man sitting vpon him When ther should haue bene a vehemente bataile betwene Tymothe and Iudas Machabeus 2. Mach. 1â— there appeared v. men vpon horsbacks garnished wyth brydles of golde leadynge the Iewes and two of them hauing Machabeus betwixt them that kepte him safe on euery side with their weapoÌ„s The Iewes goynge to battaile againste 2. Mach. 1â—â— the greate and myghtye hoste of Lisias Machabeus beyng theyr capitaine there appeared before theym vppon horsbacke a man in white clothynge wyth harnesse of golde shaking his speare We do read that the angel of God appeared thrise vnto Ioseph Mat. 1.2 first our lord being in his mothers womb Secondarely when he was come forthe of his mothers wombe And thyrdlye when he was in Egipt When Iesus was baptised the spirit of god was sene vpon him in a bodely shape like a doue Mat. 3. Luke 4. and the fathers voyce was hard sayinge Thys is my well be loued sonne Also in our lordes transfyguratyon ther apeared Moses and Helias speaking Mat. 17. wyth our Lord. And there came a voyce from heauen Luke 9. When our Lord Iesus arose from death to life Mat. 27. manye bodies of sainctes which slept arose and comming oute of the graues came into the holy city and appeared vnto manye When Iesus was rysen earlye the fyrst day after the saboth Mar. 16. he appeared first to Mary Magdalen After this he appeared to two dysciples goyng by the way Luke 24. and laste of all he appeared vnto the eleuen as they sate at meate Mar. 16. and caste in theyr teethe theyr vnbelefe and hardnesse of heart Our Lord Iesus shewed hym selfe alyue after hys passyon Act. 1. and that by manye argumentes and tokens appearing vnto them xl daies and speakinge of the kingdome of God Then ther followeth And while they loked stedfastly vp toward heauen behold two men stode by them in whyte apparell When the fiftye dayes were come to an end Act. 2. they wer al with one accord together in one place And ther apeared vnto them clouen tongues like as they had bene of fyre Stephen beynge full of the holye ghoste Act. 7. loked vp into heauen he sawe the glory of God and sayd Beholde I se the heauens open and the sonne of man standynge on the right hande of God And the Aungell of God was there presente and a lyghte shyned in the habitacion of the prysonne Actes 12. And he smote Peter whyche was bound with chaynes on the syde and stered hym vp saying aryse vp quickely And when Paule was come nye to Damasco to take those that were christened Act. 10. sodenly there shined round aboute hym a lyghte frome heauen And he hearde oure Lorde Iesus of Nazareth sayinge vnto hym Saull why persecutest thou me And afterwardes he appeared to Ananias Cornelius the capitayne a deuout man Act. 9. and one that feared God sawe euydentelye aboute the nynth houre of the daye an angell of God sayinge vnto him Corneli send men to Ioppa and call for one Simon whose syrname is Peter he shal tell thee what thou oughtest to dooe Peter beynge in hys prayers and a hungerd fell into a traunce sawe Heauen opened Act. 10. and a certaine vessell came downe to hym as it had bene a greate shete knytte at the foure corners and was let downe to the earth wherin were all maner of fourefoted beastes of the earth and vermen and wormes and foules of the ayre When Paule and Barnabas had gone throughe Misia they came to Troada Act. 16. And a vision appeared too Paule in the nyghte There stode a man of Macedonia and prayed him sayinge Act. 17. Come into Macedonia and helpe vs our Lorde sayd vnto Paule by a vision in the nyghte feare not speake and holde not thy peace On a certain night god standing by Paule said vnto him be constant and of good chere Paule Act. 23. for as thou haste testified of me in Ierusalem so muste thou beare witnes also at Rome Paule purposing to comforte and cheere his fellowes in the time of the tempest Act. 27. persuaded them to be of good cheere saying There stode by me this night thangel of God said fear not Paule thou muste be brought before Ceaser and lo God hath geuen the al them that sayle with the. Blessed Iohan the Apostle Euangelist exiled into the I le of Pathmos Apoca. 1. sawe Christe in the myddes of seuen golden candelstyckes Ye all the boke is full of such visions ¶ Of good angelles Capi. xxxi ANgelles appeared vnto AbrahaÌ„ wer very familier with him Gen. 18. Angels wer loged with Loth folowing in a maner his geÌ„tle violeÌ„ce deliuered him froÌ„ all perel danger Gen. 19. The angel of god called vnto Abraham forbode him to sacrifice or to offre vp his sonne Gen. 22. and promised him great thinges for his obedience Iacob fleyng froÌ„ his brother Esau Gen. 28. sawe the Angelles ascendynge and descending vpon the ladder Iacob returned from Labans seruyce to Isaac his father Gen. 31. The angels came to mete him and to defend him And the angell of God which went before the hooste of Israell when the people came oute of Egypte Exo. 14. stode betwyxte the hooste of the Egypcians and the hooste of Israell For it is wrytten Exo. 23. beholde I sende my angell before thee to keepe thee in the way and to bring thee into the place which I haue prepared Nume 22. The angell of god stode in the way against Balaam riding vpoÌ„ his Asse The angell of oure Lorde rebuked the chyldren of Israell Iudi. 2. because they hadde sworne and made a peace with the Cananites puttynge them in remembraunce of Gods benefites done and shewde vnto them The angell of oure Lorde appearynge vnto Gedeon dyd comfort him Iudi. 6. and holded him to deliuer the people The Angell appeared to Manues wyfe that was barren Iudi. 13. declarynge vnto her that she shoulde conceaue and that she should kepe abstinence After that the people at Daudis coÌ„maundement wer nombred our lorde sent a pestilence into Israel 2. regu 24. And wheÌ„ the angel stretched out his hand vpon Ierusalem to destroy it Dauid seyng the angell that smote the people said Lo it is I that haue done wyckedly Our Lordes aungell dyd comforte Helias â—â—eynge the tiranny of Iezabel and refreshed hym wyth sober meat 3. regu 19. And the angel opened vnto Helias 4. regu 1. what he should answer vnto Ochozias messengers There were mo good angels with Elizeus to defend hym 4. regu 6. then ther wer euil menne wyth hys aduersaryes to hurt hym The aungell of oure Lorde came 4. regu 19. and smote in one nyght of the Assiryans an hundred foure score and fyue thousand The aungell Raphaell that was Tobias guid Tobi. 5.6 deliuered him from the
heary clothes withall theyr hartes cried vnto oure Lorde that he would viset hys people And in the prayse of Iudyth it is wrytteÌ„ that she ware a smock of heer and fasted all the dayes of her life except the Sabothes Iudith 8. and new mones and the solempne dayes of the house of Israell Notwithstanding that Iob was a simple Iob. 1.42 a true and a iust man such one as feared God and eschued euyll yet he sayeth I do penaunce in duste and ashes The captiuity of Ierusalem beyng at hand Esaias said Esa. 22 Our Lord God cald men in that day to wepynge and mourning to bauldnesse and gyrding about wyth sackcloth The Niniuites at Ionas preching beleued GOD Ionas 3 and Proclaimed fastynge and arayd them selues in sack cloth as well the greate as the small of them Timotheus host drawynge neare Machabeus and they that were wyth hym 2. mach 10. prayed vnto our Lord sprinkled ashes vpon their heds beinge gyrded with heary cloth about theyr loynes fel downe before the aultare and besought our Lord that he woulde bee mercifull to them and an ennemye to theyr ennemyes Ihon the Baptist was sanctified or euer he came out of his mothers woÌ„b math 11. and nourished with his holy parents and fled into the desart whâ—re he led so austere and so hard a life that as it is sayd he nother dyd eat nor drinke ye and adde thys to that he was not clothed for Camels heere is no mete garment for man How gladly our Lord receiued the sinneful to penaunce math 4. it appeareth by this Lu. 5. Lu. 7 that he began hys preaching with penaunce Also he saith that he came for that math 9. math 26 And declared the same by hys workes and by the example of Mary And of zacheus Lu. 15 Luk. xix And by the example of Peter And by diuers symylytudes the whyche hee wrote of the Sheape that was loste in the desarte And of the groate that the woman loste in her house And of the Prodygall chylde whome the Father thoughte was deade and after reuyued Mary Magdalen the example patrone of penance came vnto our lord vncommaunded Lu. vii nor was not ashamed of those that were at table wyth hym she stode at hys fete behind him weping And to brynge menne to penaunce he put an example of certain vppon whome fel the tour in Siloe and slue them Lu. xiii And then he saith Except ye repent yee shall al likewise perysh And as touchynge the example of the sheape that pearyshed and the grote that the woman lost and afterwardes was found Our Lord dothe say Lu. xv that there is in heauen more ioye ouer one synner that repenteth and doth penaunce then ouer ninety and nyne iust persones whyche neade no penaunce Oure lorde gaue vnto the woman that was taken in aduoutry Ihon. viii a lyttle and a short penaunce saying Go and synne no more Iudas seynge that oure lorde was condempned Math. xxvii repented hym self and brought againe the xxx plates of syluer saying I haue synned betraying the innocent bloud Truely he sayde the truth but inasmuch as he dispeared he deserued no forgeuenesse Peter denying his master in the hie preastes courte dyd synne Math. 26. but when hee was willynge to wepe and to do penaunce Luke 22. he went oute And note that Luke dothe ad to this that our lorde turned backe and loked vppon Peter Certaine Iewes which were compuncte and prycked in theire hartes Act. 2. sayed ye menne and brethren what shall we do Peter sayed vnto them Do penaunce and be baptised euery one of you When they hearde Peters reasons wherefore he came to Cornelius Act. 11. and that he hadde baptised hym the brethren helde they re peace and gloryfied god sayinge Then hath God also to the gentyles grauÌ„ted repentauÌ„ce and penaunce to life ¶ Of the honoure due vnto our parentes Capitu. lxii Sem and Iaphet deserued theyr fathers blessinge Gen. 9. in asmuche as they dyd theyr dewtye vnto hym beynge bare But his sonne Cain was cursed because he deryded the nakednesse of his father The fathers blessinge was a thing of greate estimation amonge oure elders Gen. 27. As it appeareth in Iacob and Esau for they carefully soughte for the same Although Esau was a wicked man reproued of god and hatinge his brother Iacob Gen. 27. yet hee woulde not kyll him duringe the lyfe of his father Isaac For he sayed The dayes of my fathers sorowe will come In that he honoured his father beinge a frayde to offende him Iudas bounde him selfe to a greate paine Gen. 42.43 When he saied to his father If I bringe not Beniamin againe and deliuer him vnto the. Then lette me beare the blame for euer And yt is to be noted that wheÌ„ Ruben said slaye my two soÌ„nes if I bring him not to the again that he agreed not vnto him But yet he agreed vnto Iudas sayinge the other forsayde wordes The selfe same Iudas desiring Ioseph to sende Beniamin again to his father amonge other things he repeted the forsaide wordes by the whiche he bounde him selfe to his father Gen. 44. And saied more ouer I caÌ„not go vp to my father if the childe be absent onelesse I would se and be a witnes of the calamite wretchednes that shall come on and oppresse my father Iacob blessinge his chyldren spake thus against Ruben Gen. 4â— Thou art caste out vnstable as water Thou shalt not growe and be cheafeste because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bedde and dydest defile it Our lorde commaunded by Moses that if a man haue a son that is stubburn and disobedient Deut. 21. that the people of the citye shoulde stone him to death Our lord recompenst the euell that Abimilech did vnto his father in sleynge his .lxx. brethren Iudi. 9. The childreÌ„ of Hely wold not heare theyr father rebukinge corrâ—tynge them 1. Reg. 2.4 and therefore they felt the Uegeaunce and punishment of god Because that Ionathas tasted a litle honye against his fathers inhibition 1. Regu 14 his father iudged him to death but yet the people deliuered him that he dyed not Dauid flâ—ing from the presence and face of Saule beinge in great necessite remembred his parentes 1 Regu 22. and diligentlye commended them to king Moab Absolon labored to expel his father Dauid oute of his kingdome 2. regu 15 but yet his chaunce was not good Salomon rose to mete hys mother comming vnto him and bowed him selfe vnto her 3. regum 2. And there was a seate set for the kinges mother Two of Sennacheribs sonnes slew hym 4. regu 19. and yet nether of them raigned after him Olde Tobias instructing his soÌ„ne amonge other things he saied Tobi. 4. When God taketh awaye my soule burye thou my bodye and holde thy mother in honoure all the dayes
may dye with him doubted of our Lordes resurrection whereof it came that Peter was the more meke and gentle to sinners and that the faithfull and they that stackard in the faithe were the better stablished there in And of this it is gathered that no manne should presume vpon his stedfastnes And that no man whether he be fallen from his faith or doubteth therin should despair of the mercye or of the forgeuenesse of God And by this that Iudas the Apostle and dispensator of God did slide into suche an eanorme crime nor rose not againe al presuÌ„pteous security is deminished and broken by the whiche no manne for the state condition that he is in nor for the dedes that he hath done oughte to be hie mineded but in fear For why the Apostles wer the faithful leaders of the people and yet they were kept in prysonne wythal diligence It might seme to such as be weake that God shuld not haue suffred such thinges to haue bene done in the beginning of the faith Actes 4â— But yet the faithful therby wer maruelously comforted and the aduersaries of our faithe confuted Actes 12. The like thing chaunced in Peter alone when he was taken by Herode put in prison and broughte forth and miraculouslye deliuered by the Angell It was great iniquity to stone Steuen to death Actes 7. and yet many good thinges throughe the prouidence of God came therof For Steuen was gloriously crowned in heauen and aboundauntly honoured in earthe his oration and prayer that he made there brought Paule vnto vs and left vnto al our posterity an example of a maruelous paâ—ience and charitye Actes 8 Steuen beynge thus stoned there followed a greate persecution in the Churche and congregation that was at Ierusalem For they were all sparkled abrode through out al the regions of Iewry and Samaria except the Apostles so that â—t semed to be a great detriment or hinderaÌ„ce to the honour of the christiane religion But the Discyples that were scattered abroade dyd so preache and sette forthe the worde of God that the Churche there by was a greate deale the more enlarged Actes 13. For as much as the Iewes when Paule and Barnabas preached the woorde of God vnto them refused it and put it from them they tooke an occasyon to preache vnto the Gentyles There was a dissentyon betwene Paule and Barnabas for IhoÌ„ whose sirname was Marke whome Paule woulde not receyue because he wente from theÌ„ but Barnabas toke Marke wyth hym Actes 15. and so they departed a sunder one from the other Where by shoulde haue folowed as it was thoughte some greate rebuke and shame But God disposing the matter there ensued greate frute and profite For the worde of God was opened preached to manye They committed a verye haynous deede and faute that putte that excellente doctoure Paule in prison coÌ„pellynge hym to cease from Preachinge the whyche thynge myghte seme to many a great inconuenience and that God should not haue suffred it And yet it is to bee greatly noted that the deuine prouidence by suche impedimentes and losses hath shewed and caused greate frute and profyte For as the merites of Paul did therby increase so likewise he left the mo examples of vertue and taughte muche better by his woorkes then before time by his wordes For beynge in prison he wrote to those that were absent and in farre countries nether was he so profitable vnto the church by his preachinge as he was by sending of his Epistles And therefore if he in any one city or prouince had ben honoured of all men and gladly hardt he should not yet haue had such occasions to haue gone and visited so diuers and many nations as he visited Therfore when that the Iewes or any other did persecute him froÌ„ towne to towne he preached the woorde of God to manye And when he was in hold he wrote his Epistles and when the Iewes resisted him Actes 13. he turned him self to the gentiles And againe because that in Syria he founde Festus and Felix vnrightfull Iudges Actes 25. hee was enforced to appeale to Cesar and so hee came to Rome and throughe his predication and doctrine was greatly illustred and luckelye by hys passion made mooste famous ¶ Of the benignitie of God to hys seruauntes ¶ The third Chapter ABraham commynge and speaking with our Lord Genesisâ— 28 desired him to spare the Sodomites vsed suche a maruelous boldnes that men might haue iudged him very importune But yet our Lord answered him all wayes gentlye and graunted him his request Our Lord moste gentlye appeared vnto Iacob flying and eschuynge hys brothers anger Gene. 31. and deliuered hym from his father in lawes insecution returning again to his brother Iacob vsed a greate audacitye and bouldnes in his prayer to our Lorde Gene. 38. saying I wyl not let thee go excepte thou blesse me And oure Lorde saide vnto Moses I haue seene this people Exodus 32. and behold it is a stiffe necked people suffer me that my wrath may wax hot against them As thoughe he wold saye thou holdest me nor I cannot consume these wicked sinners excepte thou let me go And our Lord spake vnto Moses as a man speaketh to his frende Exodus 33. and did defend him from his enemies and detractours Oure Lorde obeyed vnto Iosuas voyce Iosue 10. saying Sunne stand thou styll vpon Gibeon Balack called Balaam for to curse the children of Israell Iosu. 24. but our Lorde cleane contrarye blessed them by Balaam Nume 22 Gedeon demaunded twise of oure Lorde a signe in the fiece Iudi. 6. whether he shoulde obtaine the victorye of his enemies This was to be maruailed at that oure LORDE when he hym selfe was abiected and refused 2. regum 7. disdayned not there at but in the contempte of the seruauntes of GOD he estemed him self to be contemned As it is manifest and plaine in Samuel 1. regum 8. They did not reiecte thee but me saithe oure LORDE Note also howe courteouslye oure LORDE spake vnto Nathan 2. regum 7 of Dauid and of his house in time to come Notwithstandynge that the posteritye of Dauid did sinne greuouslye and manye manner of wyse 4. regu 19. yet hys good deedes are oftentymes remembred and because of them oure Lorde doth verye ofte spare and forgeue the sinnes of the people At the Commaundemente of God the rauens broughte breade and flesh to Helias 3. reg 17.19 And afterwardes the angell of God shewed hym breade and water Ezechia the kinge of Iewry sayde Oure LORDE wyll be mercifull 2. Para. 30 vnto all those that seeke hym withall their hartes nor shall not impute vnto them that they are not sufficiently inough sanctified Our LORDE sente his Aungell the whyche ledde for the yonge Tobias and broughte him agayne he draue the deuill from hys wife he made hys parentes glad and ioyfull To. 5.8.11
hande of one woman Iudi. 14. the whiche were in anguishe and fear of Holofernes hoast Our Lorde tourned the Iewes sorowe into ioye and gladnesse Esth. 9 when that they by Hesters procuremente slewe theyr ennemyes that were prepared to oppresse and to Murther them This thinge is notable that when the people of Israel in the time of the captiuity of Babilon were in greate affliction that they had euen than mo Prophets than in Salomons tyme whan he was in his most prosperity For Ieremy was in Iewry Ezechiel and Daniel in Chaldea Dani. 3. The Aungell of oure Lorde came downe with Azaria and his fellowes into the Ouen and smote the flame of fire out of the Ouen and made in the middest of the ouen as it had bene a cold winde blowing so that the fire neither touched them greued theym nor dyd them hurte Whereby it appeareth that the deuine pity is in euery place and ready at all times to cōfort man Dani. 6. Our Lord hath twise comforted Daniell that was put into the denne of Lions Fyrst by sending of his angel whiche shut vp the Lions mouthes Secondarily by the prophet Abacuck Dani. 14. the whiche was transported and conueyed with meat oute of Iewrye into Calde by Gods angel Our Lord by his seruaunt Daniell did sodenly deliuer Susanna whyche was calumniously and falsely condēned Daniell 13. Iudas Machabeus and they that were with him perceiuinge that aide was sente them from God 2. macha 1◠blessed the merciful Lord and toke theyr hartes againe vnto them Our Lord did well fulfill his promise made vnto his Apostles Actes 2. sayinge vnto them that he would send them a comforter when he sent them the holy spirite that instructed them comforted them and fortified them so aboundauntly Paule was happye and fortunate in this life 2. Corin. 1. which said withoute anye feare as the afflictions of Christe are plenteous in vs euen so is our consolation plenteous by Christ. The churche had reast and peace Actes 9 and was edified walking in the feare of oure Lorde and was repleanished with the comfort of the holy ghoste Our Lord sent his angel to Peter that was bound in Herodes prisone Actes 12. which deliuered him oute of Herodes and the Iewes handes As Paule and Silas were praying and lauding God in prison Actes 16. sodenlye ther was a great earthquake And the dores opened and euery mans bands were losed Our Lorde spake thus to Paule in the nighte by a vision Actes 18. preachynge at Corinth Be not afraide but speake for I am with thee Paule being in Claudius the Tribunus hold Actes 23. Our Lorde stode by hym in the nighte and saide be constante Paule for as thou haste testified of me in Ierusalem so must thou bear witnesse also at Rome Paule hauinge in will to comforte those that were with him in the shyp Actes 27. sayde There stode by me thys nyghte the aungell of God sayinge feare not Paule Thou must be brought before Cesar. And lo God hath geuen the al that saile with the. Ihon the Apostle beinge relegated and exiled into the Isle of Pathmos Apoca. 1. was manye and diuers tymes comforted wyth deuine and Godlye consolation ¶ Of the benediction and blessing that God geueth vnto man ¶ The .v. chapter GOd created man in his own Image and likenesse Genes 1. male and female created he them And God blessed them and said Grow and increase and repleanish the earth And God blessed Noe Genesis 9. hys sonnes and said vnto them bryng you forthe frute c. The feare of you and the dread shall be vpon euery beast of the earth c. Our Lord said vnto Abram Genesis 12. get the oute of thy countrye and I will blesse thee and make thy name greate that thou maist be euen a blessing And as concerning Ismaell Gene. 17 I haue hearde thee saithe oure LORDE vnto Abraham Loe I wyll blesse him and make him to encrease wil multiply him excedingly Gene. 26 Oure Lorde blessed Isaac and the man encreased in richesse and wente forth and grew Iacob speaking vnto our Lorde and his vncle Gene. 30 said It was but little that thou haddest before I came to the and thou art enriched and our Lord hath blessed thee for my sake Iacob wrestling with the angell in his oration said Genesis 32 I wil not let thee go except thou blesse me And it followeth he blessed hym in the selfe same place Our Lorde blessed the Egiptyans house for Iosephes sake Genesis 39 and the blessing of God was vpon al that he had in the house and in the field 2. regum 6 The Arke of our Lorde continued in the house of Obethedom the Ecthite thre monethes our Lord blessed Obethedom and all his houshold Thou hast blessed the workes of his handes Iob. 1. and his possession is increased in the land Iob. 4. Our Lord blessed and encresed Iob more at the latter end then at the beginning Christ ascendinge vp to heauen led his disciples to Bethany Luke 24 and lifting vp his handes he blessed them That blessing is to be desired that our Lorde shall geue to his elected in the latter day when he shal say Math. 2◠come ye blessed of my father ¶ Of the maledictyon and curse wherwith god doth curse man ¶ The .vi. Chapter WE read that the serpente was fyrst cursed of God Gene. 3 Thou arte cursed aboue all cattell and aboue euery beast of the earthe vpon thy belly shalt thou go c. And to the trauall and pain of mā it is said Genes 3. Cursed is the ground in thy worke or for thy sake And Ieremias lameniynge the destruction of Ierusalem sayde Oure Lord hath forsaken his owne aultar and cursed and abhorred hys owne sanctuary Daniel in his oration said the curse is poured vppon vs. Dani. 9. And note that cursinges are saide to be poured vpon the sinnefull and blessing to redound vppon the iust His blessing seeth the wise manne Eccle. 19. shall runne ouer as the streame Our Lord speaking by Malachy the prophet to euel priestes Mala. 2. saithr I wyll curse your blessinges And the figge tree hauing no frute but leaues onlye mat 21. was cursed of oure Lord and incontinent it wythered Math. 25. The curse that in the day of iudgement shal be pronounced agaynste the wicked shal be very terrible and fearful Departe from me ye cursed into euerlastinge fire ¶ Of the blessing wherewith man blesseth God ¶ The .vii. Chapter MElchisedech king of Salem meting with Abraham Genesis 14 returninge from the slaughter said Blessed be the highe GOD by whose aid and defēce thou haste thine enemies in thy handes When Sisera was ouerthrowen Delbora and Barak sange Iudi. 5 sayinge Ye that so willinglye put your liues in pearel ieopardy for Israell
blesse and praise ye the Lord. It is saide that Dauid after the victorye that God gaue hym against Goliah the Philistian 1. regum 17 made this psalm Blessed be the Lord my God Psal. 144 whiche teacheth my handes to warre and my fingers to fight When Hyram had hard the words of Saloman 3. regum 5. he reioysed greatly and said Blessed be God which hath geueÌ„ vnto Dauid a wise sonne ouer thys people The Temple being finished Salomon in the presence of all the people 3. regum 8. sayd Blessed be the LORDE GOD of Israell whyche spake with his mouthe vnto Dauid my father Dauid did appoynt chefely Asaph and his brethren to thanke our Lord. 1. Par. 26 It foloweth then blessed be the Lord God of Israel for euer and euer and let al the people say Amen King Dauid was very pleasaunt and ioyful 1. Para. 16 and blessed our Lorde before the vniuersall multitude Esdras perceiuinge Arthaxerses to be wel minded towards the Iewes said 1. Esdras 7 Blessed be the Lord God of oure fathers whiche so hathe inspired the kinges harte to garnishe the house of our Lord that is at Ierusalem When Esdras hadde opened the boke of the lawe Es. 2. ca. 7. all the people stode vp and Esdras blessed our Lord god with a loud voyce and all the people answeared Amen 2. Esdras 9 After that the wall of the citye of Ierusalem was finyshed vnder Esdras and Nehemia the Leuites said Stand vp and blesse the Lorde foreuer and euer When Sara the doughter of Raguel had made an end of her prayer To. 3. she saide Blessed is thy name o God of our fathers Tobias instructinge and teachyng his sonne Tob. 4. Amonge all other thinges he said vnto him Blesse thou and be alway thanckful vnto God beseche him that he will order and direct thy waies Raguell and his wife perceiuynge that Sathan had not hurte nor touched yonge Toby Tob. 8. sayde Blessed bee thou o Lorde God of Israell for it is not hapned vnto vs as we thoughte Raphaell dyd diligentlye monyshe Tobye and his sonne Tob. 12 that they shuld blesse and be thanckefull vnto God and tell oute al hys wonderous workes After that Tobye hadde recouered his sighte Tob. 13 and had harde Raphaels communication he opened hys mouthe and praised our Lord and sayde Greate arte thou O Lorde for euermore Osias the chefe ruler of the people of Israell Iudi. 13. seing Iudith with the hed of Holofernes sayde Blessed bee oure Lorde the maker of heauen and earthe A mistery was reueled in the night to Danyell by a vision and he praysed our Lorde of heauen saying The name of God be blessed for euer and euer Dani. â— for wisdome and strength ar hys owne and he chaungeth the tymes and ages Ananias and his fellowes beynge cast into the burning ouen did walke in the myddest of the fyre Dani. 3. praysyng blessing our Lorde And kyng Nabuchodonoser afterwardes perseuynge and seinge so greate a myracle sayd blessed be the God of Sidrach Misach and Abednago After they had obtayned of their enemies the victorye 1. Mach. 4. and had builded an aulter the children of Israel worshypped gaue thankes to God that he had prosperd them and geueÌ„ them the victory Forasmuche as Heliodorus that woulde haue spoyled the temple of oure Lorde 2. macha 3. was through the vertue of God moste terribly scourged they praysed our Lord that had magnified his place and temple Whan Machabeus and suche as were with hym perceyued that God had sent them ayde 2. Mach. 11. they blessed and praised our Lorde altogether whiche had shewed them mercye and were comforted in their myndes When Iohn the baptist was borne zacharis mouthe was opened Luke 1. And he prophesied saying Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel When Mary Ioseph had brought the childe Iesus into the temple Symeon toke him vp in hys armes Lu. 2. and blessed oure Lorde God saying Now lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace And after Christes ascention Lu. 24. there were in the temple that praysed and lauded God And Paule suffering tribulacions 2. Corin. 1. sayd blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ. 1. Pet. 1. And lykewyse Peter To blesse god is as it were a heauenlye worke and office Apoca. 5. And I hearde them all saye blessinge honoure glorye and power be vnto him that sitteth vpon the seate and vnto the lambe for euermore ¶ Of the benediction and blessing wherwith man doth blesse man ¶ The viii chapter MElchisedech kinge of SaleÌ„ met Abraham and blessed him Gen. 14 saying Blessed be Abraham vnto the high God Genesis 27 Isaac blessed Iacob sayinge God geue the of the dewe of heauen and of the fatnesse of the earth and plenty of corne and wine When that Esau cried oute aboue measure Genesis 17 Isaac sayde vnto hym Thy blessinge shall be the fatnesse of the earth and of the dew of heauen from aboue And with thy swerde shalt thou lyue and shalt be thy brothers seruaunt And Ioseph broughte in Iacob his father to Pharao Genes 47. And Iacob blessed him And Pharo asked him how olde he was Iacob blessed his sonne Ioseph and sayde Genes 48. God before whom my fathers did walk blesse these laddes He spake of Manasses and Effraim whom Iosephe desired that hys father shoulde blesse Gene. 49 For after this Iacob blessed euery one of his children with proper and seuerall benedictions Our Lorde spake vnto Moses sayinge On this wise ye shall blesse the chyldren of Israell Numer 6. Our Lorde blesse thee and kepe thee Our Lorde make his face shyne vpon thee And Aaron lyftynge vp his hande ouer the people Leui. 9. blessed them Balaam the sonne of Beâ—r sayde vnto Balach Numer 23. I am brought and conueyde hether to blesse and it is not in me to alter it The poore mannes pledge shal not remayne with thee all the nyght but thou shalt deliuer hym the pledge againe or euer the sunne goe downe Deuter. 24 that sleping in his owne raiment he may blesse thee Moses the manne of God blessed the children of Israell before hys deathe Deuter. 33. and said our Lord came from Sinai and shewed his beames from Seir vnto them Iosua called the Rubenites the Gaddites and the halfe tribe of Manasses Iosue 22. and saide vnto them Haue ye kept all that Moses commanded you so he blessed them sent them away In the songe and thankes geuynge for the victorye againste Sisara we read Iudi. 5. Blessed be thou Iahel the wyfe of Haber the Kenite amonge all women and blessed shall she be in her teÌ„t and tabernacle Noemi perceiuinge Ruth his doughter in law to be honored of Boom ruth 2. said blessed be he of our Lorde for the lyke fauor grace that he
said Moses that your hart be not deceiued Deu. 11. and that ye turne not aside from God and serue straunge Gods and worship them And then oure Lorde beyng wroth shut vp the heauen The children of Israel haue transgressed the couenaunte Iosuâ— 7. and haue vsurped the excommunicate thynges There followeth And the wrathe of our Lord waxed hot against the children of Israel for the sinne of Achan Our Lord was greued and angrye with Osa and smote hym 1. para 13. because he touched the arke Our Lord was wroth with Salomon because his minde was tourned from our Lord. 3. reg 11. The fury of our Lord was against Israel 4. reg 13. and he deliuered them into the handes of Hazael kinge of Syria because of their Idolatry for they worshipped the calues that Ieroboas made Our Lord was wroth againste Israell and he moued Dauid agaynste them 2. reg 24 in that he saide to Ioab go and nombre Israel and Iuda After Idolatry witchcraft enchaÌ„tmentes and other diuers synnes and wickednesse 4. reg 17 the Children of Israell prouoked oure Lorde And our Lorde was exceading wroth and angri with Israell and putte them oute of hys syghte The Prophet Iehu sayde vnto Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda 2. Para. 19 that came to battaile with Achab the king of Israell Thou helpest the vngodly and dost loue those that hate oure Lorde Therfore yre and wrath come vppon thee from oure Lorde Neuerthelesse there are some good actes founde in thee Ioas the kinge of Iuda his rulers serued groues and Idols 2. para 24. then came the wrath of God vpon Iuda for this their trespasses sake Amasias kinge of Iuda ouercame in battayle throughe the healpe of GOD 2. para 25 the Edomites and broughte theyr goodes awaye and bowed hym selfe before them wherefore oure LORDE was angrye and wrothe with him Hezechias did not again vnto God according to the benefites that he had shewed him 2. para 32 for hys harte arose and there came wrath vpon him and vpon Ierusalem Iosias king of Iuda when he had hard that was wrytten in the boke of the lawe 2. para 34. sayde great is the fury and anger of our LORDE that is fallen vppon vs because your fathers haue not kepte the woordes of oure Lorde They did eat Esd. 2.9 and wer filled and became fat and liued in wealth thorow thy great goodnesse and they prouoked the to anger And Artaxerzes the gentle commaÌ„ded that all thinges shoulde be done to the mooste highest 1. Esdras 7 after the lawe of God Least his anger arise against the realme and against the king and his children Our Lord said to Eliphas the Themanite I am angrye and displeased with thee Iob. 42. and thy two frendes for ye haue not spoken before me the thing that is right Thus it is wrytten of Babilone be Iere. 50. hold she shal be the least set by among the nations voyde wasted and dried vp no man shal be able to dwel there for the fear and anger of oure Lorde but she shal be whole desolate When Machabeus had gathered a multitude together 2. Mach. 8. he was to mighty for the heathen for the wrathe of our Lord was turned into mercy And it is written in the parable of the vngratious seruaunt that would not haue compassioÌ„ on his fellow Mat. 18. his Lord was wroth and deliuered hym to the â—aylers Also it is wrytteÌ„ against those that excused them selues that they coulde not come to supper Luc. 14. Then was the good man of the house displeased and said vnto his seruaunt c. He that beleueth on the soÌ„ne hath euerlastinge life Iohn 3. he that beleueth not the soÌ„ne shall not se life but the wrathe and anger of God abideth on him The ire anger that shal be shewed at the day of iudgement is greatly to be feared Apoca. 6. Of the which it is wrytten in the reuelation of Sainte Ihon. Kinges of th earth the great men c shall say to the hils and rockes fal on vs hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the seate and from the wrathe of the lambe ¶ That God dothe more regard the intent of the doer then the worke it self ¶ The .xii. Chapter CAine brought of the frute of the ground an oblatyon vnto our Lorde Gen. 4. Abel also broughte of the firstlinges of his shepe Then folowâ—th Our Lord had respect vnto Abel and to hys oblation but vnto Caine and to his offering he had no respect After that promys was made to Abraham that he should haue a child by Sara Gen. 8. he laughed and so did Sara Whose laughing our Lord reproued but not Abrahams We rede that when Moses Aaron shewed wonders before Pharao Exo. 6. that Pharaos wise men and enchaunters dyd in like maner with their sorrerye Chore and his companye had euen suche censers as Aaron had Nume 16. and perchaunce of as good metall or rather better and yet god did not equally accept their censing The Bethsames lifted vp their eyes and spyed the Arke and reioysed 1. regu 6. and offered a burnt offering vnto our Lord. And although they semed to do a good worke yet oure Lorde plaged them with a greate plague because they had seene the Arke the whiche they should not haue seene 1. regu 19. Whan Saul was amonge the prophetes he strypte of hys clothes and began to prophecye but it auayled him but lyttle Oza putte foorthe hys hande to houlde the Arke that it shoulde not faull 1. para 13. and oure Lorde smote him incontynently and there he dyed Notwythstandynge it is a verye good thinge to offre incence vnto our Lorde 2. para 16. yet it pertayneth notte to euery man to doe the same For Ozias the kynge of Iuda was smytten with the leper because he would burne insence vppon the aulter of insence Oure LORDE dothe reproue by hys Prophete Esay the oblations Esa. 1. that he hym selfe dyd institute to be offerde and that because of the wickednesse of those that offerde Why offer ye so manye sacryfyces vnto me sayeth our Lord Then there foloweth Your handes are full of bloude Oure Lorde preferd the offering of the widdowe which cast two mites in to the treasury Luke 21. aboue the offeringes of the riche menne Herode desired very greatlye to see Iesus And when he saw him he was exceading glad but yet he gate no profit therby LuKe. 23. thoccasion and cause where of was nother pitye nor charitye but curiosity and vanity ¶ That God at times doth tempt and proue man The .xiii. chapter GOD did proue Abraham and said vnto him Gen. 22. Take thi sonne c. Our Lord saide vnto Moses behold Exo. 16. I will raine breade from heauen to you and the people shal go out and gather There foloweth that
I may proue them whether they wyl walk in my law or no. And whan oure LORDE spake wyth Moses Exo. 20. all the people hard their voyces and the sounde of the trompe and sawe the Lampes the Lyghteninge and the mountaine smokinge And beinge afraid they said vnto Moses Talk thou with vs. c. Moses said feare not for GOD is come to proue you and that his feare may be in you that ye sinne not Oure LORDE dyd not put all the people cleane away from the land of promission Iudi. 2. that through them Israel might proue whether they wold kepe his commaundementes Our Lord lefte Ezechias to be proued that all suche thinges as was in hys heart and minde 4. reg 20. at the comming of the king of Babilons messengers might be knowen It is written that God after that Toby was made blinde Tobi. 2. suffered that temptation to happen vnto him that they whiche came after myghte haue an example of his pacience Iudith speakinge of the children of Israell Iudi. 8. the whyche Holofernes thoughte to destroye sayd that they shuld call to remembraunce how theyr fathers in times paste were tempted that they in like maÌ„ner might be proued whether they worshypped theyr God a right or no. Iob for the great tribulations that he suffred Iob. 23. said of him selfe He hathe proued and tride me as the golde in the fyre Dauid desyred of our Lorde sayinge Examen me O Lord psal 25. psal 138. and proue me O Lord thou hast proued me c. Our Lord Iesus walkynge on the sea commaunded Peter to come vnto him Mat 14. But when he saw a myghty winde he was afraid Oure Lorde saide vnto Phillippe whence shall we by bread Iohn 6. that these maye eate Thys he sayde to proue hym Peter said maruail not that ye are proued as golde by fire 1. pet 4. which thyng is to try you ¶ That man should not tempt God ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter ABraham going towards Egipt did wiselye that he confessed not that Sara was his wife Gen. 12â— 20. for if if he had so said he might haue brought both him self and her into daunger And Isaac did in like manner For if he had done so Gen. 26. he in a manner as saithe s. Augustine had tempted oure Lord. The children of Israel teÌ„pted oure Lord very often in wildernes Nume 14. When the children of Israell were ouerthrowne in battaile by the Philistines 1. regu 4. they brought the Arke of our Lord with them into the battail it was taken and they were smitten with a great plage Dauid knewe that he was anoynted kinge 1. reg 22.23 and that he shoulde raigne after Saul as Samuel had promised and yet he wold not put him self in any ieopardy but did to kepe him selfe that he might possible When that an horrible great fishe inuaded Toby Tob. 6. he taried not that thangel shuld deliuer him that which thyng he might easely quickly haue done but he toke the fishe by the gil drue him to the dry land Ozias had promised and appoynted with the people Iudi. 8. that he if there came no healpe after fiue daies were paste would geue vp them selues and the city to Holofernes Iudith said vnto the elders of the city what are ye that ye do tempt our Lord Thys deuice or woordes optaineth no mercye Our Lorde was tempted by the deuil that he shuld cast hym self downe headlyng from the pinacle of the temple Mat. 4. But he saide to him Luke 4. Thou shalt not tempt the LORDE thy God For he mighte haue descended other waies The Pharises wyllynge to tangle Iesus in his wordes Mat. 22. caused to be demaunded of him whether it wer lawful to geue Cesar tribute or no. Iesus perceiuinge their wickednesse saide why tempt ye me ye hipocrites When he had caste out the Deuel the dombe spake certaine there were that teÌ„pted him Luke 11. and requyred of hym a signe from heauen Peter rebuking Saphira Ananias wife verye sharplye Act. 5. saide wherefore haue ye conspired together to lie and to tempt the holy ghoste Paule in that thinge that by humaine industrye he could do him self Act. 9. loked for no miracle or healpe And therfore whan the Iewes laid watch for him at Damasco he caused hym selfe to be let downe through the wal in a basket And whan they hadde hym bounde with thonges Act. 22. and that the Tribune would haue punished Paule he saide that he was a Citezen of Rome Act. 23. And againe he saide that he was a Pharisey and that to make dissention amonge the Iewes Act. 25. And whan he had an vnrighteous iudge he appealed vnto Cesar. Of vowes Ca. xv Iacob goinge vnto his vncle Labans house Gen. 18. after the vision that was shewed him vowed a vow saying If God will be with me c. King Arad the Cananite fought againste Israell Nume 21. and hauing the vpper hand and victory ouer them He toke some of them prisonners But Israel vowed a vow vnto our Lord and afterwardes ouercame them Iepte foughte against the chyldren of Ammon Iudi. 11. vowed a vowe vnto oure Lord sayinge If thou wilte delyuer the chyldren of Amon into my handes c. Anna praide vnto oure lorde and sore weping vowed a vow 1. regu 1. and saide O lorde of hostes if thou wylte geue me a man childe I wyl geue him vnto our lord Absalon willing to rebel agaynst his father king Dauid 2. regu 15 said vnto him I wil go nowe to Hebron and paye my vowe whiche I haue vowed vnto oure lorde For thy seruaunt vowed a vow when he was in Gesur in the lande of Siria saying If oure lorde shall brynge me again to Ierusalem I wil do sacrifice vnto our lord Asa the kinge of Iuda offered vp 2. Para. 15. those thinges in the house of our lord that his father had vowed and dedycated vnto our Lord euen siluer gold and diuers other vessel And the people reioysed when they were so willinge to make theyr vowes 1 para 19. for wyth all theyr heartes they offered theyr goodes vnto our Lorde And Dauid the kinge reioysed wyth great gladnesse And the children of Israel and Iuda brought in and offred their tithes 2. para 31. which they had vowed and consecrated vnto our Lord. King Artarerzes commaunded Esdâ—as and the people 1. Esd. 7. that they shoulde brynge giftes vnto our Lorde God of Israel the which they had vowed and promised our Lord. All the people after the victorye came to Ierusalem to praise and geue thankes vnto our Lord Iudi. 16. and they all offered burnt offeringes their vowes and promises The men that were in the shyppe where Ionas the Prophet was Ionas 1. feared exceadingly doing sacrifices and making vowes vnto our Lord. 2. Mach. 3. Heliodorus purposing to spoile
the tresuary and violently to take awaye such thinges as were laide there to be kepte was be the diuine power greuously scourged afterwardes made whole through the prayer of Onyas he offred vnto god made great vowes and so returned to the kyng again After that our Lorde had smytten Antiochus wyth a greuous plague which no man could heale 2. Mach. 9. he promised the Iewes to garnysh the temple with great gyftes Luke 1. It semeth that the blessed virgin made a vowe of her virginite forasmuche as she sayd How shall this be seyng I knowe not a man Those Iewes made a cruell and a wycked vowe Act. 23. that commynge to the hie rulers sayd we with deuocioÌ„ haue made a vow that we wyl nether eate nor drincke nor tast any thing tyl we haue kylled Paule ¶ Of Prayer Ca. xvi ABraham most humbly discretelye Gen. 18. constantly and mekely dyd praye oure Lorde to spare the Sodomites At some tyme we must praye oure Lord for such thinges Gen. 25. as he hath purposed to doe As Isaac made intercession vnto our Lorde for his wife because she was barren And yet oure Lorde purposed that she should conceaue and bring forth chyldren It is greatlye to be thought vpon How thankeful Gen. 32. how lowly and how importune that Iacobbe was in hys prayer saying Lord I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies And afterwardes how he sequestrated him selfe from his wiues and all his familye and remayned there alone in the nyghte Moyses prayde our Lorde oftentymes Exo. 7.8.9.10 that he would remoue the plagues from Egipt and was heard notwithstaÌ„ding that the people wer euil Moyses in the warre that the chyldren of Israel made against Amelech Exo. 17. dydde more by prayer than Iosua by fyghtynge The onelye prayer of the mynde doth cry and ascende vnto God as it well appeareth when our LORD saide vnto Moses that spake nothyng vnto him Exo. 14. wherefore cryest thou vnto me After the adoration made vnto the caulfe Exo. 32. Oure Lorde as it appeared would haue vtterly destroied the people but Moses by reason of instante prayer abtained theyr pardone But yet note the manner of hys praying ether quoth he forgeue them theyr sinne or wipe me out of thy booke After Moses intercession and praier Nume 11. the fyre that had deuoured the hostes of the murmurers and those that were heauy and sory of theyr labour quenched Our Lorde beinge euen yrâ—full against the people that demauÌ„ded flesh in wyldernesse Nume 11. graunted them theyr peticion whereby it appeareth that the extudicion and hearinge of mans prayer is not alwais a sign of deuine and godly dilection Mary by the intercession and prayer Nume 12 of Moses was healed of her leprosy The people beynge sore afflycted wyth firy serpentes said vnto Mosesâ— Nume 21 pray for vs and he made intercession for the people Anna being troubled in her minde prayed vnto oure Lorde 1. regum 1. and wepte sore and vowed a vowe she spake in her hart and her voyce was not hard at all When the children of Israel should fighte againste the Philistines 1. regum 7. they sayde to Samuel It is necessary that thou pray and cry to our Lord for vs that he may saue vs out of the hande of the Philistines It pleased not God that the childreÌ„ of Israell shoulde require a kinge to raigne ouer them 1. regum 8. And yet our Lorde saide vnto Samuell heare the voyce of the people in all that they say vnto thee Samuell saide vnto the people GOD forbid 1. regu 12â— that I should synne against our Lorde and cease prayinge for you Dauid saide 2. reg 7. that he had founde in his hart to pray to our Lord. Dauid prayed and besoughte God for the childe 2. regu 12. and fasted and went in and lay vpon the earth Thys was a very good maÌ„ner of praying but Dauid was not then worthy to be hard Helias praying for raine saide to his seruaunt 3. reg 13. loke toward the seat for from thence he trusted that some rainy cloude woulde arise but vntill the seueÌ„th time nothing appeared wherby the instancye and continuaunce of prayer is commended King Iosaphat smitten with feare gaue him self wholy to pray vnto our Lord. 2. para 20. For he heard say that a greate multitude of people was comming agaynst him Hezechias after he had hard the king of Assiryans messengers vsed verye good counsel 4. reg 19 when that he sent vnto Esay the Prophet saying make thy prayer for the remnaunt that are found and left And the kinge tourned hym to pray vnto our Lord. And note ther how faithfully and how prudently he made his prayer Hezechias that he mighte praye the more attentiuely turned hys face to the walle iiii reg xx and prayde our lorde saying I beseche thee now O Lorde remembre howe I haue walked before thee in truth and with a perfyt heart and haue done that whiche is good in thy sight and Hezechias wepte sore Manasse the kyng of Iudas prayer was very humble ii Paâ— xxxiâ—i deuoute and effectuus as men may se in the later ende of the boke Who fasted and praide our Lord to haue a sure and a ryght waye i. esd. 8. and it chaunsed prosperously And whan he gaue the kynge drincke he made hys prayers to God of heauen Nehe. 1. and whan he should answere to those thynges that were askt hym he prayde moste humbly When Tobi had heard his wiues euyl and naughtye coÌ„munication Tob. 2.3 he toke it heuely and with teares began to make his prayer When Sara the doughter of Raguell had heard the great reproche rebuke of her mayden tobi 3. she went into an hie chambre of her house and continuinge iii. dayes in prayer she besought God with teares that she myght be deliuered from that rebuke Tob. vi Raphael the aungel that the deuyl might haue no power vpon Toby the yonger warnd him that when he had taken Sara to his wife and was come into the chamber that he should with hold him self from her thre dayes and geue his diligence vnto nothynge but vnto prayer with her Iudi. 4. When the children of Israell heard of the power of Holofernes they cried vnto our Lord. But Eliachim the hie priest put them in remembrance how that Moses ouerthrew Amalech that trusted in his mighte and power not with weapoÌ„s but with holy prayers Iudit 8. Iudith did truste greatlye in other mennes prayers and therefore she purposing to go to Holofernes sayde vnto thelders pray ye vnto god that he will stablishe and bring my counsel to good ende And after followeth Do ye nothing els but pray vnto our Lord for me Iudith 13 In like mannerâ— when she shoulde smite of Holofernes heade she made her prayer with teares standynge before the bed And when
Esther shuld speake vnto kinge Ahasuerus Esth. 4 she saide to Mardocheus Gather all the Iewes together that maye be founde and faste ye and pray for me but howe deuoutlye and howe humbly they praid howe Mardocheus praied for hym selfe and the people It is wrytten in the .xiiii. Chapter of Esther The praier of Ieremy was of great reputation with God Ihere 11. when our Lord said vnto hiÌ„ pray not for this people Azarias standing in the mydst of the fornace Dani. 3. praid thus Blessed art thou o Lord God of our fathers Daniel for al king Darius acte and decre Dani. 6. left not of kneling downe vpon his knyes to pray vnto the Lorde lyke as hys manner was to do afore time three times a daye See now how precious and howe profitable a thyng he estemed it to pray vnto our Lord. Daniel perceiuynge the tyme of the Captiuitye to be compleate and at an ende prayde the more instantly for the people that were in captiuite And note howe mekely and howe feruently he maketh his intercession and prayer Dani. 9. When Susanna perceiued that she lacked all humaine ayde and counsel Dani. 13. she made her recourse to the helpe of prayer and her prayer was heard Ionas prayed vnto our Lorde out of the fyshes bellye Ionas 2. and sayde in my trouble I called vnto our Lorde and he heard me The congregation were ready gathered to fight 1. Mach. 3. to pray to make supplication vnto God for mercy grace When that Iudas Machabeus should geue battayle with Gorgias he made his praier and said i. Mac. iiii blessed be thou O sauiour of Israel i. mach Vi. In other .ii. principal battaylles we rede not that he praied The one was against king Antiochus then he wanne not but departed his wayes i. Mac. ix The other was agaynst Bacchides Alchimus and then he was slayne in the battaille i. mach xi Ionathes perceiuing that al his coÌ„pany except a few left him fightinge against straungers he rent his clothes and praid and afterwardes obtayned the victory The Iewes beinge in tribulatyon praied vnto our Lord. The priestes hauing on them their priestly stoles and vestimentes fel downe before the aultare and called vpon God ii mac iii. whych had made a law concerning stuffe geueÌ„ to kepe that it might be safely preserued for such as deliuerd it to be kepte And al the wemen held vp their handes toward heauen and praid Onias the hie priest praid for Heliodorus that was greuously scourged by God for spoiling of the temple ii mac iii. oure Lord restored him to life again Iudas Machabeus they that wer with him iii. Mac. viii praid and besought our Lorde to deliuer theÌ„ from wicked Nicanor and though he wold not do it for theyr sakes yet for the couenaunte that he made with their fathers and because they called vppon his holye and gloryous name The wycked Antiochus praid vnto our Lord of whome he should haue obtained no mercy 2. Mach. 9. Nicanor and they that were wyth him 2. Mach. 15. drue nie with shaumes songes but Iudas and his company with praier and calling vpon God They buckled together with their handes they smote but with their hartes they praied vnto our Lord and slue no lesse theÌ„ 35. thousand men for thorow the present helpe of God they were gloriously comforted Mat. 8. The Leper had a short a profitable and an humble maner of praying Luke 5. the which knelinge before oure Lorde did worship him and saide Marke 1. master if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane The Centurion vsed as it wer by a certain insinuation Mat. 8. the like manner of prayer Luke 7. when he saide Master my seruaunt lieth sicke of the palsy Ihon. 11. And also Martha and Mary for Lazarus that was dead and buried Our Lord at times will be prayed for that Luke 10. that he purposeth to do praye ye the Lord of the haruest to send forth labourers into his haruest Mat. 9. Then there followeth immediatelye Calling together c. And when the people were sente away he weÌ„t vp into a mountaine to pray alone Mat. 14. Wherby we are taughte that when we inteÌ„d to pray we shuld fie the company of man lest we shuld be troubled Our Lord and sauiour in hys holye Gospels Mat. 6. hath taughte vs to praye by word of mouth saying Thus shall ye pray Our father c. Men oughte alwaies to praye Luke 18. not be weary Also our Lord hath animated vs to praye by his promise Luke 11. Ihon. 14. Aske saithe he and ye shall haue Item what soeuer ye aske in my name that wil I do He hathe lykewise informed and taughte vs to praye by hys example Mat. 14. For he that might commaund would pray And specially he did the same Mat. 26. for the persecution of this Passion beynge at hand he prayed and warned other to pray saying watch and pray When Mary Magdalen obtaind forgeuenes of her sinnes of oure Lord saying Luke 7. Thy sinnes are forgeuen the we rede not that she vsed anye loude prayer but that she wept only where by the efficacye of the inwarde desyre appeareth without any vocall or loud praier Our Lord doth induce vs to instant and coÌ„tinual praier by thexample of one that went to his frend at midnight Luke 11. Luke 18. And by thexample of a widow the which desired wyth great importunity of the wicked iudge to auenge her And to instruct vs to pray with huâ—mility without pride Luke 18. or any auaÌ„cement of our selues Our Lorde inducâ—th thexample of the proud pharisy and the lowly humble Publicane Act. 1. After our lordes assention into heauen the Disciples returned vnto Ierusalem and they al continuedâ— with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women and Mary Thapostles being minded and willinge to chuse one of the disciples in Iudas place Act. 1. apoynted two Ioseph and Mathias and when they praied they said Thou Lord which knowest the hartes of al men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen In the primitiue church al faithful people continued in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship Act. 2. and in breaking of bread and in prayers Peter Ihon weÌ„t vp together into the temple at the ninth hour of praier Act. 3. And assone as the disciples had praied the place moued Act. 4. where they were assembled together and they were all filled with the holye ghoste and they spake the word of God boldly The Iewes stoned Steuen callinge on Act. 7. saying lord Iesu receiue my spirite And he kneled downe and cryed with a loud voyce saying Lorde laye not this sinne to their charge Peter and Ihon prayed for them of Samaria Act. 8. that they might receiue the holy
whych hard hys preachyng The gentils heard that the Iewes put from them the worde of God Act. 13. and that Paul and Barnabas wold turne to them they wer glad and glorifyed the word of our lorde and beleued euen as many as were ordeined vnto eternal lyfe And it fortuned in Iconium that Paule and Barnabas wente into the sinagoge Act. 14. and so spake that a greate multitude of the Iewes and also of the Grekes beleued A certaine woman named Lidia a seller of Purple Act. 16. gaue audyence vnto Paules woordes whose hearte oure Lord opened and was baptysed wyth all her housholde When the Atheniens hard Paule speake of the resurrection of the dead some mocked Act. 17. and other said we wyll heare thee agayne of thys matter So Paule departed from them Howbeit certain men claue vnto him and beleued among the which was Dionisius an Ariopagite and a woman named Damaris and other with them Paule remained at Ephesus by the space df ii yeares Act. 19. and disputed dailye in the schole of one called Tirannus so that al they that dwelt in Asia hard the word of our Lord. After that king Agrippa had heard Paule Act. 26. he said vnto hym Somewhat thou perswadest me to become Chrysten When Paule was come to Berrea he entred into the Synagoge of the Iewes Act. 17. some of them receiued the word wythal diligence gredines of minde and searched the scriptures daily whether those thynges were euen so and many of them beleued ¶ Of the apparitions and visions shewed in the olde tyme. Capitu. xxx BEfore iniquity and synne oure Lord spake vnto Adam Gen. 1.2.3 but after that synne was commytted and done he spake to Adam Eue and to the serpent Ye he monished Caine or euer he slue his brother and afterwardes reproued hym Oure Lorde commaunded Noe to make an arke Gen. 6.7.8.9 and to goe into it and after the exercitation or destruction of the earthe he had hym come forthe of the arke then he blessed Noe and hys children and said vnto them bring ye forth frute and multiply and repleanysh the earth Our lord saide vnto Abraham Get thee oute of thy countrye Gen. 12. and oute of thy nation And again our lord apeared to Abraham and saide vnto hym vnto thy sede wil I geue thys land After that Abraham and Lot wer departed one from the other Gen. 13.15.17 Then followeth The worde of oure Lorde came vnto Abraham in a vision And after that oure Lorde appeared vnto hym and gaue hym the commaundement of the circumcision And there appeared vnto Abraham three men Gen. 18. c. And euen then he hard what time his sonne should be borne And ther came ii angels Lot sitting at the gate of Sodome Gen. 19. And Lot seyng them rose vp to mete them and worshypped them God came to Abimelech in a dreme and sayde vnto hym Gen. 20. See thou shalte die for the womans sake whiche thou haste taken awaye for she is a mans wyfe Gen. 21. When that Abraham had taken Saras wordes greuouslye complainyng of her maide Agar and her Sonne our Lord said vnto hym let it not bee sharpe and greuous in thy syghte because◠of the ladde and of thy bondmaide An angell appeared in the wildernes to Agar the maid Gen. 26. to her sonne God proued Abraham Gen. 22. and sayd vnto him take thy sonne c. And when he held forth the sweard Beholde the angel of our Lord. c. Our Lord appeared vnto Isaac in Bersabe Gen. 26. saying I am the God of Abraham thy father c. God appeared verye often to Iacob going to Laban Gen. 28.31 and comming again from thence And our Lord saide vnto Laban in a dreame Take heede that thou speake not to Iacob oughte saue good And after thys our Lorde spake many tymes to Iacob It were to longe to rehearse howe oftentymes our Lord spake vnto Moses Looke in the booke of Exodus the thyrde Chapter wyth other moe that follow We rede also that oure Lord spake vnto Balaam by night and when he rode vpon hys Asse the whyche sawe the Aungell Nume 22. whome Balaam sawe not Iosu. 1.4.5 7.13 Our Lord in like maner spake very often to Iosua After the death of Iosua the childrē of Israell counsailed with the Lorde and asked saying Iudi. 1. who shall go vp before vs And our Lord said Iuda shal go vp The angel of our Lord ascended vnto the place of those that did weepe Iudi. 2. and sayde I broughte you oute of Egipt The angel of oure Lorde appeared vnto Gedeon Iudi. 6. and said The Lorde is wyth thee The angell of oure Lorde appeared vnto Mannes wyfe Iudi. 13. And at a nother seasō he appeared both to Manne and his wife The children of Israel being gathered to fight against the Beniamites Iudi. 20. counsailed wyth oure Lorde Unto whome he said that Iudas shoulde be captaine of the hoste and begyn And notwithstanding that they wer twise ouerthrowne yet our Lord commaunded them to fight Our Lorde called vppon Samuell foure times 1. regu 3. and at the laste he sayde speake on Lord for thy seruaunt he areth and that by Helis counsaile And than there foloweth that oure Lorde appeared again in Silo. When Dauid should geue battaile 2. regu 2. he did oftentimes consulte wyth oure Lorde And we reade that he alwayes answeared hym as it appeareth in many places but speciallye in the second booke of the kynges the seconde Chapiter Our Lord appeared to Salomon 3. regu 3. and said Aske what thou wilt When Salomon had finyshed the building of the house of our Lord 3. regu 9. and the kinges palace Our Lorde appeared vnto him and said I haue hearde thy prayer And he spake again vnto Salomon 3. regu 11. rebuking and checking of hym verye sharply for his fautes committed The angell of oure Lord appeared 3. regu 19. vnto Helias flyinge from the face of Iesabel the which shewed hym bread and water And also in a small styll voyce or ayre When Elizeus was compassed about with the Assirians hoste 4. regu 6. manys aungels that defended hym appeared the whyche hys seruaunt sawe in the similitude and likenesse of firy horses and charets The appearinge of the angell Raphael continued leng Tobi. 9. whom our lord sent to cure and heale Sara Diuers of the Prophets sawe many meruelous visions Esa. 6. as of the wakyng rod Iere. 1.24 and a sethinge potte and of two maundes of figges But specially Ezechiel Daniel Amos and zacharias arful of imaginarious visions the whiche to expresse woulde require a long time Ther apeared vnto Heliodorus the which wold haue spoyld the temple 2. Mach. 3. and haue conueid away such thynges as wer deposed laid ther to be kept an horse with a terrible and a fearful
1. regu 3. When kynge Dauid satte in his house after that our Lorde had giuen him rest rounde abouâ—e from all hys enemyes 2. regu 7. he sayde vnto Nathan the Prophete Thou seyste that I dwell nowe in an howse of Cedarre trees but the Arke of God dwelleth within the curtaine It was shewed vnto Helias that fled from the face of Iezabel 3. regu 19. that our lorde was not in a greate spirite nor in no coÌ„motion nor winde nor earthquake but in a small styll voyce The mynde of man muste take his iudgement by the sumilitude and likenes of corporall thinges or els it must be lifted vp to god in whoÌ„ what soeuer is sene or thought delectable in anye creature is inseperable sounde muche better 4. regu 3. So that when the mynstrell played before Eliseus the hande of Oure lorde came vpon him When Eliseus woulde praye deligentely for the Sunamites child that was departed 4. regu 4. he dyd it not openly before al men but shutte the dore to the lad and him and prayed vnto Oure lorde Sara Raguels doughter beynge rebuked and slaundred of on of her maydens Tob. 3. went into the innermost chamber of her house and thre dayes and thre nightes she nether eat nor drank but continued in prayer and besought god with teares that he woulde deliuer her frome that rebuke Iudith perceyuing her people to be streyted and in daunger went into her closet Iudi. 9. put on an heary smocke strawed ashes vpon her head and fallynge downe before oure Lorde cryed vnto hym Quene Esther fearing the daunger that was at hande Esth. 14. fledde vnto oure lorde And when she had laide a waye her glorius apparel she put on garmentes that serued for syghinge and mourninge and prayd thus vnto our Lorde helpe me desolate woman After the tribulations and perturbations which Dauid sustained suffred Psal 54. he sayd Who shal geue me winges lyke a doue For then would I flie away and be at reste Then he sheweth the maner howe to come to these wynges rest saying Lo then would I get me away farre of and remayne in the wyldernesse When Ezechiell was amonge or in the myddes of the prisoners Eze. 1. the hande of our Lorde came vpon hym and he sawe a stormy wynde come out of the north When Daniell hearde of the cruell sentence that was pronounced against the wise men of Babilon Dani. 2. he wente home and the mysterye was shewed vnto hym by a vision by night Dani. 9. The Angell Gabriell sayde vnto Daniell that prayde feruently I am nowe come to teache thee and to make thee vnderstand that thou art a man greatly beloued I wyll stande vppon my watche sayth habacuc Haba 2. and shall fasten my ioy vpon my bulworke to looke and se what shal be sayd vnto me and what answere I should make hym that reproued me And when the people were sent awaye he wente vp into a mountaine to praye alone Math. 14. And when night was come he was there hym selfe alone By the whiche thynge he geueth the people an ensample to flee and to seke for solitariousnes And zacharias wente into the temple of our Lorde LuKe. 1. and the whole multitude of the people were wyth oute in prayer while the incense was a burnynge And then there appeared vnto hym an Angell of oure Lorde Martha was troubled and combred about muche seruinge Luke 10. but Mary syttyng at Gods feete hearde the woorde of God And it is greatly to be noted that quyetnes and the hearing of gods word should be preferde aboue al religyons and deuoute ministery seruice Iohn 11. When Iesus sawe mary wepe and the Iewes also wepinge whiche came wyth her he groned in the spirite and wepte the whyche thinge he dyd not when Martha spake vnto him Our lordes disciples wer wonderfullye illuminated and taughte at the coÌ„minge of the holy ghost Act. 2. After the light from heauen shyned rounde a boute Saule Act. 9. he fell to the earthe and was made blind the fasted and prayed by the space of thre dayes and hadde many exellente reuelations from Christ. When Peter was lodged in SimoÌ„s the Tanners house Act. 10. at a certain time he wente into the hyest place of the house to praye to the entent that he beynge farre from the troublous people that were beneathe myghte geue hym selfe the more quyetlye to hys prayers Oure Lorde Peter beynge in a traunce shewed vnto hym that the heathen oughte not to be repelled from the predication of the gospel Paule was taken vppe into the thyrd heauen 2. Cor. 12. and hard secreate wordes which no man can vtter rom 1.9.10.11 His exceading great wisdome appeareth in hys Epistles Ephe. 1.2 and principallye to the Romaynes Col. 1.2 To the Ephesyans To the Collossyans And also to the Hebrues Heb. 1. Oure Lorde disclosed vnto blessed Sainte Ihon beyng sequestred from the tumulte and consolatyon of the worlde and banyshed into the I le of Pathmos the celestial and heauenly workes and dedes as it appeareth in his reuelations ¶ Of longanimity ¶ Capit. xxxvii ABraham taried many yeares or euer he hadde any chylde by Sara Gen. 21. for hee was an hundred yere old when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him From the fyrst promise made vnto Abraham vntyl he hadde sede were yeres 440. Oure Lorde suffered Israell to bee scourged and afflicted in Egipt a loÌ„g time and season And afterwardes to be tempted and proued in wildernes the space of 40. yeares or euer they came to the land of promise as it appeareth thorowe oute all the boke of Exodus and Numery Iudi. 20 The children of Israel fightyng against the tribe of Beniamin many against a few wer twise ouerthrown and yet at the last they preuailed Iob. 13. Iob beyng punyshed in bodye depriued of al hys chyldren laughed to scorne of hys frendes and spoyled of all hys goodes dyd say Lo though he slaye mee yet wyl I put my truste in hym Tobyas elders kinsfolkes laughed hym to scorne whyche sayde vnto hym Tob. 2. where is thy hope for the whyche thou haste done almesse and buryed the deade But Tobias rebuked them spake Say not so for we are the chyldren of holy men and looke for the lyfe which God shall geue vnto them that neuer turne their belefe from him When Susanna was condempned by the false testimony and wytnesse of two iudges Dani. 13. it is thus wrytten of her That her heart hadde a sure truste in the Lorde When one of those seuen brethren was requyred of the tyrande 2 Mach. 7. quyckely he put oute his tounge and constantly helde forth his handes and spake with a steadfaste fayeth These haue I of heauen Iudas Machabeus sente vnto Ierusalem two thousande dragmas of syluer to bee offred there for the offences and synnes of the dead 2. Mach.
Ierusalem was finyshed 2. Esd. 6. that all the hethen which were there about were afrayde All the heathen on euery side were afrayde of Iudas and his brethren 1. Mach. 3. so that the rumoure of hys name came vnto the kinge Theire aduersaries heard that Ionathas was ready with his menne to the battayle 1. Mach. 10. they feared and were afrayde in they re hartes After that Lisias was ouerthrone be Iudas Machabeus 2. Mach. 11. he was wyllinge to make peace with him and promised that he woulde consent to all thinges whiche were reasonable euen as Iudas woulde Herode feared Iohn knowing that he was a iust manne Mar. 6. and an holy and he kept hym After the terrible death of Ananias and Saphira the disciples wer all together in Salamons porche And no man durst ioyn him selfe to them Act. 5. but yet the people magnified them When Paule and Silas were both in prisone together Act. 16. and their feete made fast in the stockes sodenly there was a greate earthquake The keper of the prison beinge afraide fel doune at the fete of Paule and Silas saide Sirs what muste I do to be saued ¶ Of the loue of god Capi. xl WHen God shoulde geue the law vnto Moses he said vnto hym Exo. 20. I am thy lorde god shewynge mercy vnto those that loue me and keepe my commaundementes The chefest of al the coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes is the loue of god Deu. 6. For Moses said after he had repeated the commauÌ„dementes vnto the people Thou shalt loue the lorde thy god with all thine harte c. Moses willinge specially to printe in the peoples mynde the feare and loue of god Deu. 10. saide and nowe Israell what dothe the lorde thy god require of thee but to feare the Lorde thy god and to walke in all his wayes to loue him and to serue the lorde thy god with all thine harte c. Iosua beinge olde and stryken in yeres calde all the people of Ierusalem vnto him Iosua 13.13 and wareninge them of many thinges amonge all other he sayde Take hede most deligentlye of this that ye loue your lorde god It is wrytten of Dauid that with his whole hert he did prayse our lord and loued god that made him Eccle. 47. ye and be hym selfe sayde a lorde that arte my fortitude and strengthe I wyll loue the. The Apostle Paule hathe geuen this sentence Psal. 17. If any manne loue not our lorde Iesus Christ the same bee cursed For oure lorde that shall reuenge thinges shall come In asmuch as loue is a vertue that moueth a man to christ wards 1. Cor. 16 Paule â—adde greate Loue the whiche was crucified vnto Christ. And it may be noted that Christ was his wisdome Nether shewed I my self that I knew any thinge amonge you 1. Cor. 2. saue Iesus Christe euen the same that was crucified And his substaunce I haue counted sayth Paule all thinges losse Philip. 3. and do iudge them but vyle that I maye winne Christ. And hys iustice He is made vnto vs our wisdome 1. Cor. 1. our Iustice our sanctification and our redemption It may be sayd that Christ spake in Paule 2. Cor. 13. Seke ye experience of Christ whiche speaketh in me Also Christ did worke by Paule I dare not speak of any of those things Rom. 15. which christ hath not wrought by me Againe Christ did lyue in Paule I liue yet now not I but Christ lyueth in me Gala. 2. And agayne he saythe Christ is to me lyfe Philip. 1. Item Christ doth triumphe in him Thankes be to god whiche alwaies geueth vs the victory in Christ 2. Cor. 2. He may also be called Christes seruant Paule the seruaÌ„t of Iesê° Christ. And the Apostle of Christ. româ— 1. Paule the Apostle of Iesu Christ. And the legate or messenger of god Now then are we messengers in the roume of Christ 2. Cor. 1. 2. Cor. 5. euen as though God did exhorte you throughe vs so praye we you in Christes stede that ye be reconciled vnto God And he was Gods helper We are goddes helpers or labourers And Gods champioÌ„ 1. Cor. 3. I haue fought a good fight And againe So fight I not as one that beateth the ayre 2 tim 4. And againe 1. Cor. 9. If I haue foughten with beastes after the maner of men 1. Cor. 15. Item a runner I so runne not as at an vncertaine thinge 1. Cor. 9. And a speciall folower Be ye folowers of me 1 Cor. 1â— as I am the folower of Christ. Saint Iohn sayth Let vs therfore loue god for he loued vs first 1. Iohn 4. ¶ Of the loue that man ought to haue to his neighboure Cap. xli CAyne was greuously reprehended of oure Lord Gen. 4. and punished because he did wickedly against his brother and sayde that he was not hys brothers keper Note how diligently and carefully Abraham prayde oure lorde Gen. 18. that he would spare the Sodomites the whiche thinge was a great signe and token of loue Moses had so greate dilection and loue to his neighbours exodi 32. whyche were hys subiectes that in hys prayer to God he sayde eyther forgeue them their sinne or wype me oute of thy booke Moyses did wyshe in hys prayer that oure Lordes people coulde prophecy Nume 11. notwithstaÌ„ding that his honor should seme to be deminished therby Moses would haue no greater dominion then he had Nume 14. and yet our lorde promysed him it Suche was his loue towardes his neyghbours whome he ruled Iudi. 21. The chyldren of Israell after the occision and death of the chyldren of Beniamin wept very sore and sayd O lorde wherfore is this euyl chaunsed in Israell The soule of Ionathas was knyt with the soule of Dauid 1. regu 18. and Ionathas loued him as his owne soule Dauid shewed that he loued his enemye 2. reg 1.3 when he mourned for Saul and his frende when he wept for Ionathas and Abner Dauid likewise bewailed the death of Absolon his sonne 2. regu 18 althoughe he was euyl and his aduersary Nehemias dothe shewe his greate loue towardes the children of transmigratioÌ„ esdra 2. per totum as it appeareth by the thinges that he did for them Because Tobias hadde shewed the works of charity to many Tobi. 1. many did loue him and therfore when he was commaunded by the king to be slain he was hiden and not found Oure LORDE wolde that we should haue suche loue to our neighbors Mat. 18. that he said vnto Peter that he shoulde not forgeue his brother that sinneth against him till seuen times but seuenty times seuen times The Samaritane is much extolde and lauded for the great loue and charitye that he had to his neighboure Lu. 10. For comming vnto him being halfe deade he was moued with pytye and
together as it hadde bene but one manne Iudi. 20. so reuenge and punishe the flagitious dedeâ— committed against the Leuites wife in Gaba Beniamin The vniuersal tribes of Israel cam to Dauid vnto Hebron 2. regu 5. and anoynted him king ouer them The feare of our LORD fell on the people and they came oute as it 1. regu 11. had bene but one man to ayde theyr brethren which were besieged in Iabes Galaad All Israell came to kynge Salomon and then the Arcke 3. regu 8. and all the holy vessels were borne into the temple and the temple was solemly blessed and dedicated All the people were gathered and 1. Esd. 3. came together euen as one man vnto Ierusalem to edify and to builde the temple the whiche was destroyed by the king of Babilon And all the people gathred them selues to gether 2. Esd. 8. as one manne in the streat and they said vnto Esdras that he should bryng the boke of the lawe of God When Achior hadde disclosed all thinges that Holofernes had said Iudi. 7. all the people with a common lamentation and weping and with one consent prayed vnto God After the death of Iudas Machabeus al his frendes came together 1. Mach. 9. saide vnto Ionathas hys brother for so much as thy brother Iudas is dead c. We chose the this day for him to be our prince and captain to order to fight our battail After that the people had hearde Simons wordes 1. Mach. 13. the heartes of the people weer kindled together so that they cryed wyth a loud voyce Thou art our captain in stead of Iudas and Ionathas thy brethreÌ„ order thou our battail and whatsoeuer thou coÌ„mandest vs we shal do it After the assention of our Lorde Act. 1. all the disciples continued with one accord in prayer and supplicatioÌ„ with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren And so the holy ghost found them All that beleued kept them selues together after they had receyued the holye sprite Act. 2. and had all thinges commen and continued dailye wyth one accord in the temple and brake bread from house to house When the disciples had heard that the creple was healed and of Peters and Ihons answer to the magestrates they lift vp their voyces to God with one accord Act. 4. and said Lord which hast made heauen and earth c. After that Ananias and Saphyra his wife were terriblye punyshed at Peters word Act. 5. great fear was thorow out all the country And they were al together with one consente in Salomons porch And the multytude that beleued were of one hart Act. 4. and of one soul. Nether said any of them that oughte of the thinges whiche he possessed was his owne but they had all thynges common ¶ Of discorde strife and debate Ca. l. ENuy moued the firste discorde among men Gen. 4. as betwixt Cain and Abell because that Caines workes were maligne and euell and hys brothers good and iust The substaunce of Abraham Lot was great Gen. 13. and they coulde not dwell together and so there fell a strife betwene the herdmeÌ„ of Abraham Lot The fiue kinges of the Sodomites serued and were subiect vnto Chodoriamor xii yere Gen. 14. and in the xiii yeare they rebelled and departed from him And so there was war betwene foure kinges againste fiue In the whyche warre Lot was taken and recouered by Abraham The inhabitours and men of Sodome dyd compas the house aboute Gen. 19. in the which two aungels in the likenes of meÌ„ war lodged for they would haue knowen them and they preased sore vpon Lot because that faithfully he defended his gestes There was stryfe and debate betwene the heardmen of Gerar and Isaacs Gen. 26. for the possession of sheape of Oxen and a mighty houshold Iacob fletinge away was wroth Gen. 31. and saide to Laban for what trespace or offence art thou thus angrye with me and hast searched all my stuffe By the occasion of Dina Iacobs daughter whom Sichem Emors son Iere. 34. dyd rauyshe and forced a greate dyscorde arose betwene Iacobs sonnes and the inhabitoures of that Countrey Moses vpon a certain day saw two Hebrues that stroue together Exo. 2. And he saide vnto him that did the wronge Wherfore smitest thou thy fellow After that the Children of Israell were gone oute of Egipte Exo. 17. and were paste the red sea Amalech came and fought with them in Raphidim Oftentimes the children of Israell did striue againste Moses in the wyldernesse Gen. 16.17 Fyrste for lacke of dryncke And againe when they had one kind of meate Nume 21. they desyred a nother And when they lothed Manna they calde for fleshe Also they came together agaynste Moses and Aaron at the waters of contradiction and strife Nume 20. wher they did chide and murmur agaynste our Lord and Moses Betwene Abimelech Gedeons son and the men of Sichem the whyche hadde made hym kynge wrongfully Iudi. 9. was greate dyscorde so that they beganne to detest him and to rebell against him and he ouercomde them There arose astrife betwene those of Ephraim and Iephthe Iudi. 12. for asmuch as Iephthe goynge to fighte aginste the children of Ammon woulde not as they sayd call them There was so vehement a discorde and battayl in Gabaa Beniamin and iudi 20. the Tribes of Israell for the Leuites wife that they of the Tribe of Beniamin were vtterly all slayne except 5. hundred After that Dauid hadde slayne the Philistine 1. regu 18. Saul was wroth and angry with Dauid because he was most commonly praysed Wherfore Saule loked a side on Dauid from that daye forewarde Nor no man coulde from that time mollifie his hart but nedes he must persecute hym There was longe debate and strife betwene the house of Saule 2. regu 3. and the house of Dauid But Dauid Waxed stronger and stronger and Saul continually weaker and weaker There was to greate and to dishonest a dissention and discord betwene Absolon couetinge the kingdome and Dauid his father 2. regu 18. At the last yet Absolon that moued the same was hangd When Dauid retourned to Ierusalem the children of Israell were troubled and vexed because that the Iewes 2. regu 19. they being not calde there vnto brought hym againe Two wemen did striue be â—ore king Salomon for a childe 2. regu 3. the which they bothe woulde haue had After the deathe of Salomon the people desired his soÌ„ne RoboaÌ„ to vse and to handle them more courteously 3. regu 12. But because he answered theÌ„ churlishly and hardly ten of the Tribes leftâ— him made IeroboaÌ„ their king by the occasioÌ„ wherof ther was sore wars betwene the kyngs of Israel Iuda There was a strife amonge the disciples whiche of theim shoulde seme to be the greatest Luke 22. but it
appeareth by that that foloweth that such contention and strife pleased not our lorde Iohn 6. The Iewes stroue amoÌ„g theÌ„ selues sayinge how can this felowe geue vs that fleshe of his to eate And much murmuring was there of oure lorde Iesus amonge the people Iohn 7. for some sayed he is good other sayd nay but he deceiueth the people There foloweth There was dissention amonge the people After that Cornelius was christened with all his house Ac 1.11 the Apostles and brethren that wer in Iewry hard that the heathen had also receiued the worde of god And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem thei that were of the circumcision contended against him sayinge wherefore wentest thou into men vncircumcised When Paule and Barnabas preached and did many miracles in the city of Iconium Act. 14. the multitude of the city was deuided and parte helde with the Iewes parte with the Apostles Certain menne which came downe from Iewry Act. 15. taught the brethren sayinge excepte ye be circumcised after the maner of Moses ye cannot be saued So when ther was risen discencioÌ„ not a litle vnto Paul Barnabas against theim they determined that Paule and barnabas and certaine other of theim should goo vp to Ierusalem vnto the Apostles and Elders aboute this question Act. 15. By the occasion of Iohn whose sir name was Marke whome Paule woulde not take to the woorke of the gospell there arose a dissention betwene Paule and Barnabas so that they departed asonder one from the other yet al was for the fortheraunce of the gospell Paule preaching and doinge many miracles at Ephesus Act. 19. there arose no litle a do aboute the way of our lorde for a certain man named Demetrius a siluer Smyth which made Siluer shrines for Diana was not a litle beneficial vnto crafts men c. And al the citie was in a rore and in greate confusion When certayne of the Iewes sawe Paule in the temple Act. 21. they moued all the people and layed handes on him criynge Menne of Israell helpe And al the city was moued and the people swarmed to gether When Paule had cried oute in the counsell Act. 23. Men and brethren I am a pharasei the sonne of a pharasei Of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am iudged And when he hadde so saied there arose a debate and a dissention betwene the Phariseis and the Saduces and the multitude was deuided ¶ Of good zele against synners Capi. li. THe children of Iacob were very cruell for the deflouringe of Dina their sister oppressed and forced by Sichem Gen. 34. Moses hearinge the voyces of those that songe Exo. 32. and seynge the calfe and the daunsinge his wrath waxed hote and castinge the tables oute of hys handes he brake theym And note how greuously he punished the people For whome he so faythfully and instantly prayed vnto oure lorde The zele of Phinches the sonne of Eleazar Nume 25. when he thrust the man and the medianityshe woman throughe although thei wer mighty and noble pleased oure lord very well Iosue coÌ„maunded Acham to be stoned with stones Iosu. 7. and all his stuffe to be burned because he toke of the excoÌ„municate thinges of Ierico When the children of Israell hard saye that the chyldren of Ruben and Gad Iosu. 22. had buylded theym an aultor thei came together and woulde haue foughten against them Iudi. 19.12 All the children of Israell gathered to gether as it had bene but one man to reuenge the horrible and greuous crime that the men of Gabaa Beniamin hadde committed againste the Leuites wife Helias dyd bouldelye reproue the people that did erre 3. regu 18. caused the preastes of Baal to be slayne Achab was rebuked because he let kynge Benadab 3 regu 19. a man woorthye of death to skape away a liue Although Iehu the kinge of Israell was specially euyl yet he is greatlye commended because he destroyed the sede of the house of Achab 4. regu 10. and caused Baals prophets to be slaine and hys house to be broken The spirite of God came vpon zacharia the sonne of Ioade the priest whyche stode in the syghte of the people that honoured and serued Idols 2. Para. 24. And sayd vnto them why transgresse ye the commaundements of our lord that ye cannot prosper for because ye haue forsaken our Lorde he also hath forsaken you When Esdras the priest hard saye that the Iewes wer maried with the gentiles 1. Esd. 9. he was exceading sory and by great syghing and sorowynge he shewed tokens of heauinesse Nehemias perceiuing that the Iewes maryed outlandysh women dyd reproue them 2. Esd. 13. and cursed them and smote certaine of theym and made them bare Mathathias stode vp and said Wo is me Alasse that euer I was borne to see thys myserye of my people After followeth 1. Mach. 2. of hys moste seruent zele and maruelous honesty when he slew the Iewe besides the altar whiche openly in the sight of all did sacrifice vnto Idols Onias the hie priest did manfullye resist Simon 2. Mach. 3. the which went aboute to do a certain wicked thing in the city Mat. 3.14 Ihon the Baptist was in a wonderful feruent zeale when he said O generation of vipers who hath taughte you to flee from the vengaÌ„ce to come And lykewyse when he reproued Herode Mat. 23. Our Lord did sharplye rebuke the Pharisies Scribes and Hipocrites but specially in the thre and twentye of Mathewe where that seuen times he sayde vnto theym Woe bee vnto you Oure LORDE perceiuing that the Phariseis did malitiously watche for him Mar. 3. loking angerly aboute hym was heauy that they were so blind in hart Iohn 8. and said you are of your father the deuill Our Lord did oftentimes caste theÌ„ out of the temple Luke 19. that bought sold and at sometimes with verye sharpe wordes Iohn 2. sayinge My house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a den of theues Peter was kindled with a feruent zeale Act. 5. against Ananias and Saphyra his wife when he saw that they kept away part of the pryce of the land And the wordes that Steuen spake to the Iewes Act. 7. came of a burning zele sayinge O ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised harts and eares ye haue alwaies resisted the holy ghost Paule and Barnabas wythstandinge Berieser the false Prophette Act. 13. Paul sayde O full of all subtlety and disceitfulnesse thou ennemye of all righteousnesse wilt thou not cease â—o peruerte the straight wayes of oure Lord When Paule preached at Athens Act 17. his sprite was moued in hym when he saw the city geuen to Idolatry The feruente zeale of Paule dyd most speciallye appeare when he reproued rebuked and prayed the Galathians Gala. 5. and likewise the Romains Roma 9. the Corinthians and the
he shuld not prease into the commoÌ„ hal Wher also appeareth the wysdome of the Scribe that pacified the people being so moued and how he sent euery maÌ„ to his owne house And when the Tribune had commaunded that Paule shuld be beaâ—en and scourged Act. 22. Paule saide vnto the Centurion that stode by hym Is it lawful for you to scourge a Romain and vncondempned Then they whiche should haue punished and examyned him departed from him When Paul purposed to sayl out of Greece into Syria Act. 20. and hearde saye that the Iewes laid wait for hymâ— he wisely returned through Macedonia nor refused not the companye of hys brethren which wer of diuers cities Paule vnderstanding that th one part was Pharises He cryed oute I am a Pharisey And certayne of the Phariseis stode vp and foughte for hym Act. 23. And after when hee harde saye that some of the Iewes had made a vowe not to taste nor eate nothynge vntil they had slaine him he caused the to be shewed to the Tribune that which sent him with armed men to Felix the ruler of Syria When Festus the president would haue sente Paule at the instaunce of the Iewes to Ierusalem He wiselye perceiuing their malice Act. 25. appealed to Cesar. ¶ Of deceit and subtlety Capi. liiii Gen. 3. IT is manifest that the deuel in the forme of a Serpent was the fyrst master of al craftines lies and deceitfulnesse the which beynge more subtyll then all other beastes deceyued the fyrst woman he would not borde the fyrste man because he knewe that he had more discreatyon then the woman Laban Iacobs father in law went very ofteÌ„times about to deceiue him Gen. 29.30 now in his wife now in his wages But our Lord in the fraud and guyle of those that wold haue circumueÌ„ted him was with him and aided hym WheÌ„ Laban searched Iacobs houshold stuffe Gen. 31. and cam to search Rachels tent she craftely deluded his carefull searching Iacobs sonnes being as it wer in a madnesse fury for the inforcemente rape of their syster Dina Gen. 34. counsaild Sychem the people and inhabytors of the Citye to be circumcised where by they sodenly rushed in vpon them and easely slue them Iacobs Chyldren woulde haue deceiued their father Gen. 37. when they dipped Iosephes coate in the blud of a Gote and sente that shoulde say vnto him we haue found this see whether it be thy sonnes coate or no. Pharo the king of Egipte bethought him of diuers craftes and subtleties Exo. 1.5 vtterly to extirpate the children of Israel and destroy them in Egypte and by no meanes suffer them to depart the country Pharaos wise men and enchaunters did by their sorcery Exo. 7. as touchyng the fyrste two signes euen as Moses dyd Chore and his felowes spake maliciously when they stode against Moses and Aaron Nume 16. saying Ye make muche to do It is sufficiente for vs that all the multitude are holy euery one of them and our Lord is among theÌ„ Whye heaue ye your selues vp aboue the congregation of our Lord Balaach king of the Moabites perceiuinge that he coulde not ouercome the children of Israel by fortitude and strength Nume 23. wold haue ouerthrown theÌ„ with Balaams cursse The Gabaonites hearynge what Iosua had done at Iericho and Hai Iosu. 9. thought craftely how they might do that they shoulde not be vtterlye destroyed The Philistines toke good hede that ther shuld no smith be found thorow out all the land of Israell least haply the Hebrues shuld make theÌ„ swerdes or Speares 1. regu 13. Saule disdaining the prosperity of Dauid 1. regu 18. spake of his daughter Michol whome Dauid desired to haue I wyl geue her vnto him that it maye be to hys rebuke and shame and that the hand of the Philistines may be vpon hym Wherfore Saule said vnto Dauid thou shalt this daye be my sonne in law in two thynges Dauid by greate subtletye woulde haue cloked his iniquyty 2. regn 11. when he seÌ„t for Urias to the entent he should go and slepe wyth Bersabe hys wyfe Ionadab Semnas sonne taughte Ammon the sonne of Dauid a wicked deceytfulnesse or subteltye 2. regu 13 when hee said vnto hym lay thee downe on thy bed and make thy selfe sycke For so thou maiste haue Thamar Absolons syster alone the which tempted him When Absolon was purposed to reuenge the iniurye done to his sister Thamar 2. regu 13. whom Ammon her brother had forced he made a great banket inuited hys brother and euen when he was meary with wine and banketing he caused him to be slaine Absolon ambitiously couetinge hys fathers kingdome 2. regu 15. began malitiously to flatter and dispraising his fathers factes and dedes bosted and said that he would do good iustice Ieroboam thoughte in hys hearte 3. regu 12. nowe shall the kingdome retourne to the house of Dauid if thys people go vp and do sacrifice in the house of our Lord at Ierusalem wher vppon the kynge tooke counsell and made two calues of gold 3. Re. 20. Achab the kynge of Israell sayde certayne generall wordes to the messengers of Benadab the kyng of Siria offeringe vnto him mooste lyberallye both hys men and hys goodes By the whych he descending to more specyall thinges would haue burdened him very sore Sedechias the sonne of Chanaam Baals prophet made him self hornes of Iron as thoughe he hadde bene a true Prophet saying vnto kynge Achab Thus saithe oure Lorde 3. re 22. with these hornes shalt thou push the Syrians At lengthe he deceiued hym caused him to go to battail Gehezi runnynge after Naaman did coloure his peticion verye craftelye and subtellye 4. re 5. sayinge my master hath sent me and saithe Se. there be come to me two younge men geue them one Talent of syluer and two chaunge of garmentes Iezabel that mischeuous woman vsed a very cruel deceitfulnes and gile to obtaine Nabothes bineyarde for her husband 3. re 21. Athalia the mother of Echozia king of Iuda saw that her sonne was dead she destroyed al the kinges seede 4. re 11. and raigned vi yeare Rapsaces Sennacherib king of Assirians messenger spake with a loude voyce 4. re 18. that the people whyche were vpon the wal might here and feare Whilst Abia the kyng of Iuda dyd comforte hys hooste and rebuked his aduersaryes Ieroboam the kynge of Israel went about to lay deceites and to conuey men priuelye behynde hym 2. Para. 13. And when his enemies stode euen before him he compased the Iewes not taking hede therof bothe behinde and before wyth hys host The chyldreÌ„ of Israels neighbors the whiche were retourned from the captiuity of Babilon 1. Esd. 3.4 inuented many guiles and deceites 2. Esd. 4.5 to let them from the edification and buyldynge of the temple and wall of Ierusalem Esth. 3.
did manfullye when he slew two kinges and Ochozias brethren the children of Achab and when hee kylde a greate multitude of Baals Prophets Ioiada with great strennuitye and force pluckt the kingdom of Iuda out of the handes of Athalia 4. regu 11. and crowned the kinges litle sonne of the kynred of Dauid Ioab the sonne of Seruia was the prince and head captain of the hoste 1. Para. 11 because that he before all other smote the Iebusites that dwelt in the citye of Ierusalem and so dyd Dauid appoynt it Nehemias said vnto the noble men and iudges Let vs aryse and buyld and theyr handes were strengthed to good 2. Esd. 2. The children of transmigratioÌ„ dyd build the wall of Ierusalem round about 2. Esd. 4 and wyth one hand dyd euerye one worke and wyth the other helde his weapon The ennemies of the chyldren of transmigration did diuers maner of waies put them in feare 2. Esd. 6 thinckynge that there by they woulde cease from theyr woorke But Nehemias sayde That therfore he strengthed his handes the more When the chyldren of Israel hearde of Holofernes myghte and power Iudith 4 they prepared most diligentlye to resist him for they tooke in and occupied all the toppes of the mountains and walde theyr Townes and prepared Corne for them agaynste the battayle Iudith 13 Iudith had in her self a meruelous strenuity corage when she went to Holofernes and slue him in his tent Daniels companions saide to Nabuchodonozor the kinge of Babylon Dani. 3 our God is able to keepe vs from the hote burninge ouen And if he wyll not yet shalt thou knowe O kynge that we wyll not serue nor worshyp thy Gods Dani. 6 Daniel left not of for all the kings decre to pray vnto his God 1. mach 2 Mathathias and his children had a wonderful fortitude and streÌ„gth that so withstode kyng Antiochus so oft preuailed against him Iudas Machabeus with good hope and very manfully and boldly passed ouer the riuer to his ennemyes 1. macha 5 the which had pitched their tents beyond the water Eleazar the sonne of Saura ranne boldly and with a courage to an Elephant 1. mach 6 and gat vnder him and slue him then fel the Elephant down vpon him and there he died Eleazarus saide vnto the tormentors If I die manfully and as it becommeth mine age 1. mach â— I may parauenture leaue an example of stedfastnes for such as be yonge if I with a ready minde and manfullye die an honest death for the moste worthye and holy lawesâ— Machabeus and thei that wer with him went promptly and willingly to battaile againste Lysias hauinge an helping from heauen 2. mach 11. and our Lorde was mercifull vnto them They fell mightely vpoÌ„ their enemies like Lyons they brought down xi M. fotemeÌ„ xvi C. horsmen and put all other to flight many of them being wounded and some got away naked And wyth greate power gaue the Act. 4. Apostles wytnesse of the resurrection of our Lord Iesu Christe and greate grace was in them all Steuen ful of grace and power did great wonders and miracles among the people Act. 6 His fortitude dyd mooste appeare in that that moste constantly he resisted the Iewes and toke hys most cruel death most pacientlye Fortitude as Cicero doth say is a preconsiderate susception and taking vpon of pearils and daungers And a sufferaunce or bearinge of laboures And in that it is verye euydent that Paule was Christes moste strongest Apostle and souldioure the whyche for Christes sake sustained so greate pearils and dangers Capi. 11 as it appeareth in thâ— Actes of the Apostles Capi. 11 he doth recite and nomber them in the secoÌ„de to the Corinthians ¶ Of Confydence and magnanimity Ca. lxxviii Exo. 5 MOses stode often before Pharao and constantly reproued hym Nathan the Prophet constantlye and yet reuerentely dyd reproue Dauid after he hadde committed aduoutrye and murther 2. regu 11. Helias sayde to Achab. It is not I that haue troubled the house of Israel 3. regu 18. but thou and thy fathers house in that ye haue forsaken the commauÌ„dementes of our lorde And after that he caused CCCC prophetes to be slayne Item he sayde to Ochozias the kynge of Israel 4. regu 1. Thou shalt not come down of the bed on which thou art gone vp but shalt dye the death Achab the kinge of Israel sayd vnto Helias 3. regu 21. hast thou founde me thine enemye he answered I haue founde the for thou art euen solde to worke wickednesse in the sight of oure lord Eliseus spake maruelus frely and boldlye to Ioam the kinge of Israell his host standinge about him 4. regu 3. What haue I to doo wyth the Gat the to thy fathers prophetes and to thy mothers Our lorde was with Iosaphat 2. Para. 7. because he walked in the wayes of his father Dauid Then foloweth When hys hart had taken boldâ—es by the wayes of oure lorde c. The spirite of our lorde came vpon zacharia the son of Ioiada the preast 2. para 24. whiche stode in the syghte of the people sayinge why transgresse ye the commaundementes of oure lorde the whyche thynge shall not be for your profite Hezechias comforted his menne of warre sayinge 2. Para. 32. Plucke vp your hartes and be strong Be not afraied nor discouraged for the kinge of the Assirians nor for al the multitude that he hath with him for there be mo with vs then wyth hym wyth hym is an arme of flesh But with vs is the lord oure god for to helpe vs and to fight oure battayls Sanabalat and other enemyes beynge sory that the walles of Ierusalem were a buylding 2. Esdras 4 endeuerd them selues to resiste and diuers waies to feare Nehemias but they could not Iudit 10.13 Iudith was a womaÌ„ of a maruelus great magnanimity the which vnarmed went to Holofernes tent slue him Mardocheus dyd boldely refuse to worshippe proude Aman althoughe he knew that the king had commaunded it And also he spake vnto the Quene seuerely and frelye Esther 3.4 sayinge Thinke not to saue thine owne lyfe while thou aâ—te in the kynges house for yf thou holdest thy peace at this tyme then shal the Iewes haue helpe and delyueraunce oute of an other place and thou and thy fathers house shal be destroyed Ananias his felowes said stoutly to kyng Nabuchodonosor Daniell 3. oure God whom we serue and worshyp is able to delyuer vs out of thy handes Daniell lytle regarding kyng Daâ—ius decree Daniell 6. or coÌ„maundemente dyd worshyp and pray vnto his lord God â—s he was wont accustomed to doo Matathias his sonnes dyd strongye and boldly rebell and resist kynge Antiochus 1. Macha 2 Eleazar Saures sonne ran boldlye 1. macha 6 â—o the Elephant wher he coniectured that the kyng was and gat hym vnder him and
the came to take him 4. regu 6. to haueâ— anye hurte but caused meate to be sette before them and when they had eaten he sent theÌ„ away Tobias beynge blind shewed wonderful great patience Tobi. 23. as wel against the deuine scourge plage of blindenes as againste the derisions of hys wife and his frendes Iob when he lost hys goodes hys chyldren Iob. 1.2 and almoste hym selfe â—o was pacient And it is to be noted that at once he lost his goodes hys chyldren and the Temptation was the more vehement But yet such frendes as were lefte were rather a desolation then a comfort vnto him as it is euidente in those his frendes the which were ouerous and heauye comforters vnto him Daniels companions that wer cast into the burning fornace did exhibit a mearye and a ioyfull pacience Dani. 3. and our Lord was more praysed by theyr pacience then by the sapience or wisdome of Daniel Sara Raguels daughter toke paciently the greuous rebuke and slander of one of her fathers handmaideÌ„s not answering her again Tobi. 3. but incontinently turning her self to prayer When Eleazarus was sore plaged and punished 2. Mach. 6 he saide O Lorde thou knowest that wher as I might be deliuered from death I suffer these sore paines of my bodye but in my minde I am well content to suffer them because I fear thee The seuen brethren and their mother did ioyfully suffer sore torments and punishments 2. mach 7. When Peter hadde demaunded of our Lord how oft shal I forgeue my brother if he synne againste me tyll seuen times Mat. 28. He hard our Lord saye I say not vntil seuen times but seueÌ„tye times seuen times And that we shoulde remit and forgeue oure brethren euen from the hart oure Lorde brought forth the Parable of the vngratious seruaunte whome he moste liberallye forgaue a thousande Talentes When Iames and Ihon had harde that the Samaritanes had not receyued our Lords messengers they said wylt thou that we commaund fyre to come downe from heauen Luc. 9. and consume them euen as Helias dyd And our Lorde rebuked them sayinge ye wot not what maÌ„ner sprite ye are of The woman that was taken in aduoutry and accused before our Lord answered nothinge to her accusers Iohn 8. but our Lord toke the matter in haÌ„d and mercifully absolued her Nowe and than a man muste geue place and auoid the fury of those that persecute him Luke 4. For oure Lorde that came to suffer and to die dyd not as fearful but as wise and lokynge for a competent houre of hys passion auoid and eschue oftentimes the fierce rage of the Iewes Iohn 8. Iesus hydde hym selfe LuKe. 4. and went oute of the Temple And he departed and went hys waye euen thorow the mids of them Mat. 11. Our LORD saythe of hym selfe learne of me for I am meke and lowly of heart Our Lord toke paciently the iniuries that wer done vnto him by word and deede By backbitigne woordes contradictorius tauntinge and contumelious woordes They slaundred hym bothe priuelye and openly pryuelye within them selues and iudgynge hym temerariously and falsly if thys manne were a Prophet hee woulde knowe what manner of woman this is Againe Thys manne blasphemeth Luc. â— Openlye whan the Pharises saide to his Disciples Lâ—c. 5. why doth your master eat and drynk with Publicans and sinners Mar. 2. Also when they depraued his miracles saying Mat. 12. He dryueth oute deuels by the helpe of Belzebub the chefe of the deuels Iohn 9. We know that this man is a sinner And again they saide that he was possest with the deuil He suffred contradictorius words Iohn 8. as when they said Thou bearest record of thy self thy record is not true And againe Thou art not yet l. yere old Mat. 9. and hast thou sene Abraham and scornfull wordes he suffred when he said The maid is not deade but slepeth And contumelious wordes As Say we not wel that thou art a Samaritane and haste the deuell Iohn 8. And who is this that speaketh blasphemies Luc. 5. But specially he heard these wordes in the time of his passyon or euer he came to the crosse in Annas and Caiphas house and before Pilate and Herode And at the last euen haÌ„gyng vpon the crosse he hard suche wordes spoken against him Likewise in dedes he hathe suffred greuous iniuries for as he was preching all they in the Sinagoge were filled with wrath and thrusting him out of the city Luke 4. they would haue caste him downe headling from the toppe of the mountaine Ihon. 8 And againe they toke stones to stone him And when he went out of Ierusalem minedynge to goe by Samaria LuKe. 9. but the Samaritans woulde not receiue his messengers the whyche he sent before him And when he preached and rebuked the Iewes of theyr malice sinne they gathered vp stones to haue stoned him Ihon. 8. But all this was in a manner nothing in respect of those thynges which he sustained in his passion wher vpon thou maiste note that he euen as he foretolde it was mocked scourged and crucified mocked in Caiphas house For it is wrytten that the men that held him Mar. 15. did scorn him saying All haile king of the Iewes And likewise in Pilates iudgements house mat 27. they mocked hym bowynge their kne And in Herodes house Herode wyth hys men of war despysed hym Lu. 23 and mocked hym Item oure lorde Iesus was illuded hanging vpon the crosse Luc. 23. and mocked of the souldiars preastes and commenly of those that passed by and of the theues Of the souldiours it is writteÌ„ Luc. 13. The souldiours dyd mocke hym and proferd him vineger Mat. 27. And of the preastes Also the hie preastes mocking him with the Scribes and the elders sayed he saued other Mar. 15. him selfe can he not saue They that passed by blasphemed him shaking their heddes Luc. 23. And the theues whiche were crucified with him rayled on him Furthermore note that he was scorned with beâ—kys signes whan thei wagged their headdes and bowed theyr knees And wyth woordes As whan thei that did salute him sayde ma. 15. All hayle kynge of Iewes And with dede when they crownde hym wyth thorne and in place of a cepter put a rede in hys hande and defyled with spittle and now clothed with a purple vesture now with a white Oure sauioure shewed mekenes in his passion to Iudas the traytoure Mat. 26. whom he called frend and to Malcas the sergeant whose eare he restored and healed Iohn 18.19 And to Annas Caiphas and Pilate before whome he was accused he answered very gentely and mekely And to those that crucifyed him for the whiche he prayed and to the theefe Luc. 23. vnto whome hee aunswered so courteously We must thinke and â—ounder the diuers sâ—ourginges
and feare was for the holy temple Our Lord speaking vnto the people one saide vnto him Mat. 12. beholde thy mother and thy brethren stand wythout seking thee But he aunswered who is my mother or who are my brethren whosoeuer doth the will of my father which is in heauen the same is my brother sister and mother Our Lorde dyd aunswer hys aunt after the fleshe Mat. 20. desyringe that her two sonnes myghte sytte by hym in hys kyngdome so rigorouslye and hardlye as thoughe she hadde beene a straunger And so he is as readye to sell heauen as good cheape to thee as to them Although blessed Saint Ihon and the two Iames were menne of great holinesse and imperfectionâ— Yet hee Ihon. 21. commytted not the generall cure of the Churche to anye of themâ— but dyd ordaine Peter the whiche was nothing kin vnto hym to be the heade the Prince and the pastoure of hys Church Our sauioure approuynge and alowing Peters confession whyche he made of hym when he saide Thou arte Christe the sonne of the liuynge God Math. 16 did consequently say fleshe and bloude hathe not opened that vnto thee Meanynge there by that fleshe is wonte to make but euill reuelatyons The Apostle Paule commendinge his Gospel doth saye It pleased hym which seperated me froÌ„ my mothers wombe Galat. 1. and called me here vnto by hys grace c. I by and by communed not of the matter wyth flesh and bloud ¶ Of the Ire and anger of man throughe zeale and loue Capi. xcv WHen Moses spake vnto Pharao Exo. 11. that Pharao woulde not hear him he went oute from Pharao very angry Moses commaunded the children of Israel Exo. 16. that no man shuld leue ought remain of Manna tyll the mornyng that notwithstanding they harkened not vnto Moses but some of them left of vntyll the mornynge and it waxed and craulde full of Wormes and stanke and Moses was angrye wyth them Moses returning and coÌ„ming nye vnto the â—oste Exo. 32. sawe the calfe and the daunsing and being angrye he caste the tables out of his handes brake them beneath the hill When Moses sought for the Goate that was offred for sinne Leui. 10. he founde that it was burnt being angrye wyth Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnes of Aaron he saide Wherefore haue ye not eaten the sinne offering c. Nume 16. Moses beholdinge the rebellyon of Chore his company and being very angry said vnto our lord Turne not thou vnto their offering 1. Re. 20. Ionathas Sauls soÌ„ne considring the iniquity of his father against Dauid arose from the table in great anger and did eat no meat that day 2. regu 13. When Dauid had hard the parable of Nathan the Prophet he was dysdainful and exceding wroth with the man and said As surely as our Lord liueth the man that hathe done thys thing is the child of death Elizeus was angry with Ioas the kinge of Israel 4. regu 13. because he hadde not smitten the ground with the arrowe v. or vi times that he myghte haue destroyed all Siria Nehemias hearynge the peoples clamor and complaint for the vsury that the rulers nobles exacted 2. Esd. 5. was sore dyspleased and angry Esth. 7. After that king Ahaswerus hadde hard Quene Esthers coÌ„plaint against Aman the which sought the death of all the Iewes he arose from the common seat in displeasure and anger Our Lord loked rouÌ„d about him on the Iewes with anger mar 3. and mourned on the blindnesse of theyr hartes ¶ Of the anger of man through vice Ca. xcvi OUr Lord had respecte vnto Abell and to his oblation Gen. 4. And Cain was exceading wroth hys countenaunce abated Balaac being angry wroth wyth Balaam Nume 24. smote his handes together and said I sent for the to cursse mine enemies and thou hast blessed them Saule hearynge that Dauid after the victory was commended 1. regu 18. was exceading wrothe and the sayinge dyspleased hym c. When Ionathas had excused Dauid vnto his father 1. regu 20. Saule being angry with Ionathas said Thou rebel do not I know that thou dost loue the sonne of Isai vnto thyne owne rebuke and confusyon Achab the king of Israel came home to his house heauy and euil apaid because of the word which Naboth the Israelite had spoken vnto him 3. regu 21. After Elizeus easy and holsom couÌ„sel Naaman was wrothe 4. regu 5. and went away and said I thoughte wyth my self he wold surely come out to me call on the name of his God Hanai the prophet came to Asa and reproued him 2. Para. 16. that he had putte hys trust in Benadab the kinge of Siria And Asa was wroth with the seer commaunded him to be tied and put into a prison Amazias seuered the host whyche came out of Ephraim to aid and help him 2. Para. 25. But they wer exceading wroth with Iuda and retourned home into their country in great anger The priestes reproued Ozias the king of Iuda 2. Para 26. whych went aboute to burne insence and beinge angrye he held the censare and threatned them When Sanallat hard that the wal of Ierusalem was a building 2. Esd. 4. he was very wroth and beynge sore moued mocked the Iewes When Sennacherib retourned againe and fled out of Iewry Tobi. 1. because of the plage and punishmente of God for his blasphemy in his wrathe and anger he slue many Iewes When Tobias spake of the kid that cried Tobi. 2. loke that it be not stoln c. Hys wife was angry and said Now is thy hope become vaine openly It was shewed Holofernes that the children of Israel prepared them selues to make resistance againste hym Iudith 5. then was he exceading wroth When Achior had shewed them that the power of the God of Israell was great and mightye Iudith 5. the greate men of Holofernes were wroth and thought to slay him When Aman hard say and had proued by experience that Mardocheus wold not bow his kne vnto hym Esth. 3. nor worship him he was exceadinge angrye Elihu the bussite disdained was angrye at Iob Iob. 32. because he called hym self iust before God The princes of Iuda thinckinge that Ier. 37. Ieremy wold haue rund to the Caldees were angry with him bet him and cast him in prison Nabuchodonozor in his great fury and anger Daui 2.3 commaunded to destroye all the wise men of Babilon because they coulde not declare and open hys dreame vnto him and in hys anger he commaunded the three men to bee brought before him Ionas 4. Our Lord reproued Ionas because he was angry for the wilde vine 1. Mac. 3 When king Antiochus hard of Iudas battailes and victories he was angry in his minde and gathered an hoaste 2. Mach. 6. The tormentors of Eleazar hearing his constant wordes
God 4. reg 17. and made theÌ„ Gods of metal serued Baal There foloweth Israel was translated caried away out of theyr owne land The word of God was against Iuda to put him out of hys sight 4. reg 24. for the sinnes of Manassesâ— the which he had commytted and for the innocent blud that he shed Ierusalem and all the cityes of Iuda are desolate Iere. 44. and no man dwelling in theÌ„ because of theyr greate malice and sinne which they commytted to prouoke me to anger No that they had any cause to do so but vpon a custom The burden and grefe of sinne is so great that Ieremy dothe saye That our Lord might no longer suffer Iere. 44. because of the malitiousnesse and inueÌ„tions of your studyes MaÌ„ through sin is febleshed IerusaleÌ„ sinned and therfore it was made vnstable 3. regu 11. yea and Salomous seruaunte was so bolde as to rise agaynste hys Lord after he had trespassed After that our Lord had healed the manne that lay sicke in his bedde Ihon. 5. he founde hym in the temple and sayde vnto hym Beholde thou arte made whole Sinne no more least a worse thing happen vnto thee Our lord said vnto the womaÌ„ that was apprehended in aduoutrye Iohn 8. and accused of the Iewes before him Go and synne no more ¶ Of confession of sinnes Capi. Cvi OUr lord monished Adam after he had sinned to knowledge to confesse his faut but he in a manner reiected and laide his faut to God and to the woman Gene. 3. the woman to the serpent And said The woman whom thou gauest to be my felow c. And the woman said yonder serpent begiled me and I did eat Cain did knowledge his faute Gen. 4 sayinge My iniquitye is more then that it maye be forgeuen Pharao saied I haue synned against God and you Exodi 9. And again I haue now synned oure Lorde is righteous and I and my people are vngodly Saule sayed 1. regu 26. I haue synned I haue playde the foole and haue erred excedynglye And Iudas sayed Mat. 27. I haue synned betrayinge the innocent bloud And yet none of all these obtayned forgeuenesse because thei spake it not with a true harte Dauid spake the lyke wordes with an humble lowlye harte 2. regu 12. and deserued to heare our Lord hath put away thy synne The people beyng afflycted and stonge wyth fyerye serpentes Nume 21. came to Moses and sayed we haue synned for we haue spoken agaynst our lord and agaynst the. The children of Israell were vehemently and sore oppressed by the Philistines and the children of Amnon And they sayed vnto oure Lorde we haue sinned Iudi. 10. do thou vnto vs what soeuer please thee deliuer vs only this day Dauid beynge reprehended of Nathan the prophet for hys excesse and synne committed agaynst Urias and his wyfe 2. regu 12. did humblye recognise and confesse his faute Dauid when he had nombred hys people 2. reg 24. did so humblye and mekely recognise his faute that he offerd him selfe to be punished in stede and place of the innocent people 2. Esd. 1. Nehemias saied I knowledge and confesse for the synnes of the children of Israel which we haue sinned against the And I my fathers house haue synned haue bene vaynly seduced Tobi. 3. Although Tobias feared God euen from his infancye and obserued his preceptes and coÌ„maundementes yet he most humbly confessinge saied we haue not done accordinge to thy commaundements neyther haue we walked innocently before thee Daniels three felowes which lyued so holyly among the Chaldes Dani. 3. and foâ— whose sake our Lord shewed so great a miracle in the fornace neuer murmurd against our Lorde asthoughe they had sufferd suche thinges iustly But Azarias sayed we haue synned we haue offended and done wickedlye And Daniel in his prayer to God confessed his synnes Dani. 9. and the peoples sayinge We haue synned we haue offended we haue done wyckedly The syxte of those seuen brethren whyche beganne to dye 2. Mach. 7. sayed We suffer these thynges for oure owne sakes for we haue synned against our Lorde God There came to Iohn Baptyst all Iewrye Mat. 5. and all the regyon rounde aboute Iordane confessynge theyr synnes As Paule was preachinge in Asia Act. 19. many that beleued came and confessed and shewed theyr woorkes ¶ Of the hardnesse and obstinacye of the wicked Capitu. Cvii CAin after that our Lorde hadde reproued him was worsse Gen. 4. and slew his brother The harte of Pharao neyther by fayre wordes Exo. 5.6.7 8.9 which Moses spake froÌ„ our lorde nor yet by dure and sharpe punishemente coulde be mollified Oure Lorde dothe call the chyldren of Israel Exo. 32. a styfnecked people as it appeareth in diuers places in Leuitici 1. regu 2. Hely corrected his chyldren wyth woordes but it profyted theym but a little Samuell foretoulde the people the sore and greuous conditions of their kynge i. regu 8. and that it dyspleased oure Lorde And yet they would not leaue of theyr purpose Saule neyther by Ionathas wordes nor yet by the benefytes whyche he receyued of Dauid 1. regu 18. coulde be prouoked or induced to loue Dauid 1. regu 25. It is sayed of Nabal that he was harde very euyll and malitious â—saell persecuted Abner but to obstinatlye 2. reg 2. Oure Lorde sente prophets to the men of Iuda 2. Para. 24. that thei should returne vnto him But they would not heare of it Ye they kilde zacharia the sonne of Ioiada most cruelly because he rebuked them Hezechias the kinge of Iuda sente messengers through oute all Israel 2. Para. 30. sayinge But ye not styfnecked like as wer your fathers theÌ„ foloweth that they laughed theÌ„ to scorne mocked them Their hartes were very hard that came to take our lorde Luc. 22. that which when that he with a worde had smitten them prostrate to the earth Iohn 18. had healed the seruauÌ„tes eare that was smitteÌ„ cut of wer not moued to mercy neither by the manifestatioÌ„ of the miracle nor yet bi the mekenesse or gentlenes of the benefite Saint Steuen rebuking the Iewes vehementlye and sharpely Act. 7. sayed O ye styfnecked of vncircuÌ„cised hartes eares ye haue alwaies resisted the holy ghost as your fathers did so do ye ¶ Of the peruersity of certayne menne Capitu. Cviii. THe fyrst woman peruerted the ordre of nature Gen. 3. when she gaue her husbande of the frute that was forbiden and he eate it when that the man ought rather to haue taught the woman what she shuld haue eaten or what she shoulde haue a voyded The lord enrychd the Hebrues with the spoyles of the Egyptians althoughe there bee many nowe as vsurers and such lyke Exo. 12. the whyche enryche the Egiptians wyth the spoyle of the
sheweth the cause why For I dwell amonge people that hathe vncleane lyppes also It was said vnto Ezechiel vnfaithfull and subuerters are wyth thee eze 2. and thou dost dwel amonge Scorpyons The wycked hurt one another for the two old men toke audacitye and boldnesse of thys to accuse Susanna Dani. 13. because they both agreed to one myschefe So longe as Iudas Machabeus fought for hys people 1. mach 8.9 trusting to the ayd and healpe of God al thyng prospered wyth hym but after that he made amitye and societye wyth the mooste puissaunt Romaines sone after hee was ouercumd and slaine in battail The like thing chanced to Ionathas Iudas brother 1. mach 12. Peter being with the disciples at the supper of oure Lorde was verye bolde and sure mat 26. but when he came to the hie priestes courte he at the voyce of a wenche denyed our Lorde The blynde manne that sat by the waye syde begginge Luc. 18. cryed vnto our Lorde Iesus And they that went before rebuked hym that hee shoulde holde hys peace He that was borne blynde whome oure Lorde restored vnto his syghte agayne Ihon. 9. was not counted amonge the faythfull of christ vntyll the Pharysees hadde thrust hym oute of the synagoge At tymes many euyll and wicked persons drawe to one euil society and felowshippe Nume 22. to hurte those that bee good So came Balaac and Balaam together to cursse the people of Israell Adonizedech king of Ierusalem and other foure kinges came together against the Gabaonites Iosu. 10. because they had made peace with Iosue Also Iabin the kinge of Asor and other .30 kinges came against Iosue and the chyldren of Israell Iosu. 11. And the fyue princes of the Philistines of Canane of Sydon and Euei Item Madian Amalâ—ch and other natioÌ„s of the East And thus is that sayinge of Esay vnderstanded Siria rested vpon Ephraim that is the ten tribes Esa. 7. and the kinge of Siria agreed in one vtterlye to extirpate and destroye the king of Iuda Luc. 23 Agayne at the tyme of oure Lordes passyon Herode and Pilate were made frendes Panle doth commende the Philipians sayinge In the myddes of a croked and a peruerse natyon Philip. 2. amonge whome ye shyne as lyghtes in the worlde Act. 2. Peter the Apostle sayed vnto certayne Iewes which harde the worde of God Saue your selues from thys vntowarde generation Paulus Sergius the ruler desired to heare the worde of God But he had with hym one Elimas the sorcerer Act. 13. a pseude prophet a Iewe the which withstode Paule and Barnabas sekinge to turne the ruler away from the faith The men of Listria were of suche simplicity that they estemed Paule and Barnabas to be gods and come downe to the earthe in the likenes of menne And when Paule had euen skarsely apaysed them and had begonne to shewe theÌ„ the way of truth thether came certayne Iewes the whiche perswaded the people so that they stoned Paule and lefte him for dead When that our Lordes worde did stronglye encrease and growe in Ephesus and the god did many myracles there by Paule Act. 19. Demetrius whiche made siluer shrynes for Diana called together workemen of like occupation and moued a greate sedytion against Paule ¶ Of good prosperity Capitu. Cxxi THe aboundaunce of temporall thinges is oftentymes the occasion of muche synne as in that regyon and countrey the whiche was watered and lyke the garden of our Lord Gen. 13. and like the land of Egipt as thou coÌ„mest vnto zoar the whiche the wicked Sodomites dyd inhabite When Gedeon was litle and threshed wheate Iudi. 6.8 hee was good and the Aungell of oure Lorde did visite him But after he had obtayned the victorye against the Madianites he mysbehaued hym selfe Saule or euer he was made kinge was good 1. regu 15. but after he toke vpon him to rule he waxed proude and brake oure Lordes commaundement After that Dauid had made greate war and had gotten many victoies of hys ennemies 2. regu 11. he remayninge in quietnes at Ierusalem coÌ„mitted aduouterye and afterwardes ensued murther Dauid by the occasion of the multitude of his subiectes 2. regu 24. waxed proud and caused his people to be numbred But yet note how greuously he was punished In Salomons tyme siluer was of no valure 3. reg 10.11 For in Ierusalem syluer was as plenteous as stones But note how maruelus and how terrible a thinge it was that his abundaunce of thinges hurte him more then hys wisedome auayled him Or euer Ieroboam had dominion and rule ouer the .x. tribes 3 regu 12. we rede not that he was euyl but that he was a good yong man and a deligent but sone after he had obtayned the kyngdome he made golden calues and leaste hee shoulde bee tourned oute of hys domynion and rule hee auerted and tourned the people from GOD. Amasias the kynge of Iuda made warre against Edome 4. reg 14 Where vpon hys hart became proud and intended to fight against Ioas the kinge of Isell but he prosperd not When Roboams kingedome was fortified 2. Para. 11. and comforted he forsoke the lawe of oure Lorde and all Israell wyth hym When Osias the kinge of Iuda became myghtye 2. Para. 20. hys harte arose to his destruction for hee wente into the temple to burne incense vppon the aulter of incense Manasses kinge of Ierusalem was exceadynge euyll 2. Para. 33 But afterwardes being bounde in Babilon and in tribulation he prayde vnto oure Lorde and dyd exceadinge greate penaunce before our Lord. They dyd eat and were fylled and became fat 2. Esd. 9 and lyued in wealth thorow thy greate goodnes And prouoked thee to anger Wordly prosperity doth somtimes multiplye and muche encrease and bringe carnall frendes together Tobi. 2.11 the whiche aduersitye dothe auoyde and flye for Tobias kinsmen and frends after he had recouered his sight and was enriched came vnto him the whiche thinge is not redde that they dyd as longe as he was blynde and that hys wyfe went to the weauinge worke After that Nabuchodonozor hadde ouercomde Arphaxat the king of Medes his kingdome was exalted Iudith 1. and his hart was lyfte vp Although Aman was next vnto the mighty and puissaunt king Ahaswerus Esth. 3.5 and had great richesse children and frendes yet he was troubled and vexed that Mardocheus woulde not bow hys kne vnto him as though he had had nothyng Note the shortnesse of this prosperity As long as the plage of the lorde was ouer Iob althoughe certayne frendes came vnto hym yet they wer onerous and heauye comfortors nor it is not red that they gaue hym any thing But after the lorde had geuen Iob twise as much as he had before then came there vnto hym al his brethren and all that had bene of his acquaintance before Iob. 42. and dyd comforte him
to be noted that when Paule at diuers times to auoyde the deceitfulnesse of the Iewes dyd flye from Citye to Citye that he dyd it not for anye feare of deathe but that he auoidinge the furiousnesse of the euel might reserue hym selfe for the profite of many Of sepultures and burials Ca. cxxxii Gene. 23. ABraham wyth greate diligence bought a field wherin he buryed hys wyfe Sara Iacob woulde not be buried in Egypt among the euil Ge. 47.49 But caused Ioseph to sweare that he shoulde carye hym beynge deade to the sepulture and graue of hys fore fathers He repeated the same at the houre of hys death after he hadde blessed hys chyldren The which thing Ioseph accomplyshed most carefully Moses going out of Egipt toke the bones of Ioseph with him Exo. 13 Dauid muche commended the men of Iabes Galaad that so reuerentlye dyd burye the bodyes of Saule and hys chyldren 1. re 31. 2. re 2. The punishment of the manne of God 3. re 13 the whyche contrary to the commaundement of God dyd eate breade in the house of the euel and false prophet was only thys that he was not buryed in the sepulchre and graue of hys elders Iehu the kyng of Israell that caused Iezabell to be slayne 4. re 9. wylled her to be buryed because she was a kynges doughter Tobias is much commended that he wyth the danger of hys own life Tob. 2 toke the dead coarses and moste dilygently did bury them The fyrste of all those holsome admonitions wherwith Tobias instructed hys soÌ„ne Tob. 4 was of the diligent buriyng of him self and hys mother The Iewes which accused wycked Menelaus 2. Mach. 4 were by an vnryghtfull iudge condempned Wherfore they of Tyrus toke indignation and buryed them honourably wyth great liberality After the battayle was foughten againste Gorgias Iudas Machabeus came to take vp the bodies of them that were slaine 2. Mach. 12 and to bury theÌ„ in theyr fathers graues Whan Ihon the Baptist disciples hearde that Herod had beheaded him they came mar 6. and toke vp his body and laid it in a graue It appeareth that our Lord Iesus had a carefulnesse for hys burial Iohn 12. and that by the answer he made vnto Iudas murmuringe for the oyntment the whyche after hys mynde shoulde haue bene solde Let her alone saythe oure LORDE agaynste the daye of my burying hath she kept this Luc. 23. Ioseph and Nicodemus dyd burye oure Lord and laid him in a new sepulchre that was hewen in stoane where in neuer manne before was layed Certayn good and deuout Iewes dressed Steuen which was stoned Act. 8. and made great lamentation ouer hym ¶ Of the horrible death of wicked and euyll men Capitu. Cxxxiii CAin whiche flew his owne brother was slayne by Lamech Gen. 4. The Lord raigned vpon Sodome and Gomor brymstone and fire from heauen Gen. 19. and ouerthrew .v. cytyes most stinkinge in sinne and most detestable Sichem Emors sonne whiche forced Dyna Iacobs doughter Gen. 34. was slayne by Iacobs sonnes and all the people and inhabytoures of the cytye The waters of the redde sea couered the charettes Exo. 14. and the horsemen and all the hooste of Pharao so that there remayned not one of them And that euen iustelye ynoughe that hys bodye whose harte coulde not bee mollyfyed myghte be drowned in water Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron offerynge straunge fyre before the LORDE Leui. 10. were deuoured and consumed with the Lordes fire and they dyed The children of Israel by the lords commaundement broughte forth the blasphemer and cursed speaker wyth oute the host Leui. 24. and stonde him Chore Dathan and Abiron and theyr companions Nume 16 rebelling against Moses keuered wyth earthe wente downe a lyue vnto hell And other lykewise murmuringe and commyttynge dyuers crymes peryshed with dyuers deathes in the wyldernesse Nume 1. so that of syr hundred thousande fyghtynge menne there enterd but two into the lande of promyse And because Acham tooke bestelthe of the excommunicate thinges of Ierico Iosu. 7. al Israel stoned him with stones and consumed all that euer he hadde with fyre Iahell Abners wyfe tooke a nayle of the tent and fastened it into Sisaras braynes Iudi. 4. the whyche beynge in a deedlye slombre and werye faynted and so he dyed If zebee and Salmana hadde saued Gedeons brethren Iudi. 8. he hadde spared them But inasmuche as they kylde them he in lyke maner slewe them The chyldren of Israell tooke Adonibezeche Iudi. 1. and cuttynge of the vtter partes of hys thombes and greate toes for euen so he hadde serued .70 kinges brought hym to Ierusalem and there he dyed A certayne woman caste a pece of a mylstone vppon Abimeleches head Iudi. 9. and all to brake his brayne panne And hee called hys harnesse bearer and commaunded hym to slea hym And so our Lorde quyted him the euil that he hadde don when he flew .70 of hys brethren When Hely hearde saye that the Lordes arke was taken he fell from hys stole backwarde vppon the threshold of the dore 1. regu 4. and his necke brake and he dyed Dauid a chylde vnarmed nor hauynge the vse of harnesse 1. Reg. 17. slewe the proud and blasphemus Goliath euen with his owne swerd 1. regu 31. Saule moued with a certayne vniusâ—e enuye persecuted and folowed after Dauid But in processe of time he toke his swearde and fell vpon it and dyed Dauids eldest sonne opprest his syster Thamar 2 regu 31. and wythin a whyle after hee beynge at dynner with Absolon at Absolons commaundement was slayne 2. regu 18. Absolon throughe a lust to rule afflicted and vexed his father Dauid verye sore But or euer he came to his purpose and intente he was hangde betwene heauen and earthe 2. regu 17. When Achitophel sawe that his counsell whyche he gaue againste Dauid was not accepted nor folowed he gat him whome to his owne house and hanged him selfe and dyed 2. regu 20. Siba the sonne of Bochry moued the people against Dauid and sleyng to Abell where he thoughte to haue had refuge and healpe there he was beheaded Dauid coÌ„maunded the yonge man which saide that he had kylled Saul 2. regu 1. to be slain notwithstaÌ„ding he thought that he had brought prosperous tidings The like thinge chaunced vnto the two theues 2. regu 4. which brought vnto Dauid Isboseth king Sauls soÌ„nes head Albeit that Ioab had bene a faythfull and a worthy man of warre 3. reg 2. yet forasmuche as he slew two men proditoriouslye Salomon commaunded him to be put to death Zambrye rebelled againste Hela that wicked kinge of Israel his Lord and slew him 3. regu 16. But zambry after .7 dayes when he saw that the citye of Thirza must nedes be taken wente into the kynges Palace and burnt hym selfe and the kynges