w t their hoost their captayne shal be Elisama sonne of Amihud and his armye in the summe fourtye thousande and fyue hundreth Nexte vnto him shal y e trybe of Manasse pitch their captayne Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur his armye in the summe two and thirtie thousande two huÌ„dreth The trybe of Ben Iamin also their captayne Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni his armye in the summe fyue and thirtie thousande foure hundreth So y t all they which belonge to the hoost of Ephraim be in the summe an hundreth thousande eight thousande an huÌ„dreth belonginge to his armie And they shal be the thirde in the iourney On the North syde shal lye y e pauylions baner of Dan with their hoost their captayne Ahieser y e sonne of Ammi Sadai his armye in the summe two and sixtye thousande and seueÌ„ hundreth Nexte vnto him shal the trybe of Asser pitche their captayne Pagiel y e sonne of Ochran his army in the summe one and fourtie thousande and fyue hundreth The trybe of Nephthali also their captayne Ahira the sonne of Enan his armye in the summe thre fiftye thousande foure huÌ„dreth So y t all they which belonge to the hoost of Dan be in the summe an huÌ„dreth thousande seuen fiftie thousande sixe hundreth And they shal be the last in the iourney with their baners This is the summe of the children of Israel after their fathers houses and armyes with their hoostes euen sixe hundreth thousande thre thousande fyue huÌ„dreth fiftie But y e Leuites were not nombred in y e summe amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel as y e LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And y e childreÌ„ of Israel dyd all as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And so they pitched vnder their baners toke their iourney euery one in his kynred acordinge to the house of their fathers The III. Chapter THese are the generacions of Aaron Moses whan y e LORDE spake vnto Moses at y e same tyme vpon mount Sinai And these are y e names of the sonnes of Aron The firstborne Nadab then Abihu Eleasar Ithamar These are y e names of the sonnes of Aaron which were anoynted to be prestes their handes fylled for y e presthode But Nadab Abihu dyed before y e LORDE whaÌ„ they offred strauÌ„ge fyre before y e LORDE in y e wildernesse of Sinai had no sonnes But Eleasar and Ithamar executed y e prestes office w t their father Aaron And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Bringe hither the trybe of Leui and set them before Aaron the prest y t they maye serue w t him wayte vpon him vpoÌ„ the whole congregacion before y e Tabernacle of witnesse and execute the seruyce of the habitacion and kepe all the apparell of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and wayte vpon the children of Israel to mynistre in the seruyce of the habitacion And thou shalt geue y e Leuites vnto Aaron and his sonnes for a gift vnto euery one his awne from amonge the children of Israel As for Aaron his sonnes thou shalt appoynte them to wayte on their prestes office Yf another preasse therto he shal dye And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and saide Beholde I haue takeÌ„ the Leuites froÌ„ amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel for all the first borne that open the Matrix amonge the children of Israel â–ª so that the Leuites shal be myne For the firstborne are myne sence y e tyme that I smoâ—e all the first borne in y e lande of Egipte whaÌ„ I sanctified vnto me all the firstborne in Israel from meÌ„ vnto catell that they shulde be myne I the LORDE And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the wyldernesse of Sinai and sayde Nombre the children of Leui after their fathers houses and kynreds all that are males of a moneth olde and aboue So Moses nombred them acordinge to the worde of the LORDE as he had commaunded And these were the children of Leui with their names Gerson Kahath Merari The names of the children of Gerson in their kynreds were Libni and Semei The childreÌ„ of Kahath in their kynreds were Amram Iezehar Hebron and Vsiel The children of Merari in their kynreds were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of Leui after their fathers houses These are y e kynreds of Gerson The Libnites and Semeâ—tes the summe was founde in nombre seuen thousande and fyue hundreth of all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue And the same kynreds of the Gersonites shal pitche behinde the Habitacion on the west syde Let Eliasaph the sonne of Lael be their ruler And they shal waite vpon the Tabernacle of wytnesse of the habitacion and of the tent and couerynges therof and the hangynge in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse the hangynge aboute the courte the hangynge in y e courtedore which courte goeth aboute the habitacion and the altare and the cordes of it all that belongeth to the seruyce therof These are the kynreds of Kahath The Amramites the Iezeharites the Hebronites and Vsielites all that were males of a moneth olde aboue in nombre eight thousande and sixe hundreth waytinge vpon the Tabernacle of the Sanctuary shal pitch on the south syde of y e Habitacion Let Elisaphan the sonne of Vsiel be their ruler And they shal kepe the Arke the table the candil sticke the altare and all the vessels of the Sanctuary to do seruyce in and the vayle and all that belongeth to the seruice therof But the chefe of all the rulers of the Leuites shal be Eleasar the sonne of Aron the prest ouer them that are apoynted to kepe the watch of the Sanctuary These are y e kynreds of Merari The Mahelites and Musites which were in nombre sixe thousande and two huÌ„dreth all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue Let Zuriel y e sonne of Abihail be their ruler and they shall pitche vpon the north syde of the Habitacion And their office shal be to kepe the bordes and barres and pilers and sokettes of the Habitacion and all the apparell therof and that serueth therto y e pilers also aboute y e courte with the sokettes and nales and cordes But before the Habitacion and before y e Tabernacle on the East syde shal Moses Aaron his sonnes pytche that they maye wayte vpon the Sanctuary the children of Israel Yf eny other preasse therto he shal dye All the Leuites in the summe whom Moses and Aaron nombred after their kynreds acordinge to the worde of the LORDE all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue were two and twentye thousande And y e LORDE saide vnto Moses Nombre all the first borne that are males amonge the children of Israel of a moneth olde and aboue and take the nombre of their names And y e Leuites shalt thou take out vnto me the LORDE for all y e first borne of y e childreÌ„ of Israel
violently awaye or gat wrongeously or that was geuen him to kepe or that he hath founde or what so euer it be aboute y e which he hath sworne falsely he shal restore it againe whole alltogether and geue the fifth parte more therto euen to him that it belonged vnto the same daye that he geueth his trespace offerynge But for his trespace he shall brynge for the LORDE euen vnto the prest a ramme from the flocke without blemysh that is worth a trespace offerynge Then shall the prest make an attonement for him before the LORDE and all that he hath synned in shal be forgeuen him The VI. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Commaunde Aaron and his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the burnt offerynge The burnt offerynge shall burne vpon the altare all night vntyll the mornynge But the fyre of the altare onely shal burne theron And y e prest shal put on his lynen albe and his lyuen breches vpon his flesh and shal take vp the aszshes that the fyre of the burnt offerynge vpon the altare hath made and shall poure them besyde the altare Then shall he put of his rayment and put on other rayment and cary out the aszshes without the hoost into a cleane place The fyre vpon the altare shal burne and neuer go out The prest shal kyndle wod theron euery mornynge and dresse the burnt offerynge vpon it and burne the fat of the deed offerynges theron The fyre shall euer burne vpon the altare and neuer go out And this is the lawe of the meat offerynge which Aarons sonnes shall offre before the LORDE vpon the altare One of them shall Heue his handfull of fyne floure of y e meat offerynge and of the oyle and all the frankencense that lyeth vpon the meat offerynge and shall burne it vpon the altare for a swete sauoure a remembraunce vnto the LORDE As for the remnaunt Aaron and his sonnes shal eate it and vnleuended shal they eate it in the holy place namely in the courte of the Tabernacle of witnesse With leueÌ„ shal they not bake their porcion which I haue geuen them of my offerynges It shal be vnto them most holy as the syn offerynge and trespace offerynge All the males amonge the children of Aaron shall eate of it Let this be a perpetuall lawe for youre posterities in the sacrifices of the LORDE No man shall touch it excepte he be consecrated And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde This shal be the offerynge of Aaron and of his sonnes which they shall offre vnto the LORDE in the daie of their anoyntinge The tenth parte of an Epha of fyne floure for a meat offerynge daylie the one half parte in the mornynge the other half parte at euen In the panne with oyle shall thou make it and brynge it fryed and in peces shalt thou offer it for the swete sauoure of the LORDE And the prest which amonge his sonnes shal be anoynted in his steade shall do this This is a perpetuall dewtye vnto the LORDE It shal be burnt alltogether for all the meat offerynges of the prest shal be consumed with the fyre and not be eaten And y e LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the syn offerynge In the place where thou slayest y e bunrt offerynge shalt thou slaye the syn offerynge also before the LORDE This is most holy The prest that offereth the syn offerynge shal eate it in the holy place in the courte of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse No man shal touch y e flesh therof excepte he be halowed And yf eny garment be sprenkled with the bloude of it it shal be washeÌ„ in the holy place And the eartheÌ„ pot that it is sodden in shal be broken But yf it be a brasen pot it shal be scoured and reÌ„sed with water All y e males amonge the prestes shall eate therof for it is most holy Notwithstondinge all y e syn offerynge whose bloude is brought in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse to make an attonement shall not be eaten but burnt with fyre The VII Chapter ANd this is the lawe of the trespace-offerynge and it shal be most holy In the place where the burnt offerynge is slayne shall the trespace offerynge be slayne also there shall of his bloude be sprenkled rounde aboute vpon the altare And all his fat shal be offered the rompe and the fat y t couereth the bowels the two kydneys with the fat y t is theron vpon the loynes and the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also And the prest shal burne it vpon the altare for an offerynge vnto the LORDE This is a trespace offerynge All the males amonge the prestes shal eate it in the holy place for it is most holy euen as the syn offerynge so shall the trespace offerynge be also they shall both haue one lawe and it shal be the prestes that reconcyleth ther wt. Loke which prest offereth eny mans burnt offorynge the skynne of the same burnt offrynge that he hath offered shal be his And euery meat offerynge that is baken in the ouen rosted vpon the gredyron or fryed in the panne shal be the prestes y t offereth it And euery meat offerynge y t is myngled with oyle or drye shal belonge vnto all Aaron sonnes vnto one as well as another And this is y e lawe of the health offeringe that is offered vnto the LORDE Yf they wyll offre a sacrifice of thankesgeuynge then shal they offre vnleueÌ„ded cakes meÌ„gled with oyle and swete wafers straked ouer with oyle and fryed cakes of fyne floure mengled with oyle This offerynge also shall they brynge vpon a cake of leuended bred to the thank offerynge of his health-offerynge and of them all he shall offre one for an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE And it shal be the prestes that sprenkleth the bloude of the health offerynge And the flesh of the thank offerynge in his healthofferynges shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred and there shall nothinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge And whether it be a vowe or a fre wyl-offerynge â—it shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred yf ought be left ouer vntyll the mornynge yet maye it be eaten But loke what remayneth vnto y e thirde daye of the flesh that is offred it shal be brent with the fyre And yf eny man vpon the thirde daie eate of y e offred flesh of his health offerynge he shall not be accepted that offred it Nether shall it be rekened vnto him but it shal be refused And loke which soule eateth therof the same is giltie of a mysdede And the flesh that toucheth eny vncleane thinge shal not be eaten but burnt with the fyre But who so euer is cleane of body shal eate of the flesh and the soule that eateth of y e flesh of y e health offerynge which belongeth vnto the LORDE
his vestimentes vpon his sonnes vpon their vestimentes and so cōsecrated Aaron his vestimentes his sonnes and their vestimentes with him And he sayde vnto Aaron his sonnes Seeth y e flesh before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse there eate it the bred in y e maunde of the cōsecracion offeringes as it is cōmaunded me sayde Aaron his sonnes shall eate it As for y t which remayneth of the flesh bred ye shal burne it with fyre And in seuē dayes shall ye not departe from y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse vntyll the daye y t the dayes of yo r consecracion offerynges be at an ende for seuē dayes must yo r handes be consecrated as it is come to passe this daye The LORDE hath cōmaunded to do it that ye might be reconcyled And ye shal tary before the Tabernacle of wytnesse daye and night seuen dayes longe shal kepe y e watch of y e LORDE that ye dye not for thus am I cōmaunded And Aaron with his sonnes dyd all that y e LORDE commaunded by Moses The IX Chapter ANd vpon the eight daye Moses called Aaron and his sonnes and the Elders in Israel and sayde vnto Aaron Take vnto the a yonge calfe for a syn offeringe and a ramme for a burnt offerynge both without blemysh and brynge them before the LORDE and speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Take an he goate for a syn-offerynge and a calf and a shepe both of a yeare olde and without blemysh for a burnt offerynge and an oxe and a ramme for an health offerynge that we maye offre before the LORDE and a meat offerynge myngled with oyle For to daye shal the LORDE appeare vnto you And they toke what Moses commaunded before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the whole cōgregacion came nye and stode before the LORDE Then sayde Moses This is it which the LORDE commaunded that ye shulde do and then shall the glory of y e LORDE appeare vnto you And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Go vnto y e altare and offre thy syn offerynge and thy burnt offerynge and make an attonemēt for the and for the people Then offre the peoples offerynge and reconcyle them also as the LORDE hath commaunded And Aaron wente vnto the altare and slewe y e calfe for his syn offerynge his sonnes brought the bloude vnto him And he dypte his fynger in the bloude and put it vpon the hornes of the altare and poured y e bloude vpon y e botome of the altare As for the fat and the kydneys the net vpon the leuer of the syn offerynge he burnt thē vpon the altare as the LORDE cōmaunded Moses The flesh also and the hyde burnt he w t fyre without the hoost Afterwarde he slewe the burnt offeringe and Aarons sonnes brought the bloude vnto him he sprenkled it rounde aboute vpon the altare And they brought him the burnt offerynge in peces the heade he burnt it vpon the altare And he washed the bowels and the legges and burnt them aboue vpon the burnt offerynge on the altare Then brought he the offerynge of the people and toke the goate that syn offerynge of the people and slewe it and made a syn offerynge therof as of the fyrst And brought the burnt offerynge and dyd as the lawe is and brought the meat offerynge and toke his handfull and burnt it vpon the altare besyde the burnt offeringe of the mornynge Afterwarde slewe he the oxe and the ramme for the health offerynge of the people And his sonnes brought him the bloude which he sprenkled vpon the altare rounde aboute But the fat of the oxe of the ramme the rompe and the fat that couereth the bowels the kydneyes the net vpon the leuer all soch fat laied they vpon the brest and burnt the fat vpon the altare But the brest and the right shulder waued Aaron for a Waue offerynge before the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded Moses And Aaron lift vp his hāde ouer the people and blessed them and came downe from the worke of the syn offerynge burnt offerynge and health offerynge And Moses and Aaron wente in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse And whan they came out agayne they blessed the people Then appeared the glory of the LORDE vnto all the people For there came a fyre from the LORDE and vpon the altare it consumed the burnt-offerynge and the fat Whan all the people sawe that they reioysed and fell vpon their faces The X. Chapter Moses called Misael and Elzaphan the sonnes of Vsiel Aarons vncle and sayde vnto them Go to and cary youre brethren out of the Sanctuary without the hoost And they wente and caried them forth in their albes without the hoost as Moses sayde Then sayde Moses vnto Aaron to his sonnes Eleasar and Ithamar Ye shall not vncouer youre heades ner rente yo r clothes that ye dye not and the wrath come vpon the whole congregacion Let youre brethrē of the whole house of Israel bewepe this burnynge which the LORDE hath done As for you ye shall not go out from the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse lest ye dye for the anoyntinge oyle of the LORDE is vpon you And they dyd as Moses sayde The LORDE spake vnto Aaron sayde Thou thy sonnes w t the shal drynke no wyne ner stronge drynke whan ye go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse that ye dye not Let this be a perpetuall lawe vnto all yo r posterities y t ye maye haue knowlege to discerne what is holy and vnholy what is cleane vncleane that ye maye teach the children of Israel all the lawes which the LORDE hath spoken vnto you by Moses And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleasar and Ithamar his sonnes that were left Take the remnaunt of the meat offerynge in the sacrifices of y e LORDE and eate it without leuen besyde the altare for it is most holy euen in the holy place shal ye eate it For it is thy dutye and thy sonnes dutye in the sacrifices of the LORDE for thus am I commaunded But the Wauebrest and the Heueshulder shalt thou eate and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the in a cleane place For this dutye is geuen vnto the and thy children in the dead offerynges of the children of Israel For the Heueshulder and the Wauebrest to the offerynges of the fat shal be brought in that they maye be waued for a Waue offeringe before the LORDE Therfore is it thine and thy childrens for a perpetuall dutye as the LORDE commaunded And Moses sought for the goate of the syn offerynge and founde it burnt And he was angrie at Eleasar and Ithamar y e sonnes of Aaron which were left alyue and sayde Wherfore haue ye not eaten the syn offerynge in the holy place for it is most holy he hath geuen it you that ye might beare y e synne of the cōgregacion
the whole congregacion And they put him in preson for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him The LORDE sayde vnto Moses The man shall dye the death the whole congregacion shal stone him without the hoost Then the whole cōgregacion brought him out of y e hoost and stoned him that he dyed as y e LORDE commaunded Moses And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto thē y t they make them gardes vpon y e quarters of their garmentes amonge all yo r posterities and put yalowe rybandes vpon the gardes in y e quarters And y e gardes shal serue you y t ye maye loke vpon thē and remembre all the cōmaundementes of the LORDE do them that ye order not youre selues after y e meanynge of youre awne hert ner go awhorynge after youre awne eyes Therfore shal ye remembre and do all my commaundementes and be holy vnto youre God I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the lande of Egipte to be yo r God Euen I the LORDE youre God The XVI Chapter ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Kahath the sonne of Leui with Dathan and Abiram the sonne of Eliab and On the sonne of Peleth y e sonnes of Rubē stode vp agaynst Moses with certayne men amonge the childrē of Israel two hundreth fyftie captaynes of the congregacion councelers famous men And they gathered them selues agaynst Moses Aarō sayde vnto them Ye make to moch a doo for all the congregacion is holy euery one and the LORDE is amonge them Why lifte ye youre selues vp then aboue the congregacion of the LORDE Whan Moses herde y t he fell vpō his face saide vnto Corah to all his company Tomorow shal y e LORDE shewe who is his who is holy to come vnto him Whō so euer he choseth y e same shal come vnto him This do Take y e censors thou Corah all y e cōpanye do fyre therin put incense theron tomorow before the LORDE then whom so euer the LORDE choseth the same shal be holy Ye make to moch a doo ye children of Leui. And Moses sayde vnto Corah Heare ye childrē of Leui Is it not ynough vnto you y t y e God of Israel hath separated you frō y e multitude of Israel y t ye shulde come nye him to do the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the LORDE and stonde before the people to mynister vnto them He hath caused the and all thy brethren the childrē of Leui with the to come nye vnto him and now ye seke the presthode also Thou and all thy cōpany conspyre agaynst the LORDE What is Aaron that ye shulde murmur against him And Moses sent to call Dathā Abirā y e sonnes of Eliab But they saide We wil not come vp Is it to litle y t thou hast brought vs out of y e lande of Egipte y t floweth w t mylke hony to kyll vs in y e wildernesse but thou must raigne ouer vs also How goodly well hast thou brought vs in to a londe that floweth w t milke and hony geuē vs feldes and vyniardes in possession Wilt thou put out these mens eyes We will not come vp Then was Moses very wroth saide vnto y e LORDE Turne y e not vnto their meatofferinges I haue not takē so moch as an Asse frō thē nether haue I hurte eny of thē And Moses sayde vnto Corah Tomorow be thou all y e companye before y e LORDE thou and they Aaron And take euery one his censer and put incense therin and come before the LORDE euery one with his censer that is two hundreth and fiftye censers and both thou and Aaron take either his censer And euery one toke his censer and put fyre therin and layed incense theron and came before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes and Moses and Aaron also And Corah gathered y e whole congregaciō agaynst thē before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes But y e glory of the LORDE appeared before y e whole congregacion And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Separate youre selues frō this congregaciō y t I maye shortly consume them And they fell vpon their faces sayde O God thou God of the spretes of all flesh yf one man haue synned wilt thou therfore be wroth ouer the whole congregacion And the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Speake to the congregaciō and saye Come vp from y e dwellynge of Corah and Dathan and Abiram And Moses stode vp wente vnto Dathan Abiram the Elders of Israel folowed him he spake to y e cōgregaciō saide Departe frō y e tentes of these vngodly mē touche nothinge y t is theirs y t ye perishe not in eny of their sinnes And they gat them vp from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram But Dathan and Abirā came out and stode in the dore of their tentes with their wyues and sonnes and children And Moses sayde Hereby shal ye knowe that the LORDE hath sent me to do all these workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne hert Yf these men dye the comon death of all men or be vysited as all men are vysited then hath not the LORDE sent me But yf the LORDE make a new thinge and the earth open hir mouth and swalowe them with all that they haue so y t they go downe quycke in to hell thē shal ye knowe that the se men haue blasphemed the LORDE And whā he had spokē out all these wordes y e groūde cloue asunder vnder thē the earth opened hir wouth swalowed thē w t their houses all the mē y t were w t Corah all their substaūce and they wente downe quycke in to the hell with all that they had And the earth closed vpō them so they perished from amonge y e congregaciō And all Israel y t were aboute thē fled at y e crye of thē for they sayde That y e earth swalowe not vs also Morouer the fyre came out frō the LORDE and consumed the two hundreth and fyftye men that offred the incense And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest y t he take vp y e censers out of y e burninge scater y e fyre here there For the censers of these synners are halowed thorow their soules y t they maye be beatē in to thinne plates fastened vpon y e altare For they are offred before y e LORDE halowed and they shal be a token vnto y e childrē of Israel And Eleasar the prest toke y e brasen censers which they y t were burnt had offred bet thē to plates to fasten thē vpon y e altare for a remēbraunce vnto y e children of Israel y t no straunger and he
sonne of Maeseia the sonne of Malchija the sonne of Athin y e sonne of Serah the sonne of Adaia the sonne of Ethan the sonne of Sima the sonne of Simei the sonne of Iahath the sonne of Gerson the sonne of Leui. Their brethren the childrē of Merari stode on the lefte hande namely Ethan the sonne of Kusi the sonne of Abdi the sonne of Malluch the sonne of Hasabia the sonne of Amazia the sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Amzi the sonne of Bani the sonne of Samer the sonne of Maheli the sonne of Musi the sonne of Merari the sonne of Leui. As for their brethrē the Leuites they were geuen to all the offices in the habitacion of the house of the LORDE but the office of Aaron and his sonnes was to kyndle the fyre vpon the altare of burnt offerynges and vpon the altare of incense and to all the busynes in the most holy and to make attonement for the people acordinge as Moses y e seruaunt of God commaunded These are the children of Aaron Eleasar his sonne whose sonne was Phineas whose sonne was Abisua whose sonne was Buki whose sonne was Vsi whose sonne was Serahia whose sonne was Meraioth whose sonne was Amaria whose sonne was Achitob whose sonne was Sadoc whose sonne was Ahimaas And this is their habitacion and rowme in their borders namely of Aarons children of the kynred of y e Kahathites for this lot fell vnto them And they gaue thē Hebron in the londe of Iuda the suburbes of the same rounde aboute But the felde of y e cite the vyllages therof gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron these fre cities Hebron Libna with their suburbes Iather Esthemoa Hilen Debir Asan and Bethsemes with their suburbes And out of the trybe of Ben Iamin Geba Alemeth and Anathot w t their suburbes so y t all the cities in their kinred were thirtene The other childrē of Kahath of their kynred had out of y e halfe trybe of Manasses ten cities by lot The children of Gerson of their kynred had out of y e trybe of Isachar out of the trybe of Asser out of the trybe of Nephtali out of the trybe of Manasses in Basan thirtene cities The childrē of Merari of their kynred had by lot out of the trybe of Ruben out of the trybe of Gad and out of the trybe of Zabulon twolue cities And vnto y e Leuites gaue the childrē of Israel cities with their suburbes namely by lot out the trybe of the children of Iuda out of the trybe of the childrē of Simeon out of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin euen those cities which they appoynted by name But the kynreds of the children of Kahath had the cities of their borders out of the trybe of Ephraim So gaue they now vnto thē namely vnto the kynred of the children of Kahath y e fre cities Sichem vpon mount Ephraim Geser Iakmeam Bethoron Aialon and Gath Rimon with their suburbes And out of y e halfe trybe of Manasses Aner and Bileam with their suburbes But vnto the children of Gerson they gaue out of the kynred of the halfe trybe of Manasses Golā in Basan and Astharoth with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Isachar Kedes Dabrath Ramoth and Anem with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Asser Masal Abdō Hikoh and Sehob with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Nephtali Kedes in Galile Hāmon and Kiriathaim with their suburbes Vnto the other children of Merari gaue they out of the trybe of Zabulon Rimano and Thabor with their suburbes And beyōde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde besyde Iordane out of the trybe of Ruben Bezer in the wildernes Iahza Kedemoth and Mepaath with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead Mahanaim Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes The VIII Chapter THe children of Isachar were Thola Pua Iasub and Simrom these foure The children of Thola were Vsi Rephaia Ieriel Iahemai and Iebsam and Samuel heades in the house of their fathers of Thola mightie men in their kynred in nombre in the tyme of Dauid two and twentye thousande and sixe hundreth The children of Vsi were Iesrahia The children of Iesrahia were Michael and Obedia Ioel and Iesia all these fyue were heades And with them amonge their kynred in the house of their fathers there were ready harnessed men of warre to the battayll sixe and thirtie thousande for they had many wiues and children And the mightie men of their brethren in all the kynreds of Isachar were seuē and foure score thousande and were all nombred The children of Ben Iamin were Bela Becher and Iedieel these thre The children of Bela were Ezbon Vsi Vsiel Ieremoth Iri these fyue heades in y e house of their fathers mightie men and were nombred two twentie thousande and foure and thyrtie The childrē of Becher were Semira Ioas Elieser Elioenai Amri Ieremoth Abia Anathot Alameh all these were the children of Becher and were rekened in their kinreds after the heades in the house of their fathers valeaunt men twentie thousande and two hundreth The children of Iedieel were Bilhan The childrē of Bilhan were Ieus Ben Iamin Ehud Cnaena Sethan Tharsis and Ahisahar all these were the children of Iedieel heades of the fathers valeaunt men euen seuentene thousande which wente forth to the warre for to fighte And Supim and Hupim were the childrē of Ir. But Husim were the children of Aher The children of Nephtali were Iahziel Guni Iezer and Sallum the children of Bilha The children of Manasses are these Esriel whom his concubyne Aramiel dyd beare But first begat he Machir the father of Gilead And Machir gaue wyues vnto Hupim Supim their sisters name was Maecha His secōde sonnes name was Zelaphehad And Zelaphehad had doughters And Maecha y e wife of Machir bare a sonne whose name was Phares his brothers name was Sares and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem Vlams sonne was Bedam These are the children of Gilead y e sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasses And his sister Molecheth bare Ishud Abieser and Mahela And Semida had these children Ahean Sichem Likhi and Aniam The children of Ephraim were these Suthelah whose sonne was Bered whose sonne was Thahath whose sonne was Eleada whose sonne was Thahath whose sonne was Sabad whose sonne was Suthelah whose sonne was Eser and Elead And the men of Gath that dwelt in the londe slewe them because they were gone downe to take their catell And their father Ephraim mourned for them a longe season and his brethren came to comforte him And he wente in to his wife which conceaued and bare a sonne whom he called Bria because of the aduersite that was in his house His doughter was Seera which builded the lower and vpper Bethoron Vsen Serea Whose sonne was Rephad Reseph whose sonne was Thelah whose
by name The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Hebrues The summe of this epistle Chap. I. How God dealt louyngly with theÌ„ of the olde tyme in sendynge them his prophetes but moch more mercy hath he shewed vs in that he sent vs his owne sonne Of the most excellent glory of Iesus Christ which in all thinges is like to his father Chap. II. He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the new lawe which Christ hath geuen vs and not to be offended at the infirmite and lowe degre of Christ why it was necessary that for oure sakes he shulde take soch an humble state vpon him that he might be like vnto his brethren Chap. III. He requyreth vs to be obedient vnto the worde of Christ which is more worthy then Moses The punyshment of soch as wyll nedes harden their hertes Chap. IIII. The Sabbath or rest of the Christen Punyshment of vnbeleuers The nature of the worde of God Chap. V. Christ is oure hye prest the seate of grace and more excellent then the hye prestes of the olde lawe Chap. VI. He goeth forth with the thiÌ„ge that he beganne in the latter ende of the fyfft chapter and exhorteth them not to faynt but to be stedfast and pacient for so moch as God is sure in his promesse Chap. VII He coÌ„pareth the presthode of Christ vnto Melchisedech but to be farre more excellent Chap. VIII The office of Christ is more worthy then the prestes office of the olde lawe which was vnperfecte and therfore abrogate Chap. IX The profit and worthynesse of the olde Testament and how farre the new excelleth it Chap. X. The olde lawe had no power to cleÌ„se awaye synne but Christ dyd it with offerynge vp his body once for all An exhortacion to receaue this goodnesse of God thaÌ„k fully with pacience and stedfast faith Chap. XI What faith is and a commeÌ„dacion of the same The stedfast beleue of the fathers in olde tyme. Chap. XII An exhortacion to be pacient and stedfast in trouble and aduersite vpon hope of euerlastinge rewarde A commeÌ„dacion of the new Testament aboue the olde Chap. XIII He exhorteth vs vnto loue to hospitalite to thinke vpon soch as be in aduersite to manteyne wedlocke to avoyde cuvetousnesse to make moch of theÌ„ that preach Gods worde to bewarre of straunge lernynge to be content to suffre rebuke with Christ to be thankfull vnto God and obedient vnto to oure heades The first Chapter GOD in tyme past dyuersly many wayes spake vnto y e fathers by prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne whom he hath made heyre of all thinges by whom also he made the worlde Which sonne beynge the brightnes of his glory the very ymage of his substaunce bearinge vp all thinges with the worde of his power hath in his owne personne pourged oure synnes and is set on the righte hande of the maiestie on hye beynge eueÌ„ as moch more excelleÌ„t theÌ„ y e angels as he hath optayned a more excelleÌ„t name then they For vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny tyme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the And agayne I will be his father he shal be my sonne And agayne whaÌ„ he bryngeth in the fyrst begotteÌ„ sonne in to the worlde he sayeth And all the angels of God shal worshippe him And of the angels he sayeth He maketh his angels spretes his mynisters flaÌ„mes of fyre But vnto y e sonne he sayeth God y e seate endureth for euer euer the cepter of y e kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued righteousnes hated iniquyte wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnesse aboue y e felowes And thou LORDE in y e begynnynge hast layed the foundacion of the earth and y e heaueÌ„s are the workes of thy handes they shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shal waxe olde as doth a garmeÌ„t and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou art y e same and thâ— yeares shal not fayle Vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny tyme * Syt thou on my righte haÌ„de tyll I make thyne enemies thy fote stole Are they not all mynistry 〈◊〉 spretes sent to mynister for 〈…〉 which shal be heyres of saluacion 〈…〉 The II. Chapter WHerfore we ought to geue the more hede vnto the thinges which we haue herde lest we periszhe For yf the worde which was spokeÌ„ by angels was stedfast and euery traÌ„sgression and dishobedience receaued a iust recompence of rewarde how shal we escape yf we despyse so greate a saluacion which after that it beganne to be preached by the LORDE himselfe was confirmed vpon vs by them that herde it God bearynge witnesse therto with tokens wonders and dyuerse powers and giftes of the holy goost acordinge to his awne wyll For vnto the angels hath he not subdued the worlde to come wherof we speake But one in a certayne place witnesseth sayeth What is man that thou art myndefull of him or the sonne of man that thou vysitest him After thou haddest for a litle season made him lower theÌ„ y e angels thou crownedst him with honoure and glory and hast set him aboue the workes of thy handes Thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete In that he subdued all thinges vnto him he lefte nothinge that is not put vnder him Neuertheles now se we not all thinges yet subdued vnto him But him which for a litle season was made lesse then the angels we se that it is Iesus which is crowned with honoure and glory for the sufferynge of death that he by the grace of God shulde taist of death for all men For it became him for whom are all thinges and by whoÌ„ are all thinges after y t he had broughte many children vnto glory that he shulde make the LORDE of their saluacion perfecte thorow sufferynge for so moch as they all come of one both he that sanctifieth they which are sanctified For the which causes sake he is not ashamed to call them brethren sayenge I will declare thy name vnto my brethren and in the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion wil I prayse the. And agayne I wyl put my trust in him And agayne beholde here am I and my children which God hath geuen me For as moch then as the children haue flesh and bloude he also himselfe likewyse toke parte with them y t he thorow death mighte take awaye y e power of him which had lordshippe ouer death that is to saye y e deuell that he mighte delyuer theÌ„ which thorow feare of death were all their life tyme in 〈…〉 boÌ„dage For he in no place taketh on him 〈◊〉 â—ngels but y e sede of Abraham tabeth he on him Wherfore in all thinges it became him to be made like vnto
awaye Then departed she and wandred out of the waye in y e wyldernes beside Berseba Now whan the water in the botell was out she layed the childe vnder a bush and wente and sat hir downe ouer on y e other syde a bowe shote of For she sayde I can not se the childe dye And she sat hir downe ouer on y e other syde and lifte vp hir voyce and wepte Then God herde the voyce of the childe and the angell of God called vnto Agar out of heauen and sayde vnto her What ayleth the Agar Feare not for God hath herde y e voyce of the childe where he lyeth Aryse and take the childe and holde him by the hande for I wyll make a greate people of him And God opened hir eyes that she sawe a well of water Then wente she and fylled y e botell with water and gaue y e childe drynke And God was with the childe which grew vp and dwelt in y e wildernes and became a connynge archer and dwelt in y e wildernes of Pharan and his mother toke him a wyfe out of the londe of Egipte At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham and sayde God is with the in all that thou doest Therfore sweare now vnto me by God that thou wilt not hurt me ner my children ner my childers children but that thou shalt shewe vnto me and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the. Then sayde Abraham I wyll sweare And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of water which Abimelechs seruauntes had taken awaye by violence Then answered Abimelech I knewe not who dyd it nether dyddest thou tell me and I haue not herde of it but this daye Thē toke Abraham shepe and oxen and gaue them vnto Abimelech and they both made a bonde together And Abraham set seuen lambes by them selues Then sayde Abimelech vnto Abrahā What meane those seuen lambes which thou hast set by them selues He answered seuē lambes shalt thou take of my hande that they maye be wytnes vnto me that I haue dygged this well Therfore is the place called Berseba because they sware there both together And so they made the bonde at Berseba Then rose Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne and departed agayne in to the londe of y e Philistynes And Abraham planted trees at Berseba and called vpon the name of the LORDE y e euerlastinge God and was a straunger in y e londe of the Philistynes a longe season The XXII Chapter AFter these actes God tempted Abraham and sayde vnto him Abraham And he answered I am here And he sayde Take y e sonne this onely sonne of thine euē Isaac whom thou louest and go thy waye in to the londe of Moria offre him there for a burnt offerynge vpon a mountayne that I shal shew the. Then Abraham stode vp by tymes in the mornynge and sad led his Asse and toke with him two yonge men and his sonne Isaac and cloue wodd for the brent offerynge gat him vp and wente on vnto the place wherof the LORDE had sayde vnto him Vpon the thirde daye Abraham lift vp his eyes and sawe the place a farre of and sayde vnto his yonge mē Tary ye here with the Asse as for me and the childe we wyl go yonder and whan we haue worshipped we wyll come to you againe And Abrahā toke the wodd to the brent offerynge and layed it vpon Isaac his sonne As for him self he toke the fyre and a knyfe in his hande and wente on both together Then sayde Isaac vnto his father Abraham My father Abraham answered here I am my sonne And he sayde lo here is fyre and wodd but where is the shepe for the brent offerynge Abraham answered My sonne God shall prouyde him a shepe for the brent offerynge And they wente both together And whan they came to the place which God shewed him Abraham buylded there an altare and layed the wodd vpon it and bande his sonne Isaac layed him on the altare aboue vpō the wood and stretched out his hande and toke the knyfe to haue slayne his sonne Then the angell of the LORDE called from heauen vnto him and sayde Abraham Abraham He answered here am I. He sayde Laye not thy handes vpon the childe do nothinge vnto him for now I knowe that thou fearest God and hast not spared thine onely sonne for my sake Then Abraham lift vp his eyes and sawe behynde him a ramme holdē fast by the hornes in the breres and wente and toke the ramme and offred him for a brent sacrifice in steade of his sonne And Abraham called the place The LORDE shall prouyde Therfore it is a comon sayenge yet this daye Vpon the mountayne shal the LORDE prouyde And the angell of the LORDE cryed vnto Abraham from heauen the seconde tymy and sayde I haue sworen by myne owne self sayeth the LORDE that for so moch as thou hast done this and hast not spared thine onely sonne I wyll prospere and multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen and as the sonde vpon the see shore And thy sede shall possesse the gates of his enemies and in thy sede shal all the nacions of the earth be blessed because thou hast herkened vnto my voyce So Abraham turned ageyne to the yonge men and they gat vp and wente together vnto Berseba and dwelt there After these actes it fortuned that it was tolde Abraham Beholde Milca hath borne children also vnto thy brother Nahor namely Hus y e eldest and Bus his brother and Kemnel of whom came the Syrians and Cesed and Haso and Pildas and Iedlaph and Bethuel And Bethuel begat Rebecca These eight dyd Milca beare vnto Nahor Abrahams brother And his concubyne called Rehuma bare also namely Theba Sahan Thahas and Maacha The XXIII Chapter SAra was an hundreth and senē and twentye yeare olde so longe lyued she and dyed in the head cite which is called Hebron in the lande of Canaan Then wente Abraham to mourne and wepe for her Afterwarde he stode vp from his coarse and talked with the Hethites sayde I am a straūger and an indweller amonge you geue me a possession to bury in with you that I maye bury my coarse by me Then the Hethites answered Abraham and sayde vnto him O heare lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs bury thy dead in the best of oure sepulcres there shall none of vs forbyd y e that thou shuldest not bury thy deed in his sepulcre Then Abraham stode vp and thanked the people of y e londe namely the Hethites And he talked with them and sayde Yf it be youre wyll that I burye my coarse by me heare me thē speake for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar that he maye geue me the dubble caue which he hath in y e ende of his felde For a reasonable money let
aboue in the myddest there shal be an hole and a bonde folden together rounde aboute the hole that it rente not And beneth vpon the hemme thou shalt make pomgranates of yalow sylke scarlet purple rounde aboute and belles of golde betwixte the same rounde aboute that there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate a golden bell and a pomgranate rounde aboute the hemme of the same tunycle And Aaron shall haue it vpon him whaÌ„ he mynistreth that the souÌ„de ther of maye be herde whan he goeth out and in at the Sanctuary before the LORDE that he dye not Thou shalt make a foreheade plate also of pure golde and graue therin after the workmanshipe of the stone grauer the holynes of the LORDE with a yalow lace shalt thou fasten it vnto the fore front of the myter vpon Aarons foreheade y t Aaron maie so beare y e synne of the holy thinges which the childreÌ„ of Israel halowe in all their giftes and Sanctuary And it shall be allwaye vpon his fore heade that he maye reconcyle them before the LORDE Thou shalt make an albe also of whyte sylke and a myter of whyte sylke and a gyrdle of nedle worke And for Aarons sonnes thou shalt make cotes gyrdles and bonetes honorable and glorious and shalt put them vpon thy brother Aaron and his sonnes and shalt anoynte them and fyll their handes and consecrate them that they maye be my prestes And thou shalt make them lynnen breches to couer the flesh of their preuities from the loynes vnto the thyes And Aaron and his sonnes shall haue them on whan they go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or go vnto the altare to mynister in the Holy that they beare not their synne and dye This shal be a perpetual custome for him and his sede after him The XXIX Chapter THis is it also that thou shalt do vnto them that they maye be consecrated prestes vnto me Take a yonge bullocke and two rammes without blemish vnleuended bred vnleuended cakes myxte w t oyle and wafers of swete bred tempered w t oyle Of wheate floure shalt thou make them all and put them in a maunde brynge them in the maunde with the bullocke two rammes And thou shalt brynge Aaron his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse wash thâ—m w t water take the garmentes and put vpon Aaron the albe and the tunycle the ouer body cote the brestlappe to y e ouer body cote shalt gyrde him on the out syde vpon the ouer body cote and set the myter vpon his heade and the holy crowne vpon the myter and shalt take the anoyntinge oyle and poure it vpon his heade and anoynte him Thou shalt brynge forth his sonnes also put the albes vpon them and gyrde both Aaron them with gyrdles set the bonettes vpon their heades that they maye haue the presthode for a perpetuall custome And thou shalt fyll the haÌ„des of Aaron and his sonnes and brynge forth the bullocke before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron and his sonnes shall laye their haÌ„des vpon the heade of the bullocke and thou shalt sley the bullocke before the LORDE at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and shalt take of his bloude and put it vpon the hornes of the altare with thy fynger and poure all the other bloude vpon the botome of the altare And thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the bowels and the nett vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fat that is aboute them and burne them vpon the altare But the bullockes flesh skynne and donge shalt thou burne with fyre without the hoost for it is a synne offerynge The one ramme shalt thou take also and Aaron with his sonnes shall laye their handes vpon his heade Then shalt thou sleye him and take of his bloude and sprenkle it vpon the altare rounde aboute But the ramme shalt thou deuyde in peces and wash his bowels and his legges and laye them vpon the peces and the heade and burne the whole ramme vpon the altare for it is a burnt offerynge and a swete sauoure of the sacrifice vnto the LORDE As for the other ramme thou shalt take him and Aaron with his sonnes shall laye their handes vpon his heade and thou shalt slaye him and take of his bloude and put it vpon the typpe of the right eare of Aaron and his sonnes and vpon y e thombe of their right handes and vpon the greate too of their right fete and thou shalt sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute and shalt take of the bloude vpon the altare and the anoyntinge oyle and sprenckle it vpon Aaron and his vestymentes vpon his sonnes and their vestymentes So shall he and his clothes his sonnes and their clothes be consecrated Then shalt thou take the fat of the ramme the rompe and the fatt that couereth y e bowels the net vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fatt that is aboute them and the right shulder for it is a ramme of coÌ„secracion and a symnel of bred and an oyled cake and a wafer out of the maunde of the vnleuended bred that stondeth before y e LORDE and put all in to the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and waue it vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ take it out of their handes and burne it vpon the altare for a burnt offeringe to be a swete sauoure vnto y e LORDE For it is the LORDES sacrifice And thou shalt take the brest of the ramme of AaroÌ„s consecracioÌ„ shalt waue it before y e LORDE y t shal be his parte And thus shalt thou halowe y e Wauebrest y e Heueshulder y t are waued heaued of y e ramme of the consecracion of Aaron his sonnes And it shal be a perpetuall custome for AaroÌ„ and his sonnes of y e children of Israel for it is an Heue offrynge and the Heue offrynge shal be the LORDES dewtye of the children of Israel in their deade offrynges and Heue offrynges which they do vnto the LORDE And the holy garmentes of Aaron shall his sonnes haue after him that they maie be anoynted therin y t their handes maye be fylled Loke which of his sonnes shal be prest in his steade the same shal put them on seueÌ„ dayes that he maye go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse to mynister in the Sanctuary But the ramme of consecracion shalt thou take and seeth his flesh in an holy place And Aaron with his sonnes shal eate the flesh of the sâ—me ramme with the bred in the maunde at the doâ—â— of the Tabernacle of wytnesse for there is an attonement made therwith to fyll their handes that they maye be consecrated A strauÌ„ger shal not eate therof for it is holy But yf eny of the flesh of the consecracion and of the bred remaine vntyll the mornynge thou shalt burne it with fyre and not let
in the night season was fyre therin in y e sight of all y e house of Israel in all their iourneis The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The ordre and vse of burnt offerynges whether it be of small or greate catell or of foules Chap. II. Of meat offerynges with fyne floure c. Chap. III. Of deed offerynges otherwyse called health offrynges peace offrynges or thāk-offerynges and of the fatt Chap. IIII. The offringe for the sinne of a prest of the whole congregacion of the ruler or of eny other meane man Chap. V. The offerynge for swearinge for an erroure or ignoraunce Chap. VI. Of daylie burnt offerynges other oblacions The offerynge of the prest in the daye of his anoyntinge Chap. VII Of thank offerynges Of the fat bloude and of the anoyntinge of the prestes Chap. VIII Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron and of his sonnes Chap. IX How Aaron and his sonnes offred for synne how the fyre of God consumed the burnt offerynge Chap. X. The death of Nadab Abihu The prestes were forbydden to drynke wyne and their porcion of the offerynges appoynted them Chap. XI Of cleane and vncleane beastes foules Chap. XII Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd of hir clensynge or purificacion of hir offerynge Chap. XIII Of Leprosy or Mezell Chap. XIIII The clēsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI Aarō might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary Of the two goates Of fastinge in the seuenth moneth Chap. XVII All offrynges were first brought to the Tabernacle dore No bloude ner deed caryon was to be eaten Chap. XVIII The degrees of consanguynite and affynite And what wemen men ought not to marye Chap. XIX Dyuerse and many commaundemētes and statutes Chap. XX. To geue sede vnto Moloch other vnlaufull thinges are forbydden Chap. XXI How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to lyue Chap. XXII How the prestes and their housholdes ought to be how the offerynges ought to be vsed Chap. XXIII Of the holy dayes and hye feastes namely the Sabbath Easter Whyt sondaye otherwise called the feast of wekes the feast of Tabernacles c. Chap. XXIIII Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes Of the shewbred Punyshment for cursynge and blasphemy Chap. XXV Of the rest of the seuenth yeare libertye of the Fiftieth yeare otherwyse called the yeare of Iubylie the yeare of hornes blowinge or the trompet yeare Chap. XXVI Swete louynge promyses of God for all soch as wyl kep◠his commaundemētes Agayne Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto them that wyll not harken to his worde Chap. XXVII Of vowes and of the fre yeare Of redemynge or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe that a man promyseth voweth or dedicateth vnto the LORDE The first Chapter ANd the LORDE called Moses and spake vnto him out of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amōge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the LORDE let him brynge it of y e catell euen of the oxen of the shepe Yf he wyl brynge a burnt offerynge of y e oxen or greate catell thē let him offre a male without blemysh before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle him self before the LORDE let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burnt offerynge then shal he be reconcyled so y t God shal be mercifull vnto him And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y e LORDE and y e prestes Aarons sonnes shal brynge the bloude and sprenkle it rounde aboute vpon the altare that is before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the slrynne shal be flayne from of the burnt offerynge and it shal be hewen in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the altare and laye wod aboue ther on and y e peces the heade and the fatt shal they laye vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y e fyre on the altare But y e bowels legges shal be waszshen with water and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small catell that is of the lambes or goates then let him offre a male without a blemysh And he shall kyll it before the LORDE euen at the corner of the altare on the north syde before y e LORDE And the prestes Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon y e altare and it shal be hewen in peces And the prest shall laye them with the heade and the fatt vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon the fyre on the altare But the bowels and y e legges shal be waszshen with water And y e prest shal offre it alltogether and burne it vpon y e altare for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y e foules vnto the LORDE then let him offre it of the turtill doues or of y e yonge pigeons And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare and wrynge the neck of it a sunder that it maye be burnt vpon the altare and let the bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the altare and the croppe of it with the fethers shal be cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde the altare towarde the east and he shall deuyde the wynges of it but not breake thē cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpō the fyre for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter WHan a soule wyll offre a meat offerynge vnto the LORDE then shal it be of fyne floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put frankencense theron so brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes Then shal one of them take his handefull of the same floure and oyle with all the frankēcense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt
thou make it of fyne floure with oyle And the meat offerynge that thou wilt make of soch thinges for the LORDE shalt thou brynge vnto y e prest which shal brynge it vnto the altare shal Heue vp the same meat offerynge for a remēbraunce and burne it vpon the altare This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for the remnaunt it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shall be the most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE All the meat offerynges that ye wil offre vnto the LORDE shal ye make without leuē For there shal no leuē nor hony be burnt for an offerynge vnto the LORDE But for the offerynge of the firstlinges shal ye offer thē vnto the LORDE Neuertheles they shal come vpon no altare for a swete sauoure All thy meat offerynges shalt thou salt And thy meat offerynge shal neuer be with out y e salt of the couenaunt of thy God for in all thy offerynges shalt thou offre salt But yf thou wilt offre a meat offerynge of the first frutes vnto y e LORDE then shalt thou drye that which is grene by the fyre beate it small and so offre the meat offerynge of thy first frutes And thou shalt put oyle vpon it and laye frankēcense theron so is it a meat offerynge And then shall the prest beate it and burne of the oyle with all the frankēcense for a remembraunce This is an offerynge vnto the LORDE The III. Chapter BVt yf his offerynge be a deed offeringe of greate catell whether it be oxe or cowe then shal he offre soch as is without blemysh before the LORDE shal laie his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the prestes Aarons sonnes shall sprenkle the bloude rounde aboute vpon the altare and shal offre of y e dead offerynge vnto the LORDE namely all the fat that is within and the two kydneyes with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes and the nett on the leuer vpō the kydneyes also And Aarons sonnes shal burne it vpon the altare for a burnt offerynge euen vpon the wod that lyeth on the fyre This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf his dead offerynge be of small catell whether it be male or female it shal be with out blemish Yf it be a lambe then shall he brynge it before the LORDE shal laye his hande vpon the heade of it and sleye it before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon the altare and so offre of the dead-offerynge vnto the LORDE namely the fa◠of it all the rompe with the backe and the fat that couereth the bowels with all y e fat that is within and the two kydneys with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes the nett on the leuer vpon the kydneys also And the prest shal burne it vpon the altare for y e meate of the offerynge vnto y e LORDE But yf his offeringe be a goate and bringeth it before the LORDE he shal laye his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes shal sprēkle the bloude rounde aboute vpō the altare shal offer therof a sacrifice vnto the LORDE namely the fat y t couereth the bowels and all the fat y t is within the two kydneys with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys And the prest shal burne it vpō the altare for the meate of the sacrifice to a swete sauoure All the fatt is the LORDES Let this be a perpetuall lawe amonge yo r posterities in all youre dwellynges that ye eate no fatt ner bloude The IIII. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake vnto the childrē of Israel and saye Whan a soule synneth thorow ignoraunce in any commaundemēt of the LORDE which he ought not to do As namely yf a prest which is anoynted synne that he make the people do amysse he shall brynge for y e synne that he hath done a yonge bullocke without blemysh vnto the LORDE for a syn offerynge And the bullocke shal he brynge to the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE laie his hāde vpō his heade kyll him before y e LORDE And y e prest y t is anoynted shal take of his bloude brynge it in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse And he shall dyppe his fynger in to the bloude sprenkle therwith seuē tymes before the LORDE towarde the vayle of y e Holy And he shal put of the same bloude vpon the hornes of the altare of incense y t stondeth before y e LORDE in the Tabernacle of wytnesse all the bloude of the bullocke shal he poure vpon the botome of the altare of burnt offeringes y t stondeth at the entringe in of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And all the fat of the syn offerynge shal he Heue vp namely the fat y t couereth the bowels all the fat y t is within y e two kydneys with the fatt that is theron vpon the loynes and the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also like as he Heueth it from the oxe in the dead offerynge and shall burne it vpon the altare of burnt offerynges But the skynne of the bullocke and all the flesh with the heade legges the bowels and the donge shal he cary alltogether out of the hoost in to a cleane place where y e aszshes are poured out shal burne it vpon wodd with fyre Whan the whole cōgregacion of Israel synneth thorow ignoraūce the dede be hyd from their eyes so y t they do ought agaynst eny of the cōmaundementes of the LORDE which they shulde not do come afterwarde to the knowlege of the synne that they haue done they shal bringe ◠yonge bullocke for a syn offerynge and set him before y e dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Elders of the congregacion shall laye their handes vpon his heade before the LORDE kyll y e bullocke before the LORDE And y e prest y t is anoynted shal brynge of y e bullockes bloude in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse dyppe ther in with his fynger and sprenkle ther with seuen tymes before the LORDE euē before the vayle of the Holy And shall put of the bloude vpon the hornes of the altare y t stondeth before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of wytnesse all y e other bloude shal he poure vpō the botome of y e altare of burnt-offerynges y t stondeth before the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse But all his fatt shal he Heue vp burne it vpō the altare shal do with this bullocke as he dyd with y e bullocke of the syn offeringe Thus the prest shal make an attonement for them it shall be forgeuen them And the bullocke shall he
his vnclennes be vpon him and he shal be roted out from amonge his people And whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane thinge whether it be an vncleane man catell or eny other abhominacion that is and eateth of the flesh of the burnt offerynge that belongeth vnto the LORDE the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And the LORDE talketh with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye Ye shall eate no fat of oxen lambes and goates neuerthelesse the fat of it that dyeth alone and of soch as is torne of wylde beastes that maye ye occupye to all maner of vses but ye shall not eate it For who so euer eateth the fat of y e beest that is geuen vnto the LORDE for an offerynge the same soule shal be roted out from his people Morouer ye shall eate no bloude nether of catell ner of foules where so euer ye dwell What soule eateth eny bloude the same shall be roted out from his people And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Who so wyll offre his health-offerynge vnto the LORDE the same shall also brynge with all that belongeth vnto y e health offerynge for the LORDE But he shall brynge it with his hande for the offerynge of the LORDE namely the fat vpon the brest shall he brynge with the brest to be a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And the prest shall burne the fat vpon the altare and the brest shal be Aarons and his sonnes And the right shulder shal they geue vnto the prest for a gift of their health offerynges And loke which of Aarons sonnes offreth the bloude of the health offerynges and the fat the same shall haue the right shulder for his parte For the Wauebrest and the Heueshulder haue I taken of the children of Israel and of their health offerynges and haue geuen them vnto Aaron the prest and vnto his sonnes for a perpetuall dewtye This is the anoyntinge of Aaron and of his sonnes of the offerynges of the LORDE in the daye whā Moses presented them to be prestes vnto the LORDE what tyme as the LORDE commaunded in the daye whan he anoynted them to be geuen them of the children of Israel for a perpetuall dewtye and vnto all their posterities And this is the lawe of the burnt offerynge of the meat offerynge of the syn offerynge of the trespace offerynge of the offerynge of consecracion and of the health offerynges which the LORDE commaunded Moses vpon mount Sinai in the daye whan he gaue him in commaudement vnto the children of Israel to offre their offerynges vnto y e LORDE in the wyldernesse of Sinai The VIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Take Aaron and his sonnes w t him their vestimentes the anoyntinge oyle and a bullocke for a syn offerynge two rammes and a maunde with vnleuended bred and call the whole congregacion together before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and gathered the congregacion together vnto the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde vnto them This is it that the LORDE hath commaunded to do And he toke Aaron and his sonnes and waszshed them with water and put the albe vpō him and girde him with the girdell and put vpon him the yalowe tunycle and put the ouerbody cote vpon him and girde him vpon the ouerbody cote put the brest lappetheron and in y e brestlappe light and perfectnesse And set the myter vpon his heade And vpon the myter euen aboue his fore heade put he a plate of golde on the holy crowne as y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses And Moses toke the anoyntinge oyle anoynted the Habitacion and all that was therin and consecrated it and sprenkled ther with seuē tymes vpon the altare and anoynted the altare with all his vessels the lauer with his fote that it might be consecrated and poured the anoyntinge oyle vpon Aarons heade and anoynted him y t he might be consecrated And he brought Aarons sonnes and put albes vpon them and girde them with the girdle and put bonettes vpon their heades as the LORDE commaunded him And he caused bringe a bullocke for a syn offrynge And Aaron with his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade and then was he slayne And Moses toke of the bloude put it vpon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute with his fynger and purified the altare and poured the bloude vpon the botome of the altare and consecrated it that he might reconcyle it And toke all the fat vpō the bowels the nett vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fat theron and burned it vpon the altare But the bullocke w t his skynne flesh donge burned he with fyre without the hoost as the LORDE commaunded him And he brought a ramme for a burnt offerynge And Aaron w t his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade then was he slayne And Moses sprenkled of y e bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute hewed the ramme in peces and burnt the heade the peces and the fatt And waszshed the bowels and the legges with water and so burnt y e whole ramme vpō the altare This was a brunt offerynge for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him He brought also the other ramme of the offerynge of the consecracion And Aaron with his sonnes layed their hādes vpon his heade and then was it slayne And Moses toke of his bloude and put it vpon the typpe of Aarons right eare and vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the greate too of his right fote And he brought Aarons sonnes and put of the bloude vpon the typpe of the right eare of them and vpon y e thombes of their righte handes and vpon the greate toes of their righte fete and poured the resydue of the bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute And he toke the fat and the rompe and all the fat vpon the bowels and the nett vpon the leuer the two kydneys with the fat theron and the righte shulder And out of the maunde of vnleuended bred before the LORDE he toke an vnleuēded cake and a cake of oyled bred and a wafer and layed them vpō the fat and vpon the right shulder and put alltogether vpon the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and waued it for a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And afterwarde toke he all agayne from their hondes and burned them on the altare euen vpon the burnt offeringe for it is an offerynge of consecracion for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto y e LORDE And Moses toke the brest and waued it a Waue offerynge before the LORDE of the ramme of the offerynge of consecracion the same was Moses parte as the LORDE commaunded Moses And Moses toke of y e anoyntinge oyle of the bloude vpon the altare sprenkled it vpon Aaron
that is not of y e sede of Aaron come nye to offre incense before the LORDE y t it happē not vnto him as vnto Corah and his companye acordynge as the LORDE sayde vnto him by Moses On the nexte morow murmured y e whole congregacion of y e childrē of Israel against Moses Aarō saide Ye haue slayne y e people of y e LORDE And whan the cōgregaciō was gathered agaynst Moses Aarō they turned thē towarde y e Tabernacle of witnes And beholde thē y e cloude couered y e Tabernacle y e glory of y e LORDE appeared And Moses Aarō wēte in before y e Tabernacle of witnes And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Get you out of this cōgregacion I wil shortly consume thē And they fell vpon their faces And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Take the cēser put fyre therin frō of the altare laye incēse theron go soone to the cōgregacion make an attonement for them For the wrath is gone out from the LORDE and the plage is begōne amonge the people And Aaron dyd as Moses sayde ranne in the myddest amonge y e congregaciō And beholde y e plage was begōne And he burnt incēse made an attonemēt for the people stode betwene the deed the lyuynge and the plage ceassed But there were fourtene thousande and seuē hundreth deed in the plage besydes them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron came agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse And the plage ceassed The XVII Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel take of thē twolue staues of euery captayne of his fathers house one and wryte euery mans name vpon his staffe But Aarons name shalt thou wryte vpon the staffe of Leui For euery heade of their fathers house shal haue a staffe And laye thē in the Tabernacle of witnesse before the witnesse where I testifie vnto you And loke whom I shall chose his staffe shal florishe y t I maye stylle the grudginges of the children of Israel which they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the childrē of Israel all their captaynes gaue him twolue staues euery captayne a staffe after y e house of their fathers And Aarons staffe was amonge their staues also And Moses layed the staues before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of witnesse On the morow whā Moses wēte in to y e Tabernacle of witnesse he foūde y t Aarōs rodde of the house of Leui florished and brought forth blossoms bare allmondes And Moses brought forth all y e staues frō y e LORDE before all y e childrē of Israel that they might se it And they toke euery mā his staffe The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Bringe Aarōs staffe againe before the wytnesse y t it maye be kepte for a tokē to the children of rebellion that their murmuringes maye ceasse frome lest they dye Moses dyd as y e LORDE cōmaunded him And y e childrē of Israel sayde vnto Moses Beholde we cōsume awaie we are destroied perishe Who so cōmeth nye y e dwellynge place of y e LORDE he dyeth Shal we thē vtterly cōsume awaie The XVIII Chap. ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron Thou thy sonnes thy fathers house w t the shal beare the myszdede of y e Sāctuary thou thy sonnes w t the shall beare the myszdede of yo r presthode But thy brethren of the trybe of Leui y e father shal come nye the be ioyned vnto the that they maye mynistre vnto ye. But thou thy sonnes w t the shal mynistre before y e Tabernacle of witnesse And they shal wayte vpō y e seruyce vpon y e seruyce of the whole Tabernacle But nye vnto the vessels of y e Sāctuary to the altare shall they not come y t both they ye dye not howbeit they shal be ioyned vnto the to wayte vpō the mynistracion in the Tabernacle of witnesse in all the seruice of the Tabernacle And there shal no straunger come nye vnto you Therfore wayte now vpon the seruyce of the Sanctuary and vpon the seruyce of the altare that there come no more wrath vpon the children of Israel For lo I haue takē yo r brethrē the Leuites frō amonge the children of Israel to be youre gifte for a presente vnto y e LORDE to do y e seruyce in y e Tabernacle of witnes As for y e and y i sonnes with the ye shal waite vpon youre prestes office that ye maye ministre in all maner busynes of the altare and within the vayle for yo r prestes office geue I vnto you for a gifte to do seruyce Yf a straunger come nye he shall dye And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron beholde I haue geuen the my Heue offerynges And all that the children of Israel halowe haue I geuen vnto the and to thy sonnes for a perpetuall dewtye This shalt thou haue of the most holy thinges that they offer All their giftes with all their meat offeringes and with all their syn offerynges and w t all their trespace offerynges that they geue me the same shal be most holy vnto the and y e sonnes In the most holy place shalt thou eate it All that are males shall eate therof For it shal be holy vnto the. The Heue offerynge of their giftes in all the Waue offerynges of the children of Israel haue I geuen vnto the also and to thy sonnes and to thy doughters for a perpetuall dewtye Who so is cleane in thy house shal eate therof All the fat of the oyle and a◠y e fat of the wyne and corne of their firstlinges that they geue vnto the LORDE haue I geuen vnto ye. The first frutes of all that is in their londe which they bringe vnto the LORDE shal be thine Who so euer is cleane in thine house shal eate therof All dedicate thinges in Israel shal be thine All that breaketh the Matrix amonge all flesh which they brynge vnto the LORDE whether it be man or beest shal be thine But so that thou cause the firstborne of mā to be redemed and that thou cause the first borne of vncleane beestes to be redemed also They shal redeme it whan it is a moneth olde and shall geue it lowse for money euen for fyue Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary which Sycle is worth twentye Geras But the first frutes of an oxe or lambe or goate shalt thou not cause to be redemed for they are holy Their bloude shalt thou sprenkle vpon the altare and their fat shalt thou burne for an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto y e LORDE Their flesh shal be thine like as y e Wauebrest and y e right shulder is thine also All the Heue offeringes that y e childrē of Israel halowe vnto y e LORDE haue I geuen vnto the to thy sonnes to thy doughters with the for
e lande we wyl not turne in to y e feldes ner in to the vynyardes nether will we drynke the water of the welles y e hye strete wil we go till we be past the borders of thy countre Howbeit Sihon wolde not geue the children of Israel licence to go thorow the coastes of his londe but gathered all his people together and wente out agaynst Israel in the wyldernesse And whan he came to Iaheza he fought agaynst Israel Neuerthelesse Israel smote him with the edge of the swerde and conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabock and vnto the children of Ammon For the borders of the children of Ammon were stroÌ„ge So Israel toke all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of y e Amorites namely at Heszbon and in the townes belonginge therto For Heszbon the cite was Sihons the kynge of the Amorites and he had foughten before with the kynge of the Moabites and conquered all his londe from him vntyll Arnon Wherfore it is sayde in the prouerbe Come vnto Heszbon let vs buylde and prepare y e cite of Sihon For there is a fyre gone out of Heszbon and a flamme from the cite of Sihon which hath consumed Ar of y e Moâ—bites and the citisens of y e toppe of Arnon Wo vnto the Moab thou people of Camos art vndone His sonnes are put to flighte his doughters brought captyue vnto Sihon the kynge of the Amorites Their glory is come to naught from Heszbon vnto Dibon waisted are they vnto Nopha which reacheth vnto Mediba Thus dwelt Israel in the lande of the Amorites And Moses sent out spyes vnto Iahesar they toke the townes belongynge therto coÌ„quered the Amorites y t were therin And they turned wente vp the waye towarde Basan Then Og the kynge of Basan weÌ„te out agaynst them w t all his people to fight in Edrei And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Feare him not for I haue geuen him w t his lande people in to thy hande thou shalt do with him as thou dyddest with Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon And they smote him his sonnes all his people so y t there remayned none coÌ„quered the londe Afterwarde weÌ„te y e children of Israel pitched in y e felde of Moab beyonde Iordane by Iericho The XXII Chapter ANd whan Balac y e sonne of Ziphor sawe all that Israel had done vnto the Amorites and that the Moabites were sore afrayed of the people y t was so greate and that the Moabites stode in feare of the children of Israel he sayde vnto y e Elders of the Madianites Now shal this heapelicke vp all that is aboute vs eueÌ„ as an oxe licketh vp the grasse in the felde And Balac y e sonne of Ziphor was kynge of the Moabites at that tyme. And he sent out messaungers vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor which was an interpreter The same dwelt by the water of the lande of y e children of his people that they shulde call him and he caused to saye vnto him Beholde there is come out of Egipte a people which couereth y e face of y e earth and lyeth ouer agaynst me Come now therfore and curse me this people for they are to mightie for me yf peraduenture I might be able to smyte them and to dryue them out of the lande For I wote that whom thou blessest he is blessed and whom thou cursest he is cursed And the Elders of the Moabites wente on with y e Elders of the Madianites and had the rewarde of y e soyth sayenge in their handes and they came vnto Balaam tolde him the wordes of Balaac And he saide vnto theÌ„ Tary here all night I will bringe you worde agayne euen as the LORDE shal saye vnto me So y e prynces of y e Moabites abode with Balaam And God came vnto Balaam sayde What men are these which are with y e Balaam sayde vnto God Balac y e sonne of Ziphor the kynge of the Moabites hath sent vnto me Beholde there is a people come out of Egipte and couereth the face of the earth come now therfore curse me theÌ„ yf peradueÌ„ture I maye be able to fighte with them to dryue theÌ„ out But God sayde vnto Balaam Go not with them curse not that people for they are blessed Then rose Balaam vp in the mornynge sayde vnto the prynces of Balac Get you vnto youre londe for the LORDE wyll noâ— suffer me to go with you And the prynces of y e Moabites gat theÌ„ vp came to Balac saide Balaam refuseth to come w t vs. Then sent Balac yet a greater coÌ„pany of prynces more honorable theÌ„ they Whan they came to Balaam they tolde him Balac y e sonne of Ziphor sendeth y e this worde Oh refuse not to come vnto me for I wyll promote the vnto hye honoure wil do what so euer thou sayest vnto me Come I praye the curse me this people Balaam answered sayde vnto y e seruauÌ„tes of Balac Yf Balac wolde geue me his house full of syluer golde yet coulde I not go beyonde y e worde of the LORDE my God to do litle or greate Neuertheles tary ye here this night y t I maye wete what the LORDE wil saye more vnto me Then came God to Balaam by night saide vnto him Yf the men are come to call the get the vp then and go with theÌ„ but what I shal saye vnto the that shalt thou do Then rose Balaam vp in the mornynge sadled his Asse wente w t the prynces of y e Moabites But the wrath of God waxed whote because he weÌ„te And the angell of y e LORDE stode in the waye to withstoÌ„de him But he rode vpoÌ„ his Asse two seruauntes w t him And y e Asse sawe y e angell of y e LORDE stoÌ„dinge in y e waye his swerde drawen in his haÌ„de And y e Asse turned a syde out of y e waye weÌ„te in to the felde But Balaam smote her y t she shulde go in the waye Then stode the angell of the LORDE in y e pathe by the vynyardes where there were walles on both the sydes And whan y e Asse sawe the angell of the LORDE she wrenshed vnto the wall thrust Balaams fote vnto the wall And he smote her agayne TheÌ„ weÌ„te the angell of the LORDE farther stode in a narow place where there was no waye to turne nether to the righte haÌ„de ner to y e lefte And whan the Asse sawe the angell of the LORDE she fell downe vnder Balaam Then was Balaams wrath furious smote the Asse with a staffe Then opened the LORDE the mouth of y e Asse and she sayde vnto Balaam What haue I done vnto the that thou hast smytten me now thre tymes Balaam sayde vnto y e Asse Because thou hast mocked me Oh y t I had a swerde now in
The water shal flowe out of his boket and his sede shal be a greate water His kynge shal be hyer then Agag his kyngdome shal be exalted God hath broughte hiÌ„ out of Egipte his strength is as of an vnicorne He shal eate vp the Heithen his enemies and grynde their bones to poulder and shute thorow them with his arowes He hath layed him downe as a Lyon and as a Lyonesse Who wyll rayse him vp Blessed be he y t blesseth the and cursed that curseth the. TheÌ„ was Balac furious iÌ„ wrath against Balaam smote his haÌ„des together sayde vnto him I haue called the y t thou shuldest curse myne enemies and beholde thou hast blessed theÌ„ now thre tymes now get the heÌ„ce to y e place I thoughte y t I wolde promote the vnto honoure but the LORDE hath kepte the backe from that worshipe Balaam answered him Tolde not I thy messaungers whom thou sendedst vnto me sayde Yf Balac wolde geue me his house full of syluer and golde yet coulde I not go beyonde the worde of the LORDE to do either euell or good after myne awne hert but what y e LORDE speaketh that must I speake also And now beholde for so moch as I go to my people come therfore I wyll shewe the what this people shal do vnto y e people after this tyme. And he toke vp his parable and sayde Thus sayeth Balaam the sonne of Beor Thus sayeth y e man whose eyes are opened Thus sayeth he which heareth the wordes of God y t hath the knowlege of y e hyest eueÌ„ he y t sawe y e visioÌ„ of y e Allmightie fell downe his eyes were opened I shal se him but not now I shal beholde him but not nie at haÌ„de There shal a starre come out of Iacob a cepter shall come vp out of Israel and shal smyte y e rulers of the Moabites and ouercome all the children of Seth. Edom shal be his possession and Seir shal be his enemies possessioÌ„ but Israel shal do manfully Out of Iacob shal come he y t hath dominion and shall destroye the remnaunt of the cities And whaÌ„ he sawe y e Amalechites he toke vp his parable sayde Amalec the first amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ but at y e last thou shalt perishe vtterly And whan he sawe the Kenites he toke vp his parable sayde StroÌ„ge is y e dwellinge and on a rocke hast thou put thy nest neuertheles thou shalt be a burninge vnto Rain tyll Assur take y e presoner And he toke vp his parable agayne sayde Alas who shal lyue whaÌ„ God doth this And shippes out of Citim shall subdue Assur and Eber. He him self also shal perishe vtterly And Balaam gat him vp and departed and came againe vnto his place and Balac wente his waye also The XXV Chapter ANd Israel dwelt in Sittim and the people beganne to commytte whordome with the doughters of the Moabites which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their goddes And the people ate and worshipped their goddes and Israel submytted him self vnto Baal Peor Then the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpon Israel and he sayde vnto Moses Take all the rulers of the people and hange them vp vnto the LORDE agaynst y e Sonne that the terryble wrath of the LORDE maye be turned awaye from Israel And Moses sayde vnto the iudges of Israel Euery man slaye his captayne that haue submytted them selues vnto Baal Peor And beholde one of the childreÌ„ of Israel weÌ„te in against his brethreÌ„ ioyned him self to a Madianitish womaÌ„ in y e sighte of Moses of the whole coÌ„gregacion of y e childreÌ„ of Israel which weped before the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse Whan Phineas y e sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest sawe y t he rose vp out of the congregacion toke a swerde in his hande wente after the man of Israel in to the whore house thrust theÌ„ thorow both the man of Israel and the woman eueÌ„ thorow the bely of her Then ceassed the plage from the children of Israel and there were slayne in the plage foure and twentye thousande And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest hath turned my wrath awaie from the childreÌ„ of Israel thorow his gelousy for my sake amonge them y t I shulde not coÌ„sume the childreÌ„ of Israel in my gelousy Wherfore sayeâ— beholde I geue him my couenaunt of peace and he shal haue it his sede after him eueÌ„ the couenaunt of an euer lastinge presthode because he was gelous for his Gods sake and made an attonement for the children of Israel The man of Israel that was slayne with the Madianitâ—sh woman was called Simri the sonne of Salu a captayne of the house of the father of the Simeonites The Madianitish woman also that was slayne was called Coszbi y e doughter of Zur which was a ruler of the people of a kynred amonge the Madianites And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Vexe the Madianites smyte them for they haue vexed you with their wyles wherby they haue bigyled you thorow Peor and thorow their sister Coszbi the doughter of a captayne of y e Madianites which was slayne in the daye of the plage for Peors sake and the plage came after The XXVI Chapter ANd whan the giltye bloude was shed the LORDE sayde vnto Moses vnto Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest Take the summe of the whole coÌ„gregacion of the childreÌ„ of Israel from twentye yeare aboue after their fathers houses all y t are able to go forth to the warre in Israel And Moses Eleasar the prest spake vnto them in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer against Iericho namely vnto all theÌ„ that were twentye yeare olde aboue as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And these are y e childreÌ„ of Israel that came out of Egipte Ruben y e first borne sonne of Israel The childreeÌ„ of Ruben were Hanoch of whom coÌ„meth y e kynred of the Hanochites Palluâ— of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Palluites Hesron of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hesronites Carmi of whom coÌ„meth y e kynred of the Carmites These are the kynreds of the Rubenites And the nombre of theÌ„ was thre fourtye thousande seuen hundreth thirtye But the childreÌ„ of Pallu were Eliab And the children of Eliab were Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram This is y t Dathan AbiraÌ„ those famous men in the congregacion which stode vp agaynst Moses and Aaron in the coÌ„pany of Corah whan they rose vp agaynst the LORDE the earth opened hir mouth and swalowed theÌ„ w t Corah whaÌ„ the coÌ„pany dyed what tyme as the fyre consumed two hundreth fiftye men they became a tokeÌ„ But the children
of Corah dyed not The childrē of Simeon in their kynreds were Nemuel of whō cōmeth the kynred of y e Nemuelites Iamin of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Iaminites Iachin of whō cōmeth the kynred of the Iachinites Sera of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Sarahites Saul of whom commeth the kynred of the Saulites These are the kynreds of the Simeonites two xx M. two hundreth The childrē of Gad in their kynreds were Zephon of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Zephonites Haggi of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Haggites Suni of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Sunites Aseni of whom commeth y e kynred of the Asenites Eri of whō cōmeth the kynred of the Erinites Arod of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Arodites Ariel of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Arielites These are the children of Gad in their nombre fourtye thousande and fyue C. The children of Iuda Er Onan which both dyed in the lāde of Canaan But y e children of Iuda in their kynreds were Sela of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Selanites Phares of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Pharesites Serah of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Serahites The childrē of Phares were Hesron of whom commeth the kynred of the Hesronites Hamul of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynreds of Iuda in their nombre sixe and seuentye thousande and fyue hundreth The children of Isachar in their kynreds were Thola of whom commeth the kynred of the Tholaites Phuua of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Phuuaites Iasub of whō commeth the kynred of the Iasubites Simron of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Simronites These are the kynreds of Isachar in nombre foure and thre score thousande thre hundreth The children of Zabulon in their kynreds were Sered of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Seredites Elon of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Elonites Iahelel of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Iahelelites These are y e kynreds of Zabulon in their nōbre thre score thousande and fyue hundreth The children of Ioseph in their kynreds were Manasses Ephraim The childrē of Manasse were Machir of whom commeth the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begat Gilead of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Gileadites And these are y e childrē of Gilead Hieser of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Hieserites Helech of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Helechites Asriel of whom commeth the kynred of the Asrielites Sichē of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Sichemites Simida of whō cōmeth y e kynred of y e Simidites Hepher of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Hepherites And Zelaphead was y e sonne of Hepher had no sonnes but doughters whose names were Mahela Noa Hagla Milca and Thyrza These are the kynreds of Manasse in their nombre two and fiftye thousande and seuen hundreth The childrē of Ephraim in their kynreds were Suthelah of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Suthelahites Becher of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Becherites Thahan of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Thahanites The childrē of Suthelah were Eran of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Eranites These are y e kynreds of the childrē of Ephraim in their nombre two and thirtie thousande and fyue hundreth These are the childrē of Ioseph in their kynreds The childrē of Ben Iamin in their kynreds were Bela of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Belaites Aszbel of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Aszbelites Ahiram of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Ahiramites Supham of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Suphamites Hupham of whom commeth the kynred of the Huphamites And the childrē of Bela were Ard Naeman of whom commeth the kynred of the Ardites Naemanites These are the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds in nombre fyue fourtye thousande and sixe hundreth The childrē of Dan in their kynreds were Suham of whom cōmeth the childrē of y e Suhamites These are y e kynreds of Dan in their generacions they were all together in nombre foure and threscore thousande foure hundreth The childrē of Asser in their kynreds were Iemna of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Iemnites Iesui of whom commeth the kynred of the Iesuites Bria of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Bryites And y e childrē of Bria were Heber of whom commeth the kynred of the Hebrites Melchiel of whō commeth the kynred of the Melchielites And the doughter of Asser was called Sarah These are the kynreds of the children of Asser in their nombre thre and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth The childrē of Nephtali in their kynreds were Iaheziel of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Iahezielites Guni of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Gunites Iezer of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Iezerites Sillem of whō cōmeth y e kynred of y e Sillemites These are y e kynreds of the childrē of Nephtali in their generacions in their nombre fyue fourtye thousande and foure hundreth This is the summe of the children of Israel sixe hundreth thousande a thousande seuen hundreth and thirtye And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Vnto these shalt thou deuyde the lōde to enheritaunce acordinge to the nombre of y e names To many shalt thou geue the more enheritaunce and to few the lesse vnto euery one shall be geuē acordinge to their nombre yet shall the londe be deuyded by lott Acordinge to y e names of the trybes of their fathers shal they enheret it for after the lot shalt thou deuyde their enheritaunce both betwixte many and fewe And this is the summe of the Leuites in their kynreds Gerson of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Gersonites Kahath of whō cōmeth the kynred of the Kahathites Merari of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Merarites These are y e kynreds of Leui the kynred of y e Libnites y e kynred of y e Hebronites y e kynred of the Mahelites y e kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Corahites Kahath begat Amram And Amrams wife was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui which was borne him in Egipte And vnto Amram she bare Aaron Moses Miriam their sister And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab Abihu Eleasar Ithamar As for Nadab Abihu they dyed whan they offred straunge fyre before y e LORDE And the summe of thē was thre twentye thousande all males frō fyue monethes aboue For they were not nombred amōge the childrē of Israel for there was no enheritaunce geuen thē amonge the children of Israel This is y e summe of y e childrē of Israel whō Moses Eleasar the prest nombred in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho Amonge whom there was not one of the summe of those children of Israel whom Moses Aaron the prest
this daye that whan thou hast eaten art fylled and hast buylded goodly houses dwellest therin and whan thy beestes and shepe and syluer and golde and all y t thou hast increaseth thine hert ryse not then and thou forget the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the londe of Egipte frō y e house of bondage and led y e thorow this greate terrible wyldernes where were serpentes that spouted fyre and Scorpions drouth and where there was no water and brought the water out of the hard flynte and fed the in the wyldernesse with Manna wherof y e fathers knewe not that he might chasten the and proue the to do the good afterwarde and lest thou saye in thine hert My power and the mighte of myne awne hande hath done me all this good But that thou thynke vpon the LORDE thy God For it is HE which geueth the power to exercyse strength that he maye perfourme the couenaunt which he sware vnto thy fathers as it is come to passe this daye But yf thou shalt forget the LORDE thy God and folowe other goddes and serue them and worshipe thē I testifye ouer you this daye that ye shal vtterly perishe Euen as the Heythen whom y e LORDE destroyeth before youre face so shall ye perishe also because ye are not obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God The IX Chapter HEare O Israel This daie shalt thou go ouer Iordane that thou maiest come in to conquere the nacions which are greater and mightier then thou greate cities walled vp vnto heauen a greate people and of an hye stature namely the childrē of Enakim whom thou hast knowne and of whom thou hast herde saye Who is able to stonde agaynst the children of Enakim Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye that the LORDE y e God goeth before the a cōsumynge fyre He shal destroye thē and shal◠subdue them before the and shal driue them out shortly shall he brynge thē to naught as the LORDE hath promysed the. Now whan the LORDE thy God hath expelled them out before the saye not thou thē in thine hert The LORDE hath brought me in to take possession of this lande for myne awne righteousnes sake where as y e LORDE yet dryueth out the Heithen before the because of their vngodlynes For thou commest not in to take their londe in possession for thine awne righteousnes sake and because of thy right hert but the LORDE dryueth out these Heythen for their awne vngodlynesse sake and that he maye perfourme the worde which the LORDE hath sworne vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Vnderstonde now therfore that the LORDE y e God geueth not the this londe to possesse it for thine awne righteousnes sake For thou art a styffnecked people Remembre and forget not how thou displeasedest the LORDE thy God in the wildernesse Sence y e daye that thou departedst out of the londe of Egipte tyll ye came vnto this place haue ye bene dishobedient vnto the LORDE For in Horeb ye angred the LORDE so that of wrath he wolde haue destroyed you whan I was gone vp to y e mount to receaue the tables of stone namely the tables of the couenaunt which the LORDE made w t you and I abode fortye dayes fortye nightes vpon the mount and ate no bred dranke no water and the LORDE gaue me y e two tables of stone wrytten with the fynger of God and in them was acordinge to all the wordes which the LORDE sayde vnto you vpon the mount out of the fyre in the daye of the gatheringe together And after the fortye dayes and fortye nightes y e LORDE gaue me y e two tables of stone namely y e tables of the couenaunt and sayde vnto me vp get y e downe quyckly from hence for thy people whom thou broughtest out of Egipte haue marred thē selues they are soone gone out of the waye which I commaunded them and haue made them a molten ymage And the LORDE saide vnto me I se this people that it is a styffnecked people let me alone that I maye destroye them and put out their name from vnder heauē I wyl make of the a people mightier and greater thē this is And as I turned me wente downe frō the mount which brent w t fyre had y e two tables of the couenaunt in both my hādes I loked beholde ye had synned agaynst y e LORDE yo r God so y t ye had made you a molten calfe were soone turned out of y e waie which the LORDE had commaunded you Then toke I the two tables cast them out of both my handes brake thē before youre eyes I fell before the LORDE euen as at the first tyme fortye dayes fortye nightes nether ate bred ner drāke water because of all youre synnes which ye had synned whan ye dyd soch euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath For I was afrayed of the wrath and indignacion wherwith the LORDE was angrie w t you euen to haue destroyed you And the LORDE herde me at that tyme also Morouer the LORDE was very angrie w t Aaron so that he wolde haue destroyed him but I made intercession for Aaron also at y e same tyme. As for youre synne namely the calfe that ye had made I toke it and burnt it with the fyre and smote it a sunder grynde it in peces euen vnto dust and cast the dust in to the broke that descended from the mount Ye displeased the LORDE also at Tabera and at Massa and at the lustgraues and whā he sent you from Cades Barnea and sayde Go vp and conquere the londe which I haue geuen you And ye were disobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God and beleued not on him and herkened not vnto his voyce for ye haue bene disobediēt vnto the LORDE as longe as I haue knowne you Thē fell I before y e LORDE fortye daies and fortye nightes which I laye there For y e LORDE sayde he wolde destroye you But I made intercession vnto the LORDE and sayde O LORDE LORDE destroye not y e people and thine enheritaunce which thou thorow thy greate power hast delyuered and broughte out of Egipte with a mightie hāde Remembre thy seruauntes Abraham Isaac and Iacob Loke not vpon the stubburnesse and vngodlynesse and synne of this people that the londe wherout thou hast broughte vs saye not The LORDE was not able to bringe them in to the lande that he promysed them and because he hated them therfore hath he broughte them out to destroye thē in the wyldernesse For they are thy people thine enheritaunce which thou hast broughte out w t thy greate power and with thy stretched out arme The X. Chapter AT the same tyme sayde the LORDE vnto me Hew y e two tables
y e trybe of Nepthali and of the halfe trybe of Manasse at Basan The children of Merari of their kynred had twolue cities of the trybe of Ruben of the trybe of Gad and of the trybe of Zabulon So the children of Israel gaue these cities and their suburbes vnto the Leuites by lott as the LORDE commaunded by Moses Of the trybe of the children of Iuda and of the trybe of the children of Simeon they gaue these cities which they named by name vnto the children of Aaron of the kynred of the Kahathites amonge the children of Leui for the first lot was theyrs So they gaue them Kiriatharba which was the fathers of Enak that is Hebren vpon the mount Iuda and the suburbes therof rounde aboute But the felde of the cite and the vyllages therof gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune for his possession Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron the prest the fre cite of the deed sleyers Hebron and the suburbes therof Libna and the suburbes therof Iathir and the suburbes therof Esthuma and the suburbes therof Holon and the suburbes therof Debir and the suburbes therof Ain and the suburbes therof Iuta and the suburbes therof Beth Semes and the suburbes therof euen nyne cities of these two trybes But of the trybe of Ben Iamin they gaue foure cities Gibeon and y e suburbes therof Gaba and the suburbes therof Anathot and the suburbes therof Almon and the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the children of Aaron the prest were thirtene with their suburbes The kynreds of the other children of Kahath the Leuites had by their lott foure cities of the trybe of Ephraim and they gaue thē the fre cite of the deedsleiers Sechē and the suburbes therof vpon mount Ephraim Gaser and the suburbes therof Kibzaim and the suburbes therof Bethron and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Dan foure cities Eltheke and y e suburbes therof Gibthon and the suburbes therof Aialon and the suburbes therof Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof Of the halfe trybe of Manasses two cities Thaenach and the suburbes therof Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the other children of y e kynred of Kahath were ten with their suburbes But vnto the children of Gerson amonge the kynreds of the Leuites were geuen Of the halfe trybe of Manasse two cities the fre cite for the deedslayer Gola in Basan and the suburbes therof Beasthra and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Isachar foure cities Kision and the suburbes therof Dabrach and the suburbes therof Iarmuth and the suburbes therof Engannim and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Asser foure cities Miseal Abdon Helkath and Rehob with the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Nephtali thre cities the fre cite Kedes for the deedsleyer in Galile Hamoth Dor and Karthan with the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the kynred of the Gersonites were thirtene w t their suburbes Vnto the kynreds of Merari the other Leuites were geuen Of the trybe of Zabulon foure cities Iakneam Kartha Dimna and Nahalal w t y e suburbes therof Of the trybe of Ruben foure cities Bezer Iahza Kedemoth and Mephaat with their suburbes Of the trybe of Gad foure cities the fre cite for the deedsleyer Ramoth in Gilead Mahanaim Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes so that all the cities of the children of Merari amonge their kynreds of y e other Leuites were twolue Thus all the cities of the Leuites amonge y e possession of the children of Israel were eight and fortye with their suburbes And these cities were so dealte out that euery one had their suburbes rounde aboute the one as the other Thus the LORDE gaue the children of Israel all the londe which he had sworne vnto their fathers to geue they toke possession of it and dwelt therin And the LORDE gaue thē rest before all those y t were aboute them like as he sware vnto their fathers none of their enemies stode agaynst thē but all their enmies delyuered he in to their hande And their myssed nothinge of all the good that the LORDE had promysed vnto the house of Israel it came euery whyt The XXII Chapter THen Iosua called y e Rubenites and Gaddites and y e halfe trybe of Manasse and sayde vnto them Ye haue kepte all that Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded you and haue herkened vnto my voyce in all y t I haue commaūded you Ye haue not forsaken youre brethrē a longe season vnto this daye and haue wayted vpon the commaundement of the LORDE youre God For so moch now as the LORDE youre God hath broughte youre brethrē to rest as he promysed them turne you now and go youre waye to youre tentes in to the londe of youre possession which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue you beyōde Iordane But take diligent hede now that ye do acordinge to the commaundement and lawe which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath commaunded That ye loue the LORDE youre God and walke in all his wayes and kepe his commaundementes and cleue vnto him and serue him with all youre hert and with all youre soule So Iosua blessed them and let them go And they wente vnto their tentes Vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse had Moses geuen possession at Basan vnto the other halfe gaue Iosua amonge their brethren on this syde Iordane westwarde And whan he let them go to their tentes and blessed them he sayde vnto them Ye come home agayne with greate good vnto youre tētes with exceadynge moch catell syluer golde brasse yron and rayment distribute therfore the spoyle of youre enemyes amonge youre brethren So the Rubenites Gaddites and the halfe trybe of Manasse returned and wente from the children of Israel out of Silo which lyeth in the londe of Canaan to go in to the countre of Gilead to the londe of their possession that they mighte possesse it acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE by Moses And whan they came vnto the heapes by Iordane which lye in the londe of Canaan the same Rubenites Gaddites and the halfe trybe of Manasses buylded there besyde Iordane a fayre greate altare But whan the children of Israel herde saye Beholde the children of Ruben the children of Gad and the halfe trybe of Manasse haue buylded an altare ouer agaynst the londe of Canaan vpon the heapes by Iordane on this syde the children of Israel they gathered them selues together with the whole congregacion at Silo to go vp agaynst thē with an armye And in the meane season they sent to them in to the londe of Gilead Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest and with him ten chefe prynces amonge the houses of their fathers out of euery tribe in Israel one And they came to the children of Ruben to the children of Gad and to the halfe trybe of Manasse in the londe of Gilead and sayde Thus sayeth the whole congregacion
they stode vp and wēte their waye y t nighte The XXIX Chapter THe Philistynes gathered all their armies together at Aphek But Israel pitched at Ain in Iesrael And the prynces of the Philistynes wēte forth with hundreds and with thousandes but Dauid and his men wēte behynde with Achis Thē sayde the prynces of the Philistynes What shal these Hebrues do Achis saide vnto thē Is not this Dauid y e seruaunt of Saul kynge of Israel which hath bene with me now yeares and dayes I haue founde no euell in him sence the tyme that he fell to me vnto this daye Neuertheles the prynces of y e Philistynes were wroth at him sayde vnto him Let the man turne backe agayne abyde in his place which thou hast appoynted him that he go not downe with vs to y e batayll and become oure aduersary in y e felde For wherin coulde he better do his lorde a pleasure thē in the heades of these men Is not this Dauid of whom they sunge in the daunce Saul hath smyttē his thousande but Dauid his ten thousande Then Achis called Dauid and sayde vnto him As truly as the LORDE lyueth I take the for an honest man and thy out goynge and ingoynge with me in y e hoost pleaseth me well and no euell haue I marked in the sence y e tyme that thou camest to me vnto this daye But thou pleasest not the prynces Returne now therfore and go y e waye in peace that thou do no euell in the sighte of the prynces of y e Philistynes Dauid sayde What haue I done what hast thou marked in thy seruaunt sence y e tyme that I haue bene in y e presence vnto this daye that I shulde not come and fighte agaynst the enemies of my lorde the kynge Achis answered and sayde vnto Dauid I knowe well that thou pleasest myne eyes euē as an angell of God But the prynces of y e Philistynes haue sayde Let him not go vp with vs vnto the batayll Get the vp therfore tomorow by tymes and y e lordes seruauntes which are come with the. And whan ye haue gotten you vp early in the mornynge whan it is lighte go yo r waye So Dauid his men gat them vp early to go their waye in the mornynge and to come agayne in to the londe of the Philistynes But the Philistynes wente vp towarde Iesrael The XXX Chapter NOw whan Dauid came to Siclag on the thirde daie with his men the Amalechites had fallē in on y e south parte and at Siclag and had smytten Siclag and burned it with fyre and had caried awaye the wemē out of it both small greate Neuertheles they had slayne no man but dryuen thē thence and were goynge on their waye Now whan Dauid with his men came to the cite and sawe that it was brent w t fyre and that their wyues sonnes doughters were led awaye captyue Dauid and the people that was with him lefte vp their voyce and wepte so longe tyll they coulde wepe nomore For Dauids two wyues also were caried awaye captyue Ahinoam y e Iesraelitisse and Abigail Nabals wife of Carmel And Dauid was very soroufull for the people wolde haue stoned him for y e soule of all the people was in greate heuynes euery one ouer his sonnes and doughters Neuertheles Dauid strengthed him selfe in the LORDE his God sayde vnto Abiathar y e prest the sonne of Ahimelech Bringe me hither the ouerbody cote And whan Abiathar had broughte the ouerbody cote vnto Dauid Dauid axed at the LORDE and sayde Shal I folowe vpon the men of warre and shal I ouertake them He sayde Yee folowe vpō them thou shalt ouertake them and shalt rescue the pray Then wente Dauid his waye and the sixe hūdreth men that were with him And whan they came to the ryuer of Besor some stode styll But Dauid and the foure hundreth men folowed after As for the two hūdreth men that stode styll they had bene slowe to go ouer the ryuer of Besor And they founde a man of Egipte vpon the felde him they broughte vnto Dauid gaue him bred to eate and water to drynke and gaue him a quantite of fygges two quantities of rasyns And whan he had eaten his sprete came to him againe for in thre dayes and thre nightes he had eatē no bred and dronke no water Dauid sayde vnto him Whose art thou whence art thou He sayde I am a childe of Egipte an Amalechites seruaunt my master hath forsaken me because I was sicke thre dayes a goo We fell her in towarde y e south syde of Chrethus and vpon Iuda and towarde y e south parte of Caleb haue burned Siclag with fyre Dauid sayde vnto him Wilt thou bringe me downe to these men of warre He sayde◠Sweare vnto me by God y t thou shalt not slaye me ner delyuer me in to my masters hāde and I wil brynge the downe to these mē of warre And he broughte thē downe and beholde they were scatred vpon all y e grounde eatinge and drynkynge and kepynge holy daye and were makinge mery chere because of all the greate spoyles that they had taken out of the londe of the Philistynes and of Iuda And Dauid smote them from y e morow tyll the euen agaynst the nexte daye so that there escaped none excepte foure hundreth yonge men which rode vpon camels fled So Dauid rescued all that the Amalechites had taken and his two wyues there myssed nothinge nether small ner greate nether sonnes ner doughters ner spoyles and what so euer they had taken Dauid broughte all agayne And Dauid toke the shepe and oxē and droue y e catell before him And they sayde This is Dauids spoyle And whan Dauid came to the two hundreth men which had bene slowe to folowe after Dauid and abode at the ryuer of Besor they wente forth to mete Dauid and the people y t was with him And Dauid came to the people and saluted them frendly Then answered soch men as were euell Belials men amonge them that had gone with Dauid and sayde Seynge they wente not w t vs they shal haue none of the spoyles that we haue rescued but let euery mā toke his wife his children and be goynge Then sayde Dauid Ye shall not do so my brethren with that which y e LORDE hath geuen vs and hath preserued vs and delyuered these men of warre which were come agaynst vs in to oure hādes Who shulde cōsente vnto you herin like as the porcion is of them that wente downe to the battayll so shal y e porcion be of them also that a bode w t the stuffe shal be deuyded a lyke From that tyme forth hath this bene an ordinaunce lawe in Israel vnto this daye And whan Dauid came to Siclag he sent of the spoyle vnto the Elders in Iuda his neghbours and sayde Beholde there haue ye the blessynge out
Smoke wente vp from his nose and consumynge fyre out of his mouth coles were kyndled therof He bowed the heauens and came downe and it was darke vnder his fete He sat vpon Cherub and dyd flye and appeared vpon the fethers of the wynde He made darknes his pauylion rounde aboute him thicke water in the cloudes of y e ayre At the brightnesse of him were the fyre coles kyndled The LORDE thondered from heaueÌ„ and the Hyest put forth his voyce He shot his arowes and scatered them he lightened and discomfited them The pourynges out of the See were sene and the foundacions of the earth were discouered at the chydinge of the LORDE at the breth of the sprete of his wrath He sent downe from aboue and receaued me and drue me out of many waters He delyuered me fro my stronge enemye from them that hated me for they were to mightie for me They ouertoke me in the tyme of my trouble but the LORDE was my succoure He broughte me forth in to liberty he delyuered me because he had a fauoure vnto me The LORDE shal rewarde me after my righteousnes and acordinge to the clennes of my handes shal he recompence me For I haue kepte y e waye of the LORDE haue not bene vngodly agaynst my God For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes and haue not put his ordinaunces fro me Therfore wil I be perfecte vnto him and wyl eshue myne awne wickednes So shal y e LORDE rewarde me after my righteousnes acordinge to the cleÌ„nes of my handes in his eye sighte With the holy shalt thou be holy and w t the perfecte thou shalt be perfecte With the cleane thou shalt be cleane and with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde For thou shalt saue the poore oppressed people and shalt set thine eyes agaynst the proude to brynge them downe For thou O LORDE art my lanterne The LORDE shal lighte my darknesse For in y e I shal discoÌ„fite an hoost of men in my God I shal leape ouer the wall The waye of God is perfecte y e wordes of the LORDE are tryed in the fyre he is a shylde for all theÌ„ that put their trust in him For where is there a God excepte y e LORDE Or who hath eny strength without oure God God hath streÌ„gthed me with power and made playne a perfecte waye for me He hath made my fete like hartes fete hath set me vp an hye He teacheth my handes to fighte and bendeth the stele bowe with myne armes And thou hast geuen me the shylde of y e health and with y e louynge correccion shalt thou multiplye me Thou hast enlarged my goinge vnder me and myne ankles haue not slyded I wyl folowe vpon myne enemies and destroye theÌ„ and wyl not turne backe agayne tyll I haue broughte them to naught I wil coÌ„sume them and thrust them thorow that they come not vp they shal fall vnder my fete Thou hast girded me with strength to y e battayll and hast subdued them vnder me y t rose vp agaynst me Thou hast made myne enemies to turne their backes vpoÌ„ me that I might destroye them that hate me They shal crye but there shal be no Sauioure yee euen vnto the LORDE but he answereth them not I wil beate them as small as the dust of the earth euen as y e claye of the stretes wil I make them thynne and sprede them out abrode But me shalt thou delyuer from the stryuynges of the people and shalt kepe me to be y e heade of the Heythen A people whom I haue not knowne â–ª shal serue me The straunge children haue denyed me at the hearynge of the eare shal they herkeÌ„ vnto me The straunge children are waxen olde are shut vp in their presons The LORDE lyueth and blessed be my God and magnified be the strength of my health God seyth that I be auenged and subdueth the people vnto me He bryngeth me out fro myne enemies from them y t ryse vp agaynst me shalt thou exalte me and from y e cruell man shalt thou delyuer me For this cause wyl I geue thankes vnto the amonge the Heythen and synge prayses vnto thy name Which doth greate health for his kynge sheweth mercy vnto Dauid his anoynted and to his sede for euermore The XXIII Chapter THese are the last wordes of Dauid Dauid the sonne of Isai sayde The man that was set vp to be y e anoynted of the God of Iacob a pleasaunt dyter of songes of Israel sayde The sprete of the LORDE hath spoken by me and the vtteraunce therof is done thorow my tunge He sayde The God of Israel hath spokeÌ„ vnto me the strength of Israel the gouernoure amonge men the righteous gouernoure in the feare of God As the lighte is in y e mornynge whan the Sonne aryseth so that for the brightnesse therof no cloude remayneth and as the grasse loketh vpon the earth thorow the rayne euen so shal my house be with God For he hath made an euerlastinge couenaunt with me well appoynted on euery syde and sure For this is all my health pleasure that it shal growe But the Belial shal be vtterly cleane roted out as the thornes which meÌ„ take not in their haÌ„des And they y t touch them shal destroye them w t yrons speares in the fyre shal they be brent that they maye be broughte to naught These are the names of Dauids Worthies Iasabeam y e sonne of Hachmoni the chefest amonge thre which lifte vp his speare slewe eight hundreth at one tyme. After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi amonge the thre Worthies with Dauid whan they spake despytefully to the Philistynes and were gathered together to the battayll and the men of Israel wente vp Then stode he vp and smote the Philistynes tyll his hande was so weery that it crompâ—ed with the swerde And the LORDE gaue a greate victory at the same tyme so that the people turned after him to spoyle After him was Samma the sonne of Age y e Hararite WhaÌ„ the Philistynes had gathered themselues in a company and in the same place there was a pece of loÌ„de full of small corne and the people fled before the Philistynes theÌ„ stode he in the myddes of y e pece of londe â–ª delyuered it smote y e Philistynes And God gaue a greate victory And these thre pryncipall amonge thirtie came downe in the haruest vnto Dauid in to the caue of Adullam the hoost of y e Philistynes laye in y e valley of Rephaim But Dauid was at the same tyme in the castell and y e Philistynes people laye at Bethleem And Dauid was desyrous and sayde Wolde God y t some man wolde fetch me a drynke of water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate TheÌ„ brake the thre Worthies in to the hoost of the Philistynes and drue of the water out of the well
thou commest agayne in peace then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me And he sayde herken to all ye people So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat Chaunge thy clothes and come in to y e battayll in thine araie The kinge of Israel chaunged his clothes also and wēte in to the battayll But the kynge of Siria commaunded the rulers of his charettes of whom there were two and thirtie and saide Ye shal fight nether agaynst small ner greate but onely agaynst the kynge of Israel And whan the rulers of the charettes sawe Iosaphat they thought it had bene the kynge of Israel and fell vpon him with fightinge But Iosaphat cried So whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not y e kinge of Israel they turned back frō him A certayne man bended his bowe harde and shott the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and y e longes And he sayde vnto his charetman Turne thine hāde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And y e battayll was sore the same daie And the kinge stode vpō his charet agaynst the Syriās and dyed in the eueninge and the bloude ranne from the wounde in to the myddes of the charet And whan the Sonne wente downe there was a proclamacion made in the hoost and sayde Euery one gett him in to his cite and to his countre Thus the kynge dyed and was broughte vnto Samaria and they buryed him in Samaria And whan they waszshed the charett in the pole of Samaria y e dogges licked his bloude but the harlottes waszshed him acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake What more there is to saye of Achab all y t he dyd and of the Yuery house which he buylded beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel So Achab slepte with his fathers and his sonne Ahasia was kynge in his steade And Iosaphat the sonne of Asa was kynge ouer Iuda in the fourth yeare of Achab kynge of Israel and was fyue and thirtie yeare olde whan he was made kynge and raigned fyue and twentye yeare at Ierusalē His mothers name was Asuba y e doughter of Silhi and he walked in all the waye of his father Asa departed not there from And he dyd that which was right in y e sighte of the LORDE yet put he not awaye y e hie places and y e people offred and brent in cēse yet vpon the hye places and he had peace with the kynge of Israel What more there is to saye of Iosaphat and the mighte that he exercised and how he fought beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda He put out of the londe also the whoremongers that yet were lefte which remayned ouer in the tyme of his father Asa. And at that tyme there were no kynges in Edom. And Iosaphat had caused to make shippes vpon the See which shulde go to fetch golde in Ophir but they wente not for they were broken at Ezeon Gaber At that tyme sayde Ahasia the sonne of Achab vnto Iosaphat Let my seruauntes passe with thy seruauntes in the shippes But Iosaphat wolde not And Iosaphat slepte with his fathers and was buried in y e cite of Dauid And Ioram his sonne was kynge in his steade The ende of the thirde boke of the kynges The fourth boke of the kynges What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the reigne of Ochosias otherwyse called Ahasia and of Ioram his brother and how the fyre cōsumed the two captaynes with their men Chap. II. Elias is taken vp in a fyrie charet Eliseus receaueth the sprete of Elias maketh the bytter water swete and curseth the mysnurtoured children Chap. III. Of Ioram and Iosaphat and of their warre what Eliseus saide vnto them Chap. IIII. Eliseus helpeth the womā that was in dett and for another woman which had no children he optayneth one of God which childe beynge deed he rayseth vp agayne Chap. V. Naaman the chefe captayne of Siria is clensed from his leprosy and Gehasi Eliseus seruaunt is made leporous Chap. VI. The yron swymmeth in the water The kynge of Siria fighteth agaynst Israel His seruauntes which go aboute to take Eliseus are smytten with blyndnes A greate honger in Samaria Chap. VII Of the foure lepers which came in to the tentes of the Syrians and how vytayles beganne to be good chepe Chap. VIII Of the seuen yeare derth Benadab is sick and areth coūcell at Eliseus Of Ochosias the sonne of Ioram Chap. IX Of Iehu how he was anoynted kinge ouer Israel and how he roted out the houof Achab and of Iesabel Chap. X. The heades of Achabs seuentie sonnes are broughte vnto Iehu Of Ochosias brethren Iehu slayeth Baal prestes Chap. XI Atalia destroyeth all the kynges sede saue Ioas which escapeth and is made kynge by Ioiada the prest Chap. XII Ioas ruleth well whyle Ioiada is alyue but euell after his death Chap. XIII Of the kynges Ioachias Ioas Ieroboam and how the deed that was layed in Eliseus graue reuyued Chap. XIIII Of Ioas Amasias Ieroboam and Azarias Chap. XV. Of Azarias the Leper and of his sonne Ionathas Of Zacharias the kynge of Israel Of Sellum Manahem Pacea Romelia And how Teglatphalasser cōquererh the cities of Iuda ▪ Chap. XVI Of Achas Resin and Ezechias Chap. XVII Of Osea how Salmanasar came vpon him and conquered and caried the people awaye captyue And how God punyshed those that came in their steade Chap. XVIII Of the good kynge Ezechias how Sennacherib troubleth him Chap. XIX Ezechias sendeth vnto Esay which comforreth him God defendeth Ezechias delyuereth him Chap. XX. Ezechias is deed sick but Esay at the commaundement of the LORDE promyseth him to lyue yet fyftene yeare Chap. XXI Of the reigne of the vngodly kynge Manasses how he lyued and how he dyed Of his sonne Amon. Chap. XXII Of the reigne of that noble vertuous kynge Iosias and of his goodly actes Chap. XXIII How Iosias caused the boke of the couenaūt to be red vnto all the people and setteth vp the true honoure of God againe Of Ioachas his sonne Chap. XXIII How Nabuchodonosor cōmeth vpon kynge Ioachim and carieth awaye Ioachim his sonne vnto Babilon Chap. XXV Nabuchodonosor layeth sege to Ierusalē wynneth it setteth fyre on it and caryeth awaye the kynge and the people presoners vnto Babilon The fyrst Chapter AHasia the sonne off Achab was kynge ouer Israel at Samaria in y e seuententh yeare of Iosaphat kīge of Iuda reigned ouer Israel two yeares dyd y t which was euell in y e sight of the LORDE and walked in the waye of his father and of his mother in the waie of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat which made Israel for to synne And serued Baal and worshipped him and displeased the LORDE God of Israel euē as his father dyd The
is to saye of Iotham and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytteÌ„ in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda At y e same tyme beganne y e LORDE to sende Rezin y e kynge of Syria Pecah y e sonne of Romelia in to Iuda And Iotham fell on slepe with his fathers and was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid his father And Achas his sonne was kynge in his steade The XVI Chapter IN the seuententh yeare of Pecah y e sonne of Romelia was Achas the sonne of Iotham kynge of Iuda TweÌ„tye yeare olde was Achas whaÌ„ he was made kynge reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem dyd not y t which was righte in the sighte of y e LORDE his God as dyd Dauid his father for he walked in the waye of the kynges of Israel Yee and caused his sonne to go thorow the fyre after the maner of the abhominacions of the Heythen whom the LORDE droue awaye before the childreÌ„ of Israel And he dyd sacrifice and brent incense vpon the hye places vpon all hilles and amonge all grene trees Then wente Rezin the kynge of Syria and Pecah the sonne of Romelia kynge of Israel vp to Ierusalem to fighte agaynst it and layed sege to Achas but they coulde not wynne it At the same tyme dyd Rezin the kynge of Syria brynge Eloth agayne vnto Syria and thrust y e Iewes out of Eloth But the Syrians came dwelt therin vnto this daye Neuertheles Achas sent messaungers vnto Teglatphaâ—asser y e kynge of Assiria sayeÌ„ge I am thy seruaunt thy sonne come vp helpe me out of y e hande of the kynge of Syria of the kynge of Israel which are rysen vp agaynst me And Achas toke the syluer golde y t was founde in y e house of y e LORDE in the treasures of y e kynges house sent a present to y e kynge of Assiria And y e kinge of Assiria coÌ„sented vnto him wente vp to Damascon wanne it caried them awaye vnto Cira slewe Rezin And kynge Achas weÌ„te to Damascon for to mete Teglatphalasser y e kynge of Assiria And whaÌ„ he sawe an altare y t was at Damascon kynge Achas sent a patrone symilitude of y e same altare vnto the prest Vrias euen as it was made And Vrias the prest buylded an altare and made it acordinge as kynge Achas had sent vnto him from Damascon tyll Achas y e kynge came from Damascon And whan y e kynge came from Damascon and sawe the altare he offred theron kyndled his burnt offerynges and meat offerynges vpon it and poured his drynk offeringes theron caused the bloude of y e deedofferynges which he offred to be sprenkled vpon the altare But the brasen altare that stode before the LORDE put he awaye so that it stode not betwene the altare and the house of the LORDE but set it in the corner on the north syde of the altare And Achas the kynge coÌ„maunded Vrias y e prest sayde VpoÌ„ the greate altare shalt thou kyndle y e burnt offrynge in the mornynge the meat offrynge in the euenynge the kynges burnt offrynge his meat offrynge the burnt offrynge of all the people in the londe w t their meat offrynge drynk offrynge And all the bloude of the burnt offerynges all the bloude of the other offrynges shalt thou sprenkle theron but with the brasen altare wyll I deuyse what I can Vrias the prest dyd all acordinge as Achas the kynge commaunded him And kynge Achas brake downe the seates and put awaye the ketell from aboue and toke the lauer from the brasen bullockes that were there vnder and set it vpon y e pauement of stone And the pulpit for the Sabbath which they had buylded in the house and y e entrye of the kynges house turned he vnto the house of the LORDE for the kynge of Assirias sake What more there is to saye of Achas what he dyd beholde it is wrytten in y e Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Achas fell on slepe with his fathers was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid And Ezechias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XVII Chapter IN the twolueth yeare of Achas the kynge of Iuda begaÌ„ne Oseas y e sonne of Ela to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria nyne yeare and dyd y t which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE but not as y e kynges of Israel y t were before him Agaynst him dyd Salmanasar y e kynge of Assiria come vp And Oseas was subiecte vnto him gaue him trybutes But whaÌ„ the y e kynge of Assâ—ria perceaued y t Oseas had conspyred sent messaungers to Sua y e kynge of Egipte payed not trybute yearly to y e kynge of y e Assirians he beseged him put him in preson And the kynge of Assiria wente vp in to all the londe and to Samaria and layed sege vnto it thre yeare And in the nyenth yeare of Oseas dyd y e kynge of Assiria wynne Samaria and caried Israel awaye in to Assiria and set them at Halah and at Habor by the water Gosan and in the cities of the Meedes For whan the childreÌ„ of Israel synned agaynst y e LORDE their God y t broughte theÌ„ out of y e londe of Egipte from the haÌ„de of Pharao kynge of Egipte and serued other goddes and walked after the customes of the HeytheÌ„ whom the LORDE had dryuen out before the children of Israel and dyd as the kynges of Israel and prouoked y e LORDE their God and dyd secretly the thinges that were not righte in the sighte of y e LORDE their God namely in that they buylded them hye places in all cities both in castels and stronge cities and set vp pilers and groues vpon all hye hilles and amonge all grene trees and brent incense there in all y e hye places euen as dyd the Heythen whom the LORDE had cast out before them wroughte wicked thinges wherwith they prouoked the LORDE vnto wrath serued the Idols wherof the LORDE sayde vnto them Ye shal not do soch a thynge And whan the LORDE testified in Israel and Iuda by all the prophetes and Seers sayenge O turne agayne from youre euell wayes and kepe my commaundemeÌ„tes and ordynaunces acordinge to all y e lawe which I gaue vnto youre fathers and that I sent vnto you by my seruauntes the prophetes they wolde not herken but herdened their neckes acordinge to the hardneck of their fathers which beleued not on the LORDE their God Yee they despysed his ordinaunces and his couenaunt which he made with their fathers and his testimonies which he witnessed amonge them and walked in their awne vanities and became vayne folowinge the Heythen which dwelt rounde aboute them concernynge whom the LORDE had commaunded them that they shulde not do as they dyd Neuertheles they forsoke all
of Assiria haue destroyed the Heythen and their londe with the swerde and haue cast their goddes in the fyre for they were not Goddes but y e worke of mēs hondes wodd and stone therfore haue they destroyed them But now O LORDE helpe thou vs out of his hande that all the kyngdomes vpon earth maye knowe that thou LORDE art God alone Then sent Esay the sonne of Amos vnto Ezechias sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel Where as thou hast made thy prayer vnto me concernynge Sennacherib y e kynge of Assiria I haue herde it This is it that the LORDE hath spoken agaynst him He hath despysed y e and mocked the O virgin thou doughter Sion he hath shakē his heade at the O doughter Ierusalem Whom hast thou despysed blasphemed Ouer whom hast thou lifte vp thy voyce Euē agaynst y e holy one in Israel hast thou lifte vp thine eyes thou hast blasphemed y e LORDE by thy messaungers and sayde Thorow the multitude of my charettes haue I gone vp to the toppes of the mountaynes vpon the sydes of Libanus I haue hewen downe his hye Ceders and his chosen Pyne trees and am come to the vttemost habitacion of the wod of Carmel that belongeth vnto it I haue dygged and dronke vp the straunge waters and with y e soles of my fete haue I dryed vp the See But hast thou not herde how that I haue done this longe agoo and haue prepared it from the begynnynge Now haue I caused it for to come that contencious stronge cities mighte fall in to a waist heape of stones they that dwell therin shal be faynte and fearfull and a shamed and shal be as the grasse vpon the felde and as y e grene herbe and hay vpon the house toppes that wythereth afore it be growne vp I knowe thy habitacion thy out and ingoynge and that thou ragest agaynst me For so moch then as thou ragest agaynst me and seynge thy presumpcion is come vp to myne eares therfore wyll I put a rynge in thy nose and a brydle bytt in thy lippes and wyll brynge the agayne euen the same waye thou camest And let this be a token vnto the O Ezechias In this yeare eate y t which is fallen ▪ in the seconde yeare soch as groweth of it selfe In y e thirde yeare sowe and reape and plante vynyardes and eate the frute therof And the doughter Iuda which is escaped remayneth shall from hence forth take rote beneth and beare frute aboue For the remnaunt shal go forth from Ierusalem they y t are escaped shall go out fro mount Sion The gelousy of the LORDE Zebaoth shall brynge this to passe Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE concernynge y e kynge of the Assyrians He shall not come in to this cite and shall shute no arowe therin nether shal there come eny shylde before it nether shall he dygge eny backe aboute it but shal go agayne the waye that he came and shall not come in to this cite sayeth the LORDE and I wyll defende this cite to helpe it for myne awne sake and for my seruaunt Dauids sake And in the same nighte wente the angell of the LORDE and smote in the hoost of the Assyrians an hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande men And whan they gatt them vp in the mornynge beholde all laye full of deed coarses So Sennacherib the kinge of Assyria brake vp and departed and returned and abode at Niniue And as he worshipped in y e house of Nesrach his god his awne sonnes Adramalech and Sarazer smote him with the swerde and fled in to y e londe of Ararat And Asarhadon his sonne was kynge in his steade The XX. Chapter AT that tyme was Ezechias deedsicke And the prophet Esay y e sonne of Amos came to him sayde vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE Set thine house in ordre for thou shalt dye not lyue And he turned his face to the wall and prayed vnto y e LORDE and sayde Remembre O LORDE that I haue walked faithfully before the with a perfecte hert and haue done y t which is good in thy syghte And Ezechias wepte sore But whan Esay was not gone out of halfe the cite y e worde of y e LORDE came to him sayde Turne back tell Ezechias y e prynce of my people Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of thy father Dauid I haue herde thy praier considered y e teares Beholde I wil heale y e on the thirde daye shalt thou go in to y e house of the LORDE fiftene yeares wil I adde vnto y e life wyll delyuer the this cite from the kynge of Assyria this cite wil I defende for myne awne sake and for my seruaūt Dauids sake And Esay sayde Bringe hither a quantite of fygges And whan they broughte them they layed them vpon the sore and it was healed Ezechias sayde vn to Esay Which is y e token that the LORDE wyll heale me and that I shal go vp in to the house of y e LORDE on the thirde daye Esay sayde This token shalt thou haue of the LORDE that the LORDE shal do acordynge as he hath sayde Shall the shadowe go ten degrees forwarde or shal it turne ten degrees backwarde Ezechias sayde It is an easy thinge for the shadowe to go ten degrees downewarde y t is not my mynde but that it go ten degrees backwarde Then cryed the prophet Esay vnto the LORDE and the shadowe wente backe ten degrees in Achas Dyall which he was descended afore At the same tyme Merodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan kynge of Babilon sent letters and presentes vnto Ezechias for he had herde that Ezechias had bene sicke And Ezechias reioysed with them shewed them all the house of rotes the syluer golde spyces and the best oyle and the house of ordinaunce and all that was founde in his treasures There was nothinge in his house and in all his domynion but Ezechias shewed it them Then came Esay the prophet vnto kynge Ezechias and sayde vnto him What haue these men sayde and whence came they vnto the Ezechias sayde They came to me out of a farre countre euen from Babilon He sayde What haue they sene in thyne house Ezechias sayde They haue sene all that is in my house and there is nothynge in my 〈◊〉 but I haue shewed it them Then sayde Esay vnto Ezechias Heare the worde of the LORDE Beholde the tyme commeth that it shall all be caryed awaye vnto Babilon and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layed vp vnto this daye and there shall nothinge be lefte sayeth the LORDE Yee and the children which come of the whom thou shalt beget shal be taken awaye to be chamberlaynes in the kynge of Babilons palace Ezechias sayde vnto Esay It is good that the LORDE hath spoken And he sayde morouer Let there be peace yet and faithfulnesse in my tyme. What more there is to saye
all that is wrytten vnto vs therin Then wente Helchias the prest and Ahicam Achbor Saphan Asaia vnto Hulda the prophetisse y e wife of SelluÌ„ the sonne of Thecua the sonne of Harham the keper of y e clothes and she dwelt at Ierusalem in the seconde porte and they spake vnto her And she sayde vnto them Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel Tell the man that sent you vnto me Thus sayeth the LORDE Beholde I wil brynge euell vpon this place and the inhabiters therof euen all the wordes of y e lawe which the kynge hath caused to be red because they haue forsaken me and brent incense vnto other goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath with all the workes of their handes Therfore is my wrath kindled agaynst this cite and shall not be quenched But tell this vnto the kynge of Iuda which hath sent you to axe councell at the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel Because thine hert is not departed froÌ„ the wordes which thou hast herde and hast humbled thyselfe before the LORDE to heare what I haue spoken agaynst this place and the inhabiters therof how that they shall become a very desolacion and curse hast rente thy clothes and wepte before me I haue herde it sayeth the LORDE therfore wyll I gather the vnto thy fathers so y t thou shalt be put in to thy graue in peace and thine eyes shall not se all the euell that I wyll brynge vpon this place And they brought the kynge worde agayne The XXIII Chapter ANd the kynge sent fotth and all the Elders in Iuda and Ierusalem resorted vnto him and the kynge wente vp in to the house of the LORDE and all the men of Iuda and all the inhabiters of Ierusalem with him the prestes and prophetes and all the people both small and greate and all the wordes of the boke of the couenaunt that was founde in the house of the LORDE were red in their eares And the kinge stode vpon a piler and made a couenauÌ„t before the LORDE that they shulde walke after the LORDE and to kepe his commaundementes witnesses and ordinaunces with all their hert and with all their soule y t they shulde set vp the wordes of this couenaunt which are wrytten in this boke And all the people entred in to the couenaunt And the 〈◊〉 coÌ„maunded Helchias the hye prest and â—he prestes of the secoÌ„de course and the kepers of the thresholde y t they shulde put out of the temple all the vessels which were made for Baal and for the groue and for all the hoost of heauen he brent them without Ierusalem in the valley of Cedron and the dust of them was caryed vnto Bethel And he put downe the Kemurims whoÌ„ the kynges of Iuda had founded to burne incense vpon the hye places in the cities of Iuda and aboute Ierusalem He put downe also them that brent incense vnto Baal to the Sonne and the Mone and the twolue tokens and to all y e hoost of heauen And the groue caused he to be caryed from the house of the LORDE out of Ierusalem in to y e valley of Cedron and brent it in the valley of Cedron and made it to dust and cast the dust vpon the graues of y e comen people And he brake downe the whorekepers houses which were by the house of the LORDE wherin the wemen made mansions for the groue And he caused all the prestes for to come out of the cities of Iuda and suspended y e hye places where the prestes brent incense from Geba vnto Berseba And brake downe the hye places in the portes that were at y e dore of the gate of Iosua y e shreue of the cite at the lefte hande as one goeth to the cite porte Yet had not the prestes of the hye places offred vpon the altare of the LORDE at Ierusalem but ate vnleuended bred amonge their brethren He suspended Tophet also in the valley of the children of Ennon that noman shulde cause his sonne or his doughter to go thorow y e fyre vnto Moloch And he put downe the horses which y e kynges of Iuda had set vnto the Sonne at the intringe in to the house of the LORDE besyde the chest of Netham Melech the chamberlayne which was at Paruarim and the charettes of the Sonne brent he with fyre and the altares vpon the rofe of Achabs perler which the kynges of Iuda had made And the altares which Manasses had made in the two courtes of the house of the LORDE dyd the kynge breake downe And rannefrom thence and cast the dust of them in to the broke Cedron And the hye places that were before Ierusalem on the righte hande of Mount Mashith which Salomon the kynge of Israel had buylded vnto Astaroth the abhomynacion of Sidon and to Camos the abhominacion of Moab and to Malcom the abhominacion of the children of Ammon those did the kynge suspende and brake the pilers and roted out the groues and fylled their places with mens bones And the altare at Bethel and the hye place that Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat made which caused Israel to synne the same altare brake he downe and the hye place brent the hye place and made it to dust and brent vp the groue And Iosias turned him aboute and sawe the graues that were vpoÌ„ the mount and caused the bones to the fetched out of the graues and brent them vpoÌ„ the altare and suspended it acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which the man of God cryed out that tolde this before And he sayde What titell is this that I se here And the men of the cite sayde vnto him It is the graue of the man of God which came from Iuda and cried out this that thou hast done agaynst y e altare of Bethel And he sayde Let him lye no man touche his bones Thus were his bones delyuered with the bones of the prophet that came from Samaria He put awaye also all the houses of the hye places in the cities of Samaria which the kynges of Israel had made to prouoke y e LORDE vnto wrath and dyd with them acordinge to all as he had done at Bethel And all y e prestes of the hye places that were there offred he vp vpon the altares and so brent he mens bones theron and came agayne to Ierusalem And the kynge commauÌ„ded the people and sayde Kepe Easter vnto the LORDE youre God as it is wrytten in the boke of this couenaunt For there was no Easter so kepte as this sence the tyme of the Iudges which iudged Israel and in all the tymes of the kynges of Israel and of the kynges of Iuda but in the eightenth yeare of kynge Iosias was this Easter kepte vnto the LORDE at Ierusalem And Iosias expelled all soythsayers expounders of tokeÌ„s ymages and Idols and all the abhominacions which were sene in the londe of Iuda
and off his abhominacions which he dyd and that were founde in him beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda And Ioachim his sonne was kynge in his steade Eight yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge and reigned thre monethes and ten dayes at Ierusalē and dyd y t which was euell in the sighte of y e LORDE But whā the yeare came aboute Nabuchodonosor sent thither and caused him be fetched vnto Babilon with the costly vessels and Iewels of the house of the LORDE and made Sedechias his brother kynge ouer Iuda and Ierusalem One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias whan he was made kynge reigned eleuen yeare at Ierusalem and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE his God and submytted not himselfe before the face of the prophet Ieremy which spake out of the mouth of the LORDE He fell awaye also from Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon which had taken an ooth of him by God and was styfnecked and hardened his hert that he shulde not conuerte vnto the LORDE God of Israel And all y e chefe amonge the prestes and the people multiplyed their synnes acordinge to all the abhominacions of the Heythen and dyfyled the house of the LORDE which he had sanctified at Ierusalem And the LORDE God of their fathers sent vnto them early by his messaungers for he spared his people and his habitacion but they laughed the messaungers of God to scorne and despysed his wordes and had his prophetes in derision so lōge tyll the indignacion of the LORDE increased ouer his people and there was no remedye of healinge For he broughte the kynge of the Caldees vpon them and caused for to slaye all their yonge men with the swerde in the house of their Sanctuary and spared nether yonge māner virgin nether aged ner graūd father but gaue them all in to his hande And all the vessels in the house of God greate and small the treasures in the house of y e LORDE and the treasures of the kynge and of his prynces all this caused he to be caried vnto Babilon And they brent the house of God and brake downe the wall of Ierusalē and all the palaces therof brent they with fyre so that all the costly ornamentes of it were destroyed And loke who escaped y e swerde hī caried he awaye vnto Babilon they became his seruaūtes the seruauntes of his sonnes tyll the Persians had the empyre that y e worde of the LORDE by the mouth of Ieremy mighte be perfourmed euen vntyll the londe had ynough of hir Sabbathes for all the tyme of the desolacion was it Sabbath vntyll the seuentye yeares were fulfylled But in the first yeare of Cyrus the kynge of Persia that the worde of the LORDE spoken by the mouth of Ieremy mighte be fulfylled the LODDE raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus the kynge of Persia that he caused it be proclamed thorow out all his empyre yee and by wrytinge also sayenge Thus sayeth Cyrus the kynge of Persia The LORDE God of heauen hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in the londe and hath commaunded me to buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iuda Who soeuer now amonge you is of his people the LORDE his God be with him and let him go vp The ende of the seconde boke of the Cronicles The first boke of Esdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Cyrus otherwyse called Cores the kynge of Persia geueth the Iewes lycōce to go agayne to Ierusalem and to buylde it Chap. II. The nombre of them that wente vp from Babilon vnto Ierusalem Chap. III. The people resorte to Ierusalem the prestes buylde the altare kepe the feastes and sacrifices and prepare to buylde the temple Chap. IIII. The Heythen wolde buylde with them and because they are not suffred therfore laboure they with their councell and letters to hynder the buyldinge of the temple Chap. V. In this tyme prophecied Aggeus and Zachary The officers of the Heythen forbyd the buyldinge and hynder it Chap. VI. Darius renueth the commaundement of Cyrus and geueth the Iewes lycēce to buylde the temple Chap. VII Artaxerses sendeth Eszdras vnto Ierusalem with a charge vnto the officers beyonde the water Chap. VIII The nombre of them that wente vp with Eszdras vnto Ierusalem Chap IX Eszdras is sory that the people haue myxte them selues with the Heythenish wemen Chap. X. They make a couenaunt to put awaye their Heythenish wyues The first Chapter IN the first yeare of Cyrus kynge off Persia that the worde of the LORDE spoken by the mouth of Ieremy might be fulfilled the LORDE stered vp the sprete of Cyrus kynge of Persia y t he caused it be proclamed thorow out all his empyre yee and by wrytinge also sayenge Thus sayeth Cyrus the kynge of Persia The LORDE God of heauē hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in the londe and hath commaunded me to buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iuda Who soeuer now amonge you is of his people the LORDE his God be with him and let him go vp to Ierusalem in Iuda and buylde the house of the LORDE God of Israel He is y e God that is at Ierusalē And who so euer remayneth yet in eny maner of place where he is a straunger let the mē of his place helpe him with syluer and golde with good and catell of a good frewill for the house of God at Ierusalem Then gat vp the pryncipall fathers of Iuda and Ben Iamin and the prestes and Leuites and all they whose sprete God had raysed to go vp and to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusalē And all they that were aboute them strengthed their hande with vessels of syluer and golde with good and catell and Iewels besydes that which they gaue of their awne frewill And kynge Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the LORDES house which Nabuchodonosor had takē out of Ierusalem and put in his gods house But Cyrus y e kynge of Persia brought thē forth by Mithredath the treasurer and nombred thē vnto Seszbazar the prynce of Iuda And this is the nombre of them thirtye basens of golde and a thousande basens of syluer and nyne and twentye knyues thirtye cuppes of golde and of other syluer cuppes foure hundreth and ten and of other vessels a thousande So that all the vessels both of golde and syluer were fyue thousande and foure hundreth Seszbazar broughte them all vp with them that came vp out of the captiuyte off Babilon vnto Ierusalem The II. Chapter THese are the childrē of the londe that wente vp out of the captiuyte whō Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon had caried awaye vnto Babilon and came agayne to Ierusalem and in to Iuda euery one vnto his cite and came with Zorobabel Iesua Nehemias Seraia Reeleia Mardachai Bilsan Mispar Begeuai Rehum and Baena This is now the nombre of the men of the people of Israel The children
The CV psalme Halleluya O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse y e noble actes of the LORDE or shewe forth all his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgment and do rightuousnes Remembre vs o LORDE acordinge to the fauoure that thou bearest vnto thy people o vyset vs w t thy sauinge health That we might se the pleasure of thy chosen that we might reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thine enheritaunce We haue synned with oure fathers we haue done amysse we haue dealt wickedly Oure fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egipte they kepte not thy greate goodnesse in remeÌ„braunce but were dishobedieÌ„t at the see eueÌ„ at the reed see Neuertheles he helped theÌ„ for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowne He rebuked the reed see and it was dried vp so he led theÌ„ thorow the depe as in a wildernesse Thus he saued them from the honde of the hater delyuered them from the honde of the enemie As for those y t troubled them the waters ouerwhelmed theÌ„ there was not one of theÌ„ left Then beleued they in his worde and songe prayse vnto him But within a whyle they forgat his workes wolde not abyde his councell A lust came vpoÌ„ them in the wildernesse so that they tempted God in the deserte Yet he gaue them their desyre and sent theÌ„ ynough at their willes They angred Moses in the teÌ„tes and Aaron the saynte of the LORDE So the earth opened swalowed vp Dathan and couered the congregacioÌ„ of Abiram The fyre was kyndled in their company the flame brent vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molteÌ„ ymage Thus they turned his glory into the similitude of a calfe y t eateth haye They forgat God their Sauio r which had done so greate thinges in Egipte Wonderous workes in the londe of Ham and fearfull thinges in the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stonde before him in y e gappe to turne awaie his wrothfull indignacion lest he shulde destroye theÌ„ Yee they thought scorne of y t pleasaunt londe and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in their tentes and herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE Then lift he vp his honde agaynst them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out their sede amonge the nacions and to scater them in the londes They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offeringes of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with their owne inveÌ„cions and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phineas and excuted iustice so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for rightuousnesse amonge all posterites for euermore They angerd him also at the waters of strife so that Moses was punyshed for their sakes Because they prouoked his sprete and he tolde theÌ„ planely with his lippes Nether destroyed they the Heithen as the LORDE commaunded them But were mengled amonâ—ge the Heithen and lerned their workes In so moch that they worshipped their ymages which turned to their owne decaye Yee they offred their sonnes their doughters vnto deuels And shed the innocent bloude of their sonnes and of their doughters whom they offred vnto the ymages of Canaan so that the londe was defyled wiâ—â— bloude Thus were they stayned w t theâ—â— owne workes and wente a whoringe with their owne invencions Therfore was the wrath of the LORDE kyndled agaynst his people in so moch that he abhorred his owne enheritaunce And gaue them ouer in to the honde of the HeitheÌ„ and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemies oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they prouoked him with their owne inveÌ„cions and were brought downe for their wickednesse Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ he sawe their aduersite he herde their complaynte He thought vpoÌ„ his couenaunt and pitied theÌ„ â–ª acordinge vnto the multitude of his mercies Yee he made all those y t had led them awaye captiue to pitie them Delyuer vs o LORDE oure God gather vs from amoÌ„ge the Heithen that we maye geue thankes to thy holy name make oure boast of thy prayse Blessed be the LORDE God of Isâ— He sheweth his people the power of his workes that he maye geue them the heretage of the Heithen The workes of his hoÌ„des are verite iudgment all his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes are true They stonde fast for euer euer are done in trueth equite He sent redempcion vnto his people he hath commaunded his couenaunt for euer holy reuerent is his name The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wyszdome a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter the prayse of it endureth for euer The CXI psalme Halleluya BLessed is the man y t feareth the LORDE hath greate delite in his commaundementes His sede shall be mightie vpon earth the generacion of the faithfull shal be blessed Riches pleÌ„teousnesse shal be in his house his rightuousnes endureth for euer Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darcknesse he is merciful louynge rightuous Wel is him that is mercifull lendeth gladly poÌ„dreth his wordes w t discrecion For he shal neuer be moued the rightuous shal be had in an euer lastinge remembraunce He wil not be afrayed for eny euell tydinges his herte stondeth fast beleueth in y e LORDE His herte is stablished he wil not shrencke vntill he se his desyre vpon his enemies He hath sparsed abrode geueÌ„ to the poore his rightuousnes remayneth for euer his horne shal be exalted w t honor. The vngodly shal se it it shal greue him he shall gnash w t his â—â—th consume awaye the desyre of the vn godly shal perish The CXII psal Halleluya PRayse the LORDE O ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the LORDE Blessed be the name of the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The LORDES name is worthy to be praysed froÌ„ the rysinge vp of the Sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same The LORDE is hye aboue all Heithen and his glory aboue the heaueÌ„s Who is like vnto the LORDE oure God y t hath his dwellinge so hye which humbleth himself to beholde that is in heauen and earth Which taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre That he maye set him amonge the prynces euen amonge the prynces of his people Which maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Halleluya The CXIII psalme WHen Israel came out of Egipte the house of Iacob from amonge that straunge people Iuda was his SaÌ„ctuary Israel his dominion The see sawe that and fled Iordan turned backe The mountaynes stripped like rammes the
eyes heare not with their eares and vnderstonde not with their hartes and conuerte and be healed Then spake I LORDE how longe he answered vntil the cities be vtterly without inhabitours and y e houses without men till the loÌ„de be also desolate and lye vnbuylded For the LORDE shal take the men farre awaye so that the londe shal lye waist Neuertheles the tenth parte shal remayne therin for it shal conuerte and be fruteful And like wise as the Terebyntes and Oketrees bringe forth their frutes so shal the holy sede haue frute The seuenth Chapter IT happened in the tyme of Ahas the sonne of Ionathas which was the sonne of Ioathan Kynge of Iuda that Rezin the Kinge of Siria and Poca Rome lies sonne Kynge of Israel wente vp toward Ierusalem to besege it but wanne it not Now when the house of Dauid that is Ahas herde worde therof y t Siria and Ephraim were confederate together his herte quaked yee and y e hertes also of his people like as a tre in the felde that is moued with the wynde Then sayde God vnto Esay go mete Ahas thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub at the heade of y e ouer pole in the fote path by the fullers grounde and saye vnto him take hede to thy self and be still but feare not nether be faynt harted for these two tales that is for these two smokynge fyre brandes the wrath and furiousnes of Rezin the Sirian and Romelies sonne because that the Kynge of Siria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wekedly conspyred agaynst the sayenge We will go downe in to Iuda vexe theÌ„ and brynge them vnder vs and set a Kynge there euen the sonne of Taball For thus saieth the LORDE God therto It shall not so go forth nether come so to passe for the head citie of y e Sirians is Damascus but the head of Damascus is Rezin And after fyue and threscore yeare shal Ephraim be nomore a people And the chefe citie of Ephraim is Samaria but the head of Samaria is Rome lies sonne And yf ye beleue not there shall no promyse be kepte with you Morouer God spake vnto Ahas sayenge requyre a token of the LORDE thy God whether it be towarde the depth beneth or towarde y e hight aboue TheÌ„ sayde Ahas I will requyre none nether will I tempte the LORDE The LORDE answered Then he are to ye of the house of Dauid Is it not ynough for you that ye be greuous vnto men but ye must greue my God also And therfore the LORDE shal geue you a token of himself Beholde a virgin shal coÌ„ceaue and beare a sonne and shal call his name Emanuel Butter and hony shal he eate y t he maye knowe the euel and chose y e good But or euer that childe come to knowlege to eschue the euel and chose the good The londe that thou art so afrayde for shal be desolate of both hir kynges The LORDE also shal sende a tyme vpon the vpon thy people and vpoÌ„ thy fathers house soch as neuer came sence the tyme y t Ephraim departed from Iuda thorow y e kynge of the Assirians For at the same tyme shal the LORDE whistle for the flyes y t are aboute the water of Egipte and for y e Beyes in the Assirians londe These shall come and shal light all in the valeyes in y e vowtes of stone vpon all grene thinges and in all corners At the same tyme shal the LORDE shaue the hayre of the heade and the fete and the beerd clene of with the rasoure that he shall paye them withall beyonde the water namely with y e kynge of the Assirians At the same tyme shall a man lyue with a cowe and two shepe Then because of the aboundaunce of mylck he shal make butter and eat it So that euery one which remayneth in the londe shal eate butter and hony At the same tyme all vynyardes though there be a thousand vynes in one and were solde for a thousand siluerlinges shal be turned to brears and thornes Like as they shal come in to the londe with arowes and bowes so shal all the londe become brears and thornes And as for all hilles that now are hewen downe thou shalt not come vpoÌ„ them for feare of brears and thornes But the catel shal be dryuen thither and the shepe shal fede there The viij Chapter MOrouer the LORDE sayde vnto me Take the a greate leaf and wryte in it as men do with a penne that he spede him to robbe and haist him to spoyle And Inmediatly I called vnto me faithful wytnesses Vrias the prest and Zacharias y e sonne of Barachias After that went I vnto the prophetisse that now had conceaued and borne a sonne Then sayde the LORDE to me geue him this name Maherschalal haschbas that is a spedierobber an hastie spoyler For why or euer the childe shal haue knowlege to saye Abi and Im y t is father and mother shal y e riches of Damascus and y e substaunce of Samaria be takeÌ„ awaye thorow the kynge of y e Assirians The LORDE spake also vnto me sayenge for so moch as the people refuseth the stiâ—renninge water of Silo and put their delite in Rezin and Romelies sonne Beholde the LORDE shal bringe mightie and great floudes of water vpon them namely y e kynge of the Assirians with all his power Which shall poure out his furyousnes vpoÌ„ euery man and renne ouer all their bankes And shal breake in vpon Iuda increasinge in power till he get him by the throte He shal fyl also the wydenesse of thy londe w t his brode wynges O Emanuel Go together ye people and gather you herken to all ye of farre countrees Mustre you and gather you mustre you and gather you take youre councel together yet must youre councel come to nought go in honde withal yet shal it not prospere Excepte Emanuel that is God be with us For the LORDE chastised me and toke me by y e honde and warned me sayenge vnto me that I shulde not walcke in the waye of this people He sayde morouer rounde with none of theÌ„ who so euer saye yonder people are bounde together Neuertheles feare them not nether be afrayde of them but sanctifie the LORDE of hoostes let him be youre feare and drede For he is the sanctifienge and stone to stomble at y e rock to fall vpon a snare and net to both the houses to Israel and the inhabitours of Ierusalem And many shal stomble fall and be brokeÌ„ vpon him yee they shal be snared and taken Now laye the witnesses together sayde the LORDE and seale the lawe with my disciples Thus I waite vpon the LORDE that hath turned his face from the house of Iacob and I loke vnto him But lo as for me and the children which the LORDE hath geuen me we are a token and a wondre in Israel for the LORDE of hoostes sake which
dwelleth vpon the hill of Syon And therfore yf they saye vnto you aske councel at the soythsayers witches charmers and coniurers then make them this answere Is there a people enywhere that aâ—eth not councel at his God whether it be concernynge the dead or the lyuynge Yf eny man want light let him loke vpon the lawe and the testimony whether they speake not after this meanynge Yf he do not this he stombleth and suffreth huÌ„ger And yf he suffre honger he is out of pacience and blasphemeth his kynge and his God Then loketh he vpwarde and downewarde to the earth and beholde there is trouble and darcknesse vexacion is rounde aboute him and the cloude of erroure And out of soch aduersite shall he not escape The jx Chapter EVen like as in tyme past it hath bene well sene that y e londe of Zabulon and the londe of Nepthali where thorow the see waye goeth ouer Iordane in to the londe of Galilee was at the first in litle trouble but afterward sore vexed Neuertheles y e people that haue dwelt in darcknesse shal se a greate light As for them that dwel in the londe of the shadowe of death vpon them shal the light shyne Shalt thou multiplie the people and not increase the ioye also They shal reioyse before the euen as men make mery in haruest and as men that haue gotten the victory when they deale the spoyle For thou shalt breake the yocke of the peoples burthen the staff of hys shulder and the rod of his oppressoure as in y e daye at MadiaÌ„ Morouer all temerarious and sedicious power yee where there is but a cote fyled w t bloude shal be burnt and fede the fyre For vnto us a childe shal be borne and vnto us a sonne shal be geueÌ„ VpoÌ„ his shulder shal the kyngdome lye and he shal be called w t his owne name The woÌ„derous geuer of councel the mightie God the euerlastinge father the prynce of peace he shal make no ende to encrease the kyngdome and peace and shal syt vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kyngdome to set vp the same to stablish it with equyte and rightuousnesse from thence forth for euermore This shal the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes bringe to passe The LORDE sent a worde in to Iacob the same is come in to Israel All the people also of Ephraim and they that dwel in Samaria can saye with pryde and hie stomackes on this maner The tyle worcke is fallen downe but we will buylde it with harder stones The Molbery tymbreys broken but we shal set it vp agayne with Cedre Neuertheles the LORDE shal prepare Rezin the enemie agaynst theÌ„ and so ordre their aduersaries that y e Sirians shal laye holde vpon them before and the Philistynes behynde and so deuoure Israel with open mouth After all this the wrath of the LORDE shal not ceasse but yet his hande shable stretched out still For the people turneth not vnto him that chastiseth them nether do they seke the LORDE of hoostes Therfore the LORDE shal rote out of Israel both heade and tale braunch and twygge in one daye By the heade is vnderstonde the Senatoure and honorable man and by y e tale the prophet that preacheth lyes For all they which enfourme the people that they be in a right case soch be disceauers Soch as men thynke also to be perfecte amonge these are but cast awaye Therfore shal the LORDE haue no pleasure in their yonge meÌ„ nether fauoure their fatherlesse and wydowes For thei are altogether ypocrites and wicked and all their mouthes speake foly After all this shal not the LORDES wrath ceasse but yet his honde shal be stretched out still For the vngodly burne as a fyre in the bryers and thornes And as it were out of a fyre in a wod or a redebush so ascendeth the smoke of their pryde For this cause shal y e wrath of the LORDE of hoostes fall vpon the londe and the people shal be consumed as it were with fyre no man shal spare his brother Yf a man do turne him to the right honde he shal famesh or to the lefte hande to eat he shal not haue ynough Euery man shal eate the flesh of his owne arme Manasses shal eate Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses and they both shal eate Iuda After all this shal not the LORDEs wrath ceasse but yet shal his honde be stretched out still The tenth chapter WO be vnto you y t make vnrightuous lawes and devyse thinges which be to harde for to kepe wherthorow the poore are oppressed on euery syde and the innoceÌ„tes of my people are there with robbed of iudgment that wyddowes maye be youre praye and that ye maye robbe the fatherlesse What will ye do in tyme of the visitacion and destruction that shal come from farre To whom will ye renne for helpe or to whom will ye geue youre honoure that he maye kepe it that ye come not amonge the presoners or lye amonge the deed After all this shal not the wrath of the LORDE ceasse but yet shal his honde be stretched out still Wo be also vnto Assur which is a staff of my wrath in whose honde is the rod of my punyshment For I shal sende him amonge those ypocritish poeple amonge the people that haue deserued my disfauoure shal I send him that he maye utterly robbe them spoyle them and treade them downe like the myre in the strete Howbeit his meanynge is not so nether thinketh his harte of this fashion But he ymagineth only how he maye ouerthrowe and destroye moch people for he saieth are not my princes all kynges Is not Calno as easie to wynne as Charchamis Is it harder to conquere Antiochia then Arphad Or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus theÌ„ Samaria As who say I were able to wynne the kingdome of the Idolaters and their goddes but not Ierusalem and Samaria Shal I not do vnto Ierusalem and their ymages as I dyd vnto Samaria and their ymages Wherfore the LORDE saieth As soone as I haue perfourmed my whole worcke vpon the Hyl of Syon and Ierusalem theÌ„ will I also vyset the noble and stoute kynge of Assiria with his wysdome and pryde For he stondeth thus in his owne coÌ„ceate This do I thorow the power of myne owne honde and thorow my wisdome For I am wyse I am he that remoue the londes of the people I robbe their prynces and like one of the worthies I dryue them from their hie seates My honde hath founde out the hoostes of the people as it were a nest And like as egges that were layde here and there are gathered together So do I gather all countrees And there is no man y t darre be so bolde as to touch a fether that â–ª darre open his mouth or once whisper But doth the axe boost itself agaynst him y t heweth therwith or doth the sawe make eny krakinge agaynst
not breake you downe I shall plante you not rote you out for I am pacified as cōcernynge the trouble that I haue done to you Feare not the kynge off Babilon off whom ye stonde in awe O be not afrayed off him saieth the LORDE for I will be with you to helpe you and delyuer you from his honde I will pardon you I wil haue mercy vpon you and brynge you agayne in to youre owne londe Neuertheles yf ye purpose not to dwell in this londe ner to folowe the voyce off the LORDE youre God but will saye thus we will not dwell here but go in to Egipte where we shall nether se warre heare the noyse off batell ner suffre honger there will we dwell Wherfore heare now the worde of the LORDE o ye remnaunt of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Yf ye be whole purposed to go in to Egipte ād to be there as straūgers the swearde that ye feare shall ouertake you in Egipte and the honger wheroff ye be here afrayed shall hange vpon you in to Egipte and there ye shall dye For all they that off set purpose vndertake to go in to Egipte there to ease them selues off their mysery shall perish with the swearde with honger and pestilence not one off them shall remayne there shal none escape the plage that I wil bringe vpon them For thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes the God off Israel like as my wrath and indignacion is come vpon the inhabitours of Ierusalē so shall my displeasure go forth vpon you also yf ye go in to Egipte For there ye shal be reuyled abhorred brought to shame and confucion and as for this place ye shall neuer se it more The LORDE forbyddeth you o ye remnaūt of Iuda that ye shall not go in to Egipte And forget not that I haue warned you earnestly this daye els shal ye begyle youre selues For ye sent me vnto the LORDE youre God and sayde O praye thou the LORDE oure God for vs and loke what answere the LORDE oure God geueth the that bringe vs agayne ād we shall do thereafter Now haue I shewed and declared vnto you the voyce off the LORDE youre God for the which cause he hath sent me to you Yf ye will not folowe it be sure y t ye shall perishe with the swearde with honger pestilence euen in the same place where youre lust was to go and dwell The XLIII Chapter NOw when Ieremy had ended all y e wordes of y e LORDE God vnto y e people for their sakes to whom God had sent him Asarias the sonne of Osias Iohāna y e sonne of Carea with all the proude personnes sayde vnto Ieremy Thou lyest the LORDE oure God hath not sent y e to speake vnto vs that we shulde not go in to Egipte and dwell there But Baruch the sonne of Nerias prouoketh the agaynst vs that he might bringe vs in to the captyuyte off the Caldees that they might slaye vs and carie vs awaye presoners vnto Babilon So Iohanna the sonne of Carea and all the captaynes of the hooste and all the people folowed not the commaundement of the LORDE Namely to dwell in the londe off Iuda But Iohanna the sonne of Carea all the captaynes of the hooste caried awaye all the remnaunt in Iuda that were come together agayne from the Heithen amōge whom they had bene scatred to dwell in the londe of Iuda Men women childrē the kynges doughters all those that Nabusaradan the chefe captayne had left with Godolias the sonne of Ahicam They caried awaye also the prophet Ieremy Baruch the sonne of Nerias and so came in to Egipte for they were not obedient vnto the commaundement of God Thus came they to Taphnis And in Taphnis the worde off the LORDE happened vnto Ieremy sayenge Take greate stones in thine hōde and hyde them in the brick wall vnder the dore off Pharaos house in Taphnis that all the men of Iuda maye se and saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will sende and call for Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon my seruaunt and will set his seate vpon these stones that I haue hyd and he shall sprede his tente ouer them And when he commeth he shal smyte the lōde of Egipte with slaughter with presonment and with the swearde He shall set fyre vpon the temples of the Egipciās goddes and burne them vp take them selues presoners Morouer he shall araye himselff w t the lōde of Egipte like as a shepherde putteth on his cote and shall departe his awaye from thence in peace The pilers also of the temple of the Sonne that is in Egipte shal he breake in peces and burne the tempels of the Egipcians goddes The LXIIII. Chapter THis is the worde y t was shewed to Ieremy cōcerninge all y e Iewes which dwelt in Egipte at Magdal at Taphnis at Memphis in the londe of Patures Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Ye haue sene all y e mysery y t I haue brought vpon Ierusalem and vpon all the cities of Iuda so that this daye they are desolate and no man dwellinge therin y t because of the greate blasphemies which they committed to prouoke me vnto anger In that they wente backe to do sacrifice ād worshipe vnto straunge goddes whom nether they ner ye ner yo r fathers haue knowne Howbeit I sent vnto them my seruaūtes all the prophetes I rose vp early I sent vnto them and gaue them warninge O do no soch abhominable thinges thinges that I hate But they wolde not folowe ner herkē to turne from their wickednes and to do no more sacrifice vnto straunge goddes Wherfore my indignacion wrath was kyndled and it brente vp the cities of Iuda the feldes with the stretes off Ierusalem so that they were made waist and desolate as it is come to passe this daye ▪ Now therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel How happeneth it that ye do so greate euell vnto youre owne soules thus to destroye the men and women childrē and babes of Iuda so that none of you is left because ye prouoke me vnto wrath with the workes of youre owne hondes whē ye offre vnto straunge goddes in the londe off Egipte where as ye be gone to dwell That ye might vtterly perishe and that ye might be reuyled and shamfully intreated of all nacions Or haue ye now forgotten the wickednes off yo r forefathers the wickednes off y e kynges of Iuda and their wyues y e wickednes that ye youre selues ād youre wyues haue done in the londe of Iuda in the cite and in the londe off Ierusalem Yet are ye not sory this daye ye feare not nether walke ye in my lawe and in my commaundementes that I haue geuē vnto you and youre forefathers Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes
neuer yet put out off one vessell in to another y t is she neuer wente awaye in to captyuyte therfore hir taist remayneth and hir sauoure is not yet chaunged But lo the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I shall sende hir trussers to trusse her vp to prepare and season hir vessels yee hir tankerdes rattell and shake to fro And Moab shal be ashamed off Chamos like as Israel was ashamed off Bethel wherin she put hir trust Wherfore do ye thinke thus we are mightie and stronge men off warre Moab shal be destroyed and hir cities brente vp hir chosen yonge men shall be slayne saieth the kinge whose name is the LORDE off hoostes The destruction off Moab commeth on a pace and hir fall is at honde All hir neghbours shall mourne for her and all they that knowe hir name shal saye O how happeneth it that the stronge staff and the goodly rod is thus broken And thou doughter DiboÌ„ come downe from thy glory and syt in pouerte For he that destroyeth Moab shall come vp to the also and breake downe thy stronge holdes And thou that dwellest in Aroer get the to y e strete loke aboute the axe them that are fled and escaped and saye what thynge is happened O Moab is confounded and ouercome Mourne and crie tell it out at Arnon that Moab is destroyed And mysery shall come vpon the playne londe Namely vpoÌ„ holon and Iaza vpon Mephat and DiboÌ„ vpon Nâ—bo and the house of Diplathaim vpon Cariatharim and Bethgamul vpon Bethniaon and Carioth vpon Bosra and all the cities in the loÌ„de off Moab whether they lye farre or neare The horne of Moab shal be smytteÌ„ downe hir arme broken saieth the LORDE Make hir dronken for she magnified hir self aboue the LORDE that men maye clappe their hondes at hir vomyte and that she also maye be laughed to scorne O Israeli â–ª shalt thou not laugh him to scorne when he is taken amoÌ„ge theues Yee because off thy wordes that thou hast spoken agaynst him thou shalt be dryuen awaye Ye Moabites shal leaue the cities and dwell in rockes off stone and become like doues that make their nestes in holes As for Moabs pryde we haue herde off it she is very hie mynded I knowe hir stoutnesse hir boostinge hir arogaÌ„cy and the pryde off hir stomack saieth the LORDE For hir furiousnes maye nether vpholde her w t strength ner dede Therfore shal there mournynge be made for Moab and euery maÌ„ shal crie for Moabs sake a lamentacion shal be made to the men that stonde vpon the wall So will I mourne for the also o Iazer and for the O thou vynyarde off Sybma Thy wyne brauÌ„ches shal come ouer y e see and the braunches off Iazer but vnto the see the destroyer shall breake in to thy haruest and grape gatheringe Myrth and cheare shal be taken awaye from the tymbre felde and from the whole londe off Moab There shall be no swete wyne in the presse the treader shall haue no stomacke to crie yee there shall be none to crie vnto him which afore tyme were herde from hesebon to Eleale and Ioaz which lifted vp their voyce from Zoar vnto Horonaim that bullock off thre yeare olde The waters also off Nemrim shal be dried vp Morouer I will make Moab ceasse saieth the LORDE from the offringes and censinge that she hath made vnto hir goddes in hie places Wherfore my herte mourneth for Moab like a crowde playenge an heuy songe and for the mens sake off the bricke wall my herte mourneth also euen as a pype that pipeth a dolefull songe for they shal be very fewe and destroyed All heades shall be shauen and all beerdes clipped off all hondes bounde and all loynes gyrded aboute with sack cloth VpoÌ„ all the house toppes and stretes off Moab there shal be mournynge For I will breake Moab like an vnprofitable vessell saieh the LORDE O how fearfull is she O how mourneth she O how doth Moab hange downe hir heade and is ashamed Thus shall Moab be a laughinge stocke and had in derision off all them that be rounde aboute her For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde the enemie shal come flyenge as an Aegle and sprede his wynges vpon Moab They shall clymme ouer the walles and wynne the stronge holdes Then the mighty mens hertes in Moab shal be like the herte off a woman trauelinge with childe And Moab shal be made so desolate that she shal nomore be a people because she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the LORDE Feare pyt and snare shall come vpoÌ„ the o Moab saieth the LORDE Who so escapeth the feare shal fall in the pyt and who so getteth out off the pyt shall betaken in the snare For I will bringe a yeare off visitacion vpon Moab saieth the LORDE They that are able to fle shall stonde vnder the shadowe off Hesebon For there shall go a fyre out off Hesebon and a flame from Sion shall burne vp that proude people off Moab both before and behynde Wo be vnto the o Moab for thou people off Chamos shalt perish Yee thy sonnes and doughters shall be led awaye captyne Yet at the last will I bringe Moab out off captiuyte agayne saieth the LORDE Thus farre off the plage off Moab The XLIX Chapter AS concerninge the Ammonites thus the LORDE saieth Hath Israel no children or is he without an heyre Why hath youre kynge then taken Gad in wherfore doth his people dwell in his cities Beholde therfore the tyme commeth saieth y e LORDE that I will brynge a noyse off warre into Rabath off the Ammonites Lahel shal be desolate and hir cities brent vp and the Israelites shall be lordes ouer those that had theÌ„ in possession afore saieth the LORDE Hesebon shall mourne for it shal be roted out off the grounde saieth the LORDE The cities off Rabath shall crie out and gyrde them selues with sack cloth they shall mourne and runne aboute the walles for their kynge shall be led awaye presoner yee his preestes and prynces with him Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames that flowe to and fro o thou fearce doughter and thynkest thou art so safe by reason off thy treasure that no man shal come to the Beholde I will brynge a feare vpon the saieth the LORDE God off hoostes from all those that be aboute the so that ye shall be scatred euery man from another and no maÌ„ shall gather them together agayne that be fled But after that I will bringe the Ammonites also out off captyuyte agayne Vpon the Edomites hath the LORDE off hoostes spoken on this maner Is there no more wyszdome in Theman Is there no more good councell amonge his people Is their wyszdome then turned clene to naught Get you hence turne youre backes crepe downe into the depe O ye citesyns off Dedan For I will bringe destructioÌ„ vpon Esau yee and the daye off his visitacion Yff the
couered her with his greate wawes Hir cities are layed waist the londe lieth vnbuylded and voyde it is a londe where no man dwelleth where no mā traueleth thorow Morouer ▪ I wil vyset Bel at Babilō the thinge that he hath swalowed vp that same shal I plucke out of his mouth The Gentiles also shall runne nomore vnto him yee and the walles of Babilon shal fall O my people come out of Babilon that euery man maye saue his life from the fearfull wrath of the LORDE Be not faynte herted feare not at euery rumoure that shal be herde in the londe for euery yeare bringeth new tydinges yee straunge wickednes and lordshipe And lo the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilō and the whole londe shal be confounded yee and hir slayne shal lie in the myddest of her Heauen and earth with all that is therin shall reioyce ouer Babilon when the destroyers shal come vpon her from the north saieth y e LORDE Like as Babilō hath beaten downe and slayne many out of Israel so shal there fall many and be slayne in all hir kyngdome Ye that haue escaped the swearde haist you stōde not still remembre the LORDE afarre of and thinke vpon Ierusalem for we were ashamed to heare the blasphemies oure faces were couered with shame because the straunge aleauntes came in to the Sanctuary of the LORDE Wherfore beholde saieth the LORDE the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilon and thorow the whole lōde they shal mourne and fall Though Babilon clymmed vp in to heauē and kepte her power an hie yet shal I sende her destroyers saieth the LORDE A piteous crie shall be herde from Babilon and a greate mysery from the londe of the Caldees when the LORDE destroyeth them and when he dryueth out the hie stomack proude boostinge where with they haue bene as furious as the wawes of greate water floudes and made greate crakes with their wordes For the destroyers shall come vpon her euen vpon Babilon which shal take hir worthies and brake their bowes for God is disposed to avenge him self vpon them sufficiently to recompence thē Yee saieth the LORDE I will make their prynces their wyse men their chefe rulers all their worthies dronckē so that they shal slepe an euerlastinge slepe and neuer wake Thus saieth the kinge whose name is y e LORDE of hoostes Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The thicke wall of Babilon shal be broken and hir proude gates shal be brente vp And the thinge that the Gētiles and the people haue wrought with greate trauayle and laboure shal come to naught and be consumed in the fyre This is the charge that Ieremy gaue vnto Sarias the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia when he wente towarde Babilon with Sedechias the kinge of Iuda in the fourth yeare of his reigne Now this Sarias was a peaceable prynce Ieremy wrote in a boke all the misery that shulde come vpon Babilon yee and all these sermons that be written agaynst Babilon and gaue Sarias this charge When thou commest vnto Babilon se that thou rede all these wordes and saye O LORDE thou art determed to rote out this place so that nether people ner catell shal dwell there eny more but to lie waist for euer and when thou hast redde out the boke bynde a stone to it and cast it in the myddest of Euphrates and saye Euē thus shal Babilon syncke be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I will bringe vpon her so that she shal neuer come vp agayne Thus farre are y e preachinges of Ieremy The LII Chap. SEdechias was xxj yeare olde when he was made kynge he raigned xj yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name was Hamithal Ieremies doughter of Lobna He lyued wickedly before the LORDE euen as Ioachim dyd Wherfore the LORDE was angrie at Ierusalem Iuda so longe till he had cast thē out of his presence And Sedechias fel from the kynge of Babilon But in y e ix yeare of his raigne In the tēth Moneth the tenth daye of the Moneth it happened that Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon with all his hooste came before Ierusalem beseged it made them bulworkes rounde aboute it And this beseginge of the cite endured vnto the xj yeare of kynge Sedechias And in the fourth Moneth the ix daye of the Moneth there was so greate honger in the cite that there were no more vitayles for the people of the londe So all the souldyers brake awaye and fled out of the cite by night thorow the waye of the porte betwene the two walles by the kynges garden Now y e Caldees had cōpassed the cite rounde aboute yet wente these men their waye towarde the wildernesse And so the Caldees folowed vpon them and toke Sedechias the kinge in the felde of Iericho when his hoost was runne from him So they caried the kynge awaye presoner to Reblatha vnto the kinge of Babilon in the londe of Hemath where he gaue iudgment vpon him The kinge of Babilō also caused Sedechias sonnes be slayne before his face yee put all the prynces of Iuda to death at Reblatha Morouer he put out the eyes of Sedechias caused him be bounde with cheynes to be caried vnto Babilon let him lie in preson till he dyed Now y e tenth daye of the fyfth Moneth in the xix yeare of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon Nabusaradan the chefe captayne and the kinge of Babilons seruauntes came vnto Ierusalem brent vp the house of the LORDE He brent vp also the kinges palace all the houses all the gorgeous buyldinges in Ierusalē And the whole hoost of the Caldees y t were with the chefe captayne brake downe all the walles of Ierusalem rounde aboute As for the poore people soch folke as yet was left in the cite which also were fallen to the kinge of Babilon yee what people as yet remayned Nabusaradan the chefe captayne caried them awaye presoners But y e poore people of the countre dyd Nabusaradan the chefe captayne leaue in the londe to occupie the vynyardes feldes The Caldees also brake the brasen pilers that were in the house of the LORDE yee the seate and the brasen lauer that was in the house of y e LORDE caried all the metall of them vnto Babilon They toke awaye also the Cauldrons shouels flesh hokes sprinklers spones all the brasen vessell that was occupide in the seruyce with the basens colepannes sprinklers pottes candilstickes spones and cuppes wherof some were of golde and some of syluer The chefe captayne toke also the two pilers the lauer the xij brasen bullockes y t stode vnder y e seate which kinge Salomon made in the house of the LORDE all the vessell conteyned so moch metall that it might not be weyed For euery piler was xviij cubites hie the rope that went aboute it
led you awaye hath you yet in remembrauÌ„ce and like as ye haue bene mynded to swarne from yo r God so shal ye now endeuoure youre selues x. tymes more to turne agayne and to seke him For he that hath brought these plages vpoÌ„ you shal brynge you euerlastinge ioye agayne with youre health Take a good herte vnto the o IerusaleÌ„ for he which gaue y e that name exorteth the so to do The wicked doers that now put the to trouble shall perish and soch as haue reioysed at thy fall shal be punyshed The cities whom thy children serue and that haue caried awaye thy sonnes shal be correcte For like as they be now glad of y i decaye so shal they mourne in their owne destruccion The ioye off their multitude shal be taken awaye aÌ„d their cheare shal be turned to sorowe For a fyre shal fall vpon them from the euerlastinge God longe to endure and it shal be inhabited of deuels for a greate season The V. Chapter O Ierusalem loke aboute the towarde the east and beholde the ioye that commeth vnto the from God For lo thy sonnes whom thou hast forsakeÌ„ and that were scatred abrode come gathered together from the east and west reioysinge in the worde of the holy one vnto the honoure off God Put of thy mournynge clothes o Ierusalem and thy sorow and decke the with the worshipe and honoure that commeth vnto the from God with euerlastinge glory God shal put the cloake off rightuousnesse vpon the and set a crowne off euerlastinge worshipe vpon thine heade for vpon the will God declare his brightnes that is vnder the heauen Yee an euerlastinge name shal be geuen the of God with peace of rightuousnesse y e honoure of Gods feare Arise o Ierusalem stoÌ„de vp on hye loke aboute the towarde the east and beholde thy children gathered from the east vnto the west which reioyce in the holy worde hauynge God in remembraunce They departed from the on fote and were led awaye of their enemies but now shal the LORDE bringe them caried with honoure as children off y e kyngdome For God is purposed to brynge downe all stoute mouÌ„taynes yee and all hye rockes to fyll the valleys so to make them eauen with the grounde y t Israel maye be diligeÌ„t to lyue vnto y e honoure of God The woddes all pleasauÌ„t trees shal ouershadowe Israel at the coÌ„maundement of God For hyther shal God brynge Israel with ioyfull myrth and in the light of his magesty with the mercy and rightuousnesse that coÌ„meth of himselff A copie off the epistle that Ieremy the prophet did sende vnto the Iewes which were led awaye presoners by the kynge of BabiloÌ„ Wherin he certifieth them of the thinge that was coÌ„maunded him of God The VI. Chapter BEcause of the synnes that ye haue done agaynst God ye shal be led awaye captyue vnto Babilon euen off Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon So when ye be come in to Babilon ye shall remayne there many yeares and for a longe season namely vij generacions after that wil I bringe you awaye peaceably from theÌ„ce Now shal ye se in BabiloÌ„ goddes of golde of syluer of wodd and of stone borne vpon mens shulders to cast out a fearfulnes before the Heithen But loke that ye do not as the other be not ye afrayed and let not the feare of them ouercome you Therfore when ye se the multitude of people worshippinge them behinde before saye ye in youre hertes O LORDE it is thou that oughtest only to be worshipped Myne angel also shal be with you and I myself wil care for youre soules As for the tymbre of those goddes y e carpeÌ„ter hath polisshed them yee gylted be they layed ouer with syluer yet are they but vayne thinges can not speake Like as a wench y t loueth peramours is trymly deckte euen so are these made hanged w t golde Crownes of golde verely haue their goddes vpon their heades so the prestes themselues take the golde and syluer from them put it to their owne vses yee they geue of the same vnto harlottes aÌ„d trymme their whores withall Agayne they take it from the whores and decke their goddes therwith Yet can not these goddes delyuer them selues from rust and mothes WheÌ„ they haue couered them with clothynge off purple they wype their faces for the dust of the temple wherof their is moch amoÌ„ge theÌ„ One hath a sceptre in his honde as though he were iudge of the countre yet can he not slaye soch as offende him Another hath a swearde or an axe in his honde for all that is he nether able to defende him selfe from batayll ner fâ—o murtherers By this ye maye vnderstonde that they be no goddes therfore se y t ye nether worshipe them ner feare them For like as a vessel y t a man vseth is nothinge worth when it is broken euen so is it with their goddes When they be set vp in the temple their eyes be full of dust thorow the fete of those that come in And like as y e dores are shut in rouÌ„de aboute vpoÌ„ him y t hath offended the kinge Or as it were a deed body kepte besyde the graue Euen so the prestes kepte the dores with barres and lockes lest their goddes be spoyled with robbers They set vp caÌ„dels before theÌ„ yee verely and y t many wherof they can not se one but euen as blockes so stonde they in the temple It is sayde y t the serpentes and wormes which come off the earth gnawe out their hertes eatinge them their clothes also and yet they fele it not Their faces are blacke thorow the smoke y t is in the temple The oules swalowes byrdes fle vpon them yee and the cattes runne ouer their heades By this ye maye be sure that they are not goddes therfore feare them not The golde that they haue is to make them beutifull for all that excepte some body dight off their rust they wil geue no shyne and when they were cast into a fourme they felt it not They are bought for money and haue no breth off life within them They must be borne vpon mens shulders as those that haue no fete wherby they declare vnto men that they be nothynge worth Confounded be they then that worshipe them For yf they fall to the grounde they can not ryse vp agayne of theÌ„selues Yee though one helpe them vp and set them right yet are they not able to stonde alone but must haue proppes set vnder them like deed men As for the thinge that is offred vnto them their prestes sell it aÌ„d abuse it yee the prestes wyues take therof but vnto the sicke and poore they geue nothinge of it the women with childe the meÌ„struous laye hondes of their offerynges By this ye maye be sure that they are not goddes therfore be not ye afrayde of them From whence coÌ„meth it theÌ„
lyue therfore shall ye spie out nomore vanyte ner prophecie youre owne gessinges for I wil delyuer my people out of youre honde that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE The XIIII Chapter THere resorted vnto me certayne of y e elders of Israel sat downe by me Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man these men beare their Idols in their hertes go purposly vpon the stomblinge block of their owne wickednesse how darre they then are councell at me Therfore speake vnto them saye thus saieth the LORDE God Euery man of the house of Israel that beareth his Idols in his herte purposynge to stomble in his owne wickednesse and commeth to a prophet to enquere eny thinge at me by him vnto that man wil I the LORDE myself geue answere acordinge to the multitude of his Idols that the house of Israel maye be snared in their owne hertes because they be clene gone fro me for their Idols sakes Wherfore tell the house of Israel thus saieth the LORDE God Be conuerted forsake youre Idols and turne youre faces from all yo r abhominacions For euery man whether he be of the house of Israel or a straunger that sogeourneth in Israel which departeth fro me and carieth Idols in his herte purposinge to go still stomblinge in his owne wickednesse and commeth to a prophet for to axe councell at me thorow him vnto y t man wil I the LORDE geue answere by myne owne self I wil set my face agaynst that man and wil make him to be an example for other yee and a comon byworde and wil rote him out of my people that he maye knowe how y t I am the LORDE And yf that prophet be disceaued when he telleth him a worde then I the LORDE myself haue disceaued that prophet and wil stretch forth myne honde vpon him to rote him out of my people of Israel and they both shall be punyshed for their wickednesse Acordinge to y e synne of him that axeth shal the synne of the prophet be that y e house of Israel be led nomore fro me thorow erroure and be nomore defyled in their wickednesse but that they maye be my people and I their God saieth the LORDE God And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man when the londe synneth agaynst me and goeth forth in wickednesse I will stretch out myne hōde vpon it and destroye all the prouysion of their bred and sende derth vpon them to destroye man beest in the londe And though Noe Daniel and Iob these thre men were amonge them yet shal they in their rightuousnesse delyuer but their owne soules saieth the LORDE God Yf I bringe noysome beestes in to the londe to waist it vp and it be so desolate that no man maye go therin for beestes yf these thre men also were in the londe as truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God they shal saue nether sonnes ner doughters but be only delyuered them selues and as for the londe it shal be waist Or yf I bringe a swearde in to the londe and charge it to go thorow the londe so that I slaye downe man and beest in it and yf these thre men were therin As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God they shal delyuer nether sonnes ner doughters but only be saued them selues Yf I sende a pestilence in to the londe and poure out my sore indignacion vpon it in bloude so that I rote out of it both man and beest and yf Noe Daniel and Iob were therin As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God they shal delyuer nether sonnes ner doughters but saue their owne soules in their rightuousnesse Morouer thus saieth the LORDE God Though I sende my foure trublous plages vpon Ierusalem the swearde honger perlous beestes and pestilence to destroye man and beest out of it yet shal there a remnaunt be saued therin which shal bringe forth their sonnes and doughters Beholde they shal come forth vnto you and ye shall se their waye and what they take in honde ye shal be cōforted as touchinge all the plages that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem They shall comforte you when ye se their waye and workes and ye shal knowe how y t it is not without a cause that I haue done so agaynst Ierusalem as I dyd saieth the LORDE God The XV. Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man What commeth of the vyne amonge all other trees and of the wyne stocke amōge all other tymbre of the groaue Do mē take wodd of it to make eny worke withall Or maye there a nale be made of it to hange eny thinge vpon Beholde it is cast in the fyre to be brent the fyre consumeth both the endes of it the myddest is brent to aszshes Is it mete then for eny worke No. Seinge then that it was mete for no worke beinge whole moch lesse maye there eny thinge be made of it when the fyre hath consumed and brent it And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Like as I cast the vyne in to the fyre for to be brent as other trees of the wod Euen so wil I do with them that dwell in Ierusalem and set my face agaynst them they shall 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 londe waist because they haue so sore offended saieth the LORDE God The XVI Chapter AGayne the worde of LORDE spake vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man shewe the cite of Ierusalem their abhominacions and saye thus saieth the LORDE God vnto Ierusalem Thy progeny and kynred came out of the londe of Canaan thy father was an Amorite thy mother a Cethite In y e daye of thy byrth when thou wast borne y e stringe of thy nauel was not cut of thou wast not bathed in water to make the clene ▪ Thou wast nether rubbed w t salt ner swedled in cloutes No man regarded the so moch as to do eny of these thinges for y e or to shewe the soch fauoure but thou wast vtterly cast out vpon y e felde yee despised wast thou in the daye of thy byrth Then came I by the and sawe the troden downe in thine owne bloude sayde vnto the thou shalt be pourged from thine owne bloude frō thine owne bloude I saye shalt thou be clensed So I planted the as the blossome of thy felde thou art growen vp waxē greate thou hast gotten a maruelous pleasaunt beutie thy brestes are come vp thy hayre is goodly growen where as thou wast naked and bare afore Now when I wente by y e loked vpon the beholde thy tyme was come yee euē the tyme to wowe the. Then spred I my clothes ouer the to couer thy dishonestie Yee I made an ooth vnto the maried my self
youre owne selues for all youre wickednes that ye haue done And ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE when I entreate you after my name not after yo r wicked wayes ner acordinge to youre corrupte workes o ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE Morouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of maÌ„ set thy face towarde the south speake to the south wynde and saye to the wodde towarde the souht Heare the worde of the LORDE thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil kyndle a fyre in the y t shal coÌ„sume the grene trees w t the drye No man shal be able to quench his flame but all that â—oketh from the south to the north shal be brent therin all flesh shal se that I the LORDE haue kyndled it so that no man maye quench it Then sayde I O LORDE they wil saye of me Tush they are but fables that he telleth The XXI Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came to me sayenge Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde Ierusalem speake agaynst the Sanctuary prophecie agaynst the londe of Israel saye to the loÌ„de of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil vpon the wil drawe my swearde out of y e sheth rote out of y e both the rightuous the wicked Seinge then that I will rote out of the both the rightuous wicked therfore shal my swearde go out of his sheth agaynst all flesh from the north to the south that all flesh maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue drawen my swearde out of the sheth it shal not be put in agayne Mourne therfore o thou sonne of man y t thy loynes crack withall yee mourne bytterly for them And yf they saye wherfore mournest thou Then tell them for the tydinges that commeth at the which all hertes shall melt all hondes shal be letten downe all stomackes shal faynte and all knees shall waxe feble Beholde it commeth shal be fulfilled saieth the LORDE God Agayne the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man prophecie and speake Thus saieth the LORDE God speake the swearde is sharpened wel scoured Sharpened is it for the slaughter scoured y t it maye be bright O the destroyenge staff of my sonne shal bringe downe all wodde He hath put his swearde to y e dightinge y t good holde maye be takeÌ„ of it This swearde is sharpened dight y t it maye be geuen in to the honde of the manslayer Crie o thou sonne of man and howle for this swearde shal smyte my people all the rulers in Israel which with my people shall be slayne downe to the grounde thorow this swearde Smyte thou vpoÌ„ thy thee for wherfore shulde not the plage staff of indgmeÌ„t come Prophecy thou sonne of man smyte thine hoÌ„des together make the swearde two edged yee make it thre edged y t manslayers swearde that swearde of the greate slaughter which shal smyte them euen in their preuy chambres to make them abaszshed faynte at the hertes in all gates to make some of them fall O how bright and sharpe is it how wel dight mete for y e slaughter Get the to some place alone ether vpon the right honde or on the lefte whither so euer thy face turneth I wil smyte my hondes together also and satisfie my wrothfull indignacion 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 e kinge of BabiloÌ„ maye come Both these stretes shall go out of one londe He shal set him vp a place at the heade of the strete shal be chose him out a corner Make y e a strete that the swearde maye come towarde Rabath of the Ammonites and to the stronge cite of Ierusalem For the kinge of Babilon shall stonde in the turnynge of the waye at the heade of the two stretes to axe councell at the soythsayers castinge the lottes with his arowes to axe councell at the Idols and to loke in the lyuer But the soythsayenge shall poynte to the right syde vpon Ierusalem that he maye set men of warre to smyte it with a greate noyse to crie out Alarum to set batellrammes agaynst the gates to graue vp dyches to make bulworkes Neuertheles as for y e soythsayenge they shall holde it but for vanite euen as though a iest were tolde them Yee and they them selues remembre their wickednesse so that by right they must be takeÌ„ and wonne Therfore saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye youre selues shewe youre offence and haue opened youre wickednesse so that in all youre workes men maye se youre synnes Yet in so moch I saye that ye youreselues haue made mencion therof ye shal be taken by violence O thou shameful wicked gyde of Israel whose daye is come â–ª euen the tyme that wickednesse shall haue an ende Thus saieth the LORDE God take awaye the mytre and put of the crowne and so is it awaye the humble is exalted and the proude brought lowe Punysh punysh yee punysh them will I and destroye them and that shall not be fulfilled vntill he come to whom the iudgment belongeth and to whom I haue geueÌ„ it And thou o sonne of man prophecy speake Thus saieth the LORDE God to the children of Ammon to their blasphemy speake then The swearde the swearde is drawen forth alredy to the slaughter sâ—â—ured that it glistreth because thou hast loked the out vanities prophecied lyes y t it maye come vpon thy necke like as vpoÌ„ the other vngodly which be slayne whose daye came when their wickednesse was full Though it were put vp agayne into the sheath yet will I punysh the in the londe where thou wast norished borne and poure my indignacion vpon the and will blowe vpon the in the fyre of my wrath and delyuer the vnto cruell people which are lerned to destroye Thou shalt fede the fyre and y t bloude shall be shed in the londe that thou mayest be put out of remembraunce Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it The XXII Chapter MOrouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayde Thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue this bloudthurstie cite Shewe theÌ„ their abhominacioÌ„s tell them Thus saieth the LORDE God O thou cite y t sheddest bloude in y e myddest of the y t thy tyme maye come also and makest the Idols to defyle the withall Thou hast made thy self gilty in y e bloude y t thou hast shed defyled y e iÌ„ y e ydols which thou hast made Thou hast caused thy daies to drawe nye made the tyme of thy yeares to come Therfore will I make y e to be confounded amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ to be despised in all the loÌ„des whether they be nye or farre froÌ„ the they shal laugh
y e to scorne thou y t hast gottē the so foule a name art full off myschefe Beholde the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power to shed bloude in the. In the haue they despised father mother in the haue they oppressed the straūger in the haue they vexed the wyddowe the fatherlesse Thou hast despysed my Sāctuary and vnhalowed my Sabbath Murtherers are there in the that shed bloude eate vpon the hilles and in the they vse vnhappynesse In y e haue they discouered their fathers shame in the haue they vexed women in their sicknesse Euery mā hath dealte shamefully with his neghbours wife abhominably defyled his doughter in lawe In the hath euery man forced his owne sister euen his fathers doughter Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the to shed bloude Thou hast taken vsury encreace thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion and forgotten me saieth the LORDE God Beholde I haue smytten my hondes vpō thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed and vpon the bloude which hath bene shed in the. Is thy herte able to endure it or maye thy hondes defende them selues in the tyme that I shall bringe vpon the Euen I the LORDE that speake it will bringe it also to passe I will scatre the amonge the Heithen strowe the aboute in the lōdes and wil cause thy fylthynesse to ceasse out off the yee and I will haue the in possession in the sight of the Heithen that thou mayest knowe that I am the LORDE And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man the house of Israel is turned to drosse All they that shulde be brasse tynne yrō leade are in the fyre become drosse Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye all are turned in to drosse beholde I will brynge you together vnto Ierusalem like as syluer brasse yron tynne and leade are put together in the fornace and the fyre blowen there vnder to melt them Euen so will I gather you put you in together and melt you in my wrath and indignacion I will brynge you together and kyndle the fyre of my cruell displeasure vnder you that ye maye be melted therin Like as the syluer is melted in the fyre so shall ye also be melted therin that ye maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue poured my wrath vpon you And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayēge Thou sonne of mā tell her Thou art an vn clene londe which is not rayned vpon in the daye off the cruell wrath thy prophetes that are in the are sworne together to deuoure soules like as a roaringe Lyon that lyueth by his pray They receaue riches and good and make many wyddowes in ye. Thy prestes breake my lawe and defyle my Sanctuary They put no dyfference betwene the holy and vnholy nether discerne betwene the clene and vnclene they turne their eyes fro my Sabbathes and I am vnhalowed amonge them Thy rulers in the are like rauyshinge wolues to shed bloude and to destroye soules for their owne covetous lucre As for thy prophetes they dawbe with vntempered claye they se vanities ▪ and prophecie lies vnto them sayenge the LORDE God sayeth so where as the LORDE hath not spoken The people in the londe vseth wicked extorciō and robbery They vexe the poore and nedy and oppresse the straunger agaynst right And I sought in the londe for a man that wolde make vp the hedge and see him self in the gappe before me in the lōdes behalfe y t I shulde not vtterly destroye it ▪ but I coude fynde none Therfore wil I poure out my cruell displeasure vpon them and burne them in the fyre of my wrath their owne wayes will I recompence vpō their heades saieth the LORDE God The XXIII Chapter THe worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man there were two womē that had one mother These when they were yonge beganne to playe the harlottes in Egipte There were their brestes brussed and the pappes off their maydenheade destroyed The eldest of them was called Oola and hir yongest sister Ooliba These two were myne and bare sonnes and doughters Their names were Samaria and that was Oola and Ierusalem that was Ooliba As for Oola she beganne to go a whorynge when I had takē her to me She was set on fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians which had to do with her euen the prynces and lordes that were deckte in costly araye fayre yonge men lusty ryders of horses Thus thorow hir whordome she cleued vnto all the yonge men off Assiria Yee she was madde vpon them and defyled herselff with all their Idols Nether ceassed she frō the fornicaciō that she vsed with the Egipcians for in hir youth they laye w t her they brussed the brestes of hir maydenheade and poured their wordome vpon her Wherfore I delyuered her in to y e hōdes of hir louers euen the Assirians whom she so loued These discouered hir shame toke hir sonnes and doughters and slewe her with the swearde An euell name gat she of all people ād they punyshed her Hir sister Ooliba sawe this ād destroyed herself w t inordinate loue more then she exceaded hir sister in whordome she loued y e Assirians which also laye w t her namely the prynces greate lordes that were clothed w t all maner of gorgious apparell all lusty horsmen and fayre yonge personnes Then I sawe that they both were defyled a like But she increased still in whordome for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall the ymages off the Caldees set forth with fresh colours with fayre gyrdles aboute them and goodly bonettes vpon their heades lokynge all like prynces after y e maner of the Babiloniās and Caldees in their owne londe where they be borne Inmediatly as soone as she sawe them she brent in loue vpon them and sent messaūgers for them in to the londe of the Caldees Now when the Babiloniās came to her they laye with her and defyled her with their whordome and so was she poluted with with them And when hir lust was abated from them hir whordome and shame was discouered sene then my herte forsoke her like as my herte was gone from hir sister also Neuertheles she vsed hir whordome en◠the longer the more and remembred the dayes off hir youth wherin she had played the harlot in the londe off Egipte she brent in lust vpon them whose flesh was like y e flesh of Asses and their sede like the sede off horses Thus thou hast renued the fylthynesse of thy youth when thy louers bressed y e pappes and marred thy brestes in Egipte Therfore o Ooliba thus saieth y e LORDE God I will rayse vp thy louers with whom thou hast satisfied thy lust agaynst the and gather them together rounde aboute the Namely the Babilonians and all the Caldees
statute namely that who so desyreth eny peticion ether of eny god or man with in this xxx dayes excepte it be only off the O kynge the same person maye be cast into the Lyons denne Wherfore o kynge confirme thou this stature and make a writynge that the thynge which the Medes and Perses haue ordened be not altered ner broken So Darius made the wrytynge and confirmed it Now when Daniel vnderstode that the wrytynge was made he wente in to his house and the wyndowes of his hall towarde Ierusalem stode open There kneled he downe vpon his knees thre tymes a daye there he made his peticion and praysed his God like as his maner was to do afore tyme. Then these men made searche and founde Daniel makynge his peticion and prayenge vnto his God So they came to the kynge and spake before him concernynge his commaundement sayenge O kynge hast thou not subscribed the statute that within xxx dayes who so requyreth his peticion off eny god or man but only of thy self o kynge he shal be cast in to the denne of the Lyons The kynge answered aÌ„d sayde yee it is true It must be as a lawe of y e Medes and Perses that maye not be broken Then answered they and sayde vnto the kynge Daniel one of the presoners of Iuda O kynge regardeth nether the ner thy statute that thou hast made but maketh his peticion thre tymes a daye When the kynge herde these wordes he was sore greued and wolde haue excused Daniel to delyuer him and put off the matter vnto the Sonne weÌ„te downe to the intent that he might saue him These men perceauynge the kynges mynde sayde vnto him knowe this o kynge that the lawe off the Medes and Perses is that the commaundement and statute which the kynge maketh maye not be altered Then the kynge bad them brynge Daniel and they cast him into the Lyons denne The kynge also spake vnto Daniel aÌ„d sayde Thy God whom thou allwaye seruest euen he shall defende the. And there was brought a stone and layed vpon the hole of the denne this the kynge sealed with his owne rynge and with y e signet of his prynces that the kynges commaundement concernynge Daniel shulde not be broken So the kynge wente in to his palace and kepte him sober all night so that there was no table spred before him nether coude he take eny slepe But be tymes in the mornynge at the breake off the daye the kynge arose and wente in all haist vnto the denne off the Lyons Now as he came nyâ— vnto y e deÌ„ne he cried w t a piteous voyce vnto Daniel Yee y e kiÌ„ge spake and sayde vnto Daniel O Daniel thou seruaunt off the lyuynge God Is not thy God whom thou allwaye seruest able to delyuer the from the lyons Daniel sayde vnto the kynge O kynge God saue thy life for euer My God hath sent his angel which hath shut the lyons mouthes so that they might not hurte me For why myne vngiltynesse is founde out before him And as for the o kynge I neuer offended the. Then was the kynge exceadinge glad aÌ„d commaunded to take Daniel out off the denne So Daniel was brought out of the deÌ„ne and no maner of hurte was founde vpoÌ„ him For he put his trust in his God And as for those men which had accused Daniel the kiÌ„ge commaunded to bringe them and to cast them in the lyons denne them their children and their wyues So the lyons had the mastry of them and brake all their bones a sonder or euer they came at the grounde After this wrote kynge Darius vnto all people kynreddes and tunges that dwelt in all londes peace be multiplied with you My commaundement is in all my dominioÌ„ and kyngdome that men feare and stonde in awe off Daniels God For he is the lyuinge God which abydeth euer his kyngdome shall not fayle and his power is euerlastynge It is he that delyuereth and saueth he doth wonders and maruelous workes in heauen and in earth he hath preserued Daniel from the power of the lyons This Daniel prospered in the raigne off Darius and Cirus of Persia. The VII Chapter IN the first yeare off Balthasar kynge off Babilon sawe Daniel a dreame and a vision was in his heade vpon his bedde Which dreame he wrote and the summe of the matter is this Daniel spake and sayde I sawe in my vision by nyght and beholde the foure wyndes of y e heauen stroue vpon the see and foure greate beestes came vp from the see one vnlike another The first was as a lyon and yet had he Aegles wynges I sawe that his wynges were plucte from him and he taken awaye from the earth that he stode vpon his fete as a man and that there was geuen him a mans herte Beholde the seconde beest was like a Beer and stode vpon the one syde Amonge his teth in his mouth he had iij greate loÌ„ge teth and it was sayde vnto him Arise eate vp moch flesh Then I loked beholde there was another like vnto a Leoparde this had wynges as a foule euen foure vpon the backe This beest had foure heades aÌ„d there was power geuen him After this I sawe in a vision by night beholde the fourth beest was grymme and horrible and maruelous stronge It had greate yron teth it deuoured and destroyed and stamped the residue vnder fete It was farre vnlike the other beestes that weâ—â— before it for it had ten hornes wheroff I toke good hede And beholde there came vp amonge theÌ„ another like horne before whom there were thre of the first hornes pluckte awaye Beholde this horne had eyes like a maÌ„ a mouth speakynge presumptuous thinges I loked till the seates were prepared aÌ„d till the olde aged sat him downe His clothinge was as white as snowe and the hayres of his heade like the pure woll His trone was like the firie flame and his wheles as the burnynge fyre There drew forth a firie streame wente out from him A thousand tymes a thousande serued him x. M. tymes ten thousande stode before him The iudgmeÌ„t was set and the bokes opened Then toke I hede there vnto because of the voyce of the proude wordes which that horne spake I behelde till the beest was slayne and his body destroyed geuen ouer to be brent in the fyre As for the power of the other beestes also it was taken awaye but their lyues were prolonged for a tyme and season I sawe in a vision by night and beholde there came one in the cloudes of heauen like the sonne of a man which wente vnto the olde aged before whom they brought him Then gaue he him power aÌ„d dignite regall that all people trybes and tunges shulde serue him His power is an euerlastinge power which shal neuer be put downe his kyngdome endureth vncorrupte My herte was vexed I Daniel had a troubled
broken downe for the corne shal be destroied O what a sighinge make the catell the bullockes are very euel likynge because they haue no pasture and the shepe are fameszshed awaye O LORDE to the will I crie for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernesse and the flame hath brent vp all the trees of the felde Yee the wylde beestes crie also vnto the for the water ryuers are dryed vp and the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse The II. Chapter BLowe out y e trompet in Sion crie vpō my holy hill y t all soch as dwel in the londe maye trēble at it for y e daie of the LORDE commeth is harde at honde a darcke daye a gloomynge daye a cloudy daye yee a stormy daye like as the mornynge spredeth out vpō the hilles Namely a great mightie people soch as haue not bene sens y e begynnynge nether shal be after them for euermore Before him shal be a consumynge fyre behynde him a burnynge flame The londe shal be as a garden of pleasure before him but behinde him shal it be a very waist wildernesse there is no man that shal escape him They are to loke vpon like bayrded horses runne like horse men They skyppe vp vpon y e hilles as it were the sounde of charettes as the flame of fyre that consumeth the strawe and as a mightie people redy to the batell The folke shal be afrayed of him all faces shal be as blacke as a pot These shal rūne like giauntes leape ouer the walles like men of warre Euery mā in his goinge shal kepe his araie not go out of his Path. There shal not one dryue another but ech shal kepe his owne waye They shal breake in at the wyndowes not be hurte They shal come into the cite runne vpon the walles They shal clymme vp vpon the houses slyppe in at the wyndowes like a thefe The earth shal quake before him yee the heauens shal be moued the Sonne Moone shal be darckened and the starres shal withdrawe their shyne The LORDE shal shewe his voyce before his hoost for his hoost is greate stronge mightie to fulfill his commaundement This is y e greate and maruelous fearfull daye of the LORDE And who is able to abyde it Now therfore saieth the LORDE Turne you vnto me with all youre hertes with fastinge wepynge and mournynge rente youre hertes not youre clothes Turne you vnto the LORDE youre God for he is gracious mercifull longe sufferynge of greate compassion redy to pardone wickednes Then no doute he also shal turne forgeue after his chastenynge he shall let youre increase remayne for meat drynck offerynges vn to the LORDE youre God Blowe out with the trōpet in Sion proclame a fastynge call the congregacion gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bringe the children suclynges together Let y e brydegrome go forth of his chābre the bryde out of her closet Let the prestes serue the LORDE betwixte the porch y e aulter wepinge sayenge be fauourable o LORDE be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heretage be brought to soch confucion lest the Heithen be lordes therof Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heithen where is now their God Then shal the LORDE be gelous ouer his londe spare his people yee y e LORDE shal answere saye vnto his people Beholde I wil sende you corne wyne oyle so that ye shal haue plenty of them I wil nomore geue you ouer to be a reprofe amonge the Heithen Agayne as for him of the north I shal dryue him farre from you shute him out in to a drye and waist londe his face towarde the east see and his hynder partes towarde the vttemost see The stynke of him shall go vp and his fylthy corrupcion shal fall vpon himself because he hath dealte so proudly Feare not o londe but be glad and reioyse for the LORDE wil do greate thinges Be not ye afrayed nether o ye beastes of the felde for the pastures shal be grene and the trees shal beare their frute the fygetrees vinyardes shal geue their increase Be glad then o ye children of Sion and reioyse in the LORDE youre God for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes he it is y t shal sende you downe shuwers of rayne early and late in the first moneth so that y e garners shal be full of corne and the presses plenteous in wyne and oyle And as for the yeares that y e greszshopper locuste blasstinge caterpiller my greate hoost which I sent amonge you haue eaten vp I shal restore them to you agayne so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and be satisfied and prayse the name of the LORDE youre God that so maruelously hath dealte with you And my people shall neuer be confounded eny more Ye shall well knowe that I am in the myddest of Israel and that I am youre God yee and that there is none other and my people shall nomore be brought to confucion After this will I poure out my sprete vpon all flesh yo r sonnes yo r doughters shal prophecy yo r olde mē shal dreame dreames youre yonge men shal se visions Yee in those dayes I will poure out my sprete vpon seruauntes and maydens I will shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokēs in the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure off smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darcknesse y e Moone in to bloude before y e greate notable daye off the LORDE come And the tyme shal come y t who so euer calleth on the name of the LORDE shal be saued For vpon the mount Sion at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion like as the LORDE hath promised yee amonge the other remnaunt whom the LORDE shall call The III. Chapter FOr take hede In those dayes at y e same tyme when I turne agayne the captyuite of Iuda Ierusalē I shal gather all people together brynge thē in to the valley of Iosaphat and there wil I reason with thē because of my people heretage of Israel whō they haue scatred aboute in the nacions parted my lōde yee they haue cast lottes for my people the yonge mē haue they set in the brodel house solde the Damsels for wyne y t they might haue to drīke Thou Tirus and Sidō and all ye borders of the Philistynes what haue ye to do with me Will ye defye me well yf ye will nedes defye me I shall recōpence you euen vpon youre heade y t right shortly for ye haue takē awaye my syluer golde my fayre goodly Iewels brought them in to youre gods houses The children also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto the Grekes that ye
half towarde the south And ye shall fle vnto the valley of my hilles for the valley off the hylles shal reach vnto Asal Yee fle shall ye like as yefled for the earthquake in the dayes off Osias kynge of Iuda And the LORDE my God shal come and all sanctes with him In that daye shal it not be light but colde and frost This shal be that specyall daye which is knowne vnto the LORDE nether daye ner night but aboute the euenynge tyme it shal be light In that tyme shall there waters of life runne out from Ierusalem the half parte of them towarde the east see ād the other half towarde the vttemost see and shall continue both somer and wynter And the LORDE himself shal be kynge ouer all the earth At that tyme shal there be one LORDE only and his name shal be but one Men shal go aboute the whole earth as vpon a felde from Gibea to Remmon and from y e south to Ierusalem ▪ She shal be set vp and inhabited in hir place From Ben Iamins porte vnto the place of the first porte and vnto y e corner porte and from the tower of Hanael vnto the kynges wyne presses There shall men dwell and there shal be nomore cursinge but Ierusalem shal be safely inhabited This shal be the plage wherwith y e LORDE wil smyte all people that haue fought agaynst Ierusalem Namely their flesh shall consume awaye though they stonde vpon their fete their eyes shall corruppe in their holes and their tunge shal consume in their mouth In that daye shall the LORDE make a greate sedicion amōge them so that one mā shal take another by the honde and laye his hondes vpon the hondes of his neghboure Iuda shal fight also agaynst Ierusalem ād the goodes of all the Heithen shal be gathered together rounde aboute golde and syluer and a very greate multitude off clothes And so shal this plage go ouerhorses mules camels asses and all the beastes that shall be in the hooste like as yonder plage was Euery one that remayneth then of all y e people which came agaynst Ierusalem shal go vp yearly to worshipe the kynge euen y e LORDE of hoostes and to kepe the feast off tabernacles And loke what generacion vpon earth goeth not vp to Ierusalem for to worshipe the kynge euen the LORDE of hoostes vpon the same shal come no rayne Yff the kynred of Egipte go not vp come not it shall not rayne vpon them nether This shal be the plage wherwith y e LORDE wil smyte all Heithen that come not vp to kepe the feast of tabernacles Yee this shal be the synneplage of Egipte and the synneplage of all people that go not vp to kepe the feast of tabernacles At that tyme shal the rydinge geer of y e horses be holy vnto the LORDE and the kettels in the LORDES house shal be like the basens before the aulter yee all the kettels in Ierusalem and Iuda shal be holy vnto the LORDE of hoostes and all they that slay◠offeringes shall come and take of them and dight them therin And at that tyme there shal be no mo Cananites in the house of the LORDE The ende off the prophet Zachary The Prophet Malachy What Malachy conteyneth Chap. I. The benefites of God shewed specially vnto Israel before all other Agayne the punyshment of the vnthanfulnesse vnfaithfulnesse and covetousnesse of the prestes and the people Chap. II. He threatneth punyshment and confucion vnto the prestes and commaundeth men to loue their wyues Chap. III. Of Christes commynge and of him that maketh redy his waye before him Off the abrogacion of the olde ▪ leuiticall prest-heade Of the power of the iudge for to come and of that fearfull daye The first Chapter The heuy burthen which the LORDE sheweth agaynst Israel by Malachy I Haue loued you sayeth y e LORDE ād yet ye saye wherin hast thou loued vs Was not Esau Iacobs brother sayeth the LORDE yet haue I loued Iacob and hated Esau Yee I haue made his hilles waist and his heretage a wyldernesse for dragōs And though Edom sayde well we are destroyed we wil go buylde vp agayne the places that be waisted yet sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes what they buylded that brake I downe so that it was called a cursed londe and a people whom the LORDE hath euer bene angrie withall Youre eyes haue sene it ād ye youre selues must confesse that y e LORDE hath brought the londe of Israel to greate honoure Shulde not a sonne honoure his father and a seruaūt his master Yf I be now a father where is myne honoure yf I be the LORDE where am I feared sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Now to you prestes that despise my name And yf ye saye wherin haue we despised thy name In this that ye offre vnclene bred vpō myne aulter And yf ye wil saye wherin haue we offred eny vnclene thynge vnto the In this that ye saye the aulter of the LORDE is not to be regarded Yf ye offre y e blynde is not y t euell And yf ye offre the lame and sick is not that euell Yee offre it vnto thy prynce shal he be cōtent with the or accepte thy personne sayeth the LORDE of hoostes And now make youre prayer before God that he maye haue mercy vpon vs for soch thinges haue ye done Shal he regarde youre personnes thynke ye sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Yee what is he amonge you that wil do so moch as to shut y e dores or to kyndle y e fyre vpō myne aulter for naught I haue no pleasure in you sayeth the LORDE off hoostes and as for the meatofferinge I wil not accepte it at youre honde For from the rysinge vp of y e sonne vnto y e goinge downe of the same my name is greate amonge the Gentiles Yee in euery place shal there sacrifice be done and a clene meatofferinge offred vp vnto my name for my name is greate amonge the Heithē sayeth the LORDE of hoostes But ye haue vnhalowed it in that ye saye the aulter of y e LORDE is not to be regarded and the thinge that is set thervpon not worthy to be eaten Now saye ye It is but laboure and trauayle and thus haue ye thought scorne at it sayeth the LORDE off hoostes offerynge robbery yee the lame and the sicke Ye haue brought me in a meatofferynge shulde I accepte it of youre honde sayeth the LORDE Cursed be the dyssembler which hath in his flocke one that is male and when he maketh a vowe offereth a spotted one vnto the LORDE For I am a greate kynge sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and my name is fearfull amonge the Heithen The II. Chapter ANd now o ye prestes this commaundement toucheth you yf ye will not heare it ner regarde it to geue the glory vnto my name sayeth the LORDE off hoostes I wil sende a curse vpon you
I will sende you 〈◊〉 y ◠prophet before the cōmynge off the daye of the great and fearfull LORDE He shall 〈◊〉 the hertes of the fathers to their children and the hertes of the children to their fathers that I come not and smyte the earth with cursynge The ende of the prophet Malachy APOCRIPHA The bokes and treatises which amonge the fathers of olde are not rekened to be of like authorite with the other bokes of the byble nether are they foūde in the Canon of the Hebrue The thirde boke of Eszdras The fourth boke of Eszdras The boke of Tobias The boke of Iudith Certayne chapters of Hester The boke of Wyszdome Ecclesiasticus The Storye of Susanna The Storye of Bell. The first boke of the Machabees The seconde boke of the Machabees Vnto these also belongeth Baruc whom we haue set amōge the prophetes next vnto Ieremy because he was his scrybe and in his tyme. The transzlatoure vnto the reader THese bokes good reader which be called Apocrypha are not iudged amonge the doctours to be of like reputacion with the other scripture as thou mayest perceaue by S. Ierome in epistola ad Paulinum And the chefe cause therof is this there be many places in them that seme to be repugnaunt vnto the open and manyfest trueth in the other bokes of the byble Neuertheles I haue not gathered them together to the intent that I wolde haue them despysed or litle sett by or that I shulde thinke them false for I am not able to proue it Yee I doute not verely yf they were equally conferred with the other open scripture tyme place and circumstaunce in all thinges considered they shulde nether seme contrary ner be vntruly peruersly aledged Treuth it is A mās face can not be sene so wel in a water as in a fayre glasse nether cā it be shewed so clearly in a water that is stered or moued as in a styll water These many other darck places of scripture haue bene sore stered and myxte with blynde and cuvetous opynions of men which haue cast soch a myst afore the eyes of y e symple that as longe as they be not cōferred with the other places of scripture they shall not seme other wyse to be vnderstonde then as cuvetousnes expoundeth them But who so euer thou be that readest scripture let the holy goost be thy teacher and let one text expounde another vnto the As for soch dreames visions and darck sentences as be hyd from thy vnderstondinge commytte them vnto God and make no articles of them But let the playne text be thy gyde and the sprete of God which is the author therof shal lede the in all trueth As for the prayer of Salomō which thou findest not herin y e prayer of Azarias and the swete songe that he and his two felowes songe in the fyre the first namely the prayer of Salomon readest thou in the eight chapter of the thirde boke of the kynges so that it appeareth not to be Apocryphum The other prayer and songe namely of the thre children haue I not founde amonge eny of the interpreters but onely in the olde latyn texte which reporteth it to be of Theodotios translacion Neuertheles both because of those y t be weake and scrupulous and for their sakes also that loue soch swete songes of thankesgeuinge I haue not left them out to the intent that the one shulde haue no cause to complayne and that the other also might haue the more occasion to geue thankes vnto God in aduersite as the thre children dyd in the fyre Grace be with the. Amen The thirde boke of Eszdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The vertuous kynge Osias renueth the seruyce of God setteth the prestes in their ordre and holdeth the feast of Easter Of his death Of Iechonias his sonne Of kynge Ioachim and Sedechias Chap. II. God moueth kinge Cyrus to delyuer the presoners like as he promysed by the prophet Ieremy Of kynge Artaxerses by whose auctorite the Iewes are forbydden to buylde vp Ierusalem Chap. III. Of the feast that kinge Darius made and of the thre yonge men that wrote euery one his sentence to proue who might saye the best The first sheweth his mynde Chap. IIII. The seconde goeth aboute to proue his sentence the wisest but Zorobabel getteth the victory for the trueth beareth euer the bell Darius cōmaundeth to buylde vp Ierusalem agayne Chap. V. What they be how many that come agayne to Ierusalem out of the captiuyte of Babilon The tēple and the altare are buylded agayne The Heithen withstonde them Chap. VI. The officers in Syria laboure vnto kynge Darius to forbyd the buyldinge of the temple at Ierusalem but he commaundeth to kepe the ordinaunce that kynge Cyrus made before Chap. VII The aduersaries myndes are satisfied the buyldinge is fynished and the Passeouer holden Chap. VIII How Eszdras and the other beinge discharged by the letters and commaūdemēt of kinge Artaxerses go vp to Ierusalem The complaynte concernynge those that were defyled and vncleane Chap. IX Of the councell that was taken as touchinge the vncleane mariage The first Chapter ANd Iosias helde the feast of Easter in Ierusalem vnto the LORDE and slewe y e Passeouer the xiiij daye of the first moneth He set y e prestes also in ordre acordīge to their daylie courses beynge arayed in longe garmētes in the tēple of the LORDE And he spake vnto the Leuites the holy ministers of Israel that they shulde halowe them selues vnto the LORDE to set the holy arke of the LORDE in the house that kynge Salomō the sonne of Dauid had buylded and sayde Ye shal nomore beare the Arke vpon yo r shulders Now serue yoo r LORDE take the charge of his people of Israel after youre vyllagies and youre trybes acordinge as kynge Dauid the kynge of Israel hath ordened acordinge as Salomon his sonne hath honorably prepared Yee loke y t ye all do seruyce in the temple acordinge to the ordringe and distribucion of the pryncipall mē which are appoynted out of the trybes to do seruyce for the childrē of Israel Kyll y e Passeouer prepare offeringes for yo r brethren and do accordinge to the commaundemēt of y e LORDE which he gaue vnto Moses And vnto y e people y t was foūde Iosias gaue xxx thousande of shepe lambes kyddes and goates thre thousande oxē These the kynge of his kyngly liberalite gaue vnto the people acordinge as he had promysed to the prestes for the Passeouer he gaue two thousande shepe an hundreth oxē Morouer Iechonias Semeias and Nathanael brethren Hasabias Iehiel and Iosabad gaue them to the Passeouer fyue thousande shepe and fyue hundreth bullockes And whan these thinges were brought to passe the prestes and the Leuites stode goodly in their ordre and had the vnleuended bred thorow out y e trybes And after the ordringe of the pryncipall men in the trybes they offred vnto the
geuē of y e LORDE God of Israel So Eszdras the hie prest brought the lawe vnto the whole multitude to man and woman to all prestes y t they might heare the lawe in the new moone of the seuenth moneth And he red in y e floore y t is before y e holy porte of y e tēple from the mornynge early vntill the euenynge before men wemen And they applied their mynde all vnto the lawe And Eszdras the prest reder of y e lawe stode vp vpon a scaffolde of wodd which was made therfore vpon his right hande there stode by him Mathathias Samus Ananias Azarias Vrias Ozechias Balsamus Vpon his lefte hāde stode Faldeus Misael Malachias Abuschas Sabus Nabadias Zachary Then toke Eszdras y e boke before the whole multitude for he was y e pryncipall and had in most hono r of thē all And whā he had red out y e lawe they stode all straight vp vpon their fete So Eszdras praysed the LORDE the most hye God the Allmightie God of hoostes And all y e people answered Amen helde vp their hādes fell downe flat vpon the earth praysed y e LORDE Iesus Beneas Sarebias Iaddimus Accubus Sabbatheus Calithes Azarias Ioradus Ananias Philias the Leuites which taught the lawe of the LORDE red the lawe of the LORDE in the cōgregacion euery man sett those before y t vnderstode the lawe Then spake Atharathes vnto Eszdras the hye prest reder to the Leuites y t taught the multitude sayenge This daye is holy vnto the LORDE all they y t had herde the lawe wepte ▪ So Eszdras sayde Departe yo r waye then eate the best drynke the swetest sende giftes vnto them y t haue nothinge for this daye is holy vnto the LORDE and be not ye sory Then wente they their waye euerychone ate and dronke and were mery sent rewardes vnto thē y t had nothinge y t they also might eate with gladnesse for they were exceadingly reioysed thorow the wordes that were red vnto them in the lawe And so they were all gathered together at Ierusalem to holde the feast acordinge to the couenaunt of y e LORDE God of Israel The ende of the thirde boke of Eszdras The IIII boke of Eszdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. God reproueth the people for their vnthankfulnes and rehearseth vnto them his owne louynge mercy that he maye bringe thē agayne yf they wyl not amende he wil chose another people Chap. II. The Synagoge cōplayneth vpō hir children ▪ The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. Eszdras sheweth of the excellent workes of God done vnto the people and hath a frendly contencion with God because he suffreth the Babilonians to haue the dominion ouer them where as they yet are sinners also Chap. IIII. The angel rebuketh Eszdras for takinge in hāde to seke out the grounde of Gods iudgment and instructeth him with fayre symilitudes Chap. V. A communicaciō of Eszdras and the angel together Chap. VI. The angel enfourmeth Eszdras and answereth him to his questions Chap. VII The angel sheweth Eszdras many secrete matters and thinges for to come Chap. VIII Eszdras prayeth for the people that God wyll rather loke vpon his owne louynge mercy and the godlynes of few thē vpon the wycked synnes of many Chap. IX Tokens of the tyme and punyshment for to come Visions are shewed vnto Eszdras Chap. X. A communicacion betwixte Eszdras and the woman that appeared vnto him Chap. XI XII.XIII Of certayne visions and the interpretacions therof Chap. XIIII God appeareth vnto Eszdras in the bush talketh with him and cōmaundeth him what he shal doo Chap. XV. God sheweth Eszdras the punyshmēt that he wyl sende vpon the synfull people and commaundeth him to tell them the same Chap. XVI Punyshment vpon the Heithen and how the people of God shal behaue them selues therin The first Chapter THe seconde boke of y e prophet Eszdras y e sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias y e sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Sallū the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amerias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Maraioth the sonne of Sarahias the sonne of Vzi the sonne of Boccus the sonne of Abisu the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron of the trybe of Leui which was presoner in the lande of the Meedes in the raigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia. And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Go thy waye shew my people their synfull dedes their children their wickednesses which they haue done against me that they maye tell their childers childrē the same for the synnes of their fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me haue offred vnto straunge goddes Am not I euen he that brought them out of the lande of Egipte from the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath despysed my councels Pull thou out then the hayre of thy heade and cast all euell ouer them for they haue not bene obedient vnto my lawe It is a people without lernynge nourtoure How longe shal I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so moch good Many kynges haue I destroyed for their sakes Pharao w t his seruaūtes and all his power haue I smytten downe and slayne All y e nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before them and in y e east haue I brought two landes and people to naught euen Tyre Sydon and haue slayne all their enemies Speake thou therfore vnto them sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE I led you thorow the see and haue geuen you sure stretes sence the begynnynge I gaue you Moses to be youre captayne and Aaron to be the prest I gaue you light in a piler of fyre greate wōders haue I done amōge you yet haue ye forgotten me sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the allmightie LORDE I gaue you quales to eate and tentes for youre sucoure Neuertheles ye murmured and ascrybed not y e victory of youre enemies vnto my name yee this same daie do ye yet murmoure Where are the benefites that I haue done for you Whan ye were hongrie in the wildernes dyd ye not crie vnto me Why hast thou brought vs in to this wildernes to kill vs It had bene better for vs to haue serued y e Egipcians then to dye in this wildernesse Thē had I pitie vpon youre mourninges and gaue you Manna to eate Ye ate angels foode Whā ye were thyrstie dyd not I hew y e hardstone caused water ynough to flowe thereout For the heate I couered you with y e leaues of the trees A good pleasaunt fatt londe gaue I you I cast out the Cananites the Pheresites and Philistynes before you What shal I do more for you saieth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE Whan ye were in the wildernes in the water of the Amorites beynge a
euell will How might eny thinge endure yf it wer not y e will Or how coude eny thinge be preserued excepte it were called of y e But thou sparest all for all are thine o LORDE thou louer of soules The XII Chapter O LORDE how gracious swete is thy sprete in all thinges Therfore chastenest thou thē measurably that go wrōge and warnest them concernynge the thinges wherin they offende thou speakest vnto them o LORDE and exortest thē to leaue their wickednes and to put their trust in the. As for those olde inhabiters of thy holy londe thou mightest not awaye with them for they commytted abhominable workes agaynst the as wytch craft sorcery and Idolatry they slew their owne children without mercy they ate vp mens bowels and deuoured the bloude Yee because of soch abhominaciōs myszbeleues offeringes thou slewest the fathers of the desolate soules by the handes of oure fathers that y e londe which thou louest aboue all other might be a dwellinge for the childrē of God Neuertheles thou sparedest thē also as mē sendedst y e forerūners of thyne hoost euē hornettes to destroye thē out by lytle litle Not y t thou wast vnable to subdue y e vngodly vnto y e righteous in battayll or with cruell beestes or w t one rough worde to destroye thē together But y e mynde was to dryue thē out by lytle litle geuinge thē time place to amende knowinge well y t it was an vnrighteous nacion wicked of nature y t their thought might neuer be altered For it was a cursed sede from y e begynnynge feared no mā Yet hast thou pardoned their synnes For who wyl saye vnto the why hast thou done y t Or who wyl stōde agaynst thy iudgmēt Or who wil come before y e face an auēger of vnrighteous mē Or who wil blame y e yf y e people perish whō thou hast made For there is none other God but thou y t carest for all thinges y t thou mayest declare how y t y e iudgmēt is not vnright There darre nether kīge ner tyraūt in y e sight requyre accōptes of them whō thou hast destroyed For so moch thē as thou art righteous y e self thou ordrest all thīges righteously punishest euē hī y t hath not deserued to be punyshed takest him for a straūger an aleaunt in y e lōde of y e power For y e power is y e beginnynge of righteousnes and because thou art LORDE of all thinges therfore art thou gracious vnto all Whan men thinke y e not to be of a full strength thou declarest y e power boldly delyuerest thou them ouer y t knowe y e not But thou LORDE of power iudgest quyetly and ordrest us with greate worshipe for thou mayest do as thou wilt By soch workes now hast thou taught thy people that a mā also shulde be iust and louynge and hast made thy childrē to be of a good hope for euen when thou iudgest thou geuest rowme to amende from synnes For in so moch as thou hast punyshed and w t soch diligence delyuered y e enemies of thy seruaūtes which were worthy to dye where thorow thou gauest thē tyme place of amēdement y t they might turne frō their wickednes w t how greate diligence then punyshest thou thine awne childrē vnto whose fathers thou hast sworne made couenaūtes of good promises So where as thou doest but chasten vs thou punyshest o r enemies dyuerse wayes to y e intēt y t whā we punysh we shulde remēbre y e goodnesse whan we o r selues are punyshed to put oure trust in thy mercy Wherfore where as men haue lyued ignoraūtly vnrighteously thou hast punyshed thē sore euē thorow y e same thinges that they worshipped For they wente astraye very lōge in y e waye of erro r helde y e beestes which euē their enemies despysed for goddes lyuynge as children of no vnderstandinge Therfore hast thou sent a scornefull punyshment amonge them as amonge the chidrē of ignoraunce As for soch as wolde not be refourmed by those scornes rebukes they felt the worthy punishmēt of God For y e thinges y t they suffred they bare thē vnpaciētly beinge not contēt in them but vnwyllinge And whan they peryshed by y e same thinges that they toke for goddes they knowleged then that there was but one true God whom afore they wolde not knowe therfore came y e ende of their dampnacion vpon them The XIII Chapter VAyne are all men which haue not y e knowlege of God as were they that out of the good thinges which are sene knewe not him that of himself is euerlastinge Nether toke they so moch regarde of the workes that are made as to knowe who was the craftesman of them but some toke the fyre some the wynde or ayre some y e course of y e starres some y e water some toke Sonne and Moone or the lightes of heauen which rule y e earth for goddes But though they had soch pleasure in their beuty that they thought them to haue bene goddes yet shulde they haue knowne how moch more fayrer he is that made them For the maker of beuty hath ordened all these thinges Or yf they marueled at the power and workes of thē they shulde haue perceaued therby y t he which made these thinges is mightier then they For by the greatnesse beutye of the creature y e maker therof maye playnely be knowne Notwithstondinge they are the lesse to be blamed that sought God wolde haue founde him and yet myssed And why for so moch as they wēte aboute in his workes and sought after them it is a tokē that they regarded and helde moch of his workes y t are sene howbeit they are not wholy to be excused For yf their vnderstondinge and knowlege was so greate y t they coude discerne the worlde and y e creatures why dyd they not rather fynde out y e LORDE therof But vnhappie are they and amonge the deed is their hope that call thē God which are but the workes of mens handes golde syluer and the thinge that is founde out by connynge the similitude of beastes or eny vayne stone that hath bene made by hande of olde Or as whan a carpenter cutteth downe a tre out of the wodd and pareth of the barck of it connyngly and so with the one parte maketh a vessell to be vsed and dighteth meate with the residue As for the other parte that is left which is profitable for nothinge for it is a croked pece of wodd and full of knobbes he carueth it diligently thorow his vanite and acordinge to the knowlege of his connynge he geueth it some proporcion fashioneth it after the similitude of a man or maketh it like some beest straketh it ouer with reed and paynteth it and loke what foule spot is in it he casteth some coloure vpon it Then
maketh a god of the same claye this doth euen he which a litle afore was made of earth himself and within a litle whyle after whan he dyeth turneth to earth agayne Notwithstandinge he careth not y e more because he shal labo r ner because his life is shorte but stryueth to excell goldsmythes y e syluer smythes copper smithes and taketh it for an hono r to make vayne thinges For his hert is ashes his hope is but vaine earth his life is more vyle then claye for so moch as he knoweth not his awne maker that gaue him his soule to worke and brethed in him the breth of life They counte oure life but a pastyme and oure conuersacion to be butt a market and that men shulde euer be gettinge yee and that by euell meanes Now he y t of earth maketh frayle vessell and ymages knoweth himself to offende aboue all other All the enemies of thy people and y t holde them in subieccion are vnwyse vnhappie and exceadinge proude vnto their owne soules for they iudge all the Idols of the HeitheÌ„ to be goddes which nether haue eyesight to se ner noses to smell ner eares to heare ner fingers of handes for to grope as for their fete they are to slowe to go For man made them and he that hath but a borowed sprete fashioned them But no man can make a God like vnto him for seinge he is but mortall himself it is but mortall that he maketh with vnrighteous handes He himself is better then they whom he worshippeth for he lyued though he was mortall but so dyd neuer they Yee they worshippe beestes also â–ª which are most miserable for compare thinges that can not fele vnto them they are worse then those Yet is there not one of these beestes that with his sight caÌ„ beholde eny good thinge nether haue they geuen prayse ner thankes vnto God The XVI Chapter FOr these and soch other thinges haue they suffred worthy punyshment thorow y e multitude of beestes are they roted out Insteade of y e which punishmentes thou hast graciously ordred thine awne people geuen them their desyre that they loÌ„ged for a new straunge taist preparinge them quales to be their meate to the intent y t by the thinges which were shewed and sent vnto them they y t were so gredy of meate might be withdrawen euen from the desyre that was necessary But these within shorte tyme were brought vnto pouerte and taisted a new meate For it was requisite y t without eny excuse destruccion shulde come vpoÌ„ those which vsed tyraÌ„ny to shewe onely vnto the other how their enemies were destroyed For whan the cruell woodnesse of the beestes came vpon them they peryshed thorow the stinges of the cruell serpentes â–ª NotwithstoÌ„dinge y i wrath endured not perpetually but they were put in feare for a litle season y t they might be refourmed hauynge a token of saluacion to remembre the coÌ„maundement of thy lawe For he y t coÌ„uerted was not healed by the thinge y t he sawe but by THE O sauio of all So in this thou shewdest thine enemies y t it is thou which deliuerest froÌ„ all euell As for theÌ„ whan they were bytten w t greshoppers and flyes they died for they were worthy to perish by soch But nether the teth of dragons ner of venymous wormes ouer came y e children for thy mercy was euer by them helped theÌ„ Therfore were they punyshed to remeÌ„bre thy wordes but hastely were they healed agayne lest they shulde fall in to so depe forgetfulnesse that they might not vse thy helpe It was nether herbe ner plaster y t restored theÌ„ to health but thy worde o LORDE which healeth all thinges It is thou o LORDE y t hast the power of life death thou ledest vnto deathes dore bringest vp agayne But man thorow wickednes slayeth his owne soule when his sprete goeth forth it turneth not agayne nether maye he call agayne y e soule y t is takeÌ„ awaye It is not possible to escape y i hande For y e vngodly y t wolde not knowe y e were punyshed by y e streÌ„gth of thine arme w t strauÌ„ge waters hales and raynes were they persecuted thorow fyre were they coÌ„sumed For it was a wonderous thinge that fyre might do more then water which queÌ„cheth all thinges but y e worlde is y e aueÌ„ger of the righteous Some tyme was y e fyre so tame y t the beestes which were sent to punysh y e vngodly brent not y t because they shulde se knowe y t they were persecuted w t the punyshmeÌ„t of God And somtyme brent the fyre in the water on euery syde y t it might destroye y e vnrighteous nacioÌ„ of the earth Againe thou hast fed thine awne people w t angels fode sent theÌ„ bred ready from heaueÌ„ without their labo beynge very pleasauÌ„t well gusted And to shewe thy riches swetnesse vnto thy childreÌ„ thou gauest euery one their desyre so y t euery man might take what liked him best But the snowe yse abode the violeÌ„ce of the fyre melted not y t they might knowe y t the fyre burninge in the hale rayne destroied y e frute of y e enemies y e fyre also forgatt his streÌ„gth agayne y t y e righteous might be norished For y e creature y t serueth y e which art y e maker is fearse in punyshinge y e vnrighteous but it is easy geÌ„tle to do good vnto soch as put their trust in the. Therfore dyd all thinges alter at the same tyme were all obedieÌ„t vnto thy grace which is y e norse of all thinges acordinge to y e desyre of theÌ„ y t had nede therof y t y e childreÌ„ O LORDE whoÌ„ thou louest might knowe y t it is not nature the growinge of frutes y t fedeth meÌ„ but y t it is y e worde which preserueth theÌ„ y t put their trust in the. For loke what might not be destroyed w t the fyre as soone as it was warmed w t a litle Sonne beame it melted y t all men might knowe y t thankes ought to be geuen vnto y e before y e Sonne ryse y t thou oughtest to be worshipped before y e daye sprynge For y e hope of y e vnthankfull shal melt awaie as the wynter yse perishe as water y t is not necessary The XVII Chapter GReate are thy iudgmeÌ„tes o LORDE thy councels can not be expressed therfore men do erre y t wil not be refourmed w t thy wyszdome For whan the vnrighteous thought to haue thy holy people in subiecioÌ„ they were bounde w t the bandes of darcknes longe night shutt vnder y e rofe thinkinge to escape y e euerlaâ—tinge wiszdome And whyle they thought to be hyd in y e darcknesse of their synnes they were scatered abrode
in y e very myddest of the darck coueringe of forgetfulnes put to horrible feare wonderously vexed For the corner where they were might not kepe them from feare because y e sounde came downe and vexed them yee many terryble and straunge visions made them afrayed No power of the fyre might geue them light nether might the cleare flāmes of the starres lightē y t horrible night For there appeared vnto thē a sodane fyre very dredeful At y e which whan they sawe nothinge they were so afrayed that they thought y e thinge which they sawe to be the more fearfull As for the sorcery enchauntemēt y t they vsed it came to derisiō and the proude wyszdome was brought to shame For they y t promysed to dryue awaie the fearfulnes drede frō y e weake soules were sick for feare thē selues and that w t scorne And though none of y e wōders feared thē yet were they afrayed at the beestes which came vpon thē at y e Hissynge of the serpētes In so moch that with trēblinge they swowned sayde they sawe not y e ayre which no mā yet maye escape For it is an heuy thinge whā a man 's owne consciēce beareth recorde of his wickednes condēpneth him And why a vexed wounded consciēce taketh euer cruell thinges in hāde Fearfulnes is nothinge els but a declaringe y t a mā seketh helpe defence to answere for him self And loke how moch lesse the hope is within the more is y e vn certaynte of the matter for the which he is punished But they y t came in y e mightie night slepte y e slepe y t fell vpō thē frō vnder frō aboue somtyme were they afrayed thorow y e feare of y e wonders somtyme they were so weake y t they swowned withall for an hastie sodane fearfulnes came vpon thē Afterwarde yf eny of thē had fallē he was kepte shutt in preson but without chaynes But yf eny dwelt in a vyllage yf he had bene an hyrd or huszbandman he suffred intollerable necessite for they were all bounde with one chayne of darcknesse Whether it were a blasynge wynde or a swete songe of y e byrdes amonge the thicke braunches of the trees or the vehemence of haistie rūnynge water or greate noyse of y e fallynge downe of stones or the playenge rūnynge of beastes whō they sawe not or y e mightie noyse of roaringe beestes or y e sownde y t answereth agayne in the hye mountaynes it made thē swowne for very feare For all the earth shyned w t cleare light no mā was hyndered in his labor. Onely vpon thē there fell a heuy night an ymage of darcknesse that was to come vpon them Yee they were vnto them selues the most heuy horrible darcknesse The XVIII Chapter NEuertheles thy sayntes had a very greate light and the enemies herde their voyce but they sawe not the figure of them And because they suffred not y e same thinges they magnified the and they y t were vexed afore because they were not hurte now thanked the and besought y e o God y t there might be a difference Therfore had they a burnynge piler of fyre to lede them in the vnknowne waye thou gauest them the Sonne for a fre gift without eny hurte Reason it was that they shulde want light to be put in the preson of darcknes which kepte thy childrē in captiuyte by whom the vncorrupte light of the lawe of y e worlde was for to be geuen Whan they thought to slaye the babes of the righteous one beinge laied out and yet preserued to be leder vnto the other thou broughtest out the whole multitude of the children and destroydest these in the mightie water Of that night were oure fathers certified afore that they knowinge vnto what oothes they had geuen credēce might be of good cheare Thus thy people receaued y e health of the righteous but the vngodly were destroied For like as thou hast hurte oure enemies so hast thou promoted vs whom thou calledest afore For the righteous children of the good men offred secretly ordred the lawe of righteousnes vnto vnite y t the iust shulde receaue good and euell in like maner singinge prayses vnto y e father of all men Agayne there was herde an vnconuenient voyce of the enemies a piteous crie for childrē that were bewayled The master and the seruaūt were punyshed alike the meane man and the kynge suffred in like maner For they all together had innumerable that dyed one death Nether were y e lyuinge sufficient to bury y e deed for in y e twincklinge of an eye the noblest nacion of thē was destroyed As oft as God helped thē afore yet wolde it not make thē beleue but in y e destruccion of y e first borne they knowleged that it was y e people of God For whyle all thinges were still whā y e night was in y e myddest of hir course thy Allmightie worde o LORDE leapte downe frō heauē out of y e royall trone as a rough mā of warre in y e myddest of y e londe y t was destroyed y e sharpe swerde perfourmed y i straite cōmaundemēt stādinge fyllinge all thinges w t death yee it stode vpō y e earth reached vnto the heauen Then the sight of the euell dreames vexed them sodenly and fearfulnesse came vpon them vnawarres Then laye there one here another there half deed half quyck and shewed the cause of his death For the visions that vexed thē shewed thē these thinges afore so that they were not ignoraunt wherfore they perished The tentacion of death touched the righteous also and amonge the multitude in the wyldernesse there was insurreccion but thy wrath endured not longe For the fautlesse man wente in all the haist and toke the battayll vpon him brought forth the weap◠of his ministracion euen prayer and y e cēsours of recōcilinge set himself agaynst y e wrath and so brought the misery to an ende declaringe therby that he was thy seruaunt For he ouercame not the multitude with bodely power ner with weapēs of might but with the worde he subdued him that vexed him puttinge the in remembraunce of the ooth couenaūt made vnto the fathers For whan the deed were fallen downe by heapes one vpon another he stode in the myddest pacified the wrath and parted y e waye vnto the lyuynge And why◠in his longe garmēt was all the beuty and in the foure rowes of the stones was the glory of the fathers grauē and thy maiesty was written in the crowne of his heade Vnto these the destroyer gaue place and was afrayed of them for it was only a tentacion worthy of wrath The XIX Chapter AS for the vngodly the wrath came vpō them without mercy vnto the ende For he knew before what shulde happē vnto them how that whan they had
many a man and tangled their wyttes in vanite Now he that loueth parell shal perâ—sh therin An harde herte shall fayre euell at y e last an hert that goeth two wayes shal not prospere he that is frowarde of hert wyll euer be the worse and worse A wicked hert shall be ladeÌ„ w t sorowes and y e vngodly sinner wyll heape one synne vpon another The councell of the proude hath no health for y e plante of synne shal be roted out in theÌ„ The hert of hâ—m y t hath vnderstandinge shal perceaue hye thinges and a good eare wil gladly herken vnto wyszdome An hert that is wyse hath vnderstaÌ„dinge wyl abstayne from synnes and increase in the workes of righteousnes Water quencheth burnynge fyre mercy reconcyleth synnes God hath respecte vnto him y t is thankfull he thinketh vpon him agaynst the tyme to come so that whan he falleth he shal fynde a stronge holde The IIII. Chapter MY sonne defraude not the poore of his almes and turne not awaye thine eyes from him that hath nede Despise not an hongrie soule and defye not the poore in his necessite greue not the hert of him that is helplesse and withdrawe not the gift from y e nedefull Refuse not the prayer of one that is in trouble and turne not awaye thy face from the nedy Cast not thine eyes asyde froÌ„ y e poore y t thou geue him not occasion to speake euell of the. For yf he complayne of y t in the bytternes of his soule his prayer shal be herde eueÌ„ he y t made him shal heare him Be curteous vnto y e company of the poore humble thy soule vnto the elder bowe downe y e heade to a man of worshipe Let it not greue the to bowe downe thine eare vnto the poore but paye thy dett and geue him a frendly answere and y t w t mekenesse Delyuer him y t suffreth wroÌ„ge froÌ„ y e haÌ„de of y e oppresso r be not faint harted whaÌ„ thou sittest in iudgmeÌ„t Be merciful vnto y e fatherles as a father be in steade of an huszbaÌ„de vnto their mother so shalt thou be as an obedieÌ„t sonne of y e Hyest and he shal loue the more theÌ„ y i mother doth Wiszdome bretheth life in to hir children receaueth theÌ„ y t seke her wyll go before theÌ„ in y e waye of righteousnes He y t loueth her loueth life they y t seke her diligeÌ„tly shal haue greate ioye They y t kepe her shal haue the heretage of life for where she entreth in there is the blessinge of God They that honoure her shal be y e seruauntes of the holy one and they that loue her are beloued of God Who so geueth eare vnto her shal iudge the HeitheÌ„ and he that hath respecte vnto her shall dwell safely He that beleueth her shal haue her in possessâ—on and his generacion shal endure for whan he falleth she shal go with him before all â—eare drede and tentacion shal she bringe vpon him and trye him in hir doctrine tyll she haue so proued him in his thoughtes that he committe his soule vnto her TheÌ„ shal she stablish him bringe the right waye vnto him make hiÌ„ a glad maÌ„ shewe him hir secretes and heape vpon him the treasures of knowlege vnderstondinge and righteousnes But yf he go wronge she shall forsake him and geue him ouer in to the handes of his enemie My sonne make moch of the tyme eschue the thinge y t is euell and for y e life shame not to saye y e trueth For there is a shame y t bringeth synne and there is a shame that bringeth worshipe and fauor. Accepte no person after thine owne will that thou be not confounded to thine owne decaye Be not ashamed of y e neghbo r in his aduersite kepe not back y e councell whaÌ„ it maye do good nether hyde y e wyszdome in hir beuty For in the toÌ„ge is wyszdome knowne so is vnderstandinge knowlege and lernynge in the talkinge of the wyse stedfastnesse in y e workes of righteousnes In no wise speake agaynst the worde of treuth but be ashamed of the lyes of thine owne ignoraunce Shame not to confesse thine erroure and submitte not thyself vnto euery man because of synne Withstande not y e face of the mightie and stryue not agaynst the streame But for the trueth stryue thou vnto death and God shal fight for the agaynst thine enemies Be not haystie in thy tonge nether slack and negligent in thy workes Be not as a lyon in thine owne house destroyinge thy housholde folkes and oppressâ—nge them y t are vnder the. Let not thine hande be stretched out to receaue and shutt whan thou shuldest geue The V. Chapter TRust not vnto thy riches and saye not tush I haue ynough for my life For it shall not helpe in the tyme of vengeaunce and temptacion Folowe not the lust of thine owne hert in thy strength and saye not tush how shulde I or who wyl cast me downe because of my workes for doutles God shal auenge it And saye not I haue committed mo synnes butt what euell hath happened me For the Allmightie is a pacient rewarder Because y t synne is for geueÌ„ y e be not therfore without feare nether heape one synne vpoÌ„ another And saye not tush the mercy of the LORDE is greate he shal forgeue my synnes be they neuer so many For like as he is mercifull so goeth wrath from him also and his indignacion coÌ„meth downe vpon synners Make no tarieÌ„ge to turne vnto y e LORDE put not of froÌ„ daye to daie for sodenly shal his wrath come in the tyme of vengeaunce he shal destroie ye. Trust not in wicked riches for they shal not helpe in the daye of punishment and wrath Be not caried aboute to euery wynde and go not in to euery waye for so doth the synner that hath a dubble tonge Stonde fast in y e waye of y e LORDE be stedfast in thy vnderstandinge abyde by y e worde and folowe the worde of peace and righteousnes Be geÌ„tle to heare y e worde of God that thou mayest vnderstande it and make a true answere w t wyszdome Be swift to heare but slowe and pacient in geuinge answere Yf thou hast vnderstondinge shappe thy neghbo r an answere Yf no laye thine haÌ„de vpoÌ„ y e mouth lest thou be trapped in an vndiscrete worde so coÌ„fouÌ„ded Hono r worshipe is in a maÌ„s wyse talkinge but y t toÌ„ge of y e vndiscrete is his awne distruccioÌ„ Be not a preuy accuser as longe as thou lyuest and vse no slaunder w t thy tonge For shame and sorow goeth ouer the thefe and an euell name ouer him that is dubble tonged but he that is a preuy accuser of other men shal be hated envyed and confounded Se that thou iustifie the small and greate alyke The VI. Chapter
vnderstonde it not And in them is fulfilled y e prophecie of Esay which sayeth Ye shal heare in dede and shal not vnderstonde and with seinge eyes shal ye se and not perceaue For y e hert of this people is waxed grosse their eares are thick of hearīge their eyes haue they closed lest they shulde once se w t y e eyes heare w t the eares vnderstōde w t the hert turne that I might heale them But blessed are youre eyes for they se youre eares for they heare Verely I saye vnto you Many prophetes righteous men haue desyred to se y e thinges that ye se and haue not sene thē and to heare the thinges that ye heare and haue not herde thē Heare ye therfore the parable of the sower Whan one heareth y e worde of the kyngdome and vnderstondeth it not the euell man cōmeth and plucketh it awaye that is sowne in his hert this is he y t is sowne by the waye syde But he y t is sowne in the stonye grounde is this whā one heareth the worde anone with ioye receaueth it neuertheles he hath no rote ī him but endureth for a season whā trouble persecucion aryseth because of the worde immediatly he his offended As for him that is sowne amonge y e thornes this is he Whā one heareth the worde the carefulnes of this worlde the disceatfulnes of riches choke the worde so he becōmeth vnfrutefull But he y t is sowne in the good grounde is this whan one heareth the worde and vnderstondeth it and bringeth forth frute and some geueth an hūdreth folde some sixtie folde and some thirtie folde Another parable put he forth vnto thē sayde The kyngdome of heauē is like vnto a man y t sowed good sede in his felde But whyle mē slepte there came an enemye and sowed tares amonge y e wheate wente his waye Now whā the blade was sprōge vp brought forth frute thē y e tares appeared also Then came the seruaūtes to y e housholder sayde vnto him Syr sowdest not thou good sede in y e felde Frō whēce thē hath it tares He sayde vnto thē that hath the enemye done Thē sayde y e seruaūtes wilt thou then y t we go wede thē out He sayde No lest whyle ye wede out y e tares ye plucke vp the wheate also w t thē Let thē both growe together tyll the haruest and in tyme of haruest I wil saye vnto the reapers Gather y e tares first bynde thē in sheeues to be brēt but gather the wheate in to my barne Another parable put he forth vnto thē and sayde The kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a grane of mustarde sede which a man toke and sowed it in his felde Which is the leest amonge all sedes But whan it is growne it is the greatest amonge herbes and is a tre so that the byrdes vnder the heauen come and dwell in the braunches of it Another parable spake he vnto thē The kyngdome of heauē is like vnto leuē which a woman toke and myxte it amonge thre peckes of meele tyll all was leuended All soch thinges spake Iesus vnto y e people by parables without parables spake he nothinge vnto thē y t the thinge might be fulfilled which was spokē by y e prophet sayenge I wil open my mouth in parables and wil speake out the secretes from the begynnynge of the worlde Then sent Iesus the people awaye and came home And his disciples came vnto hī and sayde Declare vnto us y e parable of y e tares of y e felde Iesus answered and sayde vnto them He that soweth the good sede is the sonne of man the felde is the worlde y e good sede are the childrē of the kyngdome The tares are the children of wickednes y e enemye that soweth thē is the deuell y e haruest is the ende of the worlde y e reapers are y e angels For like as y e tares are weded out and brent in the fyre euē so shal it go in y e ende of this worlde The sonne of man shal sende forth his angels they shal gather out of his kingdome all thinges y t offende thē y t do iniquyte shal cast thē in to a fornace of fyre there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth Thē shal the righteous shyne as the Sonne in the kyngdome of their father Who so hath eares to heare let him heare Agayne the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a treasure hyd in the felde which a mā founde and hid it and for ioye therof he wēte solde all y t he had and bought y t felde Agayne the kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a marchaūt y t sought good pearles whā he had founde a precious pearle he wēte and solde all that he had bought it Agayne y e kyngdome of heauē is like vnto a nett cast in to y e see wherwith are takē all maner of fyshes whā it is ful mē drawe it out vnto y e shore sytt gather y e good ī to the vessels but cast the bad awaye So shal it be also in y e ende of y e worlde The angels shal go out seuer the bad frō the righteous shal cast thē in to a fornace of fyre there shal be waylinge gnaszhinge of teth And Iesus sayde vnto them Haue ye vnderstōde all these thinges They sayde Yee LORDE Then sayde he vnto thē Therfore euery scribe taught vnto y e kingdome of heauen is like an houszholder which bryngeth out of his treasure thinges new and olde And it came to passe whā Iesus had ended these parables he departed thence and came into his owne coūtre and taught thē in their synagoges in so moch that they were astonnyed and sayde Whēce cōmeth soch wyszdome power vnto him Is not this the carpēters sonne Is not his mother called Mary and his brethrē Iames Ioses and Symon and Iude And are not all his sisters here with us Whence hath he thē all these thinges And they were offended at him But Iesus sayde vnto thē A prophet is nowhere lesse sett by thē at home amonge his owne And he dyd not many miracles there because of their vnbeleue The XIIII Chapter AT that tyme Herode y e Tetrarcha herde of y e fame of Iesu sayde vnto his seruaūtes This is Ihō y e baptist He is rysen agayne frō the deed therfore are his dedes so mightie For Herode had takē Ihō bounde hī put him in preson for Herodias sake his brothers Philips wife For Ihon sayde vnto him It is not laufull for y t to haue her And fayne wolde he haue put him to death but he feared the people because they helde him for a Prophet But whan Herode helde his byrth
spake vnto them of Ihon the baptist And whan they were come to the people there came vnto him a certayne man and kneled vnto him and sayde LORDE haue mercy vpon my sonne for he is lunatike sore vexed He falleth oft tymes in to y e fyre and oft in to y e water and I brought him vnto thy disciples and they coude not heale him Iesus answered and sayde O thou faithles and frowarde generacion how longe shal I be with you How longe shal I suffre you Bringe him hitherto me And Iesus rebuked him and y e deuyll weÌ„te out of him and y e childe was healed euen that same houre Then came the disciples vnto Iesus secretly sayde Why coude not we cast him out Iesus sayde vnto them Because of youre vnbeleue For I saye verely vnto you Yf ye haue faith as a grane of mustarde sede ye maye saye vnto this mountayne Remoue hence to yonder place and he shal remoue nether shal eny thinge be vnpossible vnto you How beit this kinde goeth not out but by prayer and fastynge Whyle they occupied in Galile Iesus sayde vnto them it wil come to passe that the sonne of man shal be delyuered in to the hondes of men and they shal kyll him and the thirde daye shal he aryse agayne And they were very sory Now whaÌ„ they were come to Capernaum they that receaued y e tribute money came to Peter and sayde Doth youre master paye tribute He sayed yee â–ª And when he was come home Iesus preuented him and sayde What thinkest thou Symon Of whom do the kynges of the earth take toll or tribute Of their children or of straungers Then sayde Peter to him Of straungers Iesus sayde vnto him Then are y e children fre Neuertheles lest we offende them go thy waye to the see and cast thine angle and take the fysh that first coÌ„meth vp and whan thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt fynde a pece of twenty pens take that and geue it them forme and the. The XVIII Chapter AT the same tyme came the disciples vnto Iesus and sayde Who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And Iesus called a childe vnto him and set him in the myddest amonge them and sayde Verely I saye vnto you Excepte ye turne and become as children ye shal not entre in to the kyngdome of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth him self as this childe y e same is the greatest in y e kyngdome of heauen And who so receaueth soch a childe in my name receaueth me But who so offendeth one of these litle ones which beleue in me it were better for him that a mylstone were hanged aboute his neck and he drowned in the depth of the see Wo vnto the worlde because of slauÌ„ders Yee there must slaunders come but wo vnto that man by whom slaunder commeth But yf thy hande or thy fote offende the cut him of and cast him from the. It is better for y t to entre in vnto life lame or crepell theÌ„ y t thou shuldest haue two hoÌ„des or two fete and be cast in to euerlastinge fyre And yf thyne eye offende the plucke it out cast it from the. Better it is for the to entre in vnto life with one eye theÌ„ to haue two eyes and to be cast in to hell fyre Take hede y t ye despyse not one of these litle ones For I saye vnto you their angels do alwaye beholde the face of my father which is in heauen for the sonne of man is come to saue that which is lost How thinke ye Yf a man haue an hundreth shepe and one of theÌ„ be gone astraye doth not he leaue the nyentie and nyene in the mountaynes and goeth and seketh that one which is gone astraye And yf it happen that he fynde it verely I saye vnto you he reioyseth more ouer it then ouer the nyentie nyene which weÌ„te not astraye Euen so is it not the will before youre father in heauen that one of these litle ones shulde perishe Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the go and tell him his faute betwene the and him alone Yf he heare the thou hast woÌ„ne thy brother But yf he heare the not then take yet with the one or two that in the mouth of two or thre wytnesses euery matter maye be stablyshed Yf he heare not them tell it vnto the congregacion Yf he heaâ—e not the coÌ„gregacion holde him as an Heithen and Publican Verely I saye vnto you what soeuer ye shal bynde vpon earth shal be bouÌ„de also in heauen what soeuer ye lowse vpon earth shal be lowsed also in heaueÌ„ Agayne I saye vnto you Yf two of you shal agree vpon earth for what thinge soeuer it be y t they wolde desyre they shal haue it of my father which is in heaueÌ„ For where two or thre are gathered together iÌ„ my name there am I in the myddest amonge them Then came Peter vnto him sayde LORDE how oft shal I forgeue my brother y t trespaceth agaynst me SeueÌ„ tymes Iesus saide vnto hiÌ„ I saye not vnto y e seueÌ„ tymes but seueÌ„tie tymes seuen tymes Therfore is y e kingdome of heaueÌ„ lickened vnto a kynge which wolde reken w t his seruauntes And whan he beganne to rekeÌ„ one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousande pouÌ„de Now whaÌ„ he had nothinge to paye his lorde coÌ„maunded him to be solde his wife his childreÌ„ all y t he had payment to be made Then the seruaunt fell downe besought him sayenge Syr haue pacieÌ„ce w t me and I wil paye the all Then had the lorde pytie on that seruaunt discharged him and forgaue him the detâ— And the same seruaunt weÌ„te out fouÌ„de one of his felowes which ought him an huÌ„dreth pens and layed hande vpon him and toke him by the throte and sayde paye me that thou owest TheÌ„ his felowe fell downe and besought him sayenge haue pacieÌ„ce w t me and I wil paye the all Neuertheles he wolde not but wente and cast him into preson tyll he shulde paye the dett Whan his felowes sawe what was done they were very sory and came and tolde their lorde all that had happened Then his lorde called for him and sayde vnto him O thou wicked seruauÌ„t I forgaue the all this dett because thou praydest me shuldest not thou then haue had compassion also vpon thy felowe euen as I had pytie vpon the And his lorde was wroth and delyuered him vnto the iaylers tyll he payed all that he ought So shal my heauenly father do also vnto you yf ye euery one of you froÌ„ youre hertes forgeue not his brother his trespaces The XIX Chapter ANd it came to passe whaÌ„ Iesus had ended these sayenges he gat him froÌ„ Galile came iÌ„ to y e coastes of Iewry beyonde Iordane moch people folowed him and he healed them there
whyle this voyce came to passe they founde Iesus alone And they kepte it close and tolde no mā in those dayes eny of the thinges which they had sene And it chaunsed on the nexte daye after whan they came downe from the mount moch people met him and beholde a man amonge the people cryed out and sayde Master I beseke the loke vpon my sonne for he is my onely sonne beholde the sprete taketh him and sodenly he crieth and he teareth him that he fometh and with payne departeth he from him whan he hath rente him And I besought thy disciples to cast him out and they coulde not Then answered Iesus and sayde Oh thou vnfaithfull and croked generacion how longe shal I be with you suffre you Brynge hither thy sonne And whan he came to him the deuell rente him and tare him But Iesus rebuked the foule sprete and healed the chylde and delyuered him vnto his father agayne And they were all amased at the mighty power of God And whyle they wondred euery one at all thinges which he dyd he sayde vnto his disciples Comprehende these sayenges in youre eares For the sonne of man must be delyuered in to the hādes of men But they wyst not what that worde meaned and it was hyd from them that they vnderstode it not And they were afrayed to axe him of that worde There came a thought also amonge them which of them shulde be the greatest But whā Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their hert he toke a childe set him harde by him and sayde vnto them Whosoeuer receaueth this childe in my name receaueth me and who so euer receaueth me receaueth him that sent me But who so is leest amōge you all y e same shal be greate Then answered Ihō and sayde Master we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name and we forbad him for he folowed the not with vs. And Iesus saide vnto him For byd him not for he that is not agaynst vs is for vs. And it fortuned whan the tyme was fulfylled that he shulde be receaued vp from hence he turned his face to go straight to Ierusalem and before him he sent messaungers which wente their waye and came in to a towne of the Samaritans to prepare lodginge for him And they wolde not receaue him because he had turned his face to go to Ierusalē But whan his disciples Iames and Ihon sawe that they sayde LORDE wilt thou that we commaunde that fyre fall downe from heauen and consume them as Elias dyd Neuertheles Iesus turned him aboute and rebuked them and sayde Knowe ye not what maner of sprete ye are of The sonne of man is not come to destroye mens soules but to saue them And they wente in to another towne And it fortuned as they went by the waye one sayde vnto him I wil folowe the whyther so euer thou go And Iesus sayde vnto him The foxes haue holes and the byrdes vnder the heauē haue nestes but the sonne of man hath not wheron to laye his heade And he sayde vnto another Folowe me He sayde Syr geue me leue first to go and burye my father But Iesus sayde vnto him Let the deed burye their deed But go thou thy waye and preach the kyngdome of God And another sayde Syr I will folowe the but geue me leue first to go byd them farwele which are at home in my house Iesus sayde vnto him Who so putteth his hāde to the plowe and loketh backe is not mete for the kingdome of God The X. Chapter AFterwarde the LORDE appoynted out other seuentie and sent them two and two before him in to euery cite and place whither he himself wolde come and sayde vnto them The haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye therfore the LORDE of the haruest to sende forth labourers in to his haruest Go youre waye beholde I sende you forth as the lābes amonge y e wolues Beare nether wallet ner scryppe ner shues and salute no mā by the waye In to what so euer house ye entre first saye Peace be in this house And yf the childe of peace be there youre peace shal rest vpon him Yf no then shal youre peace turne to you agayne But tary ye still in the same house eatinge and drynkinge soch as they haue For the labourer is worthy of his rewarde Go not from house to house And in to what so euer cite ye entre and they receaue you eate soch thinges as are set before you And heale the sicke that are there and saye vnto them The kyngdome of God is come nye vnto you But in to what so euer cite ye come and they receaue you not go youre waye out in to the stretes of the same and saye Euen the very dust which cleaueth vpon vs of youre cite wype we of vpon you But of this ye shal be sure that the kyngdome of God was come nye vnto you I saye vnto you It shal be easyer for Sodome in that daye then for that cite Wo vnto the Chorazin wo vnto the Bethsaida for yf the miracles which haue bene done amonge you had bene done at Tyre and Sidon they had done pennaunce longe agoo syttinge in sack cloth and in asshes Neuertheles it shal be easyer for Tyre and Sidon at the iudgment then for you And thou Capernaum which art exalted vnto the heauen shalt be thrust downe vnto hell He that heareth you heareth me and he that despyseth you despyseth me but who so despyseth me despyseth him y t sent me The seuētye came agayne with ioye and sayde LORDE the deuels also are subdued vnto vs in thy name But he sayde vnto them I sawe Sathan fall downe from heauen as a lightenynge Beholde I haue geuen you power to treade vpon serpētes and scorpions and ouer all power of the enemye and nothinge shall hurte you Neuertheles reioyce not ye in this that the spretes are subdued vnto you but reioyse that youre names are wrytten in heauen At the same houre reioysed Iesus in sprete and sayde I prayse the O father and LORDE of heauen and earth that thou hast hyd these thinges from the wyse and prudent and hast opened them vnto babes Euen so father for so it pleased the. All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father and no man knoweth who the sonne is but onely the father nether who the father is saue onely the sonne and he to whō the sonne wil open it And he turned him vnto his disciples and sayde in especiall Blessed are the eyes which se that ye se. For I saye vnto you Many prophetes and kynges wolde haue sene the thynges that ye se and haue not sene them and to haue herde the thynges that ye heare and haue not herde them And beholde there stode vp a scrybe and tempted him and sayde Master what must I do to inheret euerlastinge life
downe from hence vnto you can not nether maye they passe ouer from thence vnto vs. Then sayde he I pray the then father that thou wilt sende him vnto my fathers house for I haue yet fyue brethren that he maye warne them lest they also come in to this place of torment Abraham sayde vnto him They haue Moses and the prophetes let them heare them But he sayde Nay father Abraham but yf one wente vnto them frō the deed they wolde do pennaunce Neuertheles he sayde vnto him Yf they heare not Moses the prophetes then shal they not beleue also though one rose agayne frō the deed The XVII Chapter HE sayde vnto his disciples It is vnpossible that offences shulde not come but wo vnto him by whom they come It were better for him that amylstone were hanged aboute his neck and he cast in to the see then that he shulde offende one of these litle ones Take hede to youre selues Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the rebuke him and yf he amende forgeue him And though he synne agaynst the seuentymes in a daye and come seuen tymes in a daye to y e agayne and saye It repenteth me forgeue him And the Apostles sayde vnto y e LORDE Increace oure faith The LORDE sayde Yf ye haue faith as a grayne of mustarde sede and saye vnto this Molbery tre Plucke thy self vp by the rotes and plāte thy self in the see it shal be obediēt vnto you Which of you is it that hath a seruaunt which ploweth or fedeth the catell whā he commeth home from y e felde that he wil saye vnto him Go quyckly and syt the downe to meate Is it not thus that he sayeth vnto him Make ready that I maye suppe gyrde vp thyself and serue me tyll I haue eaten and dronken afterwarde shalt thou eate and drynke also Thanketh he the same seruaunt also because he dyd that was commaunded him I trowe not So likewyse ye whā ye haue done all that is cōmaunded you saye We are vnprofitable seruauntes we haue done that we were bounde to do And it fortuned whan he toke his iourney towarde Ierusalem he wente thorow the myddest of Samaria and Galile And as he came in to a towne there met him ten leporous men which stode afarre of and lift vp their voyce and sayde Iesu master haue mercy vpon vs. And whan he sawe them he sayde vnto thē Go and shewe youre selues vnto y e prestes And it came to passe as they wente they were clensed And one of them whā he sawe that he was clensed he turned backe agayne and praysed God with loude voyce and fell downe on his face at his fete and gaue him thankes And the same was a Samaritane Iesus answered and saide Are there not ten clensed But where are those nyne There were els none founde that turned agayne and gaue God the prayse saue onely this straūger And he sayde vnto him Aryse go thy waye thy faith hath made y e whole But whan he was demaunded of y e Pharises Whan cōmeth the kyngdome of God He answered them and sayde The kyngdome of God commeth not with outwarde appearaunce nether shal it be sayde lo here or there is it For beholde y e kyngdome of God is inwarde in you And he sayde to the disciples The tyme shal come whā ye shal desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man and shal not se it And they shal saye vnto you Se here Se there Go not ye nether folowe for as the lightenynge shyneth aboue from the heauen and lighteth ouer all that is vnder the heauē so shal the sonne of mā be in his daye But first must he suffre many thinges and be refused of this generacion And as it came to passe in the tyme of Noe so shal it come to passe also in y e dayes of the sonne of man They ate they dranke they maried and were maried euen vnto y e daye that Noe wente in to the Arke and y e floude came and destroyed them all Likewyse also as it came to passe in the tyme of Lot they ate they dranke they bought they solde they planted they buylded But euen the same daye that Lot wente out of Sodom it rayned fyre and brymstone from heauē and destroyed them all After this maner also shal it go in the daye whan the sonne of man shal appeare In that daye who so is vpō the rofe and his stuffe in y e house let him not come downe to fetch it Likewyse he that is in the felde let him not turne backe for it that is behynde him Remēbre Lottes wife Who so euer goeth aboute to saue his life shal lose it and who so euer shal lose it shal saue it I saye vnto you In y t night shal two lye vpon one bed the one shal be receaued the other shal be for saken Two shal be gryndinge together the one shal be receaued the other shal be forsaken And they answered and sayde vnto him Where LORDE He sayde vnto thē Where so euer y e deed carcase is there wil y e Aegles be gathered together The XVIII Chapter HE tolde them a symilitude signifienge y t men ought allwayes to praye not to leaue of sayde There was a iudge in a cite which feared not God and stode in awe of no man And in the same cite there was a wedowe which came vnto him and sayde delyuer me fro myne aduersary And he wolde not a greate whyle But afterwarde he thought within hīself Though I feare not God stonde in awe of no man yet seynge this weddowe is so importune vpon me I wil delyuer her lest she come at the last and rayle vpon me Then sayde the LORDE Heare what y e vnrighteous iudge sayeth But shall not God also delyuer his chosen that crye vnto hī daye and night though he differre thē I saye vnto you He shal delyuer them and that shortly Neuertheles whan the sonne of man cōmeth suppose ye that he shal fynde faith vpon earth And vnto certayne which trusted in thē selues that they were perfecte and despysed other he spake this symilitude There wente vp two men in to the tēple to praye the one a Pharise the other a publican The Pharise stode and prayed by himself after this maner I thanke the God that I am not as other men robbers vnrighteous aduouters or as this publican I fast twyse in the weke I geue the tithes of all that I haue And the publican stode afarre of and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen but smote vpon his brest and sayde God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner I tell you This man wente downe in to his house iustified more thē the other For who so euer exalteth himself shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himself shal be exalted They brought yonge children also vnto him that he shulde touch them But whan the disciples sawe
temple Chap. XXII Paul answereth the Iewes is scourged and layed in preson agayne Chap XXIII Paul commeth before the councell Debate ariseth amonge the people the captayne delyuereth him God conforteth him Chap. XXIIII Paul is accused before felix he answereth for himself Chap. XXV The Iewes accuse Paul before Festus he appealeth vnto the Emperoure and is sent vnto Rome Chap. XXVI Kynge Agrippa heareth Paul which telleth him his callinge from the begynnynge Chap. XXVII Pauls shippinge towarde Rome Iulius the captayne intreateth Paul curteously at the last they suffre shipwrake Chap. XXVIII The vyper hurteth not Pauls hande he healeth Publius father and preacheth Christ at Rome The Actes of the Apostles The first Chapter THE first treatise deare Theophilus haue I made of all that Iesus beganne to do and to teache vntyll y e daye that he was taken vp after that he thorow the holy goost had geuen commaundementes to to the Apostles whom he had chosen to whō also he shewed himself alyue after his passion by many tokēs and appeared vnto them fourtye dayes longe and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God And whan he had gathered them together he commaunded them that they shulde not departe from Ierusalem but to wayte for the promyse of the father wherof sayde he ye haue herde of me For Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed w t y e holy goost that within this few dayes Now whan they were come together they axed him and sayde LORDE shalt thou at this tyme set vp the kyngdome of Israel agayne But he sayde vnto them It belongeth not vnto you to knowe the tymes or seasons which the father hath kepte in his awne power but ye shal receaue the power of y e holy goost which shal come vpon you and ye shal be my witnesses at Ierusalem and in all Iewrye and Samaria and vnto the ende of the earth And whan he had spoken these thinges whyle they behelde he was taken vp and a cloude receaued him from their fight And whyle they loked after him as he wente in to heauen beholde there stode by them two men in whyte garmentes which also sayde ye men of Galile Why stonde ye gasynge vp in to heauen This Iesus which is takē vp from you in to heauen shal come euen so as ye haue sene him go in to heauen Then turned they agayne from y e mount that is called Oliuete which is nye to Ierusalem and hath a Sabbath dayes iourney And whan they came in they wente vp in to a parler where abode Peter and Iames Ihon and Andrew Philippe and Thomas Bartilmew and Mathew Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes and Iudas the sonne of Iames. These all contynued with one acorde in prayer and supplicacion with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes amonge the disciples and sayde The company of the names together was aboute an hundreth and twentye Ye men and brethren this scripture must nedes be fulfylled which y e holy goost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was a gyde of thē that toke Iesus for he was nombred with vs and had opteyned the felashippe of this mynistracion This same trulye possessed the felde for the rewarde of vnrighteousnes and hanged himself and brast a sunder in the myddes and all his bowels guszhed out And it is knowne vnto all thē that dwell at Ierusalem in so moch that the same felde is called in their mother tonge Acheldema that is to saye the bloude felde For it is wrytten in the boke of psalmes His habitacion be voyde and noman be dwellinge therin And His biszhoprike another take Wherfore amonge these men which haue bene gathered together with vs all the tyme that the LORDE Iesus wēte out and in amonge vs begynnynge from the baptyme of Ihon vntyll y e daye that he was takē vp from vs must one be a wytnesse with vs of his resurreccion And they appoynted two Ioseph called Barsabas whose syrname was Iustus and Mathias makinge their prayer and sayenge Thou LORDE which knowest the hertes of all men shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen that the one maye take the rowme of this mynistracion and Apostelshippe from the which Iudas by transgression fell that he might go awaye in to his awne place And they gaue forth the lottes ouer them and the lot fell vpon Mathias And he was counted with the eleuen Apostles The II. Chapter ANd whan the Whit sondaye was fulfylled they were all with one acorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had bene the cōmynge of a mightie wynde and it fylled the whole house where they sat And there appeared vnto them clouen tunges like as they had bene of fyre And he sat vpon ech one of them and they were all fylled with the holy goost And they beganne to preach with other tunges euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellinge at Ierusalem Iewes men that feared God out of euery nacion that is vnder heauen Now whan this voyce came to passe the multitude came together and were astōnyed For euery one herde that they spake with his awne tunge They wondred all and marueyled and sayde amonge themselues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galile How heare we thē euery one his awne tunge wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and we that dwell in Mesopotamia and in Iewry and Capadocia Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia Egipte and in the partes of Lybia by Cyren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselytes Cretes and Arabians we heare them speake with oure awne tunges the greate workes of God They were all amased and wondred and sayde one to another What wil this be But other mocked them and sayde They are full of swete wyne Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen and lift vp his voyce and sayde vnto them Ye men of Iewry and all ye that dwell at Ierusalē be this knowne vnto you and let my wordes entre in at youre eares For these are not dronken as ye suppose for it is yet but the thirde houre of y e daye but this is it that was spokē before by the prophet Ioel And it shal come to passe in the last dayes sayeth God I will poure out of my sprete vpon all flesh and youre sonnes and youre doughters shal prophecye and youre yonge men shal se visions and youre olde men shall dreame dreames and on my seruauntes and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of my sprete in those dayes they shal prophecye And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokens on the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure of smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darknesse and the Moone in to bloude before that
wyl geue my lawes in their hertes and 〈…〉 myndes wyl I wryte them and their synnes and iniquities wil I remēbre nomore And where remyssion of these thinges is there is nomore offerynge for synne Seynge now brethrē that we haue a fresure intraunce in to that Holy place by the bloude of Iesu which he hath prepared vnto vs for a new and lyuynge waye thorow the vayle that is to saye by his flesh and seynge also that we haue an hye prest ouer the house of God let vs drawe nye with a true hert in a full faith sprenkled in oure hertes from an euell conscience and washed in oure bodies with pure water and let vs kepe the profession of oure hope without wauerynge for he is faith full that hath promysed and let vs considre one another to y e prouokinge of loue and of good workes and let vs not forsake the fellishippe that we haue amōge oure selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhorte one another and that so moch the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye For yf we synne wylfully after that we haue receaued the knowlege of the trueth there remayneth vnto vs nomore sacrifice for synnes but a fearfull lokynge for iudgment and violente fyre which shal deuoure y e aduersaries He y t despyseth Moses lawe dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre witnesses Of how moch sorer punyshment suppose ye shal he be counted worthy which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God and coūteth the bloude of y e Testamēt wherby he is sanctified an vnwholy thinge doth dishonoure to the sprete of grace For we knowe him that hath sayde Vengeaunce is myne I wil recompence sayeth the LORDE And agayne The LORDE shal iudge his people It is a fearfull thinge to fall in to the handes of the lyuynge God But call ye to remēbraūce y e dayes y t are past ī y t which after ye had receaued lighte ye endured a greate fighte off aduersities partly whyle all mē wōdred gased at you for the shame and tribulacion that was done vnto you and partly whyle ye became cōpanyons of them which so passed their tyme For ye haue suffred with my bōdes and toke a worth y e spoylinge of youre goodes and that with gladnes knowynge in youre selues how that ye haue in heauen a better an enduringe substaunce Cast not awaye therfore yo r confidence which hath so greate a rewarde For ye haue nede of pacience that after ye haue done the wil of God ye mighte receaue the promes For yet ouer a litle whyle and then he that shal come wyl come and wyl not tary But the iust shal lyue by his faith And yf he withdrawe himselfe awaye my soule shal haue no pleasure in him As for vs we are not of those which withdrawe them selues to damnacion but of them that beleue to the wynnynge of the soule The XI Chapter FAith is a sure confidence of thinges which are hoped for and a certaynte of thinges which are not sene By it y e Elders were well reported of Thorow faith we vnderstonde that the worlde and all the thinges which are sene were made of naughte by the worde of God By faith offered Abell vnto God a more plenteous sacrifice by the which he optayned wytnesse that he was righteous God testifyenge of his giftes by the which also he beynge deed yet speaketh By faith was Enoch takē awaye that he shulde not se death and was not founde because God had taken him awaye For afore he was taken awaye he had recorde that he pleased God But without faith it is vnpossible to please God For he that commeth vnto God must beleue that God is y t he is a rewarder of them that seke him By faith Noe honoured God after y t he was warned of thinges which were not sene prepared the Arke to y e sauinge of his housholde thorow the which Arke he condemned the worlde and became heyre of the righteousnes which commeth by faith By faith Abraham whā he was called obeyed to go out in to the place which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce and he wente out not knowynge whither he shulde go By faith was he a straunger in the lōde of promes as in a straunge countre dwelt in tabernacles and so dyd Isaac Iacob heyres with him of the same promes for he loked for a cite which hath a foundacion whose buylder and maker is God By faith Sara also receaued strength to be with childe and was delyuered of a childe whan she was past age because she iudged him to be faithfull which had promysed And therfore spronge there of one yee euen off one which was as good as deed concernynge the body so many in multitude as the starres off the skye and as the sonde off the See shore which is innumerable All these dyed acordinge to faith and receaued not the promyses but sawe thē afarre off and beleued them and saluted them and cōfessed that they were straungers pilgrems vpō earth For they that saye soch thinges declare that they seke a naturall countre And doutles yf they had bene myndefull off that countre from whence they came out they had leysure to haue returned agayne But now they desyre a better that is to saye a heauēly Wherfore God is not ashamed of thē euē to be called their God for he hath prepared a cite for them By faith Abrahā offered vp Isaac whā he was tempted and gaue ouer his onely begotten sonne in whom he had receaued the promyses of whom it was sayde In Isaac shal thy sede be called For he considered y t God was able to rayse vp agayne from the deed Therfore receaued he him for an ensample By faith Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau concernynge thinges to come By faith Iacob whan he was a dyenge blessed both the sonnes off Ioseph bowed himselfe towarde the toppe of his cepter By faith Ioseph whan he dyed remembred y e departynge of the childrē of Israel gaue cōmaundemēt concernynge his bones By faith Moses whā he was borne was hyd thre monethes of his Elders because they sawe that he was a proper childe nether feared they the kynges cōmaundemēt By faith Moses whan he was greate◠refused to be called the sonne of Pharao◠doughter and chose rather to suffre aduersite with the people of God then to enioye y e pleasures of synne for a season and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasure of Egipte for he had respecte vnto the rewarde By faith he forsoke Egipte and feared not the fearcenes of the kynge for he endured euē as though he had sene him which is inuisible By faith he helde Easter and the effusion of bloude lest he which slewe the firstborne shulde touche them By faith they passed thorow the reed See as by
wryteth to the seuen congregacioÌ„s in Asia seyth seueÌ„ candilstickes and in the myddest of them one like vnto the sonne of man Chap. II. He exhorteth foure congregacions to amende and sheweth the rewarde of him that ouer commeth Chap. III. He instructeth and enfourmeth the angels of thre coÌ„gregacions declaringe also the rewarde of him that ouercommeth Chap. IIII. He seyth the heauen open and the seate and one syttinge vpon it and xxiiij seates aboute it with xxiiij elders syttinge vpon theÌ„ and foure beastes praysinge God daye and night Chap. V. He seyth the laÌ„be openynge the boke and therfore the foure beastes the xxiiij elders and the angels prayse the lambe and do him worshipe Chap. VI. The lambe openeth the vi seales many thinges folowe the openynge therof Chap. VII He seyth the seruauntes of God sealed in their foreheades out of all nacions and people which though they suffre trouble yeâ— the lambe fedeth theÌ„ ledeth them to the fountaynes of lyuynge water and God shal wype awaye all teares from their eyes Chap. VIII The seuenth seale is opened there is sylence in heauen the foure angels blowe their trompettes and greate plages folowe vpon the earth Chap. IX The fifth and sixte angell blowe their tompettes the starre falleth from heauen the locustes come out of the smoke The first wo is past the foure angels that were bounde are lowsed and the thirde parte of meÌ„ is kylled Chap. X. The angell hath the boke open he sweareth there shal be nomore tyme he geueth the boke vnto Ihon which eateth it vp Chap. XI The temple is measured The seconde wo is past Chap. XII The seuenth angel bloweth his troÌ„pet There apeareth in heauen a woman clothed with the Sonne Michael fighteth with the dragon which persecuteth the woman Chap. XIII A beest ryseth out of the see with seuen heades and ten hornes Another beest commeth out of the earth with two hornes Chap. XIIII The laÌ„be stondeth vpon the mount Sion and the vndefyled congregacion with him The angell exhorteth to the feare of God and telleth of the fall of Babilon Chap. XV. He seyth seuen angels hauynge seuen vyalles full of wrath Chap. XVI The angels poure out their vyalles Chap. XVII He descrybeth the woman syttinge vpon the beast with ten hornes Chap. XVIII The louers of the worlde are sory for the fall off Babilon but they that be off God haue cause to reioyse for hir destruccion Chap. XIX Prayse and thankes are geueÌ„ vnto God for iudginge the whore and for auenginge the bloude of his seruauÌ„tes The angel wyl not be worshipped The foules and byrdes are called to the slaughter Chap. XX. The dragon is bâ—uÌ„de for a thousande yeares The deed arise and receaue iudgment Chap. XXI In this chapter is descrybed the new and spirituall Ierusalem Chap. XXII The ryuer of the water of life the frutefulnesse and light of the cite of God The LORDE geueth euer his seruauntes warnynge of thinges for to come The angel wyl not be worshipped To the worde of God maye nothinge be added ner mynished there from The first Chapter THE reuelacion of Iesus Christ which God gaue vnto him for to shewe vnto his seruauÌ„tes thiÌ„ges which muste shortly come to passe And he sent and shewed by his angel vnto his seruaunt Ihon which bare recorde of the worde of God and of the testimony of Iesus Christe and of all thinges that he sawe Happy is he y t readeth and they that heare the wordes of the prophesy and kepe thoo thinges which are wrytten therin For the tyme is at honde Ihon to the seuen coÌ„gregacions in Asia Grace be with you peace froÌ„ him which is and which was and which is to come froÌ„ the seuen spretes which are present before his trone and from Iesus Christ which is a faithfull witnes and first begotten of the deed LORDE ouer y e kinges of the earth Vnto him that loued vs and weszhed vs froÌ„ synnes in his awne bloud and made vs kinges Prestes vnto God his father be glory and dominion for euer more Amen Beholde he commeth with cloudes and all eyes shall se him they also which peersed him And all kinredes of the earth shal wayle Euen so Amen I am Alpha and Omega the begynninge and the endinge sayeth y e LORDE almighty which is and which was and which is to come I Ihon youre brother and coÌ„panyon in tribulacion and in the kyngdome and pacieÌ„ce which is in Iesu Christe was in the yle of Pathmos for the worde of God and for y e witnessynge of Iesu Christe I was in the sprete on a sondaye and herde behynde me a gret voyce as it had bene of a trompe sayenge I am Alpha and Omega the fyrst and y e laste That thou seist write in a boke and sende it vnto the coÌ„gregacions which are in Asia vnto Ephesus and vnto Smyrna and vnto Pargamos and vnto Thiatira and vnto Sardis and vnto Philadelphia and vnto Laodicia And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake to me And wheÌ„ I was turned I sawe seueÌ„ goldeÌ„ candestyckes and in the myddes of the candelstyckes one like vnto the sonne of man clothed with a lynnin garmeÌ„t downe to the ground and gyrd aboute the brest with a golden gyrdle His heed and his heares were whyte as whyte woll as snowe and his eyes were as a flamme of fyre and his fete like vnto brasse as though they breÌ„t in a fornace and his voyce as the sounde of many waters And he had in his right honde seueÌ„ starres And out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged swearde And his face shone euen as the sonne in his strength And when I sawe him I fell at his fete euen as deed And he layde his right honde vpon me sayenge vnto me feare not I am the fyrst and the laste and am alyue and was deed And beholde I am alyue foreuer more and haue the kayes of hell of deth Wryte therfore the thinges which thou hast sene and the thinges which are and y e thinges which shal be fulfylled here after the mistery of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my right honde and the seuen golden candelstickes The seuen starres are the angels of the seueÌ„ congregacions And the seuen candelstyckes which thou sawest are the seuen congregacions The II. Chapter VNto the angell of the congregacion of Ephesus wryte These thinges sayth he that holdeth the seuen starres in his righthonde and walketh in the myddes of the seuen goldeÌ„ candelstickes I knowe thy workes and thy labour and thy pacience howe thou cannest not for beare them which are euell and examinest them which saye they are Apostles and are not hast founde theÌ„ lyars and hast suffred And hast pacieÌ„ce and for my names sake hast laboured and hast not faynted Neuerthelesse I haue somwhat agaynst the for thou hast lefte thy fyrst loue Remember therfore froÌ„ whence
it be eaten for it is holy And thus shalt thou do with Aaron and his sonnes all that I haue commaunded ye. Seuen dayes shalt thou fyll their handes and offer a bullocke daylie for a synne offeringe because of them y t shal be reconciled And thou shalt halowe the altare whan thou reconcylest it shalt anoynte it that it maye be consecrated Seuen dayes shalt thou reconcyle the altare consecrate it that it maye be an altare of the Most holy Who so wyll touch the altare must be consecrated And this shalt thou do with the altare Two lambes of one yeare olde shalt thou offer euery daye vpon it the one lambe in the mornynge and the other at euen And to one lambe a tenth deale of wheate floure meÌ„gled with y e fourth parte of an Hin of beaten oyle and y e fourth parte of an Hin of wine for a drynk offerynge With the other lambe at euen shalt thou do like as with y e meate offerynge and drynk offerynge in the mornynge for a swete sauoure of sacrifice vnto y e LORDE This is the daylie burnt offerynge amonge youre posterities at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE where I will proteste vnto you and talke with the. There wil I proteste vnto the children of Israel and be sanctified in my glory and wyl halowe the Tabernacle of wytnes and the altare and consecrate AaroÌ„ and his sonnes to be my prestes And I wyl dwell amonge the children of Israel wyll be their God so y t they shal knowe how that I am the LORDE their God which brought them out of the londe of Egipte that I might dwell amonge them euen I the LORDE their God The XXX Chapter THou shalt make also an incense altare to burne incense of Fyrre tre a cubyte longe brode eauen foure squared and two cubytes hye with his hornes shalt ouerlaye it with pure golde the rofe the walles of it rounde aboute and the hornes therof a crowne of golde shalt thou make rounde aboute it and two golde rynges on ether syde vnder the crowne that there maie be staues put therin to beare it with all The staues shalt thou make of Fyrre tre also and ouerlaye theÌ„ with golde and shalt set it before the vayle that hangeth before the Arke of wytnesse and before the Mercy seate y t is vpon the wytnesse from whence I wyl proteste vnto the. And Aaron shal burne swete incense theron euery morninge whaÌ„ he dresseth the lampes In like maner whan he lighteth the lampes at euen he shall burne soch incense also This shal be the daylie incense before the LORDE amonge youre posterities Ye shall put no straunge incense therin offer no burnt offerynge ner meat offerynge nether drynk offerynge theron And vpon y e hornes of it shall Aaron reconcyle once in a yeare with y e bloude of the synne offerynge which they shall offer that are reconcyled This shal be done amonge youre posterities for this is the most holy vnto the LORDE And the LORDE Espake vnto Moses and sayde Whan thou nombrest the heades of the children of Israel then shal euery one geue vnto the LORDE the reconcylinge of his soule y t there happeÌ„ not a plage vnto them whan they are nombred Euery one that is tolde in the nombre shall geue half a Sycle after the Sycle of the Sanctuary one Sycle is worth twentye Geras This half Sycle shal be y e LORDES Heue offerynge Who so is in the nombre from twenty yeare and aboue shal geue this Heue offerynge vnto y e LORDE The riche shal not geue more and the poore shal not geue lesse in the half Sycle which is geuen vnto the LORDE to be an Heue offerynge for the reconcylinge of their soules And this money of recoÌ„cilinge shalt thou take of the children of Israel put it to the Gods seruyce of the Tabernacle of wytnes that it maye be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel before the LORDE that he maye let himself be reconcyled ouer their soules And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Thou shalt make a brasen lauer also with a fote of brasse to wash and shalt set it betwixte the Tabernacle of witnesse and y e altare and put water therin that AaroÌ„ and his sonnes maye wash their handes and fete therout whan they go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or to the altare to mynistre vnto the LORDE with offerynge incense y t they dye not This shal be a perpetuall custome for him and his sede amonge their posterities And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take vnto the spyces of the best fyue hundreth Sycles of Myrre and of CynamoÌ„ half so moch euen two hundreth and fyftie and of Kalmus two hundreth and fiftye and of Cassia fyue hundreth after the Sycle of the Sanctuary an Hin of oyle olyue and make an holy anoyntinge oyle after the craft of the Apotecary And there w t shalt thou anoynte the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnes the table with all his apparell y e candilsticke with his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges with all his apparell the lauer with his fote and thus shalt thou consecrate them that they maye be most holy for who so wil touch theÌ„ must be consecrated Thou shalt anoynte Aaron also and his sonnes and consecrate them to be my prestes And thou shalt speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel and saye This oyle shal be an holy oyntment vnto me amonge yo r posterities It shal not be poured vpon mans body nether shalt thou make eny soch like it for it is holy therfore shal it be holy vnto you Who so maketh eny soch like or geueth a strauÌ„ger therof the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Take vnto the spyces Balme Stacte Galban and pure franckencense of one as moch as of another and make incense therof after the craft of the Apotecary myngled together that it maye be pure holy And thou shalt beate it to poulder and shalt put of the same before the wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse from whenâ—e I wyll proteste vnto the but it shal be holy vnto the for the LORDE Who so maketh soch to cense therwith shal be roted out from amoÌ„ge his people The XXXI Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Vri y e sonne of Hur of y e trybe of Iuda and haue fylled him with y e sprete of God with wyszdome and vnderstoÌ„dynge and knowlege and to worke with all maner of connynge worke in golde syluer brasse to graue stones connyngly and to set them to carue well in tymbre and to make all maner worke And beholde I haue geuen him Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan to be his companyon and haue geuen