the people lest they shulde thrunge him for he healed many of them in so moch that all they which were plaged preased vpon him that they might touch him And whan the foule spretes sawe him they fell downe before him and cried and sayde Thou art the sonne of God And he charged them strately that they shulde not make him knowne And he wente vp in to a mountayne and called vnto him whom he wolde and they came vnto him And he ordeyned y e twolue that they shulde be with him and that he might sende them out to preach and that they might haue power to heale sicknesses and to cast out deuyls And vnto Symon he gaue the name Peter and Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon the brother of Iames and gaue thē the name Bonarges that is to saye the children of thonder and Andrew and Philippe and Bartylmew and Mathew and Thomas and Iames y e sonne of Alpheus and Taddeus and Symon of Cana and Iudas Iscarioth which betrayed him And they came to house Then assembled the people together agayne in so moch that they had no leysure to eate And when they that were aboute him herde of it they wente out to holde him For they sayde he taketh to moch vpon him But the scrybes that were come downe from Ierusalem sayde He hath Belzebub and thorow the chefe deuell casteth he out deuyls And he called them together and spake vnto them in symilitudes How can one Sathan dryue out another And yf a realme be deuyded in it self how can it endure And yf a house be deuyded agaynst it self it can not contynue Yf Sathan now ryse agaynst him self and be at variaunce with him self he can not endure but is at an ende No man can entre in to a stronge mans house and take awaye his goodes excepte he first bynde the stronge man and then spoyle his house Verely I saye vnto you All synnes shal be forgeuen the children of men and the blasphemy also wherwith they blaspheme But who so blasphemeth the holy goost hath neuer forgeuenes but is giltie of the euerlastinge iudgment For they sayde he hath an vncleane sprete And there came his mother and his brethrē and stode without and sente vnto him and called him And the people sat aboute him and sayde vnto him Beholde thy mother and thy brethrē axe after the without And he answered and sayde Who is my mother and my brethren And he loked rounde aboute him vpon his disciples which sat rounde in compasse aboute him and sayde Beholde my mother and my brethren For who so euer doth the will of God the same is my brother and my sister and my mother The IIII. Chapter ANd he begāne agayne to teach by y e see side And there gathered moch people vnto him so that he wente in to a shippe and sat vpon the water And all the people stode vpon the londe by the see syde And he preached longe vnto thē by parables and sayde vnto thē in his doctryne Herken to beholde there wente out a sower to sowe it happened whyle he was sowinge that some fell by the waye syde Then came the foules vnder the heauen and ate it vp Some fell vpon stonye grounde where it had not moch earth and anone it came vp because it had not depe earth Now whā the Sonne arose it caught heate and in so moch as it had no rote it wythred awaye And some fel amonge the thornes the thornes grew vp and choked it and it gaue no frute And some fell vpon a good grounde which gaue frute that came vp and grew And some bare thirtie folde and some sixtie folde and some an hundreth folde And he sayde vnto them Who so hath eares to heare let him heare And whan he was alone they that were aboute him w t the twolue axed him concernynge this parable And he sayde vnto thē Vnto you it is geuen to knowe the mystery of the kyngdome of God but vnto them that are without all thinges happen by parables that with seynge eyes they maye se and not discerne and that with hearinge eares they maye heare and not vnderstōde lest at eny tyme they turne and their synnes be forgeuen them And he sayde vnto them Vnderstonde ye not this parable How wyl ye then vnderstonde all other parables The sower soweth the worde These be they that are by the waye syde where the worde is sowne and as soone as they haue herde it immediatly commeth Sathā and taketh awaye the worde that was sowen in their hertes And likewyse are they that are sowen on the stonye grounde which when they haue herde the worde receaue it with ioye and haue no rote in them but endure for a tyme. When trouble and persecucion aryseth for y e wordes sake immediatly they are offended And these are they that are sowen amōge the thornes which heare the worde and y e carefulnes of this worlde and the disceatfulnes of riches and many other lustes entre in and choke the worde and so is it made vnfrutefull And these are they y t are sowen vpō a good grounde Which heare y e worde and receaue it and brynge forth frute some thirtie folde and some sixtie folde and some an hundreth folde And he sayde vnto thē Is a candle lighted to be put vnder a buszhell or vnder a table Is it not lighted to be set vpon a candelsticke For there is nothinge hyd that shal not be openly shewed and there is nothinge secrete y t shal not be knowne Who so hath eares to heare let him heare And he sayde vnto them Take hede what ye heare With what measure ye mete with the same shal it be measured vnto you agayne And vnto you that heare this shal more be geuen For who so hath vnto him shal be geuen and who so hath not from him shal be taken awaye euen that he hath And he sayde The kyngdome of God is after this maner as when a man casteth sede vpon the londe and slepeth and stondeth vp night and daye and the sede spryngeth vp groweth he not knowinge of it For the earth bryngeth forth frute of her selfe first the grasse afterwarde the eare then the full wheate in the eare But whan she hath brought forth the frute he putteth to the syckell because the haruest is come And he sayde Where vnto wyl welicken the kyngdome of God Or by what symilitude wyl we compare it It is like a grayne of mustarde sede which whā it is sowē vpō the londe is the leest amonge all sedes of the earth And whā it is sowen it groweth vp and is greater then all herbes and getteth greate braunches so y t the foules vnder the heauē maye dwell vnder y e shadowe therof And by many soch parables he spake the worde vnto thē there after as they might heare it without parables spake he nothinge vnto
in to thine house thou hast geueÌ„ me no water vnto my fete but she hath watred my fete with teares and dryed theÌ„ w t the hayres of hir heade Thou hast geueÌ„ me no kysse but she sens the tyme she came in hath not ceassed to kysse my fete Thou hast not anointed my heade w t oyle but she hath anoynted my heade with oyntment Therfore I saye vnto the Many synnes are forgeuen her for she hath loued moch But vnto whom lesse is forgeuen the same loueth the lesse And he sayde vnto her Thy synnes are forgeuen the. Then they that sat at the table with him beganne to saye within them selues What is he this that forgeueth synnes also But he sayde vnto the woman Thy faith hath saued the Go thy waye in peace The VIII Chapter ANd it fortuned afterwarde that he wente thorow the cities and townes and preached and shewed y e Gospell of the kyngdome of God and the twolue w t him And certayne wemen also whoÌ„ he had healed froÌ„ euell spretes and infirmities Namely Mary which is called Magdalene out of whom wente seuen deuels and Ioanna y e wife of Chusa Herodes stewarde and Susanna and many other that mynistred vnto them of their substaunce Now whaÌ„ moch people were gathered together and haisted vnto him out of the cities He spake by asymilitude There wente out a sower to sowe his sede whyle he was sowynge some fell by the waye syde and was troddeÌ„ vnder fote and the foules of the ayre ate it vp And some fell on stone and whan it was spronge vp it wythred awaye because it had no moystnesse And some fell amonge thornes and the thornes sprange vp with it and choked it And some fell vpoÌ„ a good grounde and sprange vp and bare frute an hundreth folde WhaÌ„ he sayde this he cryed Who so hath eares to heare let him heare And his disciples axed him and sayde What symilitude is this And he sayde Vnto you it is geueÌ„ to knowe the mysteryes of the kyngdome of God but vnto the other in parables y t though they se it they shulde not se it and though they heare it they shulde not vnderstonde This is the parable The sede is the worde of God As for those that are by y e waye syde they are they that heare it afterwarde commeth the deuell and taketh awaye the worde out of their hertes that they shulde not beleue and be saued But they on y e stone are soch as whan they heare it receaue the worde with ioye and these haue no rote they beleue for a whyle and in the tyme of temptacion they fall awaye As for it that fel amonge the thornes are soch as heare it and go forth amonge the cares riches and volupteousnesses of this life and are choked and brynge forth no frute But that on the good grounde are they that heare the worde and kepe it in a pure good hert and brynge forth frute in pacience No man lighteth a caÌ„dell and couereth it with a vessell or putteth it vâ—der a table but setteth it vpon a candelsticke that soch as go in maye se light For there is nothinge hyd that shal not be openly shewed and there is nothinge secrete that shal not be knowne and come to light Take hede therfore how ye heare For who so hath vnto him shal be geueÌ„ but who so hath not from him shal be taken awaye eueÌ„ the same that he thynketh to haue There wente vnto him his mother and his brethren and coude not come at him for the people And it was tolde him Thy mother and thy brethren stonde without and wolde se the. But he answered sayde vnto theÌ„ My mother and my brethren are these which heare the worde of God and do it And it fortuned vpon a certayne daye y t he wente in to a shippe and his disciples w t him he sayde vnto theÌ„ Let vs passe ouer to the other syde of y e lake And they thurst of froÌ„ the loÌ„de And as they sayled he slepte And there came a storme of wynde vpon y e lake and the wawes fell vpon theÌ„ and they stode in greate ioperdy Then weÌ„te they vnto him and waked him vp sayde Master master we perishe Then he arose and rebuked the wynde and the teÌ„pest of water and they ceassed and it waxed calme But he sayde vnto theÌ„ Where is youre faith Neuertheles they were afrayed and woÌ„dred and sayde one to another What is he this For he coÌ„maundeth the wyndes and the water and they are obedient vnto him And they sayled forth in to the countre of the Gadarenites which is ouer agaynst Galile And whan he wente out to londe there met him out of y e cite a maÌ„ which had a deuell longe tyme ware no clothes taried in no house but in the graues Neuerthelesâ— whaÌ„ he sawe Iesus he cried and fell downe before him and cried loude sayde What haue I to do with the Iesus thou sonne of the Hyest God I beseke the that thou wilt not tormeÌ„te me For he coÌ„maunded the foule sprete that he shulde departe out of the maÌ„ for he had plaged hiÌ„ a loÌ„ge season And he was bounde with cheynes and kepte w t fetters and he brake the bondes in sonder and was caried of the deuell in to the wyldernesse And Iesus axed him and sayde What is thy name He sayde Legion For there were many deuels entred in to him And they besought him that he wolde not coÌ„maunde theÌ„ to go in to the depe But there was there a greate heerd of swyne fedynge vpon the mountayne and they besought him that he wolde geue them leue to entre in to y e same And he gaue theÌ„ leue Then departed y e deuels out of the maÌ„ and entred in to the swyne And the heerd ruszhed headlynges with a storme in to the lake and were drowned But whaÌ„ y e herdmen sawe what had chaunsed they fled and tolde it in the cite and in the vyllagies Then wente they out for to se what was done and came to Iesus and founde the maÌ„ out of whom the deuyls were departed syttinge at Iesus fete clothed and in his right mynde and they were afrayed And they y t had sene it tolde theÌ„ how the possessed was healed And the whole multitude of y e countre of the Gadarenites besought him that he wolde departe from them for there was a greate feare come vpon theÌ„ And he gat him in to y e shippe and turned agâ—yne And the man out of whoÌ„ the deuels were departed besought him y t he might be with him But Iesus sent him awaye and sayde Go home agayne and shewe how greate thinges God hath done for the. And he wente his waye preached thorow out all y e cite how greate thinges Iesus had done for hiÌ„ And it fortuned whaÌ„ Iesus came agayne the people receaued him for
I Daniel alone sawe this vision the men that were with me sawe it not but a greate fearfulnesse fell vpon them so that they fled awaye and hyd them selues I was left there my self alone and sawe this greate vision so longe til there remayned nomore strength within me Yee I lost my coloure clene I waisted awaye and my strength was gone Yet herde I the voyce of his wordes as soone as I herde it fayntnesse came vpon me and I fell downe flat to the grounde vpon my face And beholde an hande touched me which set me vp vpon my knees vpon the palmes of my hondes sayenge vnto me O Daniel thou well beloued man take good hede of the wordes that I shal saye vnto y e stōde right vp for vnto y t am I now sent And when he had sayde these wordes I stode vp tremblinge Then saide he vnto me feare not Daniel for why sence the first daye that thou set thine herte to vnderstonde and didest chasten thy self before thy God thy wordes haue bene herde And I had come vnto the whē thou begannest to speake had not the prynce ouer the kingdome of the ▪ Perses w t stonde me xxj dayes But lo Michael one of the chefe prynces came to helpe me him haue I left by the kinge of Persia am come to shewe the what shal happen vnto thy people in the latter dayes for it wil be lōge yet or the vision be fulfilled Now when he had spoken these wordes vnto me I kest downe my heade to y e grounde and helde my tunge Beholde there touched my lippes one very like vnto a man Then opened I my mouth and sayde vnto him that stode before me O my lorde my ioyntes are lowsed in the vision and there is no more strēgth within me How maye my lordes seruaunt then talke with my lorde seinge there is no strength in me so that I can not take my breth Vpon this there touched me agayne one moch like a man conforted me sayenge O thou man so wel beloued feare not be content take a good herte vnto the and be stronge So when he had spoken vnto me I recouered sayde Speake on my lorde for thou hast refreszshed me Thē sayde he knowest thou wherfore I am come vnto y e now wil I go agayne to fight with the prynce of the Perses As soone as I go forth lo the prynce of Grekelonde shal come Neuertheles I wil shewe the the thinge y t is fast noted in the scripture of treuth And as for all yonder matters there is none that helpeth me in them but Michael youre prynce The XI Chapter ANd in the first yeare of Darius of Media I stode by him to conforte him to strength him and now wil I shewe the the treuth Beholde there shal stonde vp yet thre kinges in Persia but y e fourth shal be farre richer then they all And when he is in the chefest power of his riches he shal prouoke euery man agaynst the realme of Grekelonde Then shal there arise yet a mightie kinge that shal rule with greate dominion and do what him list And as soone as his kingdome commeth vp it shal be destroyed deuyded towarde y e foure wyndes of the heauen They y t come after him shall not haue soch power dominion as he but his kingdome shal be scatred yee euen amonge other thē those And the kynge of y e south shal be migthier then his other prynces Agaynst him there shal one make himself strōge shal rule his dominiō w t greate power But after certayne yeares they shal be ioyned together the kynges doughter of the south shall come to the kynge of the north for to make frēdshipe but she shal not optayne the power of that arme nether shall she ▪ be able to endure thorow his might but she soch as brought her yee he y t begat her conforted her for his tyme shal be delyuered vp Out of y e braunches of hir rote there shal one stonde vp in his steade which with power of armes shal go thorow the kynges londe of the north handle him acordinge to his strength As for their Idols prynces with their costly Iewels of golde syluer he shal cary them awaye captyues in to Egipte and he shal preuayle agaynst the kynge of the north certayne yeares And when he is come into y e kynges realme of y e south he shal be fayne to turne agayne in to his owne londe Wherfore his sonnes shal be displeased and shal gather together a mightie greate hoost of people and one of them shal come and go thorow like a waterfloude ▪ then shal he returne and go forth with defyenge and boostinge vnto his owne londe Thē the kinge of y e south shal be angrie and shal come forth to fight agaynst the kinge of the north Yee he shall bringe a greate multitude of people together and a greate heape shal be geuē into his honde these shal he cary awaye w t greate pryde for so moch as he hath cast downe so many thousandes neuertheles he shall not preuayle For y e kinge of y e north shal gather of the new a greater heape of people then afore come forth after a certayne tyme and yeares with a mightie hoost exceadinge greate good At the same tyme there shall many stonde vp agaynst the kinge of the south so that y e wicked children of thy people also shal exalte them selues to fulfill the vision and then fall So the kinge of the north shall come to laye sege and to take the strōge fensed cities And the power of thē of y e south shal not be able to abyde him the best men of the people shall not be so stronge as to resist him Shortly when he commeth he shall handle him as he list no man shal be so hardy as to stonde agaynst him He shal stōde in the pleasaunt countre which thorow him shal be destroyed He shal set his face w t all his power to optayne his kingdome to be like it Yee that shal he do geue him vnto the doughters amōge women to destroye him But he shal fayle nether shal he optayne his purpose After this shall he set his face vnto the Iles take many of thē A prynce shal stoppe him to do him a shame besyde the confucion that els shal come vnto him Thus shal he turne agayne to his owne londe stomble fall and be nomore founde so he that came vpon him dyd him violence shal stonde in his place haue a pleasaunt kingdome and after few dayes he shal be destroyed that nether in wrath ner in batell In his steade there shal aryse a vyle person not holdē worthy of a kinges dignite this shall come in craftely optayne the kingdome with fayre wordes he shal fight agaynst the armes of the mightie
destroyed I the Amorite before them that was as hie as the Cedre trees and as stronge as the okes notwithstōdinge I destroyed his frute frō aboue and his rote from vnder Agayne I brought you out of the londe of Egipte and led you xl yeares thorow the wyldernesse that ye might haue the Amoriters londe in possession I raysed vp prophetes amonge youre children and absteyners amonge youre yōge men Is it not so o ye children of Israel sayeth the LORDE But ye gaue the absteyners wyne to drynke yee ye cōmaunded the prophetes sayenge Prophecy not Beholde I wil crasshe you in sonder like as a wayne crassheth y t is full of sheaues so that y e swifte shall not escape nether the stronge be able to do eny thynge no the giaunte shal not saue his owne life The archer shall not abyde and the swifte off fote shall not escape The horsmā shal not saue his life he that is as māly of stomack as a giaunte shall in that daye be fayne to runne his waye naked sayeth the LORDE The III. Chapter HEare what the LORDE speaketh vn to you o ye children of Israel namely vnto all y e trybes whō I brought out of Egipte and sayde You only haue I accepted from all the generacions off the earth therfore will I vyset you in all youre wickednesses Maye twaine walke together excepte they be agreed amonge them selues Doth a lyon roare in the wodde excepte he haue a pray Or crieth a lyons whelpe out of his denne excepte he haue gotten somthīge Doth a byrde fall in a snare vpō y e earth where no fouler is Taketh a man his snare vp from the grounde afore he catche somwhat Crie they out Alarum with the trompet in the cite and the people not afrayed Commeth there eny plage in a cite without it be the LORDES doinge Now doth the LORDE God no maner of thinge but he telleth his secrete before vnto his seruauntes y e prophetes When a lyon roareth who will not be afrayed Seynge then that the LORDE God himself speaketh who will not prophecy Preach in the palaces at Asdod and in the palaces off the londe off Egipte and saye gather you together vpon the moūtaynes off Samaria so shall ye se greate murthur and violent oppression amonge them for why they regarde not the thinge that is right sayeth the LORDE they gather together euell gotten goodes and laye vp robbery in their houses Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE God This londe shal be troubled and beseged roūde aboute thy strength shal be plucte from the and thy palaces robbed Thus saieth the LORDE like as an hyrdeman taketh two legges or a pece off an eare out off the Lyons mouth Euen so the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria hauynge their couches in the corner and their beddes at Damascus shal be plucte awaye Heare and beare recorde in the house of Iacob sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes that when I begynne to vyset the wickednesse of Israel I will vyset y e aulters at Bethel also so that the hornes of the aulter shal be broken of fall to the groūde As for the wynter house and sommer house I will smyte them downe and the houses of yuery yee and many other houses shal perish and be destroyed sayeth the LORDE The IIII. Chapter HEare this worde o ye fat kyne that be vpon the hill of Samaria ye that do poore mē wronge and oppresse the nedy ye that saye to youre lordes brynge hyther let vs drynke Therfore the LORDE hath sworne by his holynesse The dayes shall come vpon you that ye shal be lift vp vpō speares and youre posterite caried awaye in fyssher pannes Ye shall get you out at the gappes one after another and in Armon shal ye be cast awaye sayeth the LORDE Ye came to Bethel for to worke vngraciousnes and haue increased youre synnes at Galgal Ye brought youre sacrifices in the mornynge and youre tythes vnto the thirde daye Ye made a thākofferinge off leuen ye promised frewillofferinges and proclamed them Soch lust had ye o ye children of Israel sayeth the LORDE God Therfore haue I geuen you ydle teth in all youre cities scarcenesse off bred in all youre places yet will ye not turne vnto me sayeth the LORDE Whē there were but thre monethes vnto y e haruest I withelde the rayne from you yee I rayned vpō one cite and not vpō another one pece off grounde was moystured with rayne and the grounde that I rayned not vpon was drye Wherfore two yee thre cities came vnto one to drynke water but they were not satisfied yet will ye not turne vnto me sayeth y e LORDE I haue smyten you with drouth and blastinge and loke how many orchardes vinyardes fygetrees and olyuetrees ye had y e catirpiller hath eaten them vp But yet will ye not turne vnto me sayeth the LORDE Pestilence haue I sent amōge you as I dyd in Egipte youre yonge men haue I slayen w t y e swerde and caused youre horses be taken captyue I made the stynckinge sauoure of youre tentes to come vp in to youre nostrels Yet wil ye not turne vnto me sayeth the LORDE Some off you haue I ouerthrowen as I ouerthrewe Sodome Gomorre so that ye were as a brande plucte out of the fyre Yet will ye not turne vnto me sayeth the LORDE Therfore thus will I handle the agayne O Israel ye euen thus will I handle the. Make the ready then to mete thy God o Israel For lo he maketh the mountaynes he ordeneth the wynde he sheweth man what he is aboute to do he maketh the mornynge and the darcknesse he treadeth vpō the hye places off the earth y e LORDE God of hoostes is his name The V. Chapter HEare this words o ye house of Israel and why I must make this mone for you The vyrgin Israel shall fall neuer ryse vp agayne she shall be cast downe vpon hir owne grounde and no man shal helpe hir vp For thus sayeth y e LORDE God Where as there dwelt a M. in one cite there shal be left scarce an C. therin and where y e re dwelt an C. there shal scarce ten be left for the house off Israel Neuertheles thus sayeth the LORDE vnto y e house of Israel Seke after me ād ye shal lyue but seke not after Bethel Come not at Galgal and go not to Bersaba for Galgal shall be caried awaye captyue and Bethel shal come to naught Seke the LORDE y t ye maye lyue lest the house of Ioseph be brent with fyre and cōsumed and lest there be none to quench Bethel Ye turne the lawe to wormwod and cast downe rightuousnes vnto the grounde The LORDE maketh the vij starres and the Oryons he turneth the night into daye and off the daye he maketh darcknesse He calleth y e waters of the see and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde the LORDE is his name Herayseth
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
lyes and discloseth all iuglyng and disceate therfore is oure Balaam of Rome so lothe that the scripture shulde be knoweÌ„ in the mother tonge lest yf kynges and prynces specially aboue all other were exercysed therin they shulde reclame and chalenge agayne theyr due auctorite which he falsely hath vsurped so many yeres and so 〈◊〉 tye hym shorter and lest the people beyng taught by the worde of God shulde fall from y e false fayned obedieÌ„ce of hym and his disguysed Apostles vnto the true obedience commaunded by Gods owne mouthe as namely to obey theyr prynce to obey father and mother c. and not to steppe ouer father and mothers bely to enter in to his paynted religions as his ypocrites teache For he knoweth well ynough that yf the cleare Sonne of Gods worde come ones to the heate of the daye it shal dryue awaye all the foule myst of his deuelysh doctrines Therfore were it more to the mayntenaunce of Antichristes kyngdome that the worlde were styll in ignoraunce and blyndnes and that the scripture shulde neuer come to lyghte For the scripture both in the olde testament and in the new declareth most abouÌ„â—dauntly that the office auctorite and power geuen of God vnto kynges is in earth aboue all other powers let them call theÌ„ selues Popes Cardynalles or what so euer they will the worde of god declareth them yee and commaundeth them vnder payne of dampnacion to be obedient vnto the temporall swerde As in the olde Testament all the Prophetes Prestes and Leuites were And in the new Testament Christ his Apostles both were obedient them selues and taught obedience of all men vnto theyr prynces aÌ„d temporall rulers which here vnto vs in the worlde present the persone of God and are called Goddes in the scripture bycause of the excelleÌ„cy of theyr office And though there were no mo auctorities but the same to proue the pÌ„eminence of the temporall swerde Yet by this the scripture declareth playnly that as there is nothyng aboue God so is there no man aboue the kynge in his realme but that he onely vnder God is the chefe heade of all the coÌ„gregacyon and church of the same And in token that this is true there hath ben of olde antiquite and is yet vnto this daye a louynge ceremonye vsed in your realme of Englonde y t whaÌ„ your graces subiectes reade your letters or begynne to talke or comeÌ„ of your hyghnes they moue theyr bonettes for a signe token of reuerence vnto your grace as to their most soueraigne lorde heade vnder God which thyng no man vseth to do to eny bysshoppe wherby yf oure vnderstondyng were nat blynded we myght euydently perceaue that euen very nature teacheth vs the same that scripture coÌ„mauÌ„deth vs and that lyke as it is agaynst Gods worde that a kynge shulde not be the chefe heade of his people euen so I saye is it agaynst kynde that we shulde knowe any other heade aboue hym vnder God And that no prest nor bysshoppe is exempte nor can be lawfully from the obedience of his prynce the scripture is full both of strayte coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes practises of the holyest men ✚ Aaron was obedient vnto Moses and called hym his lorde though he was his owne brother Eleasar and Phinâ—as were vnder the obedieÌ„ce of Iosua ✚ Nathan the prophete fell downe to the grounde before kynge Dauid he had his Prynce in such reuerence He made not the kynge for to kysse his fote as the bysshoppe of Rome maketh Emperours to do Notwithstondynge he spared not to rebuke hym and that ryght sharply whan he fell from the worde of God to adultery and manslaughter For he was not afrayed to reproue hym of his sinnes nomore than Helyas the prophete stode in feare to saye vnto kynge Achab ✚ It is thou and thy fathers house that trouble Israel because ye haue forsaken y e commaundementes of the Lorde and walke after Baal And as Iohan Baptyste durst saye vnto Kynge Herode It is not lawful for the to take thy brothers wyfe But to my purpose I passe ouer innumerable mo ensaÌ„ples both of the olde Testament and of the new for feare lest I be to tedyous vnto your grace SuÌ„ma in all godly regimentes of olde tyme the kynge and teÌ„porall iudge was obeyed of euery man and was alwaye vnder God the chefe and suppreme heade of the whole congregacyon and deposed euen prestes whan he sawe an vrgent cause as Salomon dyd vnto Abiathar who coulde than stonde agaynst the godly obedience of his prynce excepte he wolde be at defyaunce with God and all his holy ordinaunces that were well acquaynted with the holy scripture which so earnestly coÌ„mendeth vnto euery one of vs the auctorite and power geuen of God vnto kynges and temporall rulers Therfore doth Moses so strately forbyde the Israelites to speake so moche as an euell worde agaynst the prynce of y e people moche lesse than to disobeye hym or to withstonde hym Doth not Ieremy the prophete and Baruc also exhorte the people in captiuite to praye for the prosperous welfare of the kynge of Babilon and to obeye hym though he was an infidele In the new Testament whaÌ„ oure sauioure Christ beyng yet fre Lorde of al kynges prynces shewed his obedience in payenge the trybute to oure ensample ✚ dyd he not a miracle there in puttynge the pece of money in the fysshes mouth that Peter myght paye the customer therwith and all to stablysshe the obedience due vnto prynces ✚ Dyd not Ioseph and Mary the mother of our sauiour Christ departe froÌ„ Nazareth vnto BethleeÌ„ so farre from home to shewe theyr obedience in payenge the taxe to the prynce And wolde not oure Sauioure be borne in the same obedience ✚ Doth not Paule pronounce hym to resyste God hym selfe that resysteth the auctorite of his prynce And to be shorte the Apostle Peter dothe not onely stablysshe the obedience vnto prynces and temporall rulers but affirmeth playnly the kynge and no bysshoppe to be the chefe heade Innumerable places mo are there in scripture which bynde vs to the obedience of oure prynce and declare vnto vs that no man is nor can be lawfully excepte from the same but that all the mynisters of Goddes worde are vnder the teÌ„porall swerde Prynces onely to owe obedience vnto God his worde And where as Anthichrist vnto youre graces tyme dyd thrust his heade into y e imperiall crowne of your hyghnes as he doth yet with other noble prynces mo that lerned he of SathaÌ„ the authour of pryde and therin doth he both agaynst the doctryne also agaynst y e ensample of Christe whiche because his kyngdome was not of this worlde medled with no temporal matters as it is euydent both by his wordes and practyse Luc. xii Math. xxvi Ioh. vi Ioh. xviii where he y t hath eyes to se maye se he y t hath eares to heare maye heare y t Christes
which delyueraunce and victory I beseke oure onely medyatoure Iesus Christ to make soch meanes for vs vnto his heauenly father y t we neuer be vnthankfull vnto him ner vnto youre grace but that we euer increace in the feare of him in obedience vnto your hyghnesse in loue vnfayned vnto oure neghbours and in all vertue that commeth of God To whom for y e defendynge of his blessed worde by your graces most rightfull administracyon be honoure and thankes glory and dominyon worlde without ende Amen You re graces humble subiecte and daylye oratour Myles Couerdale A prologe Myles Couerdale Vnto the Christen reader COnsiderynge how excellent knowlege and lernynge an interpreter of scripture oughte to haue in the tongues and ponderyng also myne owne insufficiency therin how weake I am to perfourme y e office of a translatoure I was the more lothe to medle with this worke Notwithstondynge whan I cōsydered how greate pytie it was that we shulde wante it so longe called to my remembraunce y e aduersite of them which were not onely of rype knowlege but wolde also with all theyr hertes haue perfourmed y t they beganne yf they had not had impediment considerynge I saye that by reason of theyr aduersyte it coulde not so soone haue bene broughte to an ende as oure most prosperous nacyon wolde fayne haue had it these and other reasonable causes consydered I was the more bolde to take it in hande And to helpe me herin I haue had sondrye translacions not onely in latyn but also of the Douche interpreters whom because of theyr synguler gyftes speciall diligence in the Bible I haue ben the more glad to folowe for the most parte accordynge as I was requyred But to saye the trueth before God it was nether my laboure ner desyre to haue this worke put in my hande neuertheles it greued me y e other nacyōs shulde be more plenteously prouyded for with y e scripture in theyr mother tongue then we therfore whan I was instantly requyred though I coulde not do so well as I wolde I thought it yet my dewtye to do my best and that with a good wyll Where as some men thynke now y t many translacyons make diuisyon in y e fayth and in the people of God y t is not so for it was neuer better with the congregacion of god then whan euery church allmost had y e Byble of a sondrye trāslacion Amonge the Grekes had not Origen a specyall translacyon Had not Vulgarius one peculyar lykewyse Chrysostom Besyde the seuentye interpreters is there not the translacyon of Aquila of Theodotio of Symachus and of sondrye other Agayne amonge the Latyn men thou findest y t euery one allmost vsed a specyall sondrye translacyon for in so moch as euery bysshoppe had the knowlege of y e tongues he gaue his diligence to haue the Byble of his awne translacion The doctours as Hireneus Cyprianus Tertullian S. Iherome S. Augustine Hylarius S. Ambrose vpon dyuerse places of the scripture reade not y e texte all alyke Therfore oughte it not to be taken as euel y t soch men as haue vnderstondynge now in oure tyme exercyse them selues in y e tongues geue their diligence to translate out of one language in to another Yee we ought rather to geue god hye thankes therfore which thorow his sprete stereth vp mēs myndes so to exercise them selues therin wolde god it had neuer bene left of after y e tyme of S. Augustine then shulde we neuer haue come in to soch blindnes ignoraūce in to soch erroures delusyons For as soone as the Byble was cast asyde nomore put in exercyse then beganne euery one of his awne heade to wryte what so euer came in to his brayne and y t semed to be good in his awne eyes and so grewe y e darknes of mēs tradiciōs And this same is y e cause y t we haue had so many wryters which seldome made mēcyon of y e scripture of the Byble though they some tyme aleged it yet was it done so farre out of season so wyde from y e purpose that a mā maye well perceaue how that they neuer sawe the oryginall Seynge then y t this diligent exercyse of translatynge doth so moch good edifyeth in other languages why shulde it do euell in oures Doutles lyke as all nacyons in y e dyuersite of speaches maye knowe one God in the vnyte of faith and be one in loue euen so maye dyuerse translacyons vnderstonde one another that in the head articles grounde of oure most blessed faith though they vse sondrye wordes wherfore me thynke we haue greate occasyon to geue thankes vnto God that he hath opened vnto his church the gyfte of interpretacyon of pryntyng and that there are now at this tyme so many ▪ which with soch diligēce and faithfulnes interprete y e scripture to the honoure of god and edifyenge of his people where as lyke as whan many are shutynge together euery one doth his best to be nyest the marke And though they can not all attayne therto yet shuteth one nyer then another and hytteth it better then another yee one can do it better thē another who is now then so vnreasonable so despytefull or enuyous as to abhorre him y t doth all his diligence to hytte y e prycke and to shute nyest it though he mysse come not nyest the mark Ought not soch one rather to be commēded and to be helped forwarde that he maye exercyse himselfe the more therin For the which cause acordyng as I was desyred I toke the more vpon me to set forth this speciall translacyon not as a checker not as a reprouer or despyser of other mens translacyons for amonge many as yet I haue founde none without occasyon of greate thankesgeuynge vnto god but lowly faythfully haue I folowed myne interpreters that vnder correccyon And though I haue fayled eny where as there is noman but he mysseth in some thynge loue shall constyrre all to y e best without eny peruerse iudgment There is noman lyuynge y t cause all thynges nether hath god geuen eny man to knowe euery thynge One seyth more clearly then another one hath more vnderstondyng then another one can vtter a thynge better then another but noman ought to enuye or dispyse another He that can do better then another shulde not set him at naught y t vnderstondeth lesse Yee he that hath y e more vnderstondyng ought to remembre that the same gyfte is not his but Gods and y t God hath geuē it him to teach enfourme the ignoraunt Yf thou hast knowlege therfore to iudge where eny faute is made I doute not but thou wilt helpe to amende it yf loue be ioyned with thy knowlege Howbeit wherin so euer I can perceaue by my selfe or by the informacyon of other that I haue fayled as it is no wonder I shall now by the
myrre and dates and almondes Take other money with you also and the money that was brought agayne in youre sacke mouthes cary it agayne with you peraduenture it was an ouersight And take youre brother get you vp go agayne vnto the man The Allmightie God geue you mercy in the sight of y e man that he maye let you haue youre other brother and Ben Iamin As forme I must be as one that is robbed of his children Then they toke the present and other money with them and Ben Iamin gat thē vp and wente in to Egipte and stode before Ioseph Then Ioseph behelde them with Ben Iamin and sayde vnto the ruler of his house Bringe these men in and sley make ready for they shal dyne with me at no one And the man dyd as Ioseph bad him brought the men in to Iosephs house Whan they were brought in to Iosephs house they were afrayed and sayde We are brought hither because of the money that came agayne in oure sackes at the first to pyke a quarell with vs and to laye somethinge to oure charge and to take vs for bonde seruauntes with oure Asses Therfore came they to y e man that was ruler of Iosephs house and talked w t him at the doore and sayde Syr we came downe at the first to bye foode and whan we came in the Inne and opened oure sackes beholde euery mans money was in his sack mouth with full weight therfore haue we brought it with vs agayne haue brought other money with vs also to bye foode but we can not tell who put oure money in oure sackes He sayde Be content feare you not youre God euen y e God of youre fathers hath geuē you y t treasure in youre sackes I had youre money And he brought forth Simeon vnto them and led them in to Iosephs house and gaue them water to wash their fete gaue their Asses prouender And they made readye y e present ageynst Ioseph came at no one for they herde y t they shulde dyne there Now whan Ioseph wente in to the house they brought him home y e present that they had and fell downe to the grounde before him But he welcomed them curteously and sayde Is youre father that olde man which ye tolde me of in good health Is he yet alyue They answered Thy seruaunt oure father is in good health and is yet alyue And they bowed them selues and fell downe before him And he lift vp his eyes and sawe his brother Ben Iamin his mothers sonne and saide Is this youre yongest brother that ye tolde me of And he sayde morouer God be mercifull vnto the my sonne And Ioseph made haist for the grounde of his hert was kyndled towarde his brother and sought how he might wepe wente in to his chamber and wepte there And whan he had washed his face he wente out and refrayned him self and sayde set bred on the table And they brought vnto him by him self and vnto them by thēselues and to the Egipcians also that ate w t them by them selues For the Egipcians darre not eate bred with the Ebrues that is an abhominacion vnto them And they were set ouer agaynst him the first borne acordinge to his first byrth and the yongest after his youth They marueled at it amonge them selues and there were brought them sundrye meates from his table But Ben Iamins parte was fyue tymes more then the other And they dronke and were mery with him The XLIIII Chapter ANd Ioseph commaunded the ruler of his house and sayde Fyll the mens sackes with foode as moch as they maye carye and put euery mans money in his sacke mouth put my syluer cuppe in the sack mouth of the yongest with the money for y e vytayles He dyd as Ioseph had sayde And on the morow whan it was daye they let y e men go with their Asses But whan they were out of the cite and not come farre Ioseph sayde to the ruler of his house Vp and folowe after the mē and whan thou ouertakest them saie vnto them Wherfore haue ye rewarded euell for good Is not that it that my lorde drynketh out of and that he prophecieth withall It is euell done of you that ye haue done And whan he had ouertaken them he sayde the same wordes vnto them They answered him Wherfore saieth my lorde soch wordes ▪ God forbyd that thy seruauntes shulde do eny soch thinge Beholde the money that we foūde in oure sackes mouthes that brought we vnto the agayne out of the lande of Canaan how shulde we then haue stollen either syluer or golde out of thy lordes house Loke by whom it shall be founde amonge thy seruauntes let him dye yee and we also wyll be my lordes bondmen He sayde let it so be as ye haue spoken Loke by whom it shall be founde let him be my seruaunt but ye shal be harmlesse And they made haist and toke downe euery man his sack to the grounde and euery man opened his sack And he searched beganne at the greatest vnto the yongest and the cuppe was founde in Ben Iamins sacke Then rente they their clothes and euery man lade the burthen vpon his Asse wente agayne vnto the cite And Iuda wente with his brethren vnto Iosephs house for he was there yet and they fell before him on the groūde Ioseph sayde vnto them What maner of dede is this that ye haue done Knewe ye not that soch a man as I am can prophecy Iuda sayde What shall we saye vnto my lorde or how shal we speake and what excuse shal we make God hath founde out y e wickednesse of thy seruauntes Beholde we and he by whom the cuppe is founde are my lordes seruauntes But he sayde God forbyd that I shulde do so The man by whom the cuppe is founde shall by my seruaunt but go ye vp in peace vnto youre father Thē stepte Iuda vnto him and sayde My lorde let thy seruaunt speake one worde in thine eares my lorde be not displesed at y ◠seruaunt also for thou art euē as Pharao My lorde axed his seruauntes and sayde Haue ye yet a father or brother Then answered we We haue a father which is olde and a yonge lad begotten in his age and his brother is deed he is left alone of his mother and his father loueth him Then saydest thou Brynge him downe vnto me and I wil se him But we answered my lorde The lad can not come from his father yf he shulde come from him he were but a deed man Then saydest thou vnto thy seruauntes Yf youre yongest brother come not hither with you ye shall se my face no more Then wente we vp vnto thy seruaunt my father and tolde him my lordes wordes Then sayde oure father Go youre waye agayne and bye vs a litle foode But we sayde We can not go downe excepte oure yongest brother be with vs then wyll we go
which came to drawe water and fylled the troughes to geue their fathers shepe to drinke Then came the shepherdes and droue thē awaye But Moses gat him vp and helped them and gaue their shepe to drynke And whan they came to Reguel their father he saide How came ye so soone to daie They sayde A man of Egipte delyuered vs from y e shepherdes and drew vnto vs and gaue the shepe to drynke He sayde vnto his doughters Where is he Wherfore let ye the man go that ye called him not to eate with vs And Moses was content to dwell with the man And he gaue Moses his doughter Zipora which bare him a sonne and he called him Gerson for he sayde I am become a straunger in a straunge lande And she bare him yet a sonne whom he called Elieser and sayde The God of my father is my helper and hath delyuered me from Pharaos hāde But after this in processe of tyme the kynge of Egipte dyed And the childrē of Israel sighed ouer their laboure and cried And their crye ouer their labo r came before God And God herde their cōplaynte remēbred his couenaunt with Abraham Isaac and Iacob And God loked vpon the childrē of Israel and God knew it The III. Chapter MOses kepte the shepe of Iethro his father in lawe prest of Madian droue the shepe on the backsyde of the wyldernes and came to the mountayne of God Horeb. And the angell of y e LORDE appeared vnto him in a flāme of fyre out of the bush And he sawe that y e bush brent w t fyre and yet was not consumed and saide I wil go hence and se this greate sight why y e bush is not brent Whan the LORDE sawe that he wente his waye to se God called vnto him out of the bush and sayde Moses Moses He answered Here am I. He sayde Come not hither put thy shues of thy fete for the place where vpon thou stondest is an wholy groūde And he sayde morouer I am the God of thy father the God of Abraham y e God of Isaac and the God of Iacob And Moses couered his face for he was afrayed to loke vpon God And the LORDE sayde I haue sene the trouble of my people in Egipte haue herde their crye ouer those that oppresse them I knowe their sorowe and am come downe to delyuer them from the power of the Egipcians and to carye them out of that lōde in to a good and wyde londe euen in to a londe that floweth with mylke and hony namely vnto the place of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuytes Iebusites For so moch now as the complaynte of the children of Israel is come before me I haue sene their oppression wherwith the Egipcians oppresse them Go now y e waye therfore I wil sende the vnto Pharao that thou mayest brynge my people the children of Israel out of Egipte Moses sayde vnto God Who am I y t I shulde go vnto Pharao and brynge the children of Israel out of Egipte He sayde I wyll be with the this shall be the token y t I haue sent the. Whan thou hast brought my people out of Egipte ye shal serue God vpon this mountayne Moses sayde vnto God Beholde whan I come to the childrē of Israel and saye vnto them The God of youre fathers hath sent me vnto you they saye vnto me What is his name what shal I saye vnto them God saide vnto Moses I wyl be what I wyll be And he sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto y e children of Israel I wyl be hath sent me vnto you And God sayde morouer vnto Moses Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel The LORDE God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac y e God of Iacob hath sent me vnto you this is my name for euer and my memoriall from childe to childes childe Go thy waye therfore and gather the elders of Israel tother and saye vnto them The LORDE God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac the God of Iacob hath appeared vnto me and sayde I haue vysited you and sene what is done vnto you in Egipte and haue sayde I wil brynge you out of the trouble of Egipte in to y e lande of y e Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites in to a lōde y t floweth with mylke and hony And yf they heare y e voyce then shalt thou and the elders of Israel go in to the kynge of Egipte and saye vnto him The LORDE God of y e Hebrues hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wyldernes y t we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE oure God But I knowe that the kynge of Egipte wil not let you go but thorow a mightie hāde For I will stretch out myne hande smyte Egipte w t all maner of wonders which I will do therin after y t shal he let you go And I wil geue this people fauoure in the sight of the Egipcians so that whan ye go forth ye shal not go forth emptie but euery wife shall borowe of hir neghbouresse of her that so geourneth in hir house Iewels of syluer and golde and rayment those shal ye put vpon youre sonnes and doughters and spoyle the Egipcians The IIII. Chapter MOses answered sayde Beholde they shall not beleue me ner heare my voyce but shal saye The LORDE hath not appeared vnto the. The LORDE sayde vnto him What is y t that thou hast in thine hande He saide a staff He sayde Cast it from the vpon the grounde And he cast it frō him then was it turned to a serpent And Moses fled frō it But y e LORDE saide vnto him Stretch forth thine hande take it by the tayle Then stretched he forth his hande and toke it and it became a staff agayne in his hande Therfore shal they beleue that y e LORDE God of their fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac y e God of Iacob hath appeared vnto the. And the LORDE sayde furthermore vnto him Thrust thine hāde in to y e bosome And he thrust it in to his bosome toke it out beholde thē was it leper like snowe And he saide Put it in to y e bosome agayne And he put it agayne in to his bosome toke it out beholde thē was it turned againe as his flesh Yf they wil not beleue the ner heare y e voyce of the first token yet shal they beleue the voyce of the seconde token But yf they wil not beleue these two tokens ner heare thy voyce then take of the water of the ryuer and poure it vpon the drye londe so shall the same water y t thou hast takē out of y e ryuer be turned vnto bloude vpō y e drye londe But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Oh my LORDE I am a man
LORDE shal be iudge betwene me and the and auenge me on the but my hāde shal not be vpon the acordinge as it is sayde after the olde prouerbe Vngodlynes commeth of the vngodly but my hande shal not be vpon the. Whom persecutest thou O kynge of Israel whom persecutest thou a deed dogg a flee The LORDE be iudge and geue sentence betwene me and the and cōsidre it and defende my cause and delyuer me from thy hande Now whan Dauid had spoken out these wordes vnto Saul Saul saide Is not this thy voyce my sonne Dauid And Saul lifte vp his voyce and wepte and saide vnto Dauid Thou art more righteous then I for thou hast recompēsed me good but I haue rewarded the euell And this daye hast thou shewed me how thou hast done me good for so moch as y e LORDE hath delyuered me in to thy hande and thou neuertheles hast not slaine me What is he which yf he fynde his enemye wyllet him go in a good waye The LORDE rewarde the good for y t thou hast done vnto me this daye Beholde now I knowe that thou shalt be kynge the kyngdome of Israel stondeth in thy hande sweare now therfore vnto me by the LORDE y t thou shalt not rote out my sede after me nether destroie my name out of my fathers house And Dauid sware vnto Saul Then wente Saul home but Dauid gat him vp with his men vnto the castell The XXV Chapter ANd Samuel dyed and all Israel gathered them selues together mourned for him buried him in his house at Ramath As for Dauid he rose and wente downe in to the wyldernesse of Paran And there was a man at Maon and his possession at Carmel and the man was of greate power and had thre thousande shepe and a thousande goates And it fortuned that he clypped his shepe at Carmel and his name was Nabal but his wyues name was Abigail and she was a woman of good vnderstondinge bewtyfull of face But the man was harde and wicked in his doynges and was one of Caleb Now whan Dauid herde in the wyldernes y t Nabal clypped his shepe he sent out ten yonge men saide vnto them Go vp vnto Carmel whan ye come to Nabal salute him frendly on my behalfe saye Good lucke peace be w t the thine house with all y t thou hast I haue herde saye that thou hast shepe clyppers Now y e shepherdes whom thou hast haue bene with vs we haue done them no dishonoure and they wāted nothinge of their nombre as longe as they were at Carmel Axe thy yonge men they shal tell the and let thy yonge men fynde fauoure in y e sighte for we are come in a good daye geue thy seruauntes thy sonne Dauid what thy hande fyndeth And whā Dauids yonge men came and spake all these wordes on Dauids behalfe vnto Nabal they lefte of But Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes sayde What is he y t Dauid who is the sonne of Isai There are many seruauntes now y t runne awaye from their masters Shulde I take my bred water and flesh that I haue slayne for my clyppers geue it vnto mē whom I knowe not whence they are Thē Dauids yonge mē turned their waye agayne And whan they came agayne vnto him they tolde him all these wordes Thē sayde Dauid vnto his men Euery man gyrde his swerde aboute him And euery one gyrde his swerde aboute him And Dauid gyrde his swerde aboute him also and there wēte vp after him vpon a foure hundreth men but two hundreth remayned w t the stuffe Neuertheles Abigail Nabals wife tolde one of hir yonge men and sayde Beholde Dauid sent messaungers out of the wyldernes to blesse oure lorde Notwithstondinge he was fearce vpō them and yet haue they bene very profitable men vnto vs and haue done vs no dishonoure and we wanted none of the nombre as lōge as we walked with them whan we were in the felde but they haue bene oure wall daye and nighte as longe as we kepte the shepe by them Take hede now therfore and loke well what thou doest for there is surely a mysfortune at hande agaynst oure lorde agaynst all his house And he is a man of Belial to whom no man darre saye eny thinge Then Abigail made haist and toke two hundred loaues of bred and two botels of wyne and fyue shepe ready dighte and fyue measures of firmentye and an hundreth frayles of rasens and two hundreth frayles of fygges layed them vpō asses and sayde to hir yonge men Go ye youre waye before me beholde I wyl come after And she tolde Nabal hir housbāde nothinge therof And as she rode vpō the asse and wente downe in the shadowe of y e hill beholde Dauid his mē met hir downe so that she came vpon them But Dauid sayde Wel all that this man had in y e wyldernes haue I kepte for naughte so that there wanted nothinge of all that he had and he rewardeth me euell for good God do this and yet more vnto the enemies of Dauid yf vntyll tomorow in the mornynge I leaue this man of all that he hath so moch as one that maketh water agaynst y e wall Now whan Abigail sawe Dauid she lighte downe from the asse in all the haist and fell vpō hir face before Dauid and worshiped him to the grounde and fell at his fete and sayde Oh my lorde let this trespace be myne and let thy handmayde speake before thine eares and heare the wordes of thy handmayden Let not my lorde set his hert agaynst this Nabal the man of Belial for he is a foole acordinge as his name is called his name is foole and foolishnes is with him As for me thy handmayde I sawe not my lordes yonge men whom thou dyddest sende But now my lorde as truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as thy soule lyueth the LORDE hath kepte the backe y t thou shuldest not come agaynst bloude and he hath delyuered thine hande Thine enemyes be now as Nabal and so be they that wolde my lorde euell Here is y e blessynge y t thy handmayde hath brought my lorde take it and geue it vnto the yonge men that walke vnder my lorde For a sure house shal y e LORDE make my lorde which fighteth the fighte of the LORDE and no euell shall be founde in the all thy life longe And yf eny man ryse vp to persecute y t and to laye wayte for thy soule then shal the soule of my lorde be bounde in the bundell of y e lyuynge euen with the LORDE thy God But y e soule of thine enemies shal be turned backe w t the slynge Whan the LORDE therfore doth all this good for my lorde which he hath promysed the and commaundeth y t to be his Duke ouer Israel then shal it be no stomblinge blocke ner occasiion of fallynge vnto my lordes hert that thou hast not shed
from the LORDE and smote Iob with maruelous sore byles from the sole off the fote vnto his crowne so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes and scraped of the etter off his sores with a potsherde Then sayde his wife vnto him Dost tho◠yet cōtynue in thy perfectnesse curse God dye But Iob sayde vnto her Thou speakest like a foolish womā Seinge we haue receaued prosperite at the honde of God wherfore shulde we not be content with aduersite also In all these thinges dyd not Iob synne with his lippes Now when Iobs frendes herde of all y e trouble that happened vnto him there came thre off them euery one from his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Baldad the Suhite and Sophar the Naamathite For they were agreed together to come to shewe their compassion vpon him and to comforte him So when they lifte vp their eyes a farre off they knewe him not Then they cried and wepte then euery one off them rente his clothes and sprynckled dust vpon their heades in the ayre They sat them downe by him also vpon the grounde vij dayes and vij nightes Nether was there eny of them that spake one worde vnto him for they sawe that his payne was very greate The III. Chapter AFter this opened Iob his mouth and cursed his daye and sayde lost be that daye wherin I was borne and the night in the which it was sayde there is a manchilde conceaued The same daye be turned to darcknesse and not regarded of God from aboue nether be shyned vpō w t light but be couered with darcknesse and the shadowe of death Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it and let it be lapped in with sorowe Let the darckstorme ouercome y e night let it not be reckened amonge the dayes off the yeare ner counted in the monethes Despysed be that night and discommended let them that curse the daye geue it their curse also euen those that be ready to rayse vp Leuiathan Let the starres be dymme thorow darcknesse of it Let it loke for light but let it se none nether the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge because it shut not vp the wombe that bare me ner hyd these sorowes fro myne eyes Alas why dyed I not in y e byrth Why dyd not I perysh as soone as I came out of my mothers wōbe Why set they me vpō y e irknees Why gaue they me suck with their brestes Then shulde I now haue lyen still I shulde haue slepte and bene at rest like as the kynges ād lordes of y e earth which buylde them selues speciall places As the prynces that haue greate substaunce of golde their houses full of syluer O that I vtterly had no beynge or were as a thīge borne out of tyme that is put asyde ether as yonge children which neuer sawe the light There must the wicked ceasse from their tyranny there soch as are ouerlaboured be at rest there are those letten out fre which haue bene in preson so that they heare nomore the voyce of the oppressoure There are small and greate the bonde man and he that is fre frō his master Wherfore is the light geuen to him that is in mysery and life vnto them that haue heuy hertes Which longe for death and it commeth not for yf they might fynde the 〈◊〉 graue they wolde be maruelous glad as those that dygge vp treasure To the man whose waye is hyd which God kepeth backe from him This is the cause that I syghe before I eate and my roaringes fall out like a water floude For the thynge that I feared is come vpon me and the thynge that I was afrayed of is happened vnto me Was I not happy Had I not quyetnesse Was I not in rest And now commeth soch mysery vpon me The IIII. Chapter THen answered Eliphas of Theman and sayde vnto him Yf we begynne to comon with the peraduēture thou wilt be myscontent but who can witholde himself from speakynge Beholde thou hast bene a teacher of many and hast comforted the weery hondes Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen thou hast refresshed the weake knees But now that the plage is come vpon the thou shrēckest awaye now that it hath touched thyself thou art faint harted Where is now thy feare of God thy stedfastnesse thy pacience and the perfectnesse of thy life Considre I praye the who euer peryshed beynge an innocent Or when were the godly destroyed As for those that plowe wickednesse as I haue sene myself and sowe myschefe they reape y e same For whē God bloweth vpon them they perysh and are destroyed thorow the blast of his wrath The roaringe of the lyon the cryenge off the lyonesse y e teth off y e lyōs whelpes are brokē The greate lyon perysheth because he cā get no pray and the lyons whelpes are scatred abrode There is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell which hath geuen a terrible sounde in myne eare with a vision in the night when men are fallen a slepe Soch feare and drede came vpō me that all my bones shoke And when the wynde passed ouer by me the hayres of my flesh stode vp Then stode there one before me whose face I knewe not an ymage there was and the wether was still so that I herde this voyce◠Maye a man be iustified before God Maye there eny man be iudged to be clene by reason of his owne workes Beholde he hath founde vnfaythfulnesse amonge his owne seruauntes and proude disobedience amonge his angels How moch more thē shal they that dwell in houses of claye whose foundacion is but earth be moth eaten They shal be destroyed from the mornynge vnto the euenynge yee they shall perish or euer they be awarre and be taken awaye so clene that none of thē shall remayne but be deed or euer they be awarre off it The V. Chapter NAme me one els yf thou canst fynde eny yee loke aboute the vpon eny of the holy men As for the foolish man displeasure kylleth him and anger slayeth y e ignoraunt I haue sene my self when the foolish was deperoted that his bewty was sodēly destroyed that his children were without prosperite or health that they were slayne in the dore and no mā to delyuer them that his haruest was eaten vp off the hungrie that the weapened man had spoyled it and that the thurstie had droncke vp his riches It is not the earth that bryngeth forth trauayle nether commeth sorow out of y e groūde but it is man that is borne vnto mysery like as the byrde for to fle But now will I speake off the LORDE and talke of God which doth thinges that are vnsearcheable and marueles without nōbre Which geueth rayne vpō the earth and poureth water vpon all thinges which setteth vp them of lowe degre and sendeth prosperite to those that are in heuynesse Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll so that they
vp the grounde But myne eyes loke vnto y e o LORDE God in the is my trust oh cast not out my soule Kepe me froÌ„ y e snare which 〈…〉 me and froÌ„ the trappes 〈…〉 Let the vngodly fall 〈…〉 nettes together vntill I be 〈…〉 them The CXLI A psalme of Dauid I Crie vnto the LORDE with my voyce yee eueÌ„ vnto the LORDE do I make my supplicacion I poure out my complaynte before him and shewe him of my trouble When my sprete is in heuynesse for thou knowest my path in the waye where in I walke haue they preuely layed a snare for me I loke vpon my right honde se there is no man that wil knowe me I haue no place to fle vnto no man careth for my soule Therfore do I crie vnto the o LORDE and saye thou art my hope and my porcion in the londe of the lyuynge CoÌ„sidre my complaynte for I am brought very lowe Oh delyuer me fro my persecuters for they are to stronge for me Brynge my soule out of preson that I maye geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name which thinge yf thou wilt grauÌ„te me then shal the rightuous resorte vnto my coÌ„pany The CXLII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o LORDE considre my desyre answere me for thy treuth rightuousnesse sake And entre not in to iudgment with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shal no man lyuynge be iustified For the enemie persecuteth my soule he smyteth my life downe to the grounde he layeth me in the darcknesse as the deed men of the worlde Therfore is my sprete vexed within me and my herte within me is desolate Yet do I remeÌ„bre the tymes past I muse vpoÌ„ all y e workes yee I exercise my self in the workes of thy hondes I stretch forth my hondes vnto the my soule crieth vnto the out of the thyrstie londe Sela. Heare me o LORDE and that soone for my sprete waxeth faynte hyde not y e face fro me lest I be like vnto theÌ„ that go downe in to the graue Oh let me heare thy louynge kyndnesse by tymes in the mornynge for in the is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shulde walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto the. Delyuer me o LORDE fro myne enemies for I resorte vnto the. Teach me to do the thinge that pleaseth the for thou art my God let thy louynge spreâ—e lede me forth vnto the londe of rightuousnesse QuyckeÌ„ me o LORDE for thy names sake and for thy rightuousnesse sake brynge my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse scater myne enemies abrode and destroye all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt The CXLIII A psalme of Dauid BLessed be the LORDE my refuge which teacheth my haÌ„des to warre my fyngers to fight My hope and my castell my defence and my delyuerer my shylde in whom I trust which gouerneth the people that is vnder me LORDE what is maÌ„ that thou hast soch respecte vnto him Or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Man is like a thinge of naught his tyme passeth awaye like a shadowe Bowe thy heaueÌ„s o LORDE come downe touch the mountaynes y t they maye smoke withall â–ª Sende forth the lightenynge scater theÌ„ shute out thine arowes and consume them Sende downe thine hande from aboue delyuer me and take me out of y e greate waters from the hande of straunge childreÌ„ Whose mouth talketh of vanite their right haÌ„de is a righthande of falsede That I maye synge a new songe vnto the o God synge prayses vnto the vpon a tenstrynged luck Thou that geuest victory vnto kynges and hast delyuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the parell of the swerde Saue me and delyuer me from the honde of straunge childreÌ„ whose mouth talketh of vanite and their right hande is a right hande of falsede That 〈◊〉 sonnes maye growe vp as the yoÌ„ge plantes and that oure doughters maye be as the polished corners of the temple That o r garners maye be full and plenteous with all maner of stoare that o r shepe maye brynge forth thousandes and hundreth thousands in oure villages That oure oxen maye be stronge to laboure that there be no myschaunce 〈◊〉 decaye and no complayninge in oure stretes â–ª Happie are the people that be in soch a â—â—se yee blessed are the people which haue the LORDE for their God The CXLIIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil magnifie the o my God kyngeâ— I wil prayse y e name for euer euer Euery daye wil I geue thankes vnto the and prayse y e name for euer and euer Greate is the LORDE maruelous worthy to be praysed there is no ende of his greatnesse One generacion shal prayse thy wâ—kes vnto another and declare thy power As for me I wil be talkiÌ„ge of thy worshipe thy glory thy prayse and woÌ„derous workes â–ª So that men shal speake of the might of thy maruelous actes and tell of y e greatnes â–ª The memoriall of y e abundaunt kyndneâ— shal be shewed and meÌ„ shal synge of thy righteousnesse The LORDE is gracious and mercifull longe sufferynge of greate goodnesse The LORDE is louynge vnto euery man and his mercy is ouer all his workes All thy workes prayse the o LORDE and thy sayntes geue thankes vnto the. They shewe the glory of thy kyngdome and talke of y e power That y e power thy gloâ—â— mightynesse of thy kyngdome migâ—◠〈◊〉 knowne vnto men Thy kyngdome is an euerlastinge kyngdome thy dominion endureth thorow out all ages The LORDE vpholdeth all soch as shulde fall and lifteth vp all those that be downe The eyes of all wayte vpon the and thou geuest them their meate in due season Thou openest thine haÌ„de and fyllest all thinges lyuynge with plenteâ—usnesse The LORDE is righteous in all his wayes holy in all his workes The LORDE is nye vnto all them that call vpon him yee all soch as call vpon him faithfully He fulfilleth the desyre of them that feare him he heareth their crie and helpeth them The LORDE preserueth all them that loue him but scatereth abrode all the vngodly My mouth shal speake the prayse of the LORDE And let all flesh geue thankes vnto his holy name for euer and euer Halleluya The CXLâ— psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule whyle I lyue wil I prayse the LORDE yee as loÌ„ge as I haue eny beynge I wil synge prayses vnto my God O put not yo r trust in prynces ner in the childe of man for there is no helpe in theÌ„ For when y e breth of man goeth forth he shal turne agayne to his earth and so all his thoughtes perishe Blessed is he that hath y e God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the LORDE his God Which made heauen and earth y t see and all that therin is which kepeth his promise for euer Which helpeth them to right y t suffre wronge which fedeth y e
aboute the stretes Or euer the syluer lace be taken awaye and or the golden bende be broken Or the pott be broken at the well the whele vpon the Cisterne Or dust be turned againe vnto earth from whence it came and or the sprete returne vnto God which gaue it All is but vanite sayeth the preacher all is but playne vanite The same preacher was not wyse alone but taught the people knowlege also he gaue good hede sought out the grouÌ„de and set forth many parables His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes right scripture and the wordes of trueth For the wordes of y e wyse are like prickes and nales that go thorow wherwith men are kepte together for they are geuen of one shepherde onely Therfore bewarre my sonne that aboue these thou make the not many innumerable bokes nor take dyuerse doctrynes in hande to weery thy body withall Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges Feare God and kepe his comaundementes for that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges whether they be good or euell The ende of Ecclesiastes called the Preacher Salomons Balettes called Cantica Canticorum The first Chapter O That thy mouth wolde geue me a kysse for y e brestes are more pleasaunt then wyne that because of the good and pleasaunt sauoure Thy name is a swete smellynge oyntment therfore do the maydens loue the yee that same moueth me also to renne after the. The kynge hath brought me into his preuy chambre We wil be glad reioyce in the we thynke more of thy brestes then of wyne well is them that loue the. I am black o ye doughters of IerusaleÌ„ like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hanginges of Salomon but yet am I faire wel fauoured withal Maruell not at me y t I am so black why y e Sonne hath shyned vpoÌ„ me For whan my mothers childreÌ„ had euell wil at me they made me y e keper of the vynyarde Thus was I fayne to kepe a vynyarde which was not myne owne Tell me o thou whom my soule loueth where thou fedest where thou restest at the noone daye lest I go wronge and come vnto the flockes of thy companyons Yf thou knowe not y i self o thou fayrest amoÌ„ge women thaÌ„ go y e waye forth after y e fotesteppes of the shepe as though thou woldest fede y e goates besyde y e shepherdes tentes There wil I tary for the my loue w t myne hoost with my charettes which shal be no fewer then Pharaos Then shal thy chekes thy neck be made fayre hanged w t spaÌ„ges goodly iewels a neck bande of golde wil we make y e w t syluer bottons When the kynge sytteth at the table he shal smell my Nardus for a boÌ„dell of Myrre o my beloued lyeth betwixte my brestes A cluster of grapes of Cypers or of the vynyardes of Engaddi art thou vnto me O my beloued O how fayre art thou my loue how fayre art thou â–ª thou hast doues eyes O how fayre art thou my beloued how well fauored art thou Oure bed is decte with floures y e sylinges of oure house are of Cedre tre ouâ—e balkes of Cypresse The II. Chapter I Am the floure of the felde and lylie of the valleys as the rose amonge the thornes so is my loue amonge the daughters Like as the aple tre amonge the trees of the wodd so is my beloued amonge the sonnes My delite is to sitt vnder his shadowe for his frute is swete vnto my throte He bryngeth me in to his wyne seller and loueth me specially well Refresh me w t grapes coÌ„forte me with apples for I am sick of loue His left haÌ„de lyeth vnder my heade his right hande enbraceth me I charge you o ye doughters of Ierusalem by the Roes hyndes of the felde y t ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her till she be content herself Me thynke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hoppinge vpon y e mountaynes and leapinge ouer the litle hilles My beloued is like a Roo or a yonge hart Beholde he stondeth behynde o r wall he loketh in at the wyndowe pepeth thorow the grate My beloued answered sayde vnto me O stoÌ„de vp my loue my doue my beutyfull come for lo the wynter is now past the rayne is awaie gone The floures are come vp in the felde the twystinge tyme is come the voyce of the turtle doue is herde in oure londe The fyge tre bryngeth forth hir fyges the vynes beare blossoms and haue a good smell O stoÌ„de vp my loue my beutyfull and come my doue out of the caues of the rockes out of the holes of the wall O let me se thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for swete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face Gett vs the foxes yee the litle foxes that hurte y e vynes for oure vynes beare blossoms My loue is myne and I am his which fedeth amoÌ„ge the lylies vntill the daye breake and till the shadowes be gone Come agayne preuely o my beloued like as a Roo or a yonge harte vnto the mountaynes The III. Chapter BY night in my bedd I sought him whom my soule loueth yee diligently sought I him but I founde him not I wil get vp thought I and go aboute the cite vpon the market and in all y e stretes will I seke him whom my soule loueth but whan I sought him I founde him not The watchmen that go aboute y e cite founde me Sawe ye not him whom my soule loueth So whan I was a litle past them I fouÌ„de him whom my soule loueth I haue got ten holde vpon him and wyl not let him go vntill I brynge him in to my mothers house and in to hir chambre that bare me I charge you o ye doughters of IerusaleÌ„ by the Roes and hyndes of the felde that ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her till she be content herself Who is this that commeth out of y e wyldernesse like pilers of smoke as it were a smell of Myrre frankencense and all maner spyces of the Apotecary Beholde aboute SalomoÌ„s bedsteade there stonde LX. valeaunt men of the mightie in Israel They holde swerdes euery one are experte in warre Euery man hath his swerde vpoÌ„ his thee because of feare in the night Kynge Salomon hath made himself a bedsteade of the wodd of Libanus the pilers are of syluer the coueringe of golde y e seate of purple y e grounde pleasauntly paued for the doughters of Ierusalem Go forth o ye doughters of Sion and beholde kynge Salomon in the crowne wherwith his mother crowned him in the daye of his mariage and in the daye of the gladnesse of his hert The IIII. Chapter O How fayre art thou my loue how fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes besyde that which
it shal happen vnto him as to an vntymely frute before the haruest come Which as soone as it is sene is by and by deuoured or euer it come well in a mans honde And then shal the LORDE of hoostes be a ioyful crowne and a glorious garlāde vnto the remnaunt of his people Vnto the lowly he shal be a sprete of iudgment and vnto them that dryue awaye the enemies from y e gates he shal be a sprete of strēgth But they go wronge by y e reason of wyne they fall and stacker because of strōge drynke Yee euē the prestes and prophetes them selues go amisse they are dronken with wyne and weake braned thorow stronge drynke They erre in seinge and in judgmēt they fayle For all tables are so ful of vomyte and fylthynes y t no place is clene What is he amonge them y t can teach instructe or enfourme the childrē which are weened from suck or taken from the brestes of eny other fashion then Commaunde y t maye be commaunded byd y t maye be byddē forbyd that maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle And therfore the LORDE also shal speake w t lispinge lippes and w t a straunge lāguage vnto this people to whom he spake afore of this maner This shal bringe rest yf one refresh the weery ye this shal bringe rest But they had no will to heare And therfore the LORDE shal answere their stubbournes Cōmaunde y t maye be cōmaunded byd y t maye be bydden forbyd y t maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle That they maye go forth fall backwarde be brussed snared and taken Wherfore heare the worde of the LORDE ye mockers that rule the LORDEs people which is at Ierusalē For ye cōforte yo r selues thus Tush death we are at a poynte as for hell we haue made a cōdicion with it that though there breake out eny sore plage it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape and with nymblenes will we defende o r selues Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil laye a stone in Sion a greate stone a costly corner stone for a sure foundacion y t who so putteth his trust in him shal not be confouded Rightuousnes wil I set vp agayne in y e balaunce and iudgment in the weightes The tēpest of hale shal take awaye yo r refuge that ye haue to disceaue withal and y e ouerflowinge waters shal breake downe yo r strōge holdes of dissimulaciō Thus the appoyntmēt that ye haue made w t death shal be done awaye and the cōdicion that ye made with hell shal not stōde When the greate destructiō goeth thorow it shal all to treade you It shal take you quyte awaye before it For it shal go forth early in the mornynge and contynue only y t daye and y t night And the very feare only shal teach you when ye heare it For y e bedde shal be so narow y t a mā cā not lye vpon it And the coueringe to small that a mā maye not wynde him self therin For the LORDE shal steppe forth as he dyd vpon the mount Perazim and shal take on as he dyd vpō the dale of Gabaon that he maye bringe forth his deuyce his straunge deuyce and fulfil his worke his wonderful worcke And therfore make no mockes at it that youre captiuyte increase not for I haue herde the LORDE of hoostes saye that there shal come a soden destruction and plage vpon the whole earth Take hede and heare my voyce pondre and merck my wordes wel Goeth not the husbonde man euer in due season earnestly to his londe he moweth ploweth his grounde to sowe And whē he hath made it playne he soweth it with fitches or comyn He soweth y e wheate and Barlye in their place Milium and Rye also in their place And y t he maye do it right his God teacheth him and sheweth him For he treadeth not the fitches out with a wayne nether bringeth he the cart here and there ouer the comyn but he throssheth y e fitches out with a flale and the comyn with a rod. As for the wheate he gryndeth it to make bred therof In as moch as he can not bringe it to passe w t treadinge out For nether the brussinge that the cart wheles make ner his beastes can grynde it This and soch like thinges come of the LORDE of hostes which is maruelous in councel and greate in rightuousnesse The xxix Chap. WO vnto the o Ariel Ariel thou cite that Dauid wāne Take yet some yeares and let some feastes yet passe ouer then shal Ariel be beseged so that she shal be heuy and sorouful and shal be vnto me euen as a lyon For I wil laye sege to the rounde aboute and kepe y e in with towers and graue vp dykes agaynst ye. And thou shalt be brought lowe and speake out of the earth and thy wordes shal go humbly out of y e grounde Thy voyce shal come out of the earth like the voyce of a witch and thy talkinge shal groane out of the myre For the multitude of thine enemies shal be like mealdust And the nombre of Tyrauntes shal be as y e dust that the wynde taketh awaye sodenly Thou shalt be visited of the LORDE of hoostes with thondre earth quake and with a greate crack with the whyrle wynde tempest and with the flame of a consumynge fyre But now the multitude of all the people that went out agaynst Ariel the whole hooste the stronge holdes and sege is like a dreame which apeareth in the night It is like as when an hungrie man dreameth that he is eatynge and when he awaketh he hath nothinge like as when a thurstie man dreameth that he is drinkinge and when he awaketh he is faynt and his soule vnpacient So is the multitude of all people that mustre them selues agaynst the hill of Sion But ye shal be at youre wittes ende ye shal be abasshed ye shal stackre and rele to and fro Ye shal be dronken but not of wyne Ye shal fall but not thorow dronkenes For the LORDE shal geue you an hard slepinge sprete and holde downe youre eyes namely yo r prophetes and heades which shulde se them shal he couer And all visions shal be vnto you as the wordes that stonde in a sealed lettre when one offreth it to a man that is lerned and sayeth rede vs this lettre Thē he answereth I cā not rede it for it is shutt But yf it be geuē to one y t is not lerned or sayde vnto him rede this lettre Then sayeth he I can not rede Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE For so moch as this people draweth nye me w t their mouth and prayseth me highly with their lippes where as there herte neuertheles is farre fro me and the feare
on euery syde yet will we not vnderstōde He burneth vs vp yet syncketh it not in to oure hartes The xliij Chapter BVt now the LORDE that made the o Iacob and he that fashioned the o Israel saieth thus Feare not for I will defende ye. I haue called y e by thy name thou art myne owne When thou wentest in the water I was by the that the strōge floudes shulde not pluck y e awaye When thou walkest in the fyre it shal not burne y e and the flame shall not kindle vpon the. For I am the LORDE thy God the holyone of Israel thy Sauioure I gaue Egipte for y e delyueraunce the Moryās and the Sabees for the because thou wast deare in my sight and because I set by the and loued the. I pilled all men for the and delyuered vp all people for thy sake that thou shuldest not feare for I was with the. I wil bringe thy sede from the east and gather the together from the west I wil saye to the north let go And to the south kepe not backe But bringe me my sonnes from farre and my doughters from the endes of the worlde Namely all those that be called after my name For thē haue I created fashioned and made for myne honoure Bringe forth that people whether they haue eyes or be blynde deaf or haue eares All nacions shal come in one and be gathered in one people But which amonge yonder goddes shall declare soch thinges tell vs what is to come Let them bringe their witnesses so shal they be fre for thē men shal heare it and saye it is truth But I bringe you witnesses saith the LORDE euen those that are my seruauntes whom I haue chosen to the intent that ye might be certified and geue me faithful credence yee and to cōsidre that I am he before whom there was neuer eny God and that there shal be none after me I am only the LORDE and without me is there no Sauioure I geue warnynge I make whole I teach you that there shulde be no straunge God amonge you And this recorde must ye beare me youre selues saieth the LORDE that I am God And euen he am I from the begynnynge and there is none that can take eny thinge out of my honde And what I do can no man chaunge Thus saieth the LORDE the holyone of Israel youre redemer For youre sake I will sende to Babilon and bringe all the strongest of them from thence Namely the Caldees that boost them of their shippes Euen I the LORDE youre holy one which haue made Israel and am youre kinge Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Euen he that maketh a waye in the see and a footpath in the mightie waters which bringeth forth the charettes and horses the hooste and the power that they maye fall a slepe and neuer ryse and be extincte like as tow is quenched Ye remembre not thinges of olde and regarde nothinge that is past Therfore beholde I shal make a new thinge and shortly shall it apeare Ye shall well knowe it I tolde it you afore but I will tell it you agaane I will make stretes in the deserte and ryuers of water in the wildernesse The wilde beastes shal worshippe me the dragon and the Estrich For I shall geue water in y e wildernesse and streames in the deserte that I maye geue drīke to my people whom I chose This people haue I made for my self and they shal shewe forth my prayse For thou Iacob woldest not call vpon me but thou haddest an vnlust towarde me o Israel Thou gauest me not thy yonge beastes for burnt offringes nether didest honoure me with thy sacrifices Thou boughtest me no deare spice with thi money nether pouredest the fat of thy sacrifices vpon me Howbeit I haue not bene chargeable vnto the in offrīges nether greuous in Incense But thou hast ladē me with thy synnes and weeried me with thy vngodlynes Where as I yet am euen he only that for myne owne selfes sake do awaye thine offences forget thy synnes so that I wil neuer thinke vpon them Put me now in remembraunce for we will reason together shewe what thou hast for the to make the quyte Thy first father offended sore and thy rulers haue synned agaynst me Therfore I ether suspended or slewe the chefest prynces I dyd curse Iacob and gaue Israel into reprofe The xliiij Chapter SO heare now o Iacob my seruaunt and Israel whom I haue chosē For thus saieth the LORDE that made the fashioned the and helped the euen from thy mothers wombe Be not afrayde o Iacob my seruaunte thou rightuous whom I haue chosen For I shal poure water vpon the drie grounde and ryuers vpon the thurstie I shal poure my sprete vpon thisede and myne encrease vpō thy stocke They shal growe together like as the grasse and as the Willies by the waters side One will saye I am the LORDES Another wil call vnder the name of Iacob The thirde shal subscrybe with his honde vnto y e LORDE and geue him self vnder the name of Israel Morouer thus hath the LORDE spokē euen the kinge of Israel and his avenger y e LORDE of hoostes I am the first and the last and without me is there no God For what is he that euer was like me which am from euerlastinge Let him shewe his name and do wherthorow he maye be lickened vnto me Let him tell you forth planely thīges that are past and for to come yee and that without eny feare or stoppe For haue not I euer tolde you hytherto warned you Ye can beare me recorde youreselues Is there eny God excepte me or eny maker that I shulde not knowe him Wherfore all caruers of Idols are but vayne and their laboure lost They must beare recorde them selues that seinge they can nether se ner vnderstonde they shal be confounded Who shulde now make a god or fashiō an Idol that is profitable for nothinge Beholde all the felashippe of thē must be brought to confucion Let all the workmasters of them come and stonde together from amonge men they must be abashed and confoūded one with another The smyth taketh yron and tempreth it with hote coles and fashioneth it with hammers maketh it w t all the strength of his armes Yee somtyme he is faynt for very hunger and so thurstie that he hath no more power The carpenter or ymage caruer taketh me the tymbre and spredeth forth his lyne he marketh it with some coloure he playneth it he ruleth it ād squareth it and maketh it after the ymage of a man and acordinge to the bewtie of a man that it maye stonde in the temple Morouer he goeth out to hewe downe Cedre trees He bringeth home Elmes and okes and other tymbre of the wodd Or els the Fyrretrees which he planted himself ād soch as the rayne hath swelled which wodde serueth for
y t my people maye knowe my name I my self will speake in that daye Beholde here am I. O how bewtiful are the fete of the Embassitoure y t bringeth the message froÌ„ the mountayne proclameth peace y t briÌ„geth the good tydinges preacheth health saieth vnto Sion Thy God is the kinge Thy watchmeÌ„ shal lift vp their voyce w t loude voyce shal they preach of him for they shal se him present wheÌ„ the LORDE shal come agayne to Sion Be glad o thou desolate IerusaleÌ„ reioyse together for the LORDE will coÌ„forte his people he wil delyuer IerusaleÌ„ The LORDE wil make bare his holy arme shewe it forth in the sight of all the GeÌ„tiles all the endes of the earth shal se the sauynge health of oure God Awaye Awaye get you out froÌ„ thence touch no vncleane thinge Go out from amonge soch And be cleane ye that beare the vessell of the LORDE But ye shal not go out with sedicioÌ„ ner make haist as they that fle awaye for the LORDE shal go before you aÌ„d the God of Israel shal kepe the watch Beholde my seruaunt shal deale wysely therfore shal he be magnified exalted greatly honoured Like as y e multitude shal woÌ„dre vpon him because his face shal be so deformed not as a mans face his bewtie like no man Euen so shal the multitude of the GeÌ„tiles loke vnto him y e kinges shal shut their mouthes before him For they y t haue not bene tolde of him shal se him and they y t herde nothinge of him shal beholde him The liij Chapter BVt who geueth credence vnto oure preachinge Or to whoÌ„ is the arme of the LORDE knowne He shal growe before the LORDE like as a brauÌ„ch as a rote in a drie grounde He shal haue nether bewty ner fauoure When we loke vpon him there shal be no fayrnesse we shal haue no lust vnto him He shal be the most symple despised of all which yet hath good experience of sorowes infirmities We shal reken him so symple so vyle that we shal hyde oure faces froÌ„ him Howbeit of a treuth he only taketh awaye oure infirmite beareth oure payne Yet we shal iudge him as though he were plaged and cast downe of God where as he notwithstoÌ„dinge shal be wouÌ„ded for oure offences smytten for oure wickednes For the payne of o r punyshmeÌ„t shal be layde vpoÌ„ him w t his stripes shal we be healed As for vs we go all astraye like shepe euery one turneth his owne waye But thorow him the LORDE pardoneth all o r synnes He shal be payned troubled aÌ„d shal not opeÌ„ his mouth He shal be led as a shepe to be slayne yet shal he be as still as a lambe before the shearer not open his mouth He shal be had awaye his cause not herde wtout eny iudgment Whose generacion yet no man maye nombre when he shal be cut of froÌ„ the grounde of the lyvinge Which punyshment shal go vpon him for the transgression of my people His graue shal be geueÌ„ him with the coÌ„demned his crucifienge with the theues Where as he dyd neuer violence â—er vnright nether hath there bene eny disceatfulnesse in his mouth Yet hath it pleased y e LORDE to smyte him with infirmite that when he had made his soule an offeringe for synne he might se a loÌ„ge lastinge sede And this device of the LORDE shal prospere in his honde With trauayle and laboure of his soule shal he optayne greate riches My rightuous seruaunt shall with his wisdome iustifie delyuer the multitude for he shal beare awaye their synnes Therfore wil I geue him the multitude for his parte he shal deuyde the stroÌ„ge spoyle because he shal geue ouer his soule to death shal be rekened amonge the transgressours which neuertheles shal take awaye y e synnes of the multitude and make intercession for the myszdoers The liiij Chapter THerfore be glad now thou bareÌ„ that bearest not Reioyce synge be mery thou y t art not with childe For the desolate hath moo children then the maried wife saieth the LORDE Make thy tente wyder sprede out the hanginges of thine habitacioÌ„ spare not laye forth thy coardes and make fast thy stakes for thou shalt breake out on the right syde and on the left thy sede shal haue y e GeÌ„tiles in possession aÌ„d dwel in the desolate cities Feare not for thou shalt not be confouÌ„ded Be not ashamed for thou shalt not come to confucion Yee thou shalt forget the shame off thy youth and shalt not remembre the dishonoure of thy wedo wheade For he that made the shal be thy LORDE husbonde whose name is the LORDE of hoostes thine avenger shal be euen the holy one off Israel the LORDE of the whole worlde For the LORDE shal call the beinge as a desolate soroufull woman and as a yonge wife that hath broken hir wedlocke saieth thy God A litle while haue I forsaken the but w t greate mercifulnes shal I take the vp vnto me WheÌ„ I was angrie I hid my face from the for a litle season but thorow euerlastinge goodnesse shal I pardon the saieth the LORDE thine avenger And this must be vnto me as the water of Noe For like as I haue sworne y t I wil not bringe the water off Noe eny more vpoÌ„ the worlde So haue I sworne y t I wil neuer be angrie w t the ner reproue the The mountaynes shall remoue the hilles shal fall downe but my louynge kyndnesse shal not moue and the bonde off my peace shal not fall downe froÌ„ y e saieth y e LORDE thy merciful louer Beholde thou poore vexed despised I wil make thy walles of precious stones y e foundacioÌ„ of Saphires thy wyndowes off Cristall thi gates of fyne cleare stone y e borders of pleasauÌ„t stones Thy childreÌ„ shal all be taught of God I wil geue theÌ„ plenteousnes of peace In rightuousnes shalt thou be grounded be farre froÌ„ oppression for the which thou nedest not be afrayed nether for hynderauÌ„ce for it shal not come nye the. Beholde y e aleâ—unt y t was farre froÌ„ the shal dwell w t the he y t was somtyne a straunger vnto the shal be ioyned w t the Beholde I make the smyth y t bloweth the coles in the fyre he maketh a weapon after his hondy worke I make also the waister to destroye but all the weapens y t are made agaynst the shal not prospere And as for all tunges y t shal resiste the in iudgmeÌ„t thou shalt ouer come theÌ„ coÌ„demne them This is the heretage of the LORDES seruauntes the rightuousnes that they shal haue of me saieth the LORDE The lv Chapter COme to the waters all ye
The cities of thy Sanctuary lye waist Sion is a wildernesse and Ierusalem a deserte Oure holy house which is oure bewty where oure fathers praysed the is brent vp yee all oure cōmodities and pleasures are waysted awaye Wilt thou not be intreated LORDE for all this Wilt thou holde thy peace and scourge vs so sore The lxv Chapter THey shal seke me that hitherto haue not axed for me they shal fynde me that hither to haue not sought me Then shal I saye immediatly to the people that neuer called vpon my name I am here I am here For thus longe haue I euer holden out my hondes to an vnfaithful people that go not the right waye but after their owne ymaginacions To a people that is euer defyenge me to my face They make their oblacions in gardens and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke they lurck amonge the graues and lie in the dennes all night They eate swyne flesh and vnclene broth is in their vessels Yf thou comest nye them they saie touch me not for I am holyer then thou All these men when I am angrie shal be turned to smoke and fyre that shal burne for euer Beholde it is written before my face shal not be forgotten but recōpensed I shal rewarde it them in to their bosome I meane youre mysdedes and the mysdedes of youre fathers together saieth the LORDE which haue made their smokes vpon the mountaynes and blasphemed me vpon the hilles therfore will I measure their olde dedes in to their bosome agayne Morouer thus saieth the LORDE like as when one wolde gather holy grapes men saye vnto him breake it not of for it is holy Euen so will I do also for my seruauntes sakes that I will not destroye them all But I will take a sede out of Iacob and out of Iuda one to take possession of my hill My chosen shal possesse these thinges my seruauntes shall dwell there Saron shal be a shepefolde and the valley of Achor shal geue stallinge for the catell of my people that feare me But as for you ye are they y t haue for saken the LORDE and forgotten my holy hill Ye haue set vp an aulter vnto fortune geuē rich drink offeringes vnto treasure Therfore wil I nombre you with the swerde that ye shall be destroyed all together For when I called no man gaue me answere when I spake ye herkened not vnto me but dyd wickednes before myne eyes and chosed the thinge that pleased me not Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde my seruauntes shal eate but ye shall haue honger Beholde my seruauntes shall drynke but ye shal suffre thurste Beholde my seruauntes shal be mery but ye shal be cōfounded Beholde my seruauntes shal reioyse for very quietnesse of herte But ye shal crie for sorow of hert and cōplayne for vexacion of mynde Youre name shal not be sworne by amonge my chosen for God the LORDE shal slaye you and call his seruauntes by another name Who so reioyseth vpō earth shall reioyse in the true God And Who so sweareth vpō earth shal sweare in the true God For the olde enemite shal be forgotten and taken awaye out of my sight For lo I shal make a new heauē a new earth And as for the olde they shall neuer be thought vpō ner kepte in mynde but mē shal be glad and euermore reioyse for the thinges that I shall do For why Beholde I shal make a ioyfull Ierusalē yee I myself will reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with my people And the voyce of wepinge and waylinge shall not be herde in her from thēce forth There shall neuer be childe ner olde man that haue not their full dayes But whē the childe cometh to an hūderth yeare olde it shall dye And yf he that is an hūderth yeare of age do wronge he shal be cursed They shal buylde houses and dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes and eate the frute of them They shall not buylde another possesse they shall not plante and another eate But the life of my people shal be like a tre and so shal the worke of their hondes My chosen shal lyue longe they shall not laboure in vayne ner beget w t trouble for they are the hie blessed sede of the LORDE their frutes with them And it shal be that or euer they call I shal answere them Whyle they are yet but thinkinge how to speake I shal heare them The wolff and the lambe shal fede together and the lyon shal eate haye like the bullocke But earth shal be the serpētes meate There shal no man hurte ner slaye another in all my holy hill saieth the LORDE The lxvj Chapter THus saieth the LORDE Heauē is my seate and the earth is my fote stole Where shal now the house stonde y t ye will buylde vnto me And where shal be the place y t I wil dwel in As for these thinges my hōde hath made them all and they are all created saieth the LORDE Which of them shal I then regarde Euē him that is of a lowly troubled sprete and stōdeth in awe of my wordes For who so slayeth an oxe for me doth me so greate dishonoure as he y t kylleth a mā He that kylleth a shepe for me choketh a dogge He that bringeth me meat offringes offreth swynes bloude Who so maketh me a memoriall of Incense prayseth the thinge y t is vnright Yet take they soch wayes in honde and their soule deliteth in these abhominacions Therfore wil I also haue pleasure in laughinge them to scorne and the thinge that they feare wil I bringe vpon thē For when I called no man gaue answere when I spake they wolde not heare But dyd wickednesse before myne eyes chose the thinges that displease me Heare the worde of God all ye that feare the thinge which he speaketh You re brethren that hate you and cast you out for my names sake saye Let the LORDE magnifie himself that we maye se youre gladnesse yet they shal be cōfounded For as touchinge the cite and the temple I heare the voyce of the LORDE that will rewarde and recompēce his enemies like as when a wife bringeth forth a man childe or euer she suffre the payne of the byrth and anguysh of y e trauayle Who euer herde or sawe soch thinges doth the grounde beare in one daye or are the people borne all at once as Sion beareth his sonnes For thus-sayeth the LORDE Am I he that maketh other to beare and beare not my self Am not I he that beareth and maketh baren saieth thy God Reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with her all ye that loue her Be ioyful with her all ye that mourned for her For ye shal sucke cōforte out of hir brestes and be satisfied Ye shal taist and haue delite in the plenteousnesse of hir power For
backe thine enemies The kinge of Israel euen the LORDE himself is with the so that 〈…〉 nomore to feare eny myszfortune In that tyme it shall be sayed to Ierusaâ—lem feare not and to Sion let not thine hâ—ndes be slacke for the LORDE thy God is with the it is he that hath power to saue he hath a special pleasure in the and a maruelous loue towarde the yee he reioyseth ouer the 〈◊〉 gladnesse Soch as haue bene in heuynâ—sse wil I gather together and take out of thy congregacion as for the shame and 〈◊〉 that hath bene layed vpon the it shal be fâ—â—re from the. And lo in y t tyme wil I destroyâ— all those that vexe the I wil helpe the 〈◊〉 and gather vp the cast a waye yee I wil get them honoure and prayse in all loÌ„des where they haue bene put to shame At y e same tyme wil I bringe you in and at the same tyme wil I gather you I wil get you a name and a good reporte amonge all people of the earth when I turne backe youre captiuyte before youre eyes saieth the LORDE The ende of the prophet Sophony The Prophet Aggeus What Aggeus conteyneth Chap. I. He exorteth the people to buylde vp the teÌ„ple and reproueth theiâ— loÌ„ge tarieÌ„ge Chap. II. He geueth the rulers a corage Of the ornameÌ„tes and glory of the seconde temple wherby is vnderstoÌ„de the church of the faith full The first Chapter In the seconde yeare of kynge Darius in the vj. moneth the first daye of the moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus vnto Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel y e prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the â—ye prest sayenge Thus speaketh the LORDE of hoostes and saieth This people doth saye The tyme is not yet come to buylde vp the LORDES house Then spake the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayed Ye yo r selues can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses and shal this house lye waist Considre now youre owne wayes in youre hertes saieth y e LORDE of hoostes ye sowe moch but ye bringe litle in Ye eate but ye haue not ynough ye drinke but ye are not fylled ye decke youre selues but ye are not warme he y t earneth eny wage putteth it in a broken purse Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes CoÌ„sidre youre owne wayes in youre hertes get you vp to the mountayne fetch wod buylde vp to the house that it maye be acceptable vnto me and that I maye shewe myne honoure saieth the LORDE Ye loked for moch and lo it is come to litle though ye brynge it home yet do I blowe it awaye And why so saieth the LORDE of hoostes EueÌ„ because that my house lyeth so waist and ye renne euery man vnto his owne house Wherfore the heauen is forbyddeÌ„ to geue you eny dew and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease I haue called for a drouth both vpoÌ„ the londe vpon the mountaynes vpon corne vpon wyne vpon oyle vpon euery thinge that the grounde bryngeth forth vpon men and vpon catell yee and vpon all handy laboure Now when Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest with the remnaunt of the people herde the voyce of the LORDE their God the wordes of the prophet Aggeus like as the LORDE their God had sent him the people dyd feare the LORDE Then Aggeus the LORDES angel sayed in the LORDES message vnto the people I am w t you saieth the LORDE So the LORDE waked vp the sprete of Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda and the sprete of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and the sprete of the remnaunt of all the people y t they came laboured in the house of the LORDE of hoostes their God The II. Chaptyr VPon the xxiiâ—j daye of the sixte moneth in the secoÌ„de yeare of kinge Darius the xxi daye of the seuenth moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayenge speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and to the residue of y e people saye Who is left amoÌ„ge you that sawe this house in hir first beuty But what thinke ye now by it Is it not in youre eyes eueÌ„ as though it were nothinge Neuerthelesse be of good chere o Zorobabel saieth the LORDE be of good conforte o Iesua thou sonne of Iosedec hye prest take good hartes vnto you also all ye people of the londe saieth the LORDE of hoostes and do acordinge to the worde for I am with you saieth the LORDE of hoostes like as I agreed with you when ye came out of the londe of Egypte my sprete shal be amonge you feare ye not For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Yet once more will I shake heaueÌ„ and earth the see and the drye loÌ„de Yee I will moue all Heithen the comforte of all Heithen shall come so wil I fyll this house with honoure saieth the LORDE of hoostes The syluer is myne the golde is myne saieth the LORDE of hoostes Thus y e glory of the last house shal be greater theÌ„ the first saieth the LORDE of hoostes in this place wil I geue peace saieth the LORDE of hoostes The xxiiij daye of the ix moneth in these conde yeare of kinge Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto the prophet Aggeus sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE God of hoostes Axe the prestes concernynge the lawe saye Yf one beare holy flesh in his cote lappe with his lappe do touch the bred potage wyne oyle or eny other meate shall he be holy also The prestes answered saide No. Then sayde Aggeus Now yf one beynge defyled with a deed carcase touch eny of the se shall it also be vnclene The prestes gaue answere sayed yee it shall be vnclene TheÌ„ Aggeus answered and sayde Euen so is this people this nacion before me saieth y e LORDE and so are all the workes of their hoÌ„des yee and all that they offre is vnclene And now I praye you coÌ„sidre from this daye forth and how it hath gone with you afore or euer there was layed one stone vpoÌ„ another in the temple of the LORDE that when ye came to a corne heape of xx busshels there were scarceten and that when ye came to the wyne presse for to poure out L. pottes of wyne there were scarce xx For I smote you with heate blastinge hale stones in all the labours of youre hondes yet was there none of you that wolde turne vnto me saieth the LORDE Considre then from this daye forth and afore namely from the xxiiij daye of the ix moneth vnto the daye that the foundacion of the LORDES temple was layed Marck it well Is not the sede yet in the barne haue not the vynes the fygetrees
will curse youre blessinges yee curse them will I yf ye do not take hede Beholde I shal corruppe youre sede and cast donge in youre faces euen the donge of youre solempne feastes and it shal cleue fast vpon you And ye shall knowe that I haue sent this commaundement vnto you that my couenaunt which I made with Leui might stonde sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes I made a couenaunt of life and peace w t him this I gaue him that he might stonde in awe of me and so he dyd feare me aÌ„d had my name in reuerence The lawe of treuth was in his mouth and there was no wickednesse founde in his lippes He walked with me in peace aÌ„d equyte and dyd turne many one awaye from their synnes For the prestes lippes shulde be sure knowlege that men maye seke the lawe at his mouth for he is a messaunger of the LORDE of hoostes But as for you ye are gone clene out off the waye and haue caused the multitude to be offended at the lawe ye haue broken the couenaunt of Leui sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Therfore wil I also make you to be despised and to be of no reputacion amonge all y e people because ye haue not kepte my wayes but bene parciall in the lawe Haue we not all one father Hath not one God made vs why doth euery one off vs then despyse his owne brother and so breake the couenaunt of oure fathers Now hath Iuda offended yee the abhominacion is done in Israel and in IerusaleÌ„ for Iuda hath defyled the SaÌ„ctuary of the LORDE which he loued and hath kepte the doughter of a straunge God But the LORDE shal destroye the maÌ„ that doth this yee both the master the scolar out off the tabernacle of Iacob with him that offreth vp meatofferynge vnto the LORDE off hoostes Now haue ye brought it to this poynte agayne that the aulter of the LORDE is couered with teares wepynge and mournynge so that I will nomore regarde the meatofferynge nether wil I receaue or accepte eny thinge at youre hoÌ„des And yet ye saye wherfore Euen because that where as the LORDE made a couenauÌ„t betwixte y e and the wife off thy youth thou hast despysed her Yet is she thyne owne coÌ„panyon and maried wife So dyd not the one yet had he an excellent sprete What dyd then the one He sought the sede promised of God Therfore loke well to youre sprete let no man despyse y e wife of his youth Yf thou hatest her put her awaye sayeth the LORDE God of Israel and geue her a clothinge for the scorne sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Loke well then to youre sprete and despyse her not Ye greue the LORDE with youre wordes and yet ye saye wherwithall haue we greued him In this that ye saye All that do euell are good in the sight of God and soch please him Or els where is the God that punysheth The III. Chapter BEholde I wil sende my messaunger which shal prepare the waye before me and the LORDE whom ye wolde haue shal soone come to his temple yee euen the messaunger of the couenaunt whom ye longe for Beholde he commeth sayeth the LORDE of hoostes But who maye abyde the daye of his commynge Who shal be able to endure when he appeareth For he is like a goldsmythes fyre aÌ„d like wasshers sope He shall syt him downe to trye and to clense y e syluer he shal pourge the children of Leui and purifie them like as golde and syluer that they maye brynge meatofferinges vnto the LORDE in rightuousnes Then shall the offeringe of Iuda and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the LORDE like as from the begynninge in the yeares afore tyme. I will come punysh you I my self wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches agaynst the aduouterers agaynst false swearers yee aÌ„d agaynst those that wroÌ„geously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty which vexe the wyddowes the fatherlesse oppresse the straunger and feare not me sayeth the LORDE of hoostes For I am the LORDE y t chaunge not ye o children of Iacob wil not leaue of ye are gone awaye fro myne ordinauÌ„ces sens y e tyme of youre forefathers haue ye not kepte them Turne you now vnto me and I wil turne me vnto you sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Ye saye Wherin shal we turne Shulde a man vse falsede and disceate with God as ye vse falsede and disceate with me Yet ye saye wherin vse we disceate with the In Tythes and heaue offerynges Therfore are ye cursed with penury because ye dyssemble with me all the sorte of you Brynge euery Tythe in to my barne y t there maye be meat in myne house and proue me withall sayeth the LORDE of hoostes yf I wil not open the wyndowes of heauen vnto you and poure you out a blessinge with plenteousnesse Yee I shal reproue the consumer for youre sakes so that he shall not eate vp the frute of youre grounde nether shal y e vynyarde be baren in the felde sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes In so moch that all people shal saye that ye be blessed for ye shall be a pleasaunt loÌ„de sayeth the LORDE off hoostes Ye speake hard wordes agaynst me sayeth the LORDE And yet ye saye What haue we spoken agaynst the Ye haue sayed It is but lost laboure to serue God What profit haue we for kepynge his commaundementes and for walkinge humbly before the LORDE off hoostes Therfore maye we saye that the proude are happie and that they which deale with vngodlynesse are set vp for they tempte God and yet escape But they that feare God saye thus one to another The LORDE coÌ„sidreth and heareth it Yee it is before him a memoriall boke written for soch as feare the LORDE and remembre his name And in the daye that I wil make saieth y e LORDE of hoostes they shal be myne owne possession and I will fauoure them like as a man fauoureth his owne sonne that doth him seruyce Turne you therfore and considre what difference is betwixte the rightuous and vngodly betwixte him that serueth God aÌ„d him that serueth him not For marck the daye commeth that shall burne as an oueÌ„ and all the proude yee and all soch as do wickednesse shal be straw and the daye that is for to come shall burne theÌ„ vp sayeth the LORDE of hoostes so that it shal leaue them nether rote ner braunch But vnto you that feare my name shall the SoÌ„ne of rightuousnesse aryse health shal be vnder his winges Ye shal go forth multiplie as y e fat calues Ye shal treaded 〈◊〉 y e vngodly for they shal be like the 〈◊〉 vnder the soles of youre fete in the daye y t I shal make sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Remembre the lawe of Moses my seruaunt which I committed vnto him in â—reb for all Israel with the statutes and ordinaunces Beholde
the honger shal the swerde destroye the deed shal be cast out as donge there shal be no man to coÌ„forte them For y e earth shal be waisted the cities shal be cast downe there shal be no man left to tyll y e earth to sowe it The trees shal geue frute who shal plucke theÌ„ of gather them The grapes shal be ripe who shal treade theÌ„ For all places shal be desolate of meÌ„ so that one man shal desyre to se another or to heare his voyce For of one whole cite there shal be ten left two in the felde which shall hyde theÌ„selues in the thicke buszshes in the clyffes of stones like as whan there remayne thre or foure olyues vpon the olyue tre or as whan a vynyarde is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligeÌ„tly sought thorow the vynyarde Euen so in those dayes there shal be thre or foure left for theÌ„ y t search their houses w t the swerde And the earth shal be left waist the feldes therof shall waxe olde and hir wayes and all hir pathes shal growe full of thornes because no man shal trauayle there thorow The daughters shal mourne hauinge no brydegromes the wemen shal make lamentacion hauynge no huszbandes their daughters shal mourne hauinge no helpe of their brydegrome In the warres shall they be destroyed their huszbandes shal perish of honger O ye seruauntes of the LORDE heare these thinges marck theÌ„ Beholde the worde of the LORDE O receaue it beholde the plages drawe nye are not slack in tarienge Like as a trauaylinge woman which after y e ix moneth briÌ„geth forth a sonne whan the houre of the byrth is come an houre two or thre afore that the paynes come vpoÌ„ hir body whan the childe coÌ„meth to the byrth they tary not the twincklynge of an eye EueÌ„ so shall not y e plages be slack to come vpon earth the worlde shal mourne sorowes shal come vpoÌ„ it on euery syde O my people heare my worde make you redy to the battayll in all euell be euen as pylgrems vpon earth He y t selleth let him be as he that flyeth his waye he y t byeth as one that wil lese Who so occupieth marchauÌ„dies as he that wynneth not he that buyldeth as he that shall not dwell therin he that soweth as one y t shal not reape he that twysteth the vynyarde as he that shal not gather the grapes they that mary as they that shall get no children they y t mary not as the wyddowes therfore they y t laboure labo r in vayne For straungers shall reape their frutes spoyle their goodes ouer throwe their houses take their childreÌ„ captyue for in captiuyte honger shal they get children And they that occupie their marchaundies w t robbery how longe decke they their cities their houses their possessions personnes the more wil I punysh them for their synnes sayeth the LORDE Like as an whore enuyeth an honest woman so shall righteousnes hate iniquyte whan she decketh hir self and shall accuse her to hir face whan he coÌ„meth that defendeth which shal make inquysicioÌ„ for all synne vpoÌ„ earth And therfore be not ye like there vnto ner to the workes therof for or euer it be longe iniquite shal be taken awaye out of the earth and righteousnes shal raigne amonge you Let not the synner saye that he hath not synned for coles of fyre shal burne vpon his heade which saieth before the LORDE God his glory I haue not synned Beholde the LORDE knoweth all y e workes of men their ymaginacions their thoughtes their hertes For he spake but the worde let the earth be made it was made let the heaueÌ„ be made it was made In his worde were y e starres made he knoweth the nombre of them He searcheth the grounde of the depe the treasures therof he hath measured the see what it conteyneth He hath shut the see in the myddest of the waters and w t his worde hath he hanged the earth vpon the waters He spredeth out the heauen like a vowte vpon the waters hath he founded it In the deserte and drye wyldernes hath he made sprynges of water and poles vpoÌ„ the toppe of the mountaynes y t the floudes might poure downe from y e stony rockes to water the earth He made man and put his hert in the myddest of y e body and gaue him breth life and vnderstandinge yee and the sprete of y e Allmightie God which made all thinges and hath searched the grouÌ„de of all the secretes of the earth He knoweth youre ymaginacions inueÌ„cions and what ye thynke whan ye synne wolde hyde youre synnes Therfore hath y e LORDE searched and sought out all yo r woâ—kes and he shal bewraye you all And whan yo r synnes are brought forth ye shal be ashamed before men and youre owne synnes shal be youre accusers in that daye What wil ye do Or how will ye hyde youre synnes before God and his angels Beholde God himself is the iudge feare him leaue of from youre synnes and forget youre vnrighteousnesses and medle nomore with them so shal God lede you forth and delyuer you from all trouble For beholde the heate of a greate multitude is kyndled ouer you and they shal take awaye certayne of you and fede the ydle w t Idols and they that coÌ„sent vnto them shal be had in derision laughed to scorne trodden vnder fote For vnto the places there shal be a place and in the next cities a greate insurreccion vpon those that feare y e LORDE They shal be like mad men they shall spare no man they shall spoyle and waist soch as feare the LORDE their goodes shall they take from them and shute them out of their houses Then shall it be knowne who are my chosen they shal be tryed as the golde in the fyre Heare O ye my beloued saieth the LORDE beholde the dayes of trouble are at honde but I wil delyuer you from the same Be not ye afraied dispayre not for God is youre captayne Who so kepeth my coÌ„maundementes and preceptes sayeth the LORDE God let not youre synnes weye you downe let not youre vnrighteousnesses be lift vp Wo be vnto theÌ„ that are subdued vnto their synnes and tangled in their wickednesses like as a felde is hedged in with buszshes and the path therof couered with thornes y t no man maye trauayle thorow and so is he taken and cast in the fyre and brent The ende of the IIII. boke of Eszdras The boke of Tobias What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kynred life and godly conuersacion of Tobias Chap. II The louynge compassion that Tobias sheweth in buryeÌ„ge the deed for the which cause he is hated and persecuted God nurtoureth him with blyndnes His wyfe casteth him in the teth Chap. III. Tobias prayeth
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whā he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childrē and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
The dayes of man are shorte God suffreth longe rebuketh and teacheth all soch as wil receaue nurtoure Chap. XIX Many good lessons of wyszdome Chap. XX. Men ought to geue warnynge to exorte and to rebuke but not to be cruell violent or malicious Of sylence and speakinge how to bewarre of lyes Chap. XXI All maner of synnes ought to be eschued The difference of the wyse and foolish Chap. XXII A foole wyll not be refourmed nor rebuked Be faithfull vnto thy neghboure and frende Chap. XXIII A faithfull prayer vnto God to preserue the mouth and tonge from noysome wordes and oothes the hert from euell thoughtes How greate abhominacion aduoutry is Chap. XXIIII A commendacion of wyszdome Chap. XXV There is nothinge better then an honest verteous woman Agayne there is nothinge worse then an euell vngodly frowarde woman Chap. XXVI A commendacion and prayse of a good honest woman and how noysome an euell wyfe is Chap. XXVII Many goodly sentences Chap. XXVIII Men ought not to take vengeauÌ„ce but euery man to forgeue his neghboure not to beare euell wil ner to stryue What harme commeth of false tongues slaunderers Chap. XXIX How meÌ„ shulde haue compassion and lende vnto their neghbours and how they that borowe ought to behaue them selues agayne Of vnaduysed suertieshipe How euery man ought to be content with that he hath and not to be chargeable vnto other Chap. XXX Who so loueth his children teacheth them nurtoreth them and chasteneth theÌ„ Health is a noble gift Chap. XXXI The misery of the cuvetous How one shulde be haue him self at the table and be measurable in meate and drynke What harme commeth of drynkinge to moch wyne Chap. XXXII To be set in rule dignite shulde not make a man proude and hye minded but to feare to be diligent and faithful vnto them that are committed vnto him c. with other good lessons Chap. XXXIII How God ought to be feared his lawe kepte The difference of dayes and of men The ordringe of children and housholde Chap. XXXIIII The hope of the vngodly is vayne the righteous shal be preserued for he putteth his trust in God which wil not be reconciled with offeringes but with an innocent life Chap. XXXV The offringe that pleaseth God is to kepe his coÌ„maundementes to be thankful mercifull and to ceasse from synne God is the defender of wyddowes fatherlesse and oppressed and heareth their prayer Chap. XXXVI An earnest prayer vnto God for helpe agaynst the enemies The prayse of an honest woman Chap. XXXVII Of true false freÌ„dshipe Good councell ought to be sought at them which are verteous and feare God but first at God himself Of wyszdome and sobernesse Chap. XXXVIII Phisicians and medicyns ought not to be despysed but vsed as a gift of God neuertheles God himself is first to be sought in all sicknesse Men shulde be measurable in mourninge for the deed prepare them selues also vnto death Euery workman ought to be diligent in his laboure and to please God with kepinge his commaundementes Chap. XXXIX Wyszdome and the feare of God excell all other thinges All thinges are made to serue the faithfull Chap. XL. The life of man is a battayll All thinges passe awaie but the trueth abydeth for euer The liberall and louynge condicions of the righteous The vnfaithfullnes and nigardnesse of the vngodly Chap. XLI Death is fearfull vnto the wicked but a ioye vnto the righteous The cursinge of the vngodly A good name is a noble thinge What the thinges be wherof a man ought to be ashamed Chap. XLII Where one ought not to be ashamed The care and bringinge vp of childreÌ„ The power and wyszdome of God Chap. XLIII The beuty of the firmameÌ„t wher by the power and wyszdome of God is knowne shulde by right be praysed Chap. XLIIII A commendacion and prayse of the olde fathers Chap. XLV Of the faithfull worthies and their noble actes Of the presthode and offeringes The punyshment of the sedicious Chap. XLVI The manlynesse of Iosue Caleb Of the rulers in Israel vnto the tyme of faithfull Samuel Chap. XLVII Of Nathan Dauid and Salomon Chap. XLVIII Of Elyas Ezechias and Esay Chap. XLIX The actes of good Iosias The decaye of Ierusalem Of the prophetes and patriarckes Chap. L. A commeÌ„dacion of Simeon the sonne of Onias Chap. LI. A prayer of Iesus Syrac Wyszdome calleth the ignoraunt vnto her The first Chapter ALl wyszdome coÌ„meth of God the LORDE hath bene euer w t him and is before all tyme. Who hath nombred y e sonde of the see y e droppes of the rayne the dayes of tyme Who hath measured the heyth of heaueÌ„ y e bredth of the earth the depenesse of the see Who hath sought out the grounde of Gods wiszdome which hath bene before all thinges Wiszdome hath bene before all thinges and the vnderstandinge of prudence from euerlastinge Gods worde in the heyth is the well of wyszdome and the euerlastinge coÌ„maundementes are the intraunce of her Vnto whom hath y e rote of wyszdome bene declaâ—red Or who hath knowne hir wyt Vnto whom hath the doctrine of wyszdome bene discouered and shewed and who hath vnderstande the many folde entrauÌ„ce of her There is one eueÌ„ the Hyest the maker of all thinges y e Allmightie y e kynge of power of whom men ought to stonde greatly in awe which sytteth vpon his trone beinge a God of dominion He hath created her thorow y e holy goost he hath sene her nombred her and measured her He hath poured her out vpon all his workes and vpon all flesh acordinge to his gift he geueth her richely vnto them that loue him The feare of the LORDE is worshipe and triuÌ„phe gladnesse a ioyfull crowne The feare of the LORDE maketh a mery hert geueth gladnesse ioye and longe life Who so feareth the LORDE it shal go well with him at the last in the daye of his death he shal be blessed The loue of God is honorable wiszdome loke vnto whom it appeareth they loue it for they se what woÌ„derous thinges it doth The feare of LORDE is the begynnynge of wyszdome and was made with the faithfull in the mothers wombe it shall go with the chosen wemen and shal be knowne of y e righteous and faithfull The feare of the LORDE is y e right Gods seruyce that preserueth and iustifieth the hert and geueth myrth gladnesse Who so feareth the LORDE shal be happie and whan he hath nede of comforte he shal be blessed To feare God is the wiszdome that maketh rich and bringeth all good with her She fylleth the whole house with hir giftes the garners with her treasure The feare of the LORDE is the crowne of wyszdome and geueth plenteous peace health He hath sene her nombred her knowlege and vnderstandinge of wyszdome hath he poured out as rayne and them that helde her fast hath he brought vnto honor. The feare
vnto death for the rewarde of God endureth for euer Before thou prayest prepare thy soule and be not as one y t tempteth God Thynke vpon the wrathfull indignacion that shal be at the ende and the houre of vēgeaunce whā HE shal turne awaie his face Whan thou hast ynough remembre the tyme of honger and whan thou art rych thynke vpon the tyme of pouerte and scarcenesse From the mornynge vntyll the euenynge the tyme is chaunged and all soch thynges are soone done in y e sight of God A wyse man feareth God in all thinges and in the dayes of transgression he kepeth him self from synne A discrete man hath pleasure in wyszdome and he that fyndeth her maketh moch of her They that haue had vnderstandinge haue dealt wysely in wordes haue vnderstonde the trueth and righteousnes and haue sought out wyse sentēces and iudgmentes Folowe not thy lustes but turne y e from thine owne will For yf thou geuest thy soule hir desyres it shal make thine enemies to laugh the to scorne Take not thy pleasure in greate volupteousnes medle not to moch withall Make not to greate cheare of the thinge that thou hast wonne by avauntage lest thou fall in to pouerte and haue nothinge in thy purse The XIX Chapter A Labourynge man that is geuen vnto dronckennes shall not be riche and he that maketh not moch of small thynges shal fall by litle and litle Wyne and women make wyse men rēnagates and put men of vnderstādinge to reprofe and he that accompanieth aduouterers shal become a wicked man Mothes and wormes shall haue him to heretage yee he shall be sett vp to a greater example and his soule shal be roted out of the nombre He that is haistie to geue credence is light mynded and doth agaynst himself Who so reioyseth in wickednes shal be punished he that hateth to be refourmed his life shal be shortened and he that abhorreth bablinge of wordes quencheth wickednes He that offendeth agaynst his owne soule shal repent it and he that reioyseth in wickednes shal be punyshed Rehearse not a wicked and churlish worde twyse and thou shalt not be hyndered Shew thy secretes nether to frende ner foo yf thou hast offended tell it not out For he shal herken vnto the and marck the and whan he fyndeth oportunyte he shall hate the. Yf thou hast herde a worde agaynst y e neghboure lett it be deed within the and be sure thou shalt haue no harme therby A foole trauaileth with a worde like as a woman that is payned with bearinge of childe Like as an arowe shott in a dogges thye so is a worde in a fooles hert Tell thy frende his faute lest he be ignoraunt and saye I haue not done it or yf he haue done it that he do it nomore Reproue thy neghboure that he kepe his tonge and yf he haue spokē that he saye it nomore Tell thy neghboure his faute for oft tymes an offence is made and geue not credēce to euery worde A man falleth somtyme with his tonge but not with his will For what is he y t hath not offended in his tonge Geue thy neghboure warnynge before thou threaten him and geue place vnto the lawe of the LORDE The feare of God is all wyszdome he that is a right wyse man kepeth the lawe As for the doctrine of wickednes it is no wyszdome and the prudence of synners is no good vnderstondinge it is but wickednesse and abhominacion a blasphemynge of wyszdome A symple man of small vnderstandinge that feareth God is better then one that hath moch wyszdome and transgresseth the lawe of the Hyest A craftye sotell man can be wyse but he is vnrighteous and with giftes he wraysteth the open and manyfest lawe A wicked man can behaue himself humbly and can douke with his heade and yet is he but a disceauer within He hydeth his face and disguyseth it because he shulde not be knowne he preuenteth the. And though he be so weake that he can do the no harme yet whan he maye fynde oportunyte he shall do some euell A man maye be knowne by his face and one that hath vnderstondinge maye be perceaued by the loke of his countenaunce A mans garment laughter goynge declare what he is The XX. Chapter SOme man reproueth his neghbo oft tymes but not in due season Agayne some man holdeth his tonge and he is wyse and discrete It is moch better to geue warnynge and to reproue then to beare euell will for he that knowlegeth him self openly shal be preserued from hurt and destruccion Like as whan a chamberlayne thorow desyre and lust defyleth a mayden euen so is it with him that vseth violence and vnrighteousnes in y e lawe O how good a thinge is it a man y t is reproued to shewe openly his repentaunce for so shalt thou escape wylfull synne Some man kepeth sylence and is founde wyse but he that is not ashamed what he sayeth is hatefull Some man holdeth his tonge because he hath not the vnderstandinge of the language and some man kepeth sylence waytinge a conuenyent tyme. A wyse man wyll holde his tonge tyll he se oportunyte but a wanten and an vndiscrete body shal regarde no tyme. He that vseth many wordes shal hurte his owne soule and he that taketh auctorite vpō him vnrighteously shal be hated Some man hath oft tymes prosperite in wicked thinges Agayne some man getteth moch and hath harme and losse There is some gift that is nothinge worth Againe there is some gift whose rewarde is dubble Some man getteth a fall for beynge to proude and some commeth to worshipe from lowe estate Some man bieth moch for a litle pryce and must paye for it seuen folde A wyse man with his wordes maketh him self to be loued but the fauours of fooles shal be poured out The gift of the vnwyse shal do the no good for his eyes are seuen folde He shal geue litle saye he gaue moch he openeth his mouth and crieth out as it were one that crieth out wyne To daye he lendeth tomorow he axeth it agayne and soch a man is to be hated The foole sayeth I haue no frende I haue no thanke for all my good dedes yee euen they that eate my bred speake no good of me O how oft and of how many shal he be laughed to scorne He taketh a more perlous fall by soch wordes then yf he fell vpon the grounde euen so shal the falles of wicked men come haistely In the mouth of him that is vntaught are many vnconuenient and vnmete wordes A wyse sentence shall not be alowed at the mouth of the foole for he speaketh it not in due season Some man synneth not because he hath not wherwithall and in his rest he shall be stynged Some man there is that destroyeth his owne soule with shame and for an vnwyse bodyes sake destroieth he it and with
childe she thinketh nomore of the anguyshe for ioye that a man is borne in to the worlde And now haue ye sorowe also but I wil se you agayne and youre hert shal reioyse and you reioye shal noman take from you And in that daye shal ye axe me no question Verely verely I saye vnto you Yf ye axe y e father ought in my name he shal geue it you Hither to haue ye axed nothinge in my name Axe and ye shal receaue y t youre ioye maye be perfecte These thinges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes Neuertheles the tyme commeth that I shal speake nomore by prouerbes but I shal shewe you planely of my father In that daye shal ye axe in my name And I saye not vnto you that I wyl praye vnto the father for you for the father himself loueth you because ye haue loued me beleued that I am come out from God I wente out from the father and came into the worlde Agayne I leaue y e worlde and go to the father His disciples sayde vnto him Beholde now talkest thou planely and speakest no prouerbe Now are we sure y t thou knowest all thinges and nedest not that eny mā shulde axe the. Therfore beleue we that thou camest out from God Iesus answered them Now ye do beleue Beholde the houre draweth nye and is come allready that ye shal be scatred euery man in to his awne and shal leaue me alone and yet am I not alone for the father is with me These thinges haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye might haue peace In y e worlde haue ye trouble but be of good comforte I haue ouercome the worlde The XVII Chapter THese thinges spake Iesus and lift vp his eyes towarde heauen and sayde Father the houre is come that thou glorifye thy sonne that thy sonne also maye glorifye the. Like as thou hast geuen him power ouer all fleshe that he shulde geue euerlastinge life to as many as thou hast geuen him But this is the life euerlastinge that they knowe the that thou onely art the true God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ. I haue glorified y e vpō earth fynished y e worke y t thou gauest me to do And now glorifye me thou father by thine awne self with y e glory which I had or euer the worlde was I haue declared thy name vnto y e men whom thou gauest me from the worlde They were thine and thou gauest them vnto me and they haue kepte thy worde Now knowe they that all thinges what so euer thou hast geuen me are of the. For y e wordes which thou gauest me haue I geuē vnto them and they haue receaued them knowne of a trueth that I am come forth from the and haue beleued that thou hast sent me I praye for them and praye not for the worlde but for them whom thou hast geuen me for they are thine And all that is myne is thine and what thine is that is myne And I am glorifyed in them And now am I nomore in the worlde and they are in y e worlde and I come to the. Holy father kepe in thy name those whom thou hast geuē me that they maye be one like as we are Whyle I was with thē in the worlde I kepte them in thy name Those y t thou gauest me haue I kepte and none of them is lost but that lost childe that the scripture might be fulfylled But now come I vnto the and this I speake in the worlde that they maye haue my ioye perfecte in them I haue geuen them thy worde and the worlde hateth thē for they are not of the worlde euen as I also am not of the worlde I praye not that thou shuldest take them out of the worlde but that thou kepe thē frō euell They are not of the worlde as I also am not of the worlde Sanctifye them in thy trueth Thy worde is the trueth Like as thou hast sent me in to the worlde so haue I sent them in to the worlde and for their sakes I sanctifye my self that they also maye be sanctifyed in the trueth Neuertheles I praye not for them onely but also for those which thorow their worde shal beleue on me that they all maye be one like as thou father art in me and I in y e that they also maye be one in vs that the worlde maye beleue that thou hast sent me And the glory which thou gauest me haue I geuen them that they maye be one like as we are one I in thē and thou in me that they maye be perfecte in one and that the worlde maye knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as thou hast loued me Father I wil that they whom thou hast geuen me be with me where I am y t they maye se my glory which thou hast geuē me for thou hast loued me or euer y e worlde was made Righteous father the worlde hath not knowne y t but I haue knowne y e and these haue knowne that thou hast sent me And I haue declared thy name vnto them wyl declare it y t the loue wherwith thou hast loued me maye be in thē I in them The XVIII Chapter WHan Iesus had thus spokē he wēte forth with his disciples ouer the broke Cedron where there was a gardē in to the which Iesus entred and his disciples But Iudas y t betrayed hī knewe the place also For Iesus resorted thither oft tymes w t his disciples Now whan Iudas had takē vnto him the cōpany mynisters of the hye prestes and Pharises he came thither with creshettes w t lanternes and with weapens Iesus now knowinge all y t shulde come vpon him wēte forth and sayde vnto thē Whom seke ye They answered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus sayde vnto them I am he Iudas also which betrayed him stode with thē Now whan Iesus sayde vnto thē I am he they wēte bacwardes and fell to the grounde Then axed he thē agayne Whom seke ye They sayde Iesus of Nazareth Iesus answered I haue tolde you that I am he Yf ye seke me then let these go their waye That the worde might be fulfylled which he sayde Of them whō thou gauest me haue I not lost one Then had Symon Peter a swerde and drewe it out and smote the hye prestes seruaūt and cut of his right eare And y e seruaūtes name was Malchus Then sayde Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy swerde in to the sheeth Shal I not drynke of y e cuppe which my father hath geuē me Then the company and the captayne the officers of the Iewes toke Iesus and bounde him led him awaye first vnto Annas that was fatherlawe vnto Caiphas which was hye prest y t same yeare It was Caiphas which gaue coūcell vnto y e Iewes that it were good
for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye their londe for an heretage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heretage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remeÌ„breth vs wheÌ„ we are in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The CXXXVI psalme BY the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte when we remeÌ„bred Sion As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin TheÌ„ they that led vs awaye captyue requyred of vs a songe and melody in o r heuynes â–ª synge vs one of the songes of Sion How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauÌ„ge loÌ„de Yf I forget the o Ierusalem let my right hande be forgotten Yf I do not remembre the let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the childreÌ„ of Edom o LORDE in the daye of Ierusalem how they sayde downe with it downe with it eueÌ„ to the grounde O doughter BabiloÌ„ thou shalt come to misery thy self yee happie shal he be that rewardeth y e as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shal he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones The CXXXVII A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole hert euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teÌ„ple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth for thou hast magnified thy worde acordynge vnto thy greate name When I call vpoÌ„ the thou hearest me and endewest my soule with moch streÌ„gth All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o LORDE when they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the LORDE that greate is the glory of the LORDE For though the LORDE be hye yet hath he respecte vnto y e lowly as for y e proude he beholdeth him afarre off Though I walke iÌ„ y e myddest of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thine haÌ„de vpoÌ„ the furiousnes of myne enemies y e righthande shal saue me The LORDE shal make good for me yee thy mercy o LORDE endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thine owne handes The CXXXVIII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE thou searchest me out and knowest me Thou knowest my downe syttinge my vprisynge thou vnderstoÌ„dest my thoughtes afarre of Thou art aboute my path aboute my bedd spyest out all my wayes For lo there is not a worde iÌ„ my toÌ„ge but thou o LORDE knowest it alltogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde before layed thine hoÌ„de vpon me Soch knowlege is to wonderfull excelleÌ„t for me I can not atteyne vnto it Whither shal I go then from thy sprete Or whither shal I fle from thy presence Yf I clymme vp in to heauen thou art there yf I go downe to hell thou art there also Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge remayne in the vttemost parte of the see Euen there also shal thy honde lede me and thy right hande shal holde me Yf I saye peradueÌ„ture the darcknesse shal couer me then shal my night be turned to daye Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse with the but the night is as cleare as the daye the darcknesse light are both alike For my reynes are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the for I am woÌ„derously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well My bones â—re not hyd from the though I be made secretly and fashioned beneth in the earth Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse they stonâ—e all writteÌ„ iÌ„ thy boke my dayes were fashiâ—ned when as yet there was not one of them How deare are y e couÌ„cels vnto me o God O how greate is the summe of them Yf I tell them they are mo in nombre then the ende when I wake vp I am present with â—he Wilt thou not slaye y e wicked oh God â—hat the bloudethyrstie mighte departe froâ—â—e For they speake vnright of the thine â—â—emies exalte them selues presumptuously I hate them o LORDE that hate the I maye not awaye with those that ryse vp â—gaynst the Yee I hate them right sore â—â—erfore are they myne enemies Trye me â—o God and seke the grounde of myne hert proue me examen my 〈…〉 well yf there be eny waye 〈…〉 me lede me in the waye 〈…〉 The CXXXIX A psalme of Dauid â–ª DElyuer me o LORDE from the 〈◊〉 men oh preserue me from the wicked men Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes stere vp strife all the daye longe They sharpen their tonges like a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Sela. Kepe me o LORDE from the hande of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me spred a nett abrode with coardes yee sett trappes in my waye Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE thou art my God heare the voyce of my prayer o LORDE O LORDE God thou strength of my health thou hast couered my heade in y e daye of battayll Let not y e vngodly haue his desyre o LORDE let him not haue his purpose lest they be to proude Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon y e head of theÌ„ y t coÌ„pase me aboute Let hote burnynge coales fall vpoÌ„ theÌ„ let theÌ„ be cast in to the fyre and in to the pytt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth a malicious wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed Sure I am that the LORDE wil auenge the poore and manteyne the cause of the helplesse The rightuous also shal geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name the iust shal continue in thy sight The CXL A psalme of Dauid LORDE I call vpon the haist the vnto me and consider my voyce wheÌ„ I crie vnto the. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the inceÌ„se and let the liftinge vp of my haÌ„des be an euenynge sacrifice Set a watch o LORDE before my mouth yee a watch at the dore of my lippes O let not myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thiÌ„ge to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men lest I eate of soch thinges as please theÌ„ Let the rightuous rather smyte me frendly and reproue me so wil I take it as though he had poured oyle vpoÌ„ my heade it shal not hurte my heade yee I wil praye yet for theâ— wickednesse Their iudges stoÌ„ble at the stone yet heare they my wordes y t they be ioyfull Oure bones lye scatered before y e pytt like as when one graueth and dyggeth