coūtenaunce of the Lorde was moued agaynst the people the Lorde slewe the people w t an excedyng great plage And the name of the plage was called The graues of luste bycause they buryed the people that lusted there And the people toke theyr iourney from the graues of lust vnto Hazeroth and bode at Hazeroth ¶ Aaron Mir Iam grudge agaynst Moses Mir Iam is stryken with Leprosye and healed at the prayer of Moses CAPI XII ANd Mir Iam and Aaron spake agaynst Moses bycause of the woman of Iude which he had taken for he had taken to wyfe one of Iude. And they sayde Hath the Lorde in dede spoken only thorow Moses Hath he not spoken also by vs And the Lorde herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all the men of the earth And the Lorde spake atonce vnto Moses vnto Aaron and to Mir Iam come out ye thre vnto the tabernacle of wytnesse they came out all thre And the lorde came downe in the pyller of the cloude and stode in the dore of the tabernacle and called Aaron and Mir Iam. And they went out bothe of them And he sayde heare my wordes Yf there be a Prophet of the Lordes amonge you I wyll be knowen of hym in a vision and wyll speake vnto hym in slepe My seruaunt Moses is not so whiche is faythfull in all myne house Unto hym wyll I speake mouth to mouth in a vision but in
thou thy sonnes with the shall beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in your Preesthode And thy brethren of the tribe of Leui and of thy fathers housholde shalte thou take vnto the that they maye be ioyned vnto the and ministre vnto the euen vnto the and thy sonnes with the before the tabernacle of wytnesse They shal wayte vpon the and vpon al the Tabernacle only let them not come nygh the vessels of the sanctuary and the aulter that they and ye also dye not And they shal be by the wayte vpon the tabernacle of wytnesse for al the seruyce of the tabernacle and let no straunger come nygh vnto you Therfore shall ye kepe the holy place and the aulter that there fal no more wrath vpon the chyldren of Israel beholde I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from amonge the chyldren of Israel which as a gyft of yours are gyuen vnto the lorde to do the seruyce of the Tabernacle of wytnesse Therfore shalte thou and thy Sonnes with the take hede vnto your preestes offyce for all thyngê that perteyne vnto the aulter and for all that are within the vayle And se that ye serue for I haue gyuen your preestes offyce vnto you as a gyfte therfore the straunger that cometh nye must be flayne And the lorde spake vnto Aaron beholde I haue gyuen the the kepyng ☞ of my heue offerynges of all the halowed thynges of the chyldren of Israel Euen vnto the I haue gyuen them for anoyntyng to thy sonnes for a dutye for euer This shall be thyne of most holy from the fyre of the aulter All theyr sacrifices for all theyr meatofferynges synofferynges or trespaceofferynges whiche they bryng vnto me are moost holy It is thyne thy sonnes In the most holy place shalt thou eate it and all that are males shall eate of it let it be holy vnto the. And this also is thyne the heueofferynges of theyr gyftes thorowout all the waueofferynges of the chyldren of Israel I haue gyuen them vnto the and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the to be a dutye for euer al that are cleane in thy house shal eate of it all the fat of the oyle all the fat of the wyne and of the corne whiche they shall offre vnto the Lorde for fyrst fruytes the same haue I gyuen vnto the. And what soeuer is fyrste rype in theyr lande whiche they brynge vnto the Lorde shall be thyne all that are cleane in thyne house shall eate of it All dedicate thyngê in Israel shal be thyn All that openeth the matrice in al flesshe that men brynge vnto the Lorde whyther it be of men or beastes shal be thyne Neuerthelatter the fyrst borne of man shalt thou redeme and the fyrst borne of vncleane beastes shalt thou redeme lykewyse Those that are to be redemed shalt thou redeme from the age of a moneth for the value of the money namelye for fyue sycles after the sycle of the sanctuary A sycle maketh twentye halfepence But the fyrst borne of oxen shepe and gootes shalte thou not redeme For they are holy therfore thou shalt sprynkle theyr blood vpon the aulter and shalt burne theyr fat vpon the sacrifice for a swete sauoure vnto the lorde And the flesshe of them is thyn as the waue brest and the ryght shoulder these are thyn All the holy heueofferynges whiche the chyldren of Israel offre vnto the Lorde haue I gyuen the and thy sonnes thy doughters with the to be a dutye for euer let it be ☞ a salted couenaunt for euer before the Lorde bothe vnto the and to thy seede with the. And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron thou shalt haue none enheritaunce in theyr lande neyther shalte thou haue any parte amonge them I am thy parte thyne enherytaunce amonge the chyldren of Israel Beholde I haue gyuen the chyldren of Leui al the tenth in Israel to enheryte for the seruyce whiche they serue in the tabernacle of wytnesse Neyther must the chyldren of Israel hence forthecome nygh the Tabernacle of wytnesse leest they beare synne dye But the Leuites shal do the seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse ☞ beare theyr synne It shal be a law for euer in your generacions that among the chyldreÌ„ of Israel they possesse none enheritaunce But the tythes of the chyldren of Israell whiche they pay at an heueofferyng vnto the Lorde I haue gyuen the Leuites to enherite And therfore I haue sayd vnto them among the chyldren of Israel ye shall possesse none enheritaunce And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the Leuites and say vnto them when ye take of the chyldren of Israel the tithes whiche I haue gyuen you of them for your enheritaunce ye shall take an heueofferyng of the same for the lorde euen the tenth parte of that tithe And this your heueoffering shal be rekened vnto you eueÌ„ as though it were of the corne of the barne or out of the fulnesse of the wyne presse Of this maner ye shall therfore seperate an heueoffryng vnto the lorde of all your tythes whiche ye receyue of the chyldren of Israel ye shall gyue therof vnto the lorde an heueofferyng which shall belonge to Aaron the preest Of al your gyftes ye shal take out all the lordes heueoffrynges ☞ euen the fat of theyr halowed thynges Therfore y u shalte say vnto them When ye haue taken awaye the fat of it from it it shall be counted vnto the Leuites as yf it were the encrease of the corne floore or the encrease of the wyne presse And ye shall eate it in all places both ye and your housholdes for it is youre rewarde for your seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse And ye shall beare no synne by the reason of it when ye haue taken from it the fat of it neyther shall ye vnhalowe the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel lest ye dye ¶ Of the red howe The lawe of hym that dyeth in the Tabernacle and of hym that toucheth any vncleane thynge CAPI XIX ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron saynge this is the ordynaunce of the lawe which the Lorde hath commaunded saynge Speake vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel that they bryng the a red kowe wtout spot and wherin is no blemysshe vpon which neuer came yoke And ye shal gyue her vnto Eleazar the preest that he maye brynge her without the hoost and cause her to be slayne before his face And let Eleazar the preest take of her blood with his fynger and sprynkle it before the tabernacle of wytnesse seuen tymes And cause the kowe to be burnt in his syght with her skyn flesshe and blood And the dunge of her shal be burnt also And let the preest take Cedar wood Isope and purple cloth and cast it vpon the kowe as she burneth TheÌ„ let the preest wasshe his clothes and he shall bathe his flesh in water then come into the
chyldren of Israell bycause ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of stryfe Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne and brynge them vp in to mount Hor thou shalte stryppe Aaron out of his vestimentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron shal be gathered vnto his people and shall dye there And Moses dyd as the lorde coÌ„maunded they went vp in to mount Hor in the syght of all the multitude And Moses toke of Aarous clothes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron dyed there in the top of the mounte And Moses and Eleazar came downe out of the mount When all the multitude sawe that Aaron was dead they mourned for Aaron thyrtie dayes thorowout all the housholdes of Israel ¶ Israell â—auquesâ—â—eth kynge Arad The fyrye serpentes stynge them The kynges Sehon and Og are ouercome in battayle CAPI XXI ANd when kynge Arad the Cananite whiche dwelte towarde the south herde tell that Israel came by the waye that the spyes had founde out he fought agaynst Israel and toke some of them prysoners And Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde sayd If thou wylte delyuer this people in to my hande I wyl vtterly destry theyr Cyties And the Lorde herde the voyce of Israel and delyuered them the Cananytes And they destroyed them and theyr cyties and called the name of the place Horma And they departed from mount Hor by the way of the red see to compasse the lande of Edom. And the soule of the people faynted by the waye And the people spake agaynste God agaynst Moses wherfore hast thou brought vs out of Egypte for to dye in the wyldernes for here is neyther breade nor water and our soule lotheth this lyght breade Wherfore the Lorde sente fyrye serpentes amonge the people whiche stonge them and moche people of Israel dyed Therfore the people came to Moses and sayd we haue synned for we haue spoken agaynst the lorde agaynst the make intercessyoÌ„ to the lorde that he take away the serpentes from vs. And Moses made intercession for the people And the lorde sayd vnto Moses ☞ †make the a fyrie serpent set it vp for a sygne that as many as are bytten maye loke vpon it lyue And Moses made a serpent of brasse and set it vp for a sygne And when the serpentes had bytten any maÌ„ he behelde the serpent of brasse and was healed And the chyldreÌ„ of Israel departed thence and pytched in Oboth And they departed from Oboth and pitched at the heapes of Abarim euen in the wyldernesse whiche is by the playne of Moab on the East syde And they remoued thence and pytched vpon the ryuer of Zarad And they departed thence pytched on the other syde of Arnon which is in the wyldernes cometh out of the coostes of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab bytwene Moab and the Amorites Wherfore it is spoken in ☞ the boke of the warre of the Lorde what thynge he dyd in the red See and in the ryuers of Arnon And the heade of the ryuers that gothe downe to the dwellyng of Ar stretcheth vnto the border of Moab From thence it turneth vnto Beer The same is Beer or well wherof the lorde spake vnto Moses Gather the people togyther and I wyll gyue them water Then Israel sange this songe Aryse vp wel syng ye vnto hym The prynces dygged this wel the captaynes of the people digged it with the teacher with theyr staues And from the wyldernesse they wente to Matana and from Matana to Nahaliel from Nahaliel to Bamoth from Bamoth to the valey that is in the felde of Moab vnto the toppe of the hyll that appeareth before Iesimon And Israell sent messengers vnto Sehon kynge of the Amorytes saynge I wyll go thorow thy lande we wyll not turne in to the feldes or vyneyeardê neyther drynke of the waters of the well but we wyll go alonge by the kynges hye way vntyll we be past thy countrey But Sehon wolde gyue Israell no lycence to passe thorowe his couÌ„trey but gathered al his peple togyther went out agaynst Israel into the wyldernes And he came to Iaheza and fought agaynst Israel And Israell smote hym in the edge of the swerde and conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabock and vnto the chyldren of Ammon For the bordre of the chyldren of Ammon was stronge And Israell toke all these cyties and dwelte in all the cyties of the Amorites in Hesbon in all the townes that long therto For Hesbon was the cytie of Sehon the kyng of the Amorites which fought before agaynst the kyng of the Moabites toke all his lande out of his hande euen vnto Arnon Wherfore they say in the prouerbe Come to Hesbon and let the cytie of Sehon be buylte repayred for there is a fyre gone out of Hesbon and a flame from the cytie of Sehon and hath consumed Ar in Moab the enheritours of the hye places in Arnon Wo be to the Moab o people of ☞ Chamos ye are vndone he hath put his sonnes to flyght and his doughters to captiuite vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites Theyr empyre is lost from Hesbon vnto Dibon we made a wyldernes euen vnto Nopha which reacheth to Mediba And thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites And Moses sent to serche out Iaezer and they toke the townê belongyng therto and roted out the Amorites that were therin And they turned and wente vp towarde Basan And Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst them he and all his people to fyght at Adrei And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses feare hym not for I haue delyuered hym in thy hande and all his people and his lande And thou shalt do to hym as y u dyddest vnto Sehon the kyng of the Amoritê which dwelt at Hesbon They smote him therfore and his sonnes all his people vntyll there was nothyng left hym And they coÌ„quered his land ¶ Kynge Baâ—ar sendeth for Balaam whose name in the Hebrue is wrytten Bâ—leam Balaams Asse speaketh CAPI XXII ANd the chyldren of Israel departed and pytched in the feldes of Moab on the other syde of Iordane ouer agaynste Iericho And Balac the son of Ziphor law all that Israel had done to the Amorites the Moabites were sore afrayde of the people bycause they were many and †stode in feare of the chyldren of Israel And Moab sayd vnto the elders of Madian nowe shall this company lycke vp all that are rounde aboute vs as an oxe lycketh vp the grasse of the felde And Balac the son of Ziphor was kynge of the Moabites at that tyme. He sent messengers therfore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor in Pethor whiche is by the ryuer in the land of the chyldren of his folke to call hym sayeng beholde there is a people come out of Egypte beholde they couer the face of
xxxii thousande and fyue hundred And these are the chyldren of Ioseph after theyr kynreds These are the chyldren of Ben Iamin after theyr kynreddes Bela of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Belaites Asbell of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Asbelites Ahiram of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Ahiramites Supham of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Suphamites Hupham of whome coÌ„meth the kinred of the Huphamites And the chyldren of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence coÌ„meth the kynred of the Ardites and of Naaman the kynred of the Naamites These are the chyldren of Ben Iamin after theyr kynreds and after theyr nombres xiv thousande and sixe hundred These are the chyldreÌ„ of Dan after theyr kynreds Suham of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Suhamites These are the householdes of Dan after theyr kynreds All the kynreds of the Suhamites were after theyr nombres lxiiii thousande and foure hundred The chyldreÌ„ of Aser after theyr kynreds were Iemna of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iemnites Iesui of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iesuites Bria of whome commeth the kynred of the Brites The chyldren of Bria were Heber of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Heberites Malchiel of whom came the kynred of the Malchielites And the doughter of Aser was called Sarah These are the kynreds of Aser after theyr noÌ„bres liii thousande and foure hundred The chyldren of Nephthali after theyr kynreds were Iaheziell of whome came the kynred of the Iahezielites Guni of whome came the kynred of the Gunites Iezer of whome came the kynred of the Iezerites Selem of whome came the kynred of the Selemites These are the kynreds of Nephthali accordynge to theyr housholdes whose nombre is xiv thousande and foure hundred These are the nombres of the Chyldren of Israell syxe hundred thousande and a thousande seuen hundred and thyrtye And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vnto these the lande shal be deuyded to enheryte accordyng to the nombre of names To many thou shalte gyue the more enheritaunce and to fewe the lesse to euery trybe shall the enheritaunce be gyuen accordynge to the nombre therof Notwithstandynge the lande shall be deuyded by lot and accordyng to the names of the tribes of theyr fathers they shal enheryte accordyng to the lot shall the possessyon therof be deuyded bytwene many and fewe These are the nombres of the Leuytes after theyr kynreds Gerson of whome came the kynred of the Gersonites Cahath of whome came the kynred of the Cahathites Merari of whome came the kynred of the Merarites These are the kynreds of the Leuytes the kynred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musytes the kynred of the Karahites Kahath begat AmraÌ„ and Amrams wyfe was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui which was borne vnto Leui in Egypt And she bare vnto Amram Aaron Moses and Mir Iam theyr syster And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar And Nadab Abihu dyed when they offered straunge fyre before the Lorde And after theyr noÌ„bres they were xxiii thousande all males from a moneth olde aboue For they were nombred amonge the Chyldren of Israell bycause there was no enheritaunce gyuen them amonge the chyldren of Israel These are the nombres when Moses and Eleazar the Preest nombred the chyldren of Israell in the playne of Moab fast by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho And amonge these there was not a man of them whome Moses and Aaron nombred when they told the chyldren of Israell in the wyldernesse of Sinay For the Lorde sayde of them they shall dye in the wyldernesse and there was not lefte a man of them saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the son of Nun. ¶ The lawe of the herytage of the doughters of zelapâ—â—aâ— The land of promesse is shewed vnto Moses in whose steade is appoynted Iosua CAPI XXVII ANd the doughters of Zelaphead the sonne of Heber the son of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasse of the kynred of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph whose names were Mahela Noha Hagla Melcha and Thirza came and stode before Moses and Eleazar the Preest before the Lordes all the multitude by the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse sayenge oure Father dyed in the wyldernesse and was not in the company of them that gathered them selues togyther agaynst the Lorde in the coÌ„gregacyon of Carah But ☞ dyed in his owne syn had no sonnê Wherfore then is the name of our fathers taken away from amonge his kynred bycause he hath no son Gyue vnto vs therfore a possessyon amonge the brethren of our father And Moses brought theyr cause before the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge The doughters of Zelaphead speake ryght thou shalte gyue them a possession to enheryt among theyr fathers brethreÌ„ and shalt turne the enheritaunce of theyr father vnto them And thou shalte speake vnto the chyldren of Israell saynge Yf a man dye and haue no Son ye shall turne his enherytaunce vnto his doughter If he haue no doughter ye shal gyue his enheritaunce vnto his brethren Yf he haue also no brethren ye shall gyue his enheritaunce vnto his Fathers brethren And yf his father haue no brethren ye shal gyue his enheritauÌ„ce vnto him that is nexte to hym of his kynred he shall possesse it And this shal be vnto the chyldren of Israel ☞ a law of iudgement as the lord hath coÌ„maunded Moses And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses get the vp into the mounte Abarim and beholde the lande which I haue gyuen vnto the children of Israell And when thou hast sene it ☞ thou shalte be gathered vnto thy people also as Aaron thy brother was gathered For ye were disobedyent vnto my mouthe in the deserte of Sin in the stryfe of the congregacyon Neyther dyd ye sanctifye me in the waters before theyr eyes That is the water of stryfe in Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin And Moses spake vnto the Lorde sayenge Let the Lorde god of the spirytes of all flesh set a man ouer the coÌ„gregacyon which may ☞ go out in before them and leade them out and in that the coÌ„gregacyon of the lorde be not as shepe which haue not a shepheerde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses take Iosua the son of Nun in whome is the spiryte ☞ and put thyne handes vpon hym and set hym before Eleazar the preest and before all the congregacyon and gyue hym a charge in theyr syght And put of thy prayse vpon hym that all the companye of the Chyldren of Israell maye be obedient And he shal stande before Eleazar the preest whiche shall aske counsell for hym ☞ after the iudgement of Urim before the lorde And accordynge vnto his worde shall they go out and in bothe he and all the Chyldren of Israell with hym and all the congregacyon And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym and he toke
the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the. Syxe dayes thou shalte laboure and do all that thou hast to do but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God thou shalte not do any worke thou and thy Sonne thy doughter thy seruaunt and thy mayde thyne oxe and thyne asse and all thy cattell and the straunger that is within thy gates that thy seruaunt thy mayde maye reest as well as thou Remembre that thou wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypte and howe that the lorde thy God brought the out thence thorowe a myghtye hande and a stretched out arme For whiche cause the Lorde thy God commaunded the to kepe the Sabboth daye Honoure thy father and thy mother as the Lorde thy god hath coÌ„maunded the that thy dayes maye be prolonged that it maye go well with the in the lande which the lorde thy God gyueth the. * Thou shalte not sley Thou shall not breake wedlocke * Thou shalte not steale * Thou shalte not beare false wytnesse agaynst thy neyghboure Thou shalte not luste after thy neyghbours wyfe thou shalt not couet thy neyghbours house his felde his seruaunt or his mayde his Oxe his Asse or ought that thy neyghbour hath These wordes the Lorde spake vnto all your multytude in the mount out of the myddes of the fyre cloude darknesse with a great voyce and added nomore therto wrote them in two tables of stoone and delyuered them vnto me And it fortuned that when ye herde the voyce out of the myddes of the darkenesse sawe that the hyll dyd burne w t fyre ye came vnto me with the captaynes of your trybes and youre Elders and ye sayde beholde the Lorde our God hathe shewed vs his glorye and his greatnesse and we haue herde his voyce out of the myddê of the fyre We haue sene this daye that God doeth talke with a man and he yet lyueth Nowe therfore why shulde we dye that this great fyre shulde consume vs Yf we heare the voyce of the Lorde our God any more we shall dye For ☞ what flesshe hath it ben that euer herde the voyce of the lyuyng god speakyng out of the myddes of the fyre as we haue done and yet dyd lyue Go thou and heare all that the Lorde our God sayeth tell thou vnto vs all that the Lorde our God sayeth vnto the and we wyll heare it and do it And the Lorde herde the voyce of youre wordê when ye speake vnto me and the lorde sayd vnto me I haue herde the voyce of the wordê of this people which they haue spoken vnto the they haue well sayde all that they haue spoken Oh that there were suche an herte in them that they wolde feare me and kepe all my coÌ„maundementes all waye that it myght go well with them and with theyr Chyldren for euer Go and saye vnto them get you in to your tentes agayne but stande thou here by me and I wyll tell the all the coÌ„maundementes ordynaunces and lawes which thou shalt teache them that they may do them in the lande whiche I gyue them to possesse Take hede therfore that ye do in dede as the LORDE your God hath commaunded you and turne not asyde eyther to the ryght hande or to the lefte but walke in all the wayes whiche the Lorde your God hath commaunded you that ye maye lyue and that it maye go well with you and that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the lande whiche ye shall possesse ¶ The lawe of God may not be forgotten CAPI VI. THese are the commaundementes ordinaunces and lawes whiche the Lorde your God commaunded me to teache you that ye myght do them in the lande why ther ye go to possesse it namely that thou myghtest feare the Lorde thy God kepe all his ordynaunces and his commaundementes whiche I commaunde the thou and thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne all dayes of thy lyfe that thy dayes maye be prolonged Heare therfore O Israel and take hede that thou do therafter that it maye go well with the that ye maye encrease myghtely euen as the Lorde God of thy Fathers hath promysed the a lande that floweth with mylke and hony Heare O Israell the Lorde our God is Lorde only and thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with al thyne herte and with al thy soule and with all thy myght And these wordes whiche I commaunde the this day shall be in thyne herte and thou shalt shewe them vnto thy Chyldren and shalte talke of them when thou art at home in thyne house and as thou walkest by the waye and when thou lyest downe and when thou rysest vp and thou shalt bynde them for a sygne vpon thyne hande And they shall be warnynges bytwene thyne eyes thou shalte wryte them vpon the poostes of thy house and vpon thy gates And when the Lorde thy God hath brought the into the lande whiche he sware vnto thy fathers AbrahaÌ„ Isaac and Iacob and gyueth the great goodly cityes whiche thou buyldest not houses ful of all maner of goodes whiche thou fylledst not and welles dygged which thou dyggest not vyneyeardê and olyue trees whiche thou plantedst not wheÌ„ thou hast eaten arte ful Then beware leest thou forget the Lorde whiche brought the out of the lande of Egypt from the house of bondage Thou shalt feare the lorde thy god and serue hym and ☞ sweare by his name Se that ye walke not after straunge goddes the goddes of the nacions which are about you For the Lorde thy God is a ielouse God amonge you lest the couÌ„tenaunce of the lorde thy God be moued to wrath agaynst the and destroye the from of the earth Ye shall not tempte the Lorde youre God as ye dyd †in the temptacion But kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde your God and his wytnesses and his ordynaunces whiche he hath coÌ„maunded the thou shalte do that whiche is ryght and good in the syght of the Lorde that thou mayst prospere that thou mayst go in and conquere that good lande whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to cast out all thyne enemyes before the as the Lorde hath sayde And when thy son asketh the in tyme to come sayenge What meaneth these wytnesses ordinaunces and lawes which the lorde our God hath coÌ„maunded you Then thou shalte say vnto thy son We were Pharaos bondmen in Egypte the lorde brought vs out of Egypt with a myghty hande And the Lorde shewed sygnes wondres greate and euyll vpon Egypt â–ª vpon Pharao vpon all his housholde before our eyes but brought vs out from thence to brynge vs in and to gyue vs the lande whiche he sware vnto our fathers And the Lorde hath coÌ„maunded vs to do all these ordynaunces and to feare the Lorde our god for our welth all the dayes of our lyfe as it is come to passe this daye Moreouer this shall
dwelt therin and when thy beastes and thy shepe are waxed many and thy siluer and golde is multiplied and all that thou haste is encreased then beware leest thyne herte ryse and thou forget the lorde thy god whiche brought the out of the lande of Egypte and from the house of bondage and whiche was thy guyde in the great and terrible wyldernesse wherin were fyryt serpentes scorpyons and drought with out any water But he brought out water for the euen out of the rocke of flint he fed the in the wyldernesse with Manna whiche thy Fathers knewe not euen for to humble the and to proue the and that he myght so do the good at thy latter ende Leest thou shuldest saye in thyne herte my power and the myght of myne owne hande hath prepared me this abundauÌ„ce But remembre the lorde thy god howe that it is he whiche gyueth the power to get substaunce for to make good the promesse whiche he sware vnto thy fathers as this day dothe wytnesse And yf thou forget the lorde thy god and walke after strauÌ„ge goddes and serue them and worshyp them I testifye vnto you this daye that ye shall surely peryshe As the nacyons which the lorde destroyeth before you euen so ye shal peryshe bycause ye wolde not be obedient to the voyce of the lord your god ¶ They are forbydden to trust in theyr owne strength CAPI IX HEare O Israell thou passest ouer Iordane this day to go in and coÌ„quere nacyons greater and myghtyer then thy selfe cityes greate and walled vp to heuen a people great and tall euen the Chyldren of the Enakyms whiche thou knowest of and of whom thou hast herde say who wyll stand before the Chyldren of Enake Understande therfore this daye that the Lorde thy god is euen he whiche goeth ouer before the as a †deuourynge and a consumynge fyre he shall destroye them he shall brynge them downe before thy face He shal cast them out and brynge them to nought quyckely as the lorde hath sayde vnto the. Speake not thou in thyne herte after that the Lorde thy God hath cast them out before the saynge for my ryghtousnesse the lorde hath brought me in to possesse this lande Naye but for the wyckednesse of these nacions the Lorde hath cast them oute before the. It is not for thy ryghtousnes sake or for thy ryght herte that thou goest to possesse theyr land But for the wyckednesse of these nacions the Lorde thy god dothe caste them out before the euen to perfourme the worde whiche the Lorde thy God sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Understande therfore that it is not for thy ryghtousnes sake that the Lorde thy god doth gyue the this good lande to possesse it seynge thou arte a styffe necked people Remembre and forget not how thou prouokedst the lorde thy god in the wyldernesse synce the day that y u dydest departe out of the land of Egipt vntyl ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled agaynst the Lorde Also in Noreb ye angred the Lorde so that the lorde was wroth with you euyn to haue destroyed you when I was goone vp into the mounte to receyue the tables of stoone the tables of appoyntment whiche the Lorde made with you And I abode in the hyll xl dayes and xl nyghtes when I neyther dyd eate breade nor dranke water And the lorde delyuered me two tables of stone wrytten with the fynger of god in them was accordynge to all the wordê whiche the lorde sayde vnto you in the mounte out of the myddes of the fyre in the day of the gatheryng togyther And wheÌ„ the. xl dayes and â–ª xl nyghtes were ended the lorde gaue me the two tables of stone the tables of the couenaunt and the Lorde sayde vnto me Up and get the downe quyckly from hence for thy people whiche thou hast brought out of Egypt haue marred all They are turned atonce out of the waye whiche I coÌ„maunded them and haue made them a molten ymage Furthermore the lord spake vnto me saynge I haue sene this people and beholde it is a styffenecked people let me alone that I maye destroye them and put out the name of them from vnder heuen and I wyll make of the a myghtye nacyon greater then they be And I turned me and came downe from the hyll euen from the hyl that burnt with fyre and the two Cables of the appoyntment were in my handes And I loked and beholde ye had synned agaynste the lorde your god and had made you a molten calfe and had turned atonce out of the way which the Lorde had coÌ„maunded you And I toke the two tables and cast them out of my two handes and brake them before your eyes And I fell downe flat before the lorde euen as at the fyrst tyme and. xl dayes and. xl nyghtes I dyd neyther eate bread nor drynk water bycause of all your synnê which ye synned in doynge wyckedlye in the syght of the Lorde in that ye prouoked hym vnto wrath For I was afrayde that for the wrath and fearsnesse wherwith the Lorde was moued agaynst you he wold haue destroyed you But the Lorde herde me at that tyme also The Lorde was very angrye with Aaron also euen to haue destroyed hym I made intercessyon for Aaron also the same tyme. And I toke your syn the calfe which ye had made and burnte hym with fyre stamped hym and grounde hym a good euen vnto small dust And I cast the dust therof into the broke that descended out of the mounte Also at the burnynge at the temptacyon and at the Sepulchres of lust ye angred the Lorde lykewyse wheÌ„ the lorde sent you from Cades Barne sayenge go vp and conquere the lande which I haue gyuen you ye disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde your god and neyther byleued hym nor herkened vnto his voyce Ye haue ben disobedient vnto the lord synce the daye that I knewe you And I fell downe flat before the Lorde xl dayes and. xl nyghtes whiche I laye there for the Lorde sayde that he wolde destroy you I made intercessyon therfore vnto the Lorde and sayd O Lorde God destroye not thy people and thyne enheritaunce which thou hast delyuered thorowe thy greatuesse and whiche thou hast brought out of Egypt thorowe a myghtye hande Remembre thy seruauntê AbrahaÌ„ Isaac and Iacob loke not vnto the stubburnesse of this people nor to theyr wyckednesse and synne leest the lande whence thou broughtest them saye The lorde is not able to brynge them into the lande which he promised them and bycause he hated them therfore hath he caryed them out to sley them in the wyldernesse Behold they are thy people and thyne enheritaunce which thou broughtest out in thy myghty power and in thy stretched out arme ¶ The renuynge of the Cables An exhortaciyn to gyue hede to the lawe CAPI X. IN the same ceason the
had ended them ¶ The songe of Moses CAPI XXXII HEare O ye heuens I shall speake let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth My doctryne ☞ shall drop as doth the rayne my speche shal flowe as dothe the dewe as the showre vpon the herbes as the droppes vpon the grasse For I wyl call on the name of the Lorde Ascribe ye honour vnto our god Perfite is the worke of the moost myghty god For all his wayes are iudgement He is a god of truth without wyckednesse ryghteous iust is he †Frowardly haue they done agaynst hym thorow theyr deformities not his owne chyldren but a wycked froward generacion Do ye so rewarde the lorde O folyshe nacion vnwyse Is not he thy father thyne owner hath he not made the ordeyned the Remembre the dayes of the worlde that is past coÌ„syder the yeres froÌ„ tyme to tyme. Aske thy father he wyl shewe the thy elders they wyl tell the. When the moost hyghest deuyded the nacyons and when he seperated the sonnes of Adam he put the borders of the nacions fast by the multitude of the chyldren of Israel For the lordes parte is his folke Iacob is the porcion of his enheritauÌ„ce ☞ He fouÌ„d hym in a deserte lande in a voyde grounde in a roryng wyldernesse He led hym aboute he gaue hym vnderstandyng kepte hym as the apple of his eye As an Egle that styrteth vp her nest flotereth ouer her yong stretcheth out her wyngê so doth he take them vp beareth them on his shoulders The Lorde alone was his guyde there was no strauÌ„ge god with hym He caryed hym vp to an hyelande that he myght eate the encrease of the feldes And he fed hym w t hony out of the rocke with oyle out of the most harde stone With butter of kyne mylke of the shepe w t fat of the lambes of fat raÌ„mes he gootes with the fat of most plenteous wheate that thou myghtest drinke ☞ the most pure blood of the grape But he that shulde haue bene vpryght when he waxed fat spurned w t his heele Thou art wel fed y u art growne thicke thou art euen laden with fatnes And he forsoke god his maker regarded not the God of his saluacion They prouoked hym to angre with straunge goddes euen with abhominacions prouoked they hym They offered vnto deuyls not to God euen to gods whome they knewe not to newe goddes that came newly vp whome theyr fathers feared not Of god that begat the thou arte vnmyndfull and hast forgotten god that made the. The lorde therfore sawe it was angry bycause of the prouokyng of his sonnes of his doughters And he sayd I wyll hyde my face from them wyl se what theyr ende shal be For they are a very frowarde generacion chyldreÌ„ in whom is no fayth They haue angred me with that whiche is no God prouoked me with theyr vanitis And I also wyll prouoke them with those ☞ whiche are no people I wyl angre them with a foolyshe nacion For fyre is kyndled in my wrath burneth vnto the bottome of hell And hathe consumed the earth with her encreace set a fyre the bottoms of the mountaynes I wyll heape myscheues vpon them wyll destroye them with myne arowes They shal be burnt with hunger consumed with heate with bytter destruccion I wyll also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them with the furiousnesse of serpentes in the dust Without forth shall the swerde rob them of theyr chyldren within in the chambre feare both yonge men and yong women and the suckelynges with the men of gray heades I haue sayde I wyl scatter them abrode and make the remembraunce of them to cease from amonge men Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemye lest theyr aduersaries shulde vtterly withdrawe themselues and lest they shulde say our hygh hande hath done all this not the Lorde For it is a nacion without forecast neyther is there any vnderstandyng in them O that they were wyse and vnderstode this that they wolde consyder theyr latter ende How shulde one chace a. M two put x. M. to flyght excepte theyr maker had solde them and excepte the lorde do shut them vp For theyr God is not as oure God oure enemyes also themselues are iudges For theyr vyne is of the vyneyarde of Sodome of the feldes of Gomorra Theyr grapes are grapes of gall and theyr clusters be bytter Theyr wyne is a poyson of dragons the cruell gall of adders Is not this layde in store with me sealed vp among my treasures Uengeaunce is myne I wyll rewarde theyr fete shall slyde in due tyme. For the day of theyr destruction is at hande the thyngê that shal come vpon them make hast For the lorde shall iudge his people haue coÌ„passyon on his seruauntes when he seeth that theyr power is gone that they be in a maner shut vp or brought to nought forsaken And he shal say where are theyr goddê theyr god in whom they trusted The fat of whose sacrifices they dyd eate dranke the wyne of theyr drynk offerynges let them ryse vp and helpe you be your proteccion †in necessyte Se now how that I I am god and there is none but I I kyl wyl make alyue I wounde I wyl heale neyther is there any that can delyuer out of my hande For I wyll lyfte vp myne hande to heuen and wyl say I lyue euer If I whet the edge of my swerde and my hande take holde to do iustyce I wyll recompence vengeaunce on myne enemyes and wyll rewarde them that hate me I wyll make myne arowes dronke with bloood and my swerde shall eate fleshe that for the bloode of the sleyne for theyr captiuite synce the ☞ begynÌ„yng of the wrath of the enemye Prayse ye hethen his people for he wyl auenge the blood of his seruauntê wyll auenge hym of his aduersaryes wyl be mercyfull vnto his lande to his people And Moses came and spake all the wordes of this song in the cares of the people he Iosua the son of Nun. And Moses spake all these wordes vnto the ende to all the people of Israell and sayde vnto them Set youre hertes vnto all the wordes whiche I ☞ testifie vnto you this daye and ye shall commaunde them vnto youre chyldren that they maye obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe And let it not be a vayne worde vnto you for in it is your lyfe and thorowe this worde ye shall prolonge youre dayes in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to conquere it And the Lorde spake vnto Moses the selfe same daye sayenge Get the vp into this mountayne Abarim †That is to say a
sente on theyr fâ—te into the valey when in departynge away of Ruben there were great men and wyse of herte Why abodest thou amonge the shepe foldes to heare the bleatynges of the flockes to seperate thy selfe awaye with great men wyse of herte Gilead also abode beyonde Iordane and why dothe Dan remayne in shyppes Aser contynued on the see shore taryed in his decayed places But the people of Zabulon haue ieoperde theyr lyues euen vnto the death lyke as dyd Nephthali in the hygh places of the felde The kynges came fought then fought the kyngê of Canaan in Thamah by the waters of Megiddo and wan no money They fought from heuen euen the sterres in theyr courses fought agaynst Sisara The ryuer of Cyson remoued them that auncient ryuer the ryuer Cyson My soule shall treade hym downe myghtely Then were the horse hoofes smytten asunder by meanes of the praunsinges that theyr myghtye men made Curse ye the citye of Meros sayd the angel of the lorde curse the enhabitours therof bycause they came not ☞ to helpe the Lorde to helpe the Lorde with the myghtye Iael the wyfe of Haber the Kenyte shal be blessed aboue other women blessed shall she be aboue other women in the tent He asked water she gaue hym mylke she brought forth butter in a lordly dysshe She put her hande to the nayle her ryght hand to the smythes hammer with the hammer smote she Sisera smote his head wounded hym and pearsed his temples He bowed hym downe at her feete he fell downe lay styll At her feete he bowed hym downe fell And when he had sonke downe he laye styll desolate The mother of Sisera loked out at a wyndowe and cryed thorowe the lattesse Why is his charet so longe a comynge Why cary the wheles of the cartes All the wyse ladyes answered her yea her owne wordes answered her selfe Surely they haue founde they deuyde the spoyles Euery maÌ„ hath a damsel or two Sisera hath a pray of dyuerse coloured garmentes euen a pray of rayment dyed with sondry coloures that are made of nedle worke rayment of dyuers coloures and of nedle worke which is mete for him that is cheyfe in distributyng of the spoyles So peryshe all thyâ—e enemyes O lorde but they that loue hym let them be as the Sonne when he ryseth in his myght And the lande had rest fourtye yeres ¶ Israell is oppressed of the Madianites Gedeon is sent of God to be theyr delpueâ—â—r CAPI VI. ANd the chyldren of Israell coÌ„mytted wyckednesse in the syght of the Lorde And the Lorde delyuered them into the handes of MadiaÌ„ seuen yeres And the hand of Madian preuayled agaynst Israell and bycause of the Madianites the chyldren of Israell made them dennes in the mountaynes and caues and strong holdes And when Israel had sowen the Madianites the Amalechites they of the East countrey came vp togyther agaynst them pytched theyr tentes agaynst â–ª them destroyed the encrese of the earth euen tyl thou come vnto Azah and lefte no sustenauÌ„ce for Israel neyther shepe ore or Asse for they went vp they and theyr cattel came with theyr tentê as a multitude of greshoppers so that both they also theyr camels were without nombre And they entred into the lande to destroy it And so was Israel excedyngly impoueryshed in the sight of the Madianites cryed vnto the Lorde And when the chyldren of Israel cryed vnto the lorde bycause of the Madiante â–ª the lorde sent vnto them a prophet whiche sayde vnto them Thus sayth the lorde God of Israell I fet you from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage and I ryd you out of the hande of the Egyptians out of the hande of al that oppressed you and cast them out before you and gaue you theyr lande And I sayd vnto you I am the lorde your god feare not the goddes of the Amorites in whose lande you dwell But you haue not obeyed my voyce And the angell of the lorde came and sat vnder an Oke whiche was in Ephrah that perteyned vnto Ioas the father of the Ezerites And his sonne Gedeon pressed out wheate of the eares in a presse to hyde it from the Madianites And the angel of the Lorde appeared vnto hym and sayde the lorde is with the thou myghtye man of warre And Gedeon answered hym Oh my Lorde yf the Lorde be with vs why is al this come vpon vs yea where be all his myracles whiche our fathers tolde vs of and sayd â–ª Dyd not the lorde brynge vs out of Egypte but nowe the Lorde hath forsaken vs and delyuered vs into the handes of the Madianites And the lorde loked vpoÌ„ hym and sayde Go hence in this thy myght and thou shalte delyuer Israell out of the handes of the Madianites Haue not I sent the And he answered hym Oh Lorde wherwith shall I saue Israell Beholde my kynred is poore in Manasses and I am lytell in my fathers house The lorde sayd vnto hym I wyll be with the and thou shalte smyte the Madianites as they were but one man And he answered hym Oh yf I haue fouÌ„de grace in thy syght then shewe me a sygne that it is thou that talkest with me Departe not hence vntyll I come agayne vnto the and tyll I bryng myne offrynge haue set it before the. And he sayd I wyll cary vntyl thou come agayne And Gedeon wente in and made redye a kydde and swete cakes of an Ephaâ— of floure and put it with the flesshe in a basket and put the broth in a pot and brought it out vnto hym vnder the Oke and presented it And the angell of god sayd vnto hym take the flesshe and the swete cakes and lay them vpon this rocke and powre out the broth And he dyd so Then the angel of the Lorde put forth the ende of the staffe that he helde in his hande and touched the flesshe and the swete cakes And there arose fyre out of the rocke and consumed the flesshe and the swete cakes But the angel of the Lorde vanysshed out of his syght And when Gedeon perceyued that it was an angel of the lorde he sayd Alas O Lorde God haue I therfore sene an angel of the lorde face to face that shulde dye And the Lorde sayd vnto hym peace be vnto the feare not thou shalte not dye Then Gedeon made an aulter there vnto the Lorde and called it The Lorde of peace And vnto this day it is yet in Ephrath that perteyneth vnto the father of the Ezerites And it fortuned that the same nyght the lord sayd vnto hym take a yonge bullocke out of thy fathers droue and another of vii yeres olde and destroy the aulter of Baal that thy father hath and cut downe the groue that is by it and make an aulter vnto the Lorde thy God vpon the top of this rocke in a conuenient
that al the sonnes of Ierobaall whiche are lxx persons reygne ouer you eyther that one reigne ouer you RemeÌ„ber that I am of your bone and of your flesshe And his mothers brethren spake of hym in the audience of the men of Sichem al these wordes and theyr hertes were moued to folowe Abimelech For they sayd he is our brother And they gaue hym lxx peces of syluer out of the temple of Baal Berith wherewith Abimelech hyred vayne and lyght persones whiche went with hym And he wente vnto his fathers house at Ephrah and slewe all his brethreÌ„ the sonnes of Ierobaal euen lxx persones †with one stone NotwithstaÌ„dyng yet Ioatham the yongest sonne of Ierobaal escaped for he hyd hym selfe And all the men of Sichem gathered togyther al the house of Mello and came made Abimelech kyng in the playne where the great stone was by Sichem And when they tolde it to Ioatham he wente and stode in the top of mount Garizim and lyfte vp his voyce and cryed sayd vnto them Herken vnto me ye men of Sychem that god may herken vnto you The trees went forth to anoynt a kyng ouer them and sayde vnto the Olyue tree reygne thou ouer vs. But the olyue tree sayd vnto them shuld I leaue my fatnesse which both goddes and men prayse in me go to be promoted ouer the trees And the trees sayde to the Fygge tree come thou and be kynge ouer vs. The fygge tree answered them shulde I forsake my swetnesse and my good fruyte and go to be promoted ouer the trees Then sayde the trees vnto the vyne come thou and be kyng ouer vs. The vyne sayde vnto them shulde I leaue my wyne wherby I chere bothe goddes and meÌ„ and go to be promoted ouer the trees Then sayde all the trees vnto the Fyr busshe come thou and reygne ouer vs. And the Fyr busshe sayde vnto the trees yf it be true that ye wyll anoynte me kyng ouer you theÌ„ come put your trust vnder my shadow If no the fyre come out of the Fyr busshe waste the Cedre trees of Libanon Nowe therfore yf ye do truely and vncorruptly to make Abimelech kynge and yf ye haue delte well with Ierobaal and his house and haue done vnto hym accordynge to the deseruyng of his handes iudge ye For euen he my father fought for you and aduentured his lyfe and ryd you out of the hande of Madian And ye are rysen vp agayst my fathers house this daye and haue sleyne his chyldren euen lxx persones with one stone and haue made Abimelech the sonne of his mayde seruaunt kynge ouer the men of Sichem bycause he is your brother Yf ye then haue delte truely and purely with Ierobaal and with his house this daye then reioyse ye with Abimelech let hym reioyse with you But yf ye haue not delte truely then I pray God a fyre may come out of Abimelech and consume the men of Sichem the house of Mello And that there maye come a fyre from among the men of Sichem and out of the house of Mello and consume Abimelech And Ioatham ran away and fled and went to Beer and dwelt there for feare of Abimelech his brother When Abimelech had reygned thre yere God sent an hate bytwene Abimelech and the men of Sichem And the citezens of Sichem rayled vpon Abimelech and wysshed that the wyckednes done to the lxx sonnes of Ierobaal myght come on hym and layde the blood of them vnto Abimelech theyr brother which slewe them and vnto the other men of Sichem whiche ayded hym in the kyllyng of his brethren And the citezens of Sichem set men to lay awayte for hym in the toppe of the mountaynes whiche men †vvhyle they taryed for his coâ—â—â—â— robbed all that came alonge the way by them And it was tolde Abimelech And Gaal the sonne of Abed came with his brethren and they gat them to Sichem And the men of Sichem put theyr coÌ„fidence in hym And they went out in to the feldes gathered in theyr grapes trode them and made mery and went in to the house of theyr goddes and dyd eate drynke cursed Abimelech And Gaal the sonne of Abed sayde what is Abimelech what is Sichem that we shulde serue hym Is he not the sonne of Ierobaal and Zebul was his offycer serue suche as come of Hemor the father of Sichem for what reason is it that we shulde serue hym wolde God this people were vnder my hande then wolde I take Abimelech out of the way And he spake agaynst Abimelech make thyne hoost greater and go out And when Zebull the ruler of the citye herde the wordes of Gaal the son of Abed he was wrothe and sent messengers vnto Abimelech pryuely sayenge Beholde Gaal the sonne of Abed and his brethren be come to Sichem and beholde they set the citye agaynst the. Nowe therfore vp by nyght thou and all the people that is with the and laye in wayte in the felde And aryse earlye in the mornynge as soone as the Sonne is vp and fall vpon the Citye And yf he and the people that is with hym come out agaynst the do to hym what thy handes shall be able And Abimelech rose vp and all the people that were in hym by nyght And they layde awayte agaynst Sichem in foure companyes And Gaal the sonne of Abed wente out and stode in the entrynge of of the gate of the citie And Abimelech rose vp and the folke that were with hym frome laynge awayte And when Gaal saw the people he sayd to Zebul beholde there come people downe from the top of the mountaynes And Zebul sayde vnto hym the shadowe of the hylles seme men vnto the. †and by that errour arte thou deceyued And Gaall answered agayne and sayde Se there come folke downe by the myddle of the lande another company come alonge by the playne of the charmers TheÌ„ sayd Zebul vnto hym where is nowe thy mouth that sayde What felowe is Abimelech that we shulde serue hym Is not this the people that thou hast despysed Go out nowe and fyght with them And Gaal went out before the citizens of Sichem and fought with Abimelech And Abimelech chased hym that he fled before hym †and he droue hym in to the Citye many were ouer throwen and wouÌ„ded euen vnto the entryng of the gate And Abimelech dwelte at Arumah And Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren that they shulde not dwell in Sichem †and suffered them not to tarye thenin And on the morowe it happened that the people went out in to the felde And they told Abimelech And he toke the people and deuided them in to thre companâ—es and layde awayte in the feldes and loked and beholde the people were come out of the Citye and he ran vpon them and smote them And Abimelech and the companyes that were with hym reached farther and stode in the entrynge of the
nowe and shewe thy Lorde Beholde Elia is here that he may sley me And Elia sayd as truly as the lorde of hoostes lyueth before whome I stande I wyll shewe my selfe vnto hym this daye So Obadia went to mete Ahab and tolde hym And Ahab went to mete Elia And it fortuned that when Ahab sawe Elia he sayde vnto hym arte thou he that troubleth Israell He answered it is not I that haue troubled Israell but thou and thy fathers house in that ye haue forsaken the commaundementes of the Lorde and thou hast folowed Baall Nowe therfore sende and gather to me all Israel vnto mount Carmel and the prophetes of Baall foure hundred and fyftye and the prophettes of the groues foure hundred which eate of Iezabels table So Ahab sent vnto all the chyldren of Israell and gathered the Prophettes togyther vnto mounte Carmell And Elia came vnto the peple and sayde howe longe halte ye bytwene two opinyons Yf the Lorde be God folowe hym but yf Baall be he then go after hym And the people answered hym not one worde Then sayd Elia vnto the people agayne I onely remayne a Prophete of the Lorde But Baals Prophettes are foure hundred and fyftye Let them therfore gyue vs two oxen and let them chose the one and cut hym in peces and laye hym on wood and put no fyre vnder And I wyll dresse the one oxe and laye hym on wood and wyll put no fyre vnder And call ye on the name of youre Goddes and I wyll call on the name of the Lorde And then the GOD that answereth by fyre let hym be God And all the people answered and sayde it is well spoken And Elia sayde vnto the Prophettes of Baall chose you an oxe and dresse hym fyrst foxye are many and call on the name of youre Goddes but put no fyre vndre And they toke the one oxe that he dyd gyue them and they dressed it and called on the name of Baall from mornynge to noone sayenge O Baall heare vs. But there was no voyce nor one to answer And they lept vpon the aulter that they had made And at noone it fortuned that Elia mocked them and sayde crye lowde for ☞ he is a god peraduenture he is talkynge or occupyed in folowynge vpon his enemyes or is in his iourneye or happely he slepeth and must be awaked And they cryed lowde and cut them selues as theyr maner was with knyues and launcers tyll the blood folowed on them And it chaunced that when myddaye was passed †☞ they prophesyed vntyll the tyme of the euenynge Sacrifyce But there was neyther voyce nor one to answere nor any that regarded them And Elia sayde vnto all the folke come to me And all the people came to hym And he repayred the aulter of the lorde that was broken And Elia toke xii stoones accordynge to the nombre of the. xii trybes of the sonnes of Iacob vnto whom the worde of the lorde came sayenge Israell shall be thy name And with the stones he made an aulter in the name of the lorde And he made a pyt rounde about the aulter ☞ after the compas of two peckes of seed And he put the wood in order and hewed the oxe in peces and layd hym on the wood and sayde fyll foure barels with water and powre it on the burntsacrifice and on the wood And he sayd do so agayne And they dyd so the seconde tyme. And he sayde agayne do it the thyrde tyme. And they dyd it the thyrde tyme. And the water ran rounde aboute the aulter and he fylled the pyt with water also And it fortuned when the tyme came wherin the burntsacrifyce of the euenynge vsed to be offered Elia the Prophette came and sayd lorde god of Abraham Isaac and of Israel it shal be knowen this day that thou arte the God in Israell and that I am thy seruaunt and that I haue done all these thynges at thy coÌ„maundement Heare me O lorde heare me that this people may know that thou arte the Lorde God and thou hast turned theyr herte agayne nowe at the last And the fyre of the Lorde fell and consumed the burntsacrifyce and the wood the stones and the dust lycked vp the water that was in the pytte And when all the people sawe it they fell on theyr faces and sayde the lorde he is god the lord he is god And Elia sayd vnto them Take the prophettê of Baall and let not one of them escape And they toke them and Elia brought them vnto the brooke Kison slue them there And Elia sayde vnto Ahab get the vp eate and drynke for there is a sounde of moche rayne And so Ahab went vp to eate and to drynke and Elia went vp to the top of Carmell And he layde ☞ hym selfe flatte vpon the earth and put his face bytwene his knees and sayde to his seruaunt go vp I praye the and loke towarde the waye of the see And he went vp and loked and sayde there is nothynge And he sayde go agayne seuen tymes And it fortuned that at the seuent tyme he sayde beholde there aryseth a lyttle clowde of the see lyke a mannes hande He sayde go and saye vnto Ahab Make fast thy charet and get the downe that the rayne stop the not And it came to passe that in the meane whyle that heuen was blacke with clowdes and wynde and there was a greate rayne And Ahab gat vp and came to Iezreel And the hande of the lorde was on Elia and he gyrded vp his loynes and can before Ahab tyll he came to Iezreell ¶ Elia fleynge from Iezabell is norysshed of the Angell of God and is coÌ„maunded to anoynte Azahel Iaha and Heliseus whom the Hebrues call Elisa CAPI XIX ANd Ahab tolde Iezabell all that Elia had done and howe he had sleyne al the prophettes with the swerde Then Iezabell sent a messenger vnto Elia sayenge So so let the goddes do to me yf I make not thy soule lyke one of theyrs by to morow this tyme. When he saw that ✚ he arose and went for his lyfe came to Beerseba in Iuda and lefte his seruaunt twâ—re But he hym selfe went a dayes iourney in to the wyldernesse and came and sat downe vnder a Ginaper tree and desyred for his soule that he myght dye and sayde it is nowe ynough O Lorde take my soule for I am not better then my fathers And as he laye and slepte vnder the Ginaper tree beholde an angell touched hym and sayde vnto hym vp and eate And when he loked aboute hym behold there was a loofe of breade baked on coles and a vessell of water at his heade And he dyd eate and drynke and layde hym downe agayne to slepe And the angel of the Lorde came agayne the seconde tyme and touched hym sayde vp eate for thou hast yet a great iourney And he arose and dyd eate and drynke and walked in the strength of that
vnto Amon the gouernour of the citye and vnto Ioab the kynges sonne and say thus sayth the kyng Put this felow in the pryson house and fede hym with bread of affliction and with water of trouble vntyl I returne in peace And Michea sayde If thou returne in peace the Lorde hath not spoken by me And he sayde herken ye people euery one of you And so the kyng of Israell and Iehosaphat the kynge of Iuda wente vp to Ramoth in Gilead And the kynge of Israell sayd to Iehosaphat ☞ chaunge the when thou goest to warre and put on thyne apparel And the kynge of Israel chaunged hym selfe wente to battayle But the kynge of Siria coÌ„maunded the. xxxii captaynes that had rule ouer his charettes sayenge fyght neyther with small nor great saue onely agaynst the kyng of Israell And when the captaynes of the charettes sawe Iehosaphat they sayde Surely it is the kynge of Israell and they turned to fyght agaynst hym And Iehosaphat cryed And so it came to passe that when the captaynes of the charettes sawe that he was not the kynge of Israell they turned backe from hym And a certayne man drewe a bow ygnorauntly and †by chaunce smote the kynge of Israel bytwene the rybbes and his harnesse Wherfore he sayde vnto the dryuer of his charettes turne thy hande and carye me out of the hoost for I am †sore hurte And the battayle encreased that day and the kynge stode styll in his charet agaynste the Sirians and dyed at euen And the bloode ranne out of the wounde into the myddes of the charet And there went a proclamacion thorowout the hoost aboute the goyng downe of the son sayenge Euery man to his citye and to his owne countrey And so the kynge of Israell dyed and they came to Samaria and buried hym there And one wasshed the charet in the pole of Samaria and the dogges lycked vp his blood and harlottes wasshed by the pole syde accordynge to the worde of the Lorde whiche he spake The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahab all that he dyd and the Iurye house whiche he made and all the cityes that he buylded are they not wrytten in the booke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And so Ahab slepte with his fathers and Ahazia his sonne reygned in his steade Iehosaphat the sonne of Asa beganne to reygne vpon Iuda in the fourth yere of Ahab kyng of Israel and Iehosaphat was xxxv yere olde when he began to reygne and reygned xxv yere in IerusaleÌ„ His mothers name was Azuba the doughter of Silhi And he walked in all the wayes of Asa his father and bowed not therfrom but dyd that whiche was ryght in the eyes of the Lorde Neuerthelesse the hyll aulters were not taken out of the way for the people offered and burnt insence yet in the hyll aulters And Iehosaphat made peace with the kynge of Israell The rest of the wordes that concerne Iehosaphat the myght that he vsed howe he warred are they not wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kyngê of Iuda And the remenaunt of the stues of the males whiche remayned in the dayes of his father he put cleane out of the lande There was then no kynge made in Edom. And Iehosaphat made x. shyppes in the see to come ☞ thorowe Tharsis to Ophir for Golde but they wente not For the shyppes brake at Ozion Gaber Then sayde Ahazia the sonne of Ahab vnto Iehosaphat let my seruauntes go w t thy seruauntes in the shippes But Iehosaphat wolde not And Iosaphat dyd slepe with his fathers and was buryed with his fathers in the citye of Dauid his father And Iehoram his sonne reygned in his steade Ahazia the sonne of Ahab begaÌ„ to reygne ouer Israel in Samaria the seuententh yere of Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda and reygned two yeres ouer Israell But he dyd euyll in the syght of the lorde and walked in the way of his father in the way of his mother and in the waye of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche made Israel to synne For he serued Baal worshypped hym and prouoked the Lorde God of Israel vnto wrath accordyng vnto all that his father 〈◊〉 ⧠The ende of the thyrde boke of the Kynges after the rekenynge of the Latinystes whiche the Hebrues call the fyrst boke of the Kynges ¶ The fourth boke of the Kynges after the Latunstes which boke the thyrde togyther is but one ☞ with the Hebrues ¶ The captaynes ouer fiftye with theyr sould yours are burnte with fyre from heuen by the prayer of Elia. Ahazia is reproued of Elia and dyeth and Iehoram his brother succedeth hym CAPI Primo ANd Moab †dyd wyckedly agaynst Israel after the death of Ahab And Ahazia fell thorow a lattesse wyndowe of his vpper chambre that he had in Samaria and whyle he was in his syckenesse he sent messengers and sayd vnto them go and enquyre of Beelzebub the God of Ekrom whyther I shal recouer of this my disease But the angell of the Lorde spake to Elia the Thesbite Aryse go vp agaynst the messengers of the kyng of Samaria and say vnto them Is there not a God in Israel that ye go to aske counsayle at Beelzabub the God of Ekrom Wherfore thus sayth the Lorde thou shalte not come downe from the bed on whiche thou art gone vp but shalte dye the death Elia departed And when the messengers turned backe agayne vnto hym he sayde vnto them why are ye nowe come agayne They answered hym there came a man vp agaynst vs sayd vnto vs Go turne agayne vnto the kynge that sent you and say vnto hym Thus sayth the Lorde Is there not a God in Israel that thou sendest to enquyre of Beelzebub the god of Ekrom Therfore thou shalte not come downe from the bed on whiche thou art gone vp but shalt dye the death And he sayd vnto them What manera man was that which came vp in your waye tolde you these wordes And they answered hym it was an heerye man and gyrde with a gyrdle of lether aboute his loynes And he sayd it is Elia the Thesbite Then the kynge sent vnto hym a captayne ouer fyftie w t his fyftie men which came to hym and beholde he sat on the top of an hyll And he spake vnto hym Thou man of god the kyng hath sayd come downe Elia answered sayd to the captayne ouer the fyftie Yf I be a man of God fyre come downe from heuen and consume the and thy fyftye And there came fyre of god and consumed hym and his fyftye And the kynge went agayne sent to hym an other captayn ouer fyftye with his fyftie And he answered and sayd vnto hym O maÌ„ of God thus hath the kyng sayd make hast and come downe Elia answered sayde vnto them Yf I be a man of God fyre come downe from heuen consume the thy fyftie And there
came fyre of God downe from heuen consumed hym his fyftie And the kynge went agayne and sent the thyrde captayne ouer fyftie with his fiftie men And the thyrde captayne ouer fyftie went vp and came fell on his knees before Elia and besought hym and sayde vnto hym O man of god let my lyfe and the lyfe of these fyfiye thy seruauntes be precyous in thy syght Beholde there came fyre downe from heuen burnt vp the two fore captaynes ouer fyftie with theyr fyfties therfore let my lyfe nowe be precyous in thy syght And the angell of the Lorde sayde vnto Elia Go downe w t hym be not afrayde of hym And he arose and went downe with hym vnto the kyng And he sayd vnto hym thus sayth the lorde for as moche as thou hast sent messengers to aske counsayle at Beelzebub the god of Ekrom as though there had bene no god in Israell whose worde thou myghtest like after Therfore thou shalte not come downe of the bed on whiche thou arte gone vp but shalt dye the death And so he dyed accordyng to the worde of the lorde which Elia had spoken And Iehoram †his brother began to reygne in his steade in the seconde yeare of Iehoram the son of Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda bycause he had no sonne The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahazia what thynges he dyd are they not wrytten in the boke of the cronicles of the kynges of Israel ¶ Elia deuydeth the waters with his maritell He â—s taken vp in to heuen The bâ—tter and venemous watâ—rs are healed The chyldren that mocke Hesâ—â—â—us otherwyse câ—llâ—d Elisa are rent in peces CAPI II. ANd it chaunced that when the Lorde wolde take vp Elia in to heuen ☞ by a whyrlewynde Elia went with Elisa froÌ„ Gilgal And Elia sayde vnto Elisa tary here I pray the for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel Elisa sayd vnto hym as surely as the lorde lyueth and as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue the. And they came downe to Bethel And the chyldren of the Prophets that were at Bethell came out to Elisa and sayde vnto hym knowest thou not howe that the Lorde wyll take away thy mayster ☞ froÌ„ thy heade this day He sayde I know it also holde ye youre peace And Elia sayde vnto hym Elisa tary here I praye the for the lorde hath sent me to Iericho He sayd as surely as the lord lyueth and as surely as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue the and so they came to Iericho And the chyldren of the Prophettes that were at Iericho came to Elisa and sayde vnto hym Knowest thou not that the Lorde wyll take awaye thy mayster from thy heade this day He answered I knowe it also holde ye youre peace And Elia sayd vnto hym tary I pray the here for the lorde hath sent me to IordaÌ„ He sayd as surely as the Lorde lyueth as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue the. And so they two went togyther And fyftye meÌ„ of the sonnes of the prophets came stode on the other syde a far of they two stode by Iordan And Elia toke his mantell and wrapte it togyther smote the waters and they were deuided parte the one way and parte the other so that they two went ouer thorowe the drye lande And it fortuned that as soone as they were ouer Elia sayd vnto Elisa aske what I shall do for the or I be taken away from the. And Elisa sayd I praye the ☞ let thy spirite be double vpon me And he sayde thou hast asked an harde thyng Neuerthelesse yf thou se me when I am taken away from the thou shalte haue it so yf thou do not it shal not be And it fortuned that as they went walkyng and talkyng Beholde there appeared a charet of fyre and horses of fyre and parted them both a sonder And Elia wente vp thorowe the whyrle wynde in to heuen And Elisa sawe cryed O my father O my father the charet of Israel and the horsemen therof he sawe hym no more and he toke his owne clothes and rente them in two peces He toke vp also the mantell of Elia that fell from hym and went backe agayne and stode by Iordans syde toke the mantell of Elia that fell from hym and smote the waters †and they parted not a sonder and he sayd where is the lorde god of Elia and he hym selfe And when he had smytten the waters they parted this waye that way and Elisa went ouer And when the chyldren of the prophettes which were at Iericho sawe hym from a farre they sayde the spirite of Elia doth rest on Elisa they came to mete hym and fell to the grounde before hym and sayde vnto hym Se there be with thy seruauntes fyftie strong men ☞ let them go and seke thy mayster haply the spirite of the lorde hath taken hym vp cast him vpon some mountayne or in to some valley And he sayd Ye shall sende none And when they say vpon hym tyl he was ashamed he sayd send They sent therfore fyftie men whiche sought hym thre dayes but founde hym not And when they came agayne to hym whiche taried at Iericho he sayd vnto them dyd I not say vnto you that ye shulde not go And the men of the citye sayd vnto Elisa Beholde Syr the dwellynge of this citye is pleasaunt as thou my lorde seest but the waters is nought and the grounde bareyne He sayde brynge me a newe cruse and put salte therin And they brought it to hym And he went vnto the spryng of the waters and cast the salte in thyther and sayde thus sayth the Lorde I haue healed this water there shall not come henceforth eyther death or bareynnesse So the waters were healed vnto this daye accordynge to the sayenge of Heliseus which he spake And he went vp from thence vnto Bethel And as he was goynge vp the waye there came lytell chyldren out of the citye and mocked hym and sayd vnto hym go vp thou balde heade go vp thou balde heade And he turned backe and loked on them and cursed them in the name of the Lorde And there came two she Beares out of that wood and tare xlii chyldren of them And he went from thence to mount Carmel from thence he turned agayne to Samaria ¶ The kynges of Israell Iuda and Edom lacke water whiche they obteyne through the prayer of Heliseus The kynge of Moab fygh eth agaynst Israell CAPI III. I Ehoram the son of Ahab began to reygne vpon Israel in Samaria the. xviii yere of Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda and reygned twelue yeres And he wrought euyll in the syght of the Lorde but not lyke his father and lyke his mother for he put awaye the ymages of Baal that his father had made Neuerthelesse he ☞ cleaued vnto the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche made Israel to synne and departed not therfrom And Mesa kyng of
and there be no rayne bycause they haue synned agaynst the yet yf they praye in this place and coÌ„fesse thy name and repent from theyr syn for the which thou chastenest them then heare thou in heuen and be mercyfull vnto the synne of thy seruauntes and of thy people Israell and gyde thou them in to the good waye to walke in sende rayne vpon thy lande whiche thou hast gyuen vnto thy people for an enherytaunce And yf there be derth in the lande or pestylence corrupcyon or blastynge of corne greshoppers or caterpyllers or that theyr enemyes beseyge them in the cityes of theyr lande †and destroy the countryes or whatsoeuer plage or syckenesse it be Then what supplicacyons and prayers soeuer shall be made of any man and of thy people Israell which shall knowe euery man his owne sore and his owne grefe and shall stretche out theyr handes toward this house thou shalte heare from heuen euen from thy dwellyng place and shalt be merciful gyue euery man accordynge vnto all his wayes euen as thou dost know euery mann â–ª herte for thou onely knowest the hertes of the chyldren of men that they may feare the walke in thy wayes as longe as they lyue in the lande whiche thou gauest vnto our fathers Moreouer the straunger whiche is not of thy people Israell yf he come from a farre lande for thy great names sake thy myghtye hande the stretched out arme Yf they come I saye and praye in this house thou shalte heare from heuen euen from thy dwel lynge place and shalte do accordynge to all that the straunger calleth to the for That al the people of the earth may know thy name and feare the as doth thy people Israel and that they may knowe how that in this house which I haue buylt thy name is called vpoÌ„ Yf thy people go out to war agaynst theyr enemyes by the waye that thou shalte sende them and they praye to the in the waye toward this citie which thou hast chosen euen towarde the house whiche I haue buylte for thy name then heare thou from heuen theyr supplicacyon and prayer and helpe them in theyr ryght Yf they syn agaynst the as there is no man but he doth synne and thou be angrye with them delyuer them ouer before theyr enemyes and they take them and leade them awaye vnto a lande far or neare yet yf they repent in theyr herte in the lande where they be in captiuyte and turne and pray vnto the in the lande of theyr captiuyte sayenge We haue synned we haue done euyl wyckedlye turne agayne to the with all theyr herte and al theyr soule in the lande of theyr captiuyte where they kepe them in bondage so pray toward theyr lande which thou gauest vnto theyr fathers euen towarde the cytye whiche thou hast chosen and towarde the house whiche I haue buylte for thy name Then heare thou from heuen euen from thy dwellynge place theyr supplycacyon theyr prayer and iugde theyr cause be mercyfull vnto thy people which haue synned agaynst the. Nowe my God let thyne eyes be open and thyne eares attente vnto the prayer that is made in this place Nowe vp O Lorde God in to thy restynge place thou and the Arke of thy strength O Lorde God let thy Preestes be clothed with helth let thy sayntes reioyse in goodnesse O lorde god turne not awaye the face of thyne anoynted Remembre the mercyes whiche thou hast promysed to Dauid thy seruaunte ¶ The fyre consumeth the Sacrifyce The lorde appeareth to Salomon the seconde tyme. CAPI VII ANd when Salomon had made an ende of prayenge there came downe fyre from heuen and consumed the burnt offerynge and the sacrifyces And the house was fylled with the glorye of the Lorde and the Preestes coulde not go in to the house of the Lorde bycause the glorye of the lorde had fylled the Lordes house And when all the chyldren of Israell sawe howe the fyre and the glorye of the lorde came downe vpon the house they fell downe flat vpon theyr faces to the earth vpon the pauement worshypped and confessed vnto the Lorde that he is gracyous and that his mercye lasteth euer And the kynge and all the people offered sacrifyces before the Lorde And kynge Salomon offered a sacrifyce of xxii thousande oxen and an hundred and xx thousand shepe And so the kynge and all the people ☞ dedicated the house of God And the preestê wayted on theyr offyces and the Leuites had the instrumentê of musycke of the Lorde which kynge Dauid had made to confesse vnto the lorde that his mercye lasteth euer playenge a psalme of Dauid with theyr hande And the preestes blew with trompettes before them all they of Israel stode Moreouer Salomon halowed the myddle of the courte that was before the house of the Lorde for theyr he offered burntofferynges and the fat of the peaceofferynges bycause the brasen aulter which Salomon had made was not able to receyue the burntofferynges and the meatosferynges and the fat So at the same tyme Salomon kepte a feast of seuen dayes and all they of Israell with hym an excedyng great congregacyon euen from the enterynge in of Hamath vnto the ryuer of Egypte And in the eyght daye they made a gatherynge For they kepte the dedicacyon of the aulter seuen dayes ☞ and the feast seuen dayes And the. xxiii daye of the seuenth moneth he let the people departe in to theyr tentes glad and mery in herte for the goodnesse that the Lorde had shewed to Dauid and to Salomon and to Israell his people And so Salomon finyshed the house of the Lorde and the kynges house and all that came in his herte to make in the house of the Lorde and in his owne house wente prosperouslye forwarde And the lorde appeared to Salomon by nyght and sayde to hym I haue herde thy petycyon and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of Sacryfyce Yf I shut vp heuen that there be no rayne or yf I coÌ„maunde the locustes to deuoure the lande or yf I sende pestylence amonge my peple and yf they that are of my people amonge whome my name is called vpon do humble them selues and make intercessyon and seke my presence and turne from theyr wycked wayes then wyll I heare from heuen and be mercyfull to theyr synne and wyll heale theyr lande And from hence forth myne eyes shall be open myne eares attent to the prayer that is made in this place And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctifyed this house that my name maye be there for euer and myne eyes and myne herte shall be there perpetuallye And yf thou wylt walke before me as Dauid thy father walked to do all that I haue commaunded the and shalt obserue my statutes my lawes then wyll I stablyshe the seate of thy kyngdome accordynge as I made the
other Iues that were in the kynges landes they came togyther and stode for theyr lyues that they myght haue rest from theyr enemyes and slue of theyr enemyes fyue and seuentye thousande howbeit they layde no hande on theyr goodes This they dyd on the thyrtenth day of the moneth Adar and on the fourtenth daye of the same moneth rested they whiche day they helde with feastynge and gladnesse But the Iues that were at Susan came togyther both on the thyrtenth day on the fourtenth on the fyftenth day of the same they rested and helde the daye with feastynge and gladnesse And therfore the Iues that dwelte in the villages and vnwalled townes helde the fourtenth day of the moneth Adar with gladnesse and feastynge and kepte holy day and euery one sent gyftes vnto an other And Mardocheus wrote these actes and sent the wrytynges vnto all the Iues that were in all the landes of kynge Ahasuerus both nygh and farre that they shulde make a lawe among themselues and holde the fourtenth or fyftenth day of the moneth Adar as the dayes wherin the Iues came to rest from theyr enemyes as a moneth wherin theyr payne was turned to ioye and theyr sorowe into a holy day and that in those dayes they shulde make feastes and gladnesse and one to sende gyftes vnto an other and to distribute vnto the poore And the Iues were contente with it that they had begon to do and that Mardocheus wrote vnto them how that Haman the sonne of Hamadatha all the Iues enemye had deuysed agaynst the Iues howe he myght destroy them and caused to cast Phur that is a lot for to put them in feare and to brynge them to nought and howe Esther went and spake to the kynge that thorowe letters his wycked deuyce which he ymagined agaynst the Iues myght be turned vpon his owne heade and howe he and his sonnes were hanged on the tree For the whiche cause they called this day Phurim bycause of the name of the lot and bycause of all the wordes of this wrytynge what they them selues had sene and what had happened vnto them And the Iues set it vp and toke it vpon them and theyr seede and vpon all suche as ioyned themselues vnto them that they wold not mysse but obserue these two dayes yerely accordyng as they were wrytten and appoynted how that these dayes are not to be forgotten but to be kepte of chyldrens chyldren among all kynreds in all landes and cityes They are the dayes of Phurim whiche are not to be ouerslypte amonge the Iues the memorial of them ought not to peryshe from theyr sede And quene Esther the doughter of Abihail Mardocheus the Iue wrote with all auctorite to confirme this seconde wrytynge of Phurim and sent the letters vnto all the Iues in the hundred seuen twentie landes of the Empyre of Ahasuarus with frendâ—ly and faythfull wordes to confirme these dayes of Phurim in theyr tyme appoynted accordyng as Mardocheus the Iue and Esther the quene had appoynted them And they bounde theyr soule theyr seede to fastynge prayer And Esther stablysshed the wordes of these lottes as it is wrytten in the boke And the kyng Ahasuerus layde tribute vpon the land and vpon the Iles of the see And all that he dyd by his power auctorite and the great worshyp of Mardocheus whiche the kynge gaue hym be they not wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Media and Persia For Mardocheus the Iue was the seconde nexte vnto kyng Ahasuerus and great among the Iues and accepted among the multitude of the brethren as one that seketh the welthe of his people and speaketh the best for all his seede The ende of the boke of Esther The boke of Iob. ¶ Iob by plaged of god by the losse of his goodes and Chyldren CAPI Primo IN the lande of Hus there was a maÌ„ whose name was Iob and the same was a perfyte iust man suche a one as feared God and exchued euyll And he had seuen sonnes and thre doughters His substaunce also was seuen M. shepe and thre M. camelles fyue C. yocke of oxen and fyue C. she asses and a very greate housholde so that he was one of the most principal men among al them of the East countrye And his sonnes wente and made bankettes one daye in one house an other daye in an other and sente for theyr thre systers to eate and drynke with them And it fortuned that when they had passed ouer the tyme of theyr bankettynge rounde aboute Iob sent for them and ☞ sanctified them and gat vp early and offered for euery one a burntofferyng For Iob sayde lest peraduenture my sonnes haue done some offence ☞ haue bene vnthankefull to god in theyr hertes Thus dyd Iob euery day And vpon a day when ☞ the chyldren of God came stode before the Lorde it fortuned that Satan come also amonge them And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan From whence comest thou Satan answered the Lorde and sayde I haue gone aboute the lande and walked thorowe it And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan hast thou not consydered my seruaunt Iob how that there is none lyke hym in the lande a perfyte and a iust man suche a one as feareth God exchueth euyll Satan answered and sayde vnto the Lorde Doth Iob feare God for nought hast thou not preserued hym and his house and al that he hath on euery syde Thou hast blessed the workes of his handes and his possessyon is encreased in the lande But laye thyne hande nowe vpon hym †a lytle and touche al that he hath and he shal curse the to thy face And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Lo all that he hath be in thy power onely vpon hym selfe se that thou lay not thyne hande And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lorde And vpon a certayne day it fortuned that his sonnes and doughters were eatyng and drinkyng wyne in theyr eldest brothers house and there came a messenger vnto Iob and sayde whyle the oxen were a plowynge and the Asses goynge in the pasture besyde them the Sabers came in violently and toke them awaye yea they haue sleyne thy seruauntes with the edge of the swerde and I onely ran my waye to tell the. Whyle he was yet speakynge there came an other and sayde The fyre of god is fallen froÌ„ heuen and hath brent vp all thy shepe and seruauntes and consumed them and I onely ranne my way to tell the. And whyle he was yet speakynge there came an other and sayde The Caldees made thre armyes and fell in vpon the Camelles and haue caryed them awaye yea and sleyne thy seruauntes with the swerde and I onely am gotten awaye to tel the. And whyle he was yet speakyng there came an other and sayde Thy sonnes and thy doughters were eatynge and drynkynge wyne in theyr eldest brothers house and beholde there came a myghty great wynde out of
be men of lowe degree he knoweth not Whyle he lyueth his flesshe muste haue trauayle and whyle the soule is in hym he must be in sorowe ¶ Eliphas reprehendeth Iob bycause he asâ—â—ybeth wysdom and purenes to hym selfe He descrybeth the course that falleth on the wyched rekenyng Iob to be one of that nombre CAPI XV. THen answered Eliphas the Themanite and sayde Shal a wyse mans answere be the scyence of the wynde and fyl any mans bely as it were with the wynde of the east Shall he reproue with a worde that is nothynge worth and speake the thynges whiche can do no good As for shame thou hast set it a syde els woldest thou not make so many wordes before god but thy wyckednesse teacheth thy mouthe and so thou haste chosen the a craftye tongue Thyne owne mouth condemneth the and not I Yea thyne owne lyppes shape an answere agaynst the. Art thou the fyrst man that euer was borne Or wast thou made before the hylles haste thou herde the secrete counsayle of God that all wysdom is to lytle for the What knowest thou that we knowe not And what vnderstandest thou but we can the same With vs are bothe olde aged men yea soche as haue lyued longer then thy father Thynkest thou it a small thynge of the consolacyons of god with the is a lyenge worde Why doth thyne herte so be with the And wherfore wynkest thou with thyne eyes that thy mynde is so pufte agaynst god and lettest soche wordes go out of thy mouth What is man that he shulde be cleane what hath he whiche is borne of a woman wherby he myght be ryghtuous Beholde he doth not truste his sayntes Yey the very heuens are not cleane in his syght Howe moch more then an abhomynable and vyle man whiche drynketh wyckednesse lyke water I wyll tell the heare me and I wyll shewe the that I haue sene which wyse men haue told and hath not bene hyd from theyr ☞ fathers vnto whome onely the earth was gyuen and no straunger went amonge The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman traueylynge of chylde and the nombre of a tyrauntes yeres is vnknowen A fearfull souÌ„de is euer in his eares and when it is peace yet feareth he destructyon He byleueth neuer to be delyuered out of darkenesse for the swerde is alwayâ— before his eyes When he goeth forth to get his lyuynge he seeth playenly that the dayâ— of darkenesse is at hande Sorowe and carefulnesse wyll make hym afrayde and compasse hym counde aboute lyke ☞ as it werâ— a kynge with his hoost redy to the battayle For he hath stretched out his hande agaynst God armed hym selfe agaynst the almygh tye He runneth proudly vpon hym and with a styffe necke fyghteth he agaynst him where as he couereth his face with fatnesse and maketh his body well lykynge Therfore shall his dwellynge be in desolate cityes and in houses whiche no man inhabyteth but are become heapes of stones He shall not be ryche neyther shall his substaunce coÌ„tynue nor encrease vpon earth He shal neuer come out of darkenesse the flame shall drye vp his braunches with the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken awaye He byleueth not that he is in vanite yet he is out of the waye and vanite shall be his recoÌ„pence He shall peryshe before his tyme be worne out his braunch shall not be grene He shal be plucked of as an vntymely grape from the vyne and shal let his floure fall as the olyue doth For the congregacion of ypocrytes shall be desolate and vnfruytfull and the fyre shall consume the houses of soche as are gredy to receyue gyftes He conceyueth trauayle and beareth vanite and theyr body bryngeth forth dysceyte ¶ Iob repeatynge his miserye sayth that he suffereth more then his wyckednesse hath deserued CAPI XVI IOb answered and sayde I haue ofte tymes herde soche thynges Myserable gyuers of conforte are ye al the sorte of you Shall not thy vayne wordes come yet to an ende Or hast thou yet anye more to saye I coulde speake as ye do also But wold god that your soule were in my soules steade then shulde I heape vp wordes agaynst you and shake my heade at you I shulde confort you with my mouth and release your payne with the talkynge of my lyppes †But vvhat shal I do For all my wordes my sorowe wyll not cease and though I hold my tongue yet wyl it not departe fro me But nowe that God hath sent me aduersite thou hast troubled al my congregacyon And that thou hast fylled me with wrynkles my fleshe is recorde and my leanesse ryseth vp agaynst me and beareth wytnesse agaynst me He is angry at me he hateth me and gnassheth vpoÌ„ me with his teethe Myne enemye scouleth vpon me with his eyes ☞ They haue opened theyr mouthes wyde vpon me and smytten me vpon the cheke despytefullye they gather them selues togyther agaynst me God hath put me in prease with the vngodly delyuered me in to the handes of the wycked I was in welth but he hath brought me to nought He hath taken me by the necke he hath rent me and set me as a marke for hym selfe His archers compasse me rounde aboute he wounded my loynes and doth not spare My bowels hath powred vpon the grounde He hath gyuen me one wounde vpon another and is fallen vpon me lyke a gyaunt I haue sewed a sacke cloth vpon my skyn and lye with my heere in the dust My face is swollen with wepynge and in myne eyes is the shadowe of death Howbeit there is no wyckednesse in my handes but my prayer is cleane O earth ☞ couer not thou my blood and let my cryenge fynde no rowme For lo my wytnesse is in heuen he that knoweth me is aboue in the heygth My frendê gyue me many wordes to scorne and myne eye powreth out teares vnto god O that a body might pleate with god as one maÌ„ doth with another yet the nombre of my yeares is come and the waye that I must go is at hande from whence I shall not turne agayne ¶ Iob sayth that he consumeth away and yet dothe paciently abyde it CAPI XVII MY breth stynketh my dayes are shortened I am harde at deathes dore Frowarde men are with me and myne eye must contynue in the bytternesse of them O delyuer me and loke out one to be my surely in thy syght what is he that knoweth who wyll promyse for me For thou hast withholden theyr hertes from vnderstandynge therfore shalt thou not set them vp on hygh He promyseth his frendes parte of his good but his owne Chyldren spende it He hath made me as it were á by worde of the people where as before I was theyr ioye Myne eye is dymme for very heuynesse and all my strength is become lyke a shadowe Uertuous men therfore shall well consyder this the innocent shall take parte
it lye downe with hym in the earth When wyckednesse was swete in his mouth he hyd it vnder his tongue That he fauoured that wold he not forsake but kepte it close in his throte The breade that he dyd eate is turned to the poyson of serpentes within his body The ryches that he deuoured shall he perbrake agayne for God shall drawe them out of his bely he shall sucke the gall of serpentes and the adders tongue shall sley hym so that he shall no more se the ryuers and brokes of hony butter The thynge that other men haue laboured for shal he restore agayn and shall not eate it vp Great trauayle shal he make for ryches but he shall not enioye them And why he hath oppressed the poore not helped them houses hath he spoyled and not buylded them His bely coulde neuer be fylled therfore shall he perysshe in his couytousnes Therfore shall none of his meate be lefte behynde therfore shall no man loke for his prosperyte When he had plenteousnesse of euery thyng yet was he pore though he was helped on euery syde For though the wycked haue neuer so moch to fyll his bely yet god shall sende his wrath vpon hym cause his indignacyoÌ„ to reygne ouer him so that yf he fle the yron weapons he shall be shot w t the stele bowe The arowe is taken forth gone out of the quyuer a glysterynge swerde thorow the gall of hym feare shal come vpoÌ„ him There shal no darknesse be able to hyde hym An vnkyndled fyre shall coÌ„sume hym loke what remayneth in his house it shall be destroyed The heuen shall declare his wyckednesse and the earth shall take parte agaynst hym The substauÌ„ce that he hath in his house shal be taken away and perysshe in the day of the lordes wrath This is the porcyon that the wycked man shall haue of god the heretage that he may loke for of god ☞ bycause of his wordes ¶ Iob recyteth the prosperyte of the wycked and after descrybeth theyr sodayne ruyne and destruccyon CAPI XXI IOb answered and sayd O heart my wordes that shal be my coÌ„forte of you Suffer me a lytle that I may speake also and then laugh my wordes to scorne †yf it lyke you Is it for mans sake that I make this disputacyon Whiche yf it were so shuld not my spirite be then in sore trouble Marke me well be abasshed laye your hande vpon your mouth For when I coÌ„syder myselfe I am afrayde my fleshe is smytten with fere Wherfore do wycked men lyue in health prosperite come to theyr olde age increase in ryches Theyr chyldreÌ„ lyue in theyr syght theyr generacyon before theyr eyes Theyr houses are safe from all feare and the rod of god doth not smyte them Theyr bullocke gendreth that not out of tyme theyr cowe calueth and is not vnfruytfull They sende forth theyr chyldren by flockê and theyr sonnes leade the daunce They beare with them tabrettes and harpes and haue instrumentes of Musycke at theyr pleasure They spende theyr dayes in welthynes but sodenly they go downe to hell They saye also vnto god go from vs we desyre not the knowledge of thy wayes Who is the almyghtye that we shulde serue hym And what profet shulde we haue to submyt oureselues vnto him Lo there is vtterly no goodnesse in them therfore wyll not I haue to do with the counsayle of the vngodlye Howe ofte shal the candle of the wicked be put out howe ofte commeth theyr destruccyon vpon them O what sorowe shall God gyue them for theyr parte in his wrath Yea they shall be euen as haye before the wynde as chaffe that the storme caryeth awaye And though god saue theyr chyldren from soche sorow yet wyll he so rewarde them selues that they shal knowe it Theyr owne destruccion and misery shall they se with theyr eyes and drynke of the fearfull wrath of the almyghtye For what careth he what become of his housholde after his deathe when the nombre of his monethes is cut shorte In as moch then as god hath the hyghest power of al who can teache hym any knowledge One dyeth now when he is myghtye at his best rych and in prosperyte euen wheÌ„ his bowels are at the fattest and his bones full of mary Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse and neuer had good dayes They shall slepe both alyke in the earth the wormes shall couer them Beholde I know what ye thynke y ca the subtyltye that ye ymagyn agaynst me For ye saye ☞ where is the prynces palace and where is the dwellynge of the vngodly haue ye not asked them that go by the waye ☞ Doutlesse ye can not denye theyr tokens that the wycked is kepte vnto the daye of destruccyon and that the vngodly shall be brought forth to the daye of wrath Who dare reproue hym for his way to his face who wyll rewarde him for the vngraciousnesse that he doth Yet shall he be brought to his graue and dwell amonge the heape of the dead Then shal he be fayne to be buryed among the stones of the playne All men also must folow hym and there are innumerable gone before hym Howe vayne then is the coÌ„forte that ye gyue me Doth not falseheed remayne in all your answers ¶ Eliphas reprehendeth Iob of vnmercyfulnesse CAPI XXII SO Eliphas the Themanite gaue answer and sayd Maye a man be profytable vnto god as he that is wyse maye be profytable to hymselfe Is it any vauntage to the almyghtye that thou art ryghteous Or shal it profyte hym that thou makest thy wayes perfyte Is he afrayde to reproue the and to step forth with the in to iudgement Is not thy wyckednesse greate thyne vngracious dedes innumerable For thou hast taken the pledge froÌ„ thy brother for nought robbed the naked of theyr clothyng To soch as were werye hast thou gyuen no water to drynke haste withdrawen breade from the hungrye Shulde soch one then as vseth violence wrong oppression doyng all thyng of parcialyte and hauynge respecte of personnes dwell in the lande Thou hast sent wydowes away emptye oppressed the pore fatherlesse Therfore arte thou compassed aboute with snares on euery syde sodeynlye vexed with feare Shuldest thou then se no darkenesse Shulde not the water floode run ouer the Nowe bycause that god is hygher then the heuens and bycause thou seyst that the sterres are so hygh wylte thou therfore saye Tusshe howe shulde god knowe Doth his dominion reache vpon the cloudes Tushe the cloudes couer hym that he maye not se and he dwelleth aboue heuen Doest not thou kepe the olde waye that vayne men haue gone Whiche were cut downe out of tyme and whose foundacyon was as a runnynge water which sayde vnto God go from vs and what dyd the almyghtye with them He fylled theyr houses with good thynges But the counsayle
of the vngodlye is far from me The ryghteous â—awe it and were glad and the innocent laughed them to scorne Is our increase hewen downe As for the remenaunt of them the fyre hath consumed it Therfore recoÌ„cyle the vnto god and be content so shall all thynges prospere with the ryght well Reccyue the lawe at his mouth and laye vp his wordes in thyne herte For yf thou wylt turne to the almyghty thou shalt stand fast and put all vnryghteousnesse from thy dwellynge Thou shalt make golde as plentyfull as the dust and the golde of Ophit as the flyntes of the ryuers Yea almyghty god his owne selfe shall be thy defence and thou shalt haue plentye of syluer Then shalt thou haue delyte in the almyghtye lyfte vp thy face vnto God Then shalte thou make thy prayer vnto hym and he shall heare the and thou shalte kepe thy promyses Then loke what thou takest in hande he shall make it to prospere with the and the lyght shall shyne in thy wayes For who so humbleth hymselfe hym shall be set vp and who so loketh mekely shall be healed Yf thou be innocent thou shalte delyuer the countrey bycause of the vngyltynesse of thyne handes ¶ Iob affirmeth that he bothe knoweth and feareth the power and sentaunce of the Iudge and soâ—eth that he hath waâ—hed in his ryghteousnesse CAPI XXIII IOb answered and sayde My sayenge is yet this daye in bytternesse and my hande heuy bycause of my gronynge O that I myght se hym fynde hym O that I myght come before his seate to pleade my cause before hym and to fyll my mouth with argumentes That I myght knowe what answere he wolde gyue me and that I myght vnderstande what he wolde saye vnto me Wyll he pleade agaynst me with his greate power and strength No but he wyll make me the stronger He that is iuste shall entre dysputacyon with hym and my iudge shall delyuer me foreuer Beholde though I go before I fynde hym Yf I come behynde I can get no knowledge of hym Yf I go on the lefte syde where he doth his worke I cannot atteyne vnto hym Agayne yf I go on the ryght syde he hydeth hymselfe that I cannot se hym But as for my waye he knoweth it and tryeth me as the golde in the fyre ☞ My fote doth kepe his path his hygh waye haue I bolden and wyll not go out of it I wyll not forsake the coÌ„maundement of his lyppê but loke what he charged me with his mouth that haue I shut vp in my herte ☞ He is styll at one poynt who wyll turne hym backe He doth as hym lysteth bryngeth to passe what he wyll He perfourmeth the thynge that is appoynted for me and many soche thynges doth he This is the cause that I schrynke at his presence so that when I consydre hym I am afrayde of hym For in so moch as he is god he maketh my herte softe and seynge that he is almyghtye he putteth me in feare Thus cannot I get out of darkenesse neyther hath he couered the cloude fro my face ¶ Iob descrybeth the wyckednesse of men and sheweth what curse belongeth to the wycked CAPI XXIIII COnsideryng then that there is no tyme hyd from the almyghtye howe happeneth it that they which knowe hym do not regarde his dayes For some men there be that remoue other mens landmarkes that robbe them of theyr cattell and kepe the same for theyr owne that dryue awaye the Asse of the fatherlesse that take the wydowes oxe for a pledge that thruste the poore out of the waye oppresse the symple of the worlde togyther Beholde euen as the wylde Asses in the deserte go they forth to theyr worke and ryse by tymes to spoyle Yea the verye wyldernes minystreth fode for theyr chyldreÌ„ They reape the corne felde that is not theyr owne and ☞ let the vyneyearde of the vngodly alone They are the cause that so many men are naked and bare hauynge no clothes to couer them and to kepe them from colde So that when the showers in the mouÌ„taynes haue rayned vpon them and they be all wette they haue none other succoure but to kepe them amonge the rockes They spoyle the suckynge fatherlesse chylde take the pledge from the poore In so moch that they let him go naked without clothyng and haue taken awaye the sheafe of the hungrye The poore are fayne to labour in theyr oyle mylles yea and to treade in theyr wyne presses yet to suffer thyrst The men of the citye cryeth vnto the Lorde with syghynge The soules of the sleyne also make theyr complaynte But God destroyeth them not for al this where as they notwithstandyng are conuersaunt amonge them that abhorre the lyght they knowe not his waye nor contynue in his pathes Tymely in the mornyng do they aryse to murther the symple and poore and in the nyght they go a stealynge The eye of the aduouterer wayteth for the darkenesse and sayeth thus in hymselfe Tusshe there shall no eye se me and so he dysgyseth his face In the nyght ceason they search the houses and hyde themselues in the daye tyme but wyll not knowe the lyght For as soone as the daye breaketh the shadowe of death commeth vpon them they go in horryble darknesse The vngodly is swyfter then the water theyr porcion shall be cursed in the earth and he shall not behold the waye of the vyne yerde O that they for the wyckednes which they haue done were drawen to the hell soner then snow melteth at the drought heate O that all compassyon vpon them were forgotten that theyr dayntyes were wormes that they were cleane put out of remeÌ„brauÌ„ce and vngodlynesse vtterly hewen downe lyke as a tree He hath oppressed the bareyne that she cannot beare and vnto the wydowe hath he done no good He drue the myghtye after hym with his power and when he was gotten vp no man was without feare as longe as he lyueth And though they might be safe yet they wyl not receyue it for theyr eyes loke vpon theyr owne wayes They are exalted for a lytle but shortly are they gone brought to extreme pouerte taken out of the waye yea vtterly pluckte of as the eares of corne Is it not so Who wyll then reproue me as a lyer and saye that my wordes are nothynge worth ¶ Bildad proueth that no man is cleane and without synne before god CAPI XXV THen answered Byldad the Suhite and sayde Is there power and feare with hym aboue that maketh peace syttyng in his hyghnesse whose men of warre are innumerable and whose lyght aryseth oueral But howe maye a man compared vnto God be iustified Or how can he be cleane that is borne of a womaÌ„ Behold the moone shyneth nothyng in comparison to hym and the sterres are vncleane in his syght Howe moch more then man that is but corrupcyoÌ„ and the sonne of man which is but
thou shalte ryd me from the wycked man For this cause I wyll gyue thankes vnto the O Lorde among the gentyls synge praises vnto thy name Greate prosperite gyueth he vnto his kyng and sheweth louynge kyndnes vnto Dauyd his anointed and vnto hê sede for euermore ¶ Thâ— xix Psalme ¶ To the Chaunter a Psalme of Dauyd THE âšœ heauens declare the glorye of God and the firmament sheweth hys handye worke ☞ One daye telleth another and one nyght certyfyeth another ☞ There is neyther speache nor language but there voyces are herde amonge them ☞ Theyr sounde is gone out in to all landes and theyr wordes in to the endes of the worlde In them hath he set a tabernacle for the soÌ„ne which coÌ„meth forth as a bridegrome out of his chambre reioyseth as a giaunt to ruÌ„ne his course It goeth forth from the vttermost part of the heauen and runneth about vnto the ende of it agayne there is nothyng hyd from the heare therof The lawe of the Lorde is vndefyled conuertynge the soule The testimonye of the Lorde is sure and giueth wisdome vnto the simple The statutê of the Lorde are right and reioyse the herte the commaundemeÌ„t of the Lorde is pure and gyueth light vnto the eyes The feare of the Lorde is cleane and endureth for euer the iudgemeÌ„tê of the Lorde are true and ryghteous altogether More to be desyred are they then golde yee then much fyne golde sweter also then hony and the hony combe Moreouer by them is thy seruaunt taught and in keping of them there is great rewarde Who can tell howe ofte he offendeth Oh clense thou me fro my secrete fautes Kepe thy seruaunt also from presumptuous synnes lest they get the dominion ouer me for theÌ„ shall I be vndefyled and innocent froÌ„ the great offence Let the wordes of my mouth and the meditacion of my hert be âšœ allwaye acceptable in thy sight O Lorde my strength and my redemer ¶ The xx Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauid THe Lorde heare the in the daye of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defende the sende the helpe froÌ„ y e Santuary and strength the out of Sion RemeÌ„bre all thy offerynges accepte thy brente sacrifyce Sela. Graunt the thy hertes desyre fulfyl all thy mynde We wyl reioyse in thy saluacyon triumphe in the name of the Lorde our God the Lorde perfourme all thy peticions Nowe knowe I that the Lorde helpeth his anoynted and wyl heare hym from hys holy heauen euen with the wholsome strength of his ryght hande Some put theyr truste in charettes and some in horses but we wyll remembre the name of the Lorde oure God they are brought downe and falleÌ„ but we are rysen and stand vp ryght Saue Lorde and heare vs O kyng in the day when we shall call âšœ vponthe ¶ The. xxi Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauid THe kynge shal reioyce in thy strength O Lorde exceadynge glad shall he be of thy saluacyon Thou hast geuen hym his hertes desyre and hast nat denyed hym the request of his lyppes Sela. For thou shalt preuente hym with the blessynges of goodnes and shalte set a crowne of pure golde vpon his heade He asked lyfe of the and thou gauest hym a longe lyfe euen for euer and euer His honoure is greate in thy saluacyon glory and great worshipe shalt thou laye vpon hym For thou shalt geue hym euerlastynge felycite and make hym glad with the ioye of thy couÌ„tenaunce bycause the kynge putteth his trust in the Lorde and in the mercy of the most hyest he shal nat myscary All thyne enemyes shal fele thy hande thy ryght hande shall fynde out them that hate the. Thou shalt make them lyke a fyrie ouen in tyme of thy wrath the Lorde shal destroye them in his displeasure and the fyre shall consume them Theyr frute shalt thou destroy out of the earth and theyr sede from amonge the chyldren of men For they intended myschefe agaynst the and ymagyned suche a deuyce as they are nat able to perfourme Therfore shalte thou put them to flyght and the strynges of thy bowe shalt thou make redy agaynste the faces of them Be thou exalted Lorde in thyne owne streyngth so wyll we synge and prayse thy power The xxii Psalme ¶ To the Chaunter vpon the hynde of the dawnynge A Psalme of Dauid MY God my God âšœ loke vpon me why hast thou forsaken me and art so farre fro my health and from the wordes of my complaynte O my God I crye in the daye tyme but thou hearest nat and in the night season also I take no rest And thou contynuest holy O thou worshyppe of Israel Our father 's hoped in the they trusted in the and thou dyddest delyuer theÌ„ They called vpon the and were helped they put theyr trust in the and were nat confounded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of men and the outcast of the people All they that se me laugh me to scorne they shote out theyr lyppes and shake the heade He trusted in God let hym delyuer hym let hym delyuer hym yf he wyll haue hym But thou arâ— he that toke me out of my mothers wombe thou wast my hope wheÌ„ I hanged yet vpoÌ„ my mothers brestes I haue bene lefte vnto the euer sense I was borne thou arte my God euen fro my mothers wombe O go nat fro me for trouble is harde at hande and here is none to helpe me Many oxen are come about me greate bulles of Basan close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with theyr mouthes as it were a rampynge and roarynge lyon I am powred out lyke water and al my bones are out of ioynt my herte also in the myddest of my body is euen lyke meltynge waxe My streÌ„gth is dryed vp lyke a poâ—sherde my tonge cleueth to my goâ—es and thou shalt bringe me in to the dust of dethe For âšœ many ☞ dogges are come about me the councell of the wicked laye seage agaynste me They pearsed my handes and my tete I maye tell all my bones they stande starynge and lokynge vpon me They parte my garmentes among theÌ„ and caste lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre fro me O Lord thou art my succoure hast the to helpe me Delyuer my soule from the swerde my darlyng from the power of the dogge Saue me frome the lyons mouthe thou hast herde me also from among the hornes of the vnicornes I wyl declare thy name vnto my brethreu in the myddest of the congregacion wyll I prayse the. O prayse the Lorde ye that feare hym Magnyfie him al ye of the sede of Iacob feare him al ye sede of Israel For he hath nat dispysed nor abhorred the lowe estate of the pore he hath nat hyd his face from hym but when he called vnto him he
flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the drye places For why he remembred his holy promes Abraham his seruauÌ„t And he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue theÌ„ the landes of the Heathen and they toke the labours of the people in possessyon That they myght kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Prayse the Lorde ¶ The. cvi Psalme ¶ Prayse the Lorde O Geue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lorde or shewe forth al his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgement and do ryghteousnes Remembre me O Lorde accordinge to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O vyset me with thy saluacyon That I maye se the felycyte of thy chosen reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thyne enherytaunce We haue synned with our fathers we haue done amysse and dealte wyckedly Oure fathers regarded nat thy wonders in Egypte nether kepte they thy greate goodnesse in remembrauÌ„ce but were dyssobedient at the see euen at the reed see Neuertheles he helped them for hys names sake that he myght make hys power to be konwne He rebuked the reed see also and it was dryed vp so he led them thorowe the depe as thorowe a wyldernesse And he saued them from the aduersaryes hande and delyuered them from the hande of the enemye As for those that troubled them the waters ouer whelmed them there was nat one of them lefte Then beleued they his wordes and sange prayse vnto hym But within a whyle they forgat his workes and wolde nat abyde his councell But luste came vpon them in the wyldernesse and they teÌ„pted God in the deserte And he gaue them theyr desyre and sent leanesse withall in to theyr soule They angred Moyses also in the tentes and Aaron the sayncte of the Lorde So the earth opened and swalowed by Dathan and couered the congre gacyon of Aberam And the fyre was kyndled in theyr company the flame brente vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten ymage Thus they turned theyr glory in to the simylytude of a calfe that eateth haye And they forgat God theyr Sauioure which had done so great thynges i Egypte Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearful thinges by the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed theÌ„ had nat Moses his chosen stande before hym in that gappe to turne awaye his wraythful indig nacyon leste he shulde destroye them Ye they thought scorne of y e pleasaunt lande and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in theyr tentes and herkened nat vnto the voyce of the Lorde Then lyfte he vp his hande agaynst theÌ„ to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out theyr sede amonge the nacioÌ„s to scater them in the landes They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor eate thofferinges of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with theyr owne inuencioÌ„s and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phinehes prayed and so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnesse amonge all po sterites for euermore They angred hym also at the waters of stryfe so that he punyshed Moses for theyr sakes Because they ê“uoked hissprete so y â— he spake vnaduisedly with his lyppes Nether destroied they the Heathen as the Lorde commaunded them But were myngled among the Heathen and lerned theyr workes In so muche that they worshypped theyr ydolles whiche turned to theyr owne decay Yee they offred theyr soÌ„nes and their doughters vnto deuils And shed innocent bloude euen the bloude of theyr sonnes and of their doughters whome they offred vnto the ydols of Canaan and the lande was defyled with bloude Thus were they stayned with theyr owne workes and wente a whorynge with theyr owne inuencions Therfore was the wrath of the Lorde kyndled agaynste his people in so moche that he abhorred hys owne enheritaunce And he gaue them ouer into the hande of the Heathen and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemyes oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they rebelled against him with theyr owne inuencions were brought downe in their wyckednesse Neuerthelesse when he sawe their aduersyte he herde their coÌ„playnte He thought vpon his couenaunt and pytied them accordyng vnto the multitude of his mercies yee he made al those that had led them a waye captiue to pytie them Delyuer vs O Lorde our God and gather vs from among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name glory in thy prayse Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlastyng and worlde without ende let all people say AmeÌ„ Amen Prayse y â— Lorde ¶ The. cvii. Psalme O Gyue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Let them geue thankes whome the Lorde hathe redemed and delyuered from the hande of the enemye And gathered them out of the laÌ„des from the Easte from the west from the North and from the south They went a straye in the wyldernesse out of the way and founde no cytie to dwell in Hongrie and thrysty their soule faynted in them So they cried vnto the Lorde in theyr trouble and he deliuered theÌ„ from theyr distresse He led them forthe by the ryght waye y t they myght go to the cyte where they dwelt O that men wolde therfore prayse y â— Lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders y e he doth for the chyldreÌ„ of men For he satisfyed y t emptye soule and fylled the hongry soule with goodnes Such as syt in darckenes in the shadow of death beyng fast bounde in myserye and yron Because they rebelled agaynst the wordes of y e Lorde lyghtly regarded the councel of the most hygest He also brought downe their hert thorowe heuinesse they fel downe and there was none to helpe them So whan they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of their distres For he brought them out of darckenesse out of the shadow of death brake their bondes in sonder O that men wolde therfore praise the Lorde for his goodnesse declare the woÌ„ders that he doth for the children of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse and smyten the â—acâ—es of yron i soÌ„der Folysh men are plaged for theyr offeice because of theyr wyckednesse Their soule abhorred al maner of meane and they were euen harde at deathes dore So whaÌ„ they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of theyr dystresse He sent his worde and healed them and they were saued from theyr destruccyon O that men wolde therfore prayse y e Lorde for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men That they
we maye knowe it Wo be vnto them that cal euel good and good euell whiche make darcknes lyght lyght darckenesse that make sowre swete and swete sowre Wo be vnto them that are wyse in theyr owne syght and thynke them selues to haue vnderstandynge Wo be vnto them that are stronge to suppe our wyne and experte men to sete vp dronckennesse These geue senteÌ„ce with the vngodly for rewardes but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous Therfore lyke as fyre lycketh vp the strawe as the flame consumeth the stubble euen so theyr rote shal be as corrupcyon and theyr blossome shall vanyshe awaye lyke duste for they haue caste awaye the lawe of the Lorde of Hostes and blasphemed the worde of the holy maker of Israel Therfore is the wrath of the Lorde kynd led also agaynst his people and he shaketh his hande at them yee he hathe smytten so that the hylles dyd tremble And theyr karcases dyd lye in the open stretes lyke mâ—â—e And in all this the wrath of God hath not ceased but hys hande is stretched out styli And he shall gyue a token vnto a straunge people and call vnto them in a far countre and beholde they shall come hastely with spede There shal not be one faynt nor feble amonge them no not a slogyshe nor slepery persone There shall not one of them put of the gyrdle from his loynes nor loose theyr lachet from hê shoe His arowes are sharpe and al his bowes bent His horse hoofes are lyke flynte and his carte wheles lyke a stormy wynde His crye is as it were of a Lyon and he roareth lyke lyons whelpes They shal roare and hantche vp the pray and no man shall recouer it or get it from them In that daye they shall be so fearse vpon them as the see And yf we looke vnto the lande beholde it shal be all darknesse and sorowe If we loke towarde heauen beholde it shal be darke ¶ Esay sawe the glory of the Lorde and was sent to prophecye the desolacyon of Iurye CAPI VI. IN the same yere that kynge Ozyah dyed I sawe ☞ the Lorde syttynge vpon an hygh and gloryous seate and his trayne fylled the palace From aboue flakert the Seraphyns wherof euery one had syx wynges With twayne eche couered hys face with twayne his fete and with twayne dyd he flye They cryed also eche one to an other on this maner holy holy holy is the lorde of Hostes. The whole worlde is full of his glorye Yea the geastes and dorechekes moued at his cryenge and the howse was full of smoke Then I sayde O wo is me For I am loste in asmoche as I am a man of vncleane lyppes and dwell amonge people that hathe vncleane lyppes also for myne eyes haue sene the kynge and Lorde of Hoostes Then flewe one of the Seraphins vnto me hauing a hote cole in his hande whiche he had taken from the Aulter with the tonges and touched my mouth and sayde lo this hath touched thy lyppes and thyne vn ryghtuousnes is taken awaye and thy syn forgeuen Also I herde the voyce of y â— lorde sayenge on this maner Whom shal I sende and who wyll be our messaunger Then I sayde here am I sende me And he sayde go and tel this peple ye shal heare in dede but ye shall not vnderstande ye shal playnly see and nat perceaue Harden the hart of this people stop their eares and shut theyr eyes that they se not w t theyr eyes heare not with theyr eares and vnderstande not with theyr hertes and conuerte and be healed Then spake I Lorde how longe he answered vntill the cyties be vtterly without â—â—â—â—â—tours and the houses without men tyl the lande be also desolate lye vnbuylded For the Lorde shall take the men farre awaye so that the lande shal lye waste Neuertheles the tenth parte shal remaine ther in for it shall conuerte be frutefull And lyke wyse as the Cerebintes and Oketrees brynge for the theyr frutes so shall the holy sede haue frute ¶ The syryans moue haâ—ayle agaynst Ierusalem I vyrgyn shall beare a chylde CAPI VII IT HAPPENED i the tyme of Ahaz the sonne of Iothan whiche was the sonne of Uziah King of Iuda that Razin the Kynge of Siria and Prekeh the sonne of Romelyah Kynge of Israell wente vp towarde Ierusalem to besege it but wanne it nat Nowe when the the house of Dauid that is Ahaz herde worde therof that Siria and Ephraim were confederate together hys herte quaked yee and the hertes also of his people lyke as whan a tre in the felde is moued with the wynde Then sayde God vnto Esaye go mete Ahaz thou and thy sonne Seat Iasub at the head of the ouer pole in the fore path by the fullers grouÌ„de and saye vnto hym take hede to thy selfe and be styll but feare nat nether be faynt harted for these two tales that is for these two smokynge fyre brandes the wrath and furyousnes of Razin the Syrian and Romelies sonne because that the Kynge of Syria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wyckedly coÌ„spyred against the saying We wyll go vp agaynst Iuda vexe them and brynge them vnder vs and set a kynge there euen the sonne of Tabeel For thus sayeth the Lorde God therto It shall nat so go forth nether come so to passe for ☞ the head cytie of the Strians is Damascus but the head of Damascê° is Rayin And after fyue and threscore yeare shall Ephraim be no more a peple And the chefe cytie of Ephraim is Samaria but the head of Samaria is Romelyes sonne Yf ye beleue nat it commeth of your owne vnstedfastnesse Moreouer God spake vnto Ahaz sayynge requyre a token of the Lorde thy God whether it be towarde the depthe beneth or towarde the height aboue TheÌ„ sayd Ahaz I wyll requyre none nether wyll I tempte the Lorde The Lorde answered Then heare now ye of the house of Dauyd Is it nat ynough for you y â— ye be greupus vnto men but ye muste greue my God also And therfore the Lord shal geue you a tokeÌ„ Behold a vyrgin shal conceaue and beare a sonne shall call hys name ☞ Emanuel Butter and hony shall he eate that he maye knowe to refuse the euel and chose the good For or euer the child come to knowledge to eschue the euyl and chose the good The land that thou arte so afrayde for shal be desolate of both her kynges The Lorde also shall sende a tyme vpon the vpon thy people and vpon thy fathers house such as neuer came sence y â— tyme that Ephraim departed from Iuda thorow the Kynge of the Assirians For at the same tyme shall the Lorde whystle for the flyes that are about the water of Egypte and for the Bees in the Assirians lande These shal come and shall lyghte all in the valeyes in the vawtes of stones vpon all grene thynges and in all corners At the same tyme shall the
neyther fauoure theyr fatherlesse and wydowes For they are all together ypocrytes wycked and all theyr mouthes speake foly After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet his hande is stretched out styll For vngodlynesse burneth as a fyre in the bryers and thornes And as it were out of a fyre in a wodde or a rede busshe so ascendeth the smoke of theyr pryde For cause of the wrathe of the Lorde of Hoostes is the lande full of darkenesse and the people be consumed as it were with fyre no man dothe spare his brother If a man do turne hym to the ryght hande he shal famyshe or to the lefte hande to eate he shall nat haue ynough Euery man shall ☞ eate the fleshe of hâ—s owne arme Manasses shal eate Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses they bothe shall eate Iuda After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet is his hande stretched out styll ¶ He threatneth the oppressours of the poore and prophecyeth agaynst Sennaherib CAPI X. WO BE VNTO theÌ„ that make vnryghtuous lawes and deuyse thynges whiche be to harde for to kepe where thorowe the poore are oppressed on euery syde and the innocentes of my people robbed of iudgement that widowes maye be theyr praye and that they may rob the fatherlesse What wyll ye do in tyme of the visitacyon and whan destruccion shal come from farte To whome wyll ye renne for helpe and to whom wyll ye geue youre honoure that he maye kepe it that ye come not amonge the prysoners or lye amonge the deade After al this doth not the wrath of the Lorde ceasse but yet is his handes stretched out styll Wo be also vnto Assur whiche is a staf of my wrathe in whose hande is the rod of my punyshement I shal sende hym among those ypocrytishe people amonge the people y â— haue deserued my dysfauoure shall I sende hym that he maye vtterly robbe them spoyle them and treade theÌ„ downe lyke the myre in the strete Howe be it his meanynge is nat so neyther thynketh his herre of this fashyon But he ymagmeth onely howe he may rote out and destroye muche people for he sayeth are nat my Prynces all Kynges Is nat ☞ Caluo as easie to wine as Char chamis Is it harder to conquere ☞ Hamath then Arphad Or is it lyghter to ouer come Damascus and Samaria As who say I were able to wynne the Kingdome of the Idolaters and theyr goddes but not Ierusalem and Samaria Shall I nat do vnto Ierusalem and theyr ymages as I dyd vnto Samaria and theyr ydoles Wherfore the Lorde sayeth Assone as I haue perfourmed my whole worke vpoÌ„ the hyll of Syon and Ierusalem then wyll I ☞ vyset the noble and stoute harte of the kynge of Assyria with hys proude lokes For he standeth thus in his owne conceyte This do I thorow the power of myne owne hande and thorowe my wysdome For I am wyse I am he that remoue the landes of the people I robbe theyr treasures and lyke one of the worthyes I dryue theÌ„ from theyr hye seates My hande hathe founde out the streÌ„gth of the people as it were a neste And lyke as eggê that were layde here and there are gathered together So do I gather all countrees And there is no man that dare be so bolde as to touche a fether that dare open his mouthe or once whysper Shall the axe boste it selfe agaynste hym that heweth therwith or doth the saw make any braggynge agaynste him that ruleth it That were eueÌ„ lyke as yf the rod dyd exalte it selfe agaynste hym that beareth it or as though the staffe shuld magnyfye itselfe as who saye it were no wod Therfore shal the Lorde of Hostes sende him pouertie in his riches burne vp his glorye as it were with a fyre But the lyght of Israell shal be that fyre and his Sayntuary shal be the flamme and it shall kyndle and burne vp hys thornes and breers in one daye yea ☞ all the glory of hys woddes and feldes shal be consumed with body and soule And they shal be as an hooste of men whose standerd bearer fayleth The trees also of his felde whiche remayne shall be of suche a nombre that a chylde maye tell them After that day shall the remenauÌ„t of Israel suche as are escaped out of the house of Iacob seke no more comforte at him that smote theÌ„ but with faithfulnesse and truth shal they trust vnto the Lorde the holy one of Israel The remnaunt euen the Posteryte of Iacob shall conuerte vnto God the myghty one For though thy people O Israel be as the sande of the see yet shall the remnaunt of them conuerte in hym Perfecte is the iudgement of hym that floweth in ryghteousnesse and therfore the Lorde of Hostes shall perfectly fulfyll the thing that he hathe determyned in the myddeste of the whole worlde Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes Thou my people that dwelleste in Syon be nat a frayed for the kynge of the Assyryans He shall smyte the with a rodde and shall wagge hys staffe at the as the Egipcians dyd some tyme But soone after shall my wrathe and myne indignacion be fulfylled in y â— destruccion of them Moreouer the Lorde of Hostes shall prepare a scourge for hi lyke as was y â— slaughter of Mydian vpon the rock of Oreb And he shall lyfte vp hys rode ouer the see as he dyd somtyme ouer the Egypcyans Then shall hys burthen be taken from thy shoulders and hys yoke from thy necke yee the same yoke shal be corrupt for very fatnesse He shall come to Aiath and go thorowe towarde Mygron at Mychmas shall he lay vp hys harnesse and go ouer the foorde Gybea shal be theyr restyng place Rhamaâ— shall be afrayed Gybea Saul shall flye awaye The voyce of the noyes of thy horses O daughter Gallim shal be herde vnto Lais and to Anathoth which also shal be in trouble Madmena shall tremble for feare but y â— cytesyns of Gabinare manly yet shal he remayne at Nob y â— daye After that shal he lyft vp his hande against the mount of y â— daughter of Syon the hyll of Ierusalem But se the Lorde God of Hostes shall take awaye the proude from thence with feare He shal hewe downe the proude and fel the hye mynded The busshes also of the wode shall he also rote out with yron and Lybanus shall haue a myghtie fall ¶ He prophecieth of the natiuyte of Chryst of his people of the remnaunt of Israell and of the fayth of the heâ— then or Gentyles ¶ CAPI XI ANd there shall come a rodde forthe of the kynred of Isaye and a blossome shall florysshe out of his rote The spiryte of the Lorde shall lyght vpon hym y â— spiryte of wysdome and vnderstandynge the spiryte of councel and strength the spiryte of knowledge and of the feare of the lorde and shall make hym feruent in the feare of God For he
habytacion for himselfe in a harde rocke Beholde O thou man the Lorde shal carye the away into captiuyte and shall surely couer the with confusyon The Lorde shall turne the ouer lyke a bal with hys handes ⚜ and shal sende the into a farre countre There shalte thou dye and there in steade of the charetes of thy pompe shall the house of thy Lorde haue confusion ☞ I wyll dryue the frō thy place out of thy dwellynge shall he ouerthrow the. And in that daye shall I call my seruaunt Eliakim the sonne of Helkia And ☞ with thy garmentes wyll I clothe him and with thy gyrdle wyll I strengthe hym thy power also wyll I yelde into hys hande and he shal be a father of such as dwel in Ierusalem and in the house of Iuda And the keye of the house of Dauyd wyll I lay vpon his shoulder so that he shal opē and no man shall shut He shall shut and no man shall open And I wyll fasten hym as a nayle in a sure place and he shal be the gloryous seate of hys fathers house to the iust O thou most ryghteous thou shalte ordre the path of hym that is ryghteous Yee ☞ in the waye of thy iudgementes O Lorde haue we put our trust in the Thy name also and the remembraunce of the reioyse the soule My soule hathe lōged for y ◠all the nyght and with my sprete which is within me wyll I seke the early in the mornynge For whan thy iudgementes are i the earth the inhabytatours of the worlde shall lerne ryghteousnes Shall the vngodly man be fauoured which hathe nat lerned ryghteousnes but doth wyckedly in the earth where nothynge ought to be done but that whiche is ryghteous He shall nat se the glory of the Lorde Lorde whan thy hande is lyfte vp they se it nar but they shall se it and be confounded with the zele of the people and the fyre that consumeth thyne enemyes shal deuoure them Lorde vnto vs thou shalt prouyde peace for thou also haste wrought all oùre workes in vs. O Lorde oure God other Lordes besyde the hath subdued vs but we wyl be myndefull onely of the and of thy name ☞ The deed wyll nat lyue and they that be out of lyfe wyl nat ryse agayne therfore hast thou visyted and roted them out and destroyed all the memory of them Thou haste increased the people O Lorde thou hast increased the people and thou art pray sed thou hast sent them farre of vnto all the coastes of the earth Lorde in trouble haue they visited the they powred out their prayer whan thy chastenynge was vpon thē Lyke as a woman with chylde that draweth nye towarde hyr trauayle is sory and cryeth in hyr paynes euen so haue we bene in thy syght O Lorde We haue ben with chylde suffered payne ☞ as though we had brought forth wynde For there is no saluaciō in the earth neyther do the inhabitours of the worlde submitte themselues Thy deed men shal lyue euen with my body shal they ryse agayne Awake syng ye that dwell in dust For ☞ thy dewe is euen as the dewe of herbes and the earth shall caste out them that be vnder her Come my people entre thou into thy chambers and shute thy dores aboute the hyde thy selfe a lytle for a whyle vntyl the indygnacyon be ouerpaste Forlo the Lorde is commynge out of his place to vyset the wyckednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth The earth also shall disclose hyr owne bloude and shall nomore hyde them that are slayne in her ¶ A prophecye of the commynge of Chryste and destruccyon of Idolatrye CAPI XXVII IN that daye the lorde with his sore great and myghtie swerde shal visyte ☞ Leuiathan the fugityue serpent euen Leuiathan that croked serpent and he shall slaye the dragon that is in the see In that daye se that ye syng of the vyneyarde which bringeth forth the best wyne Euen I the Lorde do kepe it In due seasons shall I water it and lest the enemy do it any harme I wyll both nyght and daye preserue it There is no displeasure in me or els whan the vyneyarde bringeth me forth breers and thornes I wolde go thorowe it by war and burne it vp together Let it take holde of my strēgth and it shall be at one with me euen at one shall it be with me The dayes are cōming that Iacob shal take rote Israell shal be grene and floryshe and y ◠worlde shal be fylled with frute Hath he smytten hym as sore as he dyd the other that smote hym Or is he slayne with so sore a slaughter as they that slewe hym In measure dothe he smyte hym whyle he sendeth vnto hym suche thynges wherby he commeth to his mynde agayne For in the daye that the east wynde bloweth sore it taketh awaye the frutes Thus therfore shall the iniquite of Iacob be reconcyled and here is all the frute of the takyng away of his synne yfhe make all the stones of the altare of Idoles as chalke stones that are beaten in sunder that theyr graues ymages ryse nat vp agayne Els shal the strōgcytie be desolate and the habytacyon forsaken and left lyke a wyldernes There shall the calfe fede there shall he lye eate vp the yonge springes therof ☞ Whan the braunches of it are drye they are broken of and the wemen come and set them on fyre For it is a people of no vnderstāding therfore he that made thē shal nat fauoure thē and he that created thē shal geue thē no grace And in that daye shall the Lorde make a thresshynge from the myddes of the ryuer Euphrates vnto the ryuer of Egypte and ye chyldren of Israel shal be gathered together one to another In that daye shal ☞ y ◠great trōpe be blowen so y ◠those which were lost in the lande of Assyria and they that were banysshed into y ◠lande of Egypte shall come and worshyppe the Lorde in the holy mount at Ierusalem ¶ Agaynste the pryde of Ephraim and agaynste false prestes and preachers CAPI XXVIII WO BE vnto the crowne of pryce euen to the dronken people of Ephraim whose great pōpe is as afloure y ◠faydeth away ☞ vpon the head of the valley of such as be in welth and are ouerladē with wyue Beholde there commeth a vehemēt and sore day from the Lord lyke an vnmeasurable hayle and perillous tempest euen lyke the force of myghtye and horrible waters that beareth downe at thiges The crowne of the pryde of the dronkē Ephraemites shal be trodē vnder fote so that the floure of his fairenesse and beautye whiche is in the heade of ☞ the valley of farnesse shall fade awaye as doth an vntymely rype fygge afore haruest Whiche whā a man sytteth he loketh vpon it and whyle it is yet in his hande he eateth it vp In
burneth in Syon and his fyre in Ierusalem ¶ The condicyons of good Rulers and Offycers CAPI XXXII BEHOLDE the Kynge shall gouerne after the rule of ryghtuousnes and the Prynces shall rule according to the balaūce of equyte He shal be vnto men as a defence for the wynde and as a refuge for the tempest lyke as a ryuer of water in a thurstye place and the shadowe of a greate rocke in a drye lande The eyes of the seing shal not be dym and the eares of them that heare shall take dilygent hede The herte of the vnwyse shall attayne to knowledge and the vnperfecte tonge shall speake playnely and distinctly Then shall the nygarde be no more called gentle nor the churle liberal But the churle wyll be churlishly mynded and his herte wyll worke euyll and play the ypocryte and ymagyn abhominacyons agaynst God to make the hungry leane and to witholde drynke from the thursty These are the parlous weapons of the couetous these be his shameful councels that he may begyle the pore with disceatful wordes yea euen there as he shulde gyue sentence with the poore But the lyberall person ymagineth honest thynges and commeth vp with honestye Up ye ryche and ydel Cyties harken vnto my voyce Ye carelesse cyties marke my wordes After yeares and dayes shall ye be brought in feare O ye carelesse cyties For Haruest shall be out and the grape gatherynge shall not come O ye ryche yoel cyties ye that feare no parell ye shall be abasshed and remoued when ye se the barennesse the nakednesse and preparynge to warre Ye shall knocke vpon your brestes because of the pleasaunt felde and because of the frutful vyneiarde My peoples felde shal bryng thornes and thystels for in euery house is voluptuousnes and in the Cyties wylfulnes The palaces also shal be brokē and the greatly occupyed cyties desolate The towers and bulwerkes shall become dennes for euermore the pleasure of Mules shal be turned to pasture for shepe vnto the tyme that the spiryte be poured vpon vs from aboue Then shall the wyldernes be a frutefull felde and the plenteous felde shal be rekenned for a wode Then shall equite dwell in the deserte and ryghteousnesse in a frutefull laude And the rewarde of ryghteousnes shal be peace and hyr frute reste and quyetnesse for euer And my people shall dwell in the innes of peace in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is ynough in them al. And when the hayle falleth it shall fall in the wodde and ☞ the cytye shal be set in the valleye O howe happy shall ye be when ye shall safely sowe youre sede besyde all waters and dryue thyther the fete of youre oxen and asses ¶ Thretnynge agaynste the Assyrians A descrypcyon of them that shall se the Lorde CAPI XXXIII THerfore wo be vnto the O robber shalte nat thou be robbed also and vnto the that layest wayte as who say ther shulde no wayte be layde for the Wo vnto the which doest hurte euen so shalte thou be hurte also And as thou layest wayte so shall wayte be layde for the also Lorde be mercyfull vnto vs for we put our trust in the. Thyne arme is at a poynte to vyset vs but be thou oure healthe in the tyme of trouble The people dyd fle at the anger of thy voice and at thine vp standynge the Gentyles were scatred abro de and theyr spoyle shal be gathered as the greshoppers are comenly gathered together into the pyr Stande vp Lorde thou that dwellest on hye Let Syon be fylled with equyte and ryghteousnesse Let trueth and faythfulnesse be in hyr tyme power health wysdome knowledge and the feare of God are hyr treasure Beholde theyr aūgels crye without and the messaungers of peace shall wepe bytterly The stretes are waste there walketh no man therin the appoyntement is broken the cytyes are dispised they are nat regarded y ◠desolate earth is in heuynesse Lybanus taketh it but for a sporte that it is hewen downe Sarom is lyke a wyldernesse Basan and Charmel are turned vp syde downe And therfore sayeth the Lorde I wyll vp nowe wyll I get vp nowe wyl I aryse Ye shal conceaue stubble and beare strawe and your spryte shall be the fyre that it maye consume you and the people shal be burnt lyke lyme as thornes burne y ◠are hewen of cast in the fyre Nowe herken to ye that are farre of howe I do with them and considre my glory ye y ◠be at hande ☞ The synners at Sion are a frayde a sodayne ferfulnes is come vpon y ◠ypocrytes What is he among vs say they that wyll dwell by that consumynge fyre which of vs maye abyde that euerlastynge hete He that leadeth a godly lyfe say I and speaketh y ◠truth He that abhorreth to do violence and dysceate he that kepeth his hande that he touch no rewarde which stoppeth hys eares that he heare no councell agaynste the innocent which holdeth downe his eyes that he se none euyll He it is that shall dwell on hye whose sauegarde shal be in the true rocke to hym shall be geuen the ryght true meate and dryncke Thyne eyes shal se the kyng in his glory and in the wyde worlde thyne herte shal delyte in the feare of God What shall then become of the scrybe of the Senatoure What of hym that teacheth chyldren There shalte thou nat se a people of a straunge tonge to haue so dyffused a language that it maye nat be vnderstande neyther so straunge a speache but it shal be perceaued There shal Syon be sene the head cytye of oure solempne feastes There shall thyne eyes se Ierusalem that gloryous habytacyon the tabernacle that neuer shall remoue whose nayles shal neuer be taken out worlde without ende whose coardes euery chone shall neuer corrupte for the gloryous Magesty of y ◠Lorde shal there be present amonge vs. In that place where fayre broade ryuers and streames are shall nether Galey rowe nor great shyp sayle For the Lorde shal be oure capteyne the Lorde shal be our lawe geuer The Lorde shall be oure kynge and he hymselfe shall be oure Sauyoure There are the cordes so layd abrode that they can not be better The mast set vp of suche a fashyon that no bāner nor sayle hangeth theron but ther is dealed great spoyle yee lame men runne after the praye There lyeth no man that sayeth I am sycke but al euel is takē away from the people that dwell there ¶ The laste destruccyon of the Synagoge in whiche the kyngdome and presthode of that people was translated to the Churche and congregacyon of Chryste CAPI XXXIIII COme ye Heythen and here take hede ye people Herken thou earthe and all that is therin thou rounde compasse and al that groweth there vpon for the Lorde is angrye withall people and his dyspleasure is kyndled agaynste all the multytude of them to curse them and to
the Heathen geue Ierusalem warnynge and preache vnto her that her destroyers are commynge from far countrees They tell the cyties of Iuda the same also they shall geue them warnyng in euery place lyke as the watchemen in the felde For they haue prouoked me to wrath sayeth the Lorde Thy wayes and thy thoughtes haue brought the vnto thys this is thyne owne wyckednesse and disobedyence that hathe possessed thyne hert Ah my bely ah my bely shalte thou crye howe is my herte so sore my herte panteth within me I can not be styll for I haue herde the cryeng of the from pettes and peales of warre They crye murthur vpon murthur the whole lande shall peryshe Immediatly my tentes were destroyed and my hangynges in the twynclynge of an eye Howe longe shal I se the tokens of warre and heare the noyse of the trompettes Neuertheles this shal come vpon them because my people is become foolishe and hath vtterly no vnderstandynge They are the chyldren of foolyshenesse and without any discrecion To do euyll they haue wyt ynoughe but to do well they haue no wysdome I haue loked vpon the earth and se it was wast and voyde I loked towarde heauen and it had no shyne I behelde the mountaynes and â—o they trembled and all the nylles were in a feare I loked aboute me and there was no body and all the byrdes of the ayre were awaye I marked well and the plowed felde was become waste yea all theyr cities were broken downe at the presence of the Lorde and indignacion of his wrathe For thus hathe the Lorde sayde The whole lande shal be desolate yet wyll I not then haue done And ☜ therfore shall the earthe mourne and the Heauen be forye aboue for the thynge that I haue purposed and taken vpon me to do shall not repente me and I wyll not go from it The whole lande shall fle for the noyse of the horsemen and bowemen they shall runne in to dennes into woddes and clyme vp the stonye rockes All the cyties shal be voyde and no man dwellynge therin What wylte thou nowe do thou beynge destroyed For though thou clothest thy selfe with scarlet and deckest the with gold thoughe thou payntest thy face with colours yet shalt thou trym thy selfe in vaine For those that hytherto haue bene thy great fauourers shall abhorre the and go aboute to sley the. For I heare a noyse lyke as it were of a woman trauaylynge or one labourynge of her fyrste chylde Euen the voyce of the daughter Syon that casteth out her armes and sowneth sayeng Ah wo is me how sore vexed and faynt is my hert for them that are slayne ¶ In Iewry is there no ryghtuous or faythful man fouÌ„de eyther amongest the people or the rulers for whose sake the Lorde shulde spare the citie Wherfore Iewry is destroyed of the Assyrians CAPI V. LOKE thorowe Ierusalem beholde and se Seke thorowe her streates also within yfye can fynde one man that dothe equally and ryght or seketh for the trueth and I shall spare him sayeth the Lorde For thoughe they can saye the Lorde lyueth yet do they sweare to disceaue Where as thou O Lorde lokest onely vpon fayth and trueth Thou haste scourged them but they toke no repentaunce thou haste corecte them for amendement but they refused thy correccyon They made theyr faces harder then a stone and wolde not amende Therfore I thought in my selfe peraduenture they are so simple folish that they vnderstande nothynge of the Lordes way iudgementes of our God Therfore wyl I go vnto theyr heades and rulers talke with them yf they knowe the waye of the Lorde and the iudgementes of our God But these in lyke maner haue broken the yoke and burste the bandes in sonder Wherfore ☞ a Lyon out of the wodde hath hurte them and a wolfe in the euening shall destroye them The ieoparde doth lye lurkyuge by theyr cytyes to teare in peces all theÌ„ that come therout For theyr offences are many and they re departynge awaye is great Shuld I then for al this haue mercy vpon the Thy chyldren haue forsaken me and sworne by them that are no Goddes And albeit they were bounde to me in maryage yet they fall to aduoutrye and haunt harlottes houses In the desyre of vnclenly lust they are be come lyke the stoned horse euery man neyeth at his neyghboures wyfe Shulde I not correcte this sayeth the Lorde Shulde I not be auenged of euery people that is lyke vnto this Clyme vp vpon theyr walles beate them downe but destroy them not vtterly cut of theyr braunches be cause they are not the Lordes For vnfaythfully hath the house of Israel and Iuda for saken me sayeth the Lorde They haue denyed the Lorde sayde it is not he Tush there shall no misfortune come vpon vs we shall se neyther swerde nor hongre As for the warnyng of the Prophetes they take it but for wynde yea there is none of these whiche wyll tell them that suche thynges shall happen vnto them Wherfore thus sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes because ye speake suche wordes beholde The wordes that are in thy mouth wyl I turne to fyre and make the people to be wood that it may consume them Lo I wyll brynge a people vpon you from farre O house of Israell sayeth the Lorde a myghtye people an olde people a people whose speache thou knowest not nether vnderstandest what they say Theyr arrowes are sodayne deathe yea they themselues be very grauntes This people shall eate vp thy fruyte and thy meate yea they shall deuoure thy soÌ„nes and thy daughters thy shepe and thy bullockes They shall eate vp thy grapes and fygges As for thy stronge well tensed cyties wherin thou dydest trust they shall destroye them with the swerde Neuertheles I wyl not then haue done w t you sayeth the Lord But yf they saye wherfore dothe the Lorde oure God all thys vnto vs. Then answere them because that lyke as ye haue forsaken me and serued strauÌ„ge Goddes in your owne lande euen so shal ye serue other Goddes also in a straunge laÌ„de Preache this vnto the house of Iacob and crye it out in Iuda and saye thus Heare this thou folyshe and vndiscrete people ye haue eyes but ye se not eares haue ye but ye heare not Feare ye not me sayeth the Lorde Are ye not ashamed to loke me in the face which bynde the see with the sande so that it caÌ„not passe his boundes For thoughe it rage yet can it do nothynge and thoughe the waues thereof do swell yet maye they not go ouer But this people hath a false and an obstinate herte they are departed and gone awaye fro me They thynke not in theyr hertes O let vs feare the Lorde our God that geueth vs raygne early and late when nede is whiche kepeth euer styll the harueste for vs yerely
Neuertheles your misdedes haue turned these frome you and your synnes haue robbed you hereof For amonge my people are founde wycked personnes that preuely lay snares and wayte for men to take them and destroye them And lyke as a net is full of byrdes so are theyr houses ful of that which they haue gotten with falshed and disceate Hereof commeth theyr great substauÌ„ce and ryches hereof are they fat and welthy and are runne away fro me with shameful blasphemyes They minystre not the lawe they make no ende of y â— fatherles cause they iudge not the poore accordyng to equite Shuld I not punish these thinges sayeth the Lorde shulde I not be auenged of all suche people as these be Horrible greuous thinges are done in the lande The Prophetes teache falsely and the prestes folowe them and my people hathe pleasure therin What wyll come therof at the laste ¶ The synnes for whiche Ierusalem is afflyete Unâ—iâ—â—uÌ„cysed yeares Couetousnes Disceate The Lorde reiecteth the sacryfices of the Iewes The coÌ„mynge of the Babylonianâ— is prophecyed agayne ¶ CAPI VI. COME out of Ierusalem yee stronge chyldren of Ben Iamin blowe vp the troÌ„pettes ye Tecuytes set vp a token vnto Bethearam for a plage and a great misery pepeth out from the North. I wyl lyken the daughter Sion to a faire and tendre woman and to her shal come the shepherders with theyr flockes There tentes shal they pitche rounde about her euery one shal fede them y t are vnder his hande Make batayle agaynst her shall they saye Aryse let vs go vp whyle it is yet daye Alas the day goeth awaye the nyght shadowes fall downe Aryse let vs go vp by nyght and destroy her strong holdes for thus hath the Lorde of hostes coÌ„maunded Hewe downe her trees and set vp bulworkes agaynst Ierusalem This is y â— citie that must be punished for in her is al malisiousnes Lyke as a coÌ„dyte aboundeth in water euen so this cytie aboundeth in wyckednes Robberye and vnryghtuousnesse is herde in her sorowe and woundes are euer there in my syght Amende the O IerusaleÌ„ lest I withdrawe my herte from the make the desolate and thy lande also that no man dwell in it For thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes The resydue of Israel shal be gathered as the remnaunt of grapes And therfore turne thyne hande agayne into the basket lyke y â— grape gatherer But vnto whom shall I speake whome shall I warne that he may take hede Their eares are so vncircumcised that they may not heare Beholde they take the worde of the Lorde but for a scorne haue no lust therto And therfore I am so full of thyne indignacyon O Lorde that I may suffre no loÌ„ger But shede it out vpon y â— childreÌ„ that are wtout and vpon all yonge men yea the man must be taken prysonner with the wyfe and the aged with the crepel Their houses with their landes and wyues shal be turned vnto straungers when I stretche out myne haÌ„de vpon the inhabitours of this lande sayeth the Lorde For from y â— least vnto the most they hange al vpon couetousnes and from the Prophete vnto the preest they go all aboute with falsheede and lyes And besyde that they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayeng peace peace wheÌ„ there is no peace at al. Therfore they must be ashamed for they haue coÌ„mytted abhomynacion But howe shuld they be ashamed when they knowe nothing nether of shame nor good nurtour And therfore they shall fall amonge the slayne and in the houre when I shall vyset them they shal be brought downe sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde go into the streates consydre and make inquisicyon for the olde waye and if it be the good and ryght way then go therin that ye may fynde rest for your soules But they say we wyll not walke therin and I wyll set watchemen ouer you therfore take hede vnto the voice of the trompet But they saye we wyll not take hede Heare therfore ye Gentiles and thou congregacion shalte knowe what I haue deuysed for them Heare thou earthe also beholde I wyl cause a plage to come vpon this people euen the fruyte of they re owne ymaginacyons For they haue not bene obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe but abhorred them Wherfore bryng ye me incense from Saba and swete smellynge Calamus from â—â—r countrees Your burnt 〈…〉 please me and I reioyce not in your sacrifyces And therfore thus sayth the Lorde beholde I wyll make this people fall there shall fall from amonge theym the father with the chyldren one neyghbour shall perysshe with an other Thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde there shall come a people from the Northe and a great people shall aryse from the endes of the earth with bowes and with dartes shal they be weapened It is a rough and fearce people an vnmercyful people theyr voice roareth lyke the see they ryde vpon horses well apoynted to the batayle agaynste the O daughter Sion The crye of them haue we herde Our armes are feble henynesse and sorowe is come vpon vs as vpon a woman trauaylynge with chylde No man go forth into the felde no man coÌ„meth vpon the hye strete for the swerde and feare of the enemy is on euery syde Wherfore gyrde a sacke cloth about the O thou daughter of my people sprynckle thyselfe with asshes mourne and wepe bytterly as vpon thy onely beloued sonne For the destroyer shall sodaynely fall vpon vs. The haue I set for a prouer of my harde people to seke out and to trye theyr wayes For they are all vnfaythful and fallen awaye they hange vpon fylthy lucre they are cleane brasse and yron for they hurt and destroye euery man The bellous are brente in the fyre the leade is consumed the melter melteth in vayne for the euyll is not taken away from theÌ„ Therefore do they call them naughty syluer because the Lorde hath cast them out ¶ Ieremye is commaunded to shewe vnto the people the worde of God â–ª whiche trusteth in the outwarde seruyce of the temple The euylles that shall happen to the Iewes for the despysynge of theyr Prophetes Sacryfices dothe not the Lorde thefely requyre of the Iewes but that they shulde obey his worde CAPI VII THESE are the wordes that God spake vnto IEREMY Stande vnder the gate of the Lordes house and crye out these wordes there with a loude voyce saye Heare the worde of the Lorde all ye of Iuda that go in at thys dore to worshyppe the Lord. Thus sayeth y â— Lorde of Hostes y â— god of Israel AmeÌ„de your wayes your couÌ„cels I wyll let you dwel in this place Trust not in false lieng wordes saieng here is the teÌ„ple of the Lord here is the temple of the Lorde here is y â— temple of the Lorde For yf ye wyll amende youre wayes
the preste the sonne of Emer chefe in the house of the Lorde harde Ieremy preache so sted fastly he smote Ieremy put hym in the stockes that are by the hye gate of Ben Iamin in the house of the Lorde The nexte daye folowynge Phashur brought Ieremy out of the stockes agayne Then sayde Ieremye vnto hym The Lorde shall call the nomore Phashur that is excellente and increasynge but Magor that is fearfull and afrayed euery where For thus sayeth the Lorde beholde I wyll make the afrayed euen thy selfe and all that fauoure the whiche shall perysh with the swearde of theyr enemyes euen before thy face And I wyll geue whole Iuda vnder the power of the kynge of Babylon which shal carye some vnto Babylon presoners and sleye some with the swearde Moreouer all the substaunce of thys lande all theyr precyous and gorgeous workes all costlynesse and all the tresure of the Kynges of Iuda wyll I geue into the handes of theyr enemyes whiche shall spoyle them carie them vnto Babylon But as for the O Phashur thou shalt be caryed vnto Babylon with all thyne housholde and to Babylon shalt thou come where thou shalt dye and be buryed thou and all thy fauourers to whom thou hast preached lyes O Lorde If I am disceaued theÌ„ hast thou disceaued me thou haste dealte strongly and hast preuayled and makest me strong agayn All the daye longe am I despysed and laughen to scorne of euery man because I haue now preached longe agaynst malycious Tyranny shewed theÌ„ of destruccyon For the which cause they cast the worde of the Lord in my teeth and take me euer to the worst Wherfore I thought from hence forth nat to speake of him nor to preach any more in his name But the worde of the Lorde was a very burnynge fyre in my herte and in my bones whiche when I wolde haue stopped I myght nat For why I harde so many derisions blasphemies yee euen of myne owne companions and of suche as were conuersaunte with me whiche wente aboute to make me afrayed sayinge vpon hym let vs go vpon hym to feare hym and make hym holde his tonge that we maye ouercome him and be auenged of hym But the Lorde stode by me lyke a myghtye gyaunte therfore my persecutours fell and coulde do no thynge They shall be sore confounded for they haue done vnwysely they shall haue an euerlastynge shame And nowe O Lord of Hostes thou righteous sercher whiche knowest the reynes and the very hertes let me se theÌ„ punished for vnto the I commytte my cause Synge vnto the Lorde and prayse him for he hathe delyuered the soule of the oppressed froÌ„ the hande of the vyolent Cursed be the day wherin I was borne vnhappye be the daye wherin my mother brought me forth Cursed be the man that brought my father the tydinges to make him glad saying thou haste gotton a sonne Lette it happen vnto that man as to the cyties whiche the Lorde turned vp syde downe when he had hearde longe the wycked rumoure of them because he slewe me nat as sone as I cam out of my mothers wombe and because my mother was nat my graue her self that the byrth myght nat haue come out but remayned styll in her Wherfore cam I forth of my mothers wombe To haue experience of laboure and sorowe and to leade my lyfe with shame CAPI XXI He ê“phecieth that zadekiah shall be takeÌ„ â— the cytie burned THESE are the wordes y â— the Lorde spake vnto Ieremy what tyme as kyng Zedekiah sent vnto him Phashur the sonne of Melchias and Sophonias the sonne of Maasias preste sayinge Aske councell at the Lorde we praye the of oure behalfe for Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylon besegeth vs yf the Lorde peraduenture wyll deale with vs accordynge to his meruelous power take hym from vs. Then spake Ieremy Geue Zedekias this answere Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel beholde I wyll turne backe the weapens that ye haue in youre handes wherwith ye fyght agaynste the kynge of Babylon the Caldees which besege you rouÌ„de aboute the walles and I wyll brynge them together into the myddest of this cyrie and I myselfe wyll fyght agaynst you with an outstretched hande with a myghtie arme in greate displeasure and terrible wrath wyll smyte them that dwel in this cytie ye bothe men and catell shall dye of a greate pestilence And after thys sayeth the Lorde I shall delyuer Zedekias the kyng of Iuda and his seruantes his people and suche as are escaped in the cytie from the pestilence swearde and honger into the power of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babylon Yee into the handes of theyr enemyes into y â— handes of those that folowe vpoÌ„ theyr lyues which shal smyte theÌ„ w t the swearde they shal nat pytie them they shal nat spare them they shall haue no mercy vpon them And vnto this people y u shalt saye Thus sayeth the Lorde beholde I laye before you the waye of lyfe and deathe Who so abydeth in thys cytie shal perish ether with the swearde with honger or with pestileÌ„ce But who so goeth out to holde on the Chaldees parte that besege it he shall saue hys lyfe and shall wynne his soule for a praye For I haue set my face agaynste this cytie sayeth the Lorde to plage it and to do it no good It must be geuen into the hande of the kynge of Babylon and be brent with fyre And vnto the house of the kynge of Iuda saye thus Heare the worde of y â— lorde O thou house of Dauid for thus saieth the Lorde Ministre ryghteousnes and that soone delyuer the oppressed from violente power or euer my terryble wrath breake out lyke a fyre and burne so that no man maye quench it because of the wyckednes of your ymaginacyons Beholde sayeth the Lorde I wyll come vpoÌ„ you that dwell in the valleies rockes and feldes and saye Tush who wyl make vs afrayed or who wyll come into oure houses For I wyll vyset you sayeth the Lorde because of the wyckednes of your inuencyons wyll kyndle suche a fyre in youre wod as shall consume all that is aboute you ¶ He exorteth the Kynge of Iuda to iudgemeÌ„t and ryghteousnes Why Ierusalem to brought into captyuyte The death of Selum the sonne of Iosua is prophecyed CAPI XXII THus sayde the Lorde Goo downe into the house of the kynge of Iuda and speake there these wordes and saye Heare the worde of the Lorde thou kynge of Iuda that syttest in the kyngly seate of Dauid thou and thy seruauÌ„tes and thy people that go in and out at thys gate Thus the Lorde commaundeth kepe equyte and ryghteousnesse delyuer the oppressed from the power of the vyolent do nat greue nor oppresse the straunger the fatherlesse nor the wyddowe shedde no innocent bloude in thys place And yf ye kepe
a woman trauaylyng of chylde Upon Damascus ☞ He math Arphad shal come coÌ„fusion for they shall heare euell tydynges they shal be tossed to and fro lyke the see that can not stande styll Damascus shal be sore afrayed and shall fly tremblynge shal come vpon her Sorow and payne shal ouer take her as a woman trauaylyng of chylde But howe shalde so worshypfull and glorious a cytie be forsaken Heare therfore her yonge men shall fall in the stretes and all her men of warre shall be taken away in that tyme sayeth the Lorde of Hostes I wyll kyndle a fyre in the walles of Damascus which shal consume the place of Benhadad As for Cedar and the kingdome of Hazor whome Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylon smote downe the Lorde hath spoken thus vpon them Aryse and get you vp vnto Cedar and destroy the people toward the Easte Theyr tentes and their flockes shal they take away yee their hangynges theyr vessell Their Camels also shall they carye awaye with them They shall come aboute them on euery syde wyth a fearefull crye Fle get you soone awaye â—repe into caues that ye may dwell there O yee inhabitours of Hazor sayeth the Lorde for Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylon hath holden a councel concernyng you and coÌ„cluded his deuyse agaynst you Aryse and get you vp agaynst yonder riche and careles people sayeth the Lorde whiche haue neither gatê nor dore barres but dwell alone Their Camels shal be stollen and the droues of theyr cattell dryuen awaye Moreouer these y â— be shauen wyll Iscater towarde all the wyndes and bryng them to destruccion yee and that thorowe theyr owne familiers sayeth the Lorde Hazor also shal be a dwellynge for Dragons and an euerlastyng wyldernesse so that no body shal dwel there and no man shal haue there his habitacyon These are the wordes that y â— Lord spake to the Prophete Ieremy concernyng ElaÌ„ in the beginnyng of the reygne of Zedekiah kynge of Iuda Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hoostes Beholde I wyll breake the bowe of Elam and take away theyr strength and vpon Elam I wyl brynge the foure windes from the foure quarters of heauen and wyl scatre them agaynst the same foure wyndes And there shal be no people but some of ElaÌ„ shal â—lie vnto them For I wyll cause Elam to be afrayed of theyr ennemies and of them that seke theyr lyues and wyll brynge vpon them the indignacyon of my wrath sayeth the Lorde And I wyll persecute them with the swearde so long tyl I haue brought them to naught I wyll set my stole in Elam I wyll destroye both the kyng and the prynces from thence sayeth the Lorde But in processe of tyme I wyll bryng Elam out of captyuite agayne sayeth the Lorde ¶ He prohecyeth the destrucâ—ion of Babylon and the delyueraunce of Israel whiche was in captiuite CAPI L. THE wordes that the Lorde spake vnto the Prophete Ieremy concernynge Babylon â–ª the lande of the Caldees preache amonge the Gentyles lette youre voyce be hearde make a token crye out kepe no sylence but saye Babylon is wonne Bel is confounded and Merodach is ouercome Yee theyr godes be brought to shame and theyr ymages stande in feare For out of the Northe ☞ there dothe come a people agaynst her whiche make her lande so wast that no body dwell therin neyther man nor beaste for they flye and departe from thence In those dayes and at that tyme sayeth the Lorde the Chyldren of Israel shal come they and the chyldren of Iuda wepynâ— and makyng haste and shal seke the Lord 〈…〉 God They shall aske the way to 〈…〉 yther shall they turne theyr faces an 〈…〉 hange vpon the in a couenaunte that neuer shal be broken My people hathe bene a loste flocke ☞ my shepherdes haue disceyued them and haue made them go astray vpon the hylles They haue gone from the mountaine to the lytle hyl and forgotten theyr folde Al they that came vpon them haue deuoured them and theyr enemyes sayde We haue made no faute agaynst them for they haue displeased the Lorde yee euen the Lorde whiche is the beautye of theyr ryghteousnes and that defended theyrs fathers Yet shall ye fle frome Babilon and departe out of the lande of the Caldees and ☞ be ye as the rammes that go before the flocke For â—o I wyl wake vp an hoste of people from the Northren lande and brynge them vpon Babylon these shal laye sege to it and winne it Their arrowes shal not mysse lyke as a conning archer shuteth not wronge And the Caldees shall be spoyled and al they that spoyle them shal be satysfyed sayeth the Lord because ye were so chereful and glad to treade downe myne heritage â–ª and fulfylled your pleasures as the calues in the grasse and triumphed ouer them like the bulles when ye had gotten the victory Your mothers shal be sore confounded and they that bare you shall come to shame She shal be the leest set by amonge the nacyons voyde wasted and dryed vp No man shall be able to dwell there for the feare of the Lorde but she shal be whole desolate All they that go by Babylon shall stande styll and be abashed and shall wondre at her plages Go forth in your aray agaynst Babylon rounde aboute al ye that can handle bowes shute at her spare no arrowes for she hathe synned agaynste the Lorde Crye out vpon her vpon her agaynst her rounde about she shall yelde her selfe her foundacyons shall fall and her walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the Lorde Yee vengeaunce shal be taken of her and as she hath done so shal she be dealte withal They shall rote out the sower from Babylon and him that handleth the syckle in haruest For feare of the swerde of the enemy euery man shall gette hym to his owne people and euery man shall flye to his owne lande Israel is a scatred flocke the Lyons haue despersed them Fyrste the kynge of the Assyrians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonosor kyng of Babylon hath brosed all their bones Therfore thus sayeth the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll vyset the saynge of Babylon and his kyngdome I haue visited the kynge of the Assirians and wyll brynge â–ª Israel agayne to his pleasaunte pasture that he may â—ede vpoÌ„ Charmel and Basâ—u and be satysfyed vpon the mount of Epâ—raim and Galaad In those dayes and at the same tyme sayeth the Lorde ☞ yf the offence of Israel besought for there shal none be founde Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda there shal be none for I wyll be mercyfull vnto them whom I suffer to remayne ouer Go downe O thou auenger into the enemies laÌ„de and viset them that dwel therin downe with them and smyte them vpon the backes sayeth the Lorde do according to al that I haue commaunded the.
There is gone aboute the lande a crye of a slaughter â—reat murthur namely on thê maner Howe happeneth it that the haÌ„mer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brosed in sonder Howe chauÌ„ceth it that Babylon is become a wyldernes amonge the Heathen on thys maner I my selfe haue layed wayte for the and thou art takeÌ„ vnawares art thou trapped snared for why thou haste prouoked the Lorde vnto anger The Lorde hathe opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For y â— thing that is done in the lande of the Caldees it is the Lorde of hostes worcke These thynges shal come vpon her at the laste they shall breake into her preuy chambres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shal so destroye her that nothing shal be left â–ª They shal sleye al theyr myghtie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto them for the daye and tyme of theyr vysitacion is at hande Me thynke I heare all ready a crye of them that be fled and escaped out of the lande of Babylon which shewe in SyoÌ„ the vengeaunce of the Lorde our God the vengeauÌ„ce of his temple yee a voyce of theÌ„ crye agaynst BabyloÌ„ Cal vp al the archers agaynst Babylon pytch your tâ—ntes rounde about her that none escape Recompence her as she hathe deserued and accordynge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hathe set vp her selfe agaynste the Lorde against the holy one of Israel Therfore shall her yonge men fall downe in the stretes and all her men of warre shal be roted out in that daye sayeth the Lorde Beholde I speake vnto the O thou proâ—de sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes for thy daye shall come euen the tyme of thy vysytacyon And the proude shall stomble and fall and no man shall helpe hym vp I wyll burne vp hys cytyes with fyre and it shall consume all that is rounde aboute hym Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes The chyldred of Israell and Iuda suffer violence together All they that haue them in captyuyte kepe them faste and wyll nat let them go but theyr auenger and redemer is myghtye whose name is the Lorde of Hostes he shall maynteyne theyr cause he shal make the lande shake and iudge them that dwel therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees sayeth the Lorde vpon them that dwell in Babylon vpon theyr prynces and vpon theyr wyse men The swearde vpon theyr sothsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpon theyr worthyes so that they shall stande in feare The swearde vpon theyr horsmen and charettes and vpon all the comen people that dwell vnder them so that they shall all become lyke wemen The swearde vpon theyr treasure so that it shall be stolen awaye The swearde vpon theyr waters so that they shal be dryed vp For the lande worshyppeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thynges Therfore shall wylde beestes Apes and Estriches dwel therin for there shall neuer man dwel there neyther shall any man haue his habytacyon there for euermore Lyke as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorre with the cyties that laye there aboute sayeth the Lorde So shall no man dwell there also neyther shall any man haue there his habytacyon Beholde there shal come a people from the North with a great bonde of men and many kynges shall stande vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes and buclers cruell are they and vnmercyfull Theyr voyce roareth lyke the ragyng see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fyght agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kynge of Babylon hereth tel of theÌ„ hys handes shall waxe feable Soro â—ee and heuynes shal come vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ as on a womaÌ„ trauelynge with chylde Beholde lyke as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wyll I dryue theÌ„ forth make them ruâ—â—e agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordayne to such a thynge For who is lyke me or who wyl stryne with me or what shepherde may staÌ„de agaynste me Therfore heare the councel that the Lorde hathe geuen vpon Babylon and the deuyce that he hathe taken vpon the lande of the Caldees The least amonge the people shall teare them in peces and loke what pleasauÌ„t thyng they haue they shal laye it wast The noyse at the wynnynge of Babylon shall moue the earth and the crye shal be herde amonge the Gentyles ¶ Howe Babylon shulde be ouerthrowen Ieremy geueth his boke to Saraias CAPI LI. THVS hath the Lorde sayde beholde I wyll rayse vp a perlous wynde agaynst Babylon and her cytezeÌ„s that beare euell wyll agaynste me I wyll fende also in to Babylon fanners to fanne her out and to destroye her lande for in the daye of her trouble they shal be about her on euery syde Moreouer the Lorde hathe sayde vnto the bowe men and to them that clyme ouer the walles in brest plates Yee shal nat spare her yonge men kyll downe all her hoost Thus the sleyne shal fal downe in the lande of the Caldees and the wounded in the stretes As for Israel and Iuda they shall nat be forsaken of theyr God of the Lorde of Hostes of y e holyone of Israel no though they haue fylled al theyr lande full of synne Flye awaye from Babylon euery man saue his lyfe Let no man holde his tunge to her wyckednes for the tyme of the Lordes vengauÌ„ce is come yee he shall rewarde her agayne Babylon hathe bene in the Lordes hande ☞ a golden cuppe that maketh all landes droncken Of her wyne haue all people droncken therfore are they out of theyr wyttes But sodenly is Babylon fallen and destroyed Mourne for her brynge plasters for her woundes yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne We wolde haue made Babylon whole sayeth they but she is nat recouered Therfore wyll we let her alone and go euery man into his owne countre For her iudgement is come into heauen and is gone vp to the cloudes And therfore come on we wyll shewe Syon the worcke of the Lorde oure God Make sharpe the arowes and fyll the quyuers for the Lodre shal rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meeades whiche hath all ready a desyre to destroye BabyloÌ„ Thys shal be the vengaunce of the Lorde and the vengaunce of his temple Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babylon make youre watch stronge set youre watch men in araye yee holde preuye watches and yet for all that shall the Lorde go forth with the deuyce whiche he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babylon O thou that dwellest by the greate waters O thou that hast so great treasure and riches thyne ende is come the rekenynge of thy wynninges The Lorde of hoostes hath sworne by hym selfe that he wyll ouer whelme the with men
Ierusalem destroyed that Ieremy the Prophet sat wepynge and sorowfully bewayled Ierusalem and syghynge and howlynge with an heuy and wofull herte sayde CAPIVLO I. ALas howe sitteth the cytie so desolate that somtyme was full of people Howe is she become lyke a wydowe whiche was the Lady of all nacyons Howe is she brought vnder trybute ☞ that ruled all landes She wepeth sore in the nyght so that the teares runne downe her chekes for amonge all her louers there is none that geueth her any coÌ„forte Yee her nexte frendes abhorre her and are become her ennemyes Iuda is taken presoner because she was defyled and for seruynge so many straunge goddes she dwelleth nowe among the Heithen She fyndeth no rest all they that persecuted her toke her and so she dwelleth amonge her enemyes The streates of Sion mourne because no man coÌ„meth no more to the solempne feastes All her gates are desolate her Preestes make lamentacyon her maydens are carefull and she herselfe is in great heuynesse Her enemyes are fallen vpon her heade and haue put her to shame because the Lorde hath chastened her for her greate wyckednes her chyldren are led awaye captiue before theyr enemy All the beautye of the daughter of Syon is away her Prynces are become lyke wethers that fynde no pasture They are dryuen away before theyr ennemye so that they haue nomore power Nowe dothe Ierusalem remembre the tyme of her mysery and disobedyence yee the ioye and pleasure that she hath had in tymes paste seyng her people is brought downe thorowe the power of theyr enemy and there is no man for to helpe her her enemyes stande lokynge at her laugh her Sabbath dayes to scorne Ierusalem hath synned euer more and more therfore is she come in decaye All they that had her in honoure despyse her for they haue sene her fylthynes Yee she sygheth and is ashamed of herselfe ☞ Her skyrtes are defyled she remembred not what wolde folowe therfor fore is her fall so great and there is no man to comforte her O Lorde consydre my trouble for myne enemy hath the vpperhande The enemye hathe put his hande to all the precyous thinges that she had yee eueÌ„ before her eyes came the Heythen in and out of the Saynctuary whom thou neuerthelesse haste forbydden to come within thy congregacyon Al her people seke theyr bread with heuinesse and loke what precious thyng euery man hath that geueth he for meate to saue his lyfe Consydre O Lorde se howe vyle I am become O all ye that go fore by be holde and se if there be any sorow lyke vnto myne wherwith the Lorde hathe troubled me in the daye of his fearefull wrath âšœ From aboue hath he sent downe a fyre into my bones and chastened me he hathe layed a net for my fete thorowen me wyde open he hath made me desolate so y â— I must euer be mournyng The yoke of my trans gressyon is come at the laste with his hande hathe he taken it vp and put it aboute my necke My streÌ„gth is gone the Lord hath delyuered me into those handes wherout I can not quyte my selfe The Lorde hath destrroyed al the myghtye men that were in me He hath proclaymed a feast to slaughter al my best men The Lord hath trodeÌ„ downe the daughter of Iuda lyke as it were in a wyne presse Therfore do I wepe and myne eyes gushe out of water for the comforte that shulde quyckeÌ„ me is farre fro me My chyldren are dryuen awaye for why the enemy hath gotten the ouerhande Sion casteth out her handes and there is no man to coÌ„forte her The. Lord hath layed the enemyes rounde aboute Iacob and IerusaleÌ„ is become abhominacion in the myddest of them The Lord is rightuous for I haue prouoked his couÌ„tenaunce vnto anger O take hede all ye people and consydre my heuynesse My maydens and my younge men are led away into captiuite I called for my louers but they begyled me for my prestes and councellers but they perished euen whyle they sought for meate to saue theyr lyfes Consydre O Lord howe I am troubled my wombe is disqueted my hert turneth about in me and I am ful of heuinesse The swearde hurteth me w t out and within I am lyke vnto death They heare my mournynge but there is none that wyl coÌ„forte me All myne enemies haue herde of my trouble and are glad ther of because thou hast done it But thou shalt brynge forth the tyme when they also shal be lyke vnto me From the shal come al their aduersitie thou shalte plucke them awaye euen as thou hast plucked me because of all my wyckednes For my sorow is very great and my herte is heuy CAPI II. ALAS how hath the Lord darkened the daughter of Syon so sore in hys wrath As for the honour of Israel he hath cast it downe from heauen How happeneth it that he remembred not his owne fote stole when he was angrye The Lorde hath cast downe all the glory of Iacob with out any fauoure all the stronge places of the daughter Iuda hathe he broken in hys wrathe and throwen them downe to the grounde her kyngdome and her Prynces hath he suspended In the wrath of his indignacyon he hathe broken all ☞ the horne of Israel he hath w t drawen hê ryght hande frome the enemy yee a flame of fyre is kyndgled in Iacob and hathe consumed vp al rouÌ„de about He hath bent his bowe lyke an enemy he hathe fastened his ryght hande as an aduersarye and euery thynge y â— was pleasauÌ„t to se he hath smiten it downe He hath poured out his wrath lyke a fyre in to the tabernacle of the daughter of Syon The Lorde is become lyke as it were an enemy he hath cast downe Israel and al hê places yee all his stronge holdes hathe he destroyed and fylled the daughter of Iuda with muche sorowe and heuynesse Her tabernacle whiche was lyke a garden of pleasure hath he destroyed her hye so leÌ„pne feastes hath he put downe The Lorde hath brought it so to passe that the hye solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are cleane forgotten In his heuye displeasure hath he made the kyng and prestes to be despysed The Lord hath forsaken his owne aulter and is wroth with his owne Sainctuary and hathe geuen the walles of theyr towres into the handes of the enemy There enemyes made a noyse in the house of the Lorde as it had bene in a soleÌ„pne feast day The Lorde thought to breake downe the walles of the daughter of Syon he spred out his lyne and drewe not in hys hande tyll he hadde destroyed them Therefore mourne the turrettes and the broken walles together Her portes are casten downe to the grouÌ„de her barres are broken and smytten in sonder her kynge and prynces are caryed awaye to the Gentyls They haue neyther laâ—â— nor prophetes nor yet any vision froÌ„ the Lorde
stone vpon me They poured water vpon my heade then thought I nowe am I vndone I called vpon thy name O Lorde out of the depe pyt Thou hast herde my voyce and hast not turned awaye thyne eares fro my syghynge and cryenge Thou hast enclyned thy selfe vnto me when I called vpon the and hast sayd feare not Thou O Lorde hast mayntyened y â— cause of my soule and hast redemed my lyfe O Lorde thou hast sene my blasphemers take thou my cause vpon the. Thou hast well consydred howe they go aboute to do me harme and that all they re councels are agaynst me Thou hast herde theyr despyteful wordes O Lorde yee and all theyr ymaginacyons agaynst me The lyppes of myne enemies and theyr deuyces that they take agaynst me all the day longe Thou seyst also theyr syttyng downe and theyr rysyng vp they make theyr songes of nothynge but of me Rewarde them O Lorde accordyng to the workes of theyr haÌ„des Geue them the thynge that theyr owne herte is afrayed of euen thy curse Persecute them O Lorde with thyne indignacion and rote them out frome vnder the heauen CAPI IIII. O Howe is the golde become so dymme Howe is the goodly colour of it so sore chaunged and the stones of the Sayntuary thus scatred in the corner of euery strete The chyldren of Sion that were alway in honour and clothed with the most precyous golde howe are they nowe become lyke the erthen vessels whiche be made with the potters hande The dragons geue theyr yonge ones sucke with bare brestes but the daughter of my people is cruell and dwelleth in the wyldernesse lyke the Estriches The tonges of the suckynge chyldren cleue to the rofe of theyr mouthes for verye thriste The yonge chyldren aske breade but there is no man that geueth it them They that were wont to fare delycately peryshe in the stretes they that afore were brought vp in purple make nowe muche of donge The synne of the daughter of my people is become greater then the wickednes of Sodome that sodeÌ„ly was destroyed and not taken with handes Her absteyners or Nazarees were whyter then the snowe or mylke theyr colour was fresh reed as Corall theyr beautie lyke the Saphyre But nowe theyr faces very blacke In so much that thou shuldest not knowe them in the stretes Theyr skynne cleueth to their bones â–ª It is withered become lyke a drye stocke They that be slayne with y â— swerd are happyer then such as dye of honger and peryshe away samyshynge for the frutes of the felde The wemen whiche of nature are pytiefull haue sodden theyr owne câ—dren with their handes that they might be theyr meate in the miserable destruccion of y â— daughter of my peopye The Lorde hath perfourmed hys heuy wrath he hath poured out y â— furiousnes of his dyspleasure He hath kyndled a fyre in SioÌ„ which hath consumed the foundacions therof Nether the kynges of the earth nor all inhabetours of the worlde wolde haue beleued that the enemy and aduersarye shulde haue come in at the gates of the Cytie of Ierusalem Whiche neuerthelesse is come to passe for the synne of the Prophetes and for the wyckednesse of her preestes that haue shed innocentes bloode within her So that these blynde men wente stomblynge in the streates and stayned them selues w t bloude whiche els wolde touche no bloudy clothe But they cryed vnto euery man slee the staynynge awaye get you hence touche it not Yee sayde they ye muste be brente ye must dwell amonge the Gentyles and byde no longer here The countenaunce of the Lorde hathe banyshed them and shall neuer loke more vpon them For they them selues nether regarded the prestes nor pityed theyr elders Wherfore yet oure eyes fayle vs whyle we loke for vayne helpe seynge we be euer waytynge vpon a people that can do vs no good They laye so sharpe wayte for vs that we cannot go safe vpon the stretes for oure ende is come our dayes are fulfylled our ende is here Our persecuters are swyfter then the Aegels of the ayre they folowed vpon vs ouer the mountaynes and layed wayte for vs in the wyldernesse ☞ The very breth of our mouthe euen the anoynted Lorde hym selfe shall be taken in oure synnes of whom we saye Under his shadowe we shal be preserued amonge the Heythen And thou O daughter Edom that dwelleste in the lande of Huz be glad and reioyce for the cuppe shall come vnto the also which whan thou suppest of thou shalte be droncken Thy synne is well punyshed O thou daugter Sion he shall not suffre the to be caryed awaye any more But thy wyckednes O daughter Edom shall he vyset and for thy synnes sake he shall lede the into captyuyte ¶ The prayer of Ieâ—emye CAPI V. CAll to remembraunce O Lorde what we haue suffred consydre and se oure confusyon Oure enherytaunce is turned to the straungers and our houses to the aleauntes We are become carefull and fatherles and our mothers are as the wyddowes We are sayne to dryncke oure owne water for money and oure owne wod must we bye with money Our neckes are vnder persecucyon we are weery and haue no reste Afore tyme we yelded oure selues to the Egypcians and now to the Assyrians only that we might haue bred ynough Our fathers whiche nowe are gone haue syned and we muste beare theyr wyckednes Seruauntes haue the rule of vs and no man delyuereth vs out of theyr handes We must get our lyuynge with the parel of our lyues because of y â— drouth of the wildernes Oure skynne is as it had bene brente in an ouen for very sore honger The wyues are raueshed in Syon and the maydens in the cities of Iuda The princes are hanged vp with the hand of the enemies they haue not spared the olde sage men they haue taken yonge meÌ„nes lyues froÌ„ them and the boyes are hanged vp vpon trees The elders syt nomore vnder the gates and the yong men vse nomore playenge of musycke The ioye of oure hert is gone our mery queer is turned into mournynge The garlande of our head is fallen alas that euer we synned so sore Therfore oure herte is full of heuynesse and oure eyes dymme because of the hyll of Syon that is destroyed In so much that the foxes runne vpon it But thou O Lorde that remayneste for euermore and thy seate worlde without ende wherfore wylte thou styll forget vs and forsake vs so long â–ª O Lord turne thou vs vnto the and so shall we be turned Renue our dayes as in olde tunes for thou haste banyshed vs nowe long ynough and haste bene sore dysple sed at vs. The ende of the lamentacyons of Ieremye ⧠The Booke of the Prophete Ezechyel ¶ The tyme wherin Ezechyel prophecyed and in what place Hys offprynge and offyce The vysyon of the â—oure bestes The vysion of the wheles The vision of the throne and of the ymage aboue
the pyllowes wher with ye catch y â— soules in flyenge them wyll I take from youre armes and let the soules go that ye catch in flyenge You re bolsters also wyll I teare in peces and delyuer my people out of youre handes so that they shal come no more in your handes to be spoyled and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde Seynge that with youre lyes ye disconforte the herte of the ryghteous whoÌ„ I haue nat discomforted Agayne For so moch as ye corage the hande of the wycked so y â— he may nat turne froÌ„ his wycked waye lyue therfore shal ye spye out nomore vanyte nor pro phecye youre owne gessynges for I wyll de lyuer my people out of youre hande that ye maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde ¶ The Lorde denyeth hys worde to the people for theyr synnes sake The disâ—ysers of the worde dothe the Lorde sometyme deceaue by falce prophetes A comforte of them that fledde vnto Babylon CAPI XIIII THERE resorted vnto me certayne of the elders of Israel and sat downe by me Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me sayeng Thou sonne of man these men beare theyr Idols in theyr hertes and go purposly vpon the stombâ—nge blocke of theyr owne wyckednesse howe darre they then aske councell at me Therfore speake vnto them and saye thus sayeth the Lorde God Euery man of the house of Israel that be areth hys Idols in hys herte purposyng to stomble in his owne wyckednes and coÌ„meth to a prophet to enquere any thynge at me by hym vnto that man wyll I the Lorde myselfe geue answere accordynge to the multytude of hys Idols that the house of Israel may be snared in theyr owne hertes because they be clene gone fro me for theyr abomynacyons sakes Wherfore tell the house of Israel thus sayeth the Lorde God Be conuerted forsake youre Idols and turne youre faces from all youre abhominacyons For euery man whether he be of the house of Israell or a straunger that so geourneth in Israel which departeth fro me and caryeth Idols in hys herte purposynge to go styll stomblynge in hys owne wyckednesse and commeth to a Prophet for to aske councel at me thorowe hym vnto that man wyll I the Lorde geue answere by myne owne selfe I wyll set my face agaynste that man and wyll make hym to be an example for other yee and a comen by worde and wyl rote him out of my people that ye may knowe howe that I am the Lorde And yf that Prophete be dysceaued when he telleth hym a worde then I the Lorde myselfe haue dyfceaued that Prophet and wyll stretch forth myne hande vpon hym to rote hym out of my people of Israell and they bothe shal be punyshed for theyr wyckednes Accordynge to the synne of hym that asketh shall the synne of the Prophete be that the house of Israel be led nomore fro me thorow erroure be nomore defyled in theyr wyekednesse but that they maye be my people I theyr God sayeth the Lorde God And the worde of y â— Lorde came vnto me saying Thou sonne of man when the lande synneth agaynste me and goeth forth in wyckednesse I wyll stretch out myne hande vpon it and destroye all the prouysyon of theyr breade and sende derth vpon them to destroye man and beaste in the lande And though Noe Daniel Iob these thre men were among theÌ„ yet shal they iÌ„ theyr rightâ— ousnesse deliuer but theyr owne soules saith the Lorde God If I brynge noysome beastes into the lande to waste it vp and it be so desolate that no man maye go therin for beastes yf these thre men also were in the lande as truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God they shall saue neyther sonnes nor daughters but be onely delyuered theÌ„selues and as for the lande it shall be wast Or yf I brynge a swearde into the lande and charge it to go thorowe y â— lande so that I sleye downe man and beast in it and yf these thremen were therin As truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God they shall delyuer neyther sonnes nor daughters but only be saued themselues If I sende a pestylence into the lande and poure out my sore indyngnacyon vpno it in bloude so that I rote out of it bothe man and beast And yf Noe Daniel and Iob were therin as truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God they shal delyuer nether sonnes nor daughters but saue theyr owne soules in theyr ryghtuousnes Moreouer thus sayeth the Lorde God Though I sende my foure troublous plages vpon Ierusalem the swearde honger perlous beastes pestylence to destroye man and beast out of it yet shall there be a teÌ„naunt saued therin which shal bryng forth theyr sonnes and daughters Beholde they shall come forth vnto you ye shall se theyr waye what they take in hande ye shal be coÌ„forted as touchynge all the plages that I haue brought vpon IerusaleÌ„ They shall comforte you when ye se they re waye and workes and ye shall knoweÌ„ howe that it is not without a cause that I haue done so agaynste Ierusalem as I dyd sayeth the Lorde God ¶ As the vnprofytable woode of the vyne tree is cast in to the syre so sayeth he that Ierusalem shal be brent CAPI XV. THE worde of the Lord came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man What â–ª coÌ„meth of the vyne amonge all other trees and of the vyne stocke amonge al other tymbre of the groaue Do men take wodde of it to make any worke with all Or may there a nayle be made of it to hange any thynge vpon Beholde it is cast in the fyre to be breÌ„t the fyre consumeth bothe the endes of it the myddest is brente to asshes Is it mete then for any worke No. Seynge then that it was mete for no worke beynge whole muche lesse may there any thynge be made of it when the fyre hath consumed and brent it And therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Lyke as I caste the vyne into fyre for to be brente as other trees of the wod Euen so wyl I do with them that dwell in Ierusalem and set my face against them they shal go out from the fyre and yet the fyre shall consume them Then shal ye knowe that I am the Lorde when I set my face agaynst them and make the lande wast because they haue so sore offended sayeth the Lorde God ¶ The Prophete entendynge to speake of the abhomyncryons of Ierusalem â–ª doth fyrste shewe the benefytes of God towarde iâ— Ierusalem is reproued of vnkindâ—es for her fornycacion with Idoles He iustifyeth the wyckednes of other people in coÌ„paryson of the synnes of Ierusalem The cause of the abhomynacions into whiche the â—odomytes fell Mercy is promysed to the repentaunt CAPI XVI AGayne the worde of the Lorde spake vnto me saying Thou sonne of man shewe the cytie of Ierusalem their abhominacions and saye thus sayeth the Lorde
as for the thynge that ye go about it shall not come to passe where as ye saye we wyl be as the Heathen and do as other people in the lande wood and stone wyll we worshyppe As truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God I my selfe wyll rule you with a myghtye hande with a stretched out arme with indignacioÌ„ poured out ouer you wyll bring you oute of the nacyons landes wherin ye are scatred and gather you together with a mightye hande with a stretched out arme with indignacion poured out vpon you wyl brynge you into the wyldernesse of the people there I wyll reason with you face to face Like as I punished your forfathers in the wyldernes of Egypt so wyl I punish you also saieth y â— Lorde God I wyll bryng you vnder my iurisdiccyoÌ„ vnder the bonde of the couenauÌ„t The forsakers also and the transgressours wyl I take froÌ„ amonge you brynge them out of the lande of youre habitacion as for the lande of Israel they shal not come in it that they maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde Go to nowe then sayeth the Lorde God ye house of Israell caste awaye and destroye euery man hys Idoles then shall ye heare me and nomore blaspheme my holy name with your offrynges and Idoles But vpon my holy hyll euen vpon the hye hyl of Israell sayth the Lorde god shal all the house of Israel and all that is in the lande worshyppe me and in y â— same place wyl I fauoure theÌ„ and there wyl I require your heaue offringes and the firstlynges of your oblacions with al your holy thinges I wyll accepte youre swete sauoure when I bringe you from the nacions and gather you together out of the landes wherin ye be scatred that I maye be halowed in you before the Heathen and that ye maye knowe that I am the Lorde which haue broughte you into the lande of Israel yee into y â— same lande that I swore to geue vnto your forefathers There shal ye call to remembrauÌ„ce your owne wayes and all youre ymagynacyons wherin ye haue bene defyled and ye shall be dyspleased with youre owne selues for all youre wyckednes that ye haue done And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I entreate you after my name not after youre wycked wayes nor accordynge to your corrupte workes O ye house of Israel sayeth the Lorde God Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde the South and speake to the south wynde and saye to the wood towarde the south Heare the worde of the Lorde thus saieth the Lorde God Beholde I wyll kyndle a fyre in the that shall consume the grene trees with the drie No man shal be able to quench his flame but all that loketh from the southe to the northe shal be brent therin and al fleshe shall se that I the Lorde haue kyndled it so that no man may quench it Then sayde I O Lorde God they wyll saye of me Tushe they are but fables that he telleth ¶ He threatneth the swerde that is to saye destruccyon to the cytye of Ierusalem He sheweth the fall of King zedekiah He is comaunded to prophecy the destruccyon of the chyldren of Ammon After the slaughter of other at the laste the Lorde threateneth deathe vnto Nabuchodonosor hym selfe CAPI XXI THE worde of the Lorde came to me sayinge Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde Ierusalem speake agaynste the Sanctuary and prophecye agaynst the lande of Israel saye to the lande of Israel Thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde I wyll vpon the wyll drawe my swearde out of the sheath and rote out of the both the rightuous and the wycked Seinge then that I wyll rote out of the both the rightuous and wicked therfore shall my swearde go out of his sheath againste all fleshe from the north to the southe that all fleshe maye knowe howe that I the Lorde haue drawen my swearde out of the sheath and it shal not be put in agayne Mourne therfore O thou sonne of man y â— thy loynes cracke withall ye mourne bytterly for them And yf they saye wherfore mournest thou Then tell them for the tydynges that coÌ„meth at the which all hertes shall melte all handes shal be letten downe all stomackes shall faynte all knees shall waxe feble Beholde it commeth and shal be fulfylled sayeth the Lorde God Agayne the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man prophecye speake Thus sayeth the Lorde God speake the swearde is sharpened and well scoured Sharpened it is for the slaughter and scoured that it maye bebryghte O the destroyenge * staffe of my sonne shal bryng downe al wod He hathe puthê swearde to y â— dightynge y â— good holde may be taken of it Thys swearde is sharpened and dyght y â— it may be geuen into the haÌ„de of the maÌ„ slayer Crye O thou sonne of man and howle for this swearde shall smyte my people al the rulers in Israel which with my people shal be slayne downe to the grounde thorow this swearde Smyte thou vpon thy thyghe for wherfore shulde not the plage and staffe of iudgement come Prophecye thou sonne of man and smyte thine haÌ„des together make the swearde two edged yee make it thre edged y â— manslayers swearde y â— swearde of the greate slaughter whiche shall smyte them euen in theyr preuychambers to make them abashed and faynte at the hertex and in all gates to make some of them fall O howe bryghte and sharpe is it howe well dyghte and met for the slaughter Get the some place alone eyther vpon the ryghte hande or on the lefte whyther so euer thy face turneth I wyll smyte my handes together also and satysfye my wrothfull indignacyon Euen I the Lorde haue sayde it The worde of the Lorde came yet vnto me agayne sayenge Thou sonne of man make the two stretes that the swearde of y â— kynge of Babylon maye come Both these stretes shal go out of one lande He shal set him vp a place at the hede of the strete shal he chose him out a corner Make the a strete that the swearde may come towarde Rabath of the Ammonites to the stronge cytye of Ierusalem For the kynge of Babylon shal staÌ„de in the turnynge of the waye at the heade of the two stretes to aske councell at the sothe sayers castyng the lottes wyth hys arrowes to aske councell at the Idole and to loke in the lyuer But the sothesaynge shall poynt to the right syde vpon IerusaleÌ„ y â— he maye set men of warre to smyte it wyth a greate noyse to crye out Alarum to set batell rammes against the gates to graue vp dyches and to make bulworkes Neuertheles as for the sothesayenge they shall holde it but for vanite euen as though a ieste were tolde them yee and they them selues
multytude of people vpon them and make them be scatred and spoyled these shal stone them and gore them with theyr sweardes They shal sleye theyr soÌ„nes and daughters and burne vp theyr houses with fyre Thus wyl I destroye all suche fylthynes out of the lande that all wemen may learne not to do after your vnclennes And so they shall laye your fylthynes vpon youre owne selues and ye shal be punished for the sinnes that ye haue coÌ„mitted with your Idols and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde God ¶ He proueth the fyrynge of Ierusalem by a parable of a sethynge potte The parable of Ezechiâ—lo wyfe beyng deed whiche he after expoundeth CAPI XXIIII IN THE nynth yeare in the tenth monethe the tenthe daye of the Moneth came the worde of the LORDE vnto me sayenge O thou sonne of man wryte vp the name of this daye yee euen the houre of thys presente daye when the kyng of Babylon set hymselfe agaynste â–ª Ierusalem â— Shewe that obstynate housholde a parable and speake vnto them Thus sayeth the Lorde God Get the a potte set it on and poure water into it put all the peces together in it all the good peces the loyne the shoulder and fyll it with the best bones Take one of the best shepe and an heape of bones with all let it boyle well and let the bones seeth well therin With that sayde the Lorde God on thys maner Wo be vnto the bloudy cyty of the pot wherupon the rustynes hangeth and is not yet scoured awaye Take out the peces that are in it one after another â–ª there neade not lottes be cast therfore for the bloude is yet in it Upon a playne drye stone hathe she poured it and not vpon the grounde that it myght be couered with duste And therfore haue I letten her poure her bloude vpon a playne drye stony rocke because it shuld not be hyd and that I myght brynge my wrothful indignacyon and vengeaunce vpon her Wherfore thus sayeth the Lord God O wo be vnto the bloude thursty cyte for whoÌ„ I wyl prepare a heape of wodde beare thou the bones together kyndle thou the fyre seeth the flesshe let all be well sodden that the bones maye be suckte out Moreouer set the pot emptye vpon the coales that it may be warme and the metall hote that the fyfth and rustynes maye be consumed But it wyl not go of there is so muche of it the rustines must be brent out Thy fylthynesse is abhomynable for I wolde haue clensed the but thou woldest not be clensed Thou canst not be pourged from thyne vnclenuesse tyll I poured my wrothefull indyguacyon vpon the. Euen I the Lorde haue so deuysed Yee it is come therto all redy that I wyll do it I wyll not go backe I wyll not spare I wyll not be entreated but accordynge to thy wayes and ymagynacyons thou shalte be punysshed sayeth the Lorde God And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man beholde I wyll take awaye the pleasure of thyne eyes with a plage yet shalte thou neyther mourne nor wepe nor water thy chekes therfore thou mayest mourne by thyselfe alone but vse no deadely lamentacyon Holde on thy bonet and put on thy shues vpon thy fetâ— couer not thy face and eate no mourners breade So I spake vnto the people by tymes in the mornyng and at euen my wyfe dyed then vpon the nexte thorowe I dyd as I was coÌ„maunded And the people sayd vnto me wylte thou not tell vs what that sygny fyeth whiche thou doest I answered them the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayenge Tell the house of Israell thus sayeth the Lorde God beholde I wyll suspende my Sanctuary euen the glorye of youre power the pleasure of your eyes and the thyng that ye loue your sonnes daughters whom ye haue lefte shall fall thorowe the swearde Lyke as I haue done so shall ye do also Ye shall not hyde your faces ye shall eate no mournets bread your bonettes shal ye haue vpon your heades and shues vpon youre fete Ye shall neyther mourne nor wepe but in your synnes ye shal be sorowfull and one reyente with another Thus Ezechiell is your shewe token For loke as he hath done so when this commeth ye shall do also that ye may lerne to knowe that I am the Lorde God But beholde O thou sonne of man In the daye when I take frome them theyr power theyr ioye and honoure the luste of theyr eyes the burthen of theyr bodyes namely theyr sonnes and daughters Then shal there one escape and come vnto the for to shewe the. In that daye shall thy mouth be opened to hym whiche is escaped that thou mayest speake and be no more domme Yee and thou shalte be theyr shewe token that they maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde ¶ The worde of the Lorde vpon the sonnes of Ammon whiche reioysed at the fal of Ierusalem Against Moab and Seyr Agaynst Idumeâ— Agoynst the Philistynes CAPI XXV THe worde of y â— Lord came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man set thy face agaynst the Ammonytes prophecy vpon them and saye vnto the Ammonytes heare the worde of the Lorde God Thus sayeth the Lorde God For so muche as thou speakest ouer my Sanctuarye A ha I trowe it be nowe suspended and ouer the lande of Israel I trowe it be now desolate yee and ouer the house of Iuda I trow they be now led awaye presoners Beholde I wyll delyuer the to the people of the east y t they maye haue the in possessyon these shal set theyr castels and houses in the. They shall eate thy fruyte dryncke vp thy mylcke As for Rabath I wyl make of it a stal for camels and of Ammon a shepefolde and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde For thus sayeth y â— Lorde God In so much as thou hast clapped with thyne haÌ„des and stamped with thy fete yee reioysed in thyne herte ouer the lande of Israel with despyte beholde I wyll stretche out my hande ouet the also and delyuer the to be spoyled of the Heathen and rote the out from amonge the people and cause the to be destroyed out of all landes yee I wyll make the to be layed waste that thou mayest knowe that I am the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde God For so much as Moab and Seir do saye As for the house of Iuda it is but lyke as all other Gentiles be Therfore beholde I wyl make the cyties of Moab weapenelesse and take awaye theyr strength theyr cyties and chefe coastes of theyr lande whiche are the pleasures of the countre As namely Bethiesimoth Baalmeon Cariathaim these wyll I open vnto them of the east that they may tall vpon the Ammonytes and wyll geue it them in possession so that the Ammonytes shall nomore be had in remeÌ„braunce among the Heathen Euen thus wyll I punysh Moab also that they maye knowe
They of the house of Thogarma brought vnto the at the tyme of thy marte horse horsmen and mules They of dedan were thy merchauntes and many other Iles that occupyed with the brought the weathers elephant bones Peacockes for a present The Syrians occupyed with the because of thy dyuerse workes and increased thy merchaundyes with Smaragdes with scarlet with nedle worcke with whyte lynen cloth with sylcke and with crystall Iuda and the lande of Israell occupyed with the and brought vnto thy markettes wheat balme hony oyle triacle Damascus also vsed marchaundyes with the in the best wyne and whyt woll be cause thy occupyenge was so great and thy wares so many Dan Iauan and Meusall haue brought vnto thy markettes yron redy made with Cassia and Calamus accordynge to thyâ—â— occupyenge Dedan occupyed with thâ—â—n fayre tapestrye worke and quoshyns Arabia and all the prynces of Cedar haue occupyed with the in shepe weathers and goates The marchauntes of Seba and Rema haue occupyed also with the in all costly spyces in all precyous stones and golde whiche they brought vnto thy markettes Haran Chene and Eden the marchauntes of Saba Assiria and Chelmad were all doers with the and occupyed with the. In costly rayment of yalowe sylcke and nedle worcke very precyous and therfore packte and bounde together with ropes Yee and in Cedre wodde at the tyme of thy markettes The shyppes of Tharsis were the chefe of thy occupyenge Thus thou art full and in greate worshyp euen in the myddest of the see Thy maryners were euer bryngynge vnto the out of many waters But the easte wynde shall ouerbeare the into the myddest of the see so that thy wares thy marchaundyes thy ryches thy maryners thy shypmasters thy helpers thy occupyers that brought the thynges necessary the meÌ„ of warre that are in the yee and all thy comens shall perysh in the myddest of the see in the daye of thy fall The suburbes shall shake at the loude crye of thy shypmen Al whyry men and all maryners vpon the see shall leape out of theyr boates and set them selues vpon the lande They shall lyfte vp theyr voyce because of the and make a lamentable crye They shall caste duste vpon theyr heades and lye downe in the asshes They shall shaue them selues and put sacke cloth vpoÌ„ them for thy sake They shall mourne for the with hertfull sorowe and heuy lamentacyon yee theyr chyldren also shall wepe for the. Alas what cytie hathe so bene destroyed in the see as Tyre is When thy wares and marchaundyes came from the sees thou gauest al people ynough The kynges of the earth hast thou made ryche thorowe the multitude of thy waters and occupyenge But thou arte nowe cast downe in to the depe of the see all thy resorte of people is peryshed with the. All they that dwell in the Iles are abashed at the and al theyr kynges are afrayed yee theyr faces haue chaunged coloure The marchauntes of the nacyons wondre at the. In y â— thou art so cleane brought to naught and commeth nomore vp ¶ The worde of God against the kyng of Tyrâ— for his pride Daniel The prophet is moued to bewalk the kyng of Tyrus The worde of the Lorde agaynst Sydon The Lord pro miseth that he wyll gather together the chyldren of Israel THE worde of the Lord came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man tell the prynce of Tyre Thus sayeth the Lorde God because thou hast a proude hert hast sayde I am a God I haue my seate in the myddest of the see lyke a God where as thou art but a man nat God yet staÌ„dest in thyne owne conceyte that thou art God Beholde thou thynkest thy selfe ☞ wyser then Daniel that there is no secretes hyd from the. With thy wysdome and thy vnderstandynge that hast gotten the great welthynes and gathered treasure of syluer and golde With thy greate wysdome and occupyenge hast thou increased thy power and because of thy great rychesse thy herte is proude Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God For so much as thou hast lyft vp thine hert as though thou were God Beholde I wyl brynge enemyes vpon the euen the tyrauntes of the HeatheÌ„ these shal drawe out theyr sweardes vpon thy bewty and wysdome shall defyle thy glory They shall caste the downe to the pytte so that thou shalt dye in the myddest of the see as they that be slayne Let se yf thou wylt saye then before them that slaye the I am God where as thou art but a man and nat God in the handes of them that slaye the. Dye shalt thou euen as the vncircumcised in the handes of the enemyes for I my selfe haue spoken it sayeth the Lorde God Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayeng Thou sonne of man make a lamentable complaynte ouer the kynge of Tyre and tell hym Thus sayeth the Lorde God Thou art a seale of a lycknesse full of wysdome and excellent bewty Thou hast bene in the pleasaunt garden of God thou art decte with all maner of precyous stones with Ruby Topas Crystall Iacyncte Onix Iaspis Saphyr Smaragde Carbouncle and golde Thy bewty and the holes that be in the were set forth in the daye of thy creacyoÌ„ âšœ Thou art a fayre Cherub stretched wyde out for to couer I haue set the vpon the holy mounte of God there haste thou bene and walked amonge the fayre glysterynge stones From the tyme of thy creacyon thou haste bene ryght excellent tyll wyckednes was founde in the. Because of thy great marchaundyse thy herte is full of wyckednesse and thou haste offended Therfore wyll I cast the from the mounte of God O thou couerynge Cherub and destroye the amonge the glystrynge stones Thy hert was pronde in thy fayre bewty and thorowe thy bewte thou haste destroyed thy wysdome I wyll caste the downe to the grounde and that in the syght of kynges Thou hast defyled thy Sanctuary with the greate wyckednes of thy vnryghteous occupyeng I wyl brynge a fyre from the myddest of the to consume the and wyl make the to asshes in the sight of all them that loke vpon the. All they that haue bene acquaynted with the among the Heathen shal be abasshed at the seyng thou art so clene brought to naught and coÌ„mest nomore vp And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayeng Thou sonne of man set thy face agaynst Sydon Prophecye vpon it and speake Thus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde O Sydon I wyll vpon the and get me honoure in the that it maye be knowne howe that I am the Lorde when I punyshe her and get me honoure in her For I wyll sende pestilence and bloude sheddynge into her streates so that those whiche be slayne with the swearde shall lye rounde aboute in the myddest of her and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde She shall nomore be a pryckynge thorne and an hurtynge breer vnto the house
to God The wyckednesse of the Prestes CAPI VI. IN theyr aduersytye they shall seke me and saye come let vs turne agayne to the Lorde for he hath smyten vs and he shall heale vs He hath wounded vs he shall bynde vs vp agayne after two dayes shall he quycken vs in y ◠thyrde day he shal rayse vs vp so that we shal lyue in his syght Then shall we haue vnderstandyng and endeuour our selues to knowe the Lorde He shall go forth as the sprynge of the day and come vnto vs as the euenynge and mornynge rayne vpon the earth O Ephraim what shall I do vnto the O Iuda howe shall I intreate the seynge youre loue is lyke a mornynge cloude and lyke a dewe that goeth earely awaye Therfore haue I cut downe the Prophetes and let theym be slayne for my wordes sake so that thy punyshemente shall come to lyght For I haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse and not in offerynge yee in the knoweledge of God more then in burntsacryfyce But euē lyke as Adam dyd so haue they brokē my couenaunt and set me at nought ☞ Gilead is a cyte of wycked doers of malycyous people bloud shedders The multytude of the Prestes is lyke an heape of the ues murtherers bloudthurstye for they haue wrought abhomynacyon Horryble thynges haue I sene in the house of Israel there playeth Ephrai the harlot Israel is defyled but Iuda shall haue an haruest for hym selfe when I returne the captyuyte of my people ¶ Of the vyces and wantonnnes of the people CAPI VII WHen I vndertake to make Israel whole then the vngraciousnesse of Ephraim and the wyckednesse of Samaria cōmeth to lyght then go they aboute with lyes At home they be theues and without they fall to robbynge They consydre not in theyr hertes that I remembre all theyr wyckednes They go aboute with theyr owne inuencyons but I se them well ynough They make the kynge the prynces to haue pleasure in theyr wyckednes lyes All these burne in aduoutry as it were an ouen that the baker heateth whē he hath left kneadyng tyl the dowe be leuened Euen so goeth it thys daye with oure kynges and prynces for they begynne to be woode droncken thorowe wine they vse familiarite with such as disceaue them They with the ymaginacyon of their hart are like an ouen theyr slepe is all the nyght lyke the slepe of a baker in y ◠mornynge is he as hote as the flame of fyre they are all together as hote as an ouen They haue deuoured theyr owne iudges all their kynges are fallen yet is there none of them that calleth vpon me ☞ Therfore must Ephraim be myxte amonge the Heathen Ephraim is become lyke a cake that no man turneth straungers haue deuoured his strength yet he regardeth it not he waxeth ful of gray heares yet wyl he not knowe it the pryde of Israell is cast downe before theyr face yet wyll they not turne to the Lorde theyr God nor seke him for all thys Ephraim is lyke a doue that is begyled and hath no harte Now cal they vpon the Egypcians nowe go they to the Assyrians but whyle they be goynge here and there I shal sprede my net ouer them drawe them downe as the foules of the ayre according as they haue bene warned so wyll I punyshe them Wo be vnto them for they haue forsaken me They muste be destroyed for they haue set me at naught I am he that haue redemed them and yet they dyssemble with me They call not vpon me wyth they re hertes but lye houlynge vpon their beddes Where as they come together it is but for meate and dryncke and me wyl they not obey I haue taught them and defended theyr arme yet do they ymagyn mischefe agaynst me They turne them selues but not a ryghte and are become as a broken bowe Their prynces shall be slayne wyth the swearde for the malyce of they re tunges such blasphemyes haue they lerned in the lande of Egypte ¶ The destruccyon of Iuda and Israel because of theyr Idolatrye CAPI VIII SET the horne to thy mouthe and blowe get the swyftely as an Aegle vnto the house of the Lorde for they haue broken my couenaunt and transgressed my lawe Israel can saye vnto me thou art my God we knowe the but he hath refused the thing that is good therfore shal the enemye folowe vpon hym They haue ordened kynges but not thorowe me they haue made prynces and I must not knowe of it ▪ Of their siluer and golde haue they made them Images to brynge them selues to destruccyon Thy calf O Samaria shal be taken awaye for my wrothful indignacion is gone forth against the. Howe long wyl it be or they can be clensed For the calfe came from Israel the worcke man made it therfore can it be no God but euen to a spyders webbe shal the calfe of Samaria be turned ☞ They haue sowen wynde therfore shall they reape a storme Theyr sede shall beare no corne there shall no meale be made of theyr increase though they reape yet shall straungers deuoure it vp Israell shall peryshe the Gentyles shal intreate him as a foule vessell Sence they went vp to the Assyryans they are become lyke a wylde asse in the deserte Ephraim geueth rewardes to get louers therfore are they scatred among the Heathē ther wyll I gather thē vp They shal soone be weery of y ◠burthen of kynges prynces Ephraim hathe made many aulters to do wickednes therfore shall y ◠aulters turne to his synne Though I shewe them my lawe neuer so muche they counte it but straunge doctrine Wher as they do sacrifice offering the flesshe and eatynge it the Lorde wyll haue no pleasure therin but wyl remembre theyr wyckednes and punishe their sinnes Israell turneth agayne into Egipte they haue forgotten hym y ◠made thē they buylde churches Iuda maketh many strong cyties therfore wyll I sende a fyre into their cytyes and it shal consume theyr places ¶ Of the hunger and captyuyte of Israel CAPI IX DO ☞ not thou triumphe O Israel make no boastynge more then the Heathen for thou haste commytted aduoutry agaynste thy God straunge rewardes haste thou loued more then all the cornefloures Therfore shall they nomore enioy y ◠corne floures and wyne presses and theyr swete wyne shall fayle them They wyll not dwell in the Lordes lande but Ephraim turneth agayne into Egipte and eateth vncleane thinges amonge the Assyryās They poure out no wyne for a drinckofferyng vnto the Lorde neyther geue they him theyr slayne offringes but they be vnto them as mourners meates wherin all they that eate them are defyled For the bred that they haue suche luste vnto shall not come into the house of the Lorde ☞ What wyll ye do then in the solempne dayes and in the feast of the
doth that girdeth her selfe with sack because of her bryde grome For y â— meate drincke offering shal be taken away from the house of the Lord the prestes the Lordes ministtrs shal mourne The felde shal be wasted the laÌ„de shal be in a myserable case for the corne shal be destroyed the swete wyne shal come to confusion and the oyle vtterly desolate The housbandmen and the wyne gardeners shal loke piteously make lameÌ„tacion for the wheat wyne barly and because the haruest vpon the felde is so cleane destroyed The grape gatherers shall make great mone when the vineyarde and fygtrees be so vtterly wasted Yee al the poÌ„garnettê palmtrees apletrees and the other trees of the felde shall wyther away Thus the mery chere of the chyldren of men shall come to confusion GyrdeÌ„ you and make your mone O ye prestes mourne ye mynysters of the aulter go your way in and stepe in sacke cloth O ye officers of my God for the meat drinckofferyng shal be taken away from the house of your God Proclayme a fastyng call the coÌ„gregacion gather the elders and all the inhabytours of the lande togyther into the house of the Lorde your God and crye vnto y â— Lorde alas alas for this day And why the day of the Lord is at hande and coÌ„meth as a destroyer from the almighty Shal not the meates be taken away before our eyes ☜ the myrth also and ioye from the house of our God The sede shal perysh in the grouÌ„de the garners shall lye wast the flores shal be broken downe for the corne shal be destroyed O what a syghynge make the euyll the bullockes are very euel lyking because they haue no pasture and the shepe are samyshed away O Lorde to the wyll I crye for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernesse the flame hath brent vp al the trees of the felde Yee the wylde beastes crye also vnto the for the water riuers are dryed vp the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse ¶ He propheryeth the commyng and cruâ—â—â—ye of theyr enemyes An exhortâ—cion to moue them to conuerte CAPI II. BLowe out the trompet in Syon crye vpon my holy hyll y â— all suche as dwell in the laÌ„de may treÌ„ble at it for the day of the Lorde toÌ„meth is harde at hande a darcke day a gloomyng day a cloudy day yee a stormy daye lyke as the mornynge spredeth out vpon y â— hylles Namely a great mightye people suche as haue not bene sens the begynnyng neyther shall be after them for euer more Before hym shal be a consumyng fyre behynde him a burnynge flame The lande shal be as a garden of pleasure before him but behinde hym shall it be a very wast wyldernesse and there is no man that shall escape him They are to loke vpon lyke barbed horses ruÌ„ne lyke horsmen They skyp vp vpon y â— hylles as it were the souÌ„de of charettê as y â— flame of fyre y â— consumeth y â— strawe as a myghty people redy to the batayle The tolke shal be afrayed of hym all faces shal be as blacke as a pot These shal ruÌ„ne lyke gyauntes and leape ouer the walles lyke men of warre Euery man in his going shall kepe hys araye and not go out of hys Path. There shal not one driue another but eche shall kepe his owne waye They shall breake in at the wyndowes not be hurte They shal come into the cyâ—â—e runne vpon the walles They shall clyme vp vpon the houses and slyppe in at the wyndowes lyke a thefe The earth shall quake before hym yee y â— heauens shal be moued â–ª The sunne the moone shal be darckened and the starres shall withdrawe theyr shyne The Lord shal shall shewe his voyce before his hooste for his hooste is great stronge and myghty to fulfyll his commaundement This is that great and maruelous fearefull daye of the Lorde And who is able to abyde it Now therfore sayeth the Lorde Turne you vnto me with all your hertes with faâ—ynge wepynge and mournyng rent your hertes and not youre clothes Turne you vnto the Lord your God for he is gracyoê° and mercyfull long suffering and of greate compassion and redy to pardon wickednes Then no doute he also shall turne and forgeue and after his chastenynge he shall let your increase remayne â–ª for meat and drinckoffriÌ„ges vnto the Lord your God Blowe out with the trompet in Syon proclayme a fastynge call the congregacyon and gather the people together warne the congregacioÌ„ gather the elders briÌ„ge the chyldren suckelynges together Let the brydegrome go forth of hys chaÌ„bre and the bryde out of her rloset Let the preastes serue the Lorde betwyxte the porche the aulter wepyng and saying be fauourable O Lord be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heritage be brought to suche coÌ„fusion lest the Hethen be Lordes therof Wherfore shuld they say among the Hethen where is now their God Then shal the Lorde be gelous ouer his lande and spare his people yee the Lorde shall answerre saye vnto his people Beholde I wyll sende you corne wyne oyle so that ye shall haue pleÌ„ty of them I wyll no more geue you ouer to be a reprofe amoÌ„g the Hethen Againe as for him of the North I shal dryue him farre from you shut him out into a drye wast lande his face toward the east sce his hynder partes towarde the vtmost see The styncke of him shall go vp his filthy corruption shall fal vpon hym selfe because he hath dealt so proudly Feare not O lande but be glad reioyse for the Lord wyl do great thinges Be not ye afraied neither O ye beastes of the felde for the pastures shal be grene the trees shal beare theyr frute the fyg trees vyneyardes shall geue theyr increase Be glad then O ye chyldreÌ„ of Syon and reioyse in the Lorde your god for he hath ge uen you a teacher of rightuousnesse he it is y t shal sende you downe showers of rayne early late in the fyrst moneth so y t the garners shal be ful of corne the presses plentuous in wyne oile And as for the yeres that the greshoper locust blastyng caterpyller my grethost which I seÌ„t among you haue eaten vp I shal restore theÌ„ to you againe so that ye shal haue ynough to eate be satisfied prayse the name of the Lord your God that so maruelously hath dealt with you And my people shal neuer be confounded any more Ye shal wel knowe y â— I am in the middest of Israel that I am the Lord your God ye that there is none other my people shal no more be brought to confusion After this wyll I poure out my sprete ☜ vpon al flesh your soÌ„nes your daughters shal ê“phecy
your olde men shal dâ—â—ame ☜ dreames your yong men shal se vysioÌ„s yee in those daies I wil poure out my sprete vpon seruauÌ„tes and maydens I wyl shewe wonters in heauen aboue and tokens in the earth beneth bloude fyre and the vapour of smoke The suÌ„ne shal be turned into darknes and the Moone into bloude before the great notable day of the Lorde come And the tyme shall conte that whosouer calleth on the name of the Lorde shal be saued For vpon the mount Syon and at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion lyke as the Lorde hath promysed â—eâ— and among the other reÌ„naunt whom the Lorde shall call ¶ Of the iudgement of God agaynst the enemyes of his people CAPI III. FOr take hede in those dayes and at the same tyme when I turne againe the cap tyuite of Iuda and IerusaleÌ„ I shal gather al people together bryng theÌ„ in the valley of Iosophat there wyl I reason w t them because of my people my herytage of Israel whoÌ„ they haue scatred about in the nacyons parted my land yee they haue cast lot tes for my people the yonge men haue they set iÌ„ the bordel house solde the damsels for wyne y t they myght haue to drincke Thou Tirus and Sidon and all ye borders of the Philystynes what haue ye to do with me Wyll ye defye me well yf ye wyll nedes defye me I shall recompence you euen vpon your head that right worthely for ye haue taken away my syluer golde my sayre and goodly Iewels and brought theÌ„ into your goddes houses The chyldren also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto y â— Grekes that ye myght brynge them farre from the borders of their owne countrees Beholde therfore I wyl rayse them out of the place where ye haue solde theÌ„ wyl rewarde you eueÌ„ vpon your head Your sonnes your daughters wyll I sel thorow the haÌ„des of the chyldren of Iuda and so they shall geue theÌ„ forth to sel vnto theÌ„ of Saba a people of a farre countre for the Lord him selfe hath sayd it Crye out these thynges among the GeÌ„tyles proclayme warre wake vp the gyauÌ„tes let them drawe nye let them come vp al the lusty warriours of theÌ„ Make you sweardes of your plowshares and speares of your sycles and sythes Let the weake man saye I am strong Mustre you come all ye Heathen rounde about gather you together there shal the Lorde laye all thy Gyauntes to the grounde Let the people aryse get theÌ„ to the valley of Iosaphat for there wyl I syt and iudge al HeatheÌ„ rouÌ„de about Lay to your sythes for ☞ the Haruest iâ— rype come get you downe the wyne presse is ful yee the wyne presses rounne ouer for their wyckednes is waxen great In the valley appoynted there shal be many many people for the daye of Lorde is nye in the valley appoynted The sunne moone shal be darkened the starres shall w t drawe their lyght The Lorde shal roare out of Syon crye out of Ierusalem that the heauens and the earth shall quake wtal But y â— Lord shal be a defence vnto his owne people and a refuge for the chyldren of Israel Thus shall ye knowe that I the Lorde youre God dwell vpon my holy mounte of Sion Then shal Ierusalem be holy there shall no strauÌ„gers go thorow her any more ☞ Then shall the mountaynes drope swete wyne and the hylles shall flowe with mylcke All the ryuers of Iuda shall haue water ynough and out of the Lordes house there shal flowe a spryng to water the broke of Sitim but Egypte shal be layed waste and EdoÌ„ shal be desolate because they haue dealte so cruelly with the chyldren of Iuda and shed innocent bloude in theyr lande Agayne Iuda shal be inhabited for euermore and Ierusalem from generacion to generacion for I wyll not leaue theyr bloude vnauenged And the Lorde shal dwell in Sion ¶ The ende of the Prophe cye of Ioel. ⧠The Booke of the Prophete Amos. ¶ The tyme of the Propherye of Amos. The worde of the Lorde agaynst â—â—ah egaynste Tyre agaynste Edom and agaynst the tonnes of Ammon CAPI I. THese are the sermons that were shewed vnto Amos whiche was one of the phepherdes at Thecua vpon Israel in the tyme of Osiah kyng of Iuda and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioah kynge of Israel two yeare ☜ before the earthe quake And he sayde The Lorde shall roare out of Syon and shewe his voyce from Ierusalem so that the pastu res of the shepherdes shal be in a myserable case the tope of Charmel dryed vp Thus sayeth the Lorde for thre and foure wycked nesses of Damascus I wyll not spare her because they haue thresshed Galaad with yron flayles But I wyll sende a fyre into the house of Hazael the same shal consume y â— pa laces of Benadab Thus wyll I breake the barres of Damascus and roce out the inhabyter from the felde of Auen And him that holdeth the scepter out of the pleasauÌ„t house so that the people shal be driuen out of fayre Syrya sayeth the Lord. Thus sayth y t Lord For thre foure wyckednesses of Gaza I wyl not spare her because they make the prisoners yet more capciue haue dryuen them into the lande of Edom. Therfore wyl I seÌ„de a fyre into the walles of Gaza which shal de uoure her houses I wyll rote out them that dwel at Asdod and him that holdeth the scepter of Ascalon stretch out mine hande ouer Accaron that the reÌ„mnaunt of the Philistynes shal perish sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde For thre foure wickednesses of the cyte of Tyre I wyl not spare her because they haue increased y â— cap tyutte of the Edomites haue not remeÌ„bred the brotherly couenauÌ„t Therfore wyll I sede a fyre into the walles of Tyre that shall consume her palaces Thus sayeth the Lord For thre foure wyckednesses of Edom I wyll not spare him because he persecuted his brother w t the swerde destroyed his mothers woÌ„de bare hatred very long so kept indignacyon al waye by hym Therfore wyl I sende a fyre in to Theman whiche shal de tâ—oure the palaces of Bosra Thus sayeth the Lorde For thre foure wyckednesses of the chyldren of A â–ª n non I wyll not spare them because they rypt vp the wemen great with chylde in Galaad to make the borders of theyr landes the wider Therfore I wyl kyndle a tyre in the walles of Rabbath that shal consume her palaces with a great crye in the day of barayle 〈◊〉 teÌ„pest and in the daye of storme so that theyr kynge shall go into captiuite he his Pryaces together sayeth the Lorde ¶ Agaynst Moab Iuda and Israel CAPI II. THus sayeth the Lorde For thre
foure wyckednesses of Moab I wyll not spare hym ☞ because he brent the bones of the kynge of Edom to asshes Therfore wyt I sende a fyre into Moab which shal consume y â— palaces of Carioth so that Moab shal perysh with noyse and the sounde of a shaw me I wyll rote out the iudge from amonge them sleye all his princes with hym sayth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde for thre and foure wyckednesses of Iuda I wyll not spare him because he hath cast a syde the lawe of the Lorde and not kepte hys commaundementes for why they wolde nedes be disceyued with the lyes that theyr forefathers folowed Therfore wyl I sende a fire into Iuda which shal consume the palaces of Ierusalem Thus sayeth y â— Lord For thre and foure wyckednesses of Israel I wyl not spare hi because he hath solde the ryghtuous for money the pore for shoes They trede vpoÌ„ pore mens heades in the dust of the earth croke the waies of the meke The soÌ„ne the father go to the haâ—â—ot to dishonour my holy name they lye beside euery alter vpon clothes take to pledge and in the house of their goddes they drincke the wyne of the oppressed Yet destroyed I y â— Ammoryte before theÌ„ y â— was as hye as y â— Cedre trees as stroÌ„g as the okes notwithstanding I destroyed his frute from aboue and his rote from vnder Agayne I brought you out of the laÌ„de of Egypt and led you fourty yeares thorow the wyldernes that ye might haue the Amorites laÌ„des in possession I raysed vp prophetes amonge youre chyldren and absteyners amonge youre yong men Is it not so O ye chyldren of Israel sayeth the Lorde But ye gaue the absteyners wyne to drynke yee ye commaunded the prophetes saying Prophecy not Beholde I wyl crashe you in son der lyke as a wayne crassheth that is full of sheaues so that the swyfte shal not escape neyther the strong be able to do any thyng no the gyaunte shall not saue his owne lyfe The archer shall not abyde and the swyfte of fote shal not escape The horsinaÌ„ shal not saue hys lyfe he y t is as manly of stomake as a gyauÌ„t shal in that day be fayne to ruÌ„ne his way naked sayeth the Lorde ¶ He reproueth the house of Israel of wychednes CAPI III. HEare what the Lorde speaketh vnto you O ye chyldren of Israel namely vnto all the trybes whom I brought out of Egypt sayde you onely haue I accepted from al the generacioÌ„s of the earth therfore wyll I viset you in all youre wyckednesses May twayne walke together except they be agreed amonge themselues Doth a Lyon roare in the wod except he haue a pray Or crieth a lioÌ„s whelpe out of his denne except he haue gotten some thynge Dothe a byrde fall in a snare vpoÌ„ the earth where no fouler is Taketh a maÌ„ his snare vp froÌ„ the grouÌ„de afore he catche somwhat Cry they out AlaruÌ„ with y â— troÌ„pet in the cyte the people not afrayed Commeth there any plage in a cite without it be the Lordes doyng Now doth the Lorde God no maner of thynge but he telleth his secrete before vnto hys seruauntes the prophetes WheÌ„ a lyon roareth who wyll not be afrayed Seynge then that the Lorde God hym selfe speaketh â— who wyll not prophecy Preache in the palaces at Asdod and in the palaces of the lande of Egypte say gather you together vpon the mountaynes of Samaria so shall ye se great murthur and vyolent oppressyon amonge them for why they regarde not the thynge that is ryght sayeth the Lorde they gather together euyl gotten goodes and lay vp robbery in theyr houses Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God This lande shal be troubled beseged rouÌ„de aboute thy strength shal be plucte frome the and thy palaces robbed Thus sayeth the Lorde lyke as an herdman taketh two legges or a pece of an eare out of the lioÌ„s mouth Euen so the children of Israel that dwel in Samaria hauyng theyr couches in the corner and their beddes at Damscus shal be plucte awaye ☞ Heare beare recorde in the house of Iacob sayeth y â— Lord God of hoostes that when I begynne to vyset the wyckednesse of Israel I wyll vyset the aulters at Bethell also so that the hornes of the aulter shal be broken of and fall to the grounde As for the wynterhouse sommer house I wyl smyte them downe and the houses of yuery yee and many other houses shall perysh and be destroyed sayeth the Lorde ¶ Agaynst the gouernours of Samarin CAPI IIII. O Heare this worde ☞ ye fat kyne that be vpon the hyll of Samaria ye that do poore men wronge and oppresse the nedy ye that saye to your Lordes bryng hyther let vs dryncke Therfore the Lorde hathe sworne by his holynesse The dayes shall come vpon you that ye shal be lyfte vp vpon speares and youre posteryte caryed awaye in fyshers pannyers Ye shall get you out at y â— gappê one after another in ArmoÌ„ shal ye be cast awaye sayeth the Lorde Ye came to Bethel for to worcke vngraciousnes and haue increased your sines at Galgal ye brought your sacrifices in the mornynge and your tythes vnto the thyrde daye Ye maÌ„de a thank offrynge of leuen Ye promysed frewyloffrynges and proclamed them Such lust had ye O ye chyldren of Israel sayeth the Lord God Therfore haue I geuen you yâ—le teeth in al your cytyes and scarsenes of bred in al your palaces yet wyl ye not turne vnto me sayeth the Lorde WheÌ„ there were but thre monethes vnto the haruest I withelde the rayne from you ye I rayned vpon one cyte and not vpoÌ„ another one pece of grouÌ„de was mostured w t rayne and the grounde that I rayned nat vpon was drye Wherfore two yee thre cyties came vnto one to dryncke water but they were nat satisfyed yet wyll ye nat turne vnto me sayeth the Lorde I haue smytten you with drought and blastynge and loke howe many orchardes vineyardes fyggetrees and olyuetrees ye had the caterpyller hathe eaten them vp But yet wyll ye nat turne vnto me sayeth the Lorde Pestilence haue I sent amoÌ„g you as I dyd in Egipt your yonge meÌ„ haue I sleyne w t the swerde and caused your horses to be takeÌ„ captiue I made the stynckynge sauour of your tentes to come vp into youre nostrels Yet wyll ye not turne vnto me sayeth the Lorde Some of you haue I ouerthrowen as I ouerthrewe Sodome Gomore so that ye were as a brande plucte out of the fyre Yet wyl ye nat turne vnto me sayeth the Lorde Therfore thus wyl I handle y â— agayne O Israel ye euen thus wyll I handle the. Make the ready theÌ„ to mete thy God O Israel For lo he maketh the mouÌ„taynes he ordeneth the wynde he sheweth man what he is aboute to do the maketh the morninge
and the darkenes he treadeth vpon the hye places of the earth the Lorde God of hostes is his name ¶ A complâ—ynte of the captyuyte of Israel CAPI V. HEARE thys worde O ye house of Israel and why I muste make thys mone for you The vyrgyn Israel shall fall neuer rise vp againe she shal be cast downe vpon her owne grounde no maÌ„ shal helpe her vp For thus sayeth the Lorde God Where as there dwelt a. M. i one citie there shal be lefte scarce an huÌ„dred therin where there dwelt an C. there shall scarce ten be lefte for the house of Israel Neuertheles thus sayth y â— Lord vnto the house of Israel Seke after me ye shal lyue but seke nat after Bethel Come nat at Galgal go nat to Bersaba for Galgal shal be caryed away captiue and Bethel shall come to naught Seke the Lorde y â— ye may lyue lest the house of Ioseph be brent with fyre and consumed and lest there be none to quench Bethell Ye turne the lawe to wormewod caste downe ryghteousnes vnto y â— grouÌ„de The Lord maketh the. vij starres the OrioÌ„s he turneth the nyght into daye of the daye he maketh darckenesse He calleth the waters of the see and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde the Lorde is his name He rayseth destruccyon vpon the mygntye people bryngeth downe the stronge holde but they owe him euell wyll y â— reproueth theÌ„ opeÌ„ly who so telleth theÌ„ the playne trueth they abhorre hi. For so muche then as ye oppresse the pore robbe him of his best sustenauÌ„ce therfore where as ye haue buylded houses of square stone ye shal not dwell in theÌ„ Maruelous pleasaunt vineyardes shal ye plaÌ„te but y â— wyne of theÌ„ shal ye not driÌ„ke whyâ—as for y â— multitude of youre wyckednesse your stoute sinnes I know theÌ„ right well Enemyes are ye of the ryghteous ye take rewardes ye oppresse the poore in iudgemeÌ„t Therfore y â— wise must nowe be fayne to holde his tunge so wycked a tyme is it Seke after y â— thing y e is good nat euel so shal ye lyue yee y â— Lorde God of hoostes shal be with you accordynge to youre owne desyre Hate y â— euell loue the good syt vp right agayne iÌ„ the porte no doute the Lorde God of hoostes shal be merciful vnto the remnaunte of Ioseph If no sayeth the Lorde God the God of hostes there shal be mournyng in all stretes yee they shall saye in euery strete alas alas They shal cal the housbandemaÌ„ to lameÌ„tacion such as can mourne to mournynge In all vyneyardes there shal be heuinesse for I wil come amoÌ„g you sayeth the Lorde Wo be vnto theÌ„ y t desyre the daye of y â— Lorde Wherfore wolde ye haue it As for the day of the Lorde it shal be darke not cleare Yee lyke as when a man runneth froÌ„ a lyon a Beare meteth with him or wheÌ„ he coÌ„meth into the house leaneth his hande vpoÌ„ y â— wall a serpent byteth him Shal not y â— day of the Lorde be darke and not cleare shall it not be cloudy and no shyne in it I hate and abhorre your holy dayes where as ye cense me when ye come together I wyll not accepte it And though ye offre me brentoffrynges meatoffringes yet haue I no pleasure therin As for youre fat thanck offerynges I wyll not loke vpoÌ„ theÌ„ Awaye with y â— noyse of thy son ges I wyl nat heare thy playes of musyck but se y â— equyte flowe as y â— water ryghteousnesse as a mighty streame O ye house of Israel gaue ye me offrynges and sacryfices those fourty yeares longe in the wylder nys yet haue ye set vp tabernacles to your Moloch and ymages of your Idols yee and the starre of youre God Rempha fygures which ye made to worshyppetheÌ„ Therfore wyll I cause you to be caryed awaye beyonde Damascus saieth the Lord whose name is the God of Hoostes ¶ Agaynste the prynces of Israel lyuynge in pleasures CAPI VI. OWo be to the proude welthy in SyoÌ„ to suche as thynke them so sure vpon the mount of Samaria which holde them selues for the best of the worlde and rule the house of Israel euen as they lyst Go vnto Calue and se and from thence get you to Hemath the greate cytye so go downe to Gath of the Philystines be they better at ease then these kyngdomes or the border of theyr lande wyder then yours Ye are taken out for the euell daye euen ye that syt in the stole of wyckednesse Ye that lye vpoÌ„ beddes of yuery and vse youre wantounesse vpon your couches ye that eate the best lambe of the flocke the fattest calues of the droaue ye that synge to the lute and in playnge of instrumeÌ„tes coÌ„pare your selues vnto Dauid ye that dryncke wyne out of goblettes and anoynte your selues with the best oyle but noman is sory for Iosephs hurte â–ª Ther fore nowe shall ye be the fyrst of them that shall be led awaye captyue the lusty chere of the wylfull shall come to an ende The Lorde God hathe sworne euen by him selfe sayeth the Lorde God of hostes I hate y â— pryde of Iacob I abhore his palaces I wyl geue ouer y â— cytie withal that is therin so y t though there remayne ten meÌ„ in one house they shall dye So theyr nexte kynâ—folkes the deed buriers shal take theÌ„ cary awaye theyr bones saye vnto hym that is in y â— ynnermer house is there yet any mo by the And he shal answere they are all gone holde thy tuÌ„ge shal he saye for âšœ they wolde nat remembre the name of the Lorde Beholde the Lorde is mynded to smyte the great houses so that they shal decaye the lytle houses y â— they shal cleue a sunder Who can runne with horses or plowe with oxen vpoÌ„ the harde rockes of stone For why ye haue turned true iudgemeÌ„t into bytternesse y â— frute of ryghteusnesse into wormwode yee euen ye y e reioyse in vayne thinges ye that saye haue not we optayned hornes in oure owne streÌ„gth wel take hede O ye house of Israel sayeth the Lorde God of hoostes I wyll brynge a people vp you which shal trouble you froÌ„ the way y â— goeth to warde Hemath vnto y â— broke i y â— medowe ¶ Of the captiuytie of Israel and Iuda CAPI VII THE Lorde God shewed me suche a vysyou beholde there stode one that made greshoppers euen wheÌ„ the corne was shutynge forth after the kynge had clypte his shepe Nowe when they vndertoke to eate vp al the grene thynges in the lande I sayde O Lorde God be mercyful I beseche the who shulde els helpe vp Iacob that is brought so lowe So the Lorde was gracyous therin and the Lorde sayde
well it shal not be Agayne the Lorde shewed me thys vysyon beholde the Lorde God called the fyre to punysh withall and it deuoured the great depe yee it consumed a parte al redy Then sayde I O Lorde God holde thyne hande for who shulde els helpe vp Iacob that is brought so lowe So the Lorde was mercyfull therin and the Lorde God sayd well it shal nat be Moreouer he shewed me thys vysyon beholde the Lorde stode vpō a plastered wall and a masons trowel in his hande And the Lorde sayde vnto me Amos what seest thou I answered a masons trowel Thē sayde the Lorde beholde I wyll laye the trowell amonge my people of Israel and wyll nomore ouer se thē but the hye hylchapels of Isaac muste be layed waste and the churches of Israel made desolate and as for the house of Ieroboam I wyl stande vp against it with the swerde Upō thys sent Amasyah the prest to Bethel vnto Ieroboā the kyng of Israel sayenge Amos maketh the house of Israell to rebell agaynste the the lande can nat awaye with his wordes For Amos sayeth Ieroboam shal dye with the swearde Israel shal be led awaye captyue out of theyr owne lande And Amasiah sayde vnto Amos Gette the hence thou that canst se so wel and fle in to the lande of Iuda get the there thy lyuynge and prophecy there and prophecy nomore at Bethell for it is the kynges chapell and the kynges courte Amos answered and sayde to Amasiah As for me I am neyther prophet nor prophetes sonne but a keper of catell Nowe as I was breakinge downe molberyes and goynge after the catell the Lorde toke me and sayde vnto me Go thy waye and prophecy vnto my people of Israel And therfore heare y u nowe y ◠worde of y ◠Lord Thou sayest prophecy nat agaist Israel speake nothynge agaynst y ◠house of Isaac Wherfore thus sayeth y ◠Lorde Thy wyfe shal be defiled in the cytie thy sonnes daughters shal be slayne with the swearde thy lande shal be measured out with y ◠lyne Thou thy selfe shalt dye in an vnclene lāde Israel shal be dryuen out of hys owne countre ¶ Agaynst the rulers of Israel The Lorde sweareth that he wyll fulfyll the thynges whiche he hathe determyned agaynste Israel CAPI VIII THE Lorde God shewed me thys vysyon and beholde there was a maunde with somer frute And he sayd Amos what seyst thou I answered a maunde with sommer frute Then sayde the Lorde vnto me the ende cōmeth vpon my people of Israel I wyl nomore ouerse thē In y t daye shal the songes of the temple be turned into sorowe sayth y ◠Lorde God many deed bodyes shal lye in euery place and be cast forth secretly Heare this O ye y ◠oppresse the poore and destroye the nedy in the lande saying Whē wyl the newe moneth be gone y t we may sell bytayle the Sabboth that we may haue scarcenesse of corne to make y ◠busshell lesse and the Sycle greater We shal set vp false wayghtes that we maye get the pore vnder vs with theyr money and the nedy also for shoes yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne The Lord hath sworne agaynst y ◠pryde of Iacob these workes of theyrs wyll I neuer forget Shall nat the lande trēble and all they that dwell therin mourne for thys Shall nat theyr destruccyō come vpon thē lyke a water streame and flowe ouer thē as the floude of Egypte At the same tyme sayeth the Lorde God ☞ I shal cause the Sunne to go downe at none and the lande to be darcke in the cleare daye You re hye feastes wyll I turne to sorowe and youre songes to mournynge I wyll brynge sacke cloth vpō all backes baldnes vpon euery heade yee suche a mournynge wyll I sende them as is made vpon an onely begotten sonne and they shal haue a myserable ende Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the Lorde God that I shall sende an hunger in to the earth ☞ nat the hunger of brede nor the thyrst of water but an hunger to heare the worde of the Lorde so that they shall go from the one see to the other yee from the north vnto the east runnynge about to seke the worde of the Lorde and shall nat fynde it ☞ In that tyme shall the tayre virgins and the yonge men perysh for thyrst yee euē they that sweare in the offēce of Samaria saye as truly as thy God lyueth at Dan and as truly as thy God liueth at Bersaba These shalt fall and neuer ryse vp agayne ¶ Threatenynges agaynste Israel No man can escape the hande of God CAPI XI I Sawe the Lorde stādynge vpon the aulter he sayde smyte the dore cheke that the postes maye shake withall For theyr couetousnesse shall fall vpon all theyr heades and theyr posterite shal be slayne with the swearde They shal nat fle away there shall nat one of thē escape nor be delyuered Though they were buryed in the hell my hande shal fetch thē frō thence though they clyme vp to heauen yet shall I caste them downe though they hyde them selues vpon the toppe of Carmel yet shal I seke thē out and brynge them from thence though they crepe downe fro my syght into the depe of the see I shall cōmaunde the serpente euen there to byte them If they go awaye before theyr enemyes into captiuite then shall I cōmaunde the swearde there to sleye them Thus wyll I set myne eyes vpon thē for theyr harme not for their wealth For whē the Lorde God of hoostes toucheth a lande it consumeth awaye and al they that dwell therin must nedes mourne And why theyr destruccion shal aryse as euery streame and runne ouer thē as the floude in Egypt He that hathe hys dwellynge in heauen and groundeth hys tabernacle in the earth He that calleth the waters as the see and poureth them out vpō the plyane grounde hys name is the Lorde O ye chyldren of Israel are ye nat vnto me euen of the Moryans saieth the Lorde haue not I brought Israel outof the lande of Egypte the Philistynes from Capthor and the Syrtans from Cyr Beholde the eyes of the Lorde are vpon the realme that synneth to rote it cleane out of the earth Neuertheles I wyl not vtterly destroye the house of Iacob sayeth y ◠Lorde Forlo this I promyse though I syfte the house of Israel among al nacyons lyke as they vse to syfte in a syue yet shall nat the smallest grauel stone fall vpō the earth But al the wycked doers of my people that saye Tush the plage is nat so nye to come so hastely vpon vs those shall perysh with the swearde At that tyme wyll I buylde agayne the ☞ tabernacle of Dauid that is fallē downe and hedge vp his gappes and loke what is broken I shall repayre it
Yee I shall buylde it agayne as it was afore tyme that they maye possesse the remnaunt of Edom yee and all suche people as call vpon my name with theÌ„ sayeth the Lorde whiche dothe these thynges Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the Lorde that the plowmaÌ„ shall ouer take the mower treader of grapes hym y â— soweth sede The mountaynes shall droppe swete wyne and the hylles shal be fruteful and I wyll turne the captyuyte of my people of Israel they shall repayre the waste cyties and haue theÌ„ in possessyon they shall plante vynyardes dryncke the wyne therof they shall make gardens enioye the frutes of them And I wyll plante them vpon theyr owne grounde so that I wyl neuer rote theÌ„ out agayne from theyr lande which I haue geuen them sayeth the Lorde thy God ¶ The ende of the Prophecye of Amos. ¶ agaynste Edom and the truste that they had in ryches ¶ The booke of the Prophete Abdy THys is the vision that was shewed vnto Abdy Thus hathe the Lorde God spokeÌ„ vpoÌ„ Edom we haue harde of the Lord that there is an embassage set amonge the Heathen Up let vs aryse fyght agaynst theÌ„ Beholde I wyll make the smal amoÌ„ge the Heathen so y â— thou shalt be vtterly despysed The pryde of thine hert hath lyfte y â— vp thou y â— dwellest in the strong holdes of stone haste made y â— an hye seate Thou sayest in thyne hert who shal cast me downe to the grounde But though thou weÌ„test vp as hye as the Aegle madest thy ‡ nest aboue amonge y â— starres yet wolde I plucke the downe froÌ„ theÌ„ce sayeth y â— Lorde Yf the theues robbers came to y â— by night thou takyng thy rest shulde they nat steale tyll they had ynough â–ª Yf y â— grape gatherers came vpon the wolde they nat leaue y â— some grapes But howe shall they repe Esau seke out his treasures Yee the men y â— were sworne vnto the shall dryue y â— out of y â— borders of thyne owne lande They y â— be nowe at one with y â— shall disceaue the ouercome the Euen they y â— eate thy brede shal betraye the or euer y â— perceaue it Shal nat I at y â— same tyme sayeth the Lorde destroye y â— wyse meÌ„ of Edom those y â— haue vnderstaÌ„dyng from the mount of Esau Thy gyauntes O Theman shall be afrayed for thorowe the slaughter they shal be al ouerthorowen vpoÌ„ the mount of Esau. Shame shall come vpoÌ„ the for the malyce y â— thou shewedest to thy brother Iacob yee for euermore shalt thou perysh and that because of the tyme when thou dydest set thy selfe agaynste hym euen when the enemyes caryed awaye his hoost and when the aleauntes came in at his portes and cast lottes vpon Ierusalem thou thyselfe waste as one of them Thou shalte nomore se the daye of thy brother thou shalte nomore beholde the tyme of hys captyuyte thou shalte nomore reioyse ouer the children of Iuda in the day â—t theyr destruccyon thou shalte tryumphe nomore in the tyme of theyr trouble Thou shalt nomore come in at the gates of my people in the tyme of theyr decaye thou shalte nat se theyr mysery in the daye of theyr fall Thou shalt sende out no man agaynste theyr hoost in the daye of theyr aduersyte neyther shalte thou stande waytynge any more at the corners of the stretes to murthur suche as are fled or to take them presoners that remayne in the daye of theyr trouble For the daye of the Lorde is harde by vpon all the Heathen Lyke as thou hast done so shalt thou be dealte wthal yee thou shalte be rewarded euen vpon thyne heade For lyke wyse as ye haue dronken vpon myne holy hyll so shall all heathen dryncke continually yee dryncke shal they and swalowe vp â—o y â— ye shal be as though ye had neuer bene But ☞ vpon the mounte Syon shall the saluacyon be and holynes these shal be holy and the house of Iacob shall possesse euen those that had them selues afore in possessyon Moreouer ☜ the house of Iacob shal be a fyre the house af Ioseph a flame and the house of Esau shal be the strawe whiche they shall kyndle and consume so that nothynge shal be lefte of the house of Esau the Lorde hymselfe hathe sayde it They of the South shall haue the mounte of Esau in possessyon and loke what lyeth vpon the grounde that shall the Philystynes haue the playne feldes shall Ephraim Samaria possesse and the mouÌ„taynes of Galaad shal Ben Iamin haue And this Hoost shall be the chyldren of Israels prysoners Nowe what so lyeth froÌ„ Canaan vnto zareptah in Sepharad that shal be vnder the subieccyon of Ierusalem and the cyties of the south shall enheret it Thus they that escape vpoÌ„ the hyl of Syon shal go vp to punysh the mount of Esaweâ— and the kyngdome shall be the Lordes ¶ The ende of the boke of the Prophecye of Abdy ⧠The Booke of the Prophete Ionas ¶ The flyght of Ionas when he was sent to preache A teÌ„pest aryseth casteth hym in the see for his dysobedience CAPI I. THe worde of the Lord came vnto Ionas the sonne of Amythai sayeng Aryse get y ◠☜ to Niniue that great cyte and preache vnto them howe y â— their wickednes is come vp before me And Ionas made him redy to fle ☞ vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde and gat him downe to Ioppa where he fouÌ„de a shyp redy for to go vnto Tharsis So he payde his fare and wente abrode that he myght go with them vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde But the Lorde hurled a greate wynde into the see and there was a myghtye teÌ„pest in the see so that the shyppe was in teoperdy of goyng in peces Then y â— maryners were afrayed and cryed euery maÌ„ vnto his God and the goodes that were in the shyppe they cast into the see to lyghten it of theÌ„ But Ionas gat him vnder the hatches where he layed him downe slombred So the master of the shyppe came to him and sayde vnto him why slomberest thou Up call vpon thy God yf God happely wyll thynke vpon vs that we peryshe not And they sayde one to another come let vs caste lottes that we may knowe for whose cause we are thus troubled And so they cast lottes the lot fell vpon Ionas Then sayd they vnto him tel vs for whose cause are we thus troubled what is thine occupacion whence commest thou and whe ther goest thou â–ª what couÌ„treman art thou of what nacion He answered theÌ„ I am an Ebrue I fere the Lorde God of heauen which made both y â— see dry laÌ„de Then were the meÌ„ excedyngly afrayed sayd vnto him why dydest y u so for they knew y â— he was fled
araye hastely they cliÌ„me vp the walles yee the engins of the warre are prepared all ready The water portes shal be opened and the kynges palace shal fall The quene her selfe shall be led awaye captiue and her gentylwemen shal mourne as the doues and grone within their hertes Niniue is lyke a pole full of water but theÌ„ shall they be fayne to fle Stand staÌ„de shal they crye there shall not one turne backe Awaye w t the syluer awaye with the golde for here is no ende of tresure Ther shal be a multitude of al maner of costly ornameÌ„tes Thus must she be spoyled emptied clene striped out that their hertes may be melted awaye their knees tremble all their loynes be weake and theyr faces blacke as a pot where is nowe the dwellyng of the lyons the pasture of the lyons whelpes where the lion and the liones went with the whelpes no man frayed them awaye But the lyon spoyled ynough for hys yonge ones deuoured for his lyonesse he fylled his dennes with his praye his dwellynge places with that he had rodbeb Beholde I wyll vpon the sayeth the Lorde of hostes wyll set fyre vpon thy charettes that they shall smoke with all the swerde shall deuoure the yonge lyons I wyl make an ende of thy spoylyng from out of the earth the voyce of thy messaungers shall nomore be herde ¶ The fall of Niniue CAPI III. WO to that bloudthrusty cyty whiche is all full of lyes robbery wyl not leaue of from rauishing There a man maye heare scourgynge russhynge the noyse of the wheles the cryenge of the horses the rollyng of the charettes Ther the horsemen get vp with naked swerdes and glysterynge speares There lyeth a multytude slayne and a greate heape of deed bodies There is no ende of deed coarses yee meÌ„ fall vpoÌ„ their bodyes And that for the great and manyfolde whordome of the fayre beutyfull harlot which is a masiresse of witch craft yee selleth the people thorow her whordome and the nacioÌ„s thorowe her witch craft Beholde I wyll vpon the saieth the Lord of hoostes and wyl put thy clothes ouer thy head that I maye shewe thy nakednes amonge the Heathen and thy shame amonge the kyngdomes I wyll cast dyrte vpoÌ„ y â— to make the be abhorted and a gasynge stocke Yee all they that loke vpon the shall starte backe and saye Niniue is destroyed Who wyll haue pytye vpoÌ„ the where shall I seke one to coÌ„forte the Art thou better theÌ„ the greate eyte of Alexandria that laye in the waters and had y â— waters rouÌ„de about it which was strongly feÌ„ced walled with y â— see Ethiopa and Egypt were her streÌ„gth and y â— exceding great aboue mesure Aphrica Libia were her helpers yet was she driuen awaye brought into captyuyte her yonge chyldren were smytten downe at the head of euery strete the lottes were cast for y â— most auncyent men in her al her myghtye men were bounde in chaynes Euen so shalt thou also be droncken hyâ—e thy self seke some helpe agaynste thyne enemy All thy stroÌ„ge cyties shal be lyke figetrees with ripe figes which when a man shaketh they shall fall into the mouth of the eater Beholde thy people within the are but wemen the portes of thy laÌ„de shal be opened vnto thyne enemyes and the fyre shall deuoure thy barres Drawe water nowe agaist y â— be beseged make vp thy stroÌ„g holdes go into the clay teÌ„pre y â— morter make stroÌ„ge bricke yet y â— fyre shal coÌ„sume the y â— swerde shall destroye the yee as the locuste doth so shal it eate y â— vp It shal fal heuely vpoÌ„ y â— as y â— locustes yee ryght heuely shal it fal vpon the eueÌ„ as y â— greshoppers Thy marchauÌ„tes haue bene noÌ„bred w t the starres of heauen but nowe shal they sprede abrode as the locustes fle their waye Thy Lordes are as the greshoppers thy captaynes as the multytude of greshoppers which wheÌ„ they be colde remayne in the hedges but when the Sunne is vp they fle away no maÌ„ can tel where they are become Thy shepherdes are a slepe O kynge of Assur thy worthyes are layed downe thy people is scarred abrode vpoÌ„ the mountaynes and no maÌ„ gathereth them together agayne Thy wouÌ„de cannot be hyd thy plage is so sore All they that heare this of the shal clappe their handes ouer the. For what is he to whom thou hast not alway bene doing hurte The ende of the Prophecye of Naum. ⧠The Booke of the Prophet Abacuk A complaynt agaynst Israel CAPI I. THys is the heuy burthen whiche the Prophet Abacuk dyd se. O Lorde howe long shal I cry thou wylt not heare Howe loÌ„ge shal I coÌ„plaine vnto y â— suffriÌ„ge wroÌ„ge and y â— wylt not helpe why letrest thou me se wermes labour Tiranny and vyolence are before me power ouergoeth righte for the lawe is toarue in peces there caÌ„ not ryght iudgment go forth And why the vngodly is more set by then the rightuous this is the cause that wroÌ„ge iudgmeÌ„t procedeth Beholde amonge the HeatheÌ„ loke wel woÌ„dre at it be abashed for I wyl do a thynge in your tyme whiche though it be tolde you ye shall not beleue For lo I wyl rayse vp the Caldees that bitter and swyfte people which shall go as wyde as y â— lande is to take possessioÌ„ of dwelling places y â— be not theyr owne A grimme and boysterous people is it these shal sit in iudgment punishe Their horses are swifter then the cattes of the mountayne byte sorer then y â— wolues in the euenyng Their horsmen come by great heapes from farre they â—le hastely to deuour as the Aegle They come all to spoyle out of them commeth an east wynde whiche bloweth and gathereth their captyues lyke as the sande They shal mocke the kinges and laugh the princes to scorne They shal not set by any strong holde for they shal lay ordynaunce agaynste 〈◊〉 and take it Then shall they take a fresh corage vnto theÌ„ to go forth to do more euil and so ascrybe the power vnto their God But thou O Lorde my God my holy one thou art from the begynnyng therfore shal we not dye O Lorde thou hast ordened them for a punyshement and set them to reproue the myghtye Thyne eyes are clene thou mayest not se euyll thou canste not beholde the thynge that is wycked Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly and holdest thy tunge when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better theÌ„ him self Thou makest meÌ„ as the fyshe in the see and lyke as the crepynge beastes that haue no gyde they take vp all with theyr angle they catch it in their net gather it in the yarne wherof they reioice and are glad Therfore offre they vnto
Speake euery maÌ„ the trueth vnto his neyghbour execute iudgement truely and peaceably within youre portes none of you ymagyn euyl in his hert against his neighbour loue no false othes for al these are the thinges y â— I hate sayeth y â— Lorde And the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me sayeng thus sayeth the Lord of hostes The fast of the fourth moneth the fast of the fifth the fast of the seuenthe the fast of the teÌ„th shal be ioy gladnesse prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda Onely loue the trueth peace Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes There shall yet come people and the inhabiters of many cyties and they that dwel in one cyte shal go to another sayeng Up let vs go praye before the Lorde let vs seke the Lorde of hostes I wyl go w t you yee moch people and myghtye Heathen shal come and seke y â— Lord of hoostes at Ierusalem to praye before the Lord. Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes In y â— tyme shall ten men out of all maner of languages of the Gentyles take one Iewe by the hemme of hys garment saye we wyll go with you for we haue hearde y e God is among you ¶ The conuersion of the Gentyles The coÌ„myng of Chryst syttynge on an Asse CAPI IX THe worde of the Lorde shal be receyued at Adrach and Damascus shal be his offerynge for the eyes of all men and of the tribes of Israel shal loke vp vnto the Lord. The borders of Hemath shal be herde therby Tirus also Sidon for they are very wise Tirus shal make her selfe stronge heape vp syluer as the sande golde as the clayes of the stretrs Beholde the Lorde shal take her in haue her in possession he shall smyte downe her power into the see she shal be coÌ„sumed w t fyre This shall Ascalon se be afrayed Gaza shal be very sory so shall Accaron also because her hope is come to confusion For the Kynge of Gaza shal peryshe and at Ascalon shall no man dwel Straungers shal dwel at Asdod and as for y â— pryde of the Philistynes I shal rote it out Their bloude wyll I take away from their mouth their abhominacions from amonge their teeth Thus they shal be left for our god yee they shal be as a prince in Iuda Accaron like as a Iebusy And so wyl I coÌ„ pase my house rounde aboute w t my men of warre goying to and fro that no oppressour come vpon theÌ„ any more For that haue I sene nowe with myne eyes Reioyse y u greatly O daughter Syon be glad O daughter IerusaleÌ„ For lo thy kynge coÌ„meth vnto the euen the ryghtuous Sauiour Lowly symple is he he rideth vpon an asse vpon the foale of an Asse I wil rote out the charettes froÌ„ Ephraim the horse froÌ„ IerusaleÌ„ the batel bowes shal be destroyed He shal gyue y e doctryne of peace vnto the Heathen and his dominion shall be from the one see to the other from the floudes to the endes of the worlde Thou also thorow the bloude of thy couenauÌ„ shalt let * thy prisoners out of the ‡ pitte wherin is no water Turne you nowe to the stronge holde ye y â— be in prison long sore to be deliuered And this daye I bryng the worde y â— I wyl rewarde the double agayne For Iuda haue I bent out as a bowe for me and Ephraim haue I fylled Thy sonnes O SioÌ„ wyl I rayse vp agaynst the Grekes make the as a gyauntes swearde the Lorde God shal be sene aboue them and his dartes shal go forth as the lyghtnyng The Lorde God shal blowe the trompet and shal come forth as a storme out of the south The Lorde of hostes shal defende them they shal coÌ„sume deuoure and subdue theÌ„ with slynge stones They shal dryncke and rage as it were thorow wyne They shal be filled lyke y â— baseâ—s as the hornes of y â— aulter The Lord their God shal delyuer theÌ„ in the day as y â— flock of his people for y â— stones of his Sayntuary shal be set vp in his laÌ„de O how prosperous goodly a thyng shal y e be The corne shal make y e yonge men chereful and the newe wyne the maydens ¶ The people is moued to requyre the doctryne of trueth of the Lorde The Lorde promyseth to vyâ—â—t and comforte the house of Israel CAPI V. PRay the Lorde then bitymes to geue you the latter rayne so shal the Lorde make cloudes and geue you rayne ynoughe for al the increace of the felde For vayne is the answere of Idols The sothsayers se lyes and tel but vayne dreames the coÌ„forte that they geue is nothynge worth Therfore go they astraye lyke a slocke of shepe are troubled because they haue no shepherd My wroth ful dispeasure is moued at the shepherdes I wyl vyset y â— gotes For the Lord of hostes wyl graciously vyset his flocke the house of Iuda and holde theÌ„ as a goodly fayre horse in the batayle Out of Iuda shal come the helmet the nayle the batelbowe and al the prynces together They shal be as the giauÌ„tes whiche in the batayle treade downe the myre vpon the stretes They shal fyght for the Lord shal be with them so that the horsmen shal be confounded I wyl comforte the house of Iuda and preserue the house of Ioseph I wyll turne them also for I pyte them and they shal be lyke as they were when I had not cast theÌ„ of For I the Lorde am theyr God and wyl heare them Ephraim shal be as a gyaunt their herte shal be chereful as thorow wyne yee their children shal se it and be glad and their herte shall reioyce in the Lorde I wyll blowe for them and gather them together for I wyll redeme them They shal increace as they increased afore I wyll sowe them amonge the people that they may thyncke vpon me in farre couÌ„trees they shal lyue w t theyr chyldren turne agayne I wyl bring them agayne also from the lande of Egypt and gather them out of Assyrya I wyl cary them into the lande of Galaad and to Libanus they shal want nothing He shal go vpon y â— see of trouble smyte y â— see waues so y â— al the depe floudes shal be dryed vp The proude bostyng of Assur shal be cast downe and the scepter of Egypte shal be taken awaye I wyll comforte them in the Lorde that they maye walcke in his name sayeth the Lorde ¶ The destruccyon of the temple The care of the faythfull is commytted to Christ by the father A greuous vysion agaynst Ierusalem and Iuda CAPI VI. OPen thy dores O Libanus that the fyre maye consume thy Cedre trees Howle ye Firre trees for the Cedre is fallen yee al the
poudre are wasted away Howleâ— O ye oke trees of Baasan for the myghtye stronge wodde is cut downe Men maye here the shepherdes mourne for their glory is destroyed MeÌ„ may here y â— lions whelpes rore for y â— pride of Iordane is wasted away Thus fayeth the Lorde my God Fode the shepe of the slaughter whiche shal be slayne of those that possesse theÌ„ yet they take it for no synne but they that sell them saye The Lord be thaÌ„cked I am rych yee their owne shepherdes spare them not Therfore wyl I nomore spare those that dwell in the lande â—sayeth the Lorde but lo. I wyll deliuer the people euery maÌ„ into his neighbours hand and into the hande of his kynge that they maye smyte the lande and out of theyr handes I wyll not delyuer them I my selfe fed the slaughter shepe a pore flocke verely and toke vnto me two staues the one I called louyng mekenes the other I called wo and so I kepte the shepe Thre shepherdes destroyed I in one moneth for I myght not a waye with them neyther had they any delyte in me Then sayde I I wyll fede you nomore the thyng that dyeth let it dye and that wyll perysh let it perysh and let the remnauÌ„t eate euery one the flesshe of his neighbour I toke also my louyng meke staff and brake it that I myght disanul the couenauÌ„t whiche I made with all people And so it was broken in that day Then the poore symple shepe that had a respecte vnto me knewe therby that it was the worde of the Lorde And I sayde vnto them yf ye thynke it good bryng hyther my pryce yf no then leaue So they wayed downe xxx syluer peÌ„s the value that I was prysed at And the Lorde sayde vnto me cast it vnto the potter a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them and I toke the. xxx syluer pens and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lorde Then brake I my other staf also namely wo that I might lowse the brotherhead betwyxte Iuda Israell And the Lorde sayde vnto me Take to the also y â— staffe of a foolyshe shepherde for lo I wyll rayse vp a shepherde in the lande which shal not seke after the thiges that be lost nor care for suche as go astraye he shall not heale the wouÌ„ded he shall not norysh the thynge that is whole but he shall eate the fleshe of suche as be fat teare their clawes in peces O Idols shepherd that leaueth the flocke The swerde shal come vpon his arme vpoÌ„ his right eye Hê arme shal be clene dryed vp his ryght eye shal be sore blynded ¶ Of the destrucâ—â—on and buyldynge agayne of IerusaleÌ„ CAPI XII THe heuy burthen which the Lorde hath deuysed for Israell Thus sayeth the Lorde whiche spred the heauens abroade layde the foundacyon of the earth and gyueth man the breath of lyfe Beholde I wyl make Ierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people that are rounde aboute her Yee Iuda him self also shal be in the sege against Ierusalem At the same tyme wyll I make Ierusalem an heuy stone for all people so that al such as lyfte it vp shal be torne and rente and all the people of the earth shal be gathered together agaynst it In that daye sayeth the Lorde I wyll make al horses abashed and those that ryde vpon them to be out of theyr wyttes I wyl opeÌ„ myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda and smyte all y â— horses of the people with blyndnesse And the prynces of Iuda shall saye in theyr hertes The inhabyters of Ierusalem shal geue me coÌ„solacyon in the Lord of hoostes theyr God In that tyme wyl I make y â— princes of Iuda lyke an hote burnyng ouen with wood and lyke a cresset of fyre among the strawe so that they shall consume al the people rounde aboute them both vpon the ryght haÌ„de and the left Ierusalem also shal be inhabyted agayne namely in the same place where Ierusalem standeth The Lorde shall preserue the teÌ„tes of Iuda lyke as a fore tyme so that the glory of y â— house of Dauyd the glory of the cytesyns of Ierusalem shal be but lytle regarded in coÌ„paryson of the glory of Iuda In that day shal the Lorde defende the cytesyns of Ierusalem so that the weakest then among them shal be as Dauid and the house of Dauid shal be lyke as Gods house as the Angell of the Lorde before them At the same tyme wyll I go aboute to destroye all such people as come agaynst Ierusalem Moreouer vpon the house of Dauid and vpon the cytesyns of Ierusalem wyl I poure out the sprete of grace and prayer so y â— they shall loke vpoÌ„ me whoÌ„ they haue pearsed they shal bewepehi as meÌ„ mourne for their onely begotten sonne yee be sory for him as meÌ„ are sory for their fyrst chylde Then shall there be a great mournynge at Ierusalem lyke as the lamentacion at Adremnon in the felde of Maggadon And the lande shall be wayle euery kynred by theÌ„ selues The kynred of the house of Dauid theÌ„ selues alone their wiues by theÌ„ selues The kinred of the house of NathaÌ„ them selues alone their wiues by theÌ„ selues The kinred of y â— house of Leui theÌ„ selues alone their wiues by theÌ„ selues The kynred of the house of Semei them selues alone theyr wyues by them selues In lyke maner all the other generacioÌ„s euery chone by theÌ„ selues alone and their wiues by them selues ¶ Of the well of grace and truthe Of the cleue ryddaunce of Idolatrye and of false prophetes CAPI XIII IN that tyme shall the house of Dauyd and the cytesyns of Ierusalem haue an open well to washe of synne and vnclennesse And then sayeth the Lorde of hostes I wyll destroye the names of the Idoles les out of the lande so that they shal nomore be put in remembraunce âšœ As for the false prophetes also and the vncleane sprete I shal take them out of the laÌ„de So that yf any of them prophecie any more hys owne father mother that begat him shal say vnto him Thou shalt dye for thou speakest lyes vnder the name of the Lorde yee his owne father and mother that begat him shal wouÌ„de him wheÌ„ he prophecieth And then shall those prophetes be confounded euery one of his visioÌ„ when he prophecieth nether shall they weare sackclothê any more to disceaue men with all But he shall be fayne to say I am no Prophet I am an husbaÌ„de man for so am I taught by AdaÌ„ fro my youth vp And if it be sayde vnto him how came these wouÌ„des then iÌ„ thyne haÌ„des He shal answere Thus am I wounded in the house of myne owne frendes Aryse O thou swearde vpoÌ„ my shepherde and vpon the Prince of my peple sayeth the Lord of hostes Smyte the
and so greate wyckednesse that it coulde not be nombredâ— yee when my soule saw so many euyl doâ—â—s in the thyrtye yeare my herte fayled me for I sawe how thou suffredst them in such vngodlynes and sparest the wicked doeâ—s but thyne owne people hast thou roted out and preserued thyne enemyes and this hast thou not shewed me I cannot perceyue howe thys happened Do they of Babylon then better then they of Syon Or is there any other people that knoweth the sauynge the people of Israel Or what generacion hath so beleued thy couenauÌ„tes as Iacob And yet theyr rewarde appeareth not theyr labour hath no frute For I haue gone here there thorow y â— Heathen I se that they be riche wealthy and thyncke not vpon thy coÌ„mauÌ„dementes Wey thou therfore our wyckednesse now in the balauÌ„ce and theirs also y t dwel in the worlde so shal thy name be no where fouÌ„de but in Israel Or where is there a people vpon earth that hath not sined before the Or what people hath so kept thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes Thou shalt fynde that Israel by name hath kepte thy preceptes but not the other people and Heathen ¶ The angell reproueth Esoras because he semed to entre into the profounde iudgementes of God CAPI IIII. AND the angel that was sent vnto me whose name was Urtell gaue me an answere said Thy hert hath takeÌ„ to much vpon it in ti is worlde and y u thynkest to coÌ„prehende the way of the hyest Then sayd I Yee my Lorde And he answered me sayd I am sent to shew the thre wayes and to set forth thre symylitudes before the wherof yf thou caust declare me one I wyll shewe the also the waye that thou desyrest to se and I shall shewe the frome whence the wycked herte commeth And I sayde Tell on my Lorde Then sayde he vnto me Go thy way weye me the weyght of the fyre or measure me the blaste of the wynde or cal me agayne the daye that is past Then answered I and sayde What man borne is able to do that Why requyrest thou such of me And he said vnto me If I shulde aske the howe depe dwellynges are in the see Or how great water springes are vpon the firmameÌ„t Or how great water springes are in the begynnynge of the depe Or whiche are the out goynges of Paradyse Peraduenture thou woldest saye vnto me I neuer wente downe yet into the depe nor hel neither dyd I euer clime vp into heauen Neuerthelesse nowe haue I asked the but onely of fyre and wynde and of the day where thorow thou hast trauayled and from the which thou canst not be seperated and yet canste thou geue me no answree of them He sayd moreouer vnto me Thyne owne thinges suche as are growne vp with the canst thou not knowe howe shuld thy vessel then be able to comprehende the waye of the Hyest and nowe outwardely in the corrupte worlde to vnderstaÌ„de the corrupcion that is euideÌ„t in my sight Then saide I vnto him It were better that we were not at all then that we shulde lyue in wyckednesse to suffre not to knowe wherfore He answered me sayde I wente in a wod the trees toke such a deuyse and sayd Come let vs go and fyght against the see that it may depart away before vs and that we maye make vs yet more woddes The floudes of the see also in lyke maner toke thys deuyse and sayde Come let vs go vp and fyght agaynst the trees of the wood y t we maye make our lande the wyder The thought deuyce of the wod was but vaine nothing worth for the fyre came and consumed the wod The thought of the floudes of the see came likewise to naught also for the sande stode vp and stopped them If thou were iudge nowe betwyxte these two whom woldest thou iustyfie or whome woldest thou condemne I answered sayd Uerely it is a folyshe thought that they both haue deuysed For the grounde is geuen vnto the wod and the see also hath his place to here his floudes Then answered he me and sayde Thou hast geuen a ryght iudgement why iudgest thou not thyselfe also For lyke as the grounde is geuen vnto the wod and the see to his floudes euen so they y t dwell vpon earth may vnderstande nothyng but that whiche is vpon earth and he that dwelleth aboue the heaueÌ„s may only vnderstand the thynges y â— are aboue the heauens Then answered I and sayd I beseche y â— O Lord let me haue vnderstandynge for it was not my mynde to be curyous of thy hye thinges but of suche as we dayly medle withall namely wherefore that Israell is blasphemed of the HeatheÌ„ and for what cause the people whom thou euer hast loued is geuen ouer to be punisshed of vngodly nacyons why y â— lawe of our fathers is brought to naught and the wrytten couenauntes come to none effecte and we passe away out of the worlde as the greshoppers our life is a very feare and we are not worthy to optayne mercye What wyll he do then vnto his name which is called vpoÌ„ ouer vs Of these thiÌ„ges haue I asked a questyon Then answered he me sayde The more thou searchest the more thou shalt marâ—â—ile for the worlde hasteth fast to passe awaye cannot comprehende the thinges y â— are promysed for the rightuous in tyme to come for this worlde is ful of vnryghtuousnes and weakenes But as concernynge the thinges wherof thou askest me I wyll tell the. The euyll is sowed but the destruccion thereof is not yet come Yf the euyl nowe that is sowed be not turned vpsyde downe yf the place where the euyll is sowne passe not awaye then cannot the thyng come that is sowne with good for the corne of euyll sede hathe bene sowne in the heâ—t of man from the begynnyng and how muche vngodlines hath he brought vp vnto this tyme and how muche shall he yet brynge forth vntyll he come into the barne PoÌ„dre nowe by thyself wheÌ„ the corne of euyll sede is cut downe howe great a barne shall it fyll I answered and sayde Howe wheÌ„ shall these thinges come to passe wherfore are your yeares fewe euyl And he answered me sayinge Hast not thou to muche vpon the hyest for thy hastynes to be aboue him is but vaine thou makest to much a do Did not the soules also of y â— rightuous aske questyon of these thynges in theyr holynes saying Howe long shall I hope of thys fashyon When coÌ„meth the frute of my barne and my reward And vpon this Ieremiel y â— Archangel gaue theÌ„ answere and sayd EueÌ„ when y â— noÌ„bre of the sedes is filled in you for he hath weyed y â— world in the balauÌ„ce in mesure noÌ„bre hath he measured y â— tyme moueth it not vntyll y â— same measure be fulfylled TheÌ„ answered
honger of bread and because of the great trouble Beholde I gather and call together all the Kynges of the earth which are from the vprysyng from the South from the East Lybanus to turne vnto theÌ„ and restore the thinges that they haue geuen them Lyke as they do yet this daye vnto my chosen so wyl I do also and recompense theÌ„ in theyr bosome Thus sayeth the Lorde God My ryght hand shal not spare the synners my swerde shall not â—easse ouer them that shed the innocent bloude vpon earth The fire is gone out from his wrath and hath consumed the fouÌ„dacious of the earth and the sinners like the strawe that is kyndled Wo worth them that synne kepe not my commaundementes sayeth the Lorde I wyll not spare them Go your way ye chyldren frome vyolence defyle not my Saynctuary for the Lord knoweth all them that synne agaynst him and therfore deliuereth he them vnto death destruccyon For nowe are the plages come vpon y â— worlde and ye shall remayne in them For God shall not delyuer you because ye haue synned against him Beholde an horryble vysyon commeth from the Easte where generacions of DragoÌ„s shal come out and the people of the Arabes with many charettes and the multitude of them shall be as the wynde vpon earthe that all they whiche heare them ragynge in theyr wrath may feare and be afrayed and as the wylde bores out of the wood so shall they go out and with great power shal they come stande fyghtyng w t them shal wast the porcyon of the lande of the Assyrians And then shall the Dragons haue the vpper hande not remembryng their byrth and shall turne aboute swearynge together in greate power to persecute them But these shal be afrayed kepe silence at theyr power and shall fle and one out of the lande of the Assirians shal besege them consume one of them and in theyr hoste shal be feare drede and stryfe among theyr kynges Beholde cloudes from the Easte from the North vnto the South and they are very horryble to loke vpon full of wrath and storme They shall smyte one vpon another and they shal smyte at the great starre vpon earth and theyr starre and the bloude shal be from the swerde vnto the bely and the smoke of man vnto the Camels lytter And there shal be great ferefulnesse tremblyng vpon earthe and they that se the wrath shall be afrayed and a tremblynge shall come vpon them And then shall there come greate raynes from the South from the Northe parte from the West and from the stormy wynde from the East and shall shut theÌ„ vp agayne and the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre to cause feare towarde y â— East west wynde shal be destroyed the greate cloudes shal be lyfte vp the myghtie cloudes full of wrathe and the starre that they maye make all the earth afrayed and them that dwell therin â–ª and that they maye poure out ouer all places an horryble starre fyre and hayle and flyenge sweardes and many waters that all feldes may be full and al ryuers and they shal breake downe the cyties and walles mouÌ„taines and hylles al trees wood and the grasse of the medowes and al their frute And they shal go stedfast vnto Babylon and make her afrayed they shall come to her and besege her the starre all wrath shall they poure out vpon her Then shall the dust smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be aboute her shal bewayle her and they that remayne vnder her shal do seruice vnto them that haue put her in feare And thou Asia y e comfortest thy selfe also vpoÌ„ the hope of Babylon and art a worship of her personne Wo be vnto the thou wretch because thou hast made thy selfe lyke vnto her hast deckte thy daughters in whoredome that they might triuÌ„phe and please thy louers whiche haue alwaye desired to coÌ„mitte whordome with the thou hast folowed the abhominable cite in all her workes and inuencions Therfore sayth God I wyl sende plages vpoÌ„ the wyddowhode pouerte hoÌ„gre warres and pestylence to wast thy houses with destruccion and death and the glorye of thy power shal be dryed vp as a floure wheÌ„ the heate riseth y t is sent ouer the Thou shalt be sycke as a pore wyfe that is plaged beaten of wemeÌ„ so that the myghtie and louer shal not be able to receyue the. Wolde I so hate the sayeth the Lord If thou haddest not alwaye slayne my chosen exaltynge the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer theyr death wheÌ„ thou wast dronken set forth the beautie of thy countenaunce The reward of thy whoredome shal be recompensed the in thy bosome therfore shalt thoâ— receyue rewarde Lyke as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayeth the Lorde eueÌ„ so shall God do vnto the and shal deliuer the into the plage Thy chyldren shall dye of honger and thou shalt fall thorowe the swerde Thy cyties shal be broken downe all thyne shall perishe with the swerde in the felde They that be in the mountaynes shall dye of hongre and eate their owne flesh dryncke their owne bloud for very hongre of bred and thyrst of water Thou vnhappy shalt come thorowe the see and receyue plages agayne In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne cytie shall rote out one parte of thy lande consume the porcyon of glory They shall treade the downe lyke stubble they shal be thy fyre shal consume the thy cities thy lande thy woode thy frutefull â—rees shal they burne vp w t the fyre Thy chyldren shal they cary awaye captiue loke what y â— hast they shall spoyle it marre the bewtye of thy face ¶ The Heathen shal be punysshed CAPI XVI WO be vnto the Babylon Asia wo be vnto the Egypt Syrya gyrde your selues w t clothes of sack hearre mourne your chyldren be sory for your destruccyon is at hande A swerde is sente vpon you and who wyll turne it backe A fyre is kyndled among you and who wyl quench it Plages are seÌ„t vnto you what is he that wyl driue them away May any man dryue awaye an hongrye lion in the wod Or maye any man queÌ„ch the fyre in stubble whaÌ„ it hath begoÌ„ne to burne May one turne agayne the arowe that is shot of a stroÌ„g archer The myghtye Lorde sendeth the plages what is he that wyl driue them away The fyre is kindled gone forth in his wrath what is he y â— wyll quenche it He shal cast lyghtnynges who shal not fere He shal thoÌ„dre who shall not be afrayed The Lorde shal threaten who shall not vtterly be beaten to poulder at his presence The earth quaketh the foundacions therof the see aryseth vp w t waues from the depe the floudes of it are vnquyete
compare thinges that cannot fele vnto them and they are worse then those Yet is there not one of these beastes that with his syght can behold any good thing nether haue they geueÌ„ prayse nor thanckes vnto God ¶ The punyshment of Idolatrers and the benefytes done vnto the faythfull CAPI XVI FOr these and suche other thynges haue they suffred worthy punyshement and thorowe the multytude of beastes are they roted out In steade of the whiche punyshmentes thou hast gracyously ordred thyne owne people and geuen their desyre that they longed for a newe and straunge tayst preparynge them quales to be theyr meate to the intent that by the thynges which were shewed and sent vnto them they that were so gredy of meate myght be withdrawen euen froÌ„ the desyre that was necessary But these with in shorce tyme were brought vnto pouertye and tasted a newe meate For it was requysite that without any excuse destruccion shulde come vpon those which vsed tyranny and to shewe onely vnto the other how their enemyes were destroyed For when the cruel woodnesse of the beastes came vpon them they peryshed thorow the stinges of the cruel Serpentes Notwithstandynge thy wrath endured not perpetually but they were put in feare for a lytle season that they myght be refourmed hauyng a token of saluacyon to remeÌ„bre the commaundemeÌ„t of thy lawe For he that coÌ„uerted was not healed by the thynge y â— he sawe but by the O sauiour of all So in this thou shewedst thyne enemyes that it is thou which deliuered troÌ„ all euyll As for them wheÌ„ they were bytteÌ„ â–ª w t greshoppers and flyes they dyed for they were worthy to perysh by such But neyther y â— teth of dragoÌ„s nor of venimous wormes ouercame thy chyldreÌ„ for thy mercy was euer by theÌ„ helped theÌ„ Therfore were they punyshed to remeÌ„bre thy wordes but hastely were they healed agayn lest they shuld fal into so depe forgetfulnes y â— they myght not vse thy helpe It was nether herbe nor playster that restored theÌ„ to the helth but thy word O lord which healeth all thynges It is y u O Lord that hast the power of lyfe and death thou ledest vnto deathes dore and bryngest vp agayne But maÌ„ thorow wickednes slayeth his owne soule and when hys sprete goeth forth it turneth not agayne neyther may he call agayne the soule that is taken awaye It is not possyble to eskape thy hande For the vngodly that wolde not knowe y â— were punyshed by y â— strength of thyne arme wyth straunge waters hayles and raynes were they persecuted and thorowe fyre were they consumed For it was a wonderous thynge that fyre myght do more then water whiche quencheth all thynges but the worlde is the auenger of the ryghtuous Somtyme was the fyre so tame that the beastes which were sent to punysh the vngodly brente not and that because they shulde se and knowe that they were persecuted with the punyshmente of God And some tyme brent the fyre in the water on euery syde that it myght destroye y â— vnrightuous nacion of the earth Againe thou haste fed thyne owne people w t Angels fode and sent the breade redy from Heauen without their laboure beynge very pleasaunt and of good tast And to shewe thy ryches swetenesse vnto thy chyldren thou gauest euery one theyr desyre so that euery maÌ„ myght take what lyked hym best But the snowe and yse abode the vyolence of the fyre melted not that they myght knowe that the fyre burnyng in the hayle and rayne destroyed the frute of the enemyes the fyre also forgat his strength agayne that the rygh tuous myght be noryshed For the creature that serueth the whiche art the maker is fearse in punyshyng y â— vnryghtuous but is easy geÌ„tle to do good vnto suche as put their trust in the. Therfore dyd all thynges alter at the same tyme and were all obedient vnto thy grace whiche is the nurse of all thynges accordynge to the desyre of them that had nede therof that thy chyldren O Lord whoÌ„ thou louest myght knowe that it is not nature and the growynge of frutes that fedeth men but that it is thy worde whiche preserueth them that put theyr truste in the. For loke what myght not be destroyed wyth the fyre as soone as it was warmed wyth a lytle SuÌ„ne beame it meltetd y â— al meÌ„ myght knowe that thankes ought to be geuen vnto the before the Sunne ryse and that thou oughtest to be worshypped before the daye springe For the hope of the vnthaÌ„kfull shall melt awaye as the wynter yse perysshe as water that is not necessary ¶ The iudgementes of God vpon the Egyptions CAPI XVII GReate are thy iudgementes O Lord and thy councels can not be expressed therfore men do erre that wyl not be refourmed w t thy wysdome For when y â— vnryghsuons thought to haue thy holy people in subieccyon they were bounde with the bandes of darknes long nyght shut vnder the rofe thynkynge to escape the euerlastynge wysdome And whyle they thought to be hyd in the darckenesse of their synnes they were scatred abrode in the very middest of y â— darke couerynge of forgetfulnes put to horryble feare woÌ„derously vexed for the corner wher they myght not kepe them from feare because the sounde came downe and vexed them yee many terrible and straunge visions made them afrayed No power of the fyre myght geue them lyght nether myght the cleare tlammes of y â— starres lyghteÌ„ that horrible nyght For there appeared vnto them a sodayne fyre verye dredefull At the which when they sawe nothynge they were so afrayed y â— they thought the thynge whiche they sawe to be the more fearfull As for the sorcery enchauntmeÌ„t that they vsed it came to derysyon and the proude wysdome was brought to shame For they that promysed to dryue away the fearefulnes drede from that weake soules were sicke for feare them selues and y â— with scorne And though none of the wonders feared theÌ„ yet were they afrayed at the beastes whiche came vpon them at the Hyssyng of the serpentes In so much that with treÌ„blyng they swowned sayd they sawnot y â— ayre whiche no man yet may escape For it is an heuy thynge when a man 's owne conscience beareth recorde of his wyekednes and condempneth hym And whyâ—a vexed and wounded conscyence taketh euer cruell thynges in haÌ„d Fearefulnes is nothyng els but a declaring that a man seketh helpe and defence to answere for hym selfe And loke how much lesse the hope is within the more is the vncertentye of the matter for the whiche he is punyshed But they y â— came in the myghtye nyght slepe the slepe that fel vpon them from vnder and from aboue somtyme were they afrayed thorowe the feare of the wonders and somtime they were so weake that they swowned withall for an hastye and sodayne ferfulnes came vpon
loue him Who so feareth the Lorde staÌ„deth in awe of no man and is not afrayed for the Lorde is his hope and comforte Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the Lorde In whoÌ„ putteth he his trust Who is his strength For the eyes of the Lord haue respecte vnto them that loue him He is their mighty proteccion and stronge grouÌ„d A defeÌ„ce for the heate and refuge for the hote none daye a succore for stumblynge and an helpe for fallynge He setteth vp the soule lyghteneth the eyes He geueth lyfe and blessynge He that geueth an offringe of vnrygh tuous good his offeringe is refused and the scornefull dealynges of the vnryghtuous please not God The Lorde is theyrs onely y â— pacientely abyde hym in the waye of the trueth of ryghtuousnes The hyghest doth not alowe the gyftes of the wycked And God hath no delyte in y â— offeringes of the vngodly nether may synne be reconcyled in the multitude of oblacyons Who so bryngeth an offerynge out of the goodes of the poore doth euen as one that kylleth the soÌ„ne before the fathers eyes The bred of the nedefull is the lyfe of the poore he y â— defraudeth hym therof is a man of bloude Who so robbeth hys neyghboure of his liuyng doth as a great sine as though he sâ—e we him to death He y â— defraudeth the laborer of his hyre is a bloud shedder When one buildeth and another breaketh downe what profyte haue they then but laboure WheÌ„ one prayeth another curseth whose voyce wyl y â— Lorde heare He y â— washeth hi selfe because of a deed body then toucheth y â— deed agayne what doth his washyng So is it with a maÌ„ y t fasteth for his sinnes doth theÌ„ agayne who wyll heare his prayer Or what doth his fastyng helpe him ¶ It is well done to praye and to do sacryfice The prayer of the fal heeles and of the widdowe and him that humbleth hym selfe CAPI XXXV WHo so kepeth the lawe bryngeth offringes ynough He that holdeth fast the commaundemente offreth the ryght health offeringe He that is thankefull and recompenseth offreth fyne floure Who so is mercyfull and geueth almes that is the ryght thankeoffrynge God hath pleasure when one departeth from synne and to forsake vnryghtuousnes reconcyleth vs w t him Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lorde for all suche is done because of the commaundement The offringe of the rightuous maketh the aulter fat a swete smell is it before the Hyest The offerynge of the ryghtuous is acceptable vnto God and shal neuer be forgotten Gyue God his honoure with a chereful herte and kepe not backe the fyrstlynges of thy handes In all thy gyftes shewe a mercyful countenaunce and halowe thy tythes vnto God with gladnesse Gyue vnto God accordynge as he hath enryched and prospered the and loke what thin haÌ„de is able geue with a chereful eye for the Lord recompenseth and geueth the seuen tymes as muche agayne Geue no vnryghtuous gyftes for suche wyll he nat receyue Beware of wrongeous offringes for the Lord is a rightuous iudge and regarderh no mannes personne He accepteth not the personne of the poore but he heareth the prayer of the oppressed He despyseth not the desyre of the fatherlesse nor the wyddowe when she poureth out her prayer before hym Doth not God se the teares that renne downe the chekes of the wyddowe Or heareth he not the coÌ„playnte ouer suche as make her to wepe For from hyr chekes do the teares go vp vnto heaueÌ„ and the Lorde which heareth theÌ„ doth accepte them Who so serueth God after his pleasure shal be accepted and hys prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes The prayer of him y â— humbleth him sylfe goeth thorow the cloudes tyll she come nye She will not be comforted nor go her waye tyll the hyest God haue respecte vnto her geue true sentence and perfourme the iudgement And the Lorde wyll not be slack in coÌ„mynge nor tary long tyll he haue smytten in sonder the ba ckes of the vnmercyfull and auenged him selfe of the HeatheÌ„ tyl he haue taken awaye the multytude of the cruell and broken the cepter of the vnryghtuous tyll he geue euery man after his workes and rewarde theÌ„ after their doyngê tyl he haue deliuered his people mayntained their cause reioysed theÌ„ iÌ„ his mercy O how fayre a thyng is mercy in the time of anguish trouble It is lyke a cloude of rayne that coÌ„meth in the tyme of a drouth ¶ A prayer to God in the person of all faythfull men with the prayse of a good woman CAPI XXXVI HAue mercy vpon vs O Lorde thou God of all thynges Haue respecte vnto vs shewe vs the light of thy mercyes and sende thy feare amonge the Heathen strauÌ„gers which seke not after the that they may knowe how that there is no God but thou and that they maye shewe thy wonderous workes Lyfte vp thyne hande ouer the outlandy she Heathen that they maye learne to knowe thy myght and power Lyke as thou arte halowed in vs before them so brynge to passe that thou mayest be magnyfyed also in them before vs that they may know the like as we knowe the. For there is none other God but onely thou O Lorde Renue the tokens and chaunge the wonderous worckes Shew thyne hande and thy ryght arme gloryously Rayse vp thy indignacyon poure out thy wrath Take awaye the aduersary and smyte the enemy Make the tyme short remembre thy couenaunt that thy wonderous worckes may be praysed Let the wrath of the fyre consume theÌ„ that lyue so carelesse and let them peryshe that do thy people hurt Smyte in sunder the heade of the Prynces that be oure enemyes and say there is none other but we Gather all the trybes of Iacob together agayne y â— they may knowe howe that there is none other God but onely thou that they maye shewe thy wonderous workes and be thou thy peoples herytage lyke as from the begyynnynge O Lord haue merey vpon the people that hath thy name and vpoÌ„ Israel whoÌ„ y u hast lyckened to a fyrst borne sonne O be mercyfull vnto Ierusalem the cytie of thy Sanctuary the cytie of thy rest Fyll Syon with thy vnspeakable vertues thy people with thy glorye Geue wytnes vnto thy creature whom thou madest from the beginnynge rayse vp the prophecyes that haue bene shewed in thy name Rewarde theÌ„ that wayte for the that thy Prophetes may be founde faythfull O Lorde heare the prayer of thy seruauÌ„tes accordyng to the blessing of Aaron ouer thy people gyde thou vs in the way of ryghteousnes that all they whiche dwel vpon the earthe maye knowe that thou art the Lorde the eternall God whiche is from euerlastyng The bely deuoureth all meates yet is one meate better then another Lyke as the tong tasteth venyson so doth an herte of vnderstandyng
settyng forth cakes bred And nowe come ye vnto the feast of tabernacles in the moneth Casieu In the â–ª Clxxxviiâ— yeare the people that was at Ierusalem and in Iewry the councell and Iudas hym selfe sent this wholesome salutacyon vnto Aristobolus kynge Ptolomys maister which came of the generacyoÌ„ of the annoynted prestes and to the Iewes that were in Egypte in so muche as God hath delyuered vs from greate parels we thancke hym hyghlye In that we resysted so myghty a kynge And why he brought men out of Perses by heapes to fyght agaynste vs and the holye citie For as he was in Persis namely the Captayne with the greate host he peryshed in the temple of Naneas beynge disceyued thorowe the deuyse of Naneas prestê For as he was purposed to haue dwelt there Antiochus and hys frendes came thyâ—hec to receyue muche moneye for a dowry So when Naneas prestes had layed forth the moneye he entred with a smal company into the coÌ„passe of the temple so they shut the temple Nowe wheÌ„ Antiochus entred by openyng the preuye intraunce of the teÌ„ple the prestes stoned the captayne to death hewed them in peces that were with hym smote of theyr heades and threw them out In al thynges god be praysed whiche hath delyuered the wycked into our handes Where as we nowe are purposed to kepe the puryficacyon of the temple vpoÌ„ the. xxv daye of the moneth Casâ—leâ— we thought necessarye to certifye you therof that ye also myght kepe the tabernacles feast day and the day of the fyre which was geuen vs wheÌ„ Nehemias offred after that he had set vp y â— temple the aulter For what tyme as our fathers were led away vnto Persis the prestes which then sought the honour of God toke the fyre preuely from the aulter hyd it in a valley where as was a depe dry pyt therin they kepte it so that the place was vnknoweÌ„ to euery man Nowe after many yeares wheÌ„ it pleased God that Nehemy as shuld be sent from the kynge of Persia he sent the chylders chyldreÌ„ of those prestes whiche had hyd the fyre to seke it And as they tolde vs they founde no fyre but thycke water Then commaÌ„unded he them to drawe it vp to bryng it hym and the offringes withal Now when the sacrifices were layed on and ordred the prest Nehemias commaunded to sprynkle them and the wod with water When thys was done and the tyme come that the SuÌ„ne shone whiche afore was hyd in the cloude there was a great fyre kyndled In so muche that euery man marueled Nowe all the prestes prayed whyle the sacryfyce was a makynge Ionathas prayed fyrst and the other gaue answere And Nehemias prayer was after this maner O Lorde God maker of al thinges y â— feareful stronge thou ryghteous mercyful y â— that art onely a gracious kyng onely liberall onely iust Almyghtye euerlastynge thou that delyuerest Israel from all trouble thou that hast chosen the fathers halowed them receyue the offeryng for the whole people of Israel preserue thyne owneÌ„ porcion halowe it Gather those together that are scarred abrode from vs delyuer them that are vnder the Heythens bondage loke vpoÌ„ them which are despised and abhorred that the Heythen maye knowe and se howe that thou art oure God Punyshe them that oppresse and proudely put vs to dishonoure Set thy people agayne in thy holy place lyke as Moyses hath spoken And the prestes songe Psalmes of thanckesgeuyng so longe as the sacrifice endured Nowe when the sacrifice was brente Nehemias commaunded the greate stones to be sprynckled with the resydue of the water Whiche when it was done there was kyndled a flamine of them also but it was consumed thorowe the lyght that shyned from the aulter So when this matter was knowen it was tolde the kynge of Persia that in the place where the prestes whiche were led awaye had hyd fyre there appeared water insteade of fyre and that Nehemias and hys company had puryfied the sacrifices wythall Then the kynge consyderynge and ponderynge the matter diligeÌ„tly made him a teÌ„ple to proue the thynge that was done And when he founde it so in dede he gaue the prestes many gyftes and dyuers rewardes yee he toke them with hys owne hand and gaue theÌ„ And Nehemias called y e same place Nephthar whiche is as much to saye as a clensynge but many men call it Nephi ¶ Howe Ieremy hydde the tabernacle the Arche and the aulter in the hyl Of the. v. bokes of Iason contâ—yâ—ed in one CAPI II. IT is founde also in the wrytinges of Ieremy the prophete that he coÌ„maunded them which were caried away to take fire as it is sayd afore He coÌ„mauded theÌ„ also that they shulde not forget the law and coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes of the Lord that they shulde not erre in theyr mindes when they se Images of siluer and golde with theyr ornamentes These such other thinges coÌ„maunded he them and exhorted them y t they shulde not let the law of God go out of their hertes It is wrytten also howe the Prophete at the commaundement of God charged them to take the Tabernacle and the arcke wyth them and he went forth vnto the mouÌ„tayne where Moyses clymed vp sawe the herytage of God And when Ieremy came there he founde an open caue wherin he layed the tabernacle the arke and y â— aulter of incense and so stopped the hole There came certaine men together also folowyng hym to marcke the place but they coulde not fynde it Whiche when Ieremye perceyued he reproued them saynge As for that place it shal be vnknowen vntyll the tyme that God gather his people together agayne and receyue theÌ„ vnto mercy Then shal God shewe the these thiges the maiestye of the Lorde shall appeare and y â— cloude also lyke as it was shewed vnto Moyses and lyke as where Salomon desyred that y e place might be sanctifyed and it was shewed him For he beynge a wyse man handled honorably and wysely offerynge vnto God in the halowynge of the temple when it was fynisshed And lyke as wheÌ„ Moses prayed vnto the Lorde the fyre came downe from heaueÌ„ and consumed the burntofferynge Euen so prayed Salomon also and the fyre came downe from heauen and coÌ„sumed the burnt offerynge And Moyses sayd because the siofferynge was not eaten therfore it is consumed In lyke maner Salomon kepte the dedycacion or halowyng eyght dayes In the Annotacions and wrytynges of Ieremy were these thynges put also and how he made a lybrary and how he gathered out of all countrees the bokes of the prophetes of Dauyd the epystles of the kynges and of the presentes Euen so Iudas also loke what he lerned by experyence of warre and suche thynges as hathe happened vnto vs he gathered them all together and so we haue them by vs. If ye nowe desyre to haue the same
was sayde of some that IohnÌ„ was rysen agayne from death and of some that Elias had appeared and of some that one of the olde Prophets was rysen agayne And Herode sayde IohnÌ„ haue I beheaded but who is this of whom I heare suche thynges and he desyred to se hym And the apostles returned and tolde hym all that they had done And he toke them and wente asyde in to a solitarye place nygh vnto the citie that is called Bethsaida which when the people knewe they folowed hym And he receyued them and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God and healed them that had nede to be healed And when the day began to weare away then came the twelue and sayde vnto hym sende the people away that they may go in to the townes and nexte villages and lodge and get meate for we are here in a place of wyldernesse But he sayde vnto them Gyue ye them to eate And they sayde We haue no mo but fyue looues and two fysshes excepte we shuld go bye meate for all this people And they were aboute a fyue thousande men And he sayd to his disciples Cause them to syt downe by fyfties in a company And they dyd so and made them al to syt downe And he toke the fyue looues and the two fysshes and loked vp to heuen and blessed them and brake and gaue to the disciples to set before the people And they al dyd eate and were satisfied And there was taken vp of that remayned to them twelue baskettes full of broken meate And it fortuned as he was alone prayeng his disciples were with hym he asked them sayenge Who say the people that I am They answered and sayde IohnÌ„ Baptyst Some say Elias And some saye that one of the olde Prophettes is rysen He sayde vnto them But whom saye ye that I am Symon Peter answered and sayde Thou arte the Christ of God And he warned and coÌ„maunded them that they shulde tell no maÌ„ that thynge sayeng The son of man must suffre many thynges and be reproued of the elders and of the hygh preestes and scribes be sleyne and ryse agayne the thyrde day And he sayde to them all yf any man wyll come after me let hym denye hym selfe and take vp his crosse dayly and folowe me ☞ For who soeuer wyll saue his lyfe shal lose it But who soeuer doth lose his lyfe for my sake the same shall saue it For what aduauntageth it a man yf he wynne the hoole world and loose hym selfe or run in damage of hym selfe For who so is ashamed of me and of my wordes of hym shall the sonne of man be ashamed when he cometh in his maiestye and in the maiestye of his father and of his holy angels I tell you of a trueth ☞ There be some standyng here whiche shall not taste of death tyll they se the kyngdome of God And it fortuned that about an eyght dayes after these sayenges he toke Peter and IohnÌ„ and Iames and wente vp in to a mountayne to pray And as he prayed the fassyon of his countenaunce was chaunged and his garment was whyte and shone And beholde there talked with hym two men which were Moses and Elias that appeared in the maiestye spake of his departynge whiche he shulde ende at Ierusalem But Peter and they that were with hym were heuy with slepe And when they awoke they sawe his maiestye and two men standyng with hym And it chaunced as they departed frome hym Peter sayde vnto Iesus Mayster it is good beynge here for vs Let vs make also thre tabernacles one for the and one for Moses and one for Elias and wyst not what he sayde Whyle he thus spake there came a cloude and ouershadowed them they feared when they were come in to the cloude And there came a voyce out of the cloude sayenge This is my deare son heare him And as soone as the voyce was past Iesus was founde alone And they kepte it close tolde no maÌ„ in those dayes any of those thynges whiche they had sene And it chaunsed that on the nexte day as they came downe from the hyll moche peple met hym And beholde a maÌ„ of the company cryed out sayenge Mayster I beseche the beholde my son for he is all that I haue and se a spirite taketh hym sodeynly he cryeth and †he knocketh and teareth hym that he fometh agayne and with moche payne departeth from hym when he hath rent hym and I besought thy disciples to cast hym oute and they coulde not Iesus answered sayd O faythlesse and croked nacion how long shall I be with you and shall suffre you Brynge thy sonne hyther As he was yet a comynge the fende rent hym and tare hym And Iesus rebuked the vncleane spirite and healed the chylde and delyuered hym to his father And they were all amased at the myghtye power of god But while they wondred euery one at all thynges whiche he dyd he sayd vnto his disciples Let these sayengê synke downe in to youre eares For it wyll come to passe that the sonne of man shal be delyuered in to the handes of men But they wyst not what that worde mente and it was hyd from them that they vnderstode it not And they feared to aske hym of that sayenge And there entred a thoughte amonge them whiche of them shulde be the greatest When Iesus perceyued the thought of theyr hertes he toke a chylde and set hym harde by hym and sayde vnto them Who soeuer receyueth this chylde in my name receyueth me And who soeuer receyueth me receyueth hym that sent me For he that is least amonge you all the same shal be great And IohnÌ„ answered and sayde Mayster we sawe one castynge oute deuyls in thy name and we forbad hym bycause he folowed not with vs. And Iesus sayde vnto hym forbyd ye hym not For he that is not agaynst vs is with vs. And it fortuned when the tyme was come that he shulde be receyued vp he set his face to go to Ierusalem and sent messengers before hym And they wente and entred in to a citye of the Samaritans to make redye for hym And they wolde not receyue hym bycause his face was as though he wolde go to Ierusalem When his disciples Iames and IohnÌ„ sawe this they sayd Lorde wylte thou that we coÌ„maunde fyre to come downe from heuen consume them euen as Elias dyd Iesus turned about and rebuked them sayenge ye wote not what maner a spirite ye are of For the son of man is not come to destroy mennes lyues but to saue them And they went to an other towne ✚ And it chaunsed that as they were walkyng in the way a certayne man sayd vnto hym I wyll folowe the whyther soeuer thou wylt go Iesus sayd vnto hym Foxes haue holes and byrdes of the ayre haue nestes but the
which staÌ„deth vpon the see â— vpoÌ„ the erth And I went vnto y â— angell sayde to hym geue me the lytel boke and he sayde vnto me take it eate it vp it shall make thy belly bytter but it shal be in thyâ— nouth as swete as hony And I toke y â— lytl â— boke out of his hande and eate it vp and it was in my mouth as swete ashony and â—s sone as I had eaten it my belly was bytâ— er And he sayde vnto me y â— muste prophesy agayne among the people and nations and toÌ„ges and to many kynges ¶ The temple is measured The seconde wo io past CAPI XI ANd then was giuen me a rede lyke vnto a rodde and it was sayde vnto me Ryse meate the teÌ„ple of god the aulter them that worshyp therin the queer whyche is within the temple cast out meate it not for it is gyuen vnto the Gentyles the holy cytie shall they treade vnder fote xliâ— monethes And I wyl gyue power vnto my two wytnesses they shall prophesy a thousande two hundreth and. lx dayes clothed in sacke clothe These are two olyue trees two candelstyckes standyng before the god of the earth And yf any man wyl hurt them fyre shall procede out of their mouthes and consume their enemyes And yf any man wyll hurte them this wyse must he be kylled These haue power to shut heauen that it raine not in the dayes of their prophesying and haue power ouer waters to turne them to bloude to smyte the earth with al maner plages as often as they wyll And when they haue fynyshed their testimony the beast that came out of the bottom lesse pyt shall make warre agaynste them shall ouercome the and kyl them And their bodyes shall lye in the stretes of the greate cytie whiche spiritually is called Zodom Egypte where our Lorde was crucyfied And they of the people and kynredes tonges and they of the nacioÌ„s shall se their bodies iij. dayes and an halfe shal not suffre their bodies to be put in graues And they that dwel vpon the earth shall reioyce ouer them be glad and shal sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth And after iii. dayes an halfe the spirit of lyfe from God entred into theÌ„ And they stode vp vpon their fete great feare came vpon them which saw them And they herde a great voyce from heauen saying vnto theÌ„ Come vp hyther And they ascended vp into heauen in a cloude and their enemyes sawe them And the same hour was there a great earthquake the tenth part of the cytie fell and in the earth quake were slaine names of men seuen M. and the remnaunt were feared and gaue glory to God of heauen The seconde wo is past beholde the thyrde wo wyll come anone And the seuenth angel blewe there were made greate voyces in heauen sayinge the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes his Christes he shal raigne for euermore And the. xxiiij elders which syt before God on their seates fell vpon their faces worshypped God sayinge we gyue the thankes O Lorde God almightye which art wast and arte to come for thou hast receyued thy great myght and hast raygned And the nacions were angrye and thy wrath is come and the tyme of the dead that they shulde be iudged and that thou shuldest gyue reward vnto thy seruauntes the Prophetes and Saynctes and to them that feare thy name small and great and shuldest destroy them whiche destroy the earth And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there was sene in his temple the arcke of his testameÌ„t and ther folowed lyghtnynges and voices and thondrynges and earthquake and muche hayle ¶ The seuenth Angell bloweth his crompet There appereth in heauen a womaÌ„ dothed with the soÌ„ne Michael â—igh teth with the dragon whiche persecuteth the woman CAPI XII ANd there appeared a great wonder in heuen A woman clothed with the soÌ„ne and the mone vnder her fete and vpon her heade a crowne of xij starres And she was with chylde cryed trauaylynge in byrth payned redy to be delyuered And there aâ—red another wonder in heauen for behold a great red dragon hauyng vij heades ten hornes crownes vpon his heades and his tayle drue the thyrde part of the starres and cast them to the earth And the dragon stode before the woman whiche was redy to be delyuered for to deuoure her chylde as sone as it were borne And she brought forth a man chylde whych shulde rule all nacions with a rod ofyron And her sonne was taken vp vnto god and to his seate And the woman fled into wyldernes where she had a place prepared of God that they shulde fede her there â— M. ij hundreth and lx dayes And there was a great battayle in heauâ— Michael his Angels fought with the dragon and the dragoÌ„ fought and his angels and preuayled not neyther was there place founde any more in heauen And the great dragon that old serpeÌ„t called the deuyl and Sathanas was cast out Which deceyueth al the worlde And he was cast into the earth and his angels werecast out also And I hearde a loude voyce sayinge in heauen is now made saluacion and strength the kyngdome of our God and the power of his Christ. For he is cast downe which accused them before God day and nyght And they ouercame him by the bloude of the laÌ„be and by the worde of their testimonye they loued not their lyues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heuens and ye that dwel in theÌ„ Wo to the inhabiters of the erth and of the see for the deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath gret wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the womaÌ„ whiche brought forth the maÌ„ chylde And to the woman were gyuen two wynges of a great Egle that she myght flye into the wyldernes into her place where she is noryshed for a tyme tymes and halfe a time from the presence of the serpent And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had bene a ryuer because she shulde haue bene caught of the flode And the erth holpe the woman and the erth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer whych the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went and made warre wyth the remnaunt of hyrsede which kepe the commaundementes of God haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sande ¶ A beast ryseth out of the see with seuen heades and ten hururs Another beaste commeth out of the earth with two hornes CAPI XIII ANd I sawe a beast tyse out of the see hauyng seuen heades and ten hornes and vpon his hornes ten
captyuyte And Esdras the prest chose vnto hym the pryncypall men from amonge the fathers accordynge to theyr names in the newe mone of the tenth moneth they sat together to examen thys matter And so the matter was a determynynge concernynge the men that had outlandysh wyues vntyl the newe mone of the fyrst moneth And of the prestes that had myxte them selues with outlandysh wyues there were founde Of the sonnes of Iesu the sonne of Iosedec and hys brethren Mazeas Eleazar Ioribus Ioadeus whiche offred them selues to put awaye theyr wyues and to offre a ramme for theyr ignoraunce And of the sonnes of Semmeri Masseas and Esses Iâ—elech Azarias Of the soÌ„nes of Fosera Limosias Hismaen Nathanea Iussio Ieddus and Talsas And of the Leuytes Iosabdus Semeis and Colnis Caletas Faâ—teas Colnas Elionas Of the syngers of the Sanctuary Eliarib Zackarus Of the porters Sallumus and Tolbanes And of Israel of the chyldren of Foro Osi Remias Geddias Melchias Michilus Eleazarus Iemmebias Bannas And the chyldreÌ„ of IolamaÌ„ Chamasâ— Zachari Ieizrelus Ioddius Erimoth and Elias And of y â— sonnes of Iathoim Eliadas Liasamus Zochias Larimoth Sabdis and Tebedias And of the sonnes of Zebes Iohannes Amanias Zabdias Emineus And of y â— sonnes of Bannê° OlaÌ„mus Maluchus Ieddus Iasub Asabus and Ierimoth And of y â— sonnes of Addin Naatus Moosias Caleê° and Raanas Mansuas Mathathias Besel Bannê° Manasses And of the soÌ„nes of Naue Nones Afeas Melchias Sameas Simon Beniamin Malchus and Marras And of the soÌ„nes of Asom Carianeus Mathathias Baâ—nus Eliphalach Manasses Semeâ— Of the sonnes of Bauues Ieremy Moodias Abramas Ioel Baneas Peliaas Iona Marimoth Eliasib Mathaneus Eliasis Ozias Dielus Semediê° Zambris Ioseph Of the sonnes of Nobeus Idelus Matha thias Sabadê° Zecheda Sedmi Iesseus and Baneas All these bad taken outlaÌ„dysh wemen to mariage and they put theÌ„ a waye with theyr chyldren The prestes and Leuites and all they that were of Israel dwelt at Ierusalem and thorowout all the lande in the newe moone of the seuenth moneth the chyldren of Israell were in theyr dwellynges And the whole multitude came together vpon the floore at the East syde of the holy porte of the teÌ„ple And they spake vnto Esdras the hye preste and reader that he wolde brynge the lawe of Moses whiche was geuen of the Lorde God of Israel So Esdras the hye Prest brought y â— lawe vnto the whole multitude of theÌ„ to maÌ„ womaÌ„ to all Prestes y â— they myght heare y â— lawe in the newe mone of y â— vii moneth And he red in the flore y â— is before the holy porte of the temple froÌ„ the mornyng early vnto the euenynge before men and wemen And they applyed theyr mynde all vnto the lawe And Esdras the Prest and reader of the lawe stode vp vpon a pulpyâ— of wodde whiche was made therfore and vpon his ryght hande there stode by hym Mathathias Samus Ananias Azarias Urias Ozechias and Balsamus Upon his lefte hande stode Faldeus Misael Malachias Abuschas Sabus Nabadias and Zachary Then toke Esdras the boke before the whole multytude for he was the pryncypall had in most honoure of them all And when he had red out the lawe they stode al strayght vpoÌ„ theyr fete So Esoras praysed the Lorde the most hye God y â— almyghty God of Hostes. And all the people answered Amen and helde vp theyr handes fell downe flat vpoÌ„ the earth and praysed the Lorde And Iesus Eeneas Sarebias Iaddimus Accubus Sabbatheus Calâ—â—hes Azarias Ioradus Ananias Philias the Leuites lyft their handes vpwarde bowed their faces to the grounde praysed the Lorde Those were they which taught the law of the Lord and red the lawe of the Lord in the congregacion euery man set them before that vnderstode the lawe Then spoke Atharates vnto Esdras the hye Prest reder to the Leuites that taught the multytude saying Thys daye is holy vnto the Lorde and all they that had hearde the lawe wepte So Edsras sayde Departe youre waye then and eate y â— best drynke the swetest sende gyftes vnto them that haue nothynge for this daye is holy vnto the Lorde and be nat ye sory for the Lorde wyll brynge you to honoure And the Leuytes shewed it openly to them all saynge This daye is holy be ye not sory Then wente they theyr waye euery chone and dyd eate and dryncke and were mery and sente rewardes vnto them that had nothynge y â— they also myght eate with gladnesse for they were excedyngly reioysed thorowe the wordes that were red vnto them in the lawe And so they were all gathered together at Ierusalem to holde the feast accordynge to the couenaunte of the Lorde God of Israel The ende of the thryde boke of Esdras ⧠The. iiij booke of Esdras ¶ The people is reproued for theyr vnthanckfulnes God wyll fynde another people yf these wyll nat be enformed CAPI I. THe seconde booke of the Prophete Esdras the soÌ„ne of Saraias y â— soÌ„ne of Azarias the sonne of Helchia the soÌ„ne of Sallum the sonne of Sadoâ— y â— Sonne of Achitob the sonne of Achia the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Hely the soÌ„ne of Amerias the soÌ„ne of Azarias the soÌ„ne of Maraioth the soÌ„ne of Sarahias the soÌ„ne of Uzi the sonne of Boccus y â— sonne of Abisu the sonne of Phinees the soÌ„ne of Elezar the sonne of Aaron of the trybe of Liue which was presoner in the lande of Mades in the raygne of Artaxerses Kynge of Persia. And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying go thy waye she we my people theyr synful dedes and theyr chyldren theyr wyckednesses whiche they haue done agaynst me that they may tell theyr chylders chyldren the same for the sinnes of theyr fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me and haue offred vnto straunge goddes Am nat I euen he that brought them out of the lande of Egypt froÌ„ the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath and despised my councels Pull thou out then the hearre of thy heade and cast all euell ouer them for they haue nat bene obediente vnto my lawe It is a people without lernynge nourtoure Howe longe shall I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so muche good Many kynges haue I destroyed for theyr sakes Pharao with his seruauntes all his power haue I smytten downe slayne All the nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before theÌ„ in the East haue I brought two landes people to nought euen Tyre and SydoÌ„ haue slayne all theyr enemyes Speake thou therfore vnto them sayinge Thus sayeth the Lorde I led you thorowe the see and haue geuen you sure stretes seÌ„se the begynnynge I gaue you Moses to be youre captayne and Aaron to be the prest I gaue you lyght in a pyler
of fyre and greate wonders haue I done amonge you yet haue ye forgotten me sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the almyghte Lorde I gaue you quayles to eate tentes for youre succoure Neuertheles ye murmured and ascribed not the vyctory of youre enemyes vnto my name yee thys same daye do ye yet mur moure Where are the benefytes y â— I haue done for you When ye were hongrye in the wyldernes dyd ye nat cry vnto me saying why hast thou brought vs into this wyldernes to kyll vs It had bene better for vs to haue serued the Egypcyans then to dye in thys wyldernesse Then had I pytye vpon youre mournynges and gaue you Manna to eate Ye dyd eate angels foode When ye were thyrstye dyd I nat hewe the hardestone caused water to flowe therout For the heate I couered you with the leaues of the trees A good pleasaunte fat lande gaue I you I cast out the Cananites the Pheresytes and Philystines before you What shall I do more for you sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth y â— Almyghtye Lorde WheÌ„ ye ware in the wildernes in the water of the Amorytes beynge a thyrst blasphemynge my name I gaue you nat fyre for your blas phemyes but cast a tree into the water and made the ryuer swete What shal I do vnto the O Iacob Thou Iuda woldest nat obeye me I wyll turne me to another people vnto those Wyt I geue my name that they may kepe my statutes Sayng ye haue forsaken me I wyl forsake you also When ye desire me to be gracious vnto you I shal haue no mercy vpon you When ye call vpo me I wyll nat heare you For ye haue defyled youre handes with bloude youre fete are swyft to commyt manstaughter Ye haue nat forsaken me in a maner but youre owne selues sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the almyghtye Lorde haue I nat prayed you as a father his soÌ„nes as a mother her daughters and as a norsse her yonge babes that ye wolde be my people I shulde be youre God that ye wolde be my chyldren I shulde be your owne fathers I gathered you together as an henne gathereth her chekens vnder her wynges But nowe what shall I do vnto you I shal cast you out fro my face When ye offre vnto me I shal turne my face from you for your solempne feast dayes youre newe moones and your circumcysyons haue I forsake I sent vnto you my seruauÌ„tes the Prophetes whom ye haue taken and stayne and torne theyr bodyes in peces whose bloude I wyll requere of youre handes sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Almyghty Lorde your house must be desolate I wyll caste you out as the wynde doth the strawe youre chyldreÌ„ shall nat be fruteful for they haue despysed my commaundement and done the thynge that is euell before me You re houses wyl I geue vnto a people that shall come they that neuer harde me shall beleue in me and they vnto whom I neuer shewed tokeÌ„ shall do the thyng y â— I coÌ„maunde theÌ„ They haue sene no Prophetes yet shall they call theyr synnes to remembraunce and knowledge them I reporte me vnto the grace y â— I wyl do for the people which is come whose children reioyse in gladnes though they haue not sene me with bodely eyes yet in sprete they beleue the thing that I saye And nowe brother beholde what greate worshyppe se the people that coÌ„meth froÌ„ the East vnto whom I wyl geue the dukedom of Abraham Isaac and Iacob of Oseas Amos Micheas of Ioel Abdy Ionas Naum Abacuâ— of Sophonyâ— Aggeus Zachary Malachy which is called also an angell or messenger of the Lorde CAPI II. The Synagoge syndeth faute with her owne chyldreÌ„ The Gentles are called THVS sayeth the Lorde I brought thys people out of bondage I gaue them my commaundementes by my seruairtes the Prophetes whiche they wholde nat heare but despysed my counsels The mother that bare them sayeth vnto them Go youre waye ye chyldren for I am a wyddowe and forsaken I brought you vp with gladnesse but with sorowe and heuynes haue I loste you for ye haue synned before the Lorde youre God and done the thynge that is euell before hym But what shall I nowe do vnto you I am a wyddowe and forsaken go youre waye O my chyldreÌ„ and aske mercy of the Lorde As for me O father I call vpon the for a wytnesse ouer the mother of these chyldren whiche wolde not kepe my couenaunt that thou brynge them to confusyon and theyr mothers to spoyle that she beare no more Let theyr names be scatred abroade amonge the Heathen let them be put out of the earth for they haue thought scorne of my couenaunte Wo be vnto the Assur thou that hydest y â— vnryghtuous by the. Thou wycked people remeÌ„bre what I dyd vnto Sodome Gomorre whose laÌ„de is turned to pytch and asshes Euen so also wyll I do vnto all them that heare me not sayeth y â— almyghty Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde vnto Esdras Tell my people y t I wyl geue theÌ„ the Kyngdome of Iesusalem whiche I wolde haue geuen vnto Israel Theyr glory also wyll I take vnto me geue them the euerlastynge tabernacles whiche I had prepared for those The tree of lyfe shal be vnto them a swete smellynge oyntement they shall neyther laboure nor be weery Go ye youre waye and ye shall receaue it Praye for youre selues a fewe dayes y t they maye dwel therin Nowe is the Kyngdome prepared for you therfore watche Take heauen earth to witnesse for I haue broken the euell in peaces created the good for I lyue sayeth the Lorde Mother embrace thy chyldren brynge theÌ„ vp with gladnesse make theyr fote as fast as a pyâ—er for I haue chosen the sayeth y â— Lorde And those that be dead wyll I rayse vp agayne from theyr places and brynge them out of the graues for I haue knowen my name in Israell Feare nat thou mother of the chyldren for I haue chosen the sayeth the Lorde And for thy helpe I shall sende the my seruauntes Esay and Ieremy after whose councel I haue sanctifyed and prepared for the twelue trees loded with dyuerse frutes and as many welles flowynge with mylke hony and seuen mouÌ„taynes whervpon there growe roses and lylyes wherin I wyll fyll my chyldren with ioye Execute iustyce for the wyddowe be iudge for the fatherles geue to the poore defende the comforteles clothe y â— naked heale the wounded and sycke laugh â—at a lame man to scorne defende the crepel and let the blynde come into the syght of my clearnes kepe the old the yonge within thy walles Whersoeuer thou fyndest the dead take them and burye them I shal geue the the tyâ—st place in my resurreccyon Holde styll O my people and take thy rest for thy quietnes is come Feade thy chyldren O thou good norsse