loved her 4 For she is ‖ Or â—uther privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God and a ‖ Or choosâ—â— lover of his works 5 If riches be a possession to be desired in this life what is richer then wisdom that worketh all things 6 And if * Exod. 31.3 6. prudence work who of all that are is a more cunning workman then she 7 And if a man love righteousness her labours are vertues for she teacheth temperance and prudence justice and fortitude which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in their life 8 If a man desire much experience she knoweth things of old and conjectureth aright what is to come she knoweth the subtilties of speeches and can expound dark sentences she foreseeth signs and wonders and the events of seasons and times 9 Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me knowing that she †Gr. will would be a counsellour of good things and a comfort in cares and grief 10 For her sake I shall have estimation among the multitude and honour with the elders though I be young 11 I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgement and shall be admired in the sight of great men 12 * Job 29.8 9 10. When I hold my tongue they shall bide my leisure and when I speak they shall give good ear unto me if I talk much they shall lay their hands upon their moâ—th 13 Moreover by the means of her I shall obtain immortality and leave behinde me an everlasting memorial to them that come after me 14 I shall ‖ Or govern set the people in order and the nations shall be subject unto me 15 Horrible tyrants shall be afraid when they do but hear of me I shall ‖ Or appear be found good among the multitude and valiant in war 16 ‖ Or being entred into mine house After I am come into mine house I will repose my self with her for her conversation hath no bitterness and to live with her hath no sorrow but mirth and joy 17 Now when I considered these things in my self and * Prov. 7.3 pondered them in my heart how that to be allied unto wisdom is immortality 18 And great pleasure it is to have her friendship and in the works of her hands are infinite riches and in the exercise of conference with her prudence and in talking with her a ‖ Or fame good report I went about seeking how to ‖ Or marry her take her to me 19 For I was a witty childe and had a good spirit 20 Yea rather being good I came into a body undefiled 21 Nevertheless when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain her except God gave her me and that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was I ‖ Or went prayed unto the Lord and besought him and with my whole heart I said CHAP. IX 1 A prayer unto God for his wisdom 6 without which the best man is nothing worth 13 neither can he tell how to please God O God of my fathers and Lord of mercy who hast made all things with thy word 2 And ordained man through thy wisdom that he should * Gen. 1.28 have dominion over the creatures which thou hast made 3 And order the world according to equity and righteousness and execute judgement with an upright heart 4 Give * 1 King 3.9 me wisdom that sitteth by thy throne and reject me not from among thy children 5 For I * Ps 116.16 thy servant and son of thine hand-maid am a feeble person and of a short time and too young for the understanding of judgement and laws 6 For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men yet if thy wisdom be not with him he shall be nothing regarded 7 Thou hast chosen me to be a * 1 Chr. 28.5 2 Chr. 1.9 king of thy people and a judge of thy sons and daughters 8 Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy mount and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest a resemblance of the holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared from the beginning 9 And * Pro. 8.22 Joh. 1.2 3 10. wisdom was with thee which knoweth thy works and was present when thou madest the world and knew what was acceptable in thy sight and right in thy commandments 10 O send her out of thy holy heavens and from the throne of thy glory that being present she may labour with me that I may know what is pleasing unto thee 11 For she knoweth and understandeth all things and she shall lead me soberly in my doings and preserve me ‖ Or by her power or glory in her power 12 So shall my works be acceptable and then shall I judge thy people righteously and be worthy to sit in my fathers seat 13 For * Is 40.13 Rom. 11.34 1 Cor. 2.16 what man is he that can know the counsel of God or who can think what the will of the Lord is 14 For the thoughts of mortal men are ‖ Or fearful miserable and our devices are but uncertain 15 For the corruptible body presseth down the soul and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the minde that museth upon many things 16 And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth and with labour do we finde the things that are †Gr. at hand before us but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out 17 And thy counsel who hath known except thou give wisdom and send thy holy spirit from above 18 For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee and were saved through wisdom CHAP. X. 1 What wisdom did for Adam 4 Noe 5 Abraham 6 Lot and against the five cities 10 for Jacob 12 Joseph 16 Moses 17 and the Israelites SHe preserved the first-formed father of the world that was created alone and brought him out of his fall 2 And * Gen. 1.28 gave him power to rule all things 3 * Gen. 4.8 But when the unrighteous went away from her in his anger he perished also in the sury wherewith he murdered his brother 4 For whose cause the * Gen. 7 2â— earth being drowned with the floud wisdom again preserved it and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of wood of small value 5 Moreover * Gen. 11.9 the nations in their wicked conspiracy being confounded she found out the righteous and preserved him blameless unto God and * Gen. 22.10 kept him strong ‖ Or in against his tender compassion toward his son 6 * Gen. 19.16 When the ungodly perished she delivered the righteous man who fled from the fire which fell down upon †Gr. Pentapoâ—â—â— the five cities 7 Of whose wickedness even to this day the waste land that smoketh
before you and I am old and gray-headed and behold my sons are wâ—th you and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day 3 Behold * Ecclus 46.19 here I am witness against me before the LORD and before his anointed whose ox have I taken or whose ass have I taken or whom have I defrauded whom have I oppressed or of whose hand have I received any †Heb. ransom bribe ‖ Or that I should bide mine eyes at him to blinde mine eyes therewith and I will restore it you 4 And they said Thou hast not defrauded us nor oppressed us neither hast thou taken ought of any mans hand 5 And he said unto them The LORD is witness against you and his anointed is witness this day that ye have not found ought it my hand And they answered He is witness 6 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people It is the LORD that ‖ Or made advanced Moses and Aaron and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt 7 Now therefore stand still that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the †Heb. righteousnesses or benefits righteous acts of the LORD which he did †Heb. with to you and to your fathers 8 * Gen. 46.5 6. When Jacob was come into Egypt and your fathers cried unto the LORD then the LORD * Ex. 4.16 sent Moses and Aaron which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place 9 And when they forgat the LORD their God * Judg. 4.2 he sold them into the hand of Sisera captain of the host of Hazor and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab and they fought against them 10 And they cried unto the LORD and said We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies we will serve thee 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and * Judges â—â— 1 Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side and ye dwelled safe 12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you ye said unto me Nay but a king shall reign over us when the LORD your God was your King 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen and whom ye have desired and behold the LORD hath set a king over you 14 If ye will fear the LORD and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the †Heb. mouth commandment of the LORD then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you †Heb. be after continue following the LORD your God 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD but rebel against the commandment of the LORD then shall the hand of the LORD be against you as it was against your fathers 16 ¶ Now therefore stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes 17 Is it not wheat-harvest to day I will call unto the LORD and he shall send thunder and rain that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of the LORD in asking you a king 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel 19 And all the people said unto Samuel Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God that we die not for we have added unto all our sins this evil to ask us a king 20 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people Fear not ye have done all this wickedness yet turn not aside from following the LORD but serve the LORD with all your heart 21 And turn ye not aside for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver for they are vain 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great names sake because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people 23 Moreover as for me God forbid that I should sin against the LORD †Heb. from ceasing in ceasing to pray for you but I will teach you the good and the right way 24 Onely fear the LORD and serve him in truth with all your heart for consider ‖ Or what a treat thing c. how great things he hath done for you 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly ye shall be consumed both ye and your king CHAP. XIII 1 Sauls selected band 3 He calleth the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines whose garison Jonathan had smitten 5 The Philistines great host 6 The distress of the Israelites 8 Saul weary of staying for Samuel sacrificeth 11 Samuel reproveth him 17 The three spoiling hands of the Philistines 19 The policy of the Philistines to suffer no smith in Israel SAul †Heb. the son of one year in his reigning reigned one year and when he had reigned two years over Israel 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent 3 And Jonathan smote the garison of the Philistines that was in ‖ Or 〈◊〉 hiâ—â— Geba and the Philistines heard of it and Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land saying Let the Hebrews hear 4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garison of the Philistines and that Israel also †Heb. did stink was had in abomination with the Philistines and the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal 5 ¶ And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsmen and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude and they came up and pitched in Michmash east-ward from Beth-aven 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait for the people were distressed then the people did hide themselves in caves and in thickets and in rocks and in high places and in pits 7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead as for Saul he was yet in Gilgal and all the people †Heb. trembled after him followed him trembling 8 ¶ * Ch. 10.8 And he carried seven days according to the set time that Samuel had appointed but Samuel came not to Gilgal and the people were scattered from him 9 And Saul said Bring hither a burnt-offering to me and peace-offerings And he offered the burnt-offering 10 And it came to pass that assoon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering behold Samuel came and Saul went out to meet him that he might †Heb. bless him salute him 11 ¶ And Samuel said What hast
LORD and set it in his place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had †pitched for it and David offered burnt-offerings and peace offerings before the LORD 18 And assoon as David had made an end of offering burnt-offerings and peace offerings * 1 Chr. 16.2 he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts 19 And he dealt among all the people even among the whole multiâ—â—de of Israel as well to the women as men to every one a cake of bread and a good piece of flesh and a flagon of wine so all the people departed eâ—â—â—y one to his house 20 ¶ Then David returned to bless his houshold and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said How glorious was the king of Israel to day who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the hand-maids of his servants as one of the vain fellows ‖ Or openly shamelesly uncovereth himself 21 And David said unto Michal It was before the LORD which chose me before thy father and before all his house to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD over Israel therefore will I play before the LORD 22 And I will yet be more vile then thus and will be base in mine own sight and ‖ Or of the handmaidâ— of my servants of the maid servants which thou hast spoken of of them shall I be had in honour 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no childe until the day of her death CHAP. VII 1 Nathan first approving the purpose of David to build God an house 4 after by the word of God forbiadeth him 12 He promiseth him benefits and blessings in his seed 18 Davids prayer and thanksgiving ANd it came to pass * 1 Chr. 17.1 when the king sat in his house and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet See now I dwell in an house of cedar but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains 3 And Nathan said to the king Go do all that is in thine heart for the LORD is with thee 4 ¶ And it came to pass that night that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan saying 5 Go and tell †Heb. to my servant to David my servant David Thus saith the LORD Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of â—gypt even to this day but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with ‖ Chro. 1â— â— any of the judges any of the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people Israel saying Why build ye not me an house of cedar 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David Thus saith the LORD of hosts * 1 Sam. 16.11 Ps 78.70 I took thee from the sheep-cote †Heb. from after from following the sheep to be ruler over my people over Israel 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest and have out off all thine enemies †Heb. from thy â—ace out of thy sight and have made thee a great name like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more as beforetime 11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house 12 ¶ And * 1 King 8.20 when thy days be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers I will set up thy seed after thee which shall proceed out of thy bowels and I will establish his kingdom 13 * 1 Kin. 5.5 6.12 1 Chr. 22.10 He shall build an house for my name and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever 14 * Heb. 1.5 I will be his father and he shall be my son * Ps 89.30 31 32. if he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men 15 But my mercy shall not depart a way from him as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee thy throne shall be established for ever 17 According to all these words and according to all this vision so did Nathan speak unto David 18 ¶ Then went king David in and sat before the LORD and he said Who am I O Lord GOD and what is my house that thou hast brought me hitherto 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lord GOD but thou hast spoken also of thy servants house for a great while to come and is this the †Heb. law manner of man O Lord GOD 20 And what can David say more unto thee for thou Lord GOD knowest thy servant 21 For thy words sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things to make thy servant know them 22 Wherefore thou art great O LORD God for there is none like thee neither is there any God beside thee according to all that we have heard with our ears 23 And * Deut. 4.7 what one nation in the earth is like thy people even like Israel whom God went to redeem for a people to himself and to make him a name and to do for you great things and terrible for thy land before thy people which thou redeemest to thee from Egypt from the nations and their gods 24 For thou hast confirmed to thy self thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever and thou LORD art become their God 25 And now O LORD God the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy serâ—ant and concerning his house establish it for ever and do as thou hast said 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever saying The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee 27 For thou O LORD of hosts God of Israel hast †Heb. opened the ear revealed to thy servant saying I will build thee an house therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee 28 And now O Lord GOD thou art that God and * John 17.17 thy words be true and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant 29 Therefore now †Heb. be thou pleased let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant that it may continue for ever before thee for thou O Lord GOD hast spoken
him renowned ANd * Chap. 7.8 Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt and took Pharaohs daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had made an end of building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall of Jerusalem round about 2 Onely the people sacrificed in high places because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD until those days 3 And Solomon loved the LORD walking in the statutes of David his father onely he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there for that was the great high place a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar 5 ¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night and God said Ask what I shall give thee 6 And Solomon said Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great ‖ Or bounty mercy according as he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with thee and thou hast kept for him this great kindness that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne as it is this day 7 And now O LORD my God thou hast made thy servant king in stead of David my father and I am but a little childe I know not how to go out or come in 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen a great people that cannot be numbred nor counted for multitude 9 * 2 Chr. â— 10 Give therefore thy servant an †Heb. hearing understanding heart to judge thy people that I may discern between good and bad for who is able to judge this thy so great a people 10 And the speech pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing 11 And God said unto him Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked for thy self †Heb. many days long life neither hast asked riches for thy self nor hast asked the life of thine enemies but hast asked for thy self understanding †Heb. to hear to discern judgement 12 Behold I have done according to thy words lo I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart so that there was none like thee before thee neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee 13 And I have also * Wisd 7.11 Mat. 6.33 given thee that which thou hast not asked both riches and honour so that there ‖ Or hath not been shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways to keep my statutes and my commandments * Chap. 15.5 as thy father David did walk then I will lengthen thy days 15 And Solomon awoke and behold it was a dream and he came to Jerufalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD and offered up burnt-offerings and offered peace offerings and made a feast to all his servants 16 ¶ Then came there two women that were harlots unto the king and stood before him 17 And the one woman said O my lord I and this woman dwell in one house and I was delivered of a childe with her in the house 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered that this woman was delivered also and we were together there was no stranger with us in the house save we two in the house 19 And this womans childe died in the night because she overlaid it 20 And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me while thine hand-maid slept and laid it in her bosom and laid her dead childe in my bosom 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my childe suck behold it was dead but when I had considered it in the morning behold it was not my son which I did bear 22 And the other woman said Nay but the living is my son and the dead is thy son and this said No but the dead is thy son and the living is my son Thus they spake before the king 23 Then said the king The one saith This is my son that liveth and thy son is the dead and the other saith Nay but thy son is the dead and my son is the living 24 And the king said Bring me a sword And they brought a sword before the king 25 And the king said Divide the living childe in two and give half to the one and half to the other 26 Then spake the woman whose the living childe was unto the king for her bowels †Heb. were â—et yerned upon her son and she said O my lord give her the living childe and in no wise slay it but the other said Let it be neither mine nor thine but divide it 27 Then the king answered and said Give her the living childe and in no wise slay it she is the mother thereof 28 And all Israel heard of the judgement which the king had judged and they feared the king for they saw that the wisdom of God was †Heb. in the midst of him in him to do judgement CHAP. IV. 1 Solomons princes 7 His twelve officers for provision 20 24 The peace and largeness of his kingdom 22 His daily provision 26 His stables 29 His wisdom SO king Solomon was king over all Israel 2 And these were the princes which he had Azariah the son of Zadok ‖ Or the chief officer the priest 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah the sons of Shisha ‖ Or secretaries scribes Jehosaphat the son of Ahilud the ‖ Or rein in braâ—cer recorder 4 And Benaiah the son of Jeholada was over the host and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer and the kings friend 6 And Ahishar was over the houshold and * Ch. 5.14 Adoniram the son of Abda was over the ‖ Or levy tribute 7 ¶ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel which provided victuals for the king and his houshold each man his moneth in a year made provision 8 And these are their names ‖ Or. Ben-bur The son of Hur in mount Ephraim 9 ‖ Or Ben-dekar The son of Dekar in Makaz and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemeth and Elon-beth-hanan 10 ‖ Or Ben-hesed The son of Hesed in Aruboth to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Hepher 11 ‖ Or Ben-abinadab The son of Abinadab in all the region of Dor which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife 12 Baana the son of Ahilud to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth-shean which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam 13 ‖ Or Ben-â—ebâ—â— The son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which are in Gilead to him also pertained the region
earth thou hast made heaven earth 16 LORD bow down thine ear and hear open LORD thine eyes and see and hear the words of Sennacherib which hath sent him to reproach the living God 17 Of a truth LORD the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands 18 And have †Heb. given cast their gods into the fire for they were no gods but the work of mens hands wood and stone therefore they have destroyed them 19 Now therefore O LORD our God I beseech thee save thou us out of his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God even thou onely 20 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying Thus saith the LORD God of Israel That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard 21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lift up thine eyes on high even against the holy One of Israel 23 †Heb. by the hand of By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD and hast said With the multâ—tude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains to the sides of Lehanon and will cut down †Heb. the tainess c. the tall cedar trees thereof and the choice fir-trees thereof and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders and into ‖ Or the forest and his fruitful field the forest of his Carmel 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of ‖ Or fentel besieged places 25 ‖ Or Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago and formed it of ancient times should I now bring it to be laid waste and senced cities to be ruinous heaps Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it and of ancient times that I have formed it now have I brought it to pass that thou shouldest be to lay waste tenced cities into ruinous heaps 26 Therefore their inhabitants were †Heb. short of cand of small power they were dismayed and confounded they were as the grass of the field and as the green herb as the grass on the hous-tops and as corn blasted before it be grown up 27 But I know thy ‖ Or sitting abode and thy going out and thy coming in and thy rage against me 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears therefore I will put my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest 29 And this shall be a signe unto thee Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves and in the second year that which springeth of the same and in the third year sowe ye and reap and plant vineyards and eat the fruits thereof 30 And †Heb. the escapinâ— of the house of Judah that remaineth the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward and bear fruit upward 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant and †Heb. the escaping they that escape out of mount Zion the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria He shall not come into this city nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shield nor cast a bank against it 33 By the way that he came by the same shall he return and shall not come into this city saith the LORD 34 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake and for my servant Davids sake 35 ¶ And * Isa 37.36 Ecclus 48.21 1 Mac. â— 41 2 Mac. 8.19 it came to pass that night that the angel of the LORD went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand and when they arose early in the morning behold they were all dead corpses 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh 37 And it came to pass as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god that Adrammelech and Sharezer * Tob. 1.21 his sons smote him with the sword and they escaped into the land of †Heb. Aâ—â—rat Armenia and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XX. 1 Hezekiah having received a message of death by prayer hath his life lengthned 8 The sun â—oeth ten degrees backward for a signe of that promise 12 Berodach-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah because of the wonder hath notice of his treasures 14 Isaiah understanding thereof foretelleth the Babylonian captivity 20 Manasseh succeedeth Hezekiah IN * 2 Chr. 32.24 Isa 3â— 1 those days was Hezekiah sick unto death and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said unto him Thus saith the LORD †Heb. give charge concerning thine house Set thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live 2 Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed unto the LORD saying 3 I beseech thee O LORD remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight and Hezekiah wept †Heb. with a great weeping sore 4 And it came to pass afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle ‖ Or city court that the word of the LORD came to him saying 5 Turn again and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people Thus saith the LORD the God of David thy father I have heard thy prayer I have seen thy tears behold I will heal thee on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria and I will defend this city for mine own sake and for my servant Davids sake 7 And Isaiah said Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boyl and he recovered 8 ¶ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah What shall be the signe that the LORD will heal me and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day 9 And Isaiah said This signe shalt thou have of the LORD that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go back ten degrees 10 And Hezekiah answered It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees nay but let the shadow return backward ten degrees 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD and * Isa 28.8 Ecclus 48.23 he brought the shadow ten
thereof let the fields rejoyce and all that is therein 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD because he cometh to judge the earth 34 * Psal 10â— 1. 118.1 136. â— O give thanks unto the LORD for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever 35 And say ye Save us O God of our salvation and gather us together and deliver us from the heathen that we may give thanks to thy holy name and glory in thy praise 36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever and all * Deut. 27 25. the people said Amen and praised the LORD 37 ¶ So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren to minister before the ark continually as every days work required 38 And Obed-edom with their brethren threescore and eight Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters 39 And Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon 40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt-offering continually †Heb. in the morning and in the evening morning and evening and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD which he commanded Israel 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest that were chosen who were expressed by name to give thanks to the LORD because his mercy endureth for ever 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound and with musical instruments of God and the sons of Jeduthun were †Heb. for the gate porters 43 And all the people departed every man to his house and David returned to bless his house CHAP. XVII 1 Nathan first approving the purpose of David to build God an house 3 after by the word of God forbidâ—eth him 11 He promiseth him blessings and benefits in his seed 16 Davids prayer and thanksgiving NOw * 2 Sam. 7.1 c. it came to pass as David sat in his house that David said to Nathan the prophet Lo I dwell in an house of cedars but the ark of the cevenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains 2 Then Nathan said unto David Do all that is in thine heart for God is with thee 3 ¶ And it came to pass the same night that the word of God came to Nathan saying 4 Go and tell David my servant Thus saith the LORD Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day but †Heb. have been have gone from tent to tent and from one tabernacle to another 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people saying Why have ye not built me an house of cedars 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David Thus saith the LORD of hosts I took thee from the sheep-cote even †Heb. from after from following the sheep that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel and will plant them and they shall dwell in their place and shall be moved no more neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more as at the beginning 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel moreover I will subdue all thine enemies Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house 11 ¶ And it shall come to pass when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers that I will raise up thy seed after thee which shall be of thy sons and I will establish his kingdom 12 He shall build me an house and I will stablish his throne for ever 13 * 2 Sam. 7.14 I will be his father and he shall be my son and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him that was before thee 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever and his throne shall be established for evermore 15 According to all these words and according to all this vision so did Nathan speak unto David 16 ¶ And David the king came and sat before the LORD and said Who am I O LORD God and what is mine house that thou hast brought me hitherto 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes O God for thou hast also spoken of thy servants house for a great while to come and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree O LORD God 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant for thou knowest thy servant 19 O LORD for thy servants sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all this greatness in making known all these †Heb. greatnesses great things 20 O LORD there is none like thee neither is there any God besides thee according to all that we have heard with our ears 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel whom God went to redeem to be his own people to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever and thou LORD becamest their God 23 Therefore now LORD let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever and do as thou hast said 24 Let it even be established that thy name may be magnified for ever saying The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel even a God to Israel and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee 25 For thou O my God †Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee 26 And now LORD thou art God and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant 27 Now therefore ‖ Or it hath plused thee let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant that it may be before thee for ever for thou blessest O LORD and it shall be blessed for ever CHAP. XVIII 1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites 3 He smiteth Hadarezer and the Syrians 9 Tou sendeth Hadoram with presents to bless David 11 The presents and the spoil David dedieateth to God 13 He putteth garisons in Edom. 14 Davids officers NOw
LORD make me to know mine end and the measure of my days what it is that I may know ‖ Or what time I have here how frail I am 5 Behold thou hast made my days as an hand breadth and mine age is as nothing before thee verily every man †Heb. sâ—â—tled at his best state is altogether * Psa 62.9 144.4 vanity Selah 6 Surely every man walketh in †Heb. an image a vain shew surely they are disquieted in vain he heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall gather them 7 And now Lord what wait I for my hope is in thee 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions make me not the reproach of the foolish 9 I was dumb I opened not my mouth because thou didst it 10 Remove thy stroke away from me I am consumed by the †Heb. conflict blow of thine hand 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity thou makest †Heb. that which is to be desire iâ— him tomelt away his beauty to consume away like a moth surely every man is vanity Selah 12 Hear my praver O LORD and give ear unto my crie hold not thy peace at my hâ—ars * Lev. 25.23 1 Chr. 29.15 Ps 119.19 Heb. 11.13 1 Pet. 2.11 for I am a stranger with thee and a sojournour as all my â—ather were 13 O spaâ—e me that I may recover strength before I go hence and be no more PSAL. XL. 1 The benefit of confidence in God 6 Obedience is the best sacrifice 11 The sense of Davids evils infiameth his prayer ¶ To the chief musician A psalm of David †Heb. In waiting I waited I waited patiently for the LORD and he inclined unto me and heard my crie 2 He brought me up also out of †Heb. a pit of wise an herrible pit out of the mity clay and set my 〈◊〉 upon a roâ—â— and establishâ—â— my goings 3 And he hath â—ut a new song in my mouth even praise unto our God many shall â—â—e it and fear and shall trust in the LORD 4 Blessâ—â— is that man that maketh the LORD his trust and respecteth not the proud nor such as turn aâ—ide to lies 5 Many O LORD my God arâ— thy wonderful works which thou hast done and thy thought which are to uâ—-â—â—rd †Or none can order them unto thee they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee if I woulâ—â— declare and speak of them they are mo than 〈◊〉 be numbred * Ps 51.16 Isa 1.11 16.3 Hos 6.6 Mat. 12 7. Heb. 10.5 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire mine ears hast thou †Heb. diâ—ted opened burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required 7 Then said I Lord come in the volume of the book it is written of me 8 I delight to do thy will O my God yea thy law is †Heb. in the midst of my bowâ—â— within my heart 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation lo I have not refrained â—y lips O LORD thou knowest 10 I have not and thy righteousness within my heart I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great congregation 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me O LORD let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about mine iniquities have taken hold upon me so that I am not able to lock up they are mo then the hairs of mine head therefore my heart †Heb. forsaketh faileth me 13 Be pleased O LORD to deliver me O LORD make haste to help me 14 * Ps 35.4 72.3 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me Aha aha 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoyce and be glad in thee let such as love thy salvation say continually The LORD be magnified 17 But I am poor and needy yet the Lord thinketh upon me thou are my help and my deliverer make no tarrying O my God PSAL. XLI 1 Gods care of the poor 4 David complaineth of his enemies is â—aâ—bâ—ry 10 He fleeth to God for succour ¶ To the chief musician A psalm of David BLessed is he that considereth ‖ Or the weak or sick the poor the LORD will deliver him †Heb. in the day of evil in time of trouble 2 The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive and he shall be blessed upon the earth and ‖ Or do not thou deliver thou wilt not deliver him into the will of his enemies 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing thou wilt †Heb. turn make all his bed in his sickness 4 I said LORD be merciful unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against thee 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me When shall he die and his name perish 6 And if he come to see me he speaketh vanity his heart gathereth iniquity to it self when he goeth abroad he telleth it 7 All that hate me whisper together against me against me do they devise †Heb. evil to me my hurt 8 †Heb. a thing of Belial An evil disease say they cleaveth fast unto him and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more 9 * Joh. 13.18 Yes †Heb. the man of my peace mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted which did eat of my bread hath †Heb. magnified list up his heel against me 10 But thou O LORD be merciful unto me and raise me up that I may requite them 11 By this I know that thou favourest me because mine enemy doth not triumph over me 12 And as for me thou upholdest me in mine integrity and settest me before thy face for ever 13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting Amen and amen PSAL. XLII 1 Davids zeal to serve God in the temple 5 He encourageth his soul to trust in God ¶ To the chief muscian ‖ Or a Psalm giving instruction of the sons c. Maschil for the sons of Korah AS the hart †Heb. brayeth panteth after the water-brooks so panteth my soul after thee O God 2 My soul thirsteth for God for the living God when shall I come and appear before God 3 * Ps 80.5 My tears have been my meat day and night while they continually say unto me Where is thy God 4 When I remember these things I pour out my soul in me for I had gone with the multitude I went with them to the house of God with the voice of joy and praise with a multitude that kept holy-day 5 Why art thou †Heb. bowed down cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted in me hope
knowledge aright * Verse 28. Ch. 12.23 13.16 but the mouth of fools †Heb. belcheth or bubbleth poureth out foolishness 3 * Job 34.21 Chap. 5.21 Jer. 16.17 32.19 Heb. 4.13 The eyes of the LORD are in every place beholding the evil and the good 4 †Heb. the healing of the tongue A wholesom tongue is a tree of life but perversness therein is a breaâ—h in the spirit 5 * Ch. 10.1 A fool despiseth his fathers instruction but he that regardeth reproof is prudent 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge but the heart of the foolish doth not so 8 * Ch. 21.27 Isa 1.11 66.3 Jer. 6.20 7 22. Amos 5.22 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD but the prayer of the upright is his delight 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness 10 ‖ Or instruction Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way and he that hateth reproof shall die 11 * Job 26.6 Hell and destruction are before the LORD how much more then the hearts of the children of men 12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him neither will he go unto the wise 13 * Ch. 17.22 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast 16 * Ps 37.16 Chap. 16.8 1 Tim. 6.6 Better is little with the fear of the LORD then great treasure and trouble therewith 17 * Ch. 17.1 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is then a stalled ox and hatred therewith 18 * Ch. 26.21 29.22 A wrathful man stirreth up strife but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife 19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns but the way of the righteous †Heb. is raised up as a causey is made plain 20 * Ch. 10.1 A wise son maketh a glad father but a foolish man despiseth his mother 21 * Ch. 10.23 Folly is joy to him that is †Heb. void of heart destitute of wisdom but a man of understanding walketh uprightly 22 * Ch. 11.14 Without counsel purposes are disappointed but in the multitude of counsellours they are established 23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth and a word spoken †Heb. in his season in due season how good is it 24 * Phil. 3.20 Col. 3.1 2. The way of life is above to the wise that he may depart from hell beneath 25 * Chap. 12.7 14.11 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud but he will establish the border of the widow 26 * Ch. 6.18 The thought of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD but the words of the pure are †Heb. words of pleasantness pleasant words 27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house but he that hateth gifts shall live 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things 29 * Ps 34.16 The LORD is far from the wicked but * Ps 145.18 he heareth the prayer of the righteous 30 The light of the eyes rejoyceth the heart and a good report maketh the bones fat 31 The ear that heareth the reproof of â—ife abideth among the wise 32 He that refuseth ‖ Or correction instruct on despiseth his own soul but he that ‖ Or obeâ—eth heareth reproof †Heb. possesseth an heart getteth understanding 33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom and * Ch. 18.12 before honour is humility CHAP. XVI THe * Verse 9. Ch. 19.21 20.24 Jer. 10.23 ‖ Or disposings preparations of the heart in man and the answer of the tongue is from the LORD 2 * Chap. 21.2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes but the LORD weigheth the spirits 3 * Psal 37.5 and 55.22 Mat. 6.25 Luk. 12.22 1 Pet. 5.7 †Heb. roll Commit thy works unto the LORD and thy thoughts shall be established 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself * Job 21.30 yea even the wicked for the day of evil 5 * Chap. 6.17 8.13 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD though hand joyn in hand he shall not be †Heb. held innocent unpunished 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil 7 When a mans ways please the LORD he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him 8 * Ps 37.16 Chap. 15.16 Better is a little with righteousness then great revenues without right 9 * Verse 1. A mans heart deviseth his way but the LORD directeth his steps 10 †Heb. Divination A divine sentence is in the lips of the king his mouth transgresseth not in judgement 11 * Lev. 19.36 Chap. 11.1 A just weight and balance are the LORDS †Heb. all the stones all the weights of the bag are his work 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness for the throne is established by righteousness 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings and they love him that speaketh right 14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death but a wise man will pacifie it 15 In the light of the kings countenance is life and * Chap. 19.12 his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain 16 * Chap. 8.11 How much better is it to get wisdom then gold and to get understanding rather to be chosen then silver 17 The high-way of the upright is to depart from evil he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul 18 * Chap. 11.2 18.12 Pride goeth before destruction an haughty spirit before a fall 19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly then to divide the spoil with the proud 20 ‖ Or He that understandeth a matter He that handleth a matter wisely shall finde good and whoso * Psal 2.12 34.8 and 125.1 Isa 30.18 Jer. 17.7 trusteth in the LORD happy is he 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning 22 * Ch. 13.14 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it but the instruction of fools is folly 23 The heart of the wise †Heb. maketh wise teacheth his mouth and addeth learning to his lips 24 Pleasant words are as an honey-comb sweet to the soul and health to the
for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia He is come forth to make war with thee and when he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah saying 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee saying Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria 11 Behold thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly and shalt thou be delivered 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed as Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Telassar 13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arphad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim Hena and Ivah 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD saying 16 O LORD of hosts God of Israel that dwellest between the cherubims thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth thou hast made heaven and earth 17 Incline thine ear O LORD and hear open thine eyes O LORD and see and hear all the words of Sennacherib which hath sent to reproach the living God 18 Of a truth LORD the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the †Heb. lands nations and their countreys 19 And have †Heb. given cast their gods into the fire for they were no gods but the work of mens hands wood and stone therefore they have destroyed them 20 Now therefore O LORD our God save us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD even thou onely 21 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amòz sent unto Hezekiah saying Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria 22 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high even against the holy One of Israel 24 †Heb. By the hand of thy servants By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord and hast said By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains to the sides of Lebanon and I will cut down †Heb. the talness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof the tall cedars thereof and the choice fir-trees thereof and I will enter into the height of his border and ‖ Or the forest and his fruitful field the forest of his Carmel 25 I have dâ—gged and drunk water and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the ‖ Or fineed and closed besieged places 26 ‖ Or Hast thou not beard how I have made it long ago and formed it of ancient times should I now bring it to be laid waste and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it and of ancient times that I have formed it now have I brought it to pass that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps 27 Therefore their inhabitants were †Heb. short of hand of small power they were dismayed and confounded they were as the grass of the field and as the green herb as the grass on the hous-tops and as corn blasted before it be grown up 28 But I know thy ‖ Or sitting abode and thy going out and thy coming in and thy rage against me 29 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears therefore will I put my book in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest 30 And this shall be a signe unto thee Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself and the second year that which springeth of the same and in the third year sowe ye and reap and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof 31 And †Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant and †Heb. the escaping they that escape out of mount Zion the * 2 Kin. 19.31 Ch. 9.7 zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria He shall not come into this city nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shields nor cast a bank against it 34 By the way that he came by the same shall he return and shall not come into this city saith the LORD 35 For I will * 2 Kin. 20.6 defend this city to save it for mine own sake and for my servant Davids sake 36 Then the * 2 Kin 19.35 angel of the LORD went forth and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and fourscore and five thousand and when they arose early in the morning behold they were all dead corpses 37 ¶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh 38 And it came to pass as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword and they escaped into the land of †Heb. Ararat Armenia and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XXXVIII 1 Hezekiah having received a messave of death by prayer hath his life lengthned 8 The sun goeth ten degrees backward for a signe of that promise 9 His song of thanksgiving IN * 2 Kin. 20.1 2 Chr. 32.24 those days was Hezekiah sick unto death and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him and said unto him Thus saith the LORD †Heb. Give charge concerning thy house Set thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto the LORD 3 And said Remember now O LORD I beseech thee how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight and Hezekiah wept †Heb. with great weeping sore 4 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaian saying 5 Go and say to Hezekiah Thus saith the LORD the God of David thy father I have heard thy prayer I have seen thy tears behold I will add unto thy days fifteen years 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of
the glory of God 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to confirm the promises made unto the fathers 9 And that the Gentiles might glorifie God for his mercy as it is written * Psal 18.49 For this cause I will confess to thee among thee Gentiles and sing unto thy name 10 And again he saith * Deut. 32.43 Rejoyceye Gentiles with his people 11 And again * Psal 117.1 Praise the Lord all ye Gentiles and laud him all ye people 12 And again Esaias saith * Isa 11.10 There shall be a root of Jesse and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles in him shall the Gentiles trust 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in beleeving that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Ghost 14 And I my self also am perswaded of you my brethren that ye also are full of goodness filled with all knowledge able also to admonish one another 15 Nevertheless brethren I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort as putting you in minde because of the grace that is given to me of God 16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles ministring the gospel of God that the ‖ Or sâ—â—rificing offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable being sanctified by the holy Ghost 17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed 19 Through mighty signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit of God so that from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ 20 Yea so have I strived to preach the gospel not where Christ was named left I should build upon another mans foundation 21 But as it is written * Isa 52.15 To whom he was not spoken of they shall see and they that have not heard shall understand 22 For which cause also I have been ‖ Or many ways or oftentimes much hindred from coming to you 23 But now having no more place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come unto you 24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain I will come to you for I trust to see you in my journey and to be brought on my way thitherward by you if first I be somewhat filled †Gr. with you vers 32. with your company 25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem 27 It hath pleased them verily and their debters they are For * 1 Cor. 9.11 if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things 28 When therefore I have performed this and have sealed to them this fruit I will come by you into Spain 29 And I am sure that when I come unto you I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ 30 Now I beseech you brethren for the Lord Jesus Christ sake and for the love of the Spirit that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me 31 That I may be delivered from them that ‖ Or are disobedient do not beleeve in Judea and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints 32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God and may with you be refreshed 33 Now the God of peace be with you all Amen CHAP. XVI 3 Paul willeth the brethren to greet many 17 and adviseth them to take heed of those which cause dissension and offences 21 and after sundry salutations endeth with praise and thanks to God I Commend unto you Phebe our sister which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea 2 That ye receive her in the Lord as becometh saints and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you for she hath been a succourer of many and of my self also 3 Greet * Acts 18.2.26 Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus 4 Who have for my life said down their own necks unto whom not onely I give thanks but also all the churches of the Gentiles 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house Salute my well-beloved Epenetus who is the first fruits of Achaia unto Christ 6 Greet Mary who bestowed much labour on us 7 Salute Andronicus and Junia my kinsmen and my fellow-prisoners who are of note among the apostles who also were in Christ before me 8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. 9 Salute Urbane our helper in Christ and Stachys my beloved 10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ Salute them which are of Arâ—stobulus ‖ Or friends houshold 11 Salute Herodion my kinsman Greet them that be of the ‖ Or friends houshold of Narcissus which are in the Lord. 12 Salute Tryphena Tryphosa who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis which laboured much in the Lord. 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord and his mother and mine 14 Salute Asyncritus Phlegon Hermas Patrobas Hermes and the brethren which are with them 15 Salute Phisologus and Julia Nereus and his sister and Olympas and all the saints which are with them 16 * 1 Cor. 16.20 2 Cor. 13.12 1 Pet. 5.14 Salute one another with an holy kiss The churches of Christ salute you 17 Now I beseech you brethren mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ but their own belly and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men I am glad therefore on your behalf but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good and ‖ Or harmless simple concerning evil 20 And the God of peace shall ‖ Or tread bruise Satan under your seet shortly The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you Amen 21 * Acts 16.1 Timotheus my work-fellow and Locius and Jason and Sofipater my kinsmen salute you 22 I Tertius who wrote this epistle salute you in the Lord. 23 Gaius mine hoste and of the whole church saluteth you Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you and Quartus a brother 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all Amen 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery * Eph. 3.9 Col. 1.26 which was kept
†Heb. the soul shall go He shall go to the generation of his fathers they shall never see light 20 Man that is in honour and understandeth not is like the beasts that perish PSAL. L. 1 The majesty of God in the church 5 His order to gather saints 7 The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies 14 but in sincerity of obediance ¶ A psalm ‖ Or for Asaph of Asaph THe mighty God even the LORD hath spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof 2 Out of Zion the perfection of beauty God hath shined 3 Our God shall come and shall not keep silence a fire shall devour before him and it shall be very tempestuous round about him 4 He shall call to the heavens from above and to the earth that he may judge his people 5 Gather my saints together unto me those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness for God is judge himself Selah 7 Hear O my people and I will speak O Israel and I will testifie against thee I am God even thy God 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings to have been continually before me 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house nor he goats out of thy folds 10 For every beast of the forest is mine and the cattel upon a thousand hills 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains and the wilde beasts of the field are †Heb. with me mine 12 If I were hungry I would not tell thee * Ex. 19.5 Deu. 10.14 Job 41.11 Ps 24.1 1 Cor. 10.26 28. for the world is mine and the fulness thereof 13 Will I eat the desh of bulls or drink the bloud of goats 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the most High 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie me 16 But unto the wicked God saith What hast thou to do to declare my statutes or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth 17 * Rom. 1.21 22. Seeing thou hatest instruction and castest my words behinde thee 18 When thou sawest a thief then thou consentedst with him and †Heb. thy portion was with adulterers hast been partaker with adulterers 19 †Heb. thou sendest Thou givest thy mouth to evil and thy tongue frameth deceit 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother thou slanderest thine own mothers son 21 These things hast thou done and I kept silence thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thy self but I will reprove thee and set them in order before thine eyes 22 Now consider this ye that forget God lest I tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver 23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me and to him †Heb. that disposeth his way that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God PSAL. LI. 1 David prayeth for remission of sins whereof he maketh a deep confession 6 He prayeth for sanctification 16 God delighteth not in sacrifice but in sincerity 18 He prayeth for the church ¶ To the chief musician A psalm of David * 2 Sam. 22.1 11.2 when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he had gone in to Bathsheba HAve mercy upon me O God according to thy loving kindness according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me 4 Against thee thee onely have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight * Rom. 3.4 that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest 5 Behold I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother †Heb. warm me conceive me 6 Behold thou desirest truth in the inward parts and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom 7 * Lev. 14.6 Nu. 19.18 Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean wash me and I shall be whiter then snow 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce 9 Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities 10 Create in me a clean heart O God and renew ‖ Or a constant spirit a right spirit within me 11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy free spirit 13 Then will I teach transgressours thy ways and sinners shall be converted unto thee 14 Deliver me from †Heb. blouds bloud-guiltiness O God thou God of my salvation and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness 15 O Lord open thou my lips and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice ‖ Or that I should give it else would I give it thou delightest not in burnt-offering 17 * Isa 57.15 66.2 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion build thou the walls of Jerusalem 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness with burnt offering and whole-burnt-offering then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar PSAL. LII 1 David condemning the spitefulness of Doeg prophesieth his destruction 6 The righteous shall rejoyce at it 8 David upon his confidence in Gods mercy giveth thanks ¶ To the chief musician Maschil A psalm of David * 1 Sam. 22.9 when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said unto him David is come to the house of Ahimelech WHy boastest thou thy self in mischief O mighty man the goodness of God endureth continually 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasour working deceitfully 3 Thou lovest evil more then good and lying rather then to speak righteousness Selah 4 Thou lovest all devouring words ‖ Or and the deceitful tongue O thou deceitful tongue 5 God shall likewise †Heb. beat thee down destroy thee for ever he shall take thee away and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place and root thee out of the land of the living Selah 6 The righteous also shall see and fear and shall laugh at him 7 Lo this is the man that made not God his strength but trusted in the abundance of his riches and strengthned himself in his ‖ Or substance wickedness 8 But I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever 9 I will praise thee for ever because thou hast done it and I will wait on thy name for it is good before thy saints PSAL. LIII 1 David describeth the corruption of a natural man 4 He convinceth the wicked by the
darkness and his name shall be covered with darkness 5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun nor known any thing this hath more rest then the other 6 ¶ Yea though he live a thousand years twice told yet hath he seen no good do not all go to one place 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth and yet the †Heb. soul appetite is not filled 8 For what hath the wise more then the fool what hath the poor that knoweth to walk before the living 9 ¶ Better is the sight of the eyes †Heb. then the walking of the soul then the wandring of the desire this is also vanity and vexatioâ— of spirit 10 That which hath been is named already and it is known that it is man neither may he contend with him that is mightier then he 11 ¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity what is man the better 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life †Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as * Ps 144.4 a shadow for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun CHAP. VII 1 Remedies against vanity are a good name 2 mortification 7 patients 11 wisdom 23 The difficulty of wisdom A * Prov. 25.30 22.1 Good name is better then precious ointment and the day of death then the day of ones birth 2 ¶ It is better to go to the house of mourning then to go to the house of feasting for that is the end of all men and the living will lay it to his heart 3 ‖ Or Anger Sorrow is better then laughter for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth 5 * Prov. 13.18 15.31.32 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise then for a man to hear the song of fools 6 For as the †Heb. sound crackling of thorns under a pot so is the laughter of the fool this also is vanity 7 ¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad * Deut. 16.19 and a gift destroyeth the heart 8 Better is the end of a thing then the beginning thereof and the patient in spirit is better then the proud in spirit 9 * Prov. 14.17 16.32 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry for anger resteth in the bosom of fools 10 Say not thou What is the cause that the former days were better then these for thou dost not enquire †Heb. out of wisdom wisely concerning this 11 ¶ Wisdom ‖ Or as good at an inheritance yea better too is good with an inheritance and by it there is profit to them that see the sun 12 For wisdom is a †Heb. shadow defence and money is a defence but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom giveth life to them that have it 13 Consider the work of God for * Ch. 1.15 who can make that straight which he hath made crooked 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful but in the day of adversity consider God also hath †Heb. made set the one over against the other to the end that man should finde nothing after him 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness 16 Be not righteous overmuch neither make thyself over-wise why shouldest thou †Heb. be desolate destroy thy self 17 Be not overmuch wicked neither be thou foolish why shouldest thou die †Heb. not in thy time before thy time 18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this yea also from this withdraw not thine hand for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all 19 * Prov. 21.22 24.5 Chap. 9.16 Wisdom strengthneth the wise more then ten mighty men which are in the city 20 * 1 King 8 46. Prov. 20.9 1 Joh. 1.8 For there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not 21 Also †Heb. give not 〈◊〉 beant take no heed unto all words that are spoken lest thou hear thy servant curse thee 22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thy self likewise hast cursed others 23 ¶ All this have I proved by wisdom I said I will be wise but it was far from me 24 That which is far off and exceeding deep who can finde it out 25 †Heb. I and my heart compassed I applied mine heart to know and to search and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things and to know the wickedness of folly even of foolishness and madness 26 * Prov. 22.14 And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is snares and nets and her hands as bands †Heb. he that is good before God whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her but the sinner shall be taken by her 27 Behold this have I found saith the preacher ‖ Or weighing one thing after another to finde out the reason counting one by one to finde out the account 28 Which yet my soul seeketh but I finde not one man among a thousand have I found but a woman among all those have I not forme 29 Lo this enely have I found * Gen. 1 â—â— that God hath made man upright but they have sought out many inventions CHAP. VIII 1 Kings are greatly to be respected 6 The divine providence is to be observed 12 It is better with the godly in adversity then with the wicked in prosperity 16 The work of God is unsearchable WHo is as the wise man and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing * Pr. 17.24 a mans wisdom maketh his face to shine and †Heb. the strength the boldness of his face shall be changed 2 I counsel thee to keep the kings commandment and that in regard of the oath of God 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight stand not in an evil thing for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him 4 Where the word of a king is there is power and who may say unto him What doest thou 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment †Heb. shall know shall feel no evil thing and a wise mans heart discerneth both time and judgement 6 ¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgement therefore the misery of man is great upon him 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be for who can tell him ‖ Or how it shall be when it shall be 8 There is no man that hath power * Job 14.5 over the spirit to retain the spirit neither hath be power in the day of death and there is no ‖ Or easting off weapons discharge in
my spirit and little strength is there in me for the great fear wherewith I was affrighted this night 6 Therefore will I now beseech the Highest that he will comfort me unto the end 7 And I said Lord that bearest rule if I have found grace before thy sight and if I am justified with thee before many others and if my prayer indeed be come up before thy face 8 Comfort me then and shew me thy servant the interpretation and plain difference of this fearful vision that thou mayest perfecty comfors my soul 9 For thou hast judged me worthy to shew me the last times 10 And he said unto me This is the interpretation of the vision 11 The eagle whom thou sawest come up from the sea is the kingdom which was seen in the * Dan. 7.7 vision of thy brother Daniel 12 But it was not expounded unto him therefore now I declare it unto thee 13 Behold the days will come that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth and it shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it 14 In the same shall twelve kings reign one after another 15 Whereof the second shall begin to reign and shall have more time then any of the twelve 16 And this do the twelve wings signifie which thou sawest 17 As for the voice which thou heardest speak and that thou sawest not to go out from the heads but from the mids of the body thereof this is the interpretation 18 That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings and it shall stand in peril of falling nevertheless it shall not then fall but shall be restored again to his beginning 19 And whereas thou sawest the eight small under-feathers sticking to her wings this is the interpretation 20 That in him there shall arise eight kings whose time shall be but small and their years swift 21 And two of them shall perish the middle time approaching four shall be kept until their end begin to approach but two shall be kept unto the end 22 And whereas thou sawest three heads resting this is the interpretation 23 In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms and renew many things therein they shall have the dominion of the earth 24 And of those that dwell therein with much oppression above all those that were before them therefore are they called the heads of the eagle 25 For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness and that shall finish his last end 26 And whereas thou sawest that the great head appeared no more it signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed and yet with pain 27 For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword 28 For the sword of the one shall devour the other but at the last shall he fall through the sword himself 29 And whereas thou sawest two feathers under the wings passing over the head that is on the right side 30 It signifieth that these are they whom the Highest hath kept unto their end this is the small kingdom and full of trouble as thou sawest 31 And the lion whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood and roaring and speaking to the eagle and rebuking her for her unrighteousness with all the words which thou hast heard 32 This is the anointed which the Highest hath kept for them and for their wickedness unto the end he shall reprove them and shall upbraind them with their cruelty 33 For he shall set them before him alive in judgement and shall rebuke them and correct them 34 For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy those that have be in preserved upon my borders and he shall make them joyful until the coming of the day of judgement whereof I have spoken unto thee from the beginning 35 This is the dream that thou sawest and these are the interpretations 36 Thou onely hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest 37 Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book and hide them 38 And teach them to the wise of the people whose hearts thou knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets 39 But wait thou here thy self yet seven days more that it may be shewed thee whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare unto thee And with that he went his way 40 And it came to pass when all the people saw that the seven days were past and I not come again into the city they gathered them all together from the least unto the greatest and came unto me and said 41 What have we offended thee and what evil have we done against thee that thou forsakest us and sittest here in this place 42 For of all the | Oâ— people prophets thou onely art left us as a cluster of the vintage and as a candle in a dark place and as a haven or ship preserved from the tempest 43 Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient 44 If thou shalt forsake us how much better had it been for us if we also had been burnt in the midst of Sion 45 For we are not better then they that died there And they wept with a load voice Then answered I them and said 46 Be of good comfort O Israel and be not heavie thou house of Jacob 47 For the Highest hath you in remembrance and the Mighty hath not forgotten you in temptation 48 As for me I have not forsaken you neither am I departed from you but am come into this place to pray for the desolation of Sion and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary 49 And now go your way home every man and after these days will I come unto you 50 So the people went their way into the city like as I commanded them 51 But I remained still in the field seven days as the angel commanded me and did eat onely in those days of the flowers of the field and had my meat of the herbs CHAP. XIII 1 He seethin bis dream a man coming out of the sea 25 The declaration of â—is dream 54 He is praised and promised to see more ANd it came to pass after seven days I dreamed a dream by night 2 And so there arose | 〈◊〉 man as the wind Junius a wind from the sea that it moved all the waves thereof 3 And I beheld and so that man waxed strong with the | clouâ—s thousands of heaven and when he turned his countenance to look all the things trembled that were seen under him 4 And whensoever the voice went out of his mouth all they burnt that heard his voice like as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fire 5 And after this I beheld and so there was gathered together a multitude of men out of number from the four winds of the heaven to subdue the man that came out of the sea 6 But I beheld and so he had graved himself a great
6.5 which was one of the seven and abode with him 9 And the same man had four daughters virgins which did prophesie 10 And as we tarried there many days there came down from Judea a certain prophet named Agabus 11 And when he was come unto us he took Pauls girdle and bound his own hands and feet and said Thus saith the holy Ghost So shall the Jews at Jerusalem binde the man that oweth this girdle and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles 12 And when we heard these things both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem 13 Then Paul answered What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart for I am ready not to be bound onely but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus 14 And when he would not be perswaded we ceased saying The will of the Lord be done 15 And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem 16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cesarea and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus an old disciple with whom we should lodge 17 And when we were come to Jerusalem the brethren received us gladly 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James and all the elders were present 19 And when he had saluted them he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministery 20 And when they heard it they glorified the Lord and â—aid unto him Thou seest brother how many thousands of Jews there are which beleeve and they are all zealous of the law 21 And they are informed of thee that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses saying that they ought not to curcumcise their children neither to walk after the customs 22 What is it therefore the multitude must needs come together for they will hear that thou art come 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee we have four men which have a vow on them 24 Them take and purifie thy self with them and be at charges with them that they may * Num. 6.18 Ch. 18.18 shave their heads and all may know that those things whereof they were informed concerning thee are nothing but that thou thy self also walkest orderly and keepest the law 25 As touching the Gentiles which beleeve * Ch. 15.20 we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing save onely that they keep themselves from things offered to idols and from bloud and from strangled and from fornication 26 Then Paul took the men the next day purifying himself with them entred into the temple * Num. 6.13 to signifie the accomplishment of the days of purification until that an offering should be offered for every one of them 27 And when the seven days were almost ended the Jews which were of Asia when they saw him in the temple stirred up all the people and laid hands on him 28 Crying out Men of Israel help this is the man that teacheth all men every where against the people the law this place further brought Greeks also into the temple and hath polluted this holy place 29 For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephelian whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple 30 And all the city was moved and the people ran together and they took Paul drew him out of the temple forthwith the doors were shut 31 And as they went about to kill him tidings came unto the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was in an uproar 32 Who immediately took souldiers and centurions and ran down unto them and when they saw the chief captain and the souldiers they left beating of Paul 33 Then the chief captain came near and took him and commanded him to be bound with two chains and demanded who he was and what he had done 34 And some cried one thing some another among the multitude and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult he commanded him to be carried into the castle 35 And when he came upon the stairs so it was that he was born of the souldiers for the violence of the people 36 For the multitude of the people followed after crying Away with him 37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle he said unto the chief captain May I speak unto thee Who said Canst thou speak Greek 38 * Chap. 5.36 Art not thou that Egyptian which before these days madest an uproar and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers 39 But Paul said I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus a city in Cilicia a citizen of no mean city and I beseech thee suffer me to speak unto the people 40 And when he had given him license Paul stood on the stairs and beckned with the hand unto the people and when there was made a great silence he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue saying CHAP. XXII 2 Paul declareth at large how he was converted to the faith 17 and called to his apostleship 22 At the very mentioning of the Gentiles the people exclaim on him 24 He should have been scourged 25 but claiming the priviledge of a Roman he escapeth MEn brethren and fathers hear ye my defence which I make now unto you 2 And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them they kept the more silence and he saith 3 * Chap. 21.39 I am verily a man which am a Jew born in Tarsus a city in Cilicia yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers and was zealous towards God as ye all are this day 4 * Chap. 8.3 And I persecuted this way unto the death binding and delivering into prisons both men and women 5 As also the high priest doth hear me witness and all the estate of the elders from whom also I received letters unto the brethren and went to Damascus to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem for to be punished 6 And it came to pass that as I made my journey and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me 7 And I fell unto the ground and heard a voice saying unto me Saul Saul why persecutest thou me 8 And I answered Who art thou Lord And he said unto me I am Jesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest 9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light and were afraid but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me 10 And I said What shall I do Lord And the Lord said unto me Arise and go into Damascus and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do 11 And when I could not see for the glory of
devil sinneth from the beginning For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God 10 In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God neither he that loveth not his brother 11 For this is the ‖ Or commandment message that ye heard from the beginning * Joh. 13.34 15.12 that we should love one another 12 Not as * Gen. 4.8 Cain who was of that wicked one and slew his brother And wherefore slew he him Because his own works were evil and his brothers righteous 13 Marvel not my brethren if the world hate you 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren he that loveth not his brother abideth in death 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren 17 But * Luk. 3.11 whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother have need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him 18 My little children let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall †Gr. persâ—â—â—e assure our hearts before him 20 For it our heart condemn us God is greater then our heart and knoweth all things 21 Beloved if our heart condemn us not then have we confidence towards God 22 And * Mat. 21.22 Joh. 15.7 16.23 whatsoever we ask we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight 23 And * Joh. 6.29 and 17.3 this is his commandment that we should beleeve on the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another as he gave us commandment 24 And * Joh. 15. â—0 he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit which he hath given us CHAP. IV. 1 He warneth them not to beleeve all teachers who boast of the Spirit but to try them by the rules of the catholick faith 7 and by many reasons exhorteth to brotherly love BEloved beleeve not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world 2 Hereby know ye the spirit of God Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God and this is that spirit of antichrist whereof you have heard that it should come and even now already is it in the world 4 Ye are of God little children and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you then he that is in the world 5 They are of the world therefore speak they of the world and the world heareth them 6 We are of God * Joh. 8 47. he that knoweth God heareth us he that is not of God heareth not us Hereby know we the Spirit of truth and the spirit of errour 7 Beloved let us love one another for love is of God and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God for God is love 9 * Joh. 3.16 In this was manifested the love of God towards us because that God sent his onely begotten Son into the world that we might live through him 10 Herein is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins 11 Beloved if God so loved us we ought also to love one another 12 * 1 Tim. 6.16 No man hath seen God at any time If we love one another God dwelleth in us and his love is perfected in us 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in us because he hath given us of his Spirit 14 And we have seen and do testifie that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God 16 And we have known and beleeved the love that God hath to us God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him 17 Herein is †Gr. love with us our love made perfect that we may have boldness in the day of judgement because as he is so are we in this world 18 There is no fear in love but perfect love casteth out fear because fear hath torment he that feareth is not made perfect in love 19 We love him because he first loved us 20 If a man say I love God and hateth his brother he is a liar for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen 21 And * Joh. 13.34 15.12 this commandment have we from him that he who loveth God love his brother also CHAP. V. He that loveth God loveth his children and keepeth his commandments 3 which to the faithful are light and not grievous 9 Jesus is the Son of God able to save us 14 and to bear our prayers which we make for our selves and for others WHosoever beleeveth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him 2 By this we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments 3 For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments and * Mat. 11.30 his commandments are not grievous 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith 5 Who is he that overcometh the world but he that beleeveth that Jesus is the Son of God 6 This is he that came by water and bloud even Jesus Christ not by water onely but by water and bloud and it is the Spirit that beareth witness because the Spirit is truth 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth the spirit and the water and the bloud and these three agree in one 9 If we receive the witness of men the witness of God is greater for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son 10 He that beleeveth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself he that beleeveth