litle hilles like yonge shepe What ayled the o thou see that thou fleddest and thou Iordan that thou turnedest backe Ye mountaynes that ye stripped like rammes and ye litle hilles like yonge shepe The earth trembled at the presence of the LORDE at the presence of the God of Iacob Which turned the harde rocke in to a stondinge water the flynt stone in to a sprynginge well Here the Hebrues begynne the CXV psalme Not vnto vs o LORDE not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louinge mercy and faithfulnes Wherfore shal the Heithen saye where is now their God As for oure God he is in heauen he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him Their ymages are but syluer and golde euen the worke of mens hoÌ„des They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they but they smell not They haue handes and handle not fete haue they but they can not go nether can they speake thorow their throte They that made them are like vnto them and so are all soch as put their trust in them But let Israel trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence Let the house of Aaron put their trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence They that feare the LORDE let theÌ„ put their trust in the LORDE for he is their sucoure and defence The LORDE is myndefull of vs blesseth vs he blesseth y e house of Israel he blesseth y e house of Aaron Yee he blesseth all them that feare the LORDE both small greate The LORDE encrease you more more you and youre childreÌ„ For ye are y e blessed of the LORDE which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the LORDES but the earth hath he geueÌ„ vnto y e childreÌ„ of men The deed prayse not the o LORDE nether all they that go downe in to sylence But we will prayse the LORDE from this tyme forth for euermore Halleluya The CXIIII psalme I Am wel pleased y t the LORDE 〈…〉 herde y e voyce of my prayer 〈…〉 he hath enclyned his eare 〈…〉 therfore wil I call vpoÌ„ him as long 〈…〉 The snares of death coÌ„pas◠〈…〉 aboute the paynes of hell gat◠〈…〉 me I founde trouble and heuy 〈…〉 called I vpon y e name of the LORDE o LORDE delyuer my soule Gracious is y e LORDE rightuous yee oure God is mercifull The LORDE preserueth y e symple I was brought downe and he helped me Turne agayne then vnto thy rest o my soule for the LORDE hath geuen the thy desyre And why thou hast delyuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my fete from fallinge I wil walke before y e LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge The CXV psalme This psalme do the Hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before and it is with them the CXVI â–ª psalme I Beleued and therfore haue I spokeÌ„ but I was sore troubled I sayde in my haist All men are lyers What rewarde shal I geue vnto y e LORDE for all the benefites y t he hath done vnto me I wil receaue the cuppe of saluacioÌ„ and call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of y e LORDE is the death of his sayntes O LORDE I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayden thou hast broken my bondes in sonder I wil offre the the sacrifice of thankes geuynge and wil call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in the sight of all his people in the courtes of the LORDES house eueÌ„ in the myddest of the o Ierusalem Halleluya The CXVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles laude him all ye people For his mercifull kyndnes is euer more and more towarde vs the trueth of the LORDE endureth for euer Halleluya The CXVII psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse y t his mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yee let theÌ„ now that feare the LORDE confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the LORDE in trouble and the LORDE herde me 〈◊〉 large The LORDE is my helper I wil 〈…〉 what man doeth vnto me The 〈…〉 is my helper I shal se my desyre 〈…〉 enemies It is better to trust 〈…〉 then to put eny confidence in 〈…〉 is better to trust in the LORDE 〈…〉 confideÌ„ce in prynces All Heithen compased me rounde aboute but in the name of the LORDE wil I destroye theÌ„ They kepte me in on euery syde but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They came aboute me like bees were as hote as the fyre in the thornes but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They thrust at me that I might fall but the LORDE was my helpe The LORDE is my streÌ„gth my songe is become my saluacion The voyce of ioye myrth is in the dwellynges of y e rightuous for y e right hande of the LORDE hath gotteÌ„ the victory The right hande of the LORDE hath the preemynence the right haÌ„de of the LORDE hath gotteÌ„ the victory I wil not dye but lyue and declare the workes of the LORDE The LORDE hath chastened correcte me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of rightuousnes â–ª y t I maye go in there thorow geue thaÌ„kes vnto the LORDE This is the dore of the LORDE the rightuous shall entre in thorow 〈◊〉 I thanke the y t thou hast herde me are become my saluacioÌ„ The same stone which the buylders refused is become the headestone in the corner This was the LORDES doinge it is maruelous in o r eyes This is the daye which the LORDE hath made â–ª let vs reioyse and be glad in it Helpe now o LORDE o LORDE sende vs now prosperite Blessed be he that coÌ„meth in the name of the LORDE we wish you good lucke ye that be of the house of the LORDE God is the LORDE hath shewed vs light O 〈◊〉 the solempne feast with grene braunches 〈◊〉 vnto the hornes of y e aulter Thou art 〈◊〉 God I wil thanke the thou art my 〈◊〉 and I wil prayse the. O geue thankes 〈◊〉 to the LORDE for he is gracious his mâ—â—â—cy endureth for euer The CXVIII psalme Aleph BLessed are those y t be vndefiled in thâ— waye which walke in the lawe of 〈◊〉 LORDE Blessed are they that kepe his tâ—â—â—timonies seke him with their whole hertâ— â–ª Which walke in his wayes do no wiâ—kednesse Thou hast geuen strayte chaâ—â—â— to kepe thy commaundementes O thâ—â— my wayes were stablished to kepe thy statâ—â—tes So shulde I not be confounded
agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saie Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaiÌ„st me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpoÌ„ my backe made loÌ„ge forowes But the rightous LORDE hath hewen y e yocke of y e vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned backwarde as many as haue euell will at Sion Let theÌ„ be eueÌ„ as the haye vpon the house toppes which wythereth afore it be pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues his bosome So that they which go by saye not so moch as the LORDE prospere you we wish you good lucke in the name of the LORDE The CXXIX psalme OVt of the depe call I vnto the o LORDE LORDE heare my voyce Oh let thine eares considre well the voyce of my complaynte Yf thou LORDE wilt be extreme to marcke what is done amysse Oh LORDE who maye abyde it But there is mercy with the that thou mayest be feared I loke for the LORDE my soule doth wayte for him and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde the LORDE froÌ„ the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the LORDE â–ª for with the LORDE there is mercy and plenteous redempcion And he shal redeme Israel from all his synnes The CXXX A psalme of Dauid LORDE I am not hye mynded I haue no proude lokes I do not exercise myself in greate matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it lowe like as a childe y t is weened from his mother yee my soule is euen as a weened childe Let Israel trust in the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The CXXXI Psalme LORDE remembre Dauid and all his trouble How he swore vnto y e LORDE vowed a vowe vnto y e mightie one of Iacob I wil not come within the tabernacle of my house ner clymme vp iÌ„ to my bedde I wil not suffre myne eyes to slepe ner myne eye lyddes to sloÌ„ber Vntill I fynde out a place for the LORDE an habitacioÌ„ for the mightie one of Iacob Lo we herde of the same at Ephrata fouÌ„de it in y e wod We wil go in to his tabernacle â–ª fall downe before his fotestole Arise o LORDE in to thy restinge place thou y e arke of y e streÌ„gth Let thy prestes be clothed with rightuousnesse and let thy sayntes reioyse For thy seruaunte Dauids sake turne not awaye the presence of thine anoynted The LORDE hath made a faithfull ooth vnto Dauid he shal not shrenke from it Of the frute of thy body shal I set vpon thy seate Yf thy children wil kepe my couenaunt my testimony y t I shal lerne theÌ„ their childreÌ„ also shal syt vpoÌ„ thy seate for euermore For the LORDE hath chosen SioÌ„ to be an habitacioÌ„ for him self hath he chosen her This shal be my rest here wil I dwel for I haue a delite therin I will blesse hir vytales w t increase wil satisfie hir poore with bred I wil decke hir prestes with health hir sayntes shal reioyse be glad There shall I make the horne of Dauid to florish I haue ordened a lanterne for myne anoynted As for his enemies I shal clothe theÌ„ w t shame but vpon himself shal his crowne florish The CXXXII A psalme of Dauid BEholde how good ioyfull a thinge it is brethreÌ„ to dwell together in vnite It is like y t precious oyntment vpon the heade that ranne downe vnto the beerd eueÌ„ vnto Aarons beerd weÌ„te downe to the skyrtes of his clothinge Like the dewe of Hermon which fell vpon the hill of Sion For there the LORDE promised his blessynge and life for euermore The CXXXIII psalme BEholde O prayse the LORDE all 〈◊〉 seruauntes of the LORDE ye that 〈◊〉 night stoÌ„de in the house of the LORDE 〈◊〉 lift vp youre handes in the Sanctuaâ—◠〈◊〉 prayse the LORDE The LORâ—◠〈…〉 heauen earth blesse the out 〈…〉 The CXXXIIII psalâ—â— â–ª O Prayse y e name 〈…〉 o ye seruauÌ„te◠〈…〉 in y e 〈…〉 of the house of 〈…〉 LORDE for the 〈…〉 For I knowe y t y e LORDE is greate y t o r LORDE is aboue all goddes What so euer y e LORDE pleaseth y t doth he in heaueÌ„ in earth in the see in all depe places He bryngeth forth the cloudes from the endes of the worlde he turneth y e lighteniÌ„ges vnto rayne bringiÌ„ge the wyndes out of their treasuries Which smote the firstborne of Egipte both of man and beest He hath sent tokens and wonders in to the myddest of the o thou londe of Egipte vpon Pharao and all his seruauntes Which smote dyuerse nacions slewe mightie kynges Sihon kynge of y e Amorites Og the kynge of Basan and all the kyngdomes of CanaaÌ„ And gaue their loÌ„de for an heretage for an heretage vnto Israel his people Thy name o LORDE endureth foreuer so doth thy memoriall o LORDE from one generacion to another For the LORDE wil aueÌ„ge his people be gracious vnto his seruauÌ„tes As for the ymages of the HeitheÌ„ they are but syluer and golde the worke of mens haÌ„des They haue mouthes speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and yet they heare not nether is there eny breth iÌ„ their mouthes They that make them are like vnto them so are all they that put their trust in theÌ„ Prayse the LORDE ye house of Israel prayse the LORDE ye house of Aaron Prayse the LORDE ye house of Leui ye that feare y e LORDE prayse the LORDE Praysed be the LORDE out of Sion which dwelleth at IerusaleÌ„ Halleluya The CXXXV psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer O geue thaÌ„kes vnto the God of all goddes for his mercy endureth for euer O thanke the LORDE of all lordes for his mercy endureth for euer â—hich only doth greate wonders for his 〈…〉 endureth for euer Which by his 〈…〉 soome made the heauens for his mercy 〈…〉 for euer Which layed out the earth 〈…〉 waters for his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 hath made greate lightes for 〈…〉 for euer The Sonne 〈…〉 his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 the starres to gouerne 〈…〉 endureth for euer 〈…〉 their firstborne 〈…〉 for euer And 〈…〉 them for 〈…〉 reed see in to partes for his mercy endureth for euer And made Israel to go thorow y e myddest of it for his mercy endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoost he ouer threwe them in the reed see for his mercy endureth for euer Which led his people thorow the wyldernesse for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote greate kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Yee and slewe mightie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sihon kynge of the Amorites
helpe of God ouerloke it better amende it Now wil I exhorte the who so euer thou be y e readest scripture yf thou fynde oughte therin y t thou vnderstondest not or that apeareth to be repugnaunt geue no temerarious ner haystye iudgmeÌ„t therof but ascrybe it to thyne awne ignoraunce not to the scrypture thynke y t thou vnderstondest it not or y t it hath some other meanynge or y t it is happlye ouersene of y e interpreters or wronge prynted Agayne it shall greately helpe y t to vnderstonde scripture yf thou marke not onely what is spoken or wrytten but of whom vnto whom with what wordes at what tyme where to what intent with what circumstaunce consyderynge what goeth before and what foloweth after For there be some thynges which are done wrytteÌ„ to the intente y t we shulde do lykewyse as whan Abraham beleueth God is obedient vnto his worde defendeth Loth his kynsman from violent wronge There be some thynges also which are wrytteÌ„ to the intente y t we shulde eschue soch lyke As whan Dauid lyeth with Vrias wyfe causeth him to be slayne Therfore I saye whan thou readest scripture be wyse circumspecte whan thou commest to soch straunge maners of speakynge darke sentences to soch parables similitudes to soch dreames or vysions as are hyd from thy vnderstondynge coÌ„mytte them vnto God or to the gyfte of his holy sprete in them y t are better lerned then thou As for the commendacyon of Gods holy scripture I wolde fayne magnifye it as it is worthy but I am farre vnsufficieÌ„t therto therfore I thoughte it better for me to holde my tonge then with few wordes to prayse or commeÌ„de it exhortynge y e most deare reader so to loue it so to cleue vnto it so to folowe it in thy daylye conuersacyon y t other men seynge thy good workes the frutes of y e holy goost in the maye prayse the father of heauen geue his worde a good reporte for to lyue after the lawe of God to leade a vertuous conuersacyon is the greatest prayse y t thou canst geue â—nto his doctryne But as touchynge the euell reporte and disprayse that the good worde of God hath by the corrupte and euell conuersacyon of some y t daylye heare it and professe it outwardly with theyr mouthes I exhorte y e most deare reader let not y t offende the ner withdrawe thy mynde froÌ„ the loue of y e trueth nether moue y e to be partaker in lyke vnthankfulnes but seynge y e lighte is come in to the worlde loue nomore the workes of darknes receaue not the grace of god in vayne Call to thy remembraunce how louynge mercifull God is vnto the how kyndly and fatherly he helpeth the in alâ— trouble teacheth thyne ignoraunce healeth the in all thy sycknesse forgeueth the all thy synnes fedeth y e geueth the drynke helpeth y e out of preson norysheth the in straunge countrees careth for the seyeth y t thou wante nothynge Call this to mynde I saye that earnestly and consydre how thou hast receaued of god all these benefites yee and many mo then thou canst desyre how thou art bounde lykewise to shewe thy selfe vnto thy neghboure as farre as thou canst to teach him yf he be ignoraunt to helpe him in all his trouble to heale his sycknes to forgeue him his offences and that hartely to fede him to cherish him to care for him and to se y t he wante nothyng· And on this behalfe I beseke the thou y t hast y e ryches of this worlde and louest God with thy harte to lyfte vp thyne eyes and se how greate a multitude of poore people renne thorow euery towne haue pitie on thyne awne flesh helpe them with a good harte and do with thy councell all that euer thou canst that this vnshamefast beggynge maye be put downe that these ydle folkes maye be set to laboure that soch as are not able to get theyr lyuynge maye be prouyded for At the leest thou y t art of councell with soch as are in auctoryte geue them some occasyon to cast theyr heades together and to make prouysyon for the poore Put the in remembraunce of those noble cityes in other countrees that by the auctoryte of theyr prynces haue so rychely aÌ„d well prouided for theyr poore people to the greate shame deshonestye of vs yf we lykewyse receauynge y e worde of God shewe not soch lyke frutes therof wolde God y t those men whose office is to maynteyne y e comon welth were as diligent in this cause as they are in other Let vs bewarre by tymes for after vnthankfulnes there foloweth euer a plage the mercyful hande of God be with vs defende vs that we be not partakers therof Go to now most deare reader syt the downe at the Lordes fete and reade his wordes as Moses teacheth the Iewes take them in to theyr herte let thy talkynge communicacion be of them whan thou syttest in thyne house or goest by y e waye whan thou lyest downe whan thou ryseth vp And aboue all thynges fasshyon thy lyfe coÌ„uersacion acordyng to the doctryne of the holy goost therin that thou mayest be partaker of y e good promyses of god in the Byble be heyre of his blessynge in Christ. In whom yf thou put thy trust be an vnfayned reader or hearer of hys worde with thy hert thou shalt fynde swetenesse theryn spye woÌ„derous thynges to thy vnderstondynge to the auoydynge of all sedicyous sectes to the abhorrynge of thy olde synfull lyfe to the stablyshynge of thy godly conuersacyon In the first boke of Moses called Genesis thou mayest lerne to knowe the almightye power of god in creatynge all of naught his infinite wysdome in ordryng the same his ryghteousnes in punyshynge y e vngodly his loue fatherly mercy in comfortynge the righteous with his promes c. In the seconde boke called Exodus we se the myghtye arme of god in delyuerynge his people from so greate bondage out of Egypte and what prouysyon he maketh for them in the wildernes how he teacheth them with his wholsome worde and how the Tabernacle was made and set vp In the thyrde boke called Leuiticus is declared what sacrifices the prestes Leuites vsed and what theyr office ministracyon was In the fourth boke called Numerus is declared how the people are nombred and mustred how the captaynes are chosen after y e trybes kynreds how they weÌ„te forth to y e battayll how they pitched theyr tentes how they brake vp The fyfth boke called Deuteronomium sheweth how that Moses now beynge olde rehearseth the lawe of god vnto y e people putteth them in remembraunce agayne of all the wonders benefices that god had shewed for them and exhorteth them earnestly to loue y e Lorde theyr god to cleue vnto him to put their trust
awaye Then departed she and wandred out of the waye in y e wyldernes beside Berseba Now whan the water in the botell was out she layed the childe vnder a bush and wente and sat hir downe ouer on y e other syde a bowe shote of For she sayde I can not se the childe dye And she sat hir downe ouer on y e other syde and lifte vp hir voyce and wepte Then God herde the voyce of the childe and the angell of God called vnto Agar out of heauen and sayde vnto her What ayleth the Agar Feare not for God hath herde y e voyce of the childe where he lyeth Aryse and take the childe and holde him by the hande for I wyll make a greate people of him And God opened hir eyes that she sawe a well of water Then wente she and fylled y e botell with water and gaue y e childe drynke And God was with the childe which grew vp and dwelt in y e wildernes and became a connynge archer and dwelt in y e wildernes of Pharan and his mother toke him a wyfe out of the londe of Egipte At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham and sayde God is with the in all that thou doest Therfore sweare now vnto me by God that thou wilt not hurt me ner my children ner my childers children but that thou shalt shewe vnto me and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the. Then sayde Abraham I wyll sweare And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of water which Abimelechs seruauntes had taken awaye by violence Then answered Abimelech I knewe not who dyd it nether dyddest thou tell me and I haue not herde of it but this daye Thē toke Abraham shepe and oxen and gaue them vnto Abimelech and they both made a bonde together And Abraham set seuen lambes by them selues Then sayde Abimelech vnto Abrahā What meane those seuen lambes which thou hast set by them selues He answered seuē lambes shalt thou take of my hande that they maye be wytnes vnto me that I haue dygged this well Therfore is the place called Berseba because they sware there both together And so they made the bonde at Berseba Then rose Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne and departed agayne in to the londe of y e Philistynes And Abraham planted trees at Berseba and called vpon the name of the LORDE y e euerlastinge God and was a straunger in y e londe of the Philistynes a longe season The XXII Chapter AFter these actes God tempted Abraham and sayde vnto him Abraham And he answered I am here And he sayde Take y e sonne this onely sonne of thine euē Isaac whom thou louest and go thy waye in to the londe of Moria offre him there for a burnt offerynge vpon a mountayne that I shal shew the. Then Abraham stode vp by tymes in the mornynge and sad led his Asse and toke with him two yonge men and his sonne Isaac and cloue wodd for the brent offerynge gat him vp and wente on vnto the place wherof the LORDE had sayde vnto him Vpon the thirde daye Abraham lift vp his eyes and sawe the place a farre of and sayde vnto his yonge mē Tary ye here with the Asse as for me and the childe we wyl go yonder and whan we haue worshipped we wyll come to you againe And Abrahā toke the wodd to the brent offerynge and layed it vpon Isaac his sonne As for him self he toke the fyre and a knyfe in his hande and wente on both together Then sayde Isaac vnto his father Abraham My father Abraham answered here I am my sonne And he sayde lo here is fyre and wodd but where is the shepe for the brent offerynge Abraham answered My sonne God shall prouyde him a shepe for the brent offerynge And they wente both together And whan they came to the place which God shewed him Abraham buylded there an altare and layed the wodd vpon it and bande his sonne Isaac layed him on the altare aboue vpō the wood and stretched out his hande and toke the knyfe to haue slayne his sonne Then the angell of the LORDE called from heauen vnto him and sayde Abraham Abraham He answered here am I. He sayde Laye not thy handes vpon the childe do nothinge vnto him for now I knowe that thou fearest God and hast not spared thine onely sonne for my sake Then Abraham lift vp his eyes and sawe behynde him a ramme holdē fast by the hornes in the breres and wente and toke the ramme and offred him for a brent sacrifice in steade of his sonne And Abraham called the place The LORDE shall prouyde Therfore it is a comon sayenge yet this daye Vpon the mountayne shal the LORDE prouyde And the angell of the LORDE cryed vnto Abraham from heauen the seconde tymy and sayde I haue sworen by myne owne self sayeth the LORDE that for so moch as thou hast done this and hast not spared thine onely sonne I wyll prospere and multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen and as the sonde vpon the see shore And thy sede shall possesse the gates of his enemies and in thy sede shal all the nacions of the earth be blessed because thou hast herkened vnto my voyce So Abraham turned ageyne to the yonge men and they gat vp and wente together vnto Berseba and dwelt there After these actes it fortuned that it was tolde Abraham Beholde Milca hath borne children also vnto thy brother Nahor namely Hus y e eldest and Bus his brother and Kemnel of whom came the Syrians and Cesed and Haso and Pildas and Iedlaph and Bethuel And Bethuel begat Rebecca These eight dyd Milca beare vnto Nahor Abrahams brother And his concubyne called Rehuma bare also namely Theba Sahan Thahas and Maacha The XXIII Chapter SAra was an hundreth and senē and twentye yeare olde so longe lyued she and dyed in the head cite which is called Hebron in the lande of Canaan Then wente Abraham to mourne and wepe for her Afterwarde he stode vp from his coarse and talked with the Hethites sayde I am a straūger and an indweller amonge you geue me a possession to bury in with you that I maye bury my coarse by me Then the Hethites answered Abraham and sayde vnto him O heare lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs bury thy dead in the best of oure sepulcres there shall none of vs forbyd y e that thou shuldest not bury thy deed in his sepulcre Then Abraham stode vp and thanked the people of y e londe namely the Hethites And he talked with them and sayde Yf it be youre wyll that I burye my coarse by me heare me thē speake for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar that he maye geue me the dubble caue which he hath in y e ende of his felde For a reasonable money let
go Then sayde y e LORDE vnto Moses Aaron Take youre handes full of aszshes out of the fornace let Moses sprenkle it towarde heauen before Pharao that it maye be dust in all the lande of Egipte that there maye be sores blaynes vpon men vpon catell in all the lande of Egipte And they toke aszshes out of y e fornace stode before Pharao Moses sprenkled it towarde heaueÌ„ Then were there sores and blaynes vpon men vpon catell so that the Sorcerers might not stoÌ„de before Moses by reason of the sores For there were sores vpoÌ„ the Sorcerers as well as vpon all the Egipcians But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert so that he herkened not vnto them eueÌ„ as the LORDE had sayde vnto Moses Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses Get the vp tomorow by tymes stonde before Pharao speake vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of the Hebrues let my people go y t they maye serue me els wyll I at this tyme sende all my plages in to thine hert vpon thy seruauÌ„tes vpon thy people that thou mayest knowe y t there is none like me in all londes For I will now stretch out my hande smyte the thy people w t pestilence so y t thou shalt be roted out from the earth Yet haue I stered y e vp for this cause euen to shew my power vpon y e and that my name might be declared in all londes Thou holdest my people yet wilt not let them go beholde tomorow aboute this tyme wyll I cause a mightie greate hayle to rayne soch as hath not bene in the londe of Egipte sence the tyme that it was grouÌ„ded hither to And now sende thou saue thy catell all y t thou hast in the felde for all men catell that shal be founde in the felde not brought in to the houses yf the hayle fall vpon them they shall dye Now who so feared the worde of the LORDE amonge Pharaos seruauntes caused his seruauntes catell to flye in to the houses but loke whose hertes regarded not the worde of y e LORDE left their seruauntes and catell in the felde Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses Strech out thy hande towarde heaueÌ„ that it maye hayle vpon all the lande of Egipte vpon men vpon catell vpon all herbes of the felde in the lande of Egipte So Moses stretched out his staff towarde heauen and the LORDE caused it to thonder hayle so y t the fyre ranne alonge vpon the earth Thus the LORDE hayled rayned vpon the londe of Egipte so that the hayle fyre wente so horrybly together as neuer was in all the laÌ„de of Egipte sens the tyme that there were people therin And the hayle smote the whole lande of Egipte all that was vpon y e felde both men catell smote all the herbes vpon the felde brake all the trees vpon y e felde saue onely in the lande of Gosen where the childreÌ„ of Israel were there it hayled not Then sent Pharao called for Moses Aaron sayde vnto them Now haue I synned y e LORDE is righteous but I my people are vngodly Yet praye ye vnto the LORDE that the thonder hayle of God maye ceasse then wyl I let you go that ye shal tary here no longer Moses sayde vnto him Whan I am come out of the cite I wyll stretch out myne handes vnto the LORDE so shal the thonder ceasse there shal be nomore hayle that thou mayest knowe that the earth is the LORDES But I knowe y t both thou thy seruauntes feare not yet the LORDE God Thus the flax and the barlye were smytten for the barlye was shot vp y e flax was boulled but the wheate and y e râ—e were not smytten for they were late sowen So Moses wente from Pharao out of y e cite stretched out his haÌ„des vnto y e LORDE And y e thoÌ„der the hayle ceassed the rayne dropped not vpoÌ„ the earth But whaÌ„ Pharao sawe y t the rayne thonder hayle ceassed he synned agayne and herdened his hert he his seruauntes So Pharaos hert was hardened y t he let not the childreÌ„ of Israel go eueÌ„ as the LORDE had sayde by Moses The X. Chapter ANd the LORDE saide vnto Moses Go in vnto Pharao for I haue hardened his hert the hertes of his seruauÌ„tes y t I might do these my tokeÌ„s amonge theÌ„ that thou mightest shewe it in the eares of thy children of thy childers children what I haue done in Egipte and how I haue shewed my tokens amoÌ„ge theÌ„ that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE So Moses Aaron wente in vnto Pharao spake vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of the Hebrues How longe refusest thou to submyt thy self vnto me to let my people go y t they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people go beholde tomorow wil I cause greshoppers to come vpon all places y t they maye couer the lande so y t the lande can not be sene they shal eate vp y t is left you was delyuered froÌ„ the hayle shal eate vp all yo r grene trees vpon the felde shal fyll thy house all y e seruauÌ„tes houses all the Egipcians houses soch as y e fathers y e fathers fathers haue not sene sens the tyme y t they were vpon earth vnto this daye And he turned him wente out from Pharao Then saide Pharaos seruauntes vnto him How longe shall we be snared after this maner Let the men go that they may serue y e LORDE their God Knowest thou not yet y t Egipte is destroyed Moses Aaron were brought agayne to Pharao which saide vnto them Go yo r waye serue y e LORDE yo r God But who are they y t shall go Moses sayde We wil go w t yonge olde w t sonnes and doughters with shepe and oxeÌ„ â–ª for we haue a feast of the LORDE He sayde vnto theÌ„ Let it be so the LORDE be with you Shulde I let you go yo r childreÌ„ also loke that ye haue not some myschefe in haÌ„de Not so but go ye that are men and serue the LORDE for that was youre desyre And they thrust them out from Pharao TheÌ„ saide y e LORDE vnto Moses Stretch out thine hande ouer y e londe of Egipte for the greshoppers y t they maye come vpoÌ„ y e londe of Egipte eate vp all the herbes in the londe w t all y t escaped the hayle Moses stretched out his staff ouer y e lande of Egipte the LORDE brought an east wynde in to the londe all y t daye all y t night in the mornynge the east wynde brought the greshoppers And they came ouer the whole lande of Egipte and lighted in all places of Egipte so exceadinge many that before tyme there were neuer soch nether
bloude of my sacrifice with sowre dowe and the fat of my feast shal not remayne till the mornynge The first of the first frutes of thy felde shalt thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE thy God And shalt not seeth a kydd whyle it is in his mothers mylke Beholde I sende an angell before the to kepe the in the waye and to brynge the vnto the place that I haue prepared Therfore be warre of his face and herken vnto his voyce and anger him not for he shall not spare youre myszdedes my name is in him But yf thou shalt herken vnto his voyce and do all that I shal tell the then wyl I be enemie vnto thy enemyes and aduersary vnto thy aduersaries Now whā myne angell goeth before the bryngeth the vnto y e Amorites Hethites Pheresites Cananites Heuites Iebusites I shall haue destroyed them then shalt thou not worshipe their goddes ner serue them nether shalt thou do as they do but shalt ouerthrowe their goddes breake thē downe But y e LORDE yo r God shal ye serue so shal he blesse thy bred thy water and I wyl remoue all sicknesse from the. There shal be nothinge baren ner vnfrutefull in thy londe and I wil fulfill the nombre of thy dayes I wil sende my feare before the and sley all the people where thou cōmest will make all thine enemies to turne their backes vpō the. I wyll sende hornettes before y e and dryue out the Heuytes Cananites and Hethytes before the ▪ In one yeare wyl I not cast thē out before the y t the londe become not waist wylde beastes multiply agaynst y t By litle litle wyll I dryue them out before the tyll thou growe haue the londe in possession And I wil set the borders of thy londe euen from the reed see vnto y e see of the Philistynes from the wyldernes vnto the water For I wil delyuer the indwellers of the londe in to thine hande y t thou shalt dryue them out before the. Thou shalt make no couenaunt w t them ner with their goddes but let thē not dwell in thy lande that they make the not synne ageynst me For yf thou serue their goddes it wil surely be thy decaye The XXIIII Chapter ANd he sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto the LORDE thou Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the seuētie elders of Israel worshipe afarre of But let Moses onely come nye vnto the LORDE and let not them come nye and let not the people also come vp with him Moses came and tolde the people all the wordes of the LORDE all the lawes Then answered all the people with one voyce and sayde All y e wordes that the LORDE hath sayde wyl we do Then wrote Moses all the wordes of y e LORDE gat him vp bytymes in the mornynge * buylded an altare vnder y e mount with twolue pilers acordinge to the twolue trybes of Israel sent twolue yonge mē of the children of Israel to offre burnt offerynges and peace offerynges theron of bullockes vnto the LORDE And Moses toke the half parte of the bloude and put it in a basen the other half sprenkled he vpon the altare toke the boke of y e couenaunt cried in the eares of the people And whan they had sayde All y t the LORDE hath sayde wil we do herken vnto him Moses toke the bloude sprenkled it vpon the people sayde Beholde this is y e bloude of the couenaunt that the LORDE maketh w t you vpon all these wordes Then wente Moses Aaron Nadab Abihu the seuentye elders of Israel vp sawe y e God of Israel Vnder his fete it was like a stone worke of Saphyre as the fashion of heauē whā it is cleare he put not his hāde vpō the pryncipall of Israel And whan they had sene God they ate dronke And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto me vpon the mount remayne there y t I maye geue the tables of stone y e lawe commaundemētes y t I haue wrytten which thou shalt teach thē Then Moses gat him vp his mynister Iosua wente vp in to the mount of God sayde vnto the elders Tary ye here tyll we come to you agayne beholde Aaron and Hur are with you yf eny mā haue a matter to do let him brynge it vnto them Now whā Moses came vp in to y e moūt a cloude couered y e mount the glory of y e LORDE abode vpon mount Sinai couered it w t the cloude sixe dayes vpon the seuēth daye he called Moses out of y e cloude And y e fashion of y e glory of y e LORDE was like a cōsumynge fyre vpon the toppe of y e mount in the sight of the children of Israel And Moses wente in to the myddest of the cloude and ascēded vp in to the mount and abode vpon the mount fourtye dayes fourtye nightes The XXV Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked w t Moses ayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel y t they geue me an Heue offerynge take the some of euery man that hath a frewyllynge hert therto And this is the Heue-offerynge that ye shal take of them Golde syluer brasse yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke goates hayre reed skynnes of rammes doo skynnes Fyrre tre oyle for lampes spyces for the anoyntynge oyle and for swete incense Onix stones and set stones for the ouerbody cote and for the brestlappe And they shall make me a Sanctuary that I maie dwell amonge them Like as I shal shewe y e a patrone of the Habitacion and of all the ornamentes therof so shall ye make it Make an Arke of Fyrre tre two cubytes a half longe a cubyte a half brode and a cubyte an half hye this shalt thou ouerleye with pure golde within and without make an hye vpō it a crowne of golde rounde aboute and cast foure rynges of golde put them in the foure corners of it so that two rynges be vpon the one syde and two vpon the other syde And make staues of Fyrre tre and ouerlaye them with golde and put them in the rynges alonge by the sydes of the Arke to beare it withall and they shal abyde styll in the rynges not be takē out And in y e Arke thou shalt laye the wytnesse that I wyl geue the. Thou shalt make a Mercyseate also of pure golde two cubytes and a half longe and a cubyte a half brode And thou shalt make two Cherubyns of beaten golde vpō both y e endes of the Mercyseate y t the one Cherub maye be vpon the one ende the other vpon the other ende so to be two Cherubyns vpon the endes of the Mercyseate And the Cherubyns shall sprede out
eny ymage that is like a man or woman or beest vpon earth or fethered foule vnder the heauen or worme vpon the grounde or fyszshe in the water vnder y e earth y t thou lifte not vp thine eyes towarde heauen and se the Sonne and the Moone the starres and the whole hoost of heaueÌ„ and be disceaued and worshippe and serue them which the LORDE y i God hath made to serue all nacioÌ„s vnder y e whole heaueÌ„ But you hath the LORDE taken and broughte you out of the yron fornace namely out of Egipte that ye shulde be the people of his enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye And the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes so that he sware y t I shulde not go ouer Iordane ner come in to that good londe which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaunce As for me I must dye in this londe and shal not go ouer Iordane But ye shal go ouer and shall haue that good loÌ„de in possession Take hede therfore vnto youre selues that ye forget not the conuenaunt of the LORDE youre God and that ye make no ymages of eny maner of faszhion as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded For the LORDE thy God is a consumynge fyre and a gelous God Yf whan ye haue begotten children and childers children and haue dwelt in the londe ye marre youre selues make you ymages of eny maner of faszhion and do euell in the sighte of y e LORDE youre God to prouoke him I call heauen and earth to recorde ouer you this daie that ye shall shortly pâ—rishe froÌ„ the londe in to y e which ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it Ye shal not dwell longe therin but shal vtterly be destroyed And y e LORDE shal scater you amonge y e nacions and ye shall be left a small people amoÌ„ge y e Heythen whyther the LORDE shall brynge you There shal ye serue goddes which are y e workes of mens handes euen wodd stone which nether se ner heare ner eate ner smell But yf thou seke the LORDE y e God there thou shalt finde him yee yf thou seke him w t thy whole hert and with all y e soule Whan thou shalt be strately troubled whaÌ„ all these thinges shal come vpoÌ„ the in y e latter dayes then shalt thou turne agayne to y e LORDE thy God and be obedient vnto his voice For y e LORDE y e God is a mercifull God he shal not forsake the ner destroye the nether shall he forget the couenaunt with thy fathers which he sware vnto them For axe after the tymes past which haue bene before the sens the daie y t God created man vpon earth from one ende of the heaueÌ„ vnto the other whether there was euer eny soch greate thinge done or eny soch like herde that a people hath herde y e voyce of God speake out of the fyre as thou hast herde yet liued Or whether God assaied to go take vnto him a people out of y e myddes of a nacion thorow tentacions thorow tokens thorow wonders thorow warre thorow a mightie hande thorow a stretched out arme and thorow greate visioÌ„s acordinge vnto all as the LORDE youre God hath done with you in Egipte before thine eyes Thou hast sene it y t thou mightest knowe that the LORDE is God and that there is none other but he onely Out of heauen made he the to heare his voyce that he might nurtoure the and vpon earth he shewed the his greate feare out of y e fyre thou herdest his wordes because he loued y e fathers chose their sede after theÌ„ And he brought y t out w t his presence thorow his mightie power out of Egipte to dryue out before the nacions greater and mighter then thou and to bringe y e in y t he might geue the their loÌ„de to enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye turne it into thine herte that the LORDE is God aboue in heauen and beneth vpon earth and that there is no mo Kepe his ornaunces therfore and commaundementes which I commaunde the this daie theÌ„ shal it go well w t the and thy children after the so that thy life shal longe endure in y e londe which the LORDE the God geueth the thy life longe Then separated Moses thre cities beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge y t he might flye thither which had slayne his neghboure vnawarres hated him not a fore tyme y t he might flye in to one of these cities lyue Bezer in y e wildernes in the playne countre amonge the Rubenites Ramoth in Gilead amoÌ„ge y e Gaddites Golan in Basan amonge the Manassites This is the lawe which Moses layed before the children of Israel these are the testimonies ordinaunces lawes y t Moses spake vnto the children of Israel after they were departed out of Egipte beyonde Iordane in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor in y e londe of Sion kynge of y e Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon whom Moses the childreÌ„ of Israel smote after they were departed out of Egipte conquered his laÌ„de the londe of Og kynge of Basan two kynges of the Amorites which were beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge froÌ„ Aroer which lyeth vpon y e ryuer syde of Arnon vnto mount Sion which is Hermon all y e playne felde beyonde Iordane eastwarde vnto the see in y e plaine felde vnder mount Pisga The V. Chapter ANd Moses called all Israel sayde vnto theÌ„ Heare Israel the ordinaunces lawes which I speake in yo r eares this daye lerne them kepe theÌ„ so that ye do therafter The LORDE oure God made a couenaunt with vs at Horeb he made not this couenaunt with oure fathers but with vs that are here this daie and lyue euery one He talked with vs face to face out of the fyre vpoÌ„ the mount I stode at the same tyme betwixte the LORDE and you that I mighte shewe you the worde of the LORDE For ye were afrayed of the fyre wente not vp to the mount and he sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my sighte Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage of eny maner of licknesse of the thinges y t are aboue in heauen beneth vpon earth in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not hono r them ner serue theÌ„ For I y e LORDE y e God am a gelous God vysitinge the synne of the fathers vpoÌ„ the children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion of theÌ„ y t hate me shewe mercye vpon many thousandes y t loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take y e name of y
this daye that whan thou hast eaten art fylled and hast buylded goodly houses dwellest therin and whan thy beestes and shepe and syluer and golde and all y t thou hast increaseth thine hert ryse not then and thou forget the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the londe of Egipte frō y e house of bondage and led y e thorow this greate terrible wyldernes where were serpentes that spouted fyre and Scorpions drouth and where there was no water and brought the water out of the hard flynte and fed the in the wyldernesse with Manna wherof y e fathers knewe not that he might chasten the and proue the to do the good afterwarde and lest thou saye in thine hert My power and the mighte of myne awne hande hath done me all this good But that thou thynke vpon the LORDE thy God For it is HE which geueth the power to exercyse strength that he maye perfourme the couenaunt which he sware vnto thy fathers as it is come to passe this daye But yf thou shalt forget the LORDE thy God and folowe other goddes and serue them and worshipe thē I testifye ouer you this daye that ye shal vtterly perishe Euen as the Heythen whom y e LORDE destroyeth before youre face so shall ye perishe also because ye are not obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God The IX Chapter HEare O Israel This daie shalt thou go ouer Iordane that thou maiest come in to conquere the nacions which are greater and mightier then thou greate cities walled vp vnto heauen a greate people and of an hye stature namely the childrē of Enakim whom thou hast knowne and of whom thou hast herde saye Who is able to stonde agaynst the children of Enakim Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye that the LORDE y e God goeth before the a cōsumynge fyre He shal destroye thē and shal◠subdue them before the and shal driue them out shortly shall he brynge thē to naught as the LORDE hath promysed the. Now whan the LORDE thy God hath expelled them out before the saye not thou thē in thine hert The LORDE hath brought me in to take possession of this lande for myne awne righteousnes sake where as y e LORDE yet dryueth out the Heithen before the because of their vngodlynes For thou commest not in to take their londe in possession for thine awne righteousnes sake and because of thy right hert but the LORDE dryueth out these Heythen for their awne vngodlynesse sake and that he maye perfourme the worde which the LORDE hath sworne vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Vnderstonde now therfore that the LORDE y e God geueth not the this londe to possesse it for thine awne righteousnes sake For thou art a styffnecked people Remembre and forget not how thou displeasedest the LORDE thy God in the wildernesse Sence y e daye that thou departedst out of the londe of Egipte tyll ye came vnto this place haue ye bene dishobedient vnto the LORDE For in Horeb ye angred the LORDE so that of wrath he wolde haue destroyed you whan I was gone vp to y e mount to receaue the tables of stone namely the tables of the couenaunt which the LORDE made w t you and I abode fortye dayes fortye nightes vpon the mount and ate no bred dranke no water and the LORDE gaue me y e two tables of stone wrytten with the fynger of God and in them was acordinge to all the wordes which the LORDE sayde vnto you vpon the mount out of the fyre in the daye of the gatheringe together And after the fortye dayes and fortye nightes y e LORDE gaue me y e two tables of stone namely y e tables of the couenaunt and sayde vnto me vp get y e downe quyckly from hence for thy people whom thou broughtest out of Egipte haue marred thē selues they are soone gone out of the waye which I commaunded them and haue made them a molten ymage And the LORDE saide vnto me I se this people that it is a styffnecked people let me alone that I maye destroye them and put out their name from vnder heauē I wyl make of the a people mightier and greater thē this is And as I turned me wente downe frō the mount which brent w t fyre had y e two tables of the couenaunt in both my hādes I loked beholde ye had synned agaynst y e LORDE yo r God so y t ye had made you a molten calfe were soone turned out of y e waie which the LORDE had commaunded you Then toke I the two tables cast them out of both my handes brake thē before youre eyes I fell before the LORDE euen as at the first tyme fortye dayes fortye nightes nether ate bred ner drāke water because of all youre synnes which ye had synned whan ye dyd soch euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath For I was afrayed of the wrath and indignacion wherwith the LORDE was angrie w t you euen to haue destroyed you And the LORDE herde me at that tyme also Morouer the LORDE was very angrie w t Aaron so that he wolde haue destroyed him but I made intercession for Aaron also at y e same tyme. As for youre synne namely the calfe that ye had made I toke it and burnt it with the fyre and smote it a sunder grynde it in peces euen vnto dust and cast the dust in to the broke that descended from the mount Ye displeased the LORDE also at Tabera and at Massa and at the lustgraues and whā he sent you from Cades Barnea and sayde Go vp and conquere the londe which I haue geuen you And ye were disobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God and beleued not on him and herkened not vnto his voyce for ye haue bene disobediēt vnto the LORDE as longe as I haue knowne you Thē fell I before y e LORDE fortye daies and fortye nightes which I laye there For y e LORDE sayde he wolde destroye you But I made intercession vnto the LORDE and sayde O LORDE LORDE destroye not y e people and thine enheritaunce which thou thorow thy greate power hast delyuered and broughte out of Egipte with a mightie hāde Remembre thy seruauntes Abraham Isaac and Iacob Loke not vpon the stubburnesse and vngodlynesse and synne of this people that the londe wherout thou hast broughte vs saye not The LORDE was not able to bringe them in to the lande that he promysed them and because he hated them therfore hath he broughte them out to destroye thē in the wyldernesse For they are thy people thine enheritaunce which thou hast broughte out w t thy greate power and with thy stretched out arme The X. Chapter AT the same tyme sayde the LORDE vnto me Hew y e two tables
ner speare amonge fortye thousande in Israel My hert loueth y e teachers of Israel ye y t are frewyllinge amonge the people prayse the LORDE Ye that ryde vpoÌ„ fayre Asses ye that syt in iudgment and geue sentence ye that go by the waye prayse the LORDE WhaÌ„ y e archers cried betwene y e drawers of water then was it spokeÌ„ of y e righteousnes of the LORDE of the righteousnes of his huszbande men in Israel then ruled the people of the LORDE vnder the gates Vp Debbora vp get the vp get the vp rehearse a songe Arise Barak catch him y t catched the thou sonne of Abinoam Then had the desolate the rule with the mightie of the people The LORDE had y e dominion thorow the giauntes Out of Ephraim was their rote against Amalek and after him Ben Iamin in thy people Out of Machir haue teachers ruled and out of ZabuloÌ„ are there become gouernours thorow the wrytinge penne And out of Isachar there were prynces with Debbora and Isachar was as Barak in y e valley sent with his people on fote Aâ— for Ruben he stode hye in his awne consayte and separated him selfe from vs. Why abodest thou betwixte the borders whan thou herdest the noyse of the flockes because Ruben stode hye in his awne coÌ„sayte and separated him selfe from vs. Gilead abode beyonde Iordane and why dwelt Dan amonge the shippes Asser sat in the hauen of the see and taried in his porcions But Zabulons people ioperde their life vnto death Nephtali also in the toppe of y e felde of Merom The kynges came foughte then foughte y e kynges of the Cananites at Thaanah by the water of Megiddo but spoyle of money broughte they not there from From heaueÌ„ were they foughteÌ„ agaynst the starres in their courses foughte with Sissera The broke Cyson ouerwhelmed them the broke Kedumim yee the broke Cyson My soule treade thou vpon the mightie Then made the horse fete a ruszshinge together for the greate violence of their mightie horse men Curse the cite of Meros sayde y e angell of the LORDE curse the citesyns therof be cause they come not to helpe y e LORDE to helpe the LORDE to the giauntes Blessynge amonge wemen haue Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite blessinge haue she in the tente amonge the wemen Whan he axed water she gaue him mylke broughte forth butter in a lordlydâ—szshe She toke holde of the nale w t hir hande the smyth hammer with hir righte hande and smote Sissera cut of his heade pearsed and bored thorow his temples He bowed him selfe downe at hir fete he fell downe and laye there He sanke downe and fell at hir fete whan he had soncke downe he laye there destroyed His mother loked out at the wyndowe cried piteously thorow the trâ—llace Why tarieth his charet out so loÌ„ge that he coÌ„meth not Wherfore do the wheles of his charet make so longe tarienge The wysest amoÌ„ge his ladies answered sayde vnto her Shulde they not finde deuide the spoyle vnto euery man a fayre mayde or two for a pray partye coloured garmeÌ„tes of nedle worke to Sissera for a spoyle partye coloured garmentes of nedle worke aboute the necke for a pray Thus all thine enemies must perishe O LORDE but they that loue the shal be euen as the Sonne rysinge vp in his mighte And the londe had peace fortye yeares The VI. Chapter ANd whan the children of Israel dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE the LORDE delyuered them vnder the hande of the Madianites vij yeares And whaÌ„ the hande of the Madianites was to mightie ouer the children of Israel the children of Israel made them clyffes in y e mountaynes and caues and holdes to defende them selues from y e Madianites And whan Israel sowed eny thinge y e Madianites and Amalechites and the children towarde the south came vp vpon them and pitched their teÌ„tes agaynst them and destroyed the increase of the londe downe vnto Gasa let nothinge remayne ouer of the beestes in Israel nether shepe ner oxen ner asses For they came vp with their catell and tentes as it had bene a greate multitude of greshoppers so that nether they ner their camels mighte be nombred and fell in to the londe that they mighte destroye it Thus was Israel exceadinge small before the Madianites Then cried the children of Israel vnto the LORDE But whan they cried vnto the LORDE be cause of y e Madianites y e LORDE sent theÌ„ a prophet which sayde vnto theÌ„ Thus saieth the LORDE the God of Israel I caried you out of Egipte broughte you out of y e house of bondage delyuered you from the hande of the Egipcians from the haÌ„de of all them that oppressed you and I haue thrust them out before you geuen you their loÌ„de and sayde vnto you I am the LORDE youre God Feare not ye the goddes of the Amorites in whose londe ye dwell neuertheles ye haue not herkened vnto my voyce And there came an angell of the LORDE sat him downe vnder an Oke at Aphra which belonged vnto Ioas the father of y e Esrites and his sonne Gedeon was throsshinge wheate in the barne that he mighte flye awaye before the Madianites Then appeared vnto him the angell of y e LORDE and sayde vnto him The LORDE with y e thou mightie giaunte But Gedeon sayde vnto him Syr yf the LORDE be w t vs wherfore is all this then happened vnto vs And where are all the wonders which oure fathers tolde vs sayde The LORDE brought vs out of Egipte But now hath the LORDE forsaken vs and delyuered vs in to the hande of the Madianites The LORDE turned him vnto him sayde Go thy waye in this thy strength thou shalt delyuer Israel out of the hande of y e Madianites I haue sent the. But he sayde My LORDE wherwithall shal I delyuer Israel Beholde my kynred is the smallest in Manasse I am the leest in my fathers house The LORDE sayde vnto him I will be w t the so y t thou shalt smyte the Madianites euen as though they were but one man He sayde vnto him Yf I haue fouÌ„de grace in thy sighte then make me a token that it is thou which speakest with me go not awaye tyll I come to y e and brynge a meat-offerynge to set before the. He sayde I wyll tary tyll thou coÌ„mest agayne And Gedeon weÌ„te and made ready a kydd and an Epha of vnleuended floure and layed the flesh in a maunde and put the broth in a pot and broughte it forth vnto him vnder the Oke and came nye But the angell of God sayde vnto him Take the flesh and the vnleuended bred set it vpon the stonye rocke that is here and poure the broth theron And he dyd so Then the angell of the LORDE stretched out the staffe that he had in his
thither to seke the. And whan they sayde He is not here he toke an ooth of the same kyngdome and nacion that they had not founde the. And now thou sayest Go tell y e LORDE beholde Elias is here Now whan I were gone from the the sprete of the LORDE shulde take y e awaye I can not tell whither and yf I then came and tolde Achab and founde the not he shulde slaye me But thy seruaunt feareth the LORDE from his youth vp Hath it not bene tolde my lorde what I dyd whan Iesabel slewe the prophetes of the LORDE how that I hyd an hundreth of the LORDES prophetes here fiftye and there fiftye in the caues and prouyded for them with bred and water And thou sayest now Go thy waye tell thy lorde Elias is here that he maye slaye me Elias saide As truly as y e LORDE Zebaoth lyueth before whom I stōde I wil shewe my selfe vnto him this daye Then wēte Abdia to mete Achab tolde him And Achab wēte for to mete Elias And whan Achab sawe Elias Achab sayde vnto him Art thou he that troublest Israel He sayde I trouble not Israel but it is thou and thy fathers house because ye haue forsaken the commaundementes of the LORDE and walke after Baal Go to sende forth now and gather me all Israel together vnto mount Carmell and the foure hundreth and fiftye prophetes of Baal and the foure hundreth prophetes of y e groue which eate of Iesabels table So Achab sent vnto all the children of Israel gathered the prophetes together vnto mount Carmell Then stepte Elias vnto all the people sayde How longe halte ye on both y e sydes Yf the LORDE be God thē walke after him but yf Baal be he thē folowe him And the people gaue him no answere Thē sayde Elias vnto the people I onely am lefte a prophet of y e LORDE but Baals prophetes are foure C. and fiftie mē Geue vs now two bullockes let them chose one bullocke hewe him in peces laye him vpō the wod put no fyre theron so wil I take y e other bullock laye him vpō the wod put no fyre theron also call ye then vpō the name of yo r god I wil call vpō the name of the LORDE loke which God now answereth with fyre let the same be God And all the people answered sayde That is righte And Elias sayde vnto Baals prophetes Chose ye one bullock and do ye it first for ye are many and call ye vpon the name of youre god laye no fyre theron And they toke the bullock which he gaue them prepared it called vpon the name of Baal from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye and sayde O Baal heare vs. But there was nether voyce ner answere And they hopped aboute the altare as their vse was to do Now whan it was noone daye Elias mocked them and sayde Crye loude For he is a god peraduēture he is musynge or hath somwhat to do or is gone some iourneye or happlye he slepeth so that he wolde be waked vp And they cried loude and prouoked thē selues with knyues botkens as their maner was tyll y e bloude folowed But whan y e noone daye was past they prophecied vntyll the tyme that the meat offerynge shulde be offered there was nether voyce ner answere ner one to regarde them Then sayde Elias vnto all the people Come hither all ye people vnto me And whan all y e people came to him he repayred y e altare of the LORDE y t was broken toke twolue stones acordinge to the nombre of y e trybes of the childrē of Iacob vnto whom the worde of the LORDE spake and sayde Thy name shal be Israel and of y e stones he buylded an altare in the name of the LORDE made a pytt rounde aboute the altare like two forowes in the corne londe prepared the wod hewed y e bullock in peces and layed him vpon the wod sayde Fetch foure pitchers full of water and poured it vpō the burnt offerynge and vpon the wod And he sayde Do it yet once And they dyd it once agayne And he sayde Do it y e thirde tyme. And they dyd it the thirde tyme. And y e water ranne aboute the altare and y e pytt was full of water also And whan the tyme was to offer y e meat offerynge Elias stepte forth and sayde O LORDE God of Abraham of Isaac and of Israel let it be knowne this daye that thou art God in Israel and I thy seruaunt and that I haue done all this acordinge vnto y e worde Heare me O LORDE O heare me y t this people maye knowe how that thou art the LORDE God that thou mayest afterwarde turne their hertes Then fell downe the fyre of the LORDE and consumed the burnt offeringe the wodd the stones and the earth and licked vp the water that was in the pytt Whan all the people sawe that they fell vpon their faces and sayde The LORDE is God y e LORDE is God Elias sayde vnto them Laye handes vpon Baals prophetes y t none of them escape And they toke them And Elias broughte them downe vnto y e broke Cyson slewe thē there And Elias sayde vnto Achab Go vp eate drynke for it soundeth as though it wolde rayne sore And whan Achab wēte vp to eate drinke Elias ascēded vp to the toppe of Carmel bowed him selfe downe to the earth put his heade betwene his knees sayde vnto his lad Go vp and loke towarde the See He wente vp loked sayde There is nothinge He sayde Go agayne seuen tymes And at the seuēth tyme he sayde Beholde there goeth vp a litle cloude out of the see like a mans hande He sayde Go vp and saie vnto Achab Bynde y e charet go downe y t the rayne ouertake the not And or a mā coulde turne him the heauen was blacke w t cloudes wynde there came a greate rayne But Achab rode his waie departed vnto Iesrael And the hāde of y e LORDE came vpō Elias and he gyrde his loynes ranne before Achab tyll he came vnto Iesrael The XIX Chapter ANd Achab tolde Iesabel all y t Elias had done how he had slayne all Baals prophetes w t the swerde Thē sent Iesabel a messaunger vnto Elias sayenge The goddes do this that vnto me yf I tomorow aboute this tyme make not thy soule as one of these Then was he afrayed gat him vp wente where he wolde came vnto Berseba in Iuda and lefte his lad there But he him selfe wente a daies iourney in to y e wyldernes came in sat him downe vnder a Iuniper tre wyszshed vnto his soule y t he mighte dye sayde It is now ynough LORDE take my soule for I am no better then my fathers And he layed him downe slepte vnder the
the Iesraelite which he denyed to geue the for money for Naboth lyueth no more but is deed And whan Achab herde y e Naboth was deed he rose to go downe vn-the vyniarde of Naboth the Iesraelite and to take possession of it But the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite and sayde Get the vp and go downe to mete Achab the kynge of Israel which is at Samaria beholde he is in Naboths vynyarde in to the which he is gone downe to take possession of it and talke thou with him and speake Thus sayeth the LORDE Thou hast slayne and taken in possession And thou shalt talke morouer vnto him and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Euen in the place where the dogges licked vp Naboths bloude shall the dogges licke thy bloude also And Achab sayde vnto Elias Hast thou euer founde me thine enemye He saide Yee I haue founde the because thou art euen solde to do euell in the sighte of the LORDE Beholde I wyll brynge mysfortune vpon the and take awaye thy posterite and wil rote out from Achab euen him that maketh water agaynst the wall and him that is shut vp and lefte behynde in Israel and thy house wyll I make as the house of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and as the house of Baesa the sonne of Ahia because of y e prouocacion wherwhith thou hast prouoked me vnto wrath and made Israel to synne And ouer Iesabel spake the LORDE also and sayde The dogges shal deuoure Iesabel in y e felde of Iesrael Who so of Achab dyeth in y e cite him shal the dogges eate vp and who so dyeth in the felde the foules vnder the heauen shall eate him vp So cleane solde to do myschefe in y e sighte of the LORDE hath no man bene as Achab for his Iesabel hath so disceaued him and he maketh him selfe a greate abhominacion that he goeth after Idols acordīge vnto all as dyd the Amorites whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel But whan Achab herde these wordes he rēte his clothes put a sack cloth on his body fasted and slepte in sack cloth and wente aboute hanginge downe his heade And the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite sayde Hast thou not sene how Achab humbleth him selfe before me For so moch now as he hūbleth him selfe in my sighte I wil not brynge that plage whyle he lyueth but by his sonnes life wil I brynge mysfortune vpon his house The XXII Chapter ANd there passed ouer thre yeares that there was no warre betwene the Sirians Israel But in the thirde yeare wente Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda downe to the kynge of Israel And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto his seruauntes Knowe ye not y t Ramoth in Gilead is oures and we syt styll and take it not out of the hande of the kynge of Syria And he sayde vnto Iosaphat Wilt thou go with me to the battaill vnto Ramoth in Gilead Iosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of Israel I wyll be as thou my people as thy people and my horses as thy horses And Iosaphat sayde vnto y e kynge of Israel Axe this daye at the worde of the LORDE Then the kynge of Israel gathered the prophetes aboute a foure hundreth men and sayde vnto them Shal I go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fighte or shal I let it alone They sayde Go vp y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to y e kinges hande But Iosaphat sayde Is there not one prophet here more of y e LORDE that we maye axe at him The kinge of Israel saide vnto Iosaphat Here is yet a man one Micheas the sonne of Iemla at whom we maye axe of the LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but euell Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so Then called the kynge of Israel a chamberlayne and sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla As for the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kinge of Iuda they sat ether of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes in the place at y e dore of the porte of Samaria and all y e prophetes prophecied before thē And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at y e Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse and sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead thou shalt prospere right well the LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas sayde vnto him Beholde The wordes of y e prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde therfore be as their worde and speake thou good also Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE liueth loke what the LORDE sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shal we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fight or shall we let it alone He sayde vnto him Yee go vp thou shalt prospere righte well the LORDE shall geue it in to the kynges hande But the kynge sayde vnto him agayne I charge y t that thou saye no other thinge vnto me but the trueth in the name of y e LORDE He sayde I sawe all Israel scatred abrode vpon the mountaynes as the shepe that haue no shepherde And the LORDE saide Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Then sayde y e kinge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Tolde not I y e that he wolde prophecye me no good but euell He sayde Heare now therfore the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stōdinge by him at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE saide Who wil disceaue Achab to go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And one sayde this another that Then wēte there forth a sprete stode before the LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde vnto him I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes He saide Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go forth and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuē a false sprete in y e mouth of all these y e prophetes and the LORDE hath spoken euell ouer the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde What is the sprete of the LORDE departed fro me to speake with the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it in y t daye whan thou shalt go frō one chamber to another to hyde the. The kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne with Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the kynges sonne and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him with bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas sayde Yf
he him after y e golde weighâ— for all maner of vessels of euery offyce and all siluer ornamentes after the weight for all maner of vessell of euery offyce and weighâ— for the golden candilstickes and golden lampes for euery candilstycke and his lampes his weight likewyse for the siluer candilstickes gaue he the weight to the candilsticke his lampes acordynge as was requyred for euery candilstycke He gaue golde also for y e tables of the shewbred for euery table his weight â–ª and syluer lykewise for the syluer tables And pure golde for the fleshokes bâ—sens and censors and for the golden cuppes vnto euery cuppe his weight and for the sâ—uer cuppes vnto euery cuppe his weighte and for the altare of incense his weighte of the most pure golde And a patrone of the charett of the golden Cherubins that they mighte sprede out them selues and couer the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE All this is geuen me in wrytinge of the hande of the LORDE to make me vnderstonde all the workes of the patrone And Dauid sayde vnto SalomoÌ„ his sonne Be thou manly and stronge and make it feare not and be not fayntharted the LORDE God my God shal be with the and shall not withdrawe his hande ner fayle the tyll thou haue fynished euery worke for the seruyce in the house of the LORDE Beholde the courses of the prestes and Leuites to all the offyces in the house of God are with the in euery worke and are willinge and haue wisdome to all the offyces and so haue the prynces and all the people for euery thinge that thou hast to do The XXX Chapter ANd kynge Dauid sayde vnto all the congregacion God hath chosen Salomon one of my sonnes which yet is yonge and tender But the worke is greate for it is not a mans palace but the LORDE Gods Yet haue I after all my abilite prepâ—red vnto the house of God golde for the vessels of golde syluer for them of syluer brasse for them of brasse yron for theÌ„ of yron wod for them of wod Onix stones set Rubyes stones of dyuerse coloures all precious stones Marble stones in multitude Besydes this for the good wyl y t I haue to the house of God I haue of myne awne proper good thre M. taleÌ„tes of golde of Ophir seuen M. taleÌ„tes of pure syluer which I geue vnto the holy house of God besyde all y t I haue prepared to ouerlaye y e walles of the house y t the same which ought to be of golde maye be of golde that it which ought to be of syluer maye be of syluer and for all maner of worke by the hande of the craftesmen And who is now fre wyllinge to fyll his hande this daye vnto the LORDE Then were the prynces of the fathers y e prynces of the trybes of Israel the captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundreds the rulers ouer the kynges busynes fre wyllinge gaue to y e mynistracion in the house of God fyue M. talentes of golde and ten M. guldens and ten M. talentes of syluer eightene M. taleÌ„tes of brasse and an hundred M. taleÌ„tes of yron And by whom so euer were fouÌ„de stones they gaue them to the treasure of the house of the LORDE vnder the haÌ„de of Iehiel the Gersonite And y e people were glad that they were fre wyllinge for they gaue it w t a good wyll euen with all their hert vnto the LORDE And Dauid also y e kynge reioysed greatly and praysed God and sayde before the whole congregacion Praysed be thou O LORDE God of Israel oure father vnto the belongeth worshippe and power glory victory thankes for all that is in heauen and earth is thine thine is y e kyngdome and thou art exalted aboue all prynces Thine are riches and honoure before y e thou reignest ouer all in thy hande consisteth power and might in thy haÌ„de is it to make euery man greate and stronge Now thaÌ„ke we the oure God and prayse y e name of thy glory For who am I What is my people that we shulde be able with a fre wyll to offre as this is done For of the commeth all and of thy hande haue we geuen it the For we are but pilgrems strauÌ„gers before the as were all oure fathers Oure life vpon earth is as a shadowe and here is no abydinge O LORDE oure God all this abundaunce that we haue prepared to buylde the an house vnto thy name came of thy hande and is thine alltogether I knowe my God that thou tryest the hert and that vnfaynednes is acceptable vnto the therfore haue I geueÌ„ all this with an vnfayned hert eueÌ„ with a good wyll and now haue I had ioye to se thy people which here are present offre with a fre wyll vnto the. O LORDE God of oure fathers Abraham Isaac Israel kepe thou euermore soch purposes and thoughtes in y e hertes of thy people prepare thou their hertes vnto the. And graunte my sonne Salomon a perfecte hert that he maye kepe thy coÌ„maundementes thy testimonies thy statutes that he maye do all buylde this palace which I haue prepared And Dauid sayde vnto the whole coÌ„gregacion O prayse the LORDE yo r God And all the coÌ„gregacion praysed y e LORDE God of their fathers bowed them selues worshipped the LORDE then the kynge and offred sacrifices vnto the LORDE And on y e nexte morow offred they burnt offerynges a M. bullockes a M. raÌ„mes a M. laÌ„bes w t their drynk offerynges plenteously offred they amonge all Israel And they ate and dranke the same daie before the LORDE with greate ioye and made Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge y e seconde tyme and anoynted him to be y e prynce for the LORDE Sadoc to be the prest Thus sat Salomon vpon the seate of y e LORDE kynge in his fathers steade prospered And all Israel obeyed him all y e rulers mightie men all kynge Dauids children submytted themselues vnto kynge Salomon And y e LORDE made Salomon excellent greate in y e sighte of all Israel and gaue him soch a glorious kyngdome as none had before him ouer Israel So had Dauid now bene kynge ouer all Israel And y e tyme that he was kynge ouer Israel is fortye yeares At Hebron reigned he seuen yeare and at Ierusalem thre thirtie yeare dyed in a good age full of dayes riches and honoure And Salomon his sonne was kynge in his steade These actes of kynge Dauid both y e first and last beholde they are wrytten amonge the actes of Samuel the Seer and amonge the actes of the prophet Nathan and amoÌ„ge the actes of Gad the Seer with all his kyngdome power and tymes which passed vnder him both vpon Israel vpon all the kyngdomes of the earth The ende of the first boke of the Cronicles The seconde boke of the Cronicles called Paralipomenon
Be it knowne vnto the kynge that we came in to Iewry to the house of y e greate God which is buylded with all maner of stone and balckes are layed in the walles and y e worke goeth fast forth and prospereth in their handes Neuertheles we axed the Elders and sayde vnto them Who hath cōmaunded you to buylde this house and to make vp the walles therof We axed their names also that we might certifye the and haue wrytten the names of the men that were their rulers But they answered vs w t these wordes and sayde We are the seruaūtes of the God of heauen and earth and buylde the house y t was buylded many yeares agoo which a greate kynge of Israel buylded and set vp Howbeit whan oure fathers prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath he gaue them ouer in the hande of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon the Caldee which brake downe this house caried y e people awaye vnto Babilon Neuertheles in the first yeare of Cyrus the kynge of Babilon y e same kynge Cyrus commaunded to buylde this house of God for the vessels of golde and siluer in the house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalē and broughte thē in to y e temple at Babilon those dyd Cyrus the kynge take out of y e temple at Babilon and delyuered them vnto Seszbazer by name whom he made Debyte and sayde vnto him Take these vessels go thy waye and brynge them vnto the temple at Ierusalem and let the house of God be buylded in his place Then came the same Seszbazar and layed y e foundacion of the house of God at Ierusalem Sence that tyme hath it bene in buyldinge and yet is it not fynished Yf it please y e kynge now let there be search made in y e kynges treasure house which is at Babilon whether it haue bene kynge Cyrus commaundement that the house of God at Ierusalem shulde be buylded sende vs y e kynges mynde concernynge the same The VI. Chapter THen cōmaunded kinge Darius that search shulde be made in y e library of y e kynges treasure house which laye at Babilon So at Egbathanis in a castell that lyeth in the londe of the Meedes there was founde a boke in it was there an acte wrytten after this maner In the first yeare of kynge Cyrus cōmaunded the same kynge Cyrus to buylde y e house of God at Ierusalem in the place where the sacrifice is made to laye the foundacion to beare thre score cubites heyght thre score cubites bredth thre walles of all maner of stones and one wall of tymber the expences shal be geuen of the kynges house And the goldē and syluer vessell of y e house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalem and broughte vnto Babilon shal be restored agayne y t they maye be broughte vnto the temple at Ierusalē to their place in to the house of God Get you farre from them therfore thou Thathnai Debyte beyonde the water and Sethar of Bosen youre councelers which are beyonde the water Let them worke in y e house of God that the Debyte of y e Iewes and their Elders maye buylde the house of God in his place I haue commaunded also what shal be done to y e Elders of Iuda for the buyldinge of the house of God that there shal diligently be takē of the kynges goodes euen of the rentes beyonde the water geuen vnto the men and that they be not hyndered And yf they haue nede of calues lambes or goates for the burnt offrynge vnto y e God of heauen wheate salt wyne and oyle after the custome of the prestes at Ierusalem there shal be geuen them daylie as is acordinge and se that this be not done necligētly that they maye offre swete sauoures vnto y e God of heauen and praye for the kynges lyfe and for his children This commaundement haue I geuē And what man so euer he be that altereth these wordes there shal a balke be taken from his house and set vp and he shal be hanged theron and his house shal be prysed for the dede But the God that dwelleth in heauen destroye all kynges and people that put to their hāde to alter and to breake downe the house of God at Ierusalem I Darius haue commaunded that this be diligently done Then Thathnai y e Debyte beyonde y e water and Sethar of Bosen with their councelers to whom kynge Darius had sent dyd their diligence And y e Elders of the Iewes buylded and they prospered thorow the prophecienge of Aggeus the prophet and Zachary the sonne of Iddo and they buylded and set vp the worke acordinge to the commaundement of the God of Israel and after the commaundement of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerses kynges of Persia. And they perfourmed the house vnto the thirde daye of the moneth Adar that was the sixte yeare of the reigne of kynge Darius And the children of Israel the prestes the Leuites and the other children of y e captyuite helde the dedicacion of the house of God with ioye and offred at the dedicacion of the house of God an hundreth calues two hundreth lambes foure hundreth goates and for the syn offerynge for all Israel twolue he goates acordinge to the nombre of the trybes of Israel and set the prestes in their courses and y e Leuites in their offices to mynister vnto God which is at Ierusalē as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And the children of the captyuite helde Passeouer vpon the fourtenth daye of the first moneth for y e prestes and Leuites had purified them selues so y t they were all cleane as one man and kylled Passeouer for all the children of the captyuite and for their brethrē the prestes and for them selues And the childrē of Israel which were come agayne out of captiuyte and all soch as had separated them selues vnto them from the fylthinesse of the Heythen in the londe to seke the LORDE God of Israel ate helde the feast of vnleuēded bred seuen dayes with ioye for the LORDE had made them glad and turned the hert of the kynge of Assur vnto thē so that their handes were strengthed in the worke of the house of God which is y e God of Israel The VII Chapter AFter these actes in the reigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia there wente vp from Babilon Eszdras the sonne of Seraia the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Helchias the sonne of Sallum the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne Meraioth the sonne of Serahia y e sonne of Vsi the sonne of Buki the sonne of Abisua the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the chefe prest which was a quycke scrybe in the lawe of Moses which the LORDE God of Israel dyd geue And y e kynge gaue him all that he
all them that seke him and his violence and wrath vpon all them that forsake him So we fasted and soughte this at oure God and he herde us And I toke out twolue of the chefe prestes Serebia and Hasabia and ten of their brethren with them and weyed them there the syluer and golde and vessels for the Heue offeringe vnto the house of oure God which the kynge and the lordes of his councell and prynces and all Israel that were at hande had geuen to the Heue offerynge and there weyed I them vnder their hande sixe hundreth and fiftye talentes of syluer and in syluer vessell an hundreth talentes and in golde an hundreth talentes twentye cuppes of golde of a thousande guldens and two costly ornamentes of good brasse as cleare as golde and sayde vnto them Ye are holy vnto the LORDE therfore are the vessels holy also and so is the syluer and golde that is geuen of a good wyll vnto the LORDE God of youre fathers Watch ye therfore and kepe it tyll ye weye it downe before the chefe prestes and Leuites and awncient fathers of Israel at Ierusalem in the chestes of the house of the LORDE Then toke the prestes and Leuites that weyed syluer and golde vessell to brynge it to Ierusalem vnto y e house of oure God So we brake vp from the water of Ahena on the twolueth daye of the first moneth to go vnto Ierusalem and the hande of oure God was vpon us and delyuered us frō the hande of the enemies and preuy waytinges by the waye And we came to Ierusalem and abode there thre dayes But on y e fourth daye was the syluer and golde and vessell weyed in the house of oure God vnder the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Vrias the prest and with him Eleasar the sonne of Phineas and with them Iosabad the sonne of Iesua and Noadia y e sonne of Benui the Leuites acordinge to the nombre weight of euery one And the weight was all wrytten vp at the same tyme. And the children of the captiuyte which were come out of preson offred burnt offeringes vnto y e God of Israel twolue bullockes for all Israel sixe and nynetye rammes seuen and seuentye lambes and twolue goates for a syn offerynge all to the burnt offeringe of the LORDE And they delyuered the kynges commyssion vnto the kynges officers to the Debytes on this syde the water And they promoted the people and the house of God The IX Chapter WHan all this was perfourmed the rulers came to me and sayde The people of Israel and the prestes Leuites are not separated from the nacions in the londes as touchinge their abhominacions namely of the Cananites Hethites Pheresites Iebusites Ammonites Moabites Egipcians and Amorites For they haue taken the doughters of the same their sonnes and haue myxte the holy sede with y e nacions in the londes and the hande of the rulers and lordes of councell hath bene principall in this trespace Whan I herde this I rente my clothes and my rayment and plucte out the heer of my heade and of my beerd and sat mournynge And there resorted vnto me all soch as feared the worde of the LORDE God of Israel because of the greate transgression And I sat mournynge vntyll the euenynge sacrifyce And aboute the euenynge sacrifice I rose vp fro my heuynes and rente my clothes and my raiment and fell vpon my knees and spred out my handes vnto the LORDE my God and sayde My God I am ashamed and darre not lifte vp mine eies vnto the my God for oure wickednesses are growne ouer oure heade oure trespaces are waxen greate vnto y e heauē Sence the tyme of oure fathers haue we bene in greate trespace vnto this daie and because of oure wickednesses haue we and o r kynges bene delyuered in to the hande of y e kynges of the nacions in to the swerde in to captiuyte in to spoyle and in to confusion of face as it is come to passe this daye But now is there a litle and sodane graciousnes come from the LORDE oure God so that some of vs are escaped that he maie geue vs a nayle in his holy place that oure God maye lighte oure eyes and geue vs a litle lyfe in oure bondage For we are bondmen and o r God hath not forsakē vs though we be bondmen and hath enclyned mercy vnto vs in the sighte of the kynges of Persia that they shulde geue vs lyfe and promote the house of oure God and to sett vp the desolacion therof and to geue vs an hedge in Iuda and Ierusalem O oure God what shall we saye now after this that we haue forsaken thy commaundementes which thou hast commaunded by thy seruauntes the prophetes and saide The londe wherin ye shal come to possesse it is an vncleane londe thorow the fylthines of the people of the londes in their abhominacions wherwith they haue made it full of vnclennes on euery syde * Therfore shal ye not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes and their doughters shall ye not take vnto youre sonnes and seke not their peace and welth for euer that ye maye be stronge and enioye the good in the londe and y t ye and youre children maye haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore And after all this that is come vpon vs because of oure euell dedes and greate trespace thou oure God hast spared oure wickednesses and hast geuen vs a delyueraunce as it is come to passe As for vs we haue turned backe haue let go thy commaundementes to make contracte with the people of these abhominacions Wilt thou then be wroth at vs tyll we be vtterly consumed so that nothynge remayne and tyll there be no delyueraunce O LORDE God of Israel thou art righteous for we remaine yet escaped as it is this daie Beholde in thy presence are we in oure trespace for because of it is there no stondinge before the. The X. Chapter ANd whan Eszdras prayed after this maner and knowleged wepte and laie before the house of God there resorted vnto him out of Israel a very greate congregacion of men and wemen and children for the people wepte very sore And Sachania the sonne of Iehiel one of the children of Elam answered and sayde vnto Eszdras We haue trespaced agaynst the LORDE oure God in that we haue taken straunge wyues of all the people of the londe Now there is hope yet in Israel cōcerninge this therfore let vs make a couenaūt now with oure God that we shal put awaye all the wyues and soch as are borne of them acordynge to the councell of y e LORDE and of them that feare the commaundement of oure God y t we maye do acordynge to the lawe Get the vp therfore for the matter belongeth vnto the. We wyll be with the be of good comforte and do it Then rose Eszdras and toke an ooth of the rulers prestes and Leuites and of all Israel that
they shulde do acordynge to this worde and they swore And Eszdras stode vp before the house of God and wente in to the chamber of Iohanan the sonne of Eliasab And whan he came thither he ate no bred and dranke no water for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had bene in captiuyte And they caused a proclamacion be made thorow out Iuda and Ierusalem vnto all the children which had bene in captiuite y t they shulde gather them selues together vnto Ierusalē And that who soeuer came not within thre dayes acordinge to the deuyce of the rulers and Elders all his substaunce shulde be forfett and he put out from the cōgregacion of the captiue Then all the men of Iuda and Ben Iamin gathered them selues together vnto Ierusalem in thre dayes y t is on the twentieth daye of the nyenth moneth and all the people sat in the strete before the house of God and trembled because of the matter and for the rayne And Eszdras y e prest stode vp and sayde vnto them Ye haue transgressed y t ye haue taken straunge wyues to make the trespace of Israel yet more confesse now therfore vnto y e LORDE God of youre fathers do his pleasure and separate youre selues from the people of the londe from y e straunge wyues Thē answered all the cōgregacion sayde with loude voyce Let it be done as thou hast sayde But the people are many it is a raynye wether they cānot stōde here without nether is this a worke of one daye or two for we are many y t haue offended in this transgression Let vs appoynte oure rulers therfore in all the congregacion y t all they which haue taken straunge wyues in oure cities maye come at the tyme appoynted and the Elders of euery cite and their Iudges with them tyll the wrath of oure God because of this matter be turned awaye from vs. Then were appoynted Ionathan the sonne of Asahel Iehasia the sonne of Thecua ouer this matter And Mesullam and Sabthai the Leuites helped them And the children of the captiuyte dyd euen so And Eszdras the prest and y e awncient fathers thorow the house of their fathers and all that were now rehearsed by name separated thē selues and sat them downe on the first daye of the tenth moneth to examē this matter And on y e first daye of y e first moneth broughte they the matter to a conclusion concernynge all the men y t had takē straunge wyues And amōge the childrē of the prestes there were men founde y t had takē straunge wyues namely amōge the children of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec of his brethrē Maeseia Elieser Iarib and Godolia And they gaue their hādes there vpon that they wolde put awaye their wyues for their trespace offerynge to geue a rāme for their trespace Amōge the children of Immer Hanani Sabadia Amonge the childrē of Harim Maeseia Elia Semaia Iehiel and Vsia Amonge y e children of Pashur Elioenai Maeseia Ismael Nethaneel Iosabad Eleasa Amonge the Leuites Iosabad Simei and Celaia He is that Celita Pethahia Iuda Eleasar Amonge the syngers Elyasib Amonge the porters Sallum Telem and Vri. Of Israel Amonge the children of Pareos Ramia Iesia Malchia Meiamin Eleasar Malchia Benaia Amonge y e children of Elam Mathania Zachary Iehiel Abdy Ieremoth Elia. Amonge the children of Sathu Elioenai Eliasib Mathania Ieremoth Sabad Asisa Amonge the children of Bebai Iohanan Hanania Sabai Athlai Amonge the children of Bani Mesullam Malluch Adaia Iasub Seal and Ieremoth Amonge the children of Pahath Moab Adna Chelal Benaia Maesea Mathania Bezaleel Benui and Manasse Amonge the children of Harim Elieser Iesia Malchia Semaia Simeon Bē Iamin Malluch Samaria Amonge the childrē of Hasum Mathnai Mathatha Sabad Eliphelet Ieremai Manasse Simei Amōge the childrē of Bani Maedai Amram Huel Benaia Bedia Chelui Naia Meremoth Eliasib Mathania Mathnai Iaesau Bani Benui Simei Selemia Nathan Adaia Machnadbai Sasai Sarai Afareel Selemia Samaria Sallum Amaria Ioseph Amonge the childrē of Nebo Ieiel Mathithia Sabad Sebina Iaddai Ioel and Benaia All these had taken straunge wyues And amonge the same wyues there were some that had borne children The ende of the first boke of Eszdras The seconde boke of Esdras otherwyse called the boke of Nehemias What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Nehemias mourneth for the captiuyte of the people Chap. II. Nehemias optayneth licence of the kynge Artaxerses otherwyse called Arthasastha to go vnto Ierusalem Chap. III. Of buyldinge the cite Chap. IIII. The officers go aboute to hynder the buyldinge The Iewes watch prepayre thē selues to buylde and to fighte Chap. V. Nehemias reproueth vsury Chap. VI. The officers go aboute to kyll Nehemias Chap. VII The nombre of them that departe from Babilon Chap. VIII In the feast of the Tabernacles readeth Eszdras the boke of the lawe Chap. IX The lawe is red before the people which are exhorted vnto godlynesse Chap. X. They renue the couenaunt with the LORDE and seale it Chap. XI How the people are sundered out some to dwell at Ierusalem and some in the cities without Chap. XII The names of the prestes and Leuites that wente vp with Zorobabel Of the dedicacion of the wall at Ierusalem Chap. XIII They separate the straungers from amonge the people of God The porcion of the Leuites is appoynted and the Sabbath renued The first Chapter THese are the actes of Nehemias the sonne of Hachalia It fortuned in y e moneth Chisleu in y e twētieth yeare that I was in the castell at Susan and Hanani one of my brethren came with certayne mē of Iuda and I axed them how the Iewes dyd that were delyuered and escaped from the captiuyte how it wente at Ierusalē And they sayde vnto me The remnaunt of the captiuyte are there in the londe in greate mysfortune rebuke The walles of Ierusalem are broken downe and the portes therof are brent with fyre Whā I herde these wordes I sat me downe wepte mourned two dayes fasted prayed before the God of heauen sayde O LORDE God of heauen thou greate terrible God thou y t kepest couenaunt mercy for them y t loue the obserue thy cōmaundementes let y e eares marke let thine eies be open y t thou mayest heare the prayer of y e seruaunt ▪ which I praye now before y e daye and nighte for the children of Israel thy seruauntes knowlege the synnes of the children of Israel which we haue commytted agaynst the. And I my fathers house haue synned also We haue bene corrupte vnto the in y t we haue not kepte the cōmaundementes statutes lawes which thou cōmaundedst y e seruaunt Moses Yet call to remembraunce y e worde that thou cōmaundedst thy seruaunt Moses and saydest Yf ye trāsgresse then wil I scater you abrode amonge the naciōs But yf ye turne vnto me and kepe my
commaundementes do them though ye were cast out vnto the vttemost parte of heauen yet wyl I gather you from thence and wyll brynge you from thence eueÌ„ vnto the place that I haue chosen for my name to dwell there They are thy seruauntes and thy people whom thou hast delyuered thorow thy greate power mightie hande O LORDE let thine eares marke the prayer of thy seruaunt the prayer of thy seruauntes whose desyre is to feare thy name let thy seruaunt prospere this daye graunte him mercy in the sight of this man for I was the kynges bâ—tâ—ar The II. Chapter IN the moneth Nisan of the twentieth yeare of kynge Artaxerses whaÌ„ the wyne stode before him I toke vp the wyne and gaue it vnto y e kynge and I was heuy in his presence Then sayde y e kynge vnto me Why lokest thou so sadly Thou art not sicke that is not y e matter but thou art heuy harted Neuertheles I was sore afrayed sayde vnto the kynge God saue the kynges life for euer shulde I not loke sadly the cite of my fathers buryall lyeth wayest the portes therof are consumed w t the fyre Then sayde the kynge vnto me What is theÌ„ thy request Then made I my prayer to the God of heaueÌ„ and sayde vnto the kynge yf it please the kynge and yf thy seruaunt be fauoured in thy sighte I beseke the sende me in to Iuda vnto y e cite of my fathers buryall that I maye buylde it And y e kynge sayde vnto me so dyd the quene y t sat by him How loÌ„ge shal thy iourney coÌ„tynue and whaÌ„ wilt thou come agayne And it pleased y e kynge to sende me and I set him a tyme sayde vnto the kynge Yf it please the kynge let him geue me letters to the Debites beyonde y e water y t they maye conueye me ouer tyll I come in to Iuda letters vnto Assaph the lorde of the kynges wod y t he maye geue me wodd for balkes to the gates of the palace which are harde on the house harde on the walles of the cite for the house that I shal entre in to And y e kynge gaue me acordinge to the good hande of God vpoÌ„ me And whan I came to y e Debites beyonde the water I gaue them y e kynges letters And the kynge sent captaynes and horsmen with me But whan Saneballath the Horonite Tobias the seruaunt of the Ammonites herde y t it greued them sore y t there was come a man which soughte the welth of the children of Israel And whan I came to Ierusalem had bene there thre daies I gat mâ— vp in y e night season a fewe men with me for I tolde no man what God had geueÌ„ mâ— in my hert to do at Ierusalem there was not one beest w t me saue it y t I rode vpon And I rode by nighte vnto the valley poâ—â— before the Dragon well to the Dongporte considered y e walles of Ierusalem that were broken downe the portes therof consumed w t the fyre And I wente ouer vnto y e Well porte to the kynges condyte there was no rowme for my beest y t it coulde go vnder me Then weÌ„te I on in the nighte by the broke syde coÌ„sidered y e wall turned back came home agayne to y e valley porte And y e rulers knewe not whither I weÌ„te or what I dyd for hither to had I not tolde the Iewes the prestes the councelers the rulers the other y t laboured in the worke I saide vnto theÌ„ Ye se the myserye y t we are in how IerusaleÌ„ lyeth wayst how y e gates therof are brent w t fyre come let vs buylde vp y e walles of IerusaleÌ„ y t we be nomore a rebuke And I tolde theÌ„ of the good haÌ„de of my God which was vpoÌ„ me And y e kynges wordes y t he had spokeÌ„ vnto me And they saide Then let vs get vp And we buylded and their handes were strengthed to good But whan Saneballat y e Horonite and Tobias the seruaunt of y e Ammonites Gosem the Arabian herde it they laughed vs to scorne and despised vs sayde What is this that ye do Wyll ye fall awaye agayne from the kynge Then answered I them and sayde The God of heauen shal cause vs to prospere for we his seruauntes are gotten vp are buyldinge As for you ye haue no porcioÌ„ ner right ner remembraunce in IerusaleÌ„ The III. Chapter ANd Eliasib the hye prest gat him vp with his brethren the prestes and buylded the Shepegate They halowed it and set vp the dores of it euen vnto the tower Mea halowed they it namely vnto the tower of Hananeel Nexte vnto him buylded y e men of Iericho And besyde him buylded Sachur the sonne of Imri But the Fyshporte dyd the children of Senaa buylde they couered it and set on the dores lockes and barres of it Nexte vnto him buylded Meremoth the sonne of Vria the sonne of Hacoz Nexte vnto him buylded Mesullam y e sonne of Barachias y e sonne of Mesesabeel Nexte vnto him buylded Sadoc y e sonne of Baena Nexte vnto him buylded they of Thecoa But their greate meÌ„ put not their neckes to y e seruyce of their lorde The Oldgate buylded Ioiada y e sonne of Passeah Mesullam the sonne of Besodia they couered it and set on the dores lockes barres of it Nexte vnto them buylded Melacia of Gibeon and Iadon of Morono meÌ„ of Gibeon and of Mispa for the seate of the Debyte on this syde the water Nexte vnto him buylded Vsiel the sonne of Harhaia the goldsmyth Nexte vnto him buylded Hanania y e Apotecarys sonne they repayred IerusaleÌ„ vnto the brode wall Nexte vnto him buylded Rephâ—ia the sonne of Hur the ruler of the halfe quarter of Ierusalem Nexte vnto him buylded Iedaia the sonne of Harumaph ouer agaynst his house Nexte vnto him buylded Hattus the sonne of Hasabenia But Malchia the sonne of Harim and Hasub the sonne of Pahath Moab buylded y e other pece and the tower beside the fornace Nexte vnto him buylded Sallum the sonne of Halohes the ruler of the halfe quarter of Ierusalem and his daughters The valley gate buylded Hanum and the citesins of Sanoah They buylded it and set on the dores lockes and barres therof and a thousande cubytes on the wall vnto the DoÌ„geporte But the Dongeporte buylded Malechia the sonne of Rechab the ruler of the fourth parte of the vynyardes He buylded it set on the dores lockes barres therof But the Wellgate builded Sallum y e sonne of Chal Hose the ruler of the fourth parte of Mispa He builded it couered it set on y e dores lockes barres therof the wall vnto the pole of Sybah by the kynges garden vnto the steppes that go downe from the cite of Dauid After
inhabiters of the londe euen the Cananites gauest them in to their hande and their kynges and y e people of the londe y t they might do with them what they wolde And they wanne their stronge cities a fat londe and toke possession of houses y t were full of all maner goodes welles dygged out vynyardes oylgardens many frutefull trees and they ate were fylled became fat lyued in welth thorow thy greate goodnes Neuertheles they were disobedient and rebelled agaynst the and cast thy lawe behynde their backes and slewe thy prophetes which exhorted them so earnestly that they shulde cōuerte vnto the and dyd greate blasphemies Therfore gauest thou them ouer in to the hāde of their enemies that vexed them And in y e tyme of their trouble they cried vnto the and thou hardest them from heauen and thorow thy greate mercy thou gauest them sauiours which helped thē out of the hande of their enemies But whan they came to rest they turned back agayne to do euell before the therfore leftest thou them in the hande of their enemies so y t they had y e dominion ouer them So they cōuerted and cryed vnto the and thou herdest them from heauen and many a tyme hast thou delyuered them acordinge to y e greate mercy and testified vnto them that they shulde turne agayne vnto thy lawe Notwithstōdinge they were proude and herkened not vnto thy cōmaundementes but synned in thy lawes which a man shulde do lyue in them turned their shulder awaye were styffnecked wolde not heare And many yeares dyddest thou forbeare them testified vnto them thorow y e sprete euen by the office of y e prophetes yet wolde they not heare Therfore gauest thou thē in to y e hāde of y e nacions in the londes But for thy greate mercies sake thou hast not vtterly cōsumed them nether forsaken them for thou art a gracious and mercifull God Now oure God thou greate God mightie and terrible thou that kepest couenaunt and mercy regarde not a litle all the trauayle y t hath happened vnto vs oure kynges prynces prestes prophetes fathers all thy people sence the tyme of the kynges of Assur vnto this daie Thou art righteous in all y t thou hast broughte vpō vs for thou hast done righte As for vs we haue bene vngodly and o r kynges prynces prestes fathers haue not done after y e lawe ner regarded y e cōmaundementes thy earnest exhortaciōs wherwith thou hast exhorted them haue not serued y e in their kyngdome and in thy greate goodes y t thou gauest them and in the large and plenteous lōde which thou gauest them to good and haue not conuerted from their wicked workes Beholde therfore are we in bondage this daye Yee euen in the lōde that thou gauest vnto oure fathers to enioye the frutes and goodes therof beholde there are we bondmen And greate is the increase of it vnto the kynges whom thou hast set ouer vs because of oure synnes and they haue dominion ouer oure bodies and catell and we are in greate trouble And in all this made we a sure couenaunt wrote it let o r prynces Leuites prestes seale it The X. Chapter THe sealers were Nehemias that is Hathirsatha the sonne of Hachalia and Sedechias Seraia Asaria Ieremy Pashur Amaria Malchia Hattus Sebania Malluch Harim Meremoth Obadia Daniel Sinthun Baruch Mesullam Abia Meiamin Maasga Bilgai and Semaia these were prestes The Leuites were Iesua y e sonne of Asania Binui amonge the childrē of Henadad Cadmiel And their brethren Sechania Hodia Celita Plaia Hauan Micha Rehob Hasabia Sachur Serebia Sebania Hodia Bani and Beninu The heades of the people were Pareos Pahath Moab Elam Sathu Bani Buni Asgad Sebai Adonia Bigenai Adiu Ater Hezechias Asur Hodia Hasum Bezai Hariph Anathot Neubai Magpias Mesullam Hesir Mesesabeel Sadoc Iaddua Platia Hanan Anaia Hoseia Hanania Hasub Halohes Pilha Sobek Rehum Hasabna Maeseia Ahia Hanan Anan Malluch Harim and Baena And the other people the prestes Leuites Porters syngers Nethinims all they that had separated them selues from y e people in the lōdes vnto the lawe of God with their wyues sonnes and daughters as many as coulde vnderstonde it and their lordes that had rule of them receaued it for their brethren And they came to sweare and to bynde them selues with an ooth to walke in Gods lawe which was geuen by Moses the seruaunt of God that they wolde obserue and do acordinge vnto all the commaundementes iudgmentes and statutes of the LORDE oure God and that we wolde not geue oure doughters vnto the people in the lōde nether to take their doughters for oure sonnes And yf y e people of the lōde broughte ware on the Sabbath and all maner of vytayles to sell that we wolde not take it of them on the Sabbath and on the holy dayes And that we wolde let the seuēth yeare be fre concernynge all maner of charge And we layed a statute vpon oure selues to geue yearly y e thirde parte of a Sycle to the mynistracion in the house of oure God namely to the shewbred to the daylie meat-offerynge to the daylie burnt offerynge of y e Sabbathes of the new mones and feast dayes and to the thinges that were sanctified and to the syn offerynges to reconcyle Israel with all and to all the busynes in y e house of oure God And we cast the lot amonge the prestes Leuites and the people for offerynge of y e wod to be brought vnto y e house of o r God from yeare to yeare after the houses of oure fathers that it might be brent at tymes appoynted vpon the altare of the LORDE oure God as it is wrytten in the lawe and yearly to brynge the firstlinges of o r londe the firstlinges of oure frutes of all trees yeare by yeare vnto y e house of the LORDE and the firstlinges of oure sonnes and of oure catell as it is wrytten in the lawe and the firstlinges of oure oxen and of oure shepe that we shulde brynge all this to the house of oure God vnto the prestes that mynister in the house of oure God and that we shulde brynge the firstlinges of oure dowe and of oure Heue offeringes and the frutes of all maner trees of wyne also and of oyle vnto the prestes to the chestes of the house of oure God And the tithes of o lōde vnto the Leuites y t the Leuites might haue the tithes in all the cities of oure mynistracion And the prest the sonne of Aaron shal w t the Leuites haue also of the tithes of y e Leuites so that the Leuites shal brynge vp the tithes of their tithes vnto the house of oure God to the chest in y e treasure house For the children of Israel and the children of Leui shall brynge vp the Heue offerynges of the corne wyne and oyle vnto the chestes there are the vessels of
wickednesse Beholde now must I slepe in the dust and yff thou sekest me tomorow in the mornynge I shal be gone The VIII Chapter THen answered Baldad the Suhitâ— and sayde How longe wilt thou talke of soch thinges how longe shal y e mouth speake so proude wordes Doth God peruerte the thinge that is laufull Or doth the Allmightie destroye the thynge that is right WheÌ„ thy sonnes synned agaynst him dyd not he punysh theÌ„ for their wickednesse Yff thou woldest now resorte vnto God by tymes and make thine humble prayer to y e Allmightie yf thou woldest lyue a pure and a godly life shulde he not wake vp vnto the immediatly geue the the bewtie of rightuousnesse agayne In so moch that where iÌ„ so euer thou haddest litle afore thou shuldest now haue greate abundaunce Enquere of them that haue bene before the search diligently amonge thy forefathers Namely y t we are but of yesterdaye and considre not that oure dayes vpon earth are buth a very shadow They shall shewe the they shall tell the yee they will gladly confesse the same Maye a resshe be grene without moystnesse maye the grasse growe without water No but or euer it be shot forth and or euer it be gathered it wythereth before eny other herbe Euen so goeth it with all them that forget God and euen thus also shal the ypocrytes hope come to naught His confidence shal be destroyed for he trusteth in a spyders webbe He leeneth him vpoÌ„ his house but he shal not stonde he holdeth him fast by it yet shal he not endure Oft tymes a thinge doth florish and men thynke that it maye abyde the Sonneshyne it shuteth forth the braunches in his garden it taketh many rotes in so moch that it is like an house off stones But yf it be taken out off his place euery man denyeth it sayenge I knowe the not Lo thus is it w t him that reioyseth in his owne doinges and as for other they growe out of the earth Beholde God will not cast awaye a vertuous man nether wil he helpe the vngodly Thy mouth shall he fyll with laughynge aÌ„d thy lyppes with gladnesse They that hate the shal be confounded y e dwellinges of y e vngodly shal come to naught The IX Chapter IOb answered and sayde As for y t I knowe it is so of a treuth y t a man compared vnto God can not be iustified Yf he wil argue with him he shall not be able to answere him vnto one amonge a thousande He is wyse of hert and mightie in strength Who euer prospered that toke parte agaynst him He translateth the mouÌ„taynes or euer they be awarre ouerthroweth them in his wrath He remoueth the earth out of hir place that hir pilers shake withall He commaundeth the SoÌ„ne it ryseth not he closeth vp the starres as it were vnder a signet He himself alone spredeth out y e heauens and goeth vpon the wawes of the see He maketh the waynes of heauen the Orions the vij starres and the secrete places of the south He doth greate thinges soch as are vnsearcheable yee and wonders without nombre Yf he came by me I might not loke vpoÌ„ him yf he wente his waye I shulde not perceaue it Yf he be haisty to take eny thinge awaye who wil make him restore it agayne Who wil saye vnto him what doest thou He is God whose wrath no man maye with stoÌ„de but the proudest of all must stoupe vnder him How shulde I then answere him or what wordes shulde I fynde out agaynst him Yee though I be rightuous yet will I not geue him one worde agayne but mekely submytte my self to my iudge All be it that I call vpon him and he heare me yet am I not sure y t he hath herde my voyce he troubleth me so with the tempest and woundeth me out of measure without a cause He will not let my sprete be in rest but fylleth me w t bytternesse Yf men will speake of strength he is the stoÌ„gest of all yf meÌ„ will speake of rightousnes who darre be my recorde yf I will iustifie my self myne owne mouth shall coÌ„demne me yf I will put forth my self for a perfecte man he shal proue me a wicked doer For that I shulde be an innocent my coÌ„science knoweth it not yee I my self am weery off my life This one thiÌ„ge wil I saye He destroyeth both the rightuous vngodly And though he slaye sodenly w t the scourge yet laugheth he at the punyshment of the innocent As for the worlde he geueth it ouer in to the power of the wicked soch as the rulers be wherof all londes are full Is it not so where is there eny but he is soch one My dayes haue bene more swifte then a runner they are gone sodenly and haue sene no good thinge They are passed awaye as the shippes that be good vnder sale and as the Aegle that haisteth to the pray When I am purposed to forget my complayninges to chaunge my countenaunce and to coÌ„forte my self then am I afrayed of all my workes for I knowe thou fauourest not an â—uell doer Yf I be then a wicked one why haue I laboured in vayne Though I wasshed my self with snowe water and made myne hondes neuer so clene yet shuldest thou dyppe me in y e myre myne owne clothes shulde dâ—fyle me For he y t I must geue answere vnto and with whom I go to lawe is not a man as I am Nether is there eny dayes man to reproue both the partes or to laye his hoÌ„de betwixte vs. Let him take his rod awaye fro me yee let him make me nomore afrayed of him and then shal I answere him without eny feare For as longe as I am in soch fearfulnesse I can make no answere And why it greueth my soule to lyue The X. Chapter NEuerthelesse now will I put forth my wordes I wil speake out of the very heuynesse off my soule and will saye vnto God O do not condemne me but shewe me the cause wherfore thou iudgest me on this maner Thinkest thou it well done to oppresse me to cast me of beinge a worke of thy hondes and to manteyne the councell of the vngodly Hast thou fleszshy eyes then or doest thou loke as man loketh Are thy dayes as the dayes of man and thy yeares as mans yeares that thou makest soch inquisicion for my wickednesse and searchest out my synne where as notwithstondinge thou knowest that I am no wicked person that there is no man able to delyuer me out of thine honde Thy hondes haue made me fashioned me alltogether rounde aboute wilt thou then destroye me sodeÌ„ly O remembre I beseke the how that thou madest me of the moulde of the earth and shalt brynge me to earth agayne Hast thou not milked me as it were mylck and turned me to cruddes like chese Thou hast couered me with skynne and
cruell violence He with punyshinge and nurturinge off them rowneth them in the eares warneth them to leaue of from their wickednesse and to amende Yf they now will take hede and be obedient they shall weere out their dayes in prosperite and their yeares in pleasure ād ioye But yff they will not obeye they shall go thorow the swearde perish or euer they be awarre As for soch as be fayned dyssemblers and ypocrytes they heape vp wrath for them selues for they call not vpon him though they be his presoners Thus their soule perisheth in foolishnesse and their lyfe w t y e condēned The poore delyuereth he out of his straytnesse and comforteth soch as be in necessite and trouble Euen so shall he kepe the yf thou wilt be content from the bottomlesse pytte that is beneth yf thou wilt holde the quyete he shal fyll thy table with plenteousnesse Neuerthelesse thou hast condemned the iudgment of the vngodly yee euen soch a iudgment and sentence shalt thou suffre For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie ner pacified with many giftes Hath God ordened then that the glorious life off the all soch mightie men shulde not be put downe Prolonge not thou the tyme till there come a night for the to set other people in thy steade But bewarre that thou turne not asyde to wickednesse and synne which hyther to thou hast chosen more then mekenesse Beholde God is of a mightie hye power Where is there soch a gyde and lawegeuer as he Who wil reproue him of his waye who wil saye vnto him thou hast done wronge O considre how greate and excellent his workes be whom all men loaue and prayse yee wondre at him and yet they se him but afarre of Beholde so greate is God that he passeth oure knowlege nether are we able to come to y e experiēce of his yeares He turneth y e water to smal droppes he dryueth his cloudes together for to rayne so that they poure downe and droppe vpon men He can sprede out the cloudes a couerynge off his tabernacle and cause his light to shyne vpō them and to couer the botome of the see By these thinges gouerneth he his people and geueth thē abundaunce of meate In y e turnynge of a hande he hydeth the light at his commaundement it commeth agayne The rysinge vp therof sheweth he to his frendes and to the catell The XXXVII Chapter AT this my hert is astonnied and moued out of his place Heare then the sounde of his voyce and the noyse y t goeth out of his mouth He gouerneth euery thinge vnder the heauen and his light reacheth vnto the ende of the worlde A roaringe voyce foloweth him for his glorious magesty geueth soch a thondre clappe that though a man heare it yet maye he not perceaue it afterwarde It geueth an horrible sownde when God sendeth out his voyce greate thinges doth he which we can not cōprehende When he commaundeth the snowe it falleth vpon the earth As soone as he geueth the rayne a charge Immediatly the showers haue their strength and fall downe He sendeth feare vpon euery man that they might knowe their owne workes The beestes crepe in to their dennes take their rest Out of the south commeth the tempest and colde out of the north At the breth of God the frost commeth the waters are shed abrode The cloudes do their laboure in geuynge moystnesse the cloudes poure downe their rayne He distributeth also on euery syde acordinge as it pleaseth him to deale out his workes that they maye do what so euer he commaundeth thē thorow the whole worlde whether it be to punysh eny londe or to do good vnto them that seke him Herken vnto this o Iob stonde still and considre the wonderous workes of God Art thou of coūcel with God when he doth these thinges When he causeth the light to come forth of his cloudes Art thou of his coūcell when he spredeth out the cloudes Hast thou the perfecte knowlege of his wonders and how thy clothes are warme whē the lōde is still thorow the south wynde hast thou helped him to spred out the heauen which is to loke vpō as it were cast of cleare metall Teach vs what we shal saye vnto hī for we are vnmete because of darcknes Shal it be tolde him what I saye Shulde a man speake or shulde he kepe it backe For euery mā seith not the light y t he kepeth cleare in the cloudes which he clenseth whan he maketh the wynde to blowe Golde is brought out of the north but the prayse and honoure off Gods feare commeth frō God himself It is not we that can fynde out the allmightie for in power equite and rigtuousnesse he is hyer then can be expressed Seinge then that euery body feareth him why shulde not all wyse men also stōde in feare of hī Chap. XXXVIII THen spake the LORDE vnto Iob out of the storme and sayde what is he that hydeth his mynde with foolysh wordes Gyrde vp thy loynes like a mā for I will question the se thou geue me a dyrecte answere Where wast thou when I layed y e foundacions of the earth Tell planely yff thou hast vnderstondinge Who hath measured it knowest thou Or who hath spred y e lyne vpon it Where vpon stōde the pilers of it Or who layed y e corner stone where wast thou when the mornynge starres gaue me prayse ād when all the angels of God reioysed Who shutt the see with dores when it brake forth as a childe out off his mothers wombe When I made the cloudes to be a coueringe for it and swedled it with y e darcke when I gaue it my cōmaundement makynge dores barres for it sayenge Hither to shalt thou come but no further and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hye wawes Hast thou geuē the mornynge his charge as soone as thou wast borne and shewed the dayespringe his place y t it might take holde of the corners of the earth y t the vngodly might be shakē out Their tokēs weapēs hast thou turned like claye set thē vp agayne as the chaunginge of a garment Yee thou hast spoyled the vngodly off their light brokē the arme of the proude Camest thou euer in to the groūde of the see Or hast thou walked in y e lowe corners of y e depe Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto the or hast thou sene the dore of euerlastīge treasure Hast thou also perceaued how brode y e earth is Now yf thou hast knowlege of all thē shewe me where light dwelleth and where darcknes is y t thou mayest bringe vs vnto their quarters yf thou cāst tell the waye to their houses Knewest thou when thou wast borne how olde thou shuldest be Wentest thou euer in to the treasuries off the snowe or hast thou sene y e secrete places of the hale which I haue
prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble agaynst the tyme of batell warre By what waye is the light parted the heate dealt out vpon earth Who deuydeth the abundauÌ„ce of waters in to ryuers or who maketh a waye for the stormy wether y t it watereth moystureth y e drye baren grounde to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth in the wildernes where no maÌ„ remayneth Who is the father of rayne Or who hath begotten the droppes of dew Out of whose woÌ„be came the yse who hath gendred the coldnes of y e ayre y t the waters are as harde as stones lye congeeled aboue the depe Hast thou brought y e vij starres together Or art thou able to breake the Circle of heaueÌ„ CaÌ„st thou bringe forth the mornynge starre or the euenynge starre at coÌ„uenient tyme coÌ„ueye theÌ„ home agayne Knowest thou the course off heaueÌ„ y t thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce therof vpoÌ„ earth Morouer caÌ„st thou lift vp thy voyce to y e cloudes y t they maye poure downe a greate rayne vpoÌ„ the Canst thou thoÌ„dre also y t they maye go their waye be obedieÌ„t vnto the sayeÌ„ge lo here are we Who geueth sure wisdome or stedfast vnderstoÌ„dinge who nombreth the cloudes in wisdome who stilleth y e vehement waters of the heaueÌ„ who turneth the clottes to dust theÌ„ to be clottes agayne Huntest thou the praye froÌ„ the Lyon or fedest thou his whelpes lyeÌ„ge in their deÌ„nes lurkinge in their couches who prouydeth meate for the rauen wheÌ„ his yonge ones crie vnto God aÌ„d fle aboute for want of meate Chap. XXXIX KNowest thou the tyme when the wilde gotes briÌ„ge forth their yoÌ„ge amoÌ„ge the stony rockes Or layest thou wayte when the hindes vse to fawne Rekenest thou the moneth as after they ingendre y t thou knowest the tyme of their bearinge Or when they lye downe when they cast their yonge ones when they are delyuered off their trauayle payne How their yoÌ„ge ones growe vp waxe greate thorow good fedinge who letteth the wilde asse go fre or who lowseth the boÌ„des of the Moole Vnto whoÌ„ I haue geuen the wyldernes to be their house the vntilled londe to be their dwellinge place That they maye geue no force for the multitude off people in the cities nether to regarde the crienge of the dryuer but to seke their pasture aboute the mouÌ„taynes to folowe vpon the grene grasse Wyll the vnicorne be so tame as to do y e seruyce or to abyde still by thy criâ—be CaÌ„st thou bynde y e yock aboute him in thy forowes to make him plowe after the in y e valleis Mayest thou trust hiÌ„ because he is stroÌ„ge or coÌ„mitte thy labo r vnto hiÌ„ Mayest thou beleue hiÌ„ y t he wil briÌ„ge home y e corne or to cary eny thinge vnto y e barne The Estrich whose fethers are fayrer theÌ„ y e wynges of the sparow hauke wheÌ„ he hath layed his egges vpon the grounde he bredeth them in the dust and forgetteth them so that they might be troden with fete or broken with somme wilde beast So harde is he vnto his yong ones as though they were not his and laboureth in vayne without eny feare And that because God hath taken wisdome from him hath not geuen him vnderstondinge When his tyme is he flyeth vp an hye and careth nether for horse ner man Hast thou geuen the horse is strength or lerned him to bowe downe his neck with feare that he letteth him self be dryuen forth like a greshopper where as the stoute neyenge that he maketh is fearfull he breaketh y e grounde with the hoffes of his fete chearfully in his strength and runneth to mete the harnest men He layeth asyde all feare his stomack is not abated nether starteth he a back for eny swerde Though the quyuers rattle vpon him though the speare and shilde glistre yet russheth he in fearsly and beateth vpon the grounde He feareth not the noyse of the trompettes but as soone as he heareth the shawmes blowe tush sayeth he for he smelleth the batell afarre of y e noyse the captaynes and the shoutinge Commeth it thorow thy wysdome that the goshauke flyeth towarde the south Doth the Aegle mounte vp make his nest on hye at thy commaundement He abydeth in the stony rockes aÌ„d vpon the hye toppes of harde mountaynes where no man can come From thence maye he beholde his praye and loke farre aboute with his eyes His yonge ones are fed with bloude and where eny deed body lyeth there is he immediatly Morouer God spake vnto Iob and sayde Can he that stryueth with the Allmightie be at rest Shulde not he which disputeth with God geue him an answere Iob answered the LORDE sayenge Beholde I am to vyle a personne to answere the therfore will I laye my hande vpon my mouth Once or twyse haue I spoken but I will saye nomore The XL. Chapter THen spake the LORDE vnto Iob out of the storme and sayde gyrde vp y e loynes like a man and tell me the thiÌ„ge that I will axe the. Wilt thou disanulle my iudgment Or wilt thou condemne me y t thou thy self mayest be made rightuous Is thine arme then like the arme of God Maketh thy voyce soch a souÌ„de as his doth Then arme thy self with thine owne power vp decke the in thy ioly araye poure out the indignacion of thy wrath se that thou cast downe all y e proude loke well that thou makest all soch as be stubburne to obeye treade all the vngodly vnder thy fete cast theÌ„ downe in to the myre and couer their faces with darcknesse Then will I confesse also that thyne owne right honde hath saued the. Beholde the cruell beaste whom I made w t the which eateth haye as an oxe lo how stronge he is in his loynes and what power he hath in the nauell of his body He spredeth out his tale like a Cedre tre all his vaynes are stiff His shynnes are like pipes off brasse his rygge bones are like staues of yroÌ„ First when God made him he ordened the wyldernesse for him y t the mountaynes shulde geue him grasse where all the beastes off the felde take their pastyme He lyeth amoÌ„ge the redes in the Mosses the fennes hyde him with their shadowe and the wylowes of the broke couer him rounde aboute Lo without eny laboure might he drynke out the whole floude and suppe off Iordane without eny trauayle Who darre laye honde vpon him openly and vndertake to catch him Or who darre put an hoke thorow his nose aÌ„d laye a snare for him Darrest thou drawe out Leuiathan with an angle or bynde his tonge with a snare Canst thou put a rynge in the nose of him or bore his chaftes thorow with a naule Wyll he make many fayre wordes with the thynkest thou or flatre the Wyll he make a couenaunt with the Or art thou able
thou LORDE of thy goodnesse haddest made my hill so stronge But as soone as thou turnedest thy face fro me I was brought in feare TheÌ„ cried I vnto y e O LORDE yee vnto y e LORDE made I my prayer What profit is there in my bloude yf I go downe to corrupcion Maye the dust geue thankes vnto ye Or shal it declare thy faithfulnesse Heare O LORDE and haue mercy vpon me LORDE be thou my helper And so thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye thou hast put of my sack cloth gyrded me w t gladnesse That my hono r might synge prayses vnto the w t out ceassynge O LORDE my God I wil geue thankes vnto the for euer The XXX A psalme of Dauid IN the O LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌ„fucion but delyuer me in thy rightuousnesse Bowe downe thine eare to me make haist to delyuer me be thou my stronge rocke and a house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my stronge holde my castell O be thou my gyde lede me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the nett y t they haue layed priuely for me for thou art my streÌ„gth Into thy hondes I commende my sprete thou hast â—â—lyuered me O LORDE thou God of treuth I hate them that holde of vanities and my trust is in the LORDE I will be glad and reioyse in thy mercy for thou hast considred my trouble thou hast knowne my soule in aduersite Thou hast not delyuered me ouer in to the hoÌ„des of the enemie but hast set my fete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O LORDE for I am in trouble myne eye is consumed for very heuynesse yee my soule and my body My life is waxen olde with heuynesse and my yeares w t mournynge My streÌ„gth fayleth me because of my aduersite and my bones are corrupte I am become a very reprofe amonge all myne enemies my neghbours they of myne owne acquauntaunce are afrayed of me they y t seme in the strete coÌ„veye them selues fro me I am clene forgotten and out of mynde as a deed man I am become like a broken vessell For I haue herde the blasphemy of the multitude euery man abhorreth me they haue gathered a councel together agaynst me and are purposed to take awaye my life But my hope is in y e O LORDE I saye thou art my God My tyme is in thy honde delyuer me from the honde of myne enemies from them y t persecute me Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce helpe me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded o LORDE for I call vpon the let the vngodly rather be put to confucion and brought vnto the hell Let the lyenge lippes be put to sylence which cruelly diszdanedly despitefully speake agaynst the rightuous O how greate and manifolde is thy good which thou haist hyd for them that feare y e O what thinges bringest thou to passe for them that put their trust in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tonges Thankes be to the LORDE for he hath shewed me maruelous greate kyndnesse in a stronge cite For when the sodane feare came vpon me I sayde I am cast out of thy sight Neuertheles thou herdest myne humble prayer when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE all ye his sayntes for the LORDE preserueth the faith full and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stroÌ„ge therfore take a good herte vnto you all ye that put youre trust in the LORDE The XXXI A psalme of Dauid BLessed are they whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer Sela. Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse I saide I will knowlege myne offence and accuse my self vnto the LORDE and so thou forgauest me the wickednesse of my synne Sela. For this shal euery saynte make his prayer vnto the in due season therfore shall not the greate water floudes come nye him Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come aboute me O coÌ„passe thou me aboute also with the ioye of delyueraunce Sela. I wil enforme the and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the. Be not ye now like horses mooles which haue no vnderstondinge Whose mouthes thou must holde with bytt brydle yf they wil not obeie the. Greate plages shall y e vngodly haue but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE mercy shall compasse him on euery syde Be glad o ye rightuous and reioyse in the LORDE be ioyfull all ye that are true of herte The XXXII A psalme of Dauid EEioyse in y e LORDE o ye rightuous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the LORDE with harpe synge psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Singe him a new songe yee synge lustely vnto him with a good corage For the worde of y e LORDE is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth mercy iudgment y e earth is full of the goodnesse of the LORDE By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made all the hoostes of them by y e breth of his mouth He gathereth y e waters together as it were in a bottell laieth vp the depe in secrete Let all the earth feare the LORDE and let all them that dwell in the worlde stoÌ„de in awe of him For loke what he sayeth it is done and loke what he coÌ„mauÌ„deth it stondeth fast The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught and turneth the deuyces of the people But the couÌ„cell of the LORDE endureth and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people that holde the LORDE for their God blessed are the folke whom he hath chosen to be his heretage The LORDE loketh downe from heauen beholdeth all the children of men from his stronge seate he considreth all them y t dwell in the worlde He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them knoweth all their workes A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne streÌ„gth A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man it is not the power of his streÌ„gth that can delyuer him Beholde the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him 〈◊〉 put their trust in his mercy That he maye delyuer their soules from death and to fede them
in the deare tyme. Let oure soule paciently abyde the LORDE for he is oure helpe and shilde So shal oure herte reioyse in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse o LORDE be vpon vs like as we put oure trust in the. The XXXIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the LORDE his prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shall make hir boast in the LORDE the poore oppressed shal heare therof and be glad O prayse y e LORDE with me and let vs magnifie his name together I sought the LORDE and he herde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They that haue an eye vnto him shal be lightened their faces shall not be ashamed This poore man cried vnto the LORDE and he herde him yee and delyuered him out of all his troubles The angell of the LORDE pitcheth his tente rounde aboute them that feare him and delyuereth them O taist and se how frendly the LORDE is blessed is the man y t trusteth in him O feare the LORDE ye y t be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothinge The rich shal want and suffre hunger but they which seke the LORDE shal wāt no maner of thinge that is good Come hither o ye children herken vnto me I wil teach you the feare of the LORDE Who so listeth to lyue wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell and do good Let him seke peace ensue it For the eyes of the LORDE are ouer the rightuous and his eares are open vnto their prayers But the face of the LORDE beholdeth them that do euel to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth When the rightuous crie the LORDE heareth them and delyuereth thē out of all their troubles The LORDE is nye vnto them y t are contrite in hert wil helpe soch as be of an hūble sprete Greate are y e troubles of the rightuous but the LORDE delyuereth them out of all He kepeth all their bones so y t not one of them is broken But miszfortune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate y e rightuous shal be giltie The LORDE delyuereth the soules of his seruaūtes and all they that put their trust in him shal not offende The XXXIIII A psalme of Dauid STryue thou with them o LORDE that stryue w t me fight thou agaynst them that fight agaynst me Laye honde vpon the shylde and speare and stonde vp to helpe me Drawe out thy swearde and stoppe the waye agaynst them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am y i helpe Let them be cōfounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let thē be turned back and brought to confucion that ymagin myschefe for me Let thē be as y e dust before the wynde and the angell of the LORDE scaterynge thē Let their waye be darcke and slippery and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them For they haue pryuely laied their nett to destroye me without a cause yee and made a pitte for my soule which I neuer deserued Let a sodane destrucciō come vpon him vnawarres and y e nett that he hath layed priuely catch him self that he maye fall in to his owne myschefe But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE and reioyse in his helpe All my bones shal saie LORDE who is like vnto the which delyuerest y e poore from those that are to stronge for him yee the poore and the nedy from his robbers False witnesses are rysen vp laye to my charge thinges that I knowe not They rewarde me euell for good to the greate discomforth of my soule Neuertheles when they were sick I put on a sack cloth I humbled my soule with fastinge and my prayer turned in to myne owne bosome I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother I wēte heuely as one y e mourneth for his mother But in my aduersite they reioyse and gather them together yee y e very lame come together agaynst me vnawarres makynge mowes at me ceasse not With y e gredy scornefull ypocrites they gnaszshed vpon me with theirteth LORDE whan wilt thou loke vpō this O restore my soule from y e wicked rumoure of thē my dearlinge from the lyons So wil I geue y e thankes in the greate congregacion prayse the amonge moch people O let thē not triūphe ouer me that are myne enemies for naught O let them not wyncke w t their eyes that hate me without a cause And why their comonynge is not for peace but they ymagin false wordes agaynst y e outcastes of the londe They gape vpon me w t their mouthes sayenge there there we se it with oure eyes This thou seist o LORDE holde not thy tonge thē go not farre fro me o LORDE Awake LORDE and stonde vp auenge thou my cause my God and my LORDE Iudge me o LORDE my God acordinge to thy rightuousnesse y t they triūphe not ouer me O let thē not saye in their hertes there there so wolde we haue it O let them not saye we haue ouercome him Let them be put to confucion and shame that reioyse at my trouble let thē be clothed with rebuke and dishonoure that boost thē selues agaynst me Let them also be glad and reioyse that fauoure my rightuous dealinge yee let them saye allwaye blessed be y e LORDE which hath pleasure in the prosperite of his seruaunt And as for my tonge it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of thy prayse all the daye longe The XXXV A psalme of Dauid MY hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly that there is no feare of God before his eyes For he dyssembleth before his face so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate he wil not be lerned to do good He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde he will come in no good waye ner refuse the thinge that is euell Thy mercy O LORDE reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faith fulnesse vnto the cloudes Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes thy iudgment like the greate depe Thou LORDE preseruest both mē the beestes How precious is thy mercy O God that the children of men maye put their trust vnder y e shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfied with the plēteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures For by the is y e well of life in thy light shall we se light O sprede forth thy louynge kyndnesse vnto them that knowe the thy rightuousnes vnto thē that are true of hert O let not the fote of pryde ouertake me O let not the hande of y e vngodly cast me downe As for wicked doers they fall they
him vpō his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye lōdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates thē with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thākfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thākesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my criēge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smyttē downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heauē is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instrēgth fulfillinge his commaundement that mē maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
vp the grounde But myne eyes loke vnto y e o LORDE God in the is my trust oh cast not out my soule Kepe me froÌ„ y e snare which 〈…〉 me and froÌ„ the trappes 〈…〉 Let the vngodly fall 〈…〉 nettes together vntill I be 〈…〉 them The CXLI A psalme of Dauid I Crie vnto the LORDE with my voyce yee eueÌ„ vnto the LORDE do I make my supplicacion I poure out my complaynte before him and shewe him of my trouble When my sprete is in heuynesse for thou knowest my path in the waye where in I walke haue they preuely layed a snare for me I loke vpon my right honde se there is no man that wil knowe me I haue no place to fle vnto no man careth for my soule Therfore do I crie vnto the o LORDE and saye thou art my hope and my porcion in the londe of the lyuynge CoÌ„sidre my complaynte for I am brought very lowe Oh delyuer me fro my persecuters for they are to stronge for me Brynge my soule out of preson that I maye geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name which thinge yf thou wilt grauÌ„te me then shal the rightuous resorte vnto my coÌ„pany The CXLII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o LORDE considre my desyre answere me for thy treuth rightuousnesse sake And entre not in to iudgment with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shal no man lyuynge be iustified For the enemie persecuteth my soule he smyteth my life downe to the grounde he layeth me in the darcknesse as the deed men of the worlde Therfore is my sprete vexed within me and my herte within me is desolate Yet do I remeÌ„bre the tymes past I muse vpoÌ„ all y e workes yee I exercise my self in the workes of thy hondes I stretch forth my hondes vnto the my soule crieth vnto the out of the thyrstie londe Sela. Heare me o LORDE and that soone for my sprete waxeth faynte hyde not y e face fro me lest I be like vnto theÌ„ that go downe in to the graue Oh let me heare thy louynge kyndnesse by tymes in the mornynge for in the is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shulde walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto the. Delyuer me o LORDE fro myne enemies for I resorte vnto the. Teach me to do the thinge that pleaseth the for thou art my God let thy louynge spreâ—e lede me forth vnto the londe of rightuousnesse QuyckeÌ„ me o LORDE for thy names sake and for thy rightuousnesse sake brynge my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse scater myne enemies abrode and destroye all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt The CXLIII A psalme of Dauid BLessed be the LORDE my refuge which teacheth my haÌ„des to warre my fyngers to fight My hope and my castell my defence and my delyuerer my shylde in whom I trust which gouerneth the people that is vnder me LORDE what is maÌ„ that thou hast soch respecte vnto him Or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Man is like a thinge of naught his tyme passeth awaye like a shadowe Bowe thy heaueÌ„s o LORDE come downe touch the mountaynes y t they maye smoke withall â–ª Sende forth the lightenynge scater theÌ„ shute out thine arowes and consume them Sende downe thine hande from aboue delyuer me and take me out of y e greate waters from the hande of straunge childreÌ„ Whose mouth talketh of vanite their right haÌ„de is a righthande of falsede That I maye synge a new songe vnto the o God synge prayses vnto the vpon a tenstrynged luck Thou that geuest victory vnto kynges and hast delyuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the parell of the swerde Saue me and delyuer me from the honde of straunge childreÌ„ whose mouth talketh of vanite and their right hande is a right hande of falsede That 〈◊〉 sonnes maye growe vp as the yoÌ„ge plantes and that oure doughters maye be as the polished corners of the temple That o r garners maye be full and plenteous with all maner of stoare that o r shepe maye brynge forth thousandes and hundreth thousands in oure villages That oure oxen maye be stronge to laboure that there be no myschaunce 〈◊〉 decaye and no complayninge in oure stretes â–ª Happie are the people that be in soch a â—â—se yee blessed are the people which haue the LORDE for their God The CXLIIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil magnifie the o my God kyngeâ— I wil prayse y e name for euer euer Euery daye wil I geue thankes vnto the and prayse y e name for euer and euer Greate is the LORDE maruelous worthy to be praysed there is no ende of his greatnesse One generacion shal prayse thy wâ—kes vnto another and declare thy power As for me I wil be talkiÌ„ge of thy worshipe thy glory thy prayse and woÌ„derous workes â–ª So that men shal speake of the might of thy maruelous actes and tell of y e greatnes â–ª The memoriall of y e abundaunt kyndneâ— shal be shewed and meÌ„ shal synge of thy righteousnesse The LORDE is gracious and mercifull longe sufferynge of greate goodnesse The LORDE is louynge vnto euery man and his mercy is ouer all his workes All thy workes prayse the o LORDE and thy sayntes geue thankes vnto the. They shewe the glory of thy kyngdome and talke of y e power That y e power thy gloâ—â— mightynesse of thy kyngdome migâ—◠〈◊〉 knowne vnto men Thy kyngdome is an euerlastinge kyngdome thy dominion endureth thorow out all ages The LORDE vpholdeth all soch as shulde fall and lifteth vp all those that be downe The eyes of all wayte vpon the and thou geuest them their meate in due season Thou openest thine haÌ„de and fyllest all thinges lyuynge with plenteâ—usnesse The LORDE is righteous in all his wayes holy in all his workes The LORDE is nye vnto all them that call vpon him yee all soch as call vpon him faithfully He fulfilleth the desyre of them that feare him he heareth their crie and helpeth them The LORDE preserueth all them that loue him but scatereth abrode all the vngodly My mouth shal speake the prayse of the LORDE And let all flesh geue thankes vnto his holy name for euer and euer Halleluya The CXLâ— psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule whyle I lyue wil I prayse the LORDE yee as loÌ„ge as I haue eny beynge I wil synge prayses vnto my God O put not yo r trust in prynces ner in the childe of man for there is no helpe in theÌ„ For when y e breth of man goeth forth he shal turne agayne to his earth and so all his thoughtes perishe Blessed is he that hath y e God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the LORDE his God Which made heauen and earth y t see and all that therin is which kepeth his promise for euer Which helpeth them to right y t suffre wronge which fedeth y e
LORDE Beholde the daies come saieth the LORDE y t the cite of y e LORDE shal be enlarged from the towre of Hananeel vnto y e gate of the corner wall From thence shal the right measure be taken before her vnto the hill toppe of Gareb and shal come aboute Gaatha and the whole valley of the deed carcases and of the ashes all Seremoth vnto the broke of Cedron and from thence vnto the corner of the horsgate towarde y e east where as the Sanctuary of the LORDE also shal be set And when it is now buylded set vp of this fashion it shall neuer be broken ner cast downe eny more The XXXII Chapter THese wordes spake the LORDE vnto Ieremy in the tenth yeare of Sedechias kinge of Iuda which was y e xviij yeare of Nabuchodonosor what tyme as the kinge of Babilons hooste layed sege vnto Ierusalem But Ieremy the prophet laye bounde in y e courte of the preson which was in the kinge of Iudaes house where Sedechias the kinge of Iuda caused him to be layed because he had prophecied of this maner Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I will delyuer this cite in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon which shal take it As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda he shal not be able to escape the Caldees but surely he shall come in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon which shall speake with him mouth to mouth and one of them shall loke another in the face And Sedechias shal be caried vnto Babilon and there shall he be vntill the tyme that I vyset him saieth the LORDE But yf thou takest in hōde to fight agaynst the Caldees thou shalt not prospere And Ieremy sayde Thus hath the LORDE spoken vnto me Beholde Hananeel the sonne of Sellum thine Vncles sonne shall come vnto the and requyre the to redeme y e londe that lieth in Anathot vnto thy self for by reason of kynred it is thy parte to rede me it and to bye it out And so Hananeel myne Vncles sonne came to me in the courte of the preson acordinge to the worde of the LORDE and sayde vnto me Bye my londe I praye the that lieth in Anothot in the countre of Ben Iamyn for by heretage thou hast right to lowse it out for thy self therfore redeme it Then I preceaued that this was the commaundement of the LORDE and so I lowsed the londe from Hananeel of Anathot myne Vncles sonne and weyed him there the moneye euen seuen sycles and ten syluer pens I caused him also to make me a writinge and to seale it and called recorde there by and weyed him there the money vpon the waightes So I toke the euydence with the copie when it was orderly sealed and red ouer and I gaue the euydence vnto Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia in the sight of Hananeel my cosen and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euydence and before all the Iewes that were therby in the courte of the preson I charged Baruch also before them saienge The LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel commaundeth the to take this sealed euydence with the copie and to laye it in an erthen vessell that it maye longe continue For the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel hath determed that houses feldes and vynyardes shal be possessed agayne in this londe Now when I had delyuered the euydence vnto Baruch y e sonne of Nerias I besought the LORDE sayenge O LORDE God It is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy greate power and hie arme and there is nothinge to harde for ye. Thou shewest mercy vpon thousandes thou recompēcest the wickednes of the fathers in to the besome of the children that come after them Thou art the greate and mightie God whose name is the LORDE of hoostes greate in councell and infinite in thought Thine eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens children to rewarde euery one after his waye and acordinge to the frutes of his inuencions Thou hast done greate tokens and wonders in the londe of Egipte as we se this daye vpon the people of Israel and vpon those men to make thy name greate as it is come to passe this daye Thou hast brought thy people of Israel out of the londe of Egipte with tokens with wondres with a mightie honde with a stretched out arme and with greate terriblenes and hast geuen them this londe like as thou haddest promysed vnto their fathers Namely that thou woldest geue them a lōde that floweth with mylke and honye Now when they came therin and possessed it they folowed not thy voyce and walked not in thy lawe but all that thou commaundedest them to do that haue they not done and therfore come all these plages vpon them Beholde there are bulworckes made now agaynst the cite to take it and it shal be wonne of the Caldees that besege it with swearde with honger and death and loke what thou hast spoken that same shal come vpon them For lo all thinges are present vnto the Yet sayest thou vnto me o LORDE God and commaundest me that I shall loose a pece of londe vnto my self and take witnesses therto and yet in the meane season the cite is delyuered in to the power of the Caldees Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me sayenge Beholde I am the LORDE God of all flesh Is there eny thinge then to harde for me Therfore thus sayde the LORDE beholde I shal delyuer this cite in to the power of the Caldees and in to the power of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon they shall take it in For the Caldees shall come and wynne this cite and set fyre vpon it and burne it with the gorgeous houses in whose parlers they haue made sacrifice vnto Baal and poured drynke offeringes vnto straunge goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath For seinge the children of Israel and the children of Iuda haue wrought wickednes before me euer from their youth vp what haue they els done but prouoked me with the workes of their owne hondes saieth the LORDE Or what hath this cite bene els but a prouokinge of my wrath euer sence the daye that I buylded it vnto this houre Wherin I cast it out of my sight be cause of the greate blasphemies of the childrē of Israel and Iuda which they haue done to prouoke me yee they their kinges their prynces their prestes their prophetes whole Iuda and all the citesyns of Ierusalem When I stode vp early and taught them and instructe them they turned their backes to me and not their faces They wolde not heare to be refourmed and correcte They haue set their goddes in y e house that is halowed vnto my name to defyle it They haue buylded hie places for Baal in the valley of the children of Ennon to vowe their sonnes and doughters vnto Moloch which I neuer commaūded them nether came it
the God off Israel I am stedfastly advysed and determed to punysh you and to rote out all Iuda As for the remnaunt off Iuda that purposly wente in to Egipte there to ease them off their mysery I will take them and they shall all be destroyed In y e londe of Egipte shall they perishe beynge consumed with the swearde and with honger For from y e leest vnto y e most they shal perishe with the swearde and with honger Morouer they shal be reuyled abhorred shamed and confounded For I will viset them that dwell in Egipte as I haue visited Ierusalem with the swearde with honger and with pestilence So that none off the remnaunt off Iuda which are gone to dwell in Egipte shall be left to come agayne in to y e londe off Iuda all though they thynke to come thither agayne and to dwell there For none shal come agayne but soch as are fled awaye Then all the men which knewe that their wyues had offred vnto straunge goddes a greate sorte off wyues that stode there yee and all the people that dwelt there in Egipte in the cite of Patures answerde Ieremy sayde As for the wordes that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the LORDE we will in no wyse heare them but what so euer goeth out of oure owne mouth that wil we do We will do sacrifice and offre oblacions vnto the Quene off heauen like as we and o r forefathers oure kynges and oure heades haue done in the cities off Iuda and in the stretes and feldes of Ierusalem For then had we plenteousnesse off vytales then were we in prosperite and no myszfortune came vpon vs. But sens we left of to offre and to do sacrifice vnto the Quene of heauen we haue had scarcenes of all thinges and perish w t the swearde and honger Last of all when we womeÌ„ did sacrifice and offred vnto the Quene of heaueÌ„ did we make her cakes aÌ„d poure vnto her drink offeringes to do her seruyce without oure huszbondes wylles Then sayde Ieremy vnto all the people to the men to the women and to all the folâ—â— which had geuen him that answere Dyd not the LORDE remembre the sacrifices that ye yo r forefathers youre kiÌ„ges rulers w t all the people haue offred in the cities of Iuda in the stretes and londe off Ierusalem and hath he not considered this in his mynde In so moch that the LORDE might no longer suffre the wickednes off youre inuencions and the abhominable thynges which ye dyd Is not youre londe desolate voyde yee and abhorred so that no maÌ„ dwelleth therin eny more as it is come to passe this daye Dyd not all this happen vnto you because ye made soch sacrifice and synned agaynst the LORDE Ye haue not folowed his voyce to walke in his lawe in his ordinaunces and statutes Yee this is the cause that all mysfortune happened vnto you as it is come to passe this daye Morouer Ieremy spake vnto all the people and to all the women Heare the worde off the LORDE all Iuda ye that be in the londe off Egipte Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes the God of Israel Ye and youre wyues haue spoken with youre owne mouth the thinge that ye haue fulfilled in dede Yee thus haue ye sayde We will not fayle but do the thynge that pleaseth vs we wil do sacrifice and poure out drynk offringes to the Quene of heauen Purposly haue ye set vp youre owne good meanynges hastely haue ye fulfilled youre owne intente And therfore heare the worde of the LORDE all Iuda ye that dwell in the londe off Egipte Beholde I haue sworne by my greate name saieth the LORDE that my name shal not be rehearsed thorow eny mans mouth of Iuda in all the londe of Egipte to saye The LORDE God lyueth for I wil watch to plage them and not for their wealth And all the men of Iuda that be in the loÌ„de of Egipte shal perish with the swearde and with hoÌ„ger vntill they be vtterly destroyed Neuertheles those that fled awaye for y e swearde shal come agayne in to the loÌ„de of Iuda but there shal be very fewe of them And all the remnaunt off Iuda that are gone in to Egipte there to dwell shall knowe whose wordes shal be founde true theirs or myne Take this for a token that I wil viset you in this place saieth the LORDE and that ye maye knowe how that I without doute wil perfourne my purpose vpon you to punysh you Beholde saieth the LORDE I wil delyuer Pharao Ophram kynge of Egipte in to the hondes of his enemies y t seke after his life euen as I gaue Sedechias the kynge of Iuda in to the hondes of Nabuchodonosor kiÌ„ge of BabiloÌ„ which sought after his life The XLV Chapter THese are the wordes y t Ieremy the prophet spake vnto Baruch the sonne of Nerias after that he had written these SermoÌ„s in to a boke at the mouth of Ieremy In the fourth yeare of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel vnto the O Baruch In so moch as thou thoughtest thus when thou wa st writinge Wo is me the LORDE hath geuen me payne for my trauayle I haue weeried my self w t sighinge and shall I fynde no rest Therfore tell him O Ieremy y t the LORDE saieth thus Beholde The thiÌ„ge that I haue buylded wil I breake downe agayne and rote out the thinge that I haue planted yee this whole londe And sekest thou yet promocioÌ„ Loke not for it and desyre it not For I will bringe a miserable plage vpoÌ„ all flesh saieth the LORDE But thy life will I geue the for a pray where so euer thou goest The XLVI Chapter HEre folowe the wordes off the LORDE to the prophet Ieremy which he spake vnto the Gentiles These wordes folowinge preached he to the EgipciaÌ„s concernynge the hoost off Pharao Necho kynge off Egipte when he was in Charcamis besyde the water off Euphrates what tyme as Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon slewe him In the fourth yeare off Ioachim the sonne off Iosias kynge off Iuda Ye make redy buckler and shylde ye go forth to fight Yee harnesse youre horses set youre selues vpon them Ye set youre salettes fast on ye bringe forth speares ye scoure youre sweardes put on youre brest plates But alas how happeneth it that I se you so afrayed why shreÌ„cke ye backe where fore are youre worthies slayne Yee they runne so fast awaye that none off them loketh behynde him Fearfulnesse is fallen vpon euerychone off them saieth the LORDE The lightest off fote shall not fle awaye and the worthies shall not escape Towarde the north by the water of Euphrates they shall stomble and fall But what is he this that swelleth vp as it were a floude roaringe raginge like the streames
couered her with his greate wawes Hir cities are layed waist the londe lieth vnbuylded and voyde it is a londe where no man dwelleth where no mā traueleth thorow Morouer ▪ I wil vyset Bel at Babilō the thinge that he hath swalowed vp that same shal I plucke out of his mouth The Gentiles also shall runne nomore vnto him yee and the walles of Babilon shal fall O my people come out of Babilon that euery man maye saue his life from the fearfull wrath of the LORDE Be not faynte herted feare not at euery rumoure that shal be herde in the londe for euery yeare bringeth new tydinges yee straunge wickednes and lordshipe And lo the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilō and the whole londe shal be confounded yee and hir slayne shal lie in the myddest of her Heauen and earth with all that is therin shall reioyce ouer Babilon when the destroyers shal come vpon her from the north saieth y e LORDE Like as Babilō hath beaten downe and slayne many out of Israel so shal there fall many and be slayne in all hir kyngdome Ye that haue escaped the swearde haist you stōde not still remembre the LORDE afarre of and thinke vpon Ierusalem for we were ashamed to heare the blasphemies oure faces were couered with shame because the straunge aleauntes came in to the Sanctuary of the LORDE Wherfore beholde saieth the LORDE the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilon and thorow the whole lōde they shal mourne and fall Though Babilon clymmed vp in to heauē and kepte her power an hie yet shal I sende her destroyers saieth the LORDE A piteous crie shall be herde from Babilon and a greate mysery from the londe of the Caldees when the LORDE destroyeth them and when he dryueth out the hie stomack proude boostinge where with they haue bene as furious as the wawes of greate water floudes and made greate crakes with their wordes For the destroyers shall come vpon her euen vpon Babilon which shal take hir worthies and brake their bowes for God is disposed to avenge him self vpon them sufficiently to recompence thē Yee saieth the LORDE I will make their prynces their wyse men their chefe rulers all their worthies dronckē so that they shal slepe an euerlastinge slepe and neuer wake Thus saieth the kinge whose name is y e LORDE of hoostes Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The thicke wall of Babilon shal be broken and hir proude gates shal be brente vp And the thinge that the Gētiles and the people haue wrought with greate trauayle and laboure shal come to naught and be consumed in the fyre This is the charge that Ieremy gaue vnto Sarias the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia when he wente towarde Babilon with Sedechias the kinge of Iuda in the fourth yeare of his reigne Now this Sarias was a peaceable prynce Ieremy wrote in a boke all the misery that shulde come vpon Babilon yee and all these sermons that be written agaynst Babilon and gaue Sarias this charge When thou commest vnto Babilon se that thou rede all these wordes and saye O LORDE thou art determed to rote out this place so that nether people ner catell shal dwell there eny more but to lie waist for euer and when thou hast redde out the boke bynde a stone to it and cast it in the myddest of Euphrates and saye Euē thus shal Babilon syncke be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I will bringe vpon her so that she shal neuer come vp agayne Thus farre are y e preachinges of Ieremy The LII Chap. SEdechias was xxj yeare olde when he was made kynge he raigned xj yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name was Hamithal Ieremies doughter of Lobna He lyued wickedly before the LORDE euen as Ioachim dyd Wherfore the LORDE was angrie at Ierusalem Iuda so longe till he had cast thē out of his presence And Sedechias fel from the kynge of Babilon But in y e ix yeare of his raigne In the tēth Moneth the tenth daye of the Moneth it happened that Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon with all his hooste came before Ierusalem beseged it made them bulworkes rounde aboute it And this beseginge of the cite endured vnto the xj yeare of kynge Sedechias And in the fourth Moneth the ix daye of the Moneth there was so greate honger in the cite that there were no more vitayles for the people of the londe So all the souldyers brake awaye and fled out of the cite by night thorow the waye of the porte betwene the two walles by the kynges garden Now y e Caldees had cōpassed the cite rounde aboute yet wente these men their waye towarde the wildernesse And so the Caldees folowed vpon them and toke Sedechias the kinge in the felde of Iericho when his hoost was runne from him So they caried the kynge awaye presoner to Reblatha vnto the kinge of Babilon in the londe of Hemath where he gaue iudgment vpon him The kinge of Babilō also caused Sedechias sonnes be slayne before his face yee put all the prynces of Iuda to death at Reblatha Morouer he put out the eyes of Sedechias caused him be bounde with cheynes to be caried vnto Babilon let him lie in preson till he dyed Now y e tenth daye of the fyfth Moneth in the xix yeare of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon Nabusaradan the chefe captayne and the kinge of Babilons seruauntes came vnto Ierusalem brent vp the house of the LORDE He brent vp also the kinges palace all the houses all the gorgeous buyldinges in Ierusalē And the whole hoost of the Caldees y t were with the chefe captayne brake downe all the walles of Ierusalem rounde aboute As for the poore people soch folke as yet was left in the cite which also were fallen to the kinge of Babilon yee what people as yet remayned Nabusaradan the chefe captayne caried them awaye presoners But y e poore people of the countre dyd Nabusaradan the chefe captayne leaue in the londe to occupie the vynyardes feldes The Caldees also brake the brasen pilers that were in the house of the LORDE yee the seate and the brasen lauer that was in the house of y e LORDE caried all the metall of them vnto Babilon They toke awaye also the Cauldrons shouels flesh hokes sprinklers spones all the brasen vessell that was occupide in the seruyce with the basens colepannes sprinklers pottes candilstickes spones and cuppes wherof some were of golde and some of syluer The chefe captayne toke also the two pilers the lauer the xij brasen bullockes y t stode vnder y e seate which kinge Salomon made in the house of the LORDE all the vessell conteyned so moch metall that it might not be weyed For euery piler was xviij cubites hie the rope that went aboute it
rest in myne house ād florishinge in my palace sawe a dreame which made me afrayed ād the thoughtes that I had vpō my bed with the visions of myne heade troubled me Then sent I out a commission that all they which were of wiszdome at Babilō shulde be brought before me to tell me the interpretacion of the dreame So there came the soythsayers charmers Caldees and coniurers of deuels to whom I tolde the dreame but what it betokened they coude not shewe me till at the last there came one Daniel otherwyse called Balthasar acordinge to the name of my God which hath the sprete of the holy goddes in him to whom I tolde the dreame sayenge O Balthasar thou prynce of saythsayers For so moch as I knowe that thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes and no secrete is hyd from the tel me therfore what y e visiō of my dreame y t I haue sene maye signifie I sawe a vision in my heade vpon my bed and beholde there stode a tre vpon the grounde which was very hye greate and mightie y e heyth reached vnto the heauē and the bredth extended to all the endes of the earth his leaues were fayre he had very moch frute so y t euery mā had ynough to eate therin The beastes of the felde had shadowes vnder it and the foules off the ayre dwelt in the bowes therof Shortly all creatures fed of it I sawe in my heade a vision vpon my bed beholde a watcher euē an holy angel came downe from heauen and cryed mightely sayenge Hew downe the tre breake off his braunches shake of his leaues and scatre his frute abrode that all the beestes maye get them awaye from vnder him and the foules from his braunches Neuertheles leaue the grounde of his rote still in the earth and bynde him vpon the playne felde with cheynes of yron and stele With the dew of heauen shall he be wet and he shall haue his parte in the herbes of the grounde with other wylde beastes That mans herte off his shall be taken from him and a beastes herte shall be geuen him till seuen yeares be come and gone vpon him This erande of the watcher is a cōmaundemēt grounded and sought out in the councel off him that is most holy to lerne men for to vnderstonde that the hyest hath power ouer the kyngdomes off men ād geueth them to whom it liketh him and bryngeth the very outcastes off men ouer them This is the dreame y t I kynge Nabuchodonosor haue sene Therfore o Balthasar tell thou me what it signifieth for so moch as all the wyse men off my kyngdome are not able to shewe me what it meaneth But thou canst do it for y e sprete of the holy Goddes is in the. Then Daniel whose name was Balthasar helde his peace by the space of an houre ād his thoughtes troubled him So the kynge spake and sayde O Balthasar let nether the dreame ner the interpretacion theroff feare the. Balthasar answered sayenge O my LORDE this dreame happen to thyne enemies and the interpretacion to thyne aduersaries As for the tre that thou sawest which was so greate mightie whose heyth reached vnto the heauen and his bredth in to all the worlde whose leaues were fayre ād the frute moch vnder the which the beastes of the felde had their habitacion and vpon whose braunches the foules of the ayre dyd syt Euen thou o kynge art the tre greate strōge Thy greatnesse increaseth reacheth vnto the heauen so doth thy power to the endes ef the earth But where as the kynge sawe a watcher euen an holy angel that came downe from heauen and sayde hew downe the tre and destroye it yet leaue the groun-of the rote in the earth and bynde him vpon the playne felde with cheynes off yron and stele He shall be wet with the dew off heauen and his parte shal be with the beestes of the felde till seuen yeares be come and gone vpon him This o kynge is y e interpretaciō yee it is the very deuyce of him y t is hyest of all it toucheth my LORDE the kynge Thou shalt be cast out fro men and thy dwellinge shal be with the beestes of the felde with grasse shalt thou be fed like an oxe Thou must be wet with the dew of the heauen yee seuen yeares shall come and go vpon the till thou knowe that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men geueth them to whom he lyst Morouer where as it was sayde that the rote of the tre shulde be be left still in the grounde it betokeneth y t thy kyngdome shall remayne whole vnto y e after thou hast lerned to knowe that the power commeth from heauen Wherfore o kinge be contēt with my councel that thou mayest lowse thy synnes with rightuousnesse ād thyne offences with mercy to poore people for soch thinges shall prolonge thy peace All these thynges touch the kynge Nabuchodonosor So after xij monethes the kynge walked vp and downe in the paalace off the kyngdome off Babilon and sayde This is the greate cite off Babilō which I myself with my power strength haue made a kynges courte for the honoure off my magesty Whyle these wordes were yet in the kynges mouth there fell a voyce from heauē sayengt O kinge Nabuchodonosor to the be it spokē Thy kyngdome shall departe from the thou shalt be cast out of mens company thy dwellinge shal be with the beestes off the felde so that thou shalt eate grasse like as an oxe till seuen yeares be come and gone ouer the euen vntill thou knowest that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes off men and that he maye geue them vnto whom it pleaseth him The very same houre was this matter fulfylled vpō Nabuchodonosor so that he was cast out off mēs cōpany ate grasse like an oxe His body was wet with the dew of heauen till his hayres were as greate as Aegles fethers and his nales like byrdes clawes When this tyme was past I Nabuchodonosor lift vp myne eyes vnto heauen and myne vnderstondinge was restored vnto me agayne Then gaue I thankes vnto the hyest I magnified and praysed him that lyueth for euermore whose power endureth all waye and his kyngdome from one generacion to another in comparyson off whom all they that dwell vpon the earth are to be reputed as nothinge He handleth acordinge to his will amōge y e powers of heauen amonge the inhabitours of the earth and there is none that maye resiste his honde or saye what doest thou At the same tyme was myne vnderstondynge geuen me agayne and I was restored to the honoure of my kingdome to my dignite and to myne owne shappe agayne My greatestates and prynces sought vnto me and I was set in my kyngdome agayne so that I had yet greater worshipe Thē dyd I Nabuchodonosor loaue magnifie and prayse the kynge of heauen for all his workes
statute namely that who so desyreth eny peticion ether of eny god or man with in this xxx dayes excepte it be only off the O kynge the same person maye be cast into the Lyons denne Wherfore o kynge confirme thou this stature and make a writynge that the thynge which the Medes and Perses haue ordened be not altered ner broken So Darius made the wrytynge and confirmed it Now when Daniel vnderstode that the wrytynge was made he wente in to his house and the wyndowes of his hall towarde Ierusalem stode open There kneled he downe vpon his knees thre tymes a daye there he made his peticion and praysed his God like as his maner was to do afore tyme. Then these men made searche and founde Daniel makynge his peticion and prayenge vnto his God So they came to the kynge and spake before him concernynge his commaundement sayenge O kynge hast thou not subscribed the statute that within xxx dayes who so requyreth his peticion off eny god or man but only of thy self o kynge he shal be cast in to the denne of the Lyons The kynge answered aÌ„d sayde yee it is true It must be as a lawe of y e Medes and Perses that maye not be broken Then answered they and sayde vnto the kynge Daniel one of the presoners of Iuda O kynge regardeth nether the ner thy statute that thou hast made but maketh his peticion thre tymes a daye When the kynge herde these wordes he was sore greued and wolde haue excused Daniel to delyuer him and put off the matter vnto the Sonne weÌ„te downe to the intent that he might saue him These men perceauynge the kynges mynde sayde vnto him knowe this o kynge that the lawe off the Medes and Perses is that the commaundement and statute which the kynge maketh maye not be altered Then the kynge bad them brynge Daniel and they cast him into the Lyons denne The kynge also spake vnto Daniel aÌ„d sayde Thy God whom thou allwaye seruest euen he shall defende the. And there was brought a stone and layed vpon the hole of the denne this the kynge sealed with his owne rynge and with y e signet of his prynces that the kynges commaundement concernynge Daniel shulde not be broken So the kynge wente in to his palace and kepte him sober all night so that there was no table spred before him nether coude he take eny slepe But be tymes in the mornynge at the breake off the daye the kynge arose and wente in all haist vnto the denne off the Lyons Now as he came nyâ— vnto y e deÌ„ne he cried w t a piteous voyce vnto Daniel Yee y e kiÌ„ge spake and sayde vnto Daniel O Daniel thou seruaunt off the lyuynge God Is not thy God whom thou allwaye seruest able to delyuer the from the lyons Daniel sayde vnto the kynge O kynge God saue thy life for euer My God hath sent his angel which hath shut the lyons mouthes so that they might not hurte me For why myne vngiltynesse is founde out before him And as for the o kynge I neuer offended the. Then was the kynge exceadinge glad aÌ„d commaunded to take Daniel out off the denne So Daniel was brought out of the deÌ„ne and no maner of hurte was founde vpoÌ„ him For he put his trust in his God And as for those men which had accused Daniel the kiÌ„ge commaunded to bringe them and to cast them in the lyons denne them their children and their wyues So the lyons had the mastry of them and brake all their bones a sonder or euer they came at the grounde After this wrote kynge Darius vnto all people kynreddes and tunges that dwelt in all londes peace be multiplied with you My commaundement is in all my dominioÌ„ and kyngdome that men feare and stonde in awe off Daniels God For he is the lyuinge God which abydeth euer his kyngdome shall not fayle and his power is euerlastynge It is he that delyuereth and saueth he doth wonders and maruelous workes in heauen and in earth he hath preserued Daniel from the power of the lyons This Daniel prospered in the raigne off Darius and Cirus of Persia. The VII Chapter IN the first yeare off Balthasar kynge off Babilon sawe Daniel a dreame and a vision was in his heade vpon his bedde Which dreame he wrote and the summe of the matter is this Daniel spake and sayde I sawe in my vision by nyght and beholde the foure wyndes of y e heauen stroue vpon the see and foure greate beestes came vp from the see one vnlike another The first was as a lyon and yet had he Aegles wynges I sawe that his wynges were plucte from him and he taken awaye from the earth that he stode vpon his fete as a man and that there was geuen him a mans herte Beholde the seconde beest was like a Beer and stode vpon the one syde Amonge his teth in his mouth he had iij greate loÌ„ge teth and it was sayde vnto him Arise eate vp moch flesh Then I loked beholde there was another like vnto a Leoparde this had wynges as a foule euen foure vpon the backe This beest had foure heades aÌ„d there was power geuen him After this I sawe in a vision by night beholde the fourth beest was grymme and horrible and maruelous stronge It had greate yron teth it deuoured and destroyed and stamped the residue vnder fete It was farre vnlike the other beestes that weâ—â— before it for it had ten hornes wheroff I toke good hede And beholde there came vp amonge theÌ„ another like horne before whom there were thre of the first hornes pluckte awaye Beholde this horne had eyes like a maÌ„ a mouth speakynge presumptuous thinges I loked till the seates were prepared aÌ„d till the olde aged sat him downe His clothinge was as white as snowe and the hayres of his heade like the pure woll His trone was like the firie flame and his wheles as the burnynge fyre There drew forth a firie streame wente out from him A thousand tymes a thousande serued him x. M. tymes ten thousande stode before him The iudgmeÌ„t was set and the bokes opened Then toke I hede there vnto because of the voyce of the proude wordes which that horne spake I behelde till the beest was slayne and his body destroyed geuen ouer to be brent in the fyre As for the power of the other beestes also it was taken awaye but their lyues were prolonged for a tyme and season I sawe in a vision by night and beholde there came one in the cloudes of heauen like the sonne of a man which wente vnto the olde aged before whom they brought him Then gaue he him power aÌ„d dignite regall that all people trybes and tunges shulde serue him His power is an euerlastinge power which shal neuer be put downe his kyngdome endureth vncorrupte My herte was vexed I Daniel had a troubled
sprete within me aÌ„d the visions off my heade made me afrayed till I gat me vnto one off them that stode by to knowe the treuth concerninge all these thinges So he tolde me and made me vnderstoÌ„de the interpretacioÌ„ of these thinges These foure greate beastes are foure kinges which shal aryse out of the earth These shal take in the kyngdome off the sayntes of the most hyest and possesse it still more more for a longe season After this I requyred diligently to knowe the treuth concerninge the fourth beest which was so farre vnlike the other beestes and so horrible whose teth were of yron and his nales off brasse which deuoured and destroied and stamped the resydue vnder his fete I desyred also to knowe the treuth as touchinge the ten hornes that he had vpon his heade and this other which came vp afterwarde before whose face theâ— fell downe thre which horne had eyes and a mouth that spake presumptuous thinges and loked with a grimmer visage then his felowes I behelde and the same horne made battail agaynst the sayntes yee aÌ„d gat the victory off them vntill the tyme that the olde aged came that the iudgment was geueÌ„ to the chefest sayntes and till the tyme that y e sayntes had the kyngdome in possession He gaue me this aâ—swere That fourth beest shal be the fourth kingdome vpoÌ„ earth it shal be more then all other kyngdomes it shall deuoure treade downe aÌ„d destroye all other londes The ten hornes are ten kynges that shal aryse out of that kyngdome after whoÌ„ there shall stonde vp another which shall be greater then the first He shall subdue thre kynges and shall speake wordes agaynst the hyest off all he shall destroye the sayntes of the most hyest and thynke that he maye chaunge tymes and lawes They shall be geuen vnder his power vntill a tyme two tymes and halff a tyme. But the iudgment shal be kepte so that his power shal be taken from him for he shal be destroyed and perish at the last As for the kyngdome power and all might that is vnder the heauen it shal be geuen to the holy people off the most hyest whose kyngdome is euerlastinge yee all powers shall serue and obeye him Thus farre exteÌ„de y e wordes Neuerthelesse I Daniel was so vexed in my thoughtes that my countenaunce chaunged but the wordes I kepte still in my herte The VIII Chapter IN the thirde yeare off the raigne of kinge Balthasar there apeared a visioÌ„ vnto me Daniel after that I had sene the first I sawe in a vision and when I sawe it I was at Susis in the chefe cite which lyeth in the londe off Elam and in y e vision me thought I was by the ryuer off Vlai Then I loked vp and sawe and beholde there stode before the ryuer a ramme which had hornes and these hornes were hye but one was hyer then another and the hyest came vp last I sawe that this ramme puszhed with his hornes agaynst the west agaynst the north and agaynst the south so that no beestes might stonde before him ner defende them from his power but he dyd as him listed and waxed greatly I toke hede vnto this and then came there an hegoate from the west ouer the whole earth and touched not the grounde This goate had a maruelous goodly horne betwixte his eyes and came vnto the ramme that had the two hornes whom I had sene a fore by the ryuer syde and ranne fearcely vpon him with his might I sawe him drawe nye vnto the ramme beynge very fearce vpon him yee he gaue him soch a stroke that he brake his two hornes Nether had the ramme so moch strength as to stonde before him but he kest him downe trodde him vnder his fete and no man was able to delyuer the ramme out of his power The goate waxed exceadinge greate and when he was at the strongest his greate horne was broken also Then grewe there other foure soch like in the steade towarde the foure wyndes off the heauen Yee out of one of the leest off these hornes there came vp yet another horne which waxed maruelous greate towarde the south towarde the east and towarde the fayre pleasaunt londe It grewe vp to the hoost off heauen wherof it dyd cast some downe to the grounde and off the starres also and trode them vnder fete Yee it grewe vp vnto the prynce off the hoost from whom the daylie offeringe was taken and the place off his Sanctuary casten downe And a certayne season was geuen vnto it agaynst the daylie offeringe because of wickednesse that it might cast downe the verite to the grounde and so to prospere in all thinges that it went aboute Vpon this I herde one off the sayntes speakynge which saynte sayde vnto one that axed this question How longe shall this vision off the daylie sacrifice and of the waistinge abhominacion endure that the Sanctuary and the power shall so be troden vnder fote And he answered him Vnto the euenyinge the morninge euen two thousande and thre huÌ„dreth dayes then shall the Sanctuary be clensed agayne Now when I Daniel had sene this vision and sought for the vnderstondinge of it beholde there stode before me a thinge like vnto a man And I herde a mans voyce in the ryuer off Vlai which cryed and sayde O Gabriel make this man vnderstonde the vision So he came and stode by me But I was afrayed at his coÌ„minge and fell downe vpon my face Then sayde he vnto me O thou sonne of man marcke well for in the last tyme shall this vision be fulfylled Now as he was speakynge vnto me I waxed faynte so that I suncke downe to the grounde But he toke holde vpon me and set me vp agayne sayenge Beholde I will shewe the what shall happen in the last wrath for in the tyme appoynted it shal be fulfilled The ramme which thou sawest with the two hornes is the kynge off the Medes aÌ„d Perses but the goate is the kynge of Greke londe the greate horne that stode betwixte his eyes that is the pryncipall kynge But where as it brake and foure other rose vp in the steade it signifieth that out of this people shall stonde vp foure kyngdomes but not so mightie as it After these kyngdomes whyle vngodnesse is a growinge there shall aryse a kynge off an vnshamefast face which shall be wyse in darcke speakinges He shal be mightie and stronge but not in his owne strength He shall destroye aboue measure and all that he goeth aboute shall prospere he shall slaye the stronge and holy people And thorow his craftynes falsede shall prospere in his honde his herte shall be proude and many one shall he put to death in his welthynesse He shal stonde vp agaynst the prynce off prynces but he shal be destroyed without honde And this vision that is shewed vnto the is as sure as the evenynge and the mornynge Therfore
broken downe for the corne shal be destroied O what a sighinge make the catell the bullockes are very euel likynge because they haue no pasture and the shepe are fameszshed awaye O LORDE to the will I crie for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernesse and the flame hath brent vp all the trees of the felde Yee the wylde beestes crie also vnto the for the water ryuers are dryed vp and the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse The II. Chapter BLowe out y e trompet in Sion crie vpō my holy hill y t all soch as dwel in the londe maye trēble at it for y e daie of the LORDE commeth is harde at honde a darcke daye a gloomynge daye a cloudy daye yee a stormy daye like as the mornynge spredeth out vpō the hilles Namely a great mightie people soch as haue not bene sens y e begynnynge nether shal be after them for euermore Before him shal be a consumynge fyre behynde him a burnynge flame The londe shal be as a garden of pleasure before him but behinde him shal it be a very waist wildernesse there is no man that shal escape him They are to loke vpon like bayrded horses runne like horse men They skyppe vp vpon y e hilles as it were the sounde of charettes as the flame of fyre that consumeth the strawe and as a mightie people redy to the batell The folke shal be afrayed of him all faces shal be as blacke as a pot These shal rūne like giauntes leape ouer the walles like men of warre Euery mā in his goinge shal kepe his araie not go out of his Path. There shal not one dryue another but ech shal kepe his owne waye They shal breake in at the wyndowes not be hurte They shal come into the cite runne vpon the walles They shal clymme vp vpon the houses slyppe in at the wyndowes like a thefe The earth shal quake before him yee the heauens shal be moued the Sonne Moone shal be darckened and the starres shal withdrawe their shyne The LORDE shal shewe his voyce before his hoost for his hoost is greate stronge mightie to fulfill his commaundement This is y e greate and maruelous fearfull daye of the LORDE And who is able to abyde it Now therfore saieth the LORDE Turne you vnto me with all youre hertes with fastinge wepynge and mournynge rente youre hertes not youre clothes Turne you vnto the LORDE youre God for he is gracious mercifull longe sufferynge of greate compassion redy to pardone wickednes Then no doute he also shal turne forgeue after his chastenynge he shall let youre increase remayne for meat drynck offerynges vn to the LORDE youre God Blowe out with the trōpet in Sion proclame a fastynge call the congregacion gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bringe the children suclynges together Let y e brydegrome go forth of his chābre the bryde out of her closet Let the prestes serue the LORDE betwixte the porch y e aulter wepinge sayenge be fauourable o LORDE be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heretage be brought to soch confucion lest the Heithen be lordes therof Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heithen where is now their God Then shal the LORDE be gelous ouer his londe spare his people yee y e LORDE shal answere saye vnto his people Beholde I wil sende you corne wyne oyle so that ye shal haue plenty of them I wil nomore geue you ouer to be a reprofe amonge the Heithen Agayne as for him of the north I shal dryue him farre from you shute him out in to a drye and waist londe his face towarde the east see and his hynder partes towarde the vttemost see The stynke of him shall go vp and his fylthy corrupcion shal fall vpon himself because he hath dealte so proudly Feare not o londe but be glad and reioyse for the LORDE wil do greate thinges Be not ye afrayed nether o ye beastes of the felde for the pastures shal be grene and the trees shal beare their frute the fygetrees vinyardes shal geue their increase Be glad then o ye children of Sion and reioyse in the LORDE youre God for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes he it is y t shal sende you downe shuwers of rayne early and late in the first moneth so that y e garners shal be full of corne and the presses plenteous in wyne and oyle And as for the yeares that y e greszshopper locuste blasstinge caterpiller my greate hoost which I sent amonge you haue eaten vp I shal restore them to you agayne so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and be satisfied and prayse the name of the LORDE youre God that so maruelously hath dealte with you And my people shall neuer be confounded eny more Ye shall well knowe that I am in the myddest of Israel and that I am youre God yee and that there is none other and my people shall nomore be brought to confucion After this will I poure out my sprete vpon all flesh yo r sonnes yo r doughters shal prophecy yo r olde mē shal dreame dreames youre yonge men shal se visions Yee in those dayes I will poure out my sprete vpon seruauntes and maydens I will shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokēs in the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure off smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darcknesse y e Moone in to bloude before y e greate notable daye off the LORDE come And the tyme shal come y t who so euer calleth on the name of the LORDE shal be saued For vpon the mount Sion at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion like as the LORDE hath promised yee amonge the other remnaunt whom the LORDE shall call The III. Chapter FOr take hede In those dayes at y e same tyme when I turne agayne the captyuite of Iuda Ierusalē I shal gather all people together brynge thē in to the valley of Iosaphat and there wil I reason with thē because of my people heretage of Israel whō they haue scatred aboute in the nacions parted my lōde yee they haue cast lottes for my people the yonge mē haue they set in the brodel house solde the Damsels for wyne y t they might haue to drīke Thou Tirus and Sidō and all ye borders of the Philistynes what haue ye to do with me Will ye defye me well yf ye will nedes defye me I shall recōpence you euen vpon youre heade y t right shortly for ye haue takē awaye my syluer golde my fayre goodly Iewels brought them in to youre gods houses The children also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto the Grekes that ye
yonge mē y t they might declare their meanynges thēselues by mouth So when they were sent for and came in y e kynge sayde vnto them shew vs and make vs to vnderstōde what the thinges are that ye haue wrytten Then beganne the first which had spokē of the strength of wyne sayde O ye men wyne is maruelous strōge and ouercōmeth them y e drynke it it disceaueth the mynde bryngeth both the poore man y e kynge to dotage and vanite Thus doth it also w t the bondman and with the fre with the poore rych it taketh awaye their vnderstondinge and maketh them careles and mery so that none of them remembreth eny heuynes dett or dewtie It causeth a man to thinke also that y e thinge which he doth is honest and good and remembreth not that he is a kynge nor y t he is in auctorite y t he ought not to do soch thinges Morouer whan men are drynckinge they forgett all frendshipe all brotherly faithfulnes loue but as soone as they are dronckē they drawe out the swerde wil fight whā they are layed downe frō the wyne so rysen vp agayne they can not tell what they dyd Iudge ye now Is not wyne the strongest For who wolde els take in hande to do soch thinges And whan he had spoken this he helde his tonge The IIII. Chapter THen the seconde which had sayde y t the kynge was stronger beganne to speake sayēge O ye men are not they the strongest most excellent y t cōquere the lōde the see all y t is in y e see in the earth Now is the kynge lorde of all these thinges hath dominion of thē all loke what he cōmaūdeth it is done Yf he sende his mē forth a warfare they go and breake downe hilles walles towres They are slayne slaye oher men them selues ouer passe not y e kynges worde Yf they get the victory they brynge the kynge all the spoyle Likewyse the other y t medle not w t warres fightinge but tyll the grounde whan they reape they brynge trybute vnto y e kynge And yf y e kynge alone do but cōmaunde to kyll they kyll yf he cōmaunde to forgeue they forgeue yf he cōmaunde to smyte they smyte yf he byd dryue awaye they dryue awaye yf he commaunde to buylde they buylde yf he cōmaūde to breake downe they breake downe yf he cōmaunde to plante they plāte The comon people y e rulers are obedient vnto him And y e kynge in the meane season sytteth hī downe eateth and drynketh taketh his rest thē kepe they watch roūde aboute y e kinge not one of thē darre gett him out of y e waye to do his owne busynes but must be obediēt vnto y e kinge at a worde Iudge ye now o ye men how shulde not he go farre aboue vnto whom men are thus obediēt And whan he had spokē this he helde his tonge The thirde whose name was Zorobabel which had spokē of wemen of y e trueth begāne to saye after this maner O ye mē it is not y e greate kynge it is not the multitude of mē nether is it wine y t excelleth Who is it thē y t hath y e lordshipe ouer thē Haue not wemen borne the kynge all y e people y t rule these thinges Haue not wemē borne thē brought thē vp y t plante the vynes wher out y e wyne cōmeth They make garmētes for all mē they geue hono r vnto all men w t out wemen can not men lyue Yf they gather golde syluer all precious thinges se a fayre wel fauoured womā they leaue all together and turne their eyes onely vnto the woman gape vpon her haue more desyre vnto her then vnto the syluer golde or eny maner of precious thinge A mā leaueth his father y t brought him vp he leaueth his owne naturall coūtre and cleueth vnto the woman yee he ioperdeth his life with the woman and remembreth nether father ner mother ner countre By this then ye must nedes knowe y t wemen haue y e domynion ouer you Doth it greue you A mā taketh his swerde goeth his waye to steale to kyll to murther to sayle vpon the see seyth a lyon and goeth in the darcknes and when he hath stollen disceaued robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue Agayne a man loueth his wyfe better then father and mother yee many one there be that renne out of their wyttes become bondmen for their wyues sakes many one also haue perished haue bene slayne haue synned because of wemen And now beleue me I knowe a kynge which is greate in his power all lōdes stōde in awe of him no man darre laye hande vpon him yet dyd I se y t Apame y e daughter of the greate kynge Bartacus the kynges cōcubine satt besyde the kynge vpō the right hāde and toke of his crowne from his heade and set it vpon hir owne heade and smote the kynge with hir left hande Morouer the kynge loked vpō her w t open mouth yf she laughed vpon him he laughed also but yf she toke eny displeasure with him the kynge was fayne to flater her to geue her good wordes till he had gotten hir fauoure agayne O ye men are not wemen then stronger Greate is the earth and hie is the heauen that do these thinges Then the kynge the prynces loked one vpon another So he beganne to speake of the trueth O ye men are not wemē stronger Greate is the earth hye is the heauen swyft is the course of the Sonne he compaseth the heauen rounde aboute and fetcheth his course againe to his owne place in one daye Is he not excellent that doth this yee greate is the trueth and stronger then all thinges All the earth calleth vpon the trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thinge Wine is vnrighteous the kynge is vnrighteous wemen are vnrighteous all the children of men are vnrighteous yee all their workes are vnrighteous and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnes also shall they be destroyed and perish As for y e trueth it endureth and is allwaye stronge it lyueth and cōquereth for euermore worlde without ende The trueth accepteth no personnes it putteth no difference betwixte rych or poore betwixte y e mightie or symple but doth right vnto euery mā whether they be euel or good all men are louyngly dealt withall in the workes of it In the iudgment of it there is no vnrighteous thinge but strength kingdome power and maiesty for euermore Blessed be the God of trueth And with that he helde his tōge and all y e people cried sayde Greate is the trueth and aboue all Then sayde the kynge vnto him Axe what thou wilt more then is
of Assiria which brought vs hither Then Zorobabel and Iesua and the rulers of the villages of Israel sayde vnto them It is not mete that ye shulde buylde the temple of oure God w t vs we oure selues alone wil buylde vnto the LORDE like as Cyrus the kynge of the Persians hath commaūded vs But the Heithen in the londe layed them selues against those that were in Iewry helde vp the buyldinge from them layed wayte vpō them preuely stopped soch as brought eny thinge to them forbad them to buylde hyndered those that made thē passage that the buyldinge shulde not be fynished this contynued so longe as kynge Cyrus lyued so they put of the buyldinge for the space of two yeare vntill y e raigne of kynge Darius The VI. Chapter NOt w t stondinge in the seconde yeare of the raigne of Darius Aggeus Zachary the sonne of Addo prophecied vpon them in Iewry and Ierusalem in the name of the God of Israel Then Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec stode vp and beganne to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem when the prophetes of the LORDE helped them At the same tyme came Sysennes the vnder shreue in Syria and Phenices with the landlordes and his companyons and sayde vnto them Who hath bydden commaunded you to buylde the house to make the rofe and all other thinges agayne And who are the worke men that buylde them Neuertheles the elders of the Iewes had soch grace of the LORDE that they wolde not be lett though they were prouoked therto but buylded on still vntill the tyme that kynge Darius were certified therof and an answere receaued from him The letter that these men sent vnto kynge Darius was after this maner Sysennes the vnder shreue in Syria and Phenices and the landlordes with their cōpaniōs which are head rulers in Syria and Phenices sende their salutacion vnto Darius the kynge We certifie oure lorde the kynge that we came in to the londe of Iewry wente to Ierusalem where we founde them buyldinge the greate house of God and the tēple with greate costly frestone and with goodly tymbre for the walles yee they make greate haist with the worke helpe one another and it goeth forth prosperously in their handes and with greate diligence worshipe is it made Then axed we the elders who had cōmaunded them to make vp the house and the buyldinge and this we dyd to y e intēt that we might certifie the perfectly and wryte vnto the the names of those y t were y e rulers of the worke So they gaue vs this answere we are the seruauntes of the LORDE which made heauen and earth as for this house it hath bene buylded and set vp afore tyme by the greate and mightie kynge of Israel But whan oure fathers prouoked God vnto wrath synned agaynst the God of Israel he gaue thē ouer in to the power of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon the kynge of the Caldees which brake downe y e house and brēt it and caried awaye the people presoners vnto Babilon Neuertheles in the first yeare that kynge Cyrus reigned at Babilon Cyrus the kynge wrote and commaunded to buylde vp this house agayne and all the ornamentes that Nabuchodonosor caried awaye from Ierusalem vnto Babilon and appropriated vnto his owne temple those brought Cyrus forth agayne and delyuered them to Zorobabel to Salmanasar the vndershreue commaundynge them y t they shulde brynge those same ornamentes agayne to Ierusalē in to y e tēple to begynne from y t tyme forth to buylde the tēple agayne in his owne place Thē Salmanasar layed the foundacion of y e LORDES house at Ierusalem and euer sence haue they buylded yet is it not ended And therfore O kynge yf thou thynkest it good let it be sought in the Lybraries rolles of kynge Cyrus yf it be founde thē that it is done w t the councell and cōsent of kynge Cyrus and yf oure lorde y e kynge be so mynded let him wryte vnto vs therof Then cōmaunded kinge Darius to seke in the Lybraries and so at Egbathanis in a litle cite in Media there was founde soch a wrytinge In the first yeare of the raigne of Cyrus the same kynge Cyrus cōmaunded y t the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem shulde be buylded agayne odoures to be made there contynually vnto the LORDE whose heyth shal be ten cubites y e bredth lx cubites iiij square w t thre hewen stones w t a lofte of tymbre of the same countre yee w t a new loft the expenses therof to be geuen of y e house of kynge Cyrus And the ornamētes of golde syluer y t Nabuchodonosor toke out of the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem shal be set agayne in the temple at Ierusalē where they were afore Sysennes also the vndershreue in Syria and Phenices y e prynces and their companyons and the other y t be head rulers in Syria and Phenices shall not medle ner haue eny thinge to do with that place I Cyrus haue cōmaunded also that they shal buylde the house of the LORDE whole vp haue ordeyned them to helpe those y t be come out of captiuyte tyll the house of the LORDE be fynished out of the trybute and taxinge that is yearly raysed vp in Syria and Phenices diligently to geue them a certayne summe to the offerynge of the LORDE and the same to be delyuered vnto Zorobabel the officer that he therwithall maye ordeyne oxen rammes lambes corne salt wyne and oyle and that contynually euery yeare after the expences which the prestes that be at Ierusalem shew to be made daylie this shal be geuen vnto them without delaye that they maye offer sacrifices daylie to the hyest God for the kynge and for his seruauntes and to praye for their lyues Let it be proclamed also on euery syde that who o euer breaketh or despyseth this cōmaundement of y e kynge shal be hanged vpon a galow made of his owne good all his goodes shal be seasoned vnto y e kynge The LORDE therfore whose name is there called vpon rote out and destroye all y e kynges and people that vndertake by violence to hynder the same or to deale vncurteously w t the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem I Darius the kinge haue ordeyned that these thinges shal be done with all diligence The VII Chapter THen Sysennes y e vndershreue in Celosyria and Phenices and the other landlordes with their companyons obeyed the thinges that kynge Darius had ordened were diligent in the holy workes were felow helpers with the olde rulers of the Iewes And so the worke of the Sanctuary wente forth and prospered whan Aggeus and Zachary prophecied And they perfourmed all thinges thorow the commaundement of the LORDE God of Israel and after the deuyce of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerses kynges of Persia. And thus
and with him ij C. and l. men Of the sonnes of Zachnes Iechonias Zecholi and with him ij C. and l. men Of the sonnes of Salamaasias Gotholie and lxx with him Of the sonnes of Zaphacia Zarias Miheli and with him lxxx Of the sonnes of Iob Abdias Ieheli and with him ij C. and xij men Of the sonnes of Bania Salimoth the sonne of Iosaphia and with him an C. and lx men Of the sonnes of Beer Zachary Bebei and with him ij C. and viij men Of the sonnes of Esead Iohannes Ezechan and with him Cx. men Of the sonnes of Adonicā those that were the last and these are their names Eliphalam y e sonne of Gebel and Semeias with him lxx men All these called I together by the water Thia where we pitched oure tentes thre dayes and there I mustered them As for the sonnes of the prestes and Leuites I founde none there Then sent I vnto Eleazar Eccelom and Masman Malobam and Enaathan and Samea and Ioribimathan Eunagan Zachary Mosollamū these were the leders and men of experiēce I sent them worde that they shulde come vnto Loddeus which was by the place of the treasury commaunded them that they shulde speake vnto Loddeus and to his brethren to those that were in the treasury to sende vs soch mē as might execute the prestes office in the house of the LORDE oure God And w t the mightie hāde of oure LORDE God they brought vnto vs mē of good experience from amōge the sonnes of Moolius the sonne of Leui y e sonne of Israel Sebebeiam the sonnes his brethrē Aszbin Anim of whom there were xviij From amōge the children of the sonnes of Cananeus their sonnes were xx men And of them y t serued in the temple whom Dauid had ordeyned and the pryncipall men that ministred for the worke vnto the Leuites in the temple ij C. and xx men whose names are all tokened vp in wrytinge Then commaunded I a fastynge vnto y e yonge men before the LORDE y t I might desyre of him a prosperous iourney a good waye for vs yee for vs for oure children and for the catell because of the layenges awayte I durst not require of the kynge men of horse of fote to conveye vs safely agaynst oure enemies for we had sayde vnto the kynge that y e power of the LORDE oure God shulde be with them that seke him w t their whole hert And therfore we besought God oure LORDE earnestly because of these thinges and he was mercifull vnto vs and herde oure prayer And I separated from amonge y e rulers of the people from y e prestes of y e temple xij men Sebeia Asania ten men of their brethren with them And I weied thē the golde the syluer all y e prestly ornamētes of the house of o r God which the kynge his coūcell his prynces whole Israel had geuē And whan I had weyed it I gaue thē an Cl. talētes in syluer an C. talentes of syluer vessell an C. talentes of golde of goldē vessell seuē tymes twentie and vessels of other metall yee of good metall xij glisteringe as the golde saide vnto thē ye also are holy vnto the LORDE the vessels are holy the golde the syluer is promised vnto the LORDE the God of o r fathers Be diligent now kepe it vntill the tyme y t ye delyuer it to the rulers of the people to y t prestes to the Leuites to y e pryncipall mē of the cities of Israel in Ierusalem in the chambre of the house of oure God So y e prestes the Leuites which receaued of me the golde the syluer the vessell brought it to Ierusalē in to the tēple of the LORDE And from Thia we brake vp the xij daye of the first moneth tyll we came to Ierusalē And whan the thirde daye was past the weyed golde syluer was delyuered in y e house of the LORDE the fourth daye vnto Marimoth the sonne of Ior the prest w t him was Eleazar y e sonne of Phineas and with thē were Iosabdus y e sonne of Iesnet Medias the sonne of Banus certayne of the Leuites to the nombre to the waighte the waight of them was writtē vp the same tyme. As for those that were come out of captiuyte they offred sacrifice vnto the LORDE the God of Israel euē xij oxen for all Israel lxxxvj rammes lxxij shepe xij goates for synne xij kyne for a thankofferinge all to the sacrifice of the LORDE And y e kinges cōmission delyuered they vnto y e stewardes and debytes of the kynge and to the vndershreues in Celosyria and Phenices Now whan these thinges were done the rulers came vnto me and sayde The generacion of Israel the prynces y e prestes and Leuites the straunge people and indwellers of the londe haue not put awaye their vnclennesse from the Cananites Hethites Pheresites from the Moabites Egipcians Edomites For both they and their sonnes haue mengled them selues with the daughters of them the holy sede is mixte with the outlandish Heithen sens the begynnynge of their raigne haue the rulers and heades bene partakers of their wickednesse As soone as I had herde these thinges immediatly I rent my holy garmentes and pulled out y e hayre of my heade my beerd sat me downe soroufull heuy So all they that were moued thorow the worde of the God of Israel came vnto me and I sat still full of heuines vntill the euenynge sacrifice Then stode I vp frō fastinge hauynge rente clothes the holy garmēt kneled downe vpon my knees helde out my hādes vnto y e LORDE sayde O LORDE I am confounded ashamed before thy face for oure synnes are become many vpon oure heades o r wickednesses are exalted vnto the heauē for sens y e tyme of o r fathers we are in greate sinne vnto this daye And for the synnes of vs o r fathers we w t oure brethren w t oure prestes haue bene deliuered vnto the kinges of the earth in to the swerde in to captiuite became a spoyle with confucion shame vnto this daie And now O LORDE God how greate is the mercy y t we haue gottē of the in y t thou hast left vs a rote a name in the place of thy Sanctuary to discouer oure light in the house of y e LORDE o r God geuē vs meate at all tymes of o r ministracion And whan we were in captiuyte we were not forsaken of the LORDE oure God but he made the kynges of Persia gracious fauourable vnto vs so y t they gaue vs vytayles meate yee leue to buylde vp the tēple of oure LORDE God agayne to repayre the waisted places of Sion and to dwell in Iewry Ierusalem And now O LORDE what
tyme commeth there shal be foure kepte in the tyme whan his tyme begynneth to come that it maye be ended but two shal be kepte vnto y e ende And where as thou sawest thre heades restynge this is the interpretacion In his last shal the Hyest rayse vp thre kyngdomes and call many agayne into theÌ„ they shal haue the dominion of the earth and of those that dwell therin with moch labo r aboue all those y t were before theÌ„ Therfore are they called y e heades of the Aegle for it is they y t shal bringe forth his wickednes agayne y t shal perfourme fynish his last And where as thou sawest that y e greate heade appeared nomore it signifieth that one of them shal dye vpoÌ„ his bed yet with payne for the two that remayne shal be slayne with the swerde For the swerde of the one shal deuoure the other but at the last shal he fall thorow the swerde himself And where as thou sawest two vnderâ—â—â—ges vpon the heade that is on the right syde it signifieth that it is they whoÌ„ the Hyest hath kepte vnto their ende this is a small kyngdome full of trouble The Lyon whoÌ„ thou sawest rysinge vp out of the wodd and roaringe and speakinge vnto the Aegle and rebukynge him for his vnrighteousnesse is the wynde which the Hyest hath kepte for them and for their wickednesse vnto the ende he shal reproue them and rente them asunder before them For he shal sett them lyuynge before the iudgment and shal rebuke them for the residue of my people shal he delyuer with trouble those y t be preserued ouer myne endes and he shal make them ioyfull vntyll the commynge of the daye of iudgment wherof I haue spoken vnto the from the begynnynge This is the dreame that thou sawest and this is the interpretacion Thou only hast bene mete to knowe the secrete of the Hyest Therfore wryte all these thinges y t thou hast sene in a boke and hyde them and teach theÌ„ the wyse in the people whose hertes thou knowest maye compreheÌ„de and kepe these secretes But wayte thou here y i self yet seuen dayes moo that it maye be shewed the what so euer it pleaseth the Hyest to declare vnto the and with that he wente his waye And whan all the people perceaued y t the seuen dayes were past I not come agayne in to y e cite they gathered them alltogether from the least vnto the most came vnto me and sayde what haue we offended the and what euell haue we done agaynst the y t thou forsakest vs syttest here in this place For of all people thou only art left vs as a grape of the vyne and as a candell in a darcke place and as an hauen shippe preserued from y e teÌ„pest Haue we not els aduersite ynough but thou must forsake vs Were it not better for vs that we had bene brent with Sion For we are no better then they y t dyed there and they wepte w t loude voyce Then answered I theÌ„ sayde Be of good coÌ„forte O Israel be not heuy thou house of Iacob for y e Hyest hath you in remeÌ„brauÌ„ce y e Mightie hath not forgotteÌ„ you in teÌ„tacioÌ„ As for me I haue not forsakeÌ„ you nether am I departed from you but am come in to this place to praye because of y e mysery of Israel that I might seke mercy for y e lowe estate of yo r SaÌ„ctuary And now go yo r waye home euery maÌ„ and after these dayes wyl I come vnto you So the people weÌ„te their waye in to the cite like as I commaunded them but I remayned still in the felde seuen dayes as y e angell bad me and I ate onely of the floures of the felde and had my meate of the herbes in those dayes The XIII Chapter ANd it happened after the seueÌ„ dayes y t I dreamed a dreame by night And beholde there arose a wynde from the see that it moued all the floudes therof And I loked and beholde the man was stronge and increased with the cloudes of heauen and whan he turned his countenaunce to coÌ„sider all the thinges trembled that were sene vnder him and whan the voyce wente out of his mouth all they brent that herde him like as the earth whan it feleth the fyre After these I sawe beholde there was gathered together a multitude of meÌ„ out of nombre from the foure wyndes of the heaueÌ„ to fight agaynst y e man that came out from y e see And I loked beholde he graued him self a greate mouÌ„tayne and flew vp vpon it But I wolde haue sene the border or place wherout the hill was grauen I coude not I sawe after these y t all they which came to fight agaynst him were sore afrayed and yet durst they fight Neuertheles whan he sawe the fearsnesse and violence of the people he nether lift vp his hande ner helde swerde ner eny weapen but onely as I sawe he sent out of his mouth as it had bene a blast of fyre and out of his lippes y e wynde of the flamme and out of his toÌ„ge he cast out sparkes and stormes and they were all myxte together the blast of fyre the wynde of the flaÌ„mes and y e greate storme fell with a russhe vpon y e people which was prepared to fight breÌ„t theÌ„ vp euerychone so that of the innumerable multitude there was nothinge sene but onely dust smoke Whan I sawe this I was afrayed Afterwarde sawe I the same man come downe from the mountayne and callinge vnto him another peaceable people and there came moch people vnto him some were glad some were sory some of them were bounde so that they were caried and brought forth Then was I sick thorow greate feare and I awaked and sayde thou hast shewed y e seruaunt all y e woÌ„ders froÌ„ y e begynnynge hast counted me worthy y t thou mightest receaue my prayer shewe me now yet the interpretacion of this dreame For thus I coÌ„sidre in my vnderstandinge Wo vnto them that shal be left in those dayes moch more wo vnto theÌ„ that are not left behynde for they that were not left were in heuynes Now vnderstonde I y e thinges that are layed vp in the latter dayes which shal happen vnto them and to those that are not left behynde Therfore are they come in to greate parells and many necessities like as these dreames declare Yet is it easier y t he which suffreth hurte come in these then to passe awaye as a cloude out of the worlde and now to se y e thinges y t shal happen in y e last Then answered he me and sayde The interpretacion of the sight shall I shewe the and I will open vnto the the thinge y t thou hast requyred For thou hast spoken of them that are left behynde and this is the interpretacion He that taketh awaye the parell in
God and sayde the blessynge of the God of Israel haue thou for thou art the sonne of a right verteous iust man of one y t feareth God geueth greate allmes And blessynge haue y e wife and yo r elders that ye maye se yo r children and youre childers childreÌ„ vnto the thirde and fourth generacioÌ„ and that youre sede maye be blessed of y e God of Israel which reigneth worlde without ende And whan they all had sayde Amen they wente to the feast but with the feare of the LORDE helde they the feast of the mariage The X. Chapter NOw whyle yoÌ„ge Tobias made loÌ„ge tarienge by reason of y e mariage his father was full of care and heuynes and thought what shulde be the cause that my sonne tarieth so longe Or why shulde he be kepte so longe there Peraduenture Gabelus is deed and no man wyl geue him the money Thus begaÌ„ne he to be very soroufull he Anna his wife with him beganne to wepe both together because their sonne was not come agayne vnto them at the daye appoynted As for his mother she wepte with discomfortable teares and sayde Wo is me my sonne Oh what ayled vs to sende the awaye into a straunge countre thou light of oure eyes thou staff of oure age thou comforte of oure life thou hope of oure generacion Seinge all y e thinges that we haue are onely in the we shulde not haue sent the awaye from vs. Then Tobias comforted her and sayde holde thy tonge and be not discomforted oure sonne is whole and sounde the man y t we sent him withall is faithfull ynough Neuertheles she might in no wyse be coÌ„forted but daylie wente out loked aboute and wente aboute all the stretes wherby she thought he shulde come againe that yf it were possible she might se him coÌ„mynge afarre of But Raguel saide vnto his sonne iÌ„ lawe O tary here and I shall sende a messauÌ„ger vnto thy father Tobias to tell him y t thou art in good health Tobias sayde vnto him I am sure that my father and my mother counte euery daye and that their hertes are sory So whan Raguel prayed Tobias w t many wordes he wolde in no wyse heare him he delyuered Sara vnto him the half parte of all his good in seruauntes and handmaydeÌ„s in shepe in camels and in kyne and moch money and so sent him awaye from him with peace and ioye and sayde The holy angell of the LORDE be with you in youre iourney and brynge you forth safe sounde that ye maye fynde all thinges in good case with youre elders and that myne eyes maye se youre children afore I dye So the elders enbraced their daughter kyssed her and let her go exortinge her to honoure hir father and mother in lawe to loue hir huszbande to rule well hir huszsholde to kepe hir house in good ordre and to shew hir self fautlesse The XI Chapter NOw as they were goinge homewarde againe vpon y e xj daye they came to Charra which lyeth in the half waye towarde Niniue And the angell sayde Brother Tobias thou knowest how thou hast left thy father therfore yf it please the we two wyll go before and let the husholde with thy wife and y e catell come soft fayrly after vs. And whan Tobias was content that they shulde go before Raphael sayde vnto him Take of the gall of the fish with the for it shal be necessary So Tobias toke of the gâ—ll and they wente their waye But Anna the mother of Tobias sat daylie by the waye syde vpon y e toppe of an hill from whence she might se farre aboute her And whyle she was waytinge there for his coÌ„mynge she loked a farre of and anone she perceaued hir sonne comminge and ranne and tolde hir buszbande sayenge beholde thy sonne commeth And Raphael sayde vnto Tobias As soone as thou commest in to the house immediatly worshipe the LORDE thy God and geue thankes vnto him then go to thy father and kysse him strake his eyes ouer w t the gall of y e fish that thou hast brought with the. For be sure that his eyes shal straight waye be opened and thy father shal se the light of heauen and shal reioyse at the sight of the. Then the dogg that had bene with them in their iourney raÌ„ne before and came as a messauÌ„ger and wagged with his tayle for gladnesse So y e blynde father arose and beganne to renne and stombled with his fete and gaue a seruaunt his hande ranne to mete his sonne receaued him and kyssed him he and his wife and beganne to wepe for ioye Now whan they had worshipped thanked God they satt downe Then toke Tobias of the fishes gall and anoynted his fathers eyes and taried half an houre and then beganne the blemysh to go out of his eyes like as it had bene the whyte szkynne of an egg which Tobias toke and drew from his eyes and immediatly he receaued his sight Then they praysed God he and his wife and all they that knew him And Tobias sayde O LORDE God of Israel I geue the prayse and thankes for thou hast chastened me and made me whole And lo now do I se my sonne Tobias After seuen dayes came Sara his sonnes wife also whole and sounde with all y e housholde and catell with camels and moch money of his wyues and with the money that he had receaued of Gabelus and he tolde his father and his mother all the benefites which God had done for him by the man that led him Achior also and Nabath Tobias sister sonnes came and were glad reioysed with him by reason of all the good that God had shewed vnto him And so for y e space of seuen dayes they made mery and were right ioyfull euerichone The XII Chapter THeÌ„ Tobias called his sonne vnto him sayde What maye we geue this holy man that wente with the Tobias answered his father and sayde Father what rewarde shal we geue him Or what thinge can deserue his benefites He hath bene my gyde and brought me safe agayne he receaued the money from Gabelus he caused me to get my wife he droue the euell sprete from her he hath bene occasioÌ„ of gladnesse to hir father and mother he delyuered me that I was not deuoured of the fish he hath made the to se the light of heauen yee we all haue receaued greate good of him How shulde we worthely deserue these thinges vnto him But I praye the my father that thou wilt desyre him yf happlie he wil voutsafe to take with him the half of all that we haue brought So the father and the sonne called him toke him asyde and beganne to praye him that he wolde be content to take in good worth the half parte of all that they had brought Then sayde he secretly vnto them Prayse y e God of heauen and geue thankes vnto him before all men lyuynge for he
his porcion and enheritaunce The thirde noble and excellent mā is Phineas the sonne of Eleazer which pleased the God of Israel because he had y e zele feare of the LORDE For whan the people were turned back he put him self forth right soone that with a good wyll to pacifie the wrath of the LORDE towarde Israel Therfore was there a couenaūt of peace made with him y t he shulde be the principall amonge the righteous and the people that he and his posterite shulde haue the office of the presthode for euer Like as there was made a couenaūt with Dauid of the trybe of Iuda that frō amonge his sonnes onely there shulde be a kynge And that Aaron also his sede shulde be the heretage to geue vs wyszdome in o hert to iudge his people in righteousnes that his goodes shulde not come in to forgetfulnes and that their honoure might endure for euer The XLVI Chapter MAnly stronge in battaill was Iesus y e sonne of Naue which in steade of Moses y e prophet was geuen to be captayne of the people which acordinge vnto his name was a greate sauioure vnto the electe of God to punysh the enemies that rose vp agaynst Israel y t Israel might optayne their inheritaunce O how greate noble and excellent was he whan he lift vp his hande and drew out his swerde agaynst the cities Who stode so manly before him For the LORDE himself brought in the enemies Stode not the Sonne styll at his commaundemēt and one daye was as longe as two He called vpon the Hyest most mightie whā y e enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde and the LORDE herde him with the hayle stones They smote y e Heithenish people mightely in fallinge downe they slew all y e aduersaries so that the Heithē knewe his hoost and all his defence that the LOR himself fought against them for he folowed vpon the mightie men of them In the tyme of Moses also he and Caleb the sonne of Iephune dyd a good worke which stode agaynst the enemies withelde the people from synne and stylled y e wicked murmurynge And of sixe hundreth thousande people of fote they two were preserued whan they were brought in to the heretage namely a londe that floweth with mylke hony The LORDE gaue strength also vnto Caleb which remayned with him vnto his age so that he wente vp in to the hye places of the londe and his sede conquered the same for an heretage that all the childrē of Israel might se how good a thinge it is to be obedient vnto the LORDE And the iudges or rulers euery one after his name whose hert wente not a whoringe ner departed from y e LORDE and that forsake not the LORDE vnfaithfully whose remembraūce hath a good reporte Yee their bones florish out of their place and their name shal neuer be chaūged Samuel the prophet beloued of the LORDE ordeyned a kinge and anoynted the prynces ouer the people In the lawe of the LORDE ruled he and iudged the congregacion the LORDE had respecte vnto Iacob The prophet was founde diligent in his faithfulnes yee in his faithfulnes was the faithfulnes of the vision knowne He called vpon y e LORDE the mightie whā the enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde what tyme as he offred the suckynge lambes And the LORDE thondred from heauen and mayde his voyce to be herde w t a greate noyse He discomfited the prynces of Tyre all the rulers of the Philistynes Before his last ende he made protestacion in the sight of the LORDE his anoynted that he toke nether substaunce ner good of eny man no not so moch as a shue no man might accuse him After this he tolde that his ende was at honde and shewed the kynge also his ende and death from y e earth lift he vp his voyce in the prophecie y t the vngodly people shulde perishe The XLVII Chapter AFterwarde in the tyme of kynge Dauid there rose vp a prophet called Nathan For like as the fat is taken awaye from the offrynge so was Dauid chosen out of the childrē of Israel He toke his pastyme w t the lyons as w t kyddes and with beares like as with lambes Slew he not a giaunte whan he was yet but yonge toke awaye the rebuke from his people what tyme as he toke the stone in his hande smote downe proude Goliath w t the slynge For he called vpon the hyest LORDE which gaue him strength in his right hande so that he ouerthrew the mightie giaunte in the battayll that he might set vp the horne of his people agayne Thus brought he him to worshipe aboue all prynces and made him to haue a good reporte in the prayse of the LORDE y t he shulde weere a crowne of glory For he destroied the enemies on euery syde roted out the Philistynes his aduersaries brake their horne in sunder like as it is brokē yet this daye In all his workes he praysed y e Hyest Holiest ascrybed the honoure vnto him With his whole hert dyd he prayse and loue him that made him He set syngers also before the aulter and in their tune he made swete songes He ordeyned to kepe the holy daies worship fully and that the solempne feastes thorow the whole yeare shulde be honorably holdē with praysinge the name of the LORDE with synginge by tymes in the mornynge in the Sanctuary The LORDE toke awaye his synnes and exalted his horne for euer He gaue him y e couenaunt of the kyngdome and the trone of worshipe in Israel After him there rose vp the wyse sonne called Salomon and for his sake he droue y e enemies awaie farre of This Salomon reigned with peace in his tyme for God gaue him rest from his enemies on euery syde that he might buylde him an house in his name prepare the Sanctuary for euer like as he was well īstructe in his youth fylled with wyszdome and vnderstōdinge as it were with a water floude He couered and fylled the whole londe with similitudes and wyse prudent sentences His name wente abrode in the Iles because of his peace he was beloued All londes marueled at his songes prouerbes symilitudes and at his peace and at the name of y e LORDE God which is called the God of Israel He gathered golde as tynne he had as moch syluer as leade He was moued in vnordinate loue towarde wemen and was ouercome in affeccion He stayned his hono and worshipe yee his posterite defyled he also in bringinge the wrath of the LORDE vpon his children and sorowe after his ioye so y t his kyngdome was deuyded Ephraim became an vnfaithfull an vnconstant kingdome Neuertheles God forsoke not his mercy nether was he vtterly destroyed because of his workes y t he shulde leaue him no
posterite As for y e sede y t came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnaunt vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of him Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of his sede he left behynde him a very foolishnes of the people and soch one as had no vnderstoÌ„dinge namely RoboaÌ„ which turned awaye the people thorow his councell and Ieroboam y e sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to synne and shewed Ephraim the waye of vngodlynes In so moch that their synnes myszdedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the londe for the same Yee he sought out brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them The XLVIII Chapter THen stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre and his worde brâ—â—t like a creshett He brought an hoÌ„ger vpon theÌ„ and in his zele he made them few in nombre For they might not awaye w t the commauÌ„dementes of the LORDE Thorow the worde of the LORDE he shut the heauen and thre tymes brought he the fyre downe Thus became Elias honorable in his wonderous dedes Who maye make his boost to be like him One that was deed raysed he vp from death in the worde of y e Hyest he brought him out of the graue agayne He cast downe kynges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate Vpon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment vpon Horeb the iudgmeÌ„t of the vengeaunce He prophecied recompensynge vnto kynges and ordeyned prophetes after him He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charett of horses of the LORDE He was ordeyned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacifie the wrath to turne y e hertes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnished in loue for we lyue in life Elias was couered in the storme but Heliseus was fylled with his mouth Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man might ouercome him There coude no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his life in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they from their synnes tyll they were caried awaye presoners out of the londe and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prynce vnto y e house of Dauid Howbeit some of them dyd right some heaped vp vngodlynes Ezechias made his cite stronge conveyed water in to it dygged thorow the stony rock with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsaches lift vp his hande agaynst Sion defyed them with greate pryde TheÌ„ trymbled their hertes and handes so y t they sorowed like a woman trauaylinge with childe So they called vpoÌ„ the LORDE which is mercyfull lift vp their haÌ„des before him Immediatly the LORDE herde theÌ„ out of heauen and delyuered them by the hande of Esay He smote the hoost of the Assirians his angell destroyed theÌ„ For Ezechias had done the thinge that pleased the LORDE remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father Which Esay was greate faithfull in his visions In his tyme y e Sonne weÌ„te backwarde he lengthened the kynges life With a right sprete prophecied he what shulde come to passe at the last to soch as were soroufull in Sion he gaue consolacion wherwhith they might coÌ„forte them selues for euermore He shewed thinges y t were for to come secrete or euer they came to passe The XLIX Chapter THe remembrauÌ„ce of Iosias is like as whan the Apotecary maketh many precious swete smellynge thinges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes and as the playenge of Musick by the wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhominacions of y e vngodly He directed his hert vnto the LORDE in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshipe of God agayne All kynges excepte Dauid Ezechias Iosias coÌ„mitted wickednes for euen y e kynges of Iuda also forsoke y e lawe of God For they gaue their horne vnto other their hono worshipe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cite of the SaÌ„ctuary brent with fyre and the stretes therof laye desolate waist for they intreated Ieremy euell which neuertheles was a prophet ordeyned from his mothers wombe that he might rote out breake of destroye that he might buylde vp plante agayne Ezechiel sawe the glory of the LORDE in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubins For he thought vpon the enemies in y e rayne to do good vnto soch as had ordred their wayes a right And the bones of the twolue prophetes florish from out of their place for they gaue comforte consolacion vnto Iacob and delyuered theÌ„ faithfully How shall we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ringe in the right hande So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their tymes buylded the house set vp the Sanctuary of y e LORDE agayne which was prepared for an euerlastinge worshipe And Nehemias is allwaye to be coÌ„mended which set vp for vs the walles y t were broken downe made the portes barres agayne and buylded oure houses of the new But vpon earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was taken vp from y e earth And Ioseph which was lorde of his brethren the vpholder of his people His bones were couered kepte Seth Sem were in greate honoure amonge y e people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes whaÌ„ he was created The L. Chapter SYmon the sonne of Onias the hye prest which in his life set vp the house agayne in his dayes made fast the teÌ„ple The heyth of y e temple also was founded of him the dubble buyldinge the hye walles of the temple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadinge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them from destruccion He kepte his cite made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure and worshipe amonge his people and enlarged the intraunce of the house and the courte He geueth light as the mornynge starre in the myddest of the cloudes and as y e Moone whan it is full He shyneth as the Sonne in the temple of God He is as bright as y e rayne bowe in y e fayre cloudes florisheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of y e yeare as the lilies by the ryuers of water Like as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in tyme of Sommer as a fyre inceÌ„se that is
I shal destroye this dragon without swearde or staff The kynge sayde I geue y e leaue Then Daniel toke pitch fatte and hairie woll and did seyth them together and made lompes therof this he put in y e DragoÌ„s mouth and so y e dragon barst in sonder and Daniel sayde lo there is he whom ye worshipped When they of Babylon herde that they toke greate indignacion and gathered them together agaynst the kynge sayenge The kynge is become a Iewe also he hath destroyed Bel he hath slayne y e Dragon and put the prestes to death So they came to y e kynge sayde let us haue Daniel or els we wâ—l destroye the and thine house Now whan y e kynge sawe that they russhed in so sore vpon him that necessite constrained him he deliuered Daniel vnto them which cast him in to the lyons denne where he was sixe dayes In the denne there were seuen lyons and they had geuen them euery daye two bodies and two shepe which then were not geueÌ„ them that they might deuoure Daniel There was in Iewry a prophet called Abacuc which had made potage and broker bred in a depe platter and was goinge in to the felde for to brynge it to y e mowers But the angell of the LORDE sayde vnto Abacuc go cary the meate that thou hast in to Babilon vnto Daniel which is in y e lyoÌ„s denne And Abacuc sayde LORDE I neuer sawe Babilon and as for the denne I knowe it not Then the angel of the LORDE toke him by the toppe and bare him by the hayre of the heade and thorow a mightie wynde set him in Babilon vpon the denne And Abacuc cried sayenge O Daniel thou seruaunt of God haue take the breakfast y t God hath sent ye. And Daniel saide O God hast thou thought vpon me wel thou neuer faylest them that loue the. So Daniel arose ate and the angel of the LORDE set Abacuc in his owne place agayne immediatly Vpon the seuenth daye the kynge wente to bewepe Daniel and whan he came to the denne he loked in and beholde Daniel sat in the myddest of the lyons Then cried y e kynge with a loude voyce sayenge Greate art thou o LORDE God of Daniel he drewe him out of the denne As for those that were y e cause of his destruccioÌ„ he dyd cast theÌ„ in to the denne and they were deuoured in a moment before his face After this wrote the kynge vnto all people kynreddes and tunges that dwelt in all countrees sayenge peace be multiplied with you My commaundement is in all the dominyon of my realme that men feare and stonde in awe of Daniels God for he is the lyuynge God which endureth euer his kyngdome abydeth vncorrupte and his power is euerlastinge It is he that can delyuer and saue he doth wonders and maruelous workes in heauen and in earth for he hath saued Daniel from the power of the Lyons The ende of the Storye of Bel. The first boke of the Machabees What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the power of Alexander kynge of Macedonia Of certayne vnfaithfull Israelites Of the greate tyranny of Antiochus how miserably he destroyeth IerusaleÌ„ which God suffreth to be plaged because they haue forsaken him Chap. II. How feruently Matathias and his sonnes stryue for the honoure of God and welfare of the people How swetely he exorteth his sonnes eueÌ„ in the houre of his death to be sted fast in the lawe of God Chap. III. Of Iudas Machabeus that worthy captayne and of his noble actes agaynst Antiochus Chap. IIII. V Of the glorious victory that God gaue Iudas against Gorgias and Lisias how they wynne the cite and clense the temple agayne how they fyght afterwarde against the Heithen Chap. VI. Antiochus besegeth Elymas in Persia Iudas layeth sege to the castelar Ierusalem the kynge goeth aboute to helpe theÌ„ that are therin Chap. VII The tyranny of Demetrius They take truce with the people of God kepe it not Chap. VIII Iudas hearinge how reasonable the Romaynes are seketh for to make peace with them Chap. IX How Iudas was slaine in the bataill and how there came vp derth after his death Ionathas was captayne after him and gatt the victory of Bachides Chap. X. Of AlexaÌ„der the sonne of Antiochus Demetrius maketh peace with Ionathas so doth Alexander afterwarde Ptolomy geueth his doughter Cleopatra vnto AlexaÌ„der Demetrius defyeth Ionathas Chap. XI Ptolomy ryseth agaynst Alexander and Ionathas and promyseth to geue Demetrius his daughter whom he had geuen allredy vnto Alexander The death of Alexander and Ptolomy â–ª the raigne of Demetrius Demetrius and Ionathas are frendes Alexanders sonne taketh the kyngdome vpon him Chap. XII The Iewes wryte vnto the Romaynes and Sparcians to renue the olde frendshipe Triphon receaueth Ionathas with fayre wordes and then causeth him and his to be slayne Chap. XIII After the death of Ionathas is Symon his brother made Captaine of the people which goeth forth agaynst Triphon and burieth his brother Triphon slayeth Antiochus haynously Symon maketh peace with Demetrius and layeth sege to Gaza Chap. XIIII Demetrius seketh helpe against TriphoÌ„ Demetrius is takeÌ„ Peace in Iewry SimoÌ„ ruleth well The Romaines and they of Sparta renue the peace with Symon Chap. XV. Antiochus wryteth louyngly vnto the Iewes and persecuteth Triphon He breaketh the bonde with the Iewes Chap. XVI The faithfulnes of SymoÌ„ his sonnes Ptolomy szlayeth them disceatfully and betrayeth the londe The first Chapter AFter that Alexander the sonne of Philippe kynge of Macedonia wente forth of the londe of Cethim and slewe Darius kynge of the PersiaÌ„s and Meedes It happened that he toke greate warres in honde wanne very many stronge cities and slew many kinges of y e earth goinge thorow to y e endes of the worlde and gettinge many spoyles of the people In so moch y t the worlde stode in greate awe of him therfore was he proude in his herte Now wheÌ„ he had gathered a mightie stroÌ„ge hoost subdued y e loÌ„des and people with their prynces so that they became tributaries vnto hiÌ„ he fell sick And wheÌ„ he perceaued that he must nedes die he called for his noble estates which had bene brought vp with him of children parted his kyngdome amonge them whyle he was yet alyue So AlexaÌ„der raygned xij yeare and then dyed After his death fell the kyngdome vnto his prynces and they optayned it euery one in his rowme and caused them selues to be crowned as kynges and so dyd their childreÌ„ after them many yeares moch wickednesse increaced in the worlde Out of these came y t vngracious rote noble Antiochus y e sonne of Antiochus the kynge which had bene a pledge at Rome he raigned in y e Cxxxvij yeare of the raigne of the Grekes In those dayes weÌ„te there out of Israel wicked men which moued moch people w t their couÌ„cel sayeÌ„ge Let
euerlastinge kyngdome Elias beynge gelous and feruent in the lawe was taken vp in to heauē Hananias Asarias and Misael remayned stedfast in faith and were delyuered out of the fyre In like maner Daniel beynge vngiltie was saued from the mouth of the Lyons And thus ye maye considre thorow out all ages sens the worlde beganne that who so euer put their trust in God were not ouer come Feare not ye then the wordes of an vngodly man for his glory is but donge and wormes to daye is he set vp and to morow is he gone for he is turned in to earth and his memoriall is come to naught Wherfore o my sonnes take good hertes vnto you and quyte youre selues like men in the lawe for yf ye do the thinges that are commaunded you in the lawe of the LORDE youre God ye shal optaine greate honoure therin And beholde I knowe that youre brother Symon is a man of wyszdome se that ye geue eare vnto him allwaye he shall be a father vnto you As for Iudas Machabeus he hath euer bene mightie and strōge from his youth vp let him be youre captayne and ordre the battayll of y e people Thus shall ye brynge vnto you all those that fauoure the lawe and se that ye auenge the wronge of youre people and recompence the Heithen agayne and applie youre selues whole to the commaundement of the lawe So he gaue them his blessinge and was layed by his fathers and dyed in the Cxlvj yeare at Modin where his sonnes buried him in his fathers sepulcre all Israel made greate lamentacion for him The III. Chapter THen stode vp Iudas Machabeus in his fathers steade and all his brethrē helped him and so dyd all they that helde with his father and fought with cherefulnesse for Israel So Iudas gat his people greate honoure He put on a brest plate as a giaunte and arayed him self with his harnesse and defended the hoost with his swearde In his actes he was like a lyon as a lyons whelpe roaringe at his praye He was an enemie to the wicked and hūted them out and brent vp those that vexed his people So that his enemies fled for feare of him and all the workers of vngodlynes were put to trouble soch lucke and prosperite was in his honde This greued dyuerse kynges but Iacob was greatly reioysed thorow his actes and he gat him self a greate name for euer He wente thorow the cities of Iuda destroyenge the vngodly out of them turnynge awaye the wrath from Israel and receauynge soch as were oppressed and the fame of him wente vnto the vttemost parte of y e earth Then Appollonius a prynce of Syria gathered a mightie greate hoost of the Heithen out of Samaria to fight agaynst Israel Which when Iudas perceaued he wente forth to mete him fought with him slewe him and a greate multitude with him the remnaunte fled and he toke their substaunce Iudas also toke Appollonius owne swearde and fought w t it all his life longe Now when Seron another prynce of Siria herde saye that Iudas had gathered vnto him the congregacion and church of the faithfull he sayde I will get me a name and a prayse thorow out the realme for I will go fight with Iudas and them that are with him as many as haue despised the kynges commaundement So he made him ready and there wente with him a greate mightie hoost of the vngodly to stonde by him and to be auenged of the childrē of Israel And when they came nye vnto Bethoron Iudas wente forth agaynst them with a small company And when his people sawe soch a greate hoost before thē they sayde vnto Iudas How are we able beynge so fewe to fight agaynst so greate a multitude and so stronge seinge we be so weery and haue fasted all this daye But Iudas sayde It is a small matter for many to be ouercome with fewe Yee there is no difference to the God of heauen to delyuer by a greate multitude or by a small company for the victory of the battell stondeth not in the multitude of the hoost but the strength commeth from heauen Beholde they come agaynst vs with a presumptuous and proude multitude to destroye vs oure wyues and oure children and to robbe vs. But we will fight for oure lyues and for oure lawes and the LORDE himself shall destroye thē before oure face therfore be not ye afrayed of them As soone as he had spoken these wordes he leapte sodenly vpon thē Thus was Seron smytten and his hoost put to flight ▪ and Iudas folowed vpon them beyonde Bethoron vnto the playne felde where there were slayne eight hundreth men of them and the residue fled in to the londe of the Philistynes Then all the Heithen on euery syde were afrayed for Iudas and his brethren so y t the rumoure of him came vnto the kynges eares for all the Gentiles coude tell of the warres of Iudas So whan kynge Antiochus herde these tidinges he was angrie in his mynde wherfore he sente forth and gathered an hoost of his whole realme very stronge armies and opened his treasury and gaue his hoost a yeares wagies in honde commaundynge them to be ready at all tymes Neuerthelesse when he sawe that there was not moneye ynough in his treasuries and that thorow the discorde and persecucion which he made in y e londe to put downe y e lawes that had bene of olde tyme his customes and tributes of the londe were my niszshed he feared that he was not able for to beare the costes and charges eny lenger ner to haue soch giftes to geue so liberally as he dyd a fore more then the kynges that were before him Wherfore he was heuy in his mynde and thought to go in to Persides for to take tributes of y e londe and so to gather moch moneye So he left Lysias a noble man of the kynges bloude to ouersee the kynges busynesses from the water Euphrates vnto the borders of Egipte and to kepe well his sonne Antiochus till he came agayne Morouer he gaue him half of his hoost and elephantes committed vnto him euery thinge of his mynde concernynge those which dwelt in Iuda and Ierusalem that he shulde sende out an army agaynst them to destroye and to rote out the power of Israel and the remnaunt of Ierusalem to put out their memoriall from that place to set straungers for to inhabit all their quarters and to parte their londe amōge them Thus the kynge toke the other parte of the hoost and departed from Antioch a cite of his realme ouer the water of Euphrates in the hundreth and xlvij yeare and wente thorow the hye countrees And Lysias chose vnto him Ptolomy the sonne of Doriminus Nycanor and Gorgias mightie men the kynges frendes These he sent with xl thousande fote men and vij thousande horsmen for to go in to y e londe of Iuda and to destroye
it as the kynge commaunded So they wente forth with all their power and came to Emmaus in to the playne felde When the marchaūtes herde the rumoure of them they and their seruauntes toke very moch siluer and golde for to bye the children of Israel to be their bonde men There came vnto them also yet moo men of warre on euery syde out of Syria the from the Palestynes Now when Iudas and his brethrē sawe that trouble increased and that the hoost drew nye vnto their borders consideringe y e kynges wordes which he commaunded vnto the people namely that they shulde vtterly waist and destroye them They sayde one to another Let vs redresse the decaye of oure people let vs fight for oure folke and for oure Sanctuary Then the congregacion were soone ready gathered to fight to praie and to make supplicacion vnto God for mercy and grace As for Ierusalem it laye voyde and was as it had bene a wyldernesse There wente no man in nor out at it and the Sanctuary was troden downe The aleauntes kepte the castell there was the habitacion of the Heithen The myrth of Iacob was taken awaye the pype the harpe was gone from amonge them The Israelites gathered them together and came to Maspha before Ierusalem for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetyme So they fasted that daye and put sack clothes vpō them cast aszshes vpon their heades rente their clothes and layde forth the bokes of the lawe wherout y e Heithen sought the licknesse of their ymages and brought the prestes ornamentes the firstlinges and the Tythes They set there also the absteyners which had fulfilled their dayes before God and cried with a loude voyce towarde heauen sayenge what shal we do with these and whither shall we cary them awaye For thy Sanctuary is troden downe and defyled thy prestes are come to heuynesse and dishonoure and beholde the Heithen are come together for to destroye vs. Thou knowest what thīges they ymagyn against vs. How maye we stonde before them excepte thou o God be oure helpe They blewe out the trompettes also with aloude voyce Then Iudas ordened captaynes ouer the people ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ren But as for soch as buylded them houses maried wyues planted them vynyardes and those that were fearfull he commaunded them euery man to go home acordinge to y e lawe So the hoost remoued and pitched vpon the South syde of Emmaus And Iudas sayde Arme youre selues be stronge o my children make you ready agaynst tomorow in the mornynge that ye maye fight with these people which are agreed together to destroye vs oure Sanctuary Better is it for vs to dye in battayll then to se oure people and oure Sanctuary in soch a miserable case Neuerthelesse as y e will is in heauen so be it The IIII. Chapter THen toke Gorgias fyue thousande men of fote and a thousande of the best horsmen and remoued by night to come nye where y e Iewes hoost laye and so to slaye them sodenly Now the men that kepte the castell were the cōueyers of them Then arose Iudas to smyte the chefe and pryncipall of the kinges hoost at Emmaus for the army was not yet come together In the meane season came Gorgias by night in to Iudas tentes when he founde no man there he sought them in the moūtaynes and thought they had bene fled awaye because of him But whē it was daie Iudas shewed himself in y e felde with thre thousande men only which had nether harnesse ner sweardes to their myndes But on the other syde they sawe that the Heithen were mightie and wel harnessed and their horsmen aboute them and all these wel experte in fettes of warre Then sayde Iudas to y e men that were with him Feare not ye the multitude of them be not afrayed of their violente runnynge remembre how oure fathers were delyuered in the reed see when Pharao threatned them with a greate hoost Euen so let vs also crie now towarde heauen and the LORDE shall haue mercy vpon vs and remembre the couenaunt of oure fathers yee and destroye this hoost before oure face this daye And all Heithen shal knowe that it is God himself which delyuereth and saueth Israel Then the Heithen lift vp their eyes and when they sawe that they were commynge agaynst them they wente out of their tentes in to the battayll and they that were w t Iudas blewe vp the trompettes So they buckled together and the Heithen were discomfited and fled ouer the playne felde but the hynmost of them were slayne For they folowed vpon them vnto Assaremoth and in to the feldes of Idumea towarde Azot and Iamnia so that there were slayne of them vpon a thre thousande men So Iudas turned agayne with his hoost and sayde vnto the people Be not gredy of y e spoyles we haue yet a battayll to fight for Gorgias his hoost are here by vs in the mountaynes but stonde ye fast agaynst oure enemies and ouercome them then maye ye safely take the spoyles As Iudas was speakynge these wordes there apeared one parte of them vpon the mount But when Gorgias sawe that they of his partie were fled and the tentes brent vp for by the smoke they might vnderstonde what was done they perceauynge this were very sore afrayed and when they sawe also that Iudas and his hoost were in y e felde ready to stryke battayll they fled euerychone in to the londe of the Heithen So Iudas turned agayne to spoyle the tentes where they gat moch golde and syluer precious stones purple greate riches Thus they wente home and sunge a Psalme of thankesgeuynge and praysed God in heauen for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer And so Israel had a greate victory in that daye Now all the Heithen that escaped came and tolde Lysias euery thinge as it happened Wherfore Lysias was sore afrayed and greued in his mynde because Israel had not gottē soch mysfortune as he wolde they shulde nether as the kynge commaunded The nexte yeare folowinge gathered Lysias thre score thousande chosen men of fote and fyue thousande horsmen to fight agaynst them So they came in to Iewry and pitched their tentes at Bethoron where Iudas came agaynst them with ten thousande men And when he sawe so greate mightie an hoost he made his prayer and sayde Blessed be thou o sauioure of Israel which diddest destroye the violent power of the giaunte in the honde of thy seruaunt Dauid and gauest the hoost of the Heithē in to the honde of Ionathas the sonne of Saul and of his weapen bearer Put this hoost now in to the honde of y e people of Israel and let them be confounded in their multitude and horsmen Make them afrayed discomforth the boldnes of their strength y t they maye be moued thorow their destruccion Cast them
batels w t the Heithen whom he discomfited and folowed vpon them vnto the porte of Ptolomais And there were slayne of the Heithen allmost iij. thousande men So he toke the spoyles of them and caried awaye the Israelites that were in Galilee and Arbatis with their wyues their children and all that they had and brought them in to Iewry with greate gladnesse Iudas Machabeus also and his brother Ionathas wente ouer Iordane and trauayled iij. dayes iourney in the wyldernesse Where the Nebuthees met them and receaued them louyngly and tolde theÌ„ euery thinge that had happened vnto their brethren in Galaadithim and how that many of them were beseged in Barasa Bosor Alimis Casphor Mageth and Carnaim all these are stronge walled and mightie greate cities and y t they were kepte in other cities of Galaad also and tomorow they are apoynted to brynge their hoost vnto these cities to take them and to wynne them in one daye So Iudas and his hoost turned in all the haist in the wildernesse towarde Bosor and wanne the cite slewe all the males with the swearde toke all their goodes and set fyre vpon the cite And in the night they toke their iourneye from thence and came to the castell And by tymes in the mornynge when they loked vp beholde there was an innumerable people bearynge laders and other instrumeÌ„tes of warre to take the castell and to ouercome them When Iudas sawe that the battayll beganne and that the noyse therof wente vp and range in to the Heauen and that there was so greate a crie in the cite He sayde vnto his hoost fight this daye for youre brethren And so came behynde their enemies in thre companies and blewe vp the trompettes and cried in their prayer to God But as soone as Tymothis hoost perceaued that Machabeus was there they fled from him and y e other slewe them downe right sore so that there were kylled of them that same daye allmost eight thousande men Then departed Iudas vnto Maspha layed sege vnto it and wanne it slewe all the males in it spoyled it and set fyre vpon it From thence wente he and toke Casbon Mageth Bosor and the other cities in Galaad After this gathered Timothy another hoost which pitched their tentes before Raphon beyonde the water Iudas sent to spye the hoost and they brought him worde againe sayenge All the Heithen that be rounde aboute vs are gathered vnto him and the hoost is very greate Yee they haue hyred the Arabians to helpe them haue pitched their tentes beyonde the water and are ready to come and fight agaynst the. So Iudas wente on to mete them And Timothy sayde vnto the captaynes of his hoost when Iudas and his hoost come nye the ryuer yf he go ouer first we shall not be able to withstonde him for why he wil be to stronge for vs. But yf he darre not come ouer so that he pitch his tente beyonde the water then will we go ouer for we shal be stronge ynough agaynst him Now as soone as Iudas came to the ryuer he appoynted certayne scrybes of the people and commaunded them sayenge se that ye leaue none behynde vpon this syde of y e ryuer but let euery man come to the battayll So he wente first ouer vnto them and his people after him And all the Heithen were discomfited before him and let their weapens fall and ranne in to the temple that was at Carnaim Which cite Iudas wanne and brent the temple with all y t were in it So was Carnaim subdued and might not withstoÌ„de Iudas Then Iudas gathered all the Israelites that were in Galaadithim from y e leest vnto the most with their wyues and their children a very greate hoost for to come in to the londe of Iuda So they came vnto Ephron which was a mightie greate and stronge cite and laye in their waye For they coude not go by it nether of the right honde ner of the left but must go thorow it Neuerthelesse they that were in the cite wolde not let them go thorow but walled vp the portes with stones And Iudas sent vnto theÌ„ with peaceable wordes sayenge Let vs passe thorow youre londe that we maye go in to oure owne couÌ„tre there shal no body do you harme we wil but only go thorow But they wolde not let them in Wherfore Iudas commauded a proclamacion to be made thorow out the hoost that euery man shulde kepe his ordre and so they dyd their best like valeaunt men And Iudas beseged the cite all that daie and all that night and so wanne it where they slewe as many as were males and dâ—â—troyed the cite and spoyled it and weÌ„te thorow all the cite ouer them that were slayne Then wente they ouer Iordane in to the playne felde before Bethsan And Iudas helped those forwarde that came behynde and gaue the people good exortacion all y e waye thorow till they were come in to the londe of Iuda Thus they wente vp vnto the mount Sion where they offred with myrth and thankesgeuynge because there were none of them slayne but came home agayne peaceably Now what tyme as Iudas and Ionathas were in the londe of Galaad and Symon their brother in Galilee before Ptolomais Then Iosephus the sonne of Zachary and Asarias the captaynes hearinge of the actes that were done and of the battels that were stroken sayde Let vs get vs a name also and go fight agaynst the Heithen that are rounde aboute vs. So they gaue their hoost a commaundement and wente towarde Iamnia Then came Gorgias and his men out of the cite to fight agaynst them Iosephus also and Asarias were chased vnto y e borders of Iewry there were slayne y t daye of y e people of Israel ij M. men so y t there was a greate misery amoÌ„ge y e people all because they were not obedieÌ„t vnto Iudas his brethren but thought they shulde quyte them selues man fully Neuertheles they came not of the sede of these men by whom Israel was helped But the men that were with Iudas were greatly commended in the sight of all Israel and all Heithen where so euer their name was herde vpoÌ„ and the people came vnto them byddinge them welcome After this wente Iudas forth with his brethren and fought agaynst the children of Esau in the londe y t lieth towarde the south where he wanne the cite of Hebron and the townes that lye besyde it and as for the walles and towres rounde aboute it he brent them vp Then remoued he to go in to the loÌ„de of the Philistines and wente thorow Samaria At the same tyme were there many prestes slaine in y e battayll which wilfully without advysement wente out for to fight to get them honoure And when Iudas came to Azot in the Philistynes londe he brake downe their altares brent the ymages of their Idols spoyled the cities and came agayne in to the londe of Iuda
now desyre to haue the same sende some body to fetch them vnto you Whereas we thē are aboute to celebrate the purificacion we haue written vnto you Therfore ye shall do well yf ye kepe the same dayes We hope also that the God which delyuered his people gaue them all y e heretage kyngdome presthode Sanctuary y t he promised them in the lawe shal shortly haue mercy vpō vs gather vs together from vnder the heauē in to his holy place for he hath saued vs frō greate parels hath clensed the place As concernynge Iudas Machabeus his brethren the purificacion of the greate temple the dedicacion of the aulter yee of the warres y t cōcerne noble Antiochus and Eupator his sonne of the shyninges y t came downe from heauen vpon those which manfully defended the Iewes For though they were but fewe yet defended they the whole londe droue awaye y e enemies hoost recouered agayne the temple y t was spoken of thorow out all the worlde delyuered the cite doynge their best y t the lawe of the LORDE which was put downe might w t all tranquilite be restored agayne vnto the LORDE y t was so mercifull vnto thē As touchinge Iason also of Cyren we haue vnder takē cōpendiously to brynge in to one boke the thinges y t were cōprehended of him in fyue For we cōsideringe the multitude of the bokes and how harde it shulde be for them y t wolde medle with stories and actes and that because of so dyuerse matters haue vnder taken so to comprehende the stories that soch as are disposed to reade might haue pleasure and pastyme therin and that they which are diligent in soch thinges might the better thinke vpon them yee and that who so euer red them might haue profit therby Neuerthelesse we oure selues that haue medled with this matter for the shortenynge of it haue taken no small laboure but greate diligence watchynges and trauayle Like as they that make a feast wolde fayne do other men pleasure Euen so we also for many mens sakes are very wel content to take the laboure where as we maye shortly comprehēde the thynges that other men haue truly wrytten ▪ For he y t buyldeth an house a new must prouyde for many thynges to y e whole buyldinge but he that paynteth it afterwarde seketh but only what is comly mete and conuenient to garnysh it withall Euen so do we also in like maner And why He that begynneth to wryte a story for the first must with his vnderstondinge gather the matter together set his wordes in ordre and diligently seke out euery parte But he that afterwarde wyll shorten it vseth few wordes and toucheth not the matter at the largiest Let this be sufficient for a prologe now wyll we begynne to shewe the matter for it is but a foolish thinge to make a longe prologe and to be shorte in the story it self The III. Chapter WHat tyme as the holy cite was inhabited in all peace and wealth when the lawes were yet very well kepte For so was it ordened by Onias the hye prest and other godly men that were enemies to wickednesse It came therto that euen the kynges and prynces thē selues dyd the place greate worshipe and garnyshed y e temple with greate giftes Inso moch that Seleucus kynge of Asia of his owne rentes bare all the costes belonginge to the seruyce of the offerynges Then Symon of the trybe of Ben Iamin a ruler of the temple laboured to worke some myschefe in the cite but the hye prest resisted him Neuerthelesse when he might not ouercome Onias he gat him to Appolonius the sonne of Thersa which thē was chefe lorde in Celosyria and Phenices and tolde him y t the treasury in Ierusalem was full of innumerable money and how that the comons goodes which belonged not vnto the offeringes were exceadinge greate also yee and how it were possible that all these might come vnder the kynges power Now when Appollonius had shewed the kynge of the moneye as it was tolde him y e kinge called for Heliodorus his stewarde and sent him with a commaundement to brynge him the sayde money Immediatly Heliodorus toke his iourney but vnder a coloure as though he wolde go thorow Celosyria and Phenices to vyset the cities but his purpose was to fulfill the kynges pleasure So when he came to Ierusalem and was louyngly receaued of the hye prest in to the cite he tolde what was determed concernynge the moneye and shewed the cause of his commynge he axed also yf it were so in dede Then the hye prest tolde him that there was soch money layed vp for the vpholdinge of weddowes and fatherlesse childrē and how that a certayne of it belonged vnto Hyrcanus Tobias a noble man and that of all the moneye which that wicked Symon had bewrayed there were iiij hundreth talentes of syluer and ij hundreth of golde yee that it were vnpossible for those mens meaninge to be disceaued that had layed vp their moneye in the place and temple which is had in worshipe thorow the whole worlde for the mayntenaunce and honoure of y e same Whervnto Heliodorus answered y t the kynge had commaunded him in eny wyse to brynge him the moneye So at the daye appoynted Heliodorus entred into the temple to ordre this matter But there was no small feare thorow out the whole cite The prestes fell downe before the aulter in their vestimentes and called vnto heauen vpon him which had made a lawe concernynge stuffe geuen to kepe that they shulde be safely preserued for soch as cōmitte them vnto kepynge Then who so had loked the hye prest in the face it wolde haue greued his herte For his countenaunce and the chaunginge of his coloure declared the inwarde sorowe of his mynde The mā was all in heuynesse and his body in feare wherby they that loked vpon him might perceaue the grefe of his herte The other people also came out of their houses by heapes vnto the comon prayer because the place was like to come in to confucion The women came together thorow the stretes with hayrie clothes aboute their brestes The virgins also that were kepte in ranne to Onias some to the walles other some loked out at the wyndowes yee they all helde vp their hondes towarde heauē prayed A miserable thinge was it to loke vpon the comon people the hye prest beynge in soch trouble But they besought Almightie God that the goodes which were committed vnto thē might be kepte whole for those that had deliuered them vnto their kepynge Neuertheles the thinge that Heliodorus was determed to do that perfourmed he in the same place he him self personally beynge aboute the treasury with his men of warre But the sprete of Allmightie God shewed him self openly so that all they which presumed to obeye Heliodorus fell thorow y e power of God in to a greate fearfulnesse drede
Iewes And when they helde the thankesgeuyng ▪ at Ierusalem for the victory they brent those that had set fyre on the portes of the temple namely Calisthenes which was fled in to an house and so they gat a worthy rewarde for their wickednesse As for that most vngracious Nicanor which had brought a thousande marchaūtes to bye the Iewes he was thorow y e helpe of the LORDE brought downe euen of them whom he regarded not in so moch that he put of his glorious raymēt fled by see and came alone to Antioche w t greate shame dishono r which he gat thorow the destruccion of his hoost Thus he y t promysed the Romaynes to paye thē their tribute when he toke Ierusalem beganne now to saye planely that God was y e defender of the Iewes therfore not possible to wounde them because they folowed y e lawes which God had made The IX Chapter AT the same tyme came Antiochus agayne with dishonoure out of Persis For when he came to Persepolis and vndertoke to robbe the temple and to subdue the cite the people ranne together and defended them selues in so moch y t he and his were fayne to fle with shame And so after that flight it happened that Antiochus came agayne with dishonoure But when he came to Egbathana he gat knowlege what was happened vnto Nicanor Timotheus Now as he was auauncinge himself in his wrath he thought he was able to avenge the iniury that was done to them vpon the Iewes and therfore commaunded to make ready his charet haistinge on his iourney without ceassinge the iudgmēt of God prouokynge him because he had spokē so proudly that he wolde come to Ierusalem and make it a graue of the Iewes But the LORDE God of Israel that seith all thinges smote him with an invisible plage which no man coude heale For as soone as he had spoken these wordes there came vpon him an horrible payne of his bowels a sore grefe of the tharmes And y t was but right for he had martired other mens bowels with dyuerse and straūge tormentes how be it he wolde in no wyse ceasse from his malice Yee he was yet the prouder and more malicious agaynst the Iewes But whyle he was commaundinge to make haist in the matter it happened y t he fell downe violently from the charet so y t it brussed his body dyd him greate payne And so he that thought he might commaunde y e floudes of the see so proude was he beyonde the condiciō of man and to weye the hye mountaynes in a payre of scoales was now brought downe to the grounde caried vpon an horszlytter knowlegynge y e manyfest power of God vpon him so that y t wicked body of his was full of wormes which in his payne fell quyck out of his flesh In so moch y t his hoost was greued with the smell and styncke of him Thus he that a litle afore thought he might reach to the starres of heauen him might no man now abyde ner beare for the vehemence of styncke Therfore he beynge brought from his greate pryde begāne for to come to y e knowlege of him self for the punyshment of God warned him his payne increased euer more more And when he him self might not abyde his owne styncke he sayde these wordes It is reason to be obedient vnto God that a man desyre not to be like vnto him This wicked personne prayed also vnto the LORDE of whom he shulde haue optained no mercy And as for the cite that he came vnto so haistely to brynge it downe to the grounde to make it a graue for deed men now he desyreth to delyuer it fre And as touchinge y e Iewes whom he had iudged not worthy to be buried but wolde haue cast thē out for to be deuoured of the foules and wylde beastes sayenge that he wolde haue destroyed both olde and yonge Now he promiseth to make thē like y e citesyns of Athens And where as he had spoyled the holy temple afore now he maketh promyse to garnish it with greate giftes to increase the holy ornamētes and of his owne rentes to beare the costes and charges belonginge to the offerynges yee and that he wolde also become a Iewe him self to go thorow euery place of the worlde and to preach the power of God But when his paynes wolde not ceasse for the righteous iudgmet of God was come vpon him out of a very despayre he wrote vnto the Iewes a lettre of intercession cōteyninge these wordes The kynge and prynce Antiochus wysheth vnto the vertuous citesyns of the Iewes moch health and good prosperite Yf ye and youre children fare well and yf all thinges go after youre mynde we geue greate thankes In my sicknesse also do I remembre you louyngly for as I came out of Persia and was taken with sore disease I thought it necessary to care for the comon wealth Nether despare I in my self but haue a good hope to escape this sicknes But considerynge that my father led an hoost some tyme in y e hyer places shewed who shulde raigne after him that yf there happened eny cōtrouersy or eny harde thinge were declared they in the londe might knowe their chefe lorde y t there shulde be no insurreccion Agayne when I pondre by my self how that all y e mightie men and neghbours rounde aboute are layēge waite and loke but for oportunyte to do harme I haue ordened that my sonne Antiochus shall raigne after me whom I oft commended to many of you when I was in the hyer kyngdomes and haue wrytten vnto him as it foloweth herafter Therfore I praye you and requyre you to remembre the benefites that I haue done vnto you generally and in especiall For I hope that he shall be of sober louynge behauoure and yf he folowe my deuyce he shal be indifferent vnto you Thus that murthurer and blasphemer of God was sore smyttē and like as he had intreated other men so he dyed a myserable death in a straunge countre vpon a mountayne And his body dyd Philippe that wēte with him cary awaye which fearynge the sonne of Antiochus wente in to Egipte to Ptolomy Philometor The X. Chapter MAchabeus now his company thorow the helpe of the LORDE wanne the temple and the cite agayne destroyed the aulters and chapels that the Heithē had buylded thorow the stretes clensed the temple made another aulter of bricke stone and after ij yeares they offered sacrifices set forth the incense the lightes and shewe bred When that was done they fell downe flat vpon the grounde and besought the LORDE that they might come nomore in to soch trouble but yf they synned eny more agaynst him he him self to chasten them with mercy and not to come in the hondes of those aleauntes and blasphemous men Now vpon the same daye that y e straungers poluted the temple it happened that
sawe a greate lyght to them which sat in the region shadowe of deeth lyght is begoÌ„ne to shyne From that tyme forth beganne Iesus to preach and to saye Amende youre selues y e kingdome of heauen is at honde As Iesus walked by the see of Galile he sawe two brethren Simon which was called Peter Andrew his brother castynge a net into y e see for they were fiszhers and he sayde vnto them folowe me I will make you fiszhers of meÌ„ And they strayght waye lefte their nettes and folowed hym And whan he weÌ„t forth from thence he sawe other two brethren Iames the sonne of zebede and Ihon his brother in the ship with zebede their father mendynge their nettes and called them And they without tarynge lefte y e shyp and their father and folowed hym And Iesus went aboute all Galile teachyng in their synagoges and preachynge the gospel of the kyngdome and healed all maner of siknes all maner dyseases amonge the people And his fame spred abrode through out all Siria And they brought vnto hym all sick people that were taken with diuers diseases and gripinges and theÌ„ y t were possessed with deuils those which were lunatyke and those that had the palsie he healed theÌ„ And ther folowed hym a greate nombre of people from Galile from the ten cities and from Ierusalem and from the regions that lye beyonde Iordan The V. Chapter WHen he sawe the people he went vp into a mountayne and when he was set his disciples came to hym and he opened his mouth and taught them sayinge Blessed are the poore in sprete for theirs is the kyngdome of heueÌ„ Blessed are they that mourne for they shal be coÌ„forted Blessed are the meke for they shall inheret the erth Blessed are they which honger thyrst for rightewesnes for they shal be filled Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obteyne mercy Blessed are the pure in herte for they shall se God Blessed are the peacemakers for they shal be called the chyldren of God Blessed are they which suffre persecucion for rightwesnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heuen Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and falsly say all manner of yuell saynges against you for my sake Reioyce and be glad for greate is youre rewarde in heueÌ„ For so persecuted they the Prophetes which were before youre dayes Ye are y e salt of the earth but and yf the salt haue lost his saltnes what can be salted therwith It is thence forth good for nothynge but to be cast out and to be trodden vnder fote of men Ye are the light of the worlde A cite that is set on an hill can not be hid nether do men lyght a candell and put it vnder a buszhell but on a candelstick and it lighteth all that are in the house Let youre light so shyne before men that they maye se youre good workes and glorify youre father which is in heauen Thinke not that I am come to destroye the lawe or the Prophetes no I am not come to destroye them but to fulfyll them For truly I saye vnto you till heauen and earth periszhe one iott or one tyttle of the lawe shall not escape tyll all be fulfilled Whosoeuer breaketh one of these least coÌ„maundmentes and teacheth meÌ„ so he shal be called the leest in the kyngdome of heauen But whosoeuer obserueth and teacheth the same shal be called greate in the kyngdome of heauen For I saye vnto you excepte youre rightewesnes exceade the righetewesnes of the Scribes and Pharises ye can not entre in to the kyngdome of heauen Ye haue herde how it was sayde to theÌ„ of the olde tyme Thou shalt not kyll For whosoeuer kylleth shall be in daunger of iudgement But I saye vnto you whosoeuer is angrie with his brother is in daunger of the iudgement Whosoeuer sayeth vnto his brother Racha is in daunger of y e couÌ„sell But whosoeuer sayeth thou foole is in daunger of hell fyre Therfore when thou offrest thy gift at the altare and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst the leaue there thyne offrynge before the altare and go thy waye first and reconcyle thy selfe to thy brother then come and offre thy gyfte Agre with thine aduersary quicklye whyle thou art in the waye with hym lest that aduersary deliuer the to the iudge and the iudge deliuer the to the minister and then thou be cast in to preson I saye vnto the verely thou shalt not come out theÌ„ce till thou haue payed the vtmost farthinge Ye haue herde how it was sayde to them of olde tyme Thou shalt not committe aduoutrie But I saye vnto you that whosoeuer loketh on a wife lustinge after her hath committed aduoutrie with hir already in his hert Wherfore yf thy right eye offende the plucke hym out and cast him from the. Better it is for the that one of thy membres periszhe then that thy whole body shulde be cast in to hell Also yf thy right honde offende the cut hym of and cast him from the. Better â—t is that one of thy meÌ„bres periszh theÌ„ y t all y e body shulde be cast in to hell It is sayde whosoeuer putteth awaye his wyfe let hym geue her a testimonyall of the deuorcemeÌ„t But I saye vnto you whosoeuer putteth awaye his wyfe except it be for fornicacioÌ„ causeth her to breake matrymony And whosoeuer maryeth her that is deuorsed breaketh wedlocke Agayne ye haue herde how it was sayde to theÌ„ of olde tyme Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe but shalt performe thyne ooth to God But I saye vnto you sweare not at all nether by heaueÌ„ for it is God is seate nor yet by the earth for it is his fote stole nether by Ierusalem for it is the cyte of y e greate kinge nether shalt thou sweare by thy heed because thou canst not make one heer whyte or blacke But your communicacion shal be yee yee nay nay For what soeuer is more then that commeth of euel Ye haue herde howe it is sayde An eye for an eye a toth for a toth But I saye vnto you that ye resist not euell But whosoeuer geueth the a blowe on thy right cheke turne to him the other also And yf eny man will sue the at the lawe take awaye thy coate let him haue thy cloake also And who so compelleth the to go a myle go w t hym twayne Geue to hym that axeth and from hym that wolde borowe turne not awaye Ye haue herde how it is saide thou shalt loue thyne neghboure hate thyne enemy But I saye vnto you loue youre enemies Blesse theÌ„ that cursse you Do good to theÌ„ that hate you Praye for theÌ„ which do you wronge and persecute you that ye maye be the chyldern of youre father which is in heauen for he maketh
their frutes Do men gather grapes of thornes or figges of thistles Euen so euery good tree bryngeth forth good frute But a corrupte tree bryngeth forth euyl frute A good tree can not bryng forth bad frute nother can a rotten tre bringe forth good frute Euery tre that bryngeth not forth good frute shal be hewen downe and cast into the fyre Wherfore by their frutes ye shall knowe them Not all they that saye vnto me LORDE LORDE shall enter in to the kyngdome of heauen but he that doth the will of my father which ys in heauen Many shall saye to me in that daye LORDE LORDE haue we not prophecied in thy name Haue we not cast out deuyls in thy name Haue we not done many greate dedes in thy name And then will I knowlege vnto them I neuer knewe you Departe fro me ye workers of iniquite Whosoeuer therfore heareth of me these sayinges and doeth the same I wyll lyckeÌ„ hym vnto a wyse man which buylthys house vpon a rocke Now whan abundaunce of rayne descended and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that same house it fel not because it was grounded on the rocke And who soeuer heareth of me these sayinges doth theÌ„ not shal be lyckened vnto a folysh maÌ„ which buylt his housse apon the sonde Now whan abuÌ„daunce of rayne desceÌ„ded the wyndes blewe bet vpon y t housse it fâ—ll and great was the fall of it And it came to passe that when Iesus had ended these saynges the people were astonnyed at hys doctryne For he taught them as one hauynge power and not as the Scribes The VIII Chapter WHen he was come downe from the mountayne moch people folowed him And lo there came a leper and worsheped him sayinge LORDE yf thou wylt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put forth hys honde touched him sayinge I wyl be thou cleane immediatly his leprosie was clensed And Iesus sayde vnto hym Se thou tell no maÌ„ but go and shew thy selfe to the preste and offer the gyfte that Moses coÌ„maunded in witnes to them When Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto him a Captayne besought hym sayinge Syr my seruaunt lyeth sicke at home of the palsye and ys greuously payned Iesus sayd vnto hym I wil come heale him The Captayne answered and sayde Syr I am nor worthy that thou shuldest come vnder my rofe but speake the worde only and my seruaunt shal be healed For I myselfe also am a maÌ„ subiect to y e auctorite of another haue sowdiers vnder me Yet whaÌ„ I saye to one go he goeth and to another come he commeth to my seruaunt do this he doeth it When Iesus hearde that he marueled and sayde to them that folowed hym Verely I say vnto you I haue not founde so greate fayth no not iÌ„ Israel But I say vnto you Many shall come from the east and west and shall rest with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kyngdome of heauen and the chyldren of the kyngdome shal be cast out in to vtter darcknes there shal be wepinge gnaszhing of teth And Iesus sayd vnto y e Captayne go thy waye and as thou beleuest so be it vnto the. And his seruaunt was healed the same houre And Iesus went in to Peters housse and sawe hys wyues mother lyinge sicke of a feuer so he touched her hande and the feuer left hir and she arose and ministred vnto them When the euen was come they brought vnto him many that were possessed with deuylls And he cast out y e spirites with a worde healed all that were sicke that y e thinge might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esay the Prophet sayinge He toke on him oure infirmities and bare oure sâ—â—â—â—neses WheÌ„ Iesus sawe moch people about him he commaunded to go ouer the water And there came a scribe and sayde vnto hym master I wyll folowe the whyther so euer thou goest And Iesus sayde vnto him the foxes haue holes and the byrddes of the ayer haue nestes but y e sonne of maÌ„ hath not wheron to rest his heede Another that was one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Syr geue me leue fyrst to go burye my father But Iesus sayde vnto him folowe thou me and let the deed burie their deed And he entred in to a shyppe his disciples folowed him And beholde there arose a greate tempest in the see in so moch that the shippe was couered with wawes he was a slepe And his disciples came vnto him and awoke hym sayinge LORDE saue vs we perishe And he sayde vnto them why are ye fearfull o ye of lytell faithe Then he arose and rebuked the wyndes and the see there folowed a greate calme And the men marueyled and sayde what maÌ„ is this that both wyndes and see obey hym And when he was come to y e other syde into the countre of the Gergesites there met him two possessed of deuyls which came out of the graues and were out of measure fearce so that no man myght go by that waye And beholde they cryed out sayinge Oh Iesu thou sonne of God what haue we to do w t the Art thou come hyther to tormeÌ„t vs before the tyme be come And there was a good waye of from them a greate heerd of swyne fedinge Then the deuyles besought him sayinge yf thou cast vs out suffre vs to go oure waye in to the heerd of swyne And he sayde vnto them go youre wayes Then went they out and departed in to the heerd of swyne And beholde y e whoale heerd of swyne was caryed with violeÌ„ce headlinge in to the see and perished in the water TheÌ„ the heerdmen fled and wente their ways in to the cyte and tolde euery thinge what had fortuned vnto the possessed of the deuyls And beholde all the cyte came out and met Iesus And when they sawe hym they besought hym for to departe out of their coostes The ix Chapter THen entred he into a shipp and passed ouer and came in to his awne cite And lo they brought vnto him a man sicke of y e palsie lyinge in his bed And when Iesus sawe the faith of theÌ„ he sayde to the sicke of y e palsie my sonne be of good cheare thy sinnes are forgeueÌ„ the. And beholde certeyne of the scribes sayde in them selues this man blasphemeth But when Iesus sawe their thoughtes he sayde wherfore thinke ye euill in youre hertes Whether ys it easier to saye thy synnes be forgeueÌ„ y e or to saie arise and walke But that ye maye knowe that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue sinnes in earth theÌ„ sayde he vnto the sicke of y e palsye arise take vp thy bed and go home And he arose and wente home When y e people sawe it they marueyled glorified God which had geueÌ„ soch
them not therfore There is nothinge hyd that shal not be openly shewed and nothinge secrete that shall not be knowne What I tell you in darcknes that speake ye in light and what ye heare in the eare that preach ye vpon the house toppes And feare ye not them that kyll the body and be not able to kyll the soule But rather feare hiÌ„ which is able to destroye both soule and body in to hell Are not two sparowes solde for a farthinge Yet doth there none of theÌ„ light vpon the grouÌ„de without youre father And now are all y e hayres of youre heade tolde Feare ye not therfore ye are of more value then many sparowes Therfore whosoeuer knowlegeth me before meÌ„ him wil I knowlege also before my father which is in heauen But who soeuer denyeth me before meÌ„ him wil I also denie before my father which is in heauen Thynke not that I am come to sende peace vpon earth I came not to sende peace but a swerde For I am come to set a maÌ„ at variaunce ageynst his father and the doughter ageynst hir mother the doughter in lawe ageynst her mother in lawe and a mans foes shal be they of his owne housholde Who so loueth father and mother more then me is not mete for me and he that loueth sonne or doughter more then me is not mete for me And he y t taketh not his crosse and foloweth me is not mete for me Who so fyndeth his life shal lose it and he that loseth his life for my sake shal fynde it He that receaueth you receaueth me who so receaueth me receaueth him y t sent me He that receaueth a prophet in the name of a prophet shal receaue a prophetes rewarde He y t receaueth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shal receaue a righteous mans rewarde And who soeuer geueth vnto one of the least of these a cuppe of colde water onely to drinke in y e name of a disciple verely I saie vnto you he shal not lose his rewarde The XI Chapter ANd it came to passe whaÌ„ Iesus had made an ende of coÌ„maundinge his twolue disciples he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities Whan Ihon beinge in preson herde of the workes of Christ he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto him â–ª Art thou he y t shal come or shal we loke for another Iesus answered and sayde vnto theÌ„ Go youre waye and tell Ihon agayne what ye se and heare The blynde se and the lame go the lepers are clensed and y e deaf heare the deed aryse ageyne and the gospell is preached to the poore and blessed is he that is not offended at me Whan they wente their waye Iesus beganne to speake vnto the people concernynge Ihon What are ye gone out for to se in the wyldernes Wolde ye se a rede shaken with the wynde Or what are ye gone out for to se Wolde ye se a man clothed in soft rayment Beholde they that weare soft clothinge are in kinges houses But what are ye gone out for to se A prophet Yee I saye vnto you and more theÌ„ a prophet For this is he of whoÌ„ it is written Beholde I sende my messauÌ„ger before thy face which shal prepare thy waye before the. Verely I saye vnto you Amonge y e children of wemen arose there not a greater then Ihon the baptist Not withstondinge he that is lesse in the kyngdome of Heauen is greater then he From the tyme of Ihon baptist hither to y e kyngdome of heauen suffreth violence and the violent plucke it vnto them For all the prophetes and the lawe prophecied vnto Ihon. Also yf ye wil receaue it this is Helias which shulde come Who so hath eares to heare let hiÌ„ heare But where vnto shal I lickeÌ„ this generacion It is like vnto childreÌ„ which syt in the market and call vnto their felowes saye we haue pyped vnto you and ye wolde not daunse We haue morned vnto you ye wolde not wepe For Ihon came nether eatinge nor drynkinge they saye he hath the deuyll The sonne of man came eatinge and drynkinge they saye lo what a glutton and wyne bebber this maÌ„ is and a companyon of publicans synners And wiszdome is iustified of hir children Then beganne he to vpbrade the cities in the which most of his miracles were done because they amended not Wo vnto the Chorasin Wo vnto the Bethsaida for yf the miracles which haue bene shewed amoÌ„ge you had bene done in Tyre and Sidon they had repented longe agoo in sack cloth and aszhes Neuertheles I saye vnto you It shal be easyer for Tyre and Sidon in the daye of iudgment then for you And thou Capernaum which art lift vp vnto heauen shalt be brought downe vnto hel For yf the miracles which haue bene done in the had bene shewed in Sodom they had remained vnto this daye Neuertheles I saye vnto you It shal be easyer for the londe of Sodome in the daye of iudgment theÌ„ for the. At y e same tyme Iesus answered and sayde I prayse the O father and LORDE of heauen and earth that thou hast hid these thinges from the wyse and prudent and opened theÌ„ vnto babes Euen so father for so it pleased the. All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father and no maÌ„ knoweth the sonne but the father nether knoweth eny man the father saue the sonne and he to whom the sonne wil open it Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are laden and I wil ease you Take my yock vpon you and lerne of me for I am meke and lowlye of hert ye shal fynde rest vnto youre soules for my yock is easy and my burden is light The XII Chapter AT the same tyme weÌ„te Iesus thorow the corne vpon the Sabbath and his disciples were hongrie and beganne to plucke of the eares of the corne and to eate When y e Pharises sawe thâ—t they sayde vnto him Beholde thy disciples do that which is not laufull to do vpon the Sabbath He sayde vnto them haue ye not red what Dauid did whan he was hongrie they also y t were with him How he entred in to the house of God ate the shew breds which were not laufull for him to eate nether for theÌ„ y t were with him but onely for the prestes Or haue ye not red in the lawe how that the prestes in the temple breake the Sabbath and yet are blamelesse But I saye vnto you y t here is one greater then the temple But yf ye wyst what this were I haue pleasure in mercy and not in offeringe ye wolde not haue condemned innocentes For the sonne of man is LORDE euen ouer the Sabbath And he departed thence and wente in to their synagoge and beholde there was a maÌ„ which had
vnderstonde it not And in them is fulfilled y e prophecie of Esay which sayeth Ye shal heare in dede and shal not vnderstonde and with seinge eyes shal ye se and not perceaue For y e hert of this people is waxed grosse their eares are thick of hearīge their eyes haue they closed lest they shulde once se w t y e eyes heare w t the eares vnderstōde w t the hert turne that I might heale them But blessed are youre eyes for they se youre eares for they heare Verely I saye vnto you Many prophetes righteous men haue desyred to se y e thinges that ye se and haue not sene thē and to heare the thinges that ye heare and haue not herde thē Heare ye therfore the parable of the sower Whan one heareth y e worde of the kyngdome and vnderstondeth it not the euell man cōmeth and plucketh it awaye that is sowne in his hert this is he y t is sowne by the waye syde But he y t is sowne in the stonye grounde is this whā one heareth the worde anone with ioye receaueth it neuertheles he hath no rote ī him but endureth for a season whā trouble persecucion aryseth because of the worde immediatly he his offended As for him that is sowne amonge y e thornes this is he Whā one heareth the worde the carefulnes of this worlde the disceatfulnes of riches choke the worde so he becōmeth vnfrutefull But he y t is sowne in the good grounde is this whan one heareth the worde and vnderstondeth it and bringeth forth frute and some geueth an hūdreth folde some sixtie folde and some thirtie folde Another parable put he forth vnto thē sayde The kyngdome of heauē is like vnto a man y t sowed good sede in his felde But whyle mē slepte there came an enemye and sowed tares amonge y e wheate wente his waye Now whā the blade was sprōge vp brought forth frute thē y e tares appeared also Then came the seruaūtes to y e housholder sayde vnto him Syr sowdest not thou good sede in y e felde Frō whēce thē hath it tares He sayde vnto thē that hath the enemye done Thē sayde y e seruaūtes wilt thou then y t we go wede thē out He sayde No lest whyle ye wede out y e tares ye plucke vp the wheate also w t thē Let thē both growe together tyll the haruest and in tyme of haruest I wil saye vnto the reapers Gather y e tares first bynde thē in sheeues to be brēt but gather the wheate in to my barne Another parable put he forth vnto thē and sayde The kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a grane of mustarde sede which a man toke and sowed it in his felde Which is the leest amonge all sedes But whan it is growne it is the greatest amonge herbes and is a tre so that the byrdes vnder the heauen come and dwell in the braunches of it Another parable spake he vnto thē The kyngdome of heauē is like vnto leuē which a woman toke and myxte it amonge thre peckes of meele tyll all was leuended All soch thinges spake Iesus vnto y e people by parables without parables spake he nothinge vnto thē y t the thinge might be fulfilled which was spokē by y e prophet sayenge I wil open my mouth in parables and wil speake out the secretes from the begynnynge of the worlde Then sent Iesus the people awaye and came home And his disciples came vnto hī and sayde Declare vnto us y e parable of y e tares of y e felde Iesus answered and sayde vnto them He that soweth the good sede is the sonne of man the felde is the worlde y e good sede are the childrē of the kyngdome The tares are the children of wickednes y e enemye that soweth thē is the deuell y e haruest is the ende of the worlde y e reapers are y e angels For like as y e tares are weded out and brent in the fyre euē so shal it go in y e ende of this worlde The sonne of man shal sende forth his angels they shal gather out of his kingdome all thinges y t offende thē y t do iniquyte shal cast thē in to a fornace of fyre there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth Thē shal the righteous shyne as the Sonne in the kyngdome of their father Who so hath eares to heare let him heare Agayne the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a treasure hyd in the felde which a mā founde and hid it and for ioye therof he wēte solde all y t he had and bought y t felde Agayne the kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a marchaūt y t sought good pearles whā he had founde a precious pearle he wēte and solde all that he had bought it Agayne y e kyngdome of heauē is like vnto a nett cast in to y e see wherwith are takē all maner of fyshes whā it is ful mē drawe it out vnto y e shore sytt gather y e good ī to the vessels but cast the bad awaye So shal it be also in y e ende of y e worlde The angels shal go out seuer the bad frō the righteous shal cast thē in to a fornace of fyre there shal be waylinge gnaszhinge of teth And Iesus sayde vnto them Haue ye vnderstōde all these thinges They sayde Yee LORDE Then sayde he vnto thē Therfore euery scribe taught vnto y e kingdome of heauen is like an houszholder which bryngeth out of his treasure thinges new and olde And it came to passe whā Iesus had ended these parables he departed thence and came into his owne coūtre and taught thē in their synagoges in so moch that they were astonnyed and sayde Whēce cōmeth soch wyszdome power vnto him Is not this the carpēters sonne Is not his mother called Mary and his brethrē Iames Ioses and Symon and Iude And are not all his sisters here with us Whence hath he thē all these thinges And they were offended at him But Iesus sayde vnto thē A prophet is nowhere lesse sett by thē at home amonge his owne And he dyd not many miracles there because of their vnbeleue The XIIII Chapter AT that tyme Herode y e Tetrarcha herde of y e fame of Iesu sayde vnto his seruaūtes This is Ihō y e baptist He is rysen agayne frō the deed therfore are his dedes so mightie For Herode had takē Ihō bounde hī put him in preson for Herodias sake his brothers Philips wife For Ihon sayde vnto him It is not laufull for y t to haue her And fayne wolde he haue put him to death but he feared the people because they helde him for a Prophet But whan Herode helde his byrth
spake vnto them of Ihon the baptist And whan they were come to the people there came vnto him a certayne man and kneled vnto him and sayde LORDE haue mercy vpon my sonne for he is lunatike sore vexed He falleth oft tymes in to y e fyre and oft in to y e water and I brought him vnto thy disciples and they coude not heale him Iesus answered and sayde O thou faithles and frowarde generacion how longe shal I be with you How longe shal I suffre you Bringe him hitherto me And Iesus rebuked him and y e deuyll weÌ„te out of him and y e childe was healed euen that same houre Then came the disciples vnto Iesus secretly sayde Why coude not we cast him out Iesus sayde vnto them Because of youre vnbeleue For I saye verely vnto you Yf ye haue faith as a grane of mustarde sede ye maye saye vnto this mountayne Remoue hence to yonder place and he shal remoue nether shal eny thinge be vnpossible vnto you How beit this kinde goeth not out but by prayer and fastynge Whyle they occupied in Galile Iesus sayde vnto them it wil come to passe that the sonne of man shal be delyuered in to the hondes of men and they shal kyll him and the thirde daye shal he aryse agayne And they were very sory Now whaÌ„ they were come to Capernaum they that receaued y e tribute money came to Peter and sayde Doth youre master paye tribute He sayed yee â–ª And when he was come home Iesus preuented him and sayde What thinkest thou Symon Of whom do the kynges of the earth take toll or tribute Of their children or of straungers Then sayde Peter to him Of straungers Iesus sayde vnto him Then are y e children fre Neuertheles lest we offende them go thy waye to the see and cast thine angle and take the fysh that first coÌ„meth vp and whan thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt fynde a pece of twenty pens take that and geue it them forme and the. The XVIII Chapter AT the same tyme came the disciples vnto Iesus and sayde Who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And Iesus called a childe vnto him and set him in the myddest amonge them and sayde Verely I saye vnto you Excepte ye turne and become as children ye shal not entre in to the kyngdome of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth him self as this childe y e same is the greatest in y e kyngdome of heauen And who so receaueth soch a childe in my name receaueth me But who so offendeth one of these litle ones which beleue in me it were better for him that a mylstone were hanged aboute his neck and he drowned in the depth of the see Wo vnto the worlde because of slauÌ„ders Yee there must slaunders come but wo vnto that man by whom slaunder commeth But yf thy hande or thy fote offende the cut him of and cast him from the. It is better for y t to entre in vnto life lame or crepell theÌ„ y t thou shuldest haue two hoÌ„des or two fete and be cast in to euerlastinge fyre And yf thyne eye offende the plucke it out cast it from the. Better it is for the to entre in vnto life with one eye theÌ„ to haue two eyes and to be cast in to hell fyre Take hede y t ye despyse not one of these litle ones For I saye vnto you their angels do alwaye beholde the face of my father which is in heauen for the sonne of man is come to saue that which is lost How thinke ye Yf a man haue an hundreth shepe and one of theÌ„ be gone astraye doth not he leaue the nyentie and nyene in the mountaynes and goeth and seketh that one which is gone astraye And yf it happen that he fynde it verely I saye vnto you he reioyseth more ouer it then ouer the nyentie nyene which weÌ„te not astraye Euen so is it not the will before youre father in heauen that one of these litle ones shulde perishe Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the go and tell him his faute betwene the and him alone Yf he heare the thou hast woÌ„ne thy brother But yf he heare the not then take yet with the one or two that in the mouth of two or thre wytnesses euery matter maye be stablyshed Yf he heare not them tell it vnto the congregacion Yf he heaâ—e not the coÌ„gregacion holde him as an Heithen and Publican Verely I saye vnto you what soeuer ye shal bynde vpon earth shal be bouÌ„de also in heauen what soeuer ye lowse vpon earth shal be lowsed also in heaueÌ„ Agayne I saye vnto you Yf two of you shal agree vpon earth for what thinge soeuer it be y t they wolde desyre they shal haue it of my father which is in heaueÌ„ For where two or thre are gathered together iÌ„ my name there am I in the myddest amonge them Then came Peter vnto him sayde LORDE how oft shal I forgeue my brother y t trespaceth agaynst me SeueÌ„ tymes Iesus saide vnto hiÌ„ I saye not vnto y e seueÌ„ tymes but seueÌ„tie tymes seuen tymes Therfore is y e kingdome of heaueÌ„ lickened vnto a kynge which wolde reken w t his seruauntes And whan he beganne to rekeÌ„ one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousande pouÌ„de Now whaÌ„ he had nothinge to paye his lorde coÌ„maunded him to be solde his wife his childreÌ„ all y t he had payment to be made Then the seruaunt fell downe besought him sayenge Syr haue pacieÌ„ce w t me and I wil paye the all Then had the lorde pytie on that seruaunt discharged him and forgaue him the detâ— And the same seruaunt weÌ„te out fouÌ„de one of his felowes which ought him an huÌ„dreth pens and layed hande vpon him and toke him by the throte and sayde paye me that thou owest TheÌ„ his felowe fell downe and besought him sayenge haue pacieÌ„ce w t me and I wil paye the all Neuertheles he wolde not but wente and cast him into preson tyll he shulde paye the dett Whan his felowes sawe what was done they were very sory and came and tolde their lorde all that had happened Then his lorde called for him and sayde vnto him O thou wicked seruauÌ„t I forgaue the all this dett because thou praydest me shuldest not thou then haue had compassion also vpon thy felowe euen as I had pytie vpon the And his lorde was wroth and delyuered him vnto the iaylers tyll he payed all that he ought So shal my heauenly father do also vnto you yf ye euery one of you froÌ„ youre hertes forgeue not his brother his trespaces The XIX Chapter ANd it came to passe whaÌ„ Iesus had ended these sayenges he gat him froÌ„ Galile came iÌ„ to y e coastes of Iewry beyonde Iordane moch people folowed him and he healed them there
Then came vnto him the Pharises tēpted him sayde vnto him Is it laufull for a man to put awaye his wife for eny maner of cause He answered sayde vnto thē Haue ye not red how y t he which made man at the begynnynge made thē mā womā sayde For this cause shal a mā leaue father mother cleue vnto his wife they two shal be one fleshe Now are they not twayne then but one flesh Let not man therfore put a sunder y t which God hath coupled together Then sayde they Why dyd Moses then cōmaunde to geue a testimonyall of deuorsement to put her awaye He sayde vnto thē Moses because of y e hardnes of yo hertes suffred you to put awaye youre wyues Neuertheles frō the begynnynge it hath not bene so But I saye vnto you Whosoeuer putteth awaye his wife excepte it be for fornicacion and marieth another breaketh wedlocke And who so marieth her y t is deuorced commytteth aduoutrye Then sayde his disciples vnto him Yf y e matter be so betwene mā and wife thē is it not good to mary But he sayde vnto them All mē can not cōprehende y t sayenge saue they to whō it is geuē For there be some gelded which are so borne from their mothers wombe and there be some gelded which are gelded of men there be some gelded which haue gelded thē selues for the kyngdome of heauens sake He that can cōprehende it let him comprehende it Then were brought vnto him yōge children y t he shulde put his hondes vpon thē praye And y e disciples rebuked them But Iesus sayde Suffre y e childrē forbyd thē not to come vnto me for vnto soch belōgeth the kyngdome of heauen And whā he had layed his hōdes vpō thē he departed thēce And beholde one came vnto him and sayde Good master what good shal I do y t I maye haue the euer lastinge life He sayde vnto him Why callest thou me good there is none good but God onely Neuertheles yf thou wilt entre into life kepe y e cōmaūdemētes Thē sayde he vnto him Which Iesus saide Thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not steale thou shalt beare no false wytnes Honoure father and mother and thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self Then sayde the yonge mā vnto him All these haue I kepte fro my youth vp what lack I yet Iesus sayde vnto him Yf thou wilt be perfecte go thy waye and sell that thou hast geue it vnto the poore and thou shalt haue a treasure in heauen and come and folowe me Whan y e yonge man herde y t worde he wente awaye sory for he had greate possessions Iesus sayde vnto his disciples Verely I saie vnto you it shal be harde for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of heauē And morouer I saye vnto you It is easier for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle thē for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of heauen Whan his disciples herde that they were exceadingly amased and sayde Who can thē be saued Neuertheles Iesus behelde them and sayde vnto them With men it is vnpossyble but with God all thinges are possyble Then answered Peter sayde vnto him Beholde we haue forsakē all and folowed the What shal we haue therfore Iesus sayde vnto thē Verely I saye vnto you that when the sonne of man shal sytt in the seate of his maiestye ye which haue folowed me in the new byrth shal syt also vpon twolue seates and iudge y e twolue trybes of Israel And who so euer forsaketh houses or brethrē or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or londes for my names sake the same shal receaue an hundreth folde and inheret euerlastinge life But many that be the first shal be the last and the last shal be the first The XX. Chapter THe kyngdome of heauen is like vnto an housholder which wēte out early in the mornynge to hyre labourers in to his vyniarde And whā he had agreed with the labourers for a peny a daye he sent thē in to his vynyarde And aboute y e thirde houre he wente out and sawe other stondinge ydle in the market place and sayde vnto them Go ye also in to my vynyarde what so euer is right I wil geue it you And they wēte their waye Agayne he wēte out aboute the sixte and nyenth houre and dyd likewyse And aboute the eleuenth houre he wēte out and founde other stōdynge ydle and sayde vnto them Why stonde ye here all the daye ydle They sayde vnto him because no man hath hyred us He saide vnto thē Go ye also in to my vinyarde and loke what is right ye shal haue it Now whan euen was come the lorde of the vynyarde sayde vnto his stewarde Call the labourers and geue them their hyre begynnynge from the last vnto y e first Then they that were hyred aboute the eleuenth houre came and receaued euery man a peny But whan the first came they supposed that they shulde receaue more and they also receaued euery man a peny And whan they had receaued it they murmured agaynst the housholder and sayde These last haue wrought but one houre and thou hast made thē equall vnto us which haue borne the burthen and heate of the daye He answered and sayde vnto one of them frende I do y e no wronge diddest not thou agree with me for a peny Take that thine is and go thy waye I wil geue vnto this last also like as vnto the. Or haue I not power to do as me listeth with myne owne Is thine eye euell because I am good So the last shal be the first the first the last For many are called but few are chosen And Iesus wente vp to Ierusalem and toke the twolue disciples asyde in the waye and sayde vnto them Beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and the sonne of man shal be delyuered vnto the hye prestes and scribes they shal condemne him to death and shal delyuer him vnto y e Heithen to be mocked to be scourged and to be crucified And the thirde daye he shal ryse agayne Then came vnto him the mother of Zebedes childrē with hir sonnes fell downe before him and desyred a certayne thinge of hī And he saide vnto her What wilt thou She sayde vnto him Let these two sonnes of myne syt in thy kyngdome the one vpon thy right honde the other vpon thy left honde But Iesus answered and sayde Ye wote not what ye axe Maye ye drynke the cuppe that I shal drynke to be baptised with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed withall They sayde vnto him Yee that we maye And he sayde vnto them My cuppe truly shal ye drynke with the baptyme y t I shal be baptysed withall shal
the lorde of the vynyarde commeth what wyl he do w t those huszbandmen They sayde vnto him He wyl cruelly destroye those euell personnes let out his vyniarde vnto other huszbaÌ„dmen which shal delyuer him the frute at tymes conuenyent Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Dyd ye neuer rede in the scriptures The same stone which the buylders refused is become the heade stone in the corner This was the LORDES doynge it is maruelous iÌ„ oure eyes Therfore I saie vnto you The kingdome of God shal be takeÌ„ froÌ„ you shal be geueÌ„ vnto the HeitheÌ„ which shal brynge forth y e frutes of it And who so falleth vpoÌ„ this stone shal be brokeÌ„ in peces loke vpoÌ„ whom it falleth it shal grynde him to poulder And when the hye prestes Pharises herde his parables they perceaued that he spake of them And they wente aboute to take him but they feared y e people because they helde hiÌ„ for a prophet The XXII Chapter ANd Iesus answered and spake vnto theÌ„ agayne by parables sayde The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a kynge which maried his sonne And sent forth his seruauntes to call the gestes vnto the mariage they wolde not come Agayne he sent forth other seruauntes and sayde Tell the gestes Beholde I haue prepared my dynner myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled and all thinges are readye come to the mariage But they made light of it and wente their wayes one to his huszbandrye another to his marchaundise As fâ—â— the remnauÌ„t they toke his seruauntes and intreated theÌ„ shamefully and slew theÌ„ When the kynge herde that he was wroth and sent forth his warryers and destroyed those murtherers and set fyre vpon their cite Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes The mariage in dede is prepared but the gestes were not worthy Go youre waye out therfore into y e hye wayes and as many as ye fynde byd them to the mariage And the seruauntes weÌ„te out in to the hye wayes and gathered together as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad the tables were all full Then the kynge weÌ„te in to se the gestes and spyed there a man that had not on a weddynge garment and sayde vnto him Frende how camest thou in hither hast not on a weddyinge garment And he was euen spechlesse Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes Take and bynde him hande and fote cast him into y e vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth For many be called but few are choseÌ„ Then wente the Pharises and toke councell how they might tangle him in his wordes and sent vnto him their disciples with Herodes officers and sayde Master we knowe that thou art true and teachest the waye of God truly and carest for no maÌ„ for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of meÌ„ Tell us therfore how thinkest thou Is it laufull to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not Now whaÌ„ Iesus perceaued their wickednes he sayde O ye ypocrites why teÌ„pte ye me Shewe me y e tribute money And they toke hiÌ„ a peny And he saide vnto theÌ„ Whose is this ymage and superscription They sayde vnto him The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue therfore vnto the Emperour that which is the Emperours and geue vnto God that which is Gods When they herde that they marueyled and left him weÌ„te their waye The same daye there came vnto him the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses sayde Yf a man dye hauynge no children his brother shal mary his wife rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there with us seueÌ„ brethren The first maried a wife and dyed for somoch as he had no sede he left his wife vnto his brother Like wyse the secoÌ„de and thirde vnto the seueÌ„th Last of all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of the seuen For they all had her Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Ye erre and vnderstoÌ„de not the scriptures ner the power of God In the resurreccion they shal nether mary ner be maried but are as the angels of God in heauen As touchinge the resurreccioÌ„ of the deed haue ye notred what is spoken vnto you of God which sayeth I am the God of Abraham and y e God of Isaac and the God of Iacob Yet is not God a God of the deed but of the lyuynge And whan the people herde that they were astonnyed at his doctryne When the Pharises herde that he had stopped the mouth of the Saduces they gathered them selues together And one of them a Scrybe teÌ„pted him and sayde Master which is the chefest commaundemeÌ„t in the lawe Iesus saide vnto him Thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hert with all thy soule and with all thy mynde this is the pryncipall and greatest coÌ„maundement As for the seconde it is like vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thyself In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes Now whyle the Pharises were gathered together Iesus axed them and sayde What thinke ye of Christ Whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him Dauids He sayde vnto them How then doth Dauid in sprete call him LORDE sayenge The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Yf Dauid now call him LORDE how is he then his sonne And no man coude answere him one worde nether durst eny man axe him eny mo questioÌ„s froÌ„ that daye forth The XXIII Chapter THen spake Iesus vnto y e people and to his disciples and sayde The scrybes Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate Therfore what soeuer they bid you obserue that obserue and do but after their workes shal ye not do for they saye do not For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens and laye them vpon mens shulders But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers All their workes do they to be sene of men They set abrode their Philateries and make large borders vpon their garmentes and loue to syt vppermost at the table and to haue the chefe seates in the synagoges and loue to be saluted in the market and to be called of meÌ„ Rabbi But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called Rabbi for one is youre master euen Christ and all ye are brethren And call no man father vpon earth for one is youre father which is in heaueÌ„ And ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called masters for one is youre master namely Christ. He that is greatest amoÌ„ge you shal be youre seruaunt For who so exalteth him self shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himself shal be exalted Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men Ye come not in youre
shall fall from heauen and the powers of heauen shal moue and then shal appeare the token of the sonne of man in heauē and then shal all the kynreds of the earth mourne and they shal se the sonne of man come in the cloudes of heauen with greate power and glory And he shal sende his angels with y e greate voyce of a trompe they shal gather together his chosen from the foure wyndes from one ende of the heauen to the other Lerne a symilitude of y e fygge tre When his braunche is yet tender and his leaues spronge ye knowe that Sommer is nye So likewyse ye whan ye se all thynges be ye sure that it is nye euen at the dores Verely I saye vnto you This generacion shal not passe tyll all these be fulfylled Heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal not perishe Neuertheles of that daye houre knoweth no man no not the angels of heauen but my father onely Euen as it was in the tyme of Noe so shal the commynge of the sonne of man be also For as they were in the dayes before y e floude they ate they dronke they maried and were maried euen vnto the daye y t Noe entred in to the shippe and they regarded it not tyll the floude came and toke them all awaye So shal also the commynge of the sonne of man be Thē shal two be in the felde the one shal be receaued and the other shal be refused Two shal be gryndinge at the Myll the one shal be receaued and the other shal be refused Two in the bed the one shal be receaued and the other refused Watch therfore for ye knowe not what houre youre LORDE wil come But be sure of this that yf the good man of the house knewe what houre the thefe wolde come he wolde surely watch and not suffre his house to be broken vp Therfore be ye ready also for in the houre that ye thynke not shal the sonne of man come Who is now a faithfull and wyse seruaūt whom his lorde hath made ruler ouer his houszholde that he maye geue them meate in due season Blessed is y t seruaūt whom his lorde whan he cōmeth shal fynde so doynge Verely I saye vnto you he shal set him ouer all his goodes But and yf the euell seruaūt shal saye in his hert Tush it wil be longe or my lorde come and begynne to smyte his felowes yee and to eate and drynke with the dronken The same seruaūtes lorde shal come in a daye whā he loketh not for him and in an houre that he is not ware of and shal hew him in peces and geue him his rewarde with ypocrytes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth The XXV Chapter THen shal the kyngdome of heauen be like vnto ten virgins which toke their lāpes and wente forth to mete the brydegome But fyue of them were foolish and fyue were wyse The foolish toke their lāpes neuertheles they toke none oyle with them But the wyse toke oyle in their vessels with their lampes Now whyle the brydegrome taried they slombred all and slepte But at mydnight there was a crye made Beholde the brydegrome commeth go youre waye out for to mete him Then all those virgins arose and prepared their lampes But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse geue vs of youre oyle for oure lāpes are gone out Then answered the wyse and sayde Not so lest there be not ynough for vs and you but go rather vnto them that sell and bye for youre selues And whyle they wente to bye the brydegrome came and they that were readye wente in with him vnto the mariage and the gate was shut vp At y e last came y e other virgins also and sayde LORDE LORDE opō vnto vs. But he answered and sayde Verely I saye vnto you I knowe you not Watch ye therfore for ye knowe nether the daye ner yet the houre whan y e sonne of man shal come Like wyse as a certayne mā ready to take his iourney in to a straunge countre called his seruaūtes and delyuered his goodes vnto thē And vnto one he gaue fyue talentes to another two and to another one vnto euery man after his abilyte and straight waye departed Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes wente and occupied with the same and wanne other fyue talentes Likewyse he y t receaued two talentes wāne other two also But he that receaued y e one wente and dygged a pyt in the earth and hyd his lordes money After a longe season the lorde of those seruauntes came and rekened with them Then came he that had receaued fyue talentes and brought other fyue talentes and sayde Syr thou delyuerdst vnto me fyue talentes Beholde with them haue I wonne fyue talētes mo Then sayde his lorde vnto hī wel thou good faithfull seruaunt thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle I wil set the ouer moch entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde Thē came he also that had receaued two talentes and sayde Syr thou delyuerdst vnto me two talentes Beholde I haue wonne two other talētes with thē His lorde sayde vnto him Wel thou good and faithfull seruaūt thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle I wil set the ouer moch entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde Then he that had receaued the one talēt came and sayde Syr I knew that thou artan hard man thou reapest where thou hast not sowen and gatherest where thou hast not strowed and so I was afrayed and wēte and hyd thy talent in the earth lo there thou hast thine owne But his lorde answered and sayde vnto him Thou euell and slouthfull seruaunt knewest thou that I reape where I sowed not and gather where I strawed not Thou shuldest therfore haue had my money to the chaungers and then at my commynge shulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage Therfore take the talent frō him and geue it vnto him that hath ten talentes For who so hath to him shal be geuen and he shal haue abundaunce But who so hath not frō him shal be takē awaye euen that he hath And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt in to vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth But whan the sonne of man shal come in his glory and all holy angels with him then shal he syt vpon the seate of his glory And all people shal be gathered before him and he shal separate them one from another as a shepherde deuydeth the shepe from y e goates And he shal set y e shepe on his right honde and the goates on the lefte Then shal the kynge saye vnto them that shal be on his right honde Come hither ye blessed of my father inheret ye y e kingdome which is prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde For I was hongrie and ye gaue me meate I was thirstie and ye
And whosoeuer euer geueth you a cuppe of water to drynke in my name because ye belonge vnto Christ verely I saye vnto you he shal not lose his rewarde And who so offendeth one of these litle ones that beleue in me it were better for him that a mylstone were hāged aboute his neck and he cast in to the see Yf thy hāde offende the cut him of Better it is for the to entre in to life lame thē hauynge two hondes to go in to hell in to the euerlastinge fyre where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out Yf thy fote offende the cut him of Better it is for the to entre into life crepell thē hauynge two fete to be cast into hell in the fyre euerlastynge where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out Yf thine eye offende the cast him from the. Better it is for the to entre in to y e kyngdome of God with one eye then hauynge two eyes to be cast in to the fyre of hell where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out For euery mā must be salted w t fyre euery offerynge shal be seasoned w t salt The salt is good but yf y e salt be vnsauery wherwith all shal it be salted Haue salt in you peace amonge yo selues one with another The X. Chapter ANd he rose vp and came from thence in to the places of Iewry beyonde Iordan And the people wēte agayne vnto him by heapes and as his maner was he taught them agayne And the Pharises came vnto him and axed him yf it were laufull for a man to put awaye his wife and tempted him withall But he answered and sayde What hath Moses cōmaunded you They sayde Moses suffred to wryte a testimoniall of deuorcemēt and to put her awaye Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Because of y e hardnesse of yo hert dyd Moses wryte you this commaundement But from the first creacion God made thē man and woman For this cause shal a man leaue his father mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh Now are they not twayne thē but one flesh Let not man therfore put asunder that which God hath coupled together And at home his disciples axed him agayne of y e same And he sayde vnto thē Whoso euer putteth awaye his wife marieth another breaketh wedlocke to her warde And yf a womā forsake hir huszbande be maried to another she cōmitteth aduoutrie And they brought childrē vnto him that he might touch them But the disciples reproued those that brought thē Neuertheles whan Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayde vnto them Suffre the children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for of soch is the kyngdome of God Verely I saye vnto you Who so euer receaueth not the kyngdome of God as a childe he shal not entre therin And he toke them vp in his armes and layed his handes vpon them and blessed them And whan he was gone forth vpon the waye there came one runninge and kneled vnto him axed him Good Master what shal I do that I maye inheret euerlastinge life But Iesus saide vnto him Why callest thou me good There is no man good but God onely Thou knowest the commaundementes Thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not steale thou shalt beare no false wytnesse thou shalt begyle no man Honoure thy father and mother But he answered and sayde vnto him Master all these haue I kepte fro my youth vp And Iesus behelde him and loued him sayde vnto him Thou wantest one thinge Go thy waye and sell all that thou hast and geue it vnto y e poore so shalt thou haue a treasure in heauen and come folowe me and take the crosse vpon ye. And he was disconforted at the sayenge wente awaye sory for he had greate possessions And Iesus loked aboute him and sayde vnto his disciples O how hardly shal the ryche come into y e kyngdome of God And the disciples were astonnyed at his wordes But Iesus answered agayne and sayde vnto them Deare children how harde is it for them that trust in riches to come in to the kyngdome of God It is easier for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle then for a rich man to entre in to y e kyngdome of God Yet were they astonnyed y e more and sayde amonge thē selues Who can thē be saued But Iesus behelde them and sayde With men it is vnpossyble but not with God for with God all thinges are possyble Then sayde Peter vnto him Beholde we haue forsaken all and folowed the. Iesus answered sayde Verely I saye vnto you There is no man that forsaketh house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or londes for my sake and the gospels that shal not receaue an hundreth folde now in this tyme houses and brethrē and sisters and mothers and children and londes with persecucions and in the worlde to come euerlastinge life But many that are the first shal be the last and the last the first They were in the waye goinge vp to Ierusalem and Iesus wente before them And they were astonnyed and folowed him and were afrayed And Iesus toke the twolue agayne and tolde them what shulde happē vnto him Beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and the sonne of man shal be delyuered vnto the hye prestes and scrybes and they shal condemne him to death and delyuer him vnto the Heythē And they shal mocke hī and scourge him and spyt vpon him and put him to death and on the thirde daye shal he ryse agayne Then wēte vnto him Iames and Ihon y e sonnes of Zebede and sayde Master We desyre that whatsoeuer we axe of the thou wilt do it for vs. He sayde vnto thē What desyre ye that I shal do to you They sayde vnto him Graunte vs that we maye syt one at thy right hande and one at thy left hande in thy glory But Iesus sayde vnto thē Ye wote not what ye axe Maye ye drynke the cuppe y t I shal drynke and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed withall They sayde vnto him Yee y t we maye Iesus sayde vnto them The cuppe that I drynke shal ye drynke in dede and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shall be baptysed withall Neuertheles to syt at my right hande and at my left is not myne to geue you but vnto them for whom it is prepared And whā the ten herde that they disdayned at Iames and Ihon. But Iesus called them and sayde vnto them Ye knowe that the prynces of y e worlde haue domynacion of the people and y e mightie exercise auctorite amonge them So shal it not be amonge you but who so euer wil be greate amōge you shal be youre mynister and who
those dayes there shal be soch trouble as was not from the begynnynge of y e creatures which God created vnto this tyme nether shal be And yf y e LORDE had not shortened those dayes there shulde no man be saued But for the electes sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortened those dayes Now yf eny man shal saye vnto you at y t tyme Lo here is Christ lo he is there beleue it not For there shal aryse false Christes and false prophetes which shal do tokens wonders to disceaue euen the very chosen yf it were possyble But take ye hede Beholde I haue tolde you all before But at the same tyme after this trouble the Sonne and Mone shal lose their light and the starres shall fall from heauen and the powers of the heauens shal moue and then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloudes with greate power and glory And thē shal he sende his angels and shal gather together his chosen frō the foure wyndes from one ende of the earth to the other Lerne a symilitude of the fyge tre Whā his braunch is yet tēder and hath brought forth leaues ye knowe that the Sommer is nye So lykewyse whā ye se all these thinges come to passe be ye sure that it is nye euen at the dores Verely I saye vnto you this generaciō shal not passe tyll all these be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal not perishe But of that daye and houre knoweth no man nether the angels in heauen no not the sonne him self but the father onely Take hede watch praye for ye knowe not whan the tyme is Like as a man that wente in to a straunge countre and left his house and gaue his seruauntes auctorite vnto euery one his worke and commaunded y e porter that he shulde watch Watch ye therfore for ye knowe not whā the master of y e house cōmeth whether he cōmeth in the euenynge or at mydnight or aboute the cock crowynge or in the mornynge that he come not sodenly and fynde you slepynge Loke what I saye vnto you that saye I vnto all Watch. The XIIII Chapter ANd after two dayes was Easter and the daies of swete bred And y e hye prestes scrybes sought how they might take him with disceate put him to death But they sayde Not in the feast daye lest there be an vproure in the people And when he was at Bethanye in the house of Symon the leper and sat at the table there came a woman which had a boxe of pure and costly Nardus oyntment And she brake y e boxe poured it vpō his heade Then were there some y t disdayned and sayde Where to serueth this waist This oyntment might haue bene solde for more then thre hundreth pens bene geuē to y e poore And they grudged agaynst her But Iesus sayde let her be in rest Why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke vpō me Ye haue allwaye the poore with you and whā so euer ye wil ye maye do thē good but me haue ye not allwaie She hath done what she coulde she is come before to anoynte my body for my buriall Verely I saye vnto you Where so euer this gospell shal be preached in all the worlde there shal this also that she hath now done be tolde for a remembraunce of her And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twolue wente vnto the hye prestes to betraye him vnto them Whan they herde y t they were glad promysed that they wolde geue him money And he sought how he might cōueniently betraye him And vpon y e first daye of swete bred whā the Easter Iambe was offered his disciples sayde vnto him Where wilt thou y t we go and prepare y t thou mayest eate y e Easter lābe And he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto them Go youre waye into the cite and there shal mete you a mā bearinge a pitcher with water folowe him where so euer he goeth in there saye ye to the good man of the house The Master sendeth the worde Where is the gest house wherin I maye eate the Easter lābe w t my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour which is paued prepared there make readye for vs. And y e disciples wēte forth came in to y e cite foūde it as he had sayde vnto thē And they prepared y e Easter lambe At euen he came w t the twolue And as they sat at the table ate Iesus sayde Verely I saye vnto you One of you y t eateth w t me shal betraye me And they were sory sayde vnto hī one after another Is it I another sayde is it I He answered saide vnto thē One of the twolue euen y e same y t dyppeth with me in y e platter The sonne of man truly goeth forth as it is wryttē of hī But wo vnto that mā by whom the sonne of man is betrayed It were better for the same man that he had neuer bene borne And as they ate Iesus toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it thē sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe thāked and gaue it thē and they all dranke therof And he sayde vnto them This is my bloude of the new Testament which shal be shed for many Verely I saye vnto you that from hence forth I wil not drynke of the frute of the vyne tyll y e daye y t I drynke it new in y e kyngdome of God And whā they had sayde grace they wēte forth vnto mount Oliuete And Iesus sayde vnto them This night shal ye all be offended in me for it is wrytten I wil smyte the sheperde the shepe shal be scatred abrode Neuertheles after y t I am rysen agayne I wil go before you in to Galile But Peter sayde vnto him And though all men shulde be offended yet wolde not I be offended And Iesus sayde vnto him Verely I saye vnto y e Todaye in this same night before y e cock crowe two tymes shalt thou denye me thryse But he saide yet more Yee though I shulde dye w t y e yet wil I not denie ye. So saide they all ī like maner And they came in to y e felde called Gethsemane and he saide vnto his disciples Syt ye here tyll I go yonder and praye And he toke with him Peter Iames Ihon and begāne to waxe fearefull to be in an agonye sayde vnto thē My soule is heuy euē vnto y e death tary ye here and watch And he wente forth a litle fell vpon the grounde and prayed that yf it were possyble y e houre might passe frō him and sayde Abba my father all thinges are possyble vnto the take this cuppe awaye fro me Neuertheles not what I wyl but what thou wilt And he came
y e tyme of Elias whā the heauē was shut thre yeares and sixe monethes and whan there was a greate derth in all the lande to none of thē was Elias sent but onely vnto Sarepta of the Sydonyans to a wedowe And many lepers were there in Israel in the tyme of Eliseus y e prophet and none of thē was clensed saue onely Naaman of Syria And as many as were in the synagoge whā they herde y t were fylled with wrath And they rose vp and thrust him out of the cite and led him vp to the edge of the hyll whervpō their cite was buylded that they might cast him downe headlynge But he wente his waye euen thorow the myddest of them and came to Capernaum a cite of Galile and taught thē vpō the Sabbathes And they wondred at his doctryne for his preachinge was with power And in the Synagoge there was a man possessed with a foule deuell he cryed loude and sayde Let me alone what haue we to do w t the thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou come to destroye vs I knowe y e who thou art euen the Holy of God And Iesus rebuked him and sayde holde thy tūge and departe out of him And the deuell threw hī in the myddest amonge them and departed from him and dyd him no harme And there came a feare ouer thē all and they spake amonge themselues and sayde What maner of thinge is this He commaundeth the foule spretes with auctorite and power and they departe out And y e fame of him was noysed thorow out all the places of y e countre rounde aboute And he rose vp out of the synagoge and came into Symons house And Symōs mother in lawe was takē with a greate feuer they prayde him for her And he wēte vnto her cōmaunded the feuer And it left her īmediatly she rose vp mynistred vnto thē And whan the Sonne was gone downe all they that had sicke of dyuerse diseases brought thē vnto him And he layed his hādes vpon euery one of thē made thē whole The deuels also departed out of many criēge and sayenge Thou art Christ the sonne of God And he rebuked thē suffred them not to speake for they knewe that he was Christ. But whā it was daye he wēte out into a deserte place And the people sought hī and came vnto him kepte him y t he shulde not departe frō thē But he sayde vnto thē I must preach the Gospell of y e kyngdome of God to other cities also for there to am I sent And he preached in the synagoges of Galile The V. Chapter IT came to passe y t the people preassed vpon him to heare the worde of God and he stode by the lake of Genazereth and sawe two shippes stōde by y e lake syde but y e fishers were gone out of thē and had waszhed their nettes Then wente he into one of the shippes which was Symons and prayed him y t he wolde thrust out a litle frō the londe And he sat him downe and taught the people out of y e shippe And whan he had left of talkynge he sayde vnto Symon Launch out in to the depe let slyppe yo nettes to make a draught And Symon answered and sayde vnto him Master we haue laboured all y e night and taken nothinge But vpō thy worde I wil lowse forth the nett And whā they had so done they toke a greate multitude of fiszhes their net brake And they made sygnes to their felowes which were in y e other shippe y t they shulde come helpe thē And they came fylled both the shippes full so y t they soncke Whan Symon Peter sawe y t he fell downe at Iesus knees sayde LORDE go frome for I am a synfull man For he was astonnyed and all that were w t him at this draught of fishes which they toke and so were Iames and Ihon also the sonnes of Zebede which were Symons companyons And Iesus sayde vnto Symō Feare not for frō hence forth thou shalt take men And they brought the shippes to londe and left all and folowed him And it fortuned as he was in a cite beholde there was a man full of leprosy Whā he sawe Iesus he fell vpō his face besought him and sayde LORDE yf thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And he stretched out his hāde and touched him and sayde I wil be thou cleane And immediatly the leprosy departed from him And he charged him y t he shulde tell no mā but go thy waye sayde he and shewe thy self vnto y e prest and offre for y e clensynge as Moses cōmaunded for a witnesse vnto thē But y e fame of hī wēte out farther abrode there came moch people together to heare him to be healed by hī frō their sicknesses And he departed into the wyldernesses gaue himself to prayer And it fortuned vpō a daye y t he taught and there sat y e Pharises and scrybes which were come out of all the townes of Galile and Iewry and frō Ierusalē and the power of the LORDE wēte frō him healed euery man And beholde certayne men brought vpon a bed a man y t had y e palsye and they sought how they might brynge him in and laye him before him And whan they coude not fynde by what waye they might bringe him in for y e people they clymmed vp to y e toppe of the house let him downe thorow the tylinge w t the bed amōge thē before Iesus And whan he sawe their faith he sayde vnto hī Man y i synnes are forgeuē ye. And the scrybes and pharyses begāne to thynke saide What is he this y t speaketh blasphemy Who cā forgeue synnes but onely God Neuertheles whā Iesus perceaued their thoughtes he answered and saide vnto thē What thynke ye in yo r hertes Whether is easier to saye Thy synnes are forgeuē y e Or to saye Aryse and walke But that ye maye knowe that the sonne of mā hath power to forgeue synnes vpon earth he sayde vnto y e sicke of the palsie I saye vnto y e Aryse take vp y e bed and go home And immediatly he rose vp before thē toke vp the bed y t he had lyen vpō and wēte home and praysed God And they were all astonnyed and gaue God y e prayse and were fylled w t feare and sayde We haue sene maruelous thynges to daye And afterwarde he wēte out and sawe a publican named Leui syttinge at y e receate of custome he sayde vnto him Folowe me And he left all rose vp folowed him And Leui made hī a greate feast ī his house And many publicans other sat w t hī at y e table And the scrybes and Pharyses murmured agaynst his disciples saide Wherfore do ye eate drynke w t publicās synners And Iesus
ioye in heauen ouer one synner that doth pennaunce more then ouer nyne and nyentye righteous which nede not repenâ—taunce Or what woman is it that hath ten grotes yf she loose one of them that lighteth not a candell and swepeth the house and seketh diligently tyll she fynde it And whan she hath founde it she calleth hir frendes neghbouresses and sayeth Reioyce with me for I haue fouÌ„de my grote which I had lost Euen so I tell you shal there be ioye before the angels of God ouer one synner y t doth pennaunce And he sayde A certayne man had two sonnes and the yonger of them sayde vnto the father Father geue me the porcion of y e goodes that belongeth vnto me And he deuyded the good vnto them And not longe therafter gathered the yonger sonne all together toke his iourney in to a farre countre and there waisted he his goodes with ryotous lyuynge Now whan he had spent all that he had there was a greate derth thorow out all the same loÌ„de And he begaÌ„ne to lacke and wente his waye and claue to a cytesin of that same countre which sent him in to his felde to kepe swyne And he wolde fayne haue fylled his bely with the coddes that the swyne ate And noman gaue him them Then came he to him self and sayde How many hyred seruauntes hath my father which haue bred ynough and I perish of honger I wil get vp and go to my father and saye vnto him Father I haue synned agaynst heauen and before the and am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes And he gat him vp came vnto his father But whan he was yet a greate waye of his father sawe him and had coÌ„passion and ranne and fell aboute his neck and kyssed him Then sayde the sonne vnto him Father I haue synned agaynst heaueÌ„ and before the I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne But the father sayde vnto his seruauntes Brynge forth the best garment and put it vpon him and geue him a rynge vpon his hande and shues on his fete and brynge hither a fed calfe and kyll it lat vs eate and be mery for this my sonne was deed and is alyue agayne he was lost and is founde And they beganne to be mery But the elder sonne was in the felde And whan he came and drewe nye to the house he herde y e mynstrelsye and daunsynge and called one of the seruauntes vnto him and axed what it was He sayde vnto him Thy brother is come and thy father hath slayne a fed calfe because he hath receaued him safe and sounde Then was he angrie and wolde not go in Then wente his father out and prayed him But he answered and sayde vnto his father Lo thus many yeares haue I done the seruyce nether haue I yet broken thy commaundement and thou gauest me neuer one kydd y t I might make mery with my frendes But now that this thy sonne is come which deuoured his goodes with harlottes thou hast slayne a fed calfe But he sayde vnto him My sonne thou art allwaye with me and all that is myne is thine thou shuldest be mery and glad for this y e brother was deed and is alyue agayne he was lost and is founde agayne The XVI Chapter HE sayde also vnto his disciples There was a certayne riche man which had a stewarde that was accused vnto him that he had waisted his goodes And he called him and sayde vnto him How is it that I heare this of the geue a comptes of y e stewardshipe for thou mayest be no longer stewarde The stewarde sayde within himself What shal I do My lorde wil take awaye the stewardshipe fro me I caÌ„ not dygge and to begg I am ashamed I wote what I wil do that whaÌ„ I am put out of the stewardshipe they maye receaue me in to their houses And he called vnto hiÌ„ all his lordes detters and sayde vnto the first How moch owest thou vnto my lorde He sayde an hundreth tonnes of oyle And he sayde Take y e byll syt downe quyckly wryte fiftiâ— Then sayde he vnto another How moch owest thou He sayde an hundreth quarters of wheate And he sayde vnto him Take thy byll and wryte foure score And the lorde coÌ„mended the vnrighteous stewarde because he had done wysely For the children of this worlde are in their kynde wyser theÌ„ the children of light And I saye vnto you Make you frendes with the vnrighteous Mammon y t whan ye shal haue nede they maye receaue you in to euerlastinge Tabernacles He that is faithfull in the least is faithfull also in moch and he that is vnrighteous in the least is vnrighteous also in moch Yf ye then haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon who wyll beleue you in that which is true And yf ye haue not bene faithfull in anothers mans busynesse who wil geue you that which is youre awne No seruaunt can serue two masters for either he shal hate the one and loue y e other or els he shal leane to the one and despyse the other Ye can not serue God and Mammon All these thinges herde the Pharises which were couetous and they mocked hiÌ„ And he sayde vnto them Ye are they that iustifie yo r selues before men but God knoweth youre hertes For y t which is hye amonge men is an abhominacion before God The lawe and y e prophetes prophecied vnto Ihon and from that tyme forth is y e kyngdome of God preached thorow y e Gospell and euery man pâ—easseth in to it by violence But easier is it for heauen and earth to perishe then one tittle of y e lawe to fall Who so euer putteth awaye his wife marieth another breaketh matrimonye and he that marieth her which is deuorced froÌ„ hir huszbande breaketh wedlocke also There was a certayne riche man which clothed him self with purple and costly lynnen and fared deliciously euery daye And there was a poore man named Lazarus which laye at his gate full of sores and desyred to be fylled with the crommes that fell from the riche mans table Yet came the dogges and licked his sores But it fortuned that the poore man dyed and was caried of the angels in to Abrahams bosome The riche man dyed also and was buried Now whan he was in the hell he lift vp his eyes in the payne and sawe Abraham afarre of and Lazarus in his bosome and he cried and sayde Father Abraham haue mercy vpon me and sende Lazarus that he maye dyppe the typpe of his fynger in water coole my tonge for I am tormeÌ„ted in this flaÌ„me But AbrahaÌ„ saide RemeÌ„bre sonne y t thou hast receaued good in y e life contrary wyse Lazarus receaued euell But now is he comforted and thou art tormented And beside all this there is a greate space set betwene vs and you so y t they which wolde go
is he then his sonne Now whyle all the people gaue audience he sayde vnto his disciples Bewarre of the scrybes which wyl go in longe garmentes and loue to be saluted vpon the market and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges and at the table They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge These shal receaue the greater daÌ„nacion The XXI Chapter ANd he loked vp and behelde y e riche how they put in their offerynges in to the Gods chest He sawe also a poore wedowe which put in two mytes and he sayde Verely I saye vnto you This poore wedowe hath put in more theÌ„ they all For these all haue of their excesse put in vnto the offerynge of God but she of hir pouerte hath put in all hir lyuynge that she had And whaÌ„ some spake of the temple that it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels he saide The time shal come wher in of all this that ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon another which shal not be broken downe They axed him and sayde Master whaÌ„ shal these be and what shal be the token whan these shal come to passe He sayde Take hede that ye be not disceaued For many shal come in my name and saye I am he the tyme is come hard by Folowe them not But whan ye heare of warres and insurreccions be not ye afrayed for soch must come to passe but the ende is not yet there so soone Then sayde he vnto them One people shal ryse agaynst another and one realme ageynst another shal be greate earthquakes here and there pestilence and derth and fearfull thinges And greate tokeÌ„s shal there be froÌ„ heaueÌ„ But before all these they shal laye handes vpon you and persecute you and delyuer you vp in to their synagoges and presons and brynge you before kynges prynces for my names sake But this shal happen vnto you for a wytnesse Be at a poynt therfore in youre hertes that ye take no thought how ye shal answere for I wil geue you mouth wyszdome â—gaynst the which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake ner to resist But ye shal be delyuered vp euen of youre elders brethren kynszfolkes and frendes and some of you shal they put vnto death and ye shal be hated of euery man for my names sake and yet shal not one hayre of youre heade perishe Holde fast youre soules with pacience But whan ye shal se Ierusalem beseged with an hoost then vnderstonde that the desolacion of it is nye Then let them which be in Iewry flye vnto the mountaynes â–ª â—nd let soch as be in the myddest therof departe out and let soch as be in the countrees not come therin For these are the dayes of vengeaunce that euery thinge which is wrytten maye be fulfilled But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue sucke in those dayes for there shal be greate trouble vpon earth and wrath ouer this people and they shal fall thorow the edge of the swerde and be led captyue amoÌ„ge all nacions And IerusaleÌ„ shal be troden downe of the Heithen â–ª vntyll the tyme of the Heithen be fulfilled And there shal be tokens in the Sonne and Mone and starres and vpon earth the people shal be in soch perplexite that they shal not tell which waye to turne them selues And the see and the waters shal roare and men shal pyne awaye for feare and for lokynge after the thinges which shal come vpoÌ„ earth For euen the very powers of heauen shal moue And then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloude with power and greate glory But whan these thinges begynne to come to passe theÌ„ loke vp and lift vpp youre heades for youre redempcion draweth nye And he tolde them a symilitude Beholde the fygge tre and all tre trees whaÌ„ they now shute forth their buddes ye se by them and perceaue that Sommer is now at hande So likewyse ye whan ye se all these thinges come to passe be sure that the kyngdome of God is nye Verely I saye vnto you This generacioÌ„ shal not passe tyll all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe But take hede vnto youre selues that yo hertes be not ouerladeÌ„ with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes and with takinge of thought for lyuynge and so this daye come vpoÌ„ you vnawares For as a snare shal it come on all them that dwell vpon earth Watch therfore coÌ„tynually and praye that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that shal come to stoÌ„de before y e sonne of man And on the daye tyme he taught in the temple but in the night season he wente out and abode all night vpon mount Oliuete And all the people gat them vp early vnto him in the temple for to heare him The XXII Chapter THe feast of swete bred which is called Easter drue nye And y e hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death and were afrayed of the people But Satan was entred in to Iudas named Iscarioth which was of y e nombre of y e twolue and he weÌ„te his waye and talked with the hye prestes and with y e officers how he wolde betraye him vnto them And they were glad and promysed to geue him money And he coÌ„sented sought oportunite y t he might betraye hiÌ„ without eny rumoure Then came y e daye of swete bred wherin the Easter lambe must be offered And he sent Peter and Ihon and sayde Go youre waye prepare vs the Easter lambe that we maye eate But they sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare it He saide vnto them Beholde whaÌ„ ye come in to y e cite there shal mete you a man bearinge a pitcher of water folowe him in to the house y t he entreth in and saye vnto the good man of the house The master sendeth y e worde Where is y e gesthouse wherin I maye eate the Easter laÌ„be with my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued They wente their waye and founde as he had sayde vnto them and made ready the Easter lambe And whan the houre came he sat him downe and the twolue Apostles with him and he sayde vnto them I haue hertely desyred to â—ate this Easter laÌ„be with you before I suffre For I saye vnto you that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof tyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuyde it amonge you For I laye vnto you I wil not drynke of the frute of y e vyne vntyll the kyngdome of God come And he toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and gaue it them and sayde This is my body which shal be geuen for you This do
thus talkinge and reasonynge together Iesus himself drue nye and wente with them But their eyes were holden that they shulde not knowe hī And he sayde vnto them What maner of cōmunicacions are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad Then answered the one whose name was Cleophas and sayde vnto him Art thou onely a straunger at Ierusalē not knowinge what is come to passe there in these dayes And he sayde vnto thē What They sayde vnto him That of Iesus of Nazareth which was a prophet mightie in dede and worde before God and all y e people how oure hye prestes and rulers delyuered him to the condemnacion of death and crucified him But we hoped that he shulde haue delyuered Israel And besydes all this todaye is the thirde daye that this was done Yee certayne wemen also of oure company which were early at the Sepulcre and founde not his body came and tolde that they had sene a visiō of angels which sayde he was alyue And certayne of them that were with vs wente vnto the sepulcre and founde it euen so as y e wemē sayde but hī founde they not And he sayde vnto thē O ye fooles and slowe of hert to beleue all that the prophetes haue spokē Ought not Christ to haue suffred these thinges and to entre in to his glory And he beganne at Moses and at all the prophetes and expounded vnto them all the scriptures that were spoken of him And they drue nye vnto the towne which they wēte vnto and he made as though he wolde haue gone farther And they compelled him and sayde Abyde with vs for it draweth towardes night and the daye is farre passed And he wente in to tary with thē And it came to passe whan he sat at the table with thē he toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it them Then were their eyes opened and they knewe him And he vanyshed out of their sight And they sayde betwene thē selues Dyd not oure hert burne with in vs whan he talked with vs by the waye whyle he opened the scriptures vnto vs And they rose vp the same houre turned agayne to Ierusalem and founde y e eleuē gathered together and them that were with them which sayde The LORDE is rysen of a trueth and hath appeared vnto Symon And they tolde thē what had happened by y e waye and how they knewe him in breakynge of the bred But whyle they were talkynge therof Iesus himself stode in the myddes amonge thē and sayde Peace be with you But they were abashed and afrayed supposinge that they had sene a sprete And he saide vnto thē Why are ye abashed wherfore ryse there soch thoughtes in yo hertes Beholde my hādes my fete it is euen I my self Handle me and se for a sprete hath not flesh and bones as ye se me haue And whan he had thus spokē he shewed thē his hōdes and his fete But whyle they yet beleued not for ioye and wondred he sayde vnto them Haue ye eny thinge here to eate And they set before him a pece of a broyled fish and an hony combe And he toke it and ate it before thē And he sayde vnto them These are the wordes which I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you For it must all be fulfilled that was wrytten of me in the lawe of Moses in the prophetes in the Psalmes Thē opened he their vnderstondinge that they might vnderstonde the scriptures and sayde vnto them Thus is it wryttē and thus it behoued Christ to suffre the thirde daye to ryse agayne frō the deed and to let repentaunce and remyssion of synnes be preached in his name amōge all nacions and to begynne at Ierusalē As for all these thinges ye are wytnesses of thē And beholde I wil sende vpon you the promes of my father but ye shal tary in the cite of Ierusalem tyll ye be endewed with power from aboue But he led them out vnto Bethany and lift vp his handes and blessed them And it came to passe whā he blessed them he departed from them and was caried vp in to heauen And they worshipped him and turned agayne to Ierusalem with greate ioye and were contynually in y e tēple geuynge prayse and thankes vnto God Amen The ende of the gospell of S. Luke The gospell of S. Ihon. What S. Ihons gospell conteyneth Chap. I. The euerlastinge byrth of the sonne of God and how he became man The testimony of Ihon and of his baptyme The callinge of Andrew Peter Philip and Nathanael Chap. II. Christ turneth the water vnto wyne at the mariage in Cana and dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple Chap. III. The swete talkinge of Christ with Nicodemus The doctryne baptyme of Ihō and what wytnesse he beareth of Christ. Chap. IIII. The louynge communicacion of Christ with the woman of Samaria by the welles syde How he commeth into Galile and healeth the rulers sonne Chap. V. He healeth the man that was sicke eight thirtie yeare The Iewes accuse him as a breaker of the Sabbath he answereth for himself and reproueth them Chap. VI. Iesus fedeth fyue thousande me◠with fyue barlye Loaues departeth awaye that they shulde not make him kynge goeth vpō the see and reproueth the fleshly hearers of his worde The carnall are offended at hī and forsake him Chap. VII Iesus commeth to Ierusalē at the feast teacheth the Iewes and reproueth thē The pharises the hye prestes hearinge that the people begynne to fauour Christ and to beleue in him sende out officers to take hī There are dyuerse opinions of him amōge the people The pharises rebuke the officers because they haue not taken him and chyde with Nicodemus for takinge his parte Chap. VIII A woman is taken in aduoutrie Christ delyuereth her The fredome of soch as folowe Christ whom they accuse to haue the deuel within him and go aboute to stone him Chap. IX Christ maketh the man to se that was borne blynde where thorow he getteth himself more displeasure amonge the Iewes and Pharises Chap. X. Christ is the true shepherde and the dore of the shepe Some saye Christ hath the deuell and is madd some saye he speaketh not the wordes of one that hath the deuell Because he telleth the trueth the Iewes take vp stones to cast at him call his preachinge blasphemy and go aboute to take him Chap. XI Christ rayseth Lazarus frō death The hye prestes the pharyses gather a councell and cast their heades together agaynst him therfore he getteth him out of the waye Chap. XII Mary anoynteth Christes fete Iudas murmureth Christ excuseth her rydeth in to Ierusalem and is louyngly receaued of the thankfull but vtterly despysed of the vngodly Chap. XIII Christ washeth the disciples fete telleth them of Iudas the traytour and commaundeth thē earnestly to loue one another Chap. XIIII He armeth his disciples with
The LORDE sayde vnto him Aryse and go into the strete which is called straight and are in the house of Iuda after one called Saul of Tharsis for beholde he prayeth hath sene in a vision a maÌ„ named Ananias coÌ„mynge vnto him layenge the haÌ„de vpoÌ„ him that he mighte receaue his sighte Ananias answered LORDE I haue herde by many of this man how moch euell he hath done to thy sayntes at IerusaleÌ„ And here hath he auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all those y t call vpon thy name The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me that he maye beare my name before the Heythen and before kynges and before the children of Israel I wil shewe him how greate thinges he must suffre for my names sake And Ananias wente his waye and came into the house and layed the handes vpon him and sayde Brother Saul the LORDE which appeared vnto y e in the waye as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receaue thy sight and be fylled with the holy goost And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales and he receaued his sighte and rose and was baptysed and toke meate and was conforted Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples that were at Damascon And straight waye he preached Christ in the synagoges how that he was y e sonne of God But all they that herde him were amased and sayde Is not this he which at Ierusalem spoyled all those that called on his name and came hither to the intent that he shulde brynge them bounde vnto the hye prestes But Saul increased in strength coÌ„founded y e Iewes which dwelt at Damascon and affirmed y t this was very Christ. And after many dayes the Iewes helde a councell together to kyll him But it was tolde Saul that they layed wayte for him And they wayted at y e gates daye night that they might kyll him Then the disciples toke him by nighte put him thorow the wall and let him downe in a baslrett But whan Saul came to Ierusalem he assayed to ioyne himself to y e disciples And they were all afrayed of him and beleued not y t he was a disciple Neuertheles Barnabas toke him and broughte him to the Apostles and tolde them how he had sene the LORDE in the waye and how he spake to him how he had done boldly at Damascon in the name of Iesu. And he was with them and wente out and in at IerusaleÌ„ and quyte himselfe boldly in y e name of y e LORDE Iesu. He spake also and disputed with y e Grekes But they weÌ„te aboute to slaye him Whan the brethren knewe y t they brought him to Cesarea and sent him forth to Tharsis So the congregacions had rest thorow out all Iewry and Galile and Samaria were edified and walked in the feare of the LORDE and were fylled with the comforte of the holy goost It chaunced that as Peter walked thorow all quarters he came also vnto y e sayntes which dwelt at Lydda There founde he a man named Eneas which had lyen vpon his bedd eight yeares sicke of y e palsye And Peter sayde vnto him Eneas Iesus Christ make the whole aryse and make thy bedd for y e self And he arose immediatly And all they that dwelt at Lydda and at Sarona sawe him and turned vnto the LORDE At Ioppa there was a certayne woman that was a disciple named Tabitha which by interpretacion is called Dorcas y e same was full of good workes and almesse dedes which she dyd But it chaunced at the same tyme that she was sicke and dyed Then waszhed they her and layed her in a chaÌ„ber But for so moch as Lydda was nye vnto Ioppa and the disciples herde that Peter was there they sent two men vnto him and desyred him y t he wolde take it for no grefe to come vnto them Peter rose and came with theÌ„ And whaÌ„ he was come they broughte him in to the chamber and all the wyddowes stode rounde aboute him wepynge and shewed him the cotes and garmeÌ„tes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them And whaÌ„ Peter had put them all forth he kneled downe made his prayer and turned him vnto the body and sayde Tabitha ryse vp And she opened hir eyes and whan she sawe Peter she sat hir downe agayne But he gaue her the hande and lifte her vp and called the sayntes and the wedowes and shewed her there alyue And it was knowne thorow out all Ioppa many beleued on y e LORDE And it fortuned y t he taried a loÌ„ge season at Ioppa by one SimoÌ„ which was a tanner The X. Chapter THere was a man at Cesarea named Cornelius a captayne of y e coÌ„pany which is called y e Iâ—alianysh a denoute man one that feared God w t all his house gaue moch almesse to y e people and prayed God allwaye The same sawe in a vision openly aboute the nyenth houre of the daye an angell of God entringe in to him and sayenge vnto him Cornelius He loked vpon him and was afrayed and sayde LORDE what is it He sayde vnto him Thy prayers thine allmesses are come vp in to remeÌ„braunce before God And now sende men vnto Ioppa call for SimoÌ„ whose syrname is Peter which is at lodginge with one Symon a tanner whose house lyeth by y e see syde he shal tell y e what thou oughtest to do And whaÌ„ the angell which spake to Cornelius was departed he called two of his housholde seruauntes a deuoute soudyer of theÌ„ that wayted vpon him and tolde them all and sent theÌ„ to Ioppa On the nexte daye after whan these were goinge on their iourney and came nye vnto the cite Peter wente vp in to a chamber to praye aboute the sixte houre And whan he was hoÌ„grie he wolde haue eateÌ„ But whyle they made ready for him he fell into a traunce and sawe heaueÌ„ open and a vessell coÌ„mynge downe vnto him as it had bene a greate lynneÌ„ clothe knytt at the foure corners and was let downe to y e earth wherin were all maner of foure foted beestes of the earth wylde beestes and wormes and foules of the ayre And there came a voyce vnto him Ryse Peter slaye eate But Peter sayde Oh no LORDE for I neuer ate eny commen or vncleane thinge And the voyce spake vnto him agayne y e secoÌ„de tyme What God hath clensed y t make not thou vncleane This was done thryse And y e vessell was receaued vp agayne into heauen But whyle Peter was combred in himselfe what maner of vision this shulde be which he had sene beholde the men y t were sent from Cornelius enquered after SimoÌ„s house and stode before the dore and called and axed whether Simon whose syrname was Peter were lodged there Whyle Peter was musinge of the vision
reserued vnto fyre agaynst the daye of iudgment and damnacion of vngodlymen Dearly beloued be not ignoraunt of this one thinge how that one daye is with the LORDE as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The LORDE is not slacke to fulfyll his promes as some mē counte slacknesse but is paciēt to vs warde and wyl not that eny mā shulde be lost but that euery man shulde amende himselfe Neuertheles the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a these in the night in the which daye the heauens shal perishe with a greate noyse and the Elementes shal melte with heate and the earth and y e workes that are therin shal burne Yf all these thinges shal perishe what maner persons then ought ye to be in holy cōuersacion and godlynes lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the LORDE In the which the heauens shal perishe with fyre and the elementes shal melt with heate Neuertheles we loke for a new heauen and a new earth acordynge to his promes wherin dwelleth righteousnes Wherfore dearly beloued seynge that ye loke for soch thinges be diligent y t ye maye be founde before him in peace without spot and vndefyled and counte the long sufferynge of oure LORDE youre saluacion Euen as oure dearly beloued brother Paul acordinge to the wyszdome geuē vnto him wrote vnto you yee speakinge ther of allmost in all Epistles wherin are many thinges harde to be vnderstonde which they that are vnlerned and vnstable peruerte as they do the other scriptures also to their awne dānacion Ye therfore beloued seynge ye knowe it before hande bewarre lest ye also be plucte awaye thorow the erroure of y e wicked and fall from yo r owne sted fastnes But growe in grace and in the knowlege of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ. To him be prayse now and for euer Amen The first Epistle of the Apostle and Euangelist S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle Chap. I. True wytnesse of the euerlastinge worde of God The bloude of Christ is the purgacion from synne No man is without synne Chap. II. Christ is oure aduocate Of true loue and how it is tryed Chap. III. The synguler loue of God to warde vs and how we agayne oughte to loue one another Chap. IIII. Difference of spretes and how the sprete of God maye be knowne from the sprete of erroure Of the loue of God and of oure neghbours Chap. V. To loue God is to kepe his commaundemētes Faith ouercommeth the worlde Euerlastinge life is in the sonne of God ▪ Of the synne vnto death The first Chapter THat which was from y e begynnynge which we haue herde which we haue sene with o r eyes which we haue loked vpon and o r handes haue handled of the worde of life and the life hath appeared and we haue sene and beare wytnes and shewe vnto you y e life that is euerlastinge which was with the father and hath apeared vnto vs. That which we haue sene herde declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue fellishippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christ. And this wryte we vnto you that youre ioye maye be full And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him declare vnto you that ▪ God is lighte and in him is no darknes at all Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him and yet walke in darknes we lye and do not the trueth But yf we walke in lighte euen as he is in lighte then haue we fellishippe together and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne Yf we saye that we haue no synne we disceaue oure selues and the trueth is not in vs. But yf we knowlege oure synnes he is faith full and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The II. Chapter MY litle children these thinges wryte I vnto you that ye shulde not synne and yf eny man synne we haue an aduocate with the father euen Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that optayneth grace for oure synnes not for oure synnes onely but also for the synnes of all the worlde And hereby are we sure that we knowe him yf we kepe his cōmaundemētes He that sayeth I knowe him and kepeth not his cōmaundemētes is a lyar and the trueth is not in him But who so kepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfecte in dede Hereby knowe we that we are in him He y t sayeth he abydeth in him oughte to walke euen as he walked Brethren I wryte no new commaundement vnto you but that olde commaundement which ye haue herde from the begynnynge The olde cōmaundement is the worde which ye haue herde from the begynnynge Agayne a new cōmaundemēt wryte I vnto you a thinge that is true in him also in you for the darknesse is past and the true lighte now shyneth He that sayeth he is in lighte and hateth his brother is yet in darknesse He y t loueth his brother abydeth in the lighte and there is none occasion of euell in him But he y t hateth his brother is in darknes and walketh in darknes and can not tell whither he goeth for y e darknes hath blynded his eyes Babes I wryte vnto you that yo r synnes are forgeuen you for his names sake I wryte vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is from y e begynnynge I wryte vnto you yonge mē how that ye haue euercome the wicked I wryte vnto you litle children how that ye haue knowne the father I haue wrytten vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is frō the begynnynge I haue wrytten vnto you yonge men how that ye are stronge and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye haue ouer come that wicked Se that ye loue not the worlde nether y e thinges that are in the worlde Yf eny man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde namely the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pryde of life is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer Litle children it is the last houre and as ye haue herde that Antechrist shal come euen now are there many become Antechristes allready wherby we knowe that it is y e last houre They wente out frō vs but they were not of vs for yf they had bene of vs they wolde no doute haue contynued with vs. But * that they maye be knowne 〈◊〉 that they are not all of vs. But ye haue the anoyntinge of 〈…〉 holy ye knowe all thīges
seyth not And this coÌ„maundement haue we of him that he which loueth God shulde loue his brother also The V. Chapter WHo so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And who soeuer loueth him that begat loueth him also which was begotten of him By this we knowe that we loue Gods children whan we loue God and kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundemeÌ„tes are not greuous For all that is borne of God ouer commeth the worlde and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde eueÌ„ oure faith Who is it y t ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This is he that coÌ„meth with water and bloude euen Iesus Christ not with water onely but with water and bloude And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes for the sprete is the trueth For there are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy goost these thre are one And there are thre which beare recorde in earth the sprete water and bloude and these thre are one Yf we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater for this is the wytnesse of God which he testifyed of his sonne He that beleueth on y e sonne of God hath the wytnes in him selfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lyar And this is that recorde euen y t God hath geueÌ„ vs euerlastinge life And this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne of God hath life He that hath not the sonne of God hath not life These thinges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you which beleue on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe how that ye haue eternall life and that ye maye beleue on y e name of the sonne of God And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe then are we sure that we haue y e peticions which we haue desyred of him Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death let him axe and he shal geue him life for theÌ„ y t synne not vnto death There is a synne vnto death for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye All vnrighteousnes is synne and there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne off God synneth not but he that is begotteÌ„ of God kepeth himselfe y t wicked toucheth him not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is set alltogether on wickednes But we knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe him which is true and we are in him y t is true in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God and euer lastinge life Babes kepe youre selues from ymage The seconde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her children walke in the trueth exhorteth theÌ„ vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of soch disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came in the flesh prayeth them to contynue in the doctryne of Christ and to haue nothinge to do with them that bringe not this lernynge THE Elder To y e electe lady and hir childreÌ„ whom I loue in the trueth not I onely but all they also that haue knowne the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer Grace mercy and peace be with you froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ y e sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue I am greatly reioysed that I haue founde amonge thy children them that walke in y e trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And now lady I beseke the not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge that we loue one another And this is the loue that we walke after his commaundementes This is the commaundement as ye haue herde froÌ„ the begynnynge that we shulde walke therin For many disceauers are come in to the worlde which confesse not y t Iesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a disceauer and an Antechrist Take hede to youre selues that we lose not that which we haue wrought but that we maye receaue a full rewarde Who so euer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not God he that abydeth in y e doctryne of Christ hath both the father and the sonne Yf eny man come vnto you and brynge not this doctryne receaue him not in to the house nether salute him for he that saluteth him is partaker of his euell dedes I had 〈◊〉 any thinges to wryte vnto you neuertheâ—â—â—â— I wolde not wryte w t papyre and ynke 〈…〉 to come vnto you and to 〈…〉 mouth that oure ioye 〈…〉 â—hildren of thy electe sister The thirde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore christen in their persecucion sheweth the vnkynde dealynge of Diotrephes and the good reporte of Demetrius THE Elder To the beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth My beloued I wysshe in all thinges that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth I reioysed greatly whan the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in y e how thou walkest in the trueth I haue no greater ioye theÌ„ to heare that my childreÌ„ walke in the trueth My beloued thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to strauÌ„gers which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney worthely before God For because of his names sake they wente forth and toke nothinge of the Heythen We therfore oughte to receaue soch that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth I wrote to the congregacion but Diotriphes which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them receaued vs not Wherfore yf I come I wil declare his dedes which he doeth ieastinge vpoÌ„ vs with malicious wordes nether is he therwith coÌ„tent Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethreÌ„ but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion My beloued folowe not y t which is euell but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euell seyth not God Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth yee and we oure selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true I had many thinges to wryte but I wolde not with ynke and pen wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers
wyl geue my lawes in their hertes and 〈…〉 myndes wyl I wryte them and their synnes and iniquities wil I remēbre nomore And where remyssion of these thinges is there is nomore offerynge for synne Seynge now brethrē that we haue a fresure intraunce in to that Holy place by the bloude of Iesu which he hath prepared vnto vs for a new and lyuynge waye thorow the vayle that is to saye by his flesh and seynge also that we haue an hye prest ouer the house of God let vs drawe nye with a true hert in a full faith sprenkled in oure hertes from an euell conscience and washed in oure bodies with pure water and let vs kepe the profession of oure hope without wauerynge for he is faith full that hath promysed and let vs considre one another to y e prouokinge of loue and of good workes and let vs not forsake the fellishippe that we haue amōge oure selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhorte one another and that so moch the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye For yf we synne wylfully after that we haue receaued the knowlege of the trueth there remayneth vnto vs nomore sacrifice for synnes but a fearfull lokynge for iudgment and violente fyre which shal deuoure y e aduersaries He y t despyseth Moses lawe dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre witnesses Of how moch sorer punyshment suppose ye shal he be counted worthy which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God and coūteth the bloude of y e Testamēt wherby he is sanctified an vnwholy thinge doth dishonoure to the sprete of grace For we knowe him that hath sayde Vengeaunce is myne I wil recompence sayeth the LORDE And agayne The LORDE shal iudge his people It is a fearfull thinge to fall in to the handes of the lyuynge God But call ye to remēbraūce y e dayes y t are past ī y t which after ye had receaued lighte ye endured a greate fighte off aduersities partly whyle all mē wōdred gased at you for the shame and tribulacion that was done vnto you and partly whyle ye became cōpanyons of them which so passed their tyme For ye haue suffred with my bōdes and toke a worth y e spoylinge of youre goodes and that with gladnes knowynge in youre selues how that ye haue in heauen a better an enduringe substaunce Cast not awaye therfore yo r confidence which hath so greate a rewarde For ye haue nede of pacience that after ye haue done the wil of God ye mighte receaue the promes For yet ouer a litle whyle and then he that shal come wyl come and wyl not tary But the iust shal lyue by his faith And yf he withdrawe himselfe awaye my soule shal haue no pleasure in him As for vs we are not of those which withdrawe them selues to damnacion but of them that beleue to the wynnynge of the soule The XI Chapter FAith is a sure confidence of thinges which are hoped for and a certaynte of thinges which are not sene By it y e Elders were well reported of Thorow faith we vnderstonde that the worlde and all the thinges which are sene were made of naughte by the worde of God By faith offered Abell vnto God a more plenteous sacrifice by the which he optayned wytnesse that he was righteous God testifyenge of his giftes by the which also he beynge deed yet speaketh By faith was Enoch takē awaye that he shulde not se death and was not founde because God had taken him awaye For afore he was taken awaye he had recorde that he pleased God But without faith it is vnpossible to please God For he that commeth vnto God must beleue that God is y t he is a rewarder of them that seke him By faith Noe honoured God after y t he was warned of thinges which were not sene prepared the Arke to y e sauinge of his housholde thorow the which Arke he condemned the worlde and became heyre of the righteousnes which commeth by faith By faith Abraham whā he was called obeyed to go out in to the place which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce and he wente out not knowynge whither he shulde go By faith was he a straunger in the lōde of promes as in a straunge countre dwelt in tabernacles and so dyd Isaac Iacob heyres with him of the same promes for he loked for a cite which hath a foundacion whose buylder and maker is God By faith Sara also receaued strength to be with childe and was delyuered of a childe whan she was past age because she iudged him to be faithfull which had promysed And therfore spronge there of one yee euen off one which was as good as deed concernynge the body so many in multitude as the starres off the skye and as the sonde off the See shore which is innumerable All these dyed acordinge to faith and receaued not the promyses but sawe thē afarre off and beleued them and saluted them and cōfessed that they were straungers pilgrems vpō earth For they that saye soch thinges declare that they seke a naturall countre And doutles yf they had bene myndefull off that countre from whence they came out they had leysure to haue returned agayne But now they desyre a better that is to saye a heauēly Wherfore God is not ashamed of thē euē to be called their God for he hath prepared a cite for them By faith Abrahā offered vp Isaac whā he was tempted and gaue ouer his onely begotten sonne in whom he had receaued the promyses of whom it was sayde In Isaac shal thy sede be called For he considered y t God was able to rayse vp agayne from the deed Therfore receaued he him for an ensample By faith Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau concernynge thinges to come By faith Iacob whan he was a dyenge blessed both the sonnes off Ioseph bowed himselfe towarde the toppe of his cepter By faith Ioseph whan he dyed remembred y e departynge of the childrē of Israel gaue cōmaundemēt concernynge his bones By faith Moses whā he was borne was hyd thre monethes of his Elders because they sawe that he was a proper childe nether feared they the kynges cōmaundemēt By faith Moses whan he was greate◠refused to be called the sonne of Pharao◠doughter and chose rather to suffre aduersite with the people of God then to enioye y e pleasures of synne for a season and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasure of Egipte for he had respecte vnto the rewarde By faith he forsoke Egipte and feared not the fearcenes of the kynge for he endured euē as though he had sene him which is inuisible By faith he helde Easter and the effusion of bloude lest he which slewe the firstborne shulde touche them By faith they passed thorow the reed See as by
wryteth to the seuen congregacioÌ„s in Asia seyth seueÌ„ candilstickes and in the myddest of them one like vnto the sonne of man Chap. II. He exhorteth foure congregacions to amende and sheweth the rewarde of him that ouer commeth Chap. III. He instructeth and enfourmeth the angels of thre coÌ„gregacions declaringe also the rewarde of him that ouercommeth Chap. IIII. He seyth the heauen open and the seate and one syttinge vpon it and xxiiij seates aboute it with xxiiij elders syttinge vpon theÌ„ and foure beastes praysinge God daye and night Chap. V. He seyth the laÌ„be openynge the boke and therfore the foure beastes the xxiiij elders and the angels prayse the lambe and do him worshipe Chap. VI. The lambe openeth the vi seales many thinges folowe the openynge therof Chap. VII He seyth the seruauntes of God sealed in their foreheades out of all nacions and people which though they suffre trouble yeâ— the lambe fedeth theÌ„ ledeth them to the fountaynes of lyuynge water and God shal wype awaye all teares from their eyes Chap. VIII The seuenth seale is opened there is sylence in heauen the foure angels blowe their trompettes and greate plages folowe vpon the earth Chap. IX The fifth and sixte angell blowe their tompettes the starre falleth from heauen the locustes come out of the smoke The first wo is past the foure angels that were bounde are lowsed and the thirde parte of meÌ„ is kylled Chap. X. The angell hath the boke open he sweareth there shal be nomore tyme he geueth the boke vnto Ihon which eateth it vp Chap. XI The temple is measured The seconde wo is past Chap. XII The seuenth angel bloweth his troÌ„pet There apeareth in heauen a woman clothed with the Sonne Michael fighteth with the dragon which persecuteth the woman Chap. XIII A beest ryseth out of the see with seuen heades and ten hornes Another beest commeth out of the earth with two hornes Chap. XIIII The laÌ„be stondeth vpon the mount Sion and the vndefyled congregacion with him The angell exhorteth to the feare of God and telleth of the fall of Babilon Chap. XV. He seyth seuen angels hauynge seuen vyalles full of wrath Chap. XVI The angels poure out their vyalles Chap. XVII He descrybeth the woman syttinge vpon the beast with ten hornes Chap. XVIII The louers of the worlde are sory for the fall off Babilon but they that be off God haue cause to reioyse for hir destruccion Chap. XIX Prayse and thankes are geueÌ„ vnto God for iudginge the whore and for auenginge the bloude of his seruauÌ„tes The angel wyl not be worshipped The foules and byrdes are called to the slaughter Chap. XX. The dragon is bâ—uÌ„de for a thousande yeares The deed arise and receaue iudgment Chap. XXI In this chapter is descrybed the new and spirituall Ierusalem Chap. XXII The ryuer of the water of life the frutefulnesse and light of the cite of God The LORDE geueth euer his seruauntes warnynge of thinges for to come The angel wyl not be worshipped To the worde of God maye nothinge be added ner mynished there from The first Chapter THE reuelacion of Iesus Christ which God gaue vnto him for to shewe vnto his seruauÌ„tes thiÌ„ges which muste shortly come to passe And he sent and shewed by his angel vnto his seruaunt Ihon which bare recorde of the worde of God and of the testimony of Iesus Christe and of all thinges that he sawe Happy is he y t readeth and they that heare the wordes of the prophesy and kepe thoo thinges which are wrytten therin For the tyme is at honde Ihon to the seuen coÌ„gregacions in Asia Grace be with you peace froÌ„ him which is and which was and which is to come froÌ„ the seuen spretes which are present before his trone and from Iesus Christ which is a faithfull witnes and first begotten of the deed LORDE ouer y e kinges of the earth Vnto him that loued vs and weszhed vs froÌ„ synnes in his awne bloud and made vs kinges Prestes vnto God his father be glory and dominion for euer more Amen Beholde he commeth with cloudes and all eyes shall se him they also which peersed him And all kinredes of the earth shal wayle Euen so Amen I am Alpha and Omega the begynninge and the endinge sayeth y e LORDE almighty which is and which was and which is to come I Ihon youre brother and coÌ„panyon in tribulacion and in the kyngdome and pacieÌ„ce which is in Iesu Christe was in the yle of Pathmos for the worde of God and for y e witnessynge of Iesu Christe I was in the sprete on a sondaye and herde behynde me a gret voyce as it had bene of a trompe sayenge I am Alpha and Omega the fyrst and y e laste That thou seist write in a boke and sende it vnto the coÌ„gregacions which are in Asia vnto Ephesus and vnto Smyrna and vnto Pargamos and vnto Thiatira and vnto Sardis and vnto Philadelphia and vnto Laodicia And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake to me And wheÌ„ I was turned I sawe seueÌ„ goldeÌ„ candestyckes and in the myddes of the candelstyckes one like vnto the sonne of man clothed with a lynnin garmeÌ„t downe to the ground and gyrd aboute the brest with a golden gyrdle His heed and his heares were whyte as whyte woll as snowe and his eyes were as a flamme of fyre and his fete like vnto brasse as though they breÌ„t in a fornace and his voyce as the sounde of many waters And he had in his right honde seueÌ„ starres And out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged swearde And his face shone euen as the sonne in his strength And when I sawe him I fell at his fete euen as deed And he layde his right honde vpon me sayenge vnto me feare not I am the fyrst and the laste and am alyue and was deed And beholde I am alyue foreuer more and haue the kayes of hell of deth Wryte therfore the thinges which thou hast sene and the thinges which are and y e thinges which shal be fulfylled here after the mistery of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my right honde and the seuen golden candelstickes The seuen starres are the angels of the seueÌ„ congregacions And the seuen candelstyckes which thou sawest are the seuen congregacions The II. Chapter VNto the angell of the congregacion of Ephesus wryte These thinges sayth he that holdeth the seuen starres in his righthonde and walketh in the myddes of the seuen goldeÌ„ candelstickes I knowe thy workes and thy labour and thy pacience howe thou cannest not for beare them which are euell and examinest them which saye they are Apostles and are not hast founde theÌ„ lyars and hast suffred And hast pacieÌ„ce and for my names sake hast laboured and hast not faynted Neuerthelesse I haue somwhat agaynst the for thou hast lefte thy fyrst loue Remember therfore froÌ„ whence
opened the sixte seale and loo there was a grett earthquake and y e sonne was as blacke as sacke cloth made of heare And the mone wexed eueÌ„ as bloude and the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth euen as a fyggetree castith from her her fygges when she is shaken off a mighty wynde And heauen vanyszhed awaye as a scroll when it is rolled togedder And all mountayns and yles were moued out of their places And the kynges of y e earth and the grete men and the riche men and the chefe captaynes and the myghte men and euery free man hyd them selues in dennes and in rockes of y e hylles and sayde to the hylles and rockes fall on vs and hyde vs from the presence of him that sytteth on the seate and from the wrath of the lambe for the grete daye of his wrath is come And who can endure it The VII Chapter ANd after that sawe I foure angels stoÌ„de on y e foure corners of the earth holdinge y e foure wyndes of y e earth y t y e wyndes shulde not blowe on y e earth nether on y e see nether on eny tree And I sawe another angel ascende froÌ„ the rysinge of the sonne which had the seale of y e lyuinge God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure angelles to whom power was geuen to hurt the earth and the see sayenge Hurt not the earth nether the see nether the trees till we haue sealed the seruauÌ„tes of oure God in their forheddes And I herde the nombre of them which were sealed and there were sealed an c. and xliiij M. of all the trybes of the children of Israell Of y e trybe of Iuda were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Ruben were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Gad were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Asser were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Neptalym were sealed xij M. Of y e trybe of Manasses were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Symeon were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Leui were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Isacar were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Zabulon were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Ioseph were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Beniamin were sealed xij thousande After this I behelde and lo a gret multitude which no man coulde nombre of all nacions and people and tonges stode before the seate and before the lambe clothed w t longe whyte garmeÌ„tes and palmes in their hondes and cryed with a londe voyce sayenge saluacion be asscribed to him y t sytteth vpon the seate of oure God and vnto the lambe And all the angels stode in the compase of the seate and of the elders and of the foure beastes and fell before y e seat on the faces and worshipped God sayenge amâ—â— Blessynge and glory wiszdome and thaÌ„kes and honour and power and might be vnto oure God for euermore Amen And one of the elders answered sayenge vnto me what are these which are arayed in longe whyte garmeÌ„tes and whence cam they And I sayde vnto him LORDE thou wotest And he sayde vnto me these are they which cam out of gret tribulacion and made their garmentes large and made theÌ„ whyte in the bloude of the lambe therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God and serue him daye and night in his temple and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwell amonge them They shal honger no more nether thyrst nether shal the sonne lyght on them nether eny heate For the laÌ„be which is in the myddes of the seate shal fede them and shal leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuynge water and God shal wype awaye all teares from their eyes The VIII Chapter ANd when he had opened the seuenth seale there was sileÌ„ce in heauen aboute the space of halfe an houre And I shal reigne for eurmore And the foure and twentye Elders which sat before God on their seatts fell vpon their faces and worshipped God sayenge we geue the thankes LORDE God allmyghte which art and wast and art to come for thou hast receaued thy greate might and hast raygned And the Heythen were angry thy wrath is come and the tyme of the deed that they shulde be iudged and that thou shuldest geue rewarde vnto thy seruauÌ„tes the prophettes and saynctes and to theÌ„ that feare thy name small greate and shuldest destroye them which destroye the earth And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there was sene in his temple the arcke of his testament and there folowed lightnynges and voyces and thondrynges and earth quake and a greate hayle And there appeared a greate token in heauen A woman clothed with the Sonne and the mone vnder her fete and vpon her deed a crowne of twolue starres And she was with childe and cryed trauaillinge in byrth and payned redy to be delyuered And there appeared another token in heauen and beholde a greate reed dragon hauinge seuen heades and ten hornes and seueÌ„ crownes vpoÌ„ his heades and his tayle drue the thyrde parte of the starres and cast them to the earth And the dragon stode before the womaÌ„ which was ready to be delyuered for to devoure her childe as sone as it were borne And she brought forth a man childe which shulde rule all nacions with a rod of yron And her sonne was taken vp vnto God and to his seate And the woman fled in to wyldernes where she had a place prepared off God that they shulde fede her there a M.ij. C. and lx dayes And there was a greate batayll in heaueÌ„ Michael and his angels foughte with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels and preuayled not nether was their place founde eny more in heauen And the greate dragon that olde serpent called the deuell and Sathanas was cast out Which disceaued all the worlde And he was cast in to the earth and his angelles were cast out with him also And I harde a lowde voyce which sayde in heauen Now is saluacion and strength and the kyngdome become oure Gods and y e power his Christes For he is cast downe which accused them before God daye and night And they ouercame him by the bloude of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loued not their lyues vnto the deeth Therfore reioyce ye heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the see for the deuell is come downe vnto you which hath greate wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man childe And to the woman were geueÌ„ two wynges of a greate egle that she might flye in to the wyldernes in to her place where she is noryszhed for a tyme two tymes and halffe a tyme from the presence of the serpeÌ„t And the dragon cast out of
his mouth water after the womā as it had bene a ryuer that he might cause her to be caught of y e floud And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the womā and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede which kepe the cōmaundementes of God and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sonde The XIII Chapter ANd I sawe a beest rise out of the see hauinge seuen heades and x. hornes and vpon his hornes x. crownes and vpō his heed the names of blasphemy And the beest which I sawe was lyke a catt of the mountayne and his fete were as the fete of a bear and his mouth as the mouthe of a lyon And y e dragō gaue him his power and his seate and greate auctorite and I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his dedly wounde was healed And all the worlde wōdred at the beest and they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beest and they worshipped the beest sayenge who is like vnto the beest who is able to warre with him And there was geuen vnto him a mouth to speake greate thinges blasphemies and power was geuen vnto him to do xlij monethes And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemy agaynst God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen And it was geuen vnto him to make warre with the sayntes and to ouercome them And power was geuen him ouer all kynred tonge and nacion and all that dwell vpon the earth worshipt him whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life of the lambe which was kylled from the beginnynge of the worlde Yf eny man haue an eare let him heare He that leadeth in to captiuite shal go in to captiuite he that killeth with a swearde must be killed with y e swearde Heare is the pacience and the faith of the saynctes And I behelde another beest commynge vp out of the earth and he had two hornes like a lambe and he spake as dyd the dragō And he dyd all that the first beest coulde do in his presence and he caused the earth and them which dwell therin to worshippe the fyrst beest whose deedly woūde was healed And he dyd greate wonders so that he made fyre come downe from heauē in the sight of men And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth by y e meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the sight of the beest sayenge to them that dwelt on the earth that they shulde make an ymage vnto the beest which had the wounde of a swearde and dyd liue And he had power to geue a sprete vnto the ymage of the beest and that the ymage of the beest shulde speake and shulde cause that as many as wolde not worshippe the ymage of the beest shulde be kylled And he made all bothe smale and greate ryche and poore fre and bond to receaue a marke in their right hondes or in their forheades And that noman might by or sell saue he y t had y e marke or the name of the beest ether the nombre of his name Here is wiszdome Let him that hath wyt count the nombre of the beest For it is the nombre of a man and his nombre is sixe hondred thre score and sixe The XIIII Chapter ANd I loked and lo a lambe stode on the moūt Syon and with him C. and xliiij thousande hauynge his fathers name wrytten in their forheades And I herde a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voyce of a greate thondre And the voyce that I herde was as the harpers that playe vpon their harpers And they songe as it were a newe songe before the seate before y e foure beestes and the elders and no man coulde learne y t songe but the hondred and xliiij M. which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with wemen for they are virgyns These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth These were redemed from men beynge the fyrst frutes vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was founde no gyle For they are withoutē spot before the trone of God And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes of heauen hauinge an euerlastinge Gospell to preache vnto them that syt and dwell on the earth and to all nacions kinreddes and tōges and people sayēge with a lowde voyce Feare God and geue honour to him for the houre of his iudgement is come and worshippe him that made heauen and earth and the see and the fountaynes off water And there folowed another angell sayenge She is fallen she is fallen euē Babilon that greate cite for she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off hyr whordome And the thyrde angel folowed thē sayenge with a loude voyce Yf eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage and receaue his marke in his forhed or on his honde the same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath And he shal be punyszhed in fyre and brymstone before the holy Angels and before the lambe And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore And they haue no res◠daye ner nyght which worshippe the beast and his ymage and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of his name Here is the pacience of sayntes Heare are they that kepe the commaundementes and the faith off Iesu. And I herde a voyce from heauen sayenge vnto me wryte Blessed are y e deed which here after dye in the LORDE Yee the sprete sayeth that they rest from their laboures for their workes folowe them And I loked and beholde a whyte cloude and vpō y e cloude one syttynge like vnto the sonne of man hauinge on his heed a golden crowne and in his hōde a sharpe sykle And another angell came out of the temple cryenge with a loude voyce to him that sat on the cloude Thruste in thy sycle and reepe for the tyme is come to reepe for the corne of the earth is rype And he that sat on y e cloude thrust in his sykle on the earth and the earth was reeped And another angell came out of the temple which is in heauen hauinge also a sharpe sykle And another angel came out from the aultre which had power ouer fyre and cryed with a loude crye vnto hym that had the sharpe syckle and sayde Thruste in thy sharpe syckle and gather the clusters of y e earth for hir grapes are rype And the angell thrust in his syckle on the erthe and cut downe the grapes of the vynyarde of the earth and cast them in to the greate wynefat of y e wrath of God the wynefat was trodden without the cite and bloude came out of the fat euen vnto the
horsse brydles by the space of a thousande and sixe hundreth furlonges The XV. Chapter ANd I sawe another signe in heuen grett mervellous .vii. angells havinge the seven laste plages for in thē is fulfylled the wrath of god And I sawe as it were a glassye see mingled with fyre and them that had gotten victory of the beest and of his ymage and of his marke and of the nombre of his name stonde on the glassye see hauinge y e harpes of God and they songe the songe of Moses the seruaunt of God and the songe of the lambe saynge Greate and maruellous are thy workes LORDE God almyghty iust and true are thy wayes thou kynge of sayntes Who shal not feare the O LORDE and gloryfie thy name For thou only are holy for all gētiles shall come and worshippe before the for thy iudgmentes are made manyfest And after that I loked and beholde the temple of the Tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen and the seuen angelles came out of the temple which had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynnē and hauynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles And one of the foure beestes gaue vnto the seuen angelles seuen golden vialles full of the wrath of God which liueth for euermore And the temple was full of smoke for the glory off God and for his power and no man was able to entre in to the temple tyll the seuen plages of the seuē angels were fulfilled The XVI Chapter ANd I herde a greate voyce out of the temple sayenge to the seuen angels go youre wayes poure out youre vialles of wrath vpon the earth And the fyrst went and poured out his viall vpon the earth and there fell a noysom◠a sore botch vpon the men which had the marke of the beest and vpon them that worshipped his ymage And the seconde angel shed out his viall vpō the see and it turned as it were in to the bloud of a deed man and euery lyuinge thinge dyed in the see And the thyrde angel shed out his vyall vpon the ryuers and fountaynes of waters and they turned to bloude And I herde an angel saye LORDE which art and wast thou art righteous and holy because thou hast geuē soche iudgmentes for they shed the bloude of sayntes and prophetes and therfore hast thou geuen them bloude to drynke for they are worthy And I herde another angell out of the aulter saye euen so LORDE God almighty true and righteous are thy iudgmentes And the fourth angell poured out his viall on the Sonne and power was geuen vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre And the men raged in gret heate and spake euell of the name of God which had power ouer those plages and they repented not to geue him glory And the fifte angell poured out his vyall vpon the seate of the beest and his kyngdome wexed derke and they gnewe their tonges for sorowe and blasphemed the God of heauē for sorowe and payne of their sores and repented not of their dedes And the sixte angell poured out his vyall vpon the gret ryuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the waye of the kynges of the Easte shulde be prepared And I sawe thre vncleane spretes kike frogges come out of the mouth of the dragon and out off the mouth off the beest and out off the mouth of the false prophet For they are the spretes of deuels workynge myracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole worlde to gaddre them to the battayle of that gret daye of God allmighty Beholde I come as a thefe Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes lest he be founde naked and men se his filthynes And he gaddered them togedder in to a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon And the seuenth angell poured out his viall in to the ayre And there came a greate voyce out of heauen from the seate sayenge ▪ It is done And there folowed voyces 〈◊〉 dringes and lightnynges and there 〈…〉 gret earthquake soch as was not 〈…〉 were vpon the earth so myghty 〈…〉 quake and so greate And 〈…〉 was deuyded in to thre parties And the cities of nacions fell And greate Babilon came in remembraunce before God to geue vnto hyr the cuppe of wyne of the fearcenes of his wrath And euery yle fled awaye and the mountaynes were not founde And there fell a greate hayle as it had bene talentes out of heauē vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plage of the hayle for it was greate and the plage of it sore The XVII Chapter ANd there cam one of the seuē angels which had the seuen vialles and talked with me sayenge vnto me Come I wil shewe the the iugdment of the greate whore that sytteth vpon many waters with whom the kynges of the earth haue commytted whordome and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion And he caryed me awaye into the wildernes in y e sprete And I sawe a woman syt vpon a rose colored beest full of names of blasphemie which had seuē heades ten hornes And y e woman was arayed in purple and rose color and decked with golde precious stone and pearles and had a cupp of golde in her honde full of abhominacions and fylthines of her wordome And in her forhed was a name wryttē a mistery greate Babilon the mother of whordome and abominaciōs of the earth And I sawe the wyfe dronkē with the bloude of sayntes and with the bloud of the witnesses of Iesu And when I sawe her I wondred with greate mervayle And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore meruayllest thou I wyl shewethe the mistery of the woman and of the beest that beerith her which hath seuen heades and ten hornes The beest that thou seest was and is not and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pytt and shal go in to perdicion and they that dwell on the earth shal wondre whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life from the begynnynge of the worlde when they beholde the beest that was and is not And here is a mynde that hath wiszdome The seuen heades are seuen mountanes 〈◊〉 the woman sytteth they are also 〈…〉 Fyue are fallen and one is 〈…〉 is not yet come When he 〈…〉 continue a space And the 〈…〉 and is not is euē the eyght and is of the seuen and shal go in to destruccion And y e ten hornes which thou sawest are ten kynges which haue not yet receaued the kyngdome but shal receaue power as kynges at one houre with y e beest These haue one mynde and shal geue their power and strēgth vnto y e beeste These shal fyght with the lambe and the lābe shal ouercome them For he is LORDE of all lordes and kinge of all kinges and they that are on his syde are called and chosen and faithfull And he saide vnto me The waters which
thou sawest where y e whore sytteth are people and folke and nacions and tonges And the ten hornes which thou sawest vpon the beest are they that shal hate the whore and shal make her desolate and naked and shall eate hir fleszhe and burne her with fyre For God hath put in their hertes to fulfill his wyll and to do with one consent for to geue hir kyngdome vnto the beest vntill the wordes of God be fulfylled And the womā which thou sawest is that greate cite which raigneth ouer the kynges of the earth The XVIII Chapter ANd after that I sawe another angel come downe frō heauē hauinge greate power and y e earth was lyghtned with his bryghtnes And he cryed mightely with a stronge voyce sayenge She is fallen she is fallen euen greate Babilon and is become the habitacion of deuels and y e holde of all fowle spretes and a cage of all vncleane and hatefull byrdes for all naciōs haue dronken of the wyne of the wrath of her whordome And the kynges of the earth haue committed fornicacion with her and her marchauntes are wexed ryche of the abundaunce of her pleasures And I herde another voyce from heauen saye come awaye from her my people that ye be not partakers of her synnes lest ye receaue of her plages For her synnes are gone vp to heauen and the LORDE hath remembred her wyckednes Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you and geue her dubble acordinge to her workes And poure in dubble to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you And as moche as she gloryfied her selfe and lyued wantanly so moch poure ye in for her of punyszhmēt and sorowe for she sayeth in her herte I syt beinge a quene and am no wyddowe and shall se no sorowe Therfore shal her plages come at one daye death and sorowe and honger and she shal be brēt with fyre for stronge is the LORDE God which shal iudge her And the kynges of the earth shal bewepe her and wayle ouer her which haue committed fornicacion and lyued wantanly with her when they shal se the smoke of her burnynge and shal stonde a farre of for feare of her punyszhment sayenge Alas Alas that greate cite Babylon that mighty cite For at one houre is thy iudgment come And the marchauntes off the earth shall wepe and wayle in them selues because no man will bye their ware eny more the ware of golde and syluer and of precious stones off pearle sylke and purple and skarlet all Thynen wod and all manner vessels of yuery and all manner vessels of most precious wod and of brasse and of yron synomom and odours and oyntmentes and frank ynsence and wyne and oyle and fyne floure and wheate and catell and shepe and horses and charrettes and bodies and soules of men And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from the. And all thinges which were deyntie and had in pryce are departed from the and thou shalt fynde them no more The marchauntes of these thinges which were wexed ryche by her shall stonde afarre of for feare of the punyszhment of her wepynge and waylinge and sayenge alas alas that greate cite that was clothed in sylke and purple and scarlet and decked with golde and precious stone and pearles for at one houre so greate ryches is come to naught And euery shippe gouerner and all they that occupie shippes and shippmen which worke in the see stode a farre of and cryed when they sawe the smoke of her burnynge and sayde what cite is like vnto this greate cite And they cast dust on their heades and cryed wepynge and waylinge and sayde Alas Alas the greate cite wher in were made ryche all that had shippes in the see by the reason of her wares for at one houre is she made desolate Reioyce ouer her thou heauē and ye holy Apostles and prophetes for God hath geuen youre iudgmēt on her And a mighty angell toke vp a greate stone lyke a mylstone and cast it in to the see sayenge with suche violēce shal that greate cite Babylon be cast and shal be founde nomore And the voyce of harpers and musicions and of pypers and trompetters shal be herde no more in the and no craftes man of what soeuer craft he be shal be founde eny more in the and the sounde of a myll shal be herde no more in the and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde shal be herde nomore in the for thy marchauntes were prynces of the earth And with thyne inchaūtment were deceaued all nacions and in her was founde the bloude of the prophetes and of the sayntes and of all that were slayne vpō the earth The XIX Chapter ANd after that I herde the voyce of moch people in heauen sayenge Alleluia Saluacion and glory and honour and power be ascribed to the LORDE o r God for true and righteous are his iudgmentes because he hath iudged the greate whore which did corrupt y e earth with her fornicacion and hath auenged the bloud of his seruaūtes of her hond And agayne they sayde Alleluia And smoke rose vp for euermore And y e xxiiij elders the foure beestes fell downe and worshipped God that sat on the seate sayenge Amen Alleluia And a voice came out of the seate sayenge prayse o r LORDE God all ye that are his seruaūtes 〈◊〉 that feare him both small and greate And I herde the voyce of moch people 〈◊〉 y e voyce of many waters as y e voyce of stronge thondrynges sayenge Alleluia for God omnipotent raigneth Let vs be glad and reioyce and geue honour to him for the mariage of the lābe is come and his wife made her selfe ready And to her was graunted that she shulde be arayed with pure and goodly sylke As for the sylke it is the rightewesnes of sayntes And he sayde vnto me Blessed are they which are called vnto the Lambes supper And he sayde vnto me these are the true sayenges of God And I fell at his fete to worshippe him And he sayde vnto me Se thou do it not For I am thy felowe seruaunt and one of thy brethren and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus Worshippe God For the testimony of Iesus is y e sprete of prophesy And I sawe heauē open beholde a whyte horss◠and he y t sat vpon him was called 〈◊〉 and true in rightewesnes dyd 〈…〉 make battayle His eyes were 〈…〉 fyre and on his heade were 〈…〉 he had a name wrytten 〈…〉 but him selfe And he was 〈…〉 vesture dipt in bloude and his name is called y e worde of God And y e warriers which were in heauen folowed him vpon whyte horsses clothed with whyte and pure sylke and out of his mouthe wante a sharppe swerde that with it he shulde smyte the Heithen And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and he trode the wynefatte of the fearcenesse
and wrath of allmightye God And hath on his vesture and on his thyghe a name wrytten Kynge of all kinges and LORDE of all lordes 〈◊〉 I sawe an angell stonde in the Sonne and he cryed with a lowde voyce sayenge to all the fowles that flye by them yddes vnder the heauen Come and gaddre youre selues togedder vnto the supper of the gret God that ye maye eate the fleszhe of kynges and of hye captaynes and the fleszhe of mighty men and the fleszhe of horsses and of theÌ„ that syt on them and the fleszhe of all free men and bondmen both of small and greate And I sawe the beeste and the kynges of y e earth and their warriers gaddred togedder to make battayle agaynste him that sat vpon the horsse and agaynst his sowdiers And the beeste was taken and with him that false prophet that wrought myracles before him with which he disceaued then that receaued the beestes marke and them that worszhipped his ymage The 〈◊〉 were cast in to a ponde of fyre burnynge w t brymstone and the remnaunte were slayne with the swearde of him that sat vpon the horsse which swearde proceded out of his mouth and all the foules were filled with their fleszhe The XX. Chapter ANd I sawe an angell come downe from heauen hauinge the keye of the bottomlesse pyt and a gret chayne in his honde And he toke the dragon that olde serpent which is the deuell and Satanas and he bounde him a thousand yeares and cast him in to the bottomlesse pyt and he bounde him and set a seale on him that he shuld disceaue the people nomoare tyll the thousand yeares were fulfilled And afâ—â—r that must he be lowsed for a littell 〈…〉 〈…〉 seates and they sat vpon 〈…〉 was geuen vnto 〈…〉 the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnes of Iesus 〈◊〉 for the worde of God which had not woâ—â—shipped the beest nether his ymage nether had raken his marke vpon their forheaâ—des or on their hondes and they lyued and raygned with Christ a thousand yeare brethe other of the deed men lyued not agayne vntill the thousand yeare were fyniszhed This is that fyrst resurreccion Blessed and holy is he that hath parte in the fyrst resurreccion On soch hath the seconde deeth no power but they shal be the prestes of God and of Christ and shall raygne with him a thousand yeare And when the thousand yeares are expyred Sathan shal be lowsed out of his preson and shal go out to deceaue the people which are in the foure quarters of the earth Gog and Magog to gadder them togedder to batayle whose nombre is as the sonde off the see and they went vp on the playne of the earth and compased the tentes of the sayntes aboute and the beloued cite And fyre cam doune from God out of heauen and deuoured them and the deuell that disceaued them was cast into a lake of fyre and brymstone where the beest and the false prophet were and shal be tormented daye and night for euermore And I sawe a gret whyte seate and him that sat on it from whole face fled awaye both the earth and heauen and their place was nomore founde And I sawe the deed both gret and small stonde before God And the bokes were opened and another boke was opened which is the boke of life and the deed were iudged of tho thinges which were wrytten in the bokes accordinge to their dedes and the see gaue vp her deed which were in her and deeth and hell delyuered vp the deed which were in them and they were iudged euery man accordynge to his dedes And deth and hell were cast in to the lake of fyre This is that second deeth And whosoeuer was not founde wrytten in the boke off life was cast in to the lake of fyre The XXI Chapter ANd I sawe a newe heauen and a newe earth For the fyrst heauen and the fyrst earth were vaniszhed awaye and there was nomore See And I Ihon sawe that holy cite newe Ierusalem come downe from God out of heauen prepared 〈…〉 garniszhed for hyr huszband And 〈…〉 a greate voyce from the seate sayen 〈…〉 the tabernacle of God is with 〈…〉 and he wil dwell with them And they 〈◊〉 his people and God himselfe shal be with theÌ„ and shal be their God And God shal wipe awaye all teares from their eyes And there shal be nomore deeth nether sorowe nether shal there be eny more payne for y e olde thinges are gone And he that sat vpon the seate sayde Beholde I make all thinges newe And he sayde vnto me wryte for these wordes are faithfull and true 〈◊〉 sayde vnt◠〈◊〉 it is done I am 〈…〉 begynnynge and 〈…〉 that is a thyrst 〈…〉 He that 〈…〉 I wil 〈…〉 But 〈…〉 and murthurers and whormongers and sorcerers and ydolaters all lyars shal haue their parte in the lake that burneth with fyre and brymstone which is the seconde death And there came vnto me one of the seuen angels which had the seuen vials full of the seuen last plages and talked with me sayenge come hydder I wil shewethe the bryde y e laÌ„bes wyfe And he caryed me awaye in y e sprete to a greate and an hye mouÌ„tayne and he shewed me the greate cite holy IerusaleÌ„ descendinge out of heauen from God hauynge the brightnes of God And her shynynge was lyke vnto a stone most precious euen a Iaspar cleare as cristall had greate and hye walles and had twolue gates and at y e gates twolue angels and names wrytten which are the twolue trybes of Israel on the est parte thre gates and on the north syde thre gates and towarde the south thre gates and from the west thre gates â–ª and the wall of the cite had twolue foundacioÌ„s and in them the names of the lambes twolue Apostles And he that talked with me had a golden rede to measure the cite with all and the gates therof and the wall therof And the cite was bylt foure square and the length was as large as the bredth of it and he â—â—asured the cite with the rede twolue M. furlonges and the length and the bredth and y e heyth of it were equall And he measured the wall therof an cxliiij cubittee after y e measure of a man which the angel had And the buyldinge of the wall of it was of Iaspar And the cite was of pure golde like vnto cleare glasse and y e foundacioÌ„s of the walles and of y e cite were garnyszhed with all maner of precious stones The fyrst foundacion was a Iasper the seconde a Saphyre y e thyrde a Calcedony the fourth a Smaragde the fyft a Sardonix the sixt a Sardâ—os the seuenth a Crysolite the eyght berall the nynth a Topas the tenth a Crysoprasos the eleueÌ„th a Iacyncte the twelfte an Amatist And the twolue gates were twolue pearles and euery gate was of
are true and his wayes right As for those that go on proudly he is able to brī bringe them downe The V. Chapter BAlthasar the kynge made a greate bancket to his thousande lordes withall these thousande he made greate cheare and when he was dronken w t wyne he commaunded to brynge him y e golden and syluer vessel which his father Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple at Ierusalem that the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubynes might drīke therout So they brought the golden vessel that was takē out of the temple of the LORDES house at Ierusalem Then the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubines dronke out of them They dronke wyne and praysed their Idols of golde syluer copper yron wodde and stone In the very same houre there appeared fyngers as it had bene of a mans honde writynge right ouer agaynst the candelsticke vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace and the kynge sawe the palme of y e honde y t wrote Then chaunged the kynge his countenaunce and his thoughtes troubled him so that the ioyntes off his body shoke and his knees smote one agaynst the other Wherfore the kynge cryed mightely that thy shulde brynge him the charmers Caldees and coniurers of deuels The kynge spake also to the wysemen of Babilon and sayde Who so can rede this wrytynge and shewe me the playne meanynge theroff shall be clothed with purple haue a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and rule the thirde parte off my kyngdome Vpon this came all the kynges wyse men but they coude nether rede the wrytinge 〈◊〉 shewe the kynge what it signified Thē was the kynge sore afrayed in so moch that his coloure chaunged and his lordes were so sorevexed So by reason off this matter y t had happened to the kynge his lordes the quene went vp herself in to the bancket house and spake vnto the kynge sayenge O kynge God saue thy life for euer Let not y t thoughtes trouble the and let not thy countenaunce be chaunged For why there is a man in y e kyngdome that hath the sprete off the holy goddes within him as it was sene in thy fathers dayes He hath vnderstondinge ād wysdome like the goddes Yee the kynge Nabuchodonosor thy father made this man chest of the soythsayers charmers Caldees and deuel coniurers because that soch an abundaunt sprete knowlege wisdome to expoūde dreames to open secretes and to declare harde dowtes was founde in him yee euen in Daniel whom the kynge named Balthasar Let this same Daniel be sente for and he shall tell what it meaneth Then was Daniel brought before the kinge So the kynge spake vnto Daniel and sayde Art thou that Daniel one off the presoners of Iuda whom my father the kynge brought out of Iewry I haue herde speake of the that thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes experience and vnderstōdinge and that there hath bene greate wisdome founde in the. Now haue there bene brought me wise and connynge charmers to rede this wrytynge and to shewe me the meanynge theroff But they coude not tell me what this matter signified Then herde I saye y t thou canst expounde darcke thinges and declare harde doutes Well than yf thou canst rode this writinge and shewe me the meaninge therof thou shalt be clothed w t purple haue a cheyne of golde aboute thy necke rule the thirde parte of my kyngdome Daniel answered and sayde before y e kynge As for thy rewardes kepe them to thy self or geue y e rych giftes to another yet not thelesse I wil rede the wrytynge vnto y e kinge and shewe him the interpretacion therof O kinge God the hyest gaue vnto Nabuchodonosor thy father y e dignite of a kynge w t worshipe hono r so y t all people kynreddes tunges stode in awe feare of him by reason off the hye estate that he had lent him For why he slewe whom he wolde he smoke whom it pleased him Agayne whom he wolde he set vp and whom he list he put downe But because his herte was so proude and his stomack set fast vnto wylfulnesse he was deposed from his kyngly trone and his magesty was taken from him He was shot out from amonge men his herte was like a beestes herte and his dwellynge was with the wylde Asses he was fayne to eate grasse like an oxe and his body was wet with the dew off the heauen till he knewe that the hyest had power vpon the kyngdomes of men and setteth ouer them whom he list And thou his sonne o Balthasar for all this hast not submitted thine hert though thou knewest all these thinges but hast magnified thy selff aboue the LORDE off heauen so that the vessels off his house were brought before the that thou and thy lordes with thy quene and concubynes might drynke wyne therout And hast praysed the Idols of syluer and golde copper and yron off wodde stone As for the God in whose honde consisteth thy breth ād all thy wayes thou hast not loaued him Therfore is the palme off this honde sent hither from him to token vp this wrytinge And this is the scripture that is written vp Mane Thetel Phares Now the interpretacion off the thynge is this Mane God hath nombred thy kyngdome and brought it to an ende Thetel Thou art weyed in the balaunce and art founde to light Phares Thy kyngdome is delt in partes and geuen to the Medes and Perses Then commaunded Balthasar to cloth Daniel with purple to hange a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and to make a proclamacion concernynge him that he shulde be the ruler off the thirde parte off his kyngdome The very same night was Balthasar the kynge off the Caldees slayne and Darius out of Media toke in the kyngdome beynge lxij yeare off age The VI. Chapter IT pleased Darius to set ouer his kīgdome an C and xx lordes which shulde be in all his kingdome aboute Aboue these he set thre prynces off whom Daniel was one that the lordes might geue accomptes vnto them and the kynge to be vndiseased But Daniel exceaded all these princes ād lordes for the sprete off God was plenteous in him so that the kynge was mynded to set him ouer the whole realme Wherfore the prynces and lordes sought to pyke out in Daniel some quarel agaynst the kyngdome yet coude they fynde none occasion ner fawte vpon him For why he was so faythful y t there was no blame ner dishonesty founde in him Then sayde these men we will get no quarell agaynst this Daniel excepte it be in the lawe off his God Vpon this wente the princes and lordes together vnto the kynge and sayde thus vnto him kynge Darius God saue thy life for euer All the great estates off the realme as y e prynces dukes senatours and iudges are determed to put out a commaundement off y e kynge and to make a sure
with many prayers to let him go with his life because he had many of the Iewes fathers and brethren in preson which yf they put him to death might be disapoynted So when he had promised faithfully to delyuer them agayne acordinge to the condicion made they let him go without harme for the health of y e brethren And when Iudas had slayne xxv M he wente from Carnion Now after y t he had chased awaye and slayne his enemies he remoued the hoost towarde Ephron a strōge cite wherin dwelt many dyuerse people of the Heithen and y e stronge yonge men kepte the walles defendinge thē mightely In this cite was moch ordinaunce and prouysion of dartes But when Iudas and his company had called vpon Allmighty God which w t his power breaketh the strength of the enemies they wanne the cite and slew xxv M. of them y t were within From thence wente they to the cite of the Scythians which lieth vj. C. furlonges from Ierusalem But when y e Iewes which were in the cite testified that the cite syns dealte louyngly with them yee and intreated them kyndly in y e tyme of their aduersite Iudas and his company gaue them him which made them his people and euer defended his owne porcion with euydent tokens that he wolde preserue them still So at the commaundement of the captayne they remoued from thence and came to a towne called Dessasan And Symon Iudas brother fell in honde with Nicanor but thorow the sodane commynge of the enemies he was afrayed Neuertheles Nicanor hearinge the manlynes of them that were with Iudas and y e bolde stomackes that they had to fight for their naturall countre durst not proue the matter with bloudsheddinge Wherfore he sent Possidonius Theodocius Mathias before to geue and to take peace So when they had taken longe advysement there vpon and the captayne shewed it vnto the multitude they were agreed in one mynde to haue peace And they appoynted a daye to syt vpon these matters quyetly amonge them selues y e stoles also were brought and set forth Neuerthelesse Iudas cōmaunded certaine men of armes to waite in conueniēt places lest there shulde sodenly aryse eny euell thorow the enemies And so they commoned reasonably together Nicanor whyle he abode at Ierusalem ordred himself not vnreasonably but sent awaye the people that were gathered together He loued Iudas euer with his hert and fauoured him He prayed him also to take a wyfe and to brynge forth children So he maried lyued in rest and they led a comon life But Alcimus perceauynge the loue that was betwixte them and how they were agreed together came to Demetrius and tolde him that Nicanor had taken straunge matters in honde and ordened Iudas an enemy of the realme to be the kynges successoure Then the kinge was sore displeased and thorow the wicked accusations which Alcimus made of Nicanor he was so prouoked that he wrote vnto Nicanor sayenge that he was very angrie for the frendshipe and agrement which he had made with Machabeus Neuertheles he commaunded him in all the haist that he shulde take Machabeus presoner and sende him to Antioche Which lettres when Nicanor had sene he was at his wittes ende and sore greued that he shulde breake the thinges wherin they had agreed specially seynge Machabeus was the man that neuer dyd him harme But because he might not withstonde the kynge he sought oportunite to fulfil his commaundement Notwithstondinge when Machabeus sawe that Nicanor beganne to be churlish vnto him and that he intreated him more rughly then he was wonte he perceaued that soch vnkyndnes came not of good and therfore he gathered a few of his men and withdrewe himself frō Nicanor Which when he knewe that Machabeus had manfully preuented him he came in to the greate and most holy temple and commaunded the prestes which were doynge their vsuall offeringes to delyuer him the man And when they sware that they coude not tell where the mā was whō he sought he stretched out his honde and made an ooth sayenge Yf ye wyll not delyuer me Iudas captyue I shall remoue this temple of God in to the playne felde I shal breake downe the aulter and consecrate this tēple vnto Bachus After these wordes he departed Then the prestes lift vp their hondes towarde heauen and besought him that was euer the defender of their people sayenge Thou o LORDE of all which hast nede of nothinge woldest that the temple of thy habitacion shulde be amonge vs. Therfore now o most holy LORDE kepe this house euer vndefyled which lately was clensed Now was there accused vnto Nicanor one Razis an Alderman of Ierusalem a louer of the whole cite and a man of good reporte which for the kynde hert that he bare vnto the people was called a father of y e Iewes This man oft tymes when the Iewes were mynded to kepe them selues vndefyled defended and delyuered them beynge content stedfastly to spende his body and his life for his people So Nicanor wyllinge to declare the hate that he bare to the Iewes sent fyue hundreth men to take him for he thought yf he gat him he shulde brynge the Iewes in greate decaye Now when the people beganne to ruszshe in at his house to breake the dores and to set fyre on it he beynge now taken wolde haue defended himself with his swearde chosinge rather to dye manfully then to yelde himselfe to those wicked doers and because of his noble stocke he had rather haue bene put to extreme cruelte Notwithstondynge what tyme as he myssed of his stroke for haist and the multitude fell in violently betwixte the dores he rāne boldly to y e wall cast himself downe manfully amonge the heape of them which gaue soone place to his fall so that he fell vpon his bely Neuerthelesse whyle there was yet breath within him he was kyndled in his mynde and whyle his bloude guszshed out exceadingly for he was very sore wounded he ranne thorow the myddest of y e people and gat him to the toppe of a rocke So when his bloude was now gone he toke out his owne bowels with both his hondes and threw them vpon the people callinge vpon the LORDE of life and sprete to rewarde him this agayne and so he dyed The XV. Chapter NOw when Nicanor knewe that Iudas was in the countre of Samaria he thought with all his power to strike a felde with him vpon a Sabbath daye Neuerthelesse the Iewes that were compelled to go with him sayed O do not so cruelly and vnkyndly but halowe y t Sabbath daye and worshipe him that seyth all thinges For all this yet sayed the vngracious personne Is there a mightie one in heauen that commaunded the Sabbath daye to be kepte And when they sayde yee the lyuynge God the mightie LORDE in heauen commaunded the seuenth daye to be kepte he sayde And I am mightie vpon earth to commaunde them
for to arme them selues and to perfourme the kynges busynesse Notwithstondinge he might not haue his purpose Nicanor had deuysed with greate pryde to ouercome Iudas and to brynge awaye y e victory But Machabeus had euer a fast confideÌ„ce and a parfecte hope in God that he wolde helpe him and exorted his people not to be afrayed at the commynge of the Heithen but allwaye to remembre the helpe that had bene shewed vnto them from heauen yee and to be sure now also y t Allmightie God wolde geue them the victory He spake vnto them out of the lawe and prophetes puttinge them in remembraunce of the battayls that they had striken afore made them to be of a good corage So when their hartes were plucte vp he shewed them also the disceatfulnesse of the Heithen and how they wolde kepe no couenaunt ner ooth Thus he weapened theÌ„ not with the armoure of shylde and speare but with wholsome wordes and exortacions He shewed them a dreame also wherthorow he made them all glad which was this He thought that he sawe Onias which had bene hye prest a vertuous louynge man sad and of honest conuersacion well spoken and nee that had bene exercised in godlynes froÌ„ a childe holdinge vp his hoÌ„des towarde heauen and prayenge for his people After this there apeared vnto him another maÌ„ which was aged honorable and glorious And Onias sayde This is a louer of the brethren and of the people of Israel This is he that prayeth moch for the people and for all the holy cite Ieremy the prophet of God He thought also y t Ieremy helde out his right hoÌ„de and gaue him namely vnto Iudas a swearde of golde sayenge Take this holy swearde a gifte from God wherwith thou shalt smyte downe the enemies of the people of Israel And so they were wel conforted thorow the wordes of Iudas and toke corage vnto theÌ„ so that the yonge men were determed in their myndes to fight to byde styfly at it In so moch that in the thinges which they toke in honde their boldnesse shewed the same because the holy cite and the temple were in parell for the which they toke more care then for their wyues children brethreÌ„ and kynsfolkes Agayne they that were in the cite were most carefull for those which were to fight Now when they were all in a hope that the iudgment of the matter was at hoÌ„de and the enemies drew nye the hoost beynge set in araye the Elephantes and horsmeÌ„ euery one stondinge in his place Machabeus considered the commynge of the multitude the ordinaunce of dyuerse weapens the cruelnesse of the beestes and helde vp his hondes towarde heauen callinge vpon the LORDE that doth wonders which geueth not the victory after the multitude of weapens and power of the hoost but â—o them that please him acordinge to his owne will Therfore in his prayer he sayde these wordes O LORDE thou that diddest sende thine angell in the tyme of Ezechias kynge of Iuda and in the hoost of Sennacherib slewest an hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande sende now also thy good angell before vs o LORDE of heauens in the fearfulnesse and drede of thy mightie arme that they which come agaynst thy holy people to blaspheme them maye be afrayed And so he made an ende of his wordes Then Nicanor and they that were with him drew nye with shawmes and songes but Iudas and his company with prayer and callinge vpon God With their hondes they smote but with their hertes they prayed vnto the LORDE and slewe no lesse then xxxv M. meÌ„ For thorow the present helpe of God they were gloriously conforted Now when they left of and were turninge agayne with ioye they vnderstode that Nicanor himself was slayne with the other Then they gaue a greate shoute and a crie praysinge the allmighty LORDE with a loude voyce And Iudas which was euer ready to spende his body and life for his citesyns commaunded to smyte of Nicanors heade with his arme and honde and to be brought to Ierusalem When he came there he called all the people and the prestes at the aulter with those that were in y e castell and shewed them Nicanors heade and his wicked honde which he had presumptuously holden vp agaynst the temple of God He caused y e tonge also of that vngodly Nicanor to be cut in litle peces and to be cast to the foules and the cruell mans honde to be hanged vp before the temple So euery man gaue thankes vnto y e LORDE saienge blessed be he that hath kepte his place vndefyled As fo Nicanors heade he hanged it vp vpoÌ„ the hye castell for an euydent and playne token of the helpe of God And so they agreed all together to kepe that daye holy namely y e xiij daye of y e moneth Adar which in y e SyriaÌ„s laÌ„guage is called y e nexte daye before Mardocheus daye Thus was Nicanor slayne and from that tyme forth the Iewes had the cite in possession And here wil I now make an ende The endâ— of the seconde boke of the Machabees The new testament The gospell of S Mathew The gospell of S. Marke The gospell of S. Luke The gospell of S. Ihon. The Actes of the Apostles The epistles of S. Paul The epistle vnto the Romaynes The first and seconde epistle to the Corinthians The epistle to the Galathians The epistle to the Ephesians The epistle to the Philippians The epistle to the Colossians The first and secoÌ„de epistle to the Tessalonians The first and seconde epistle vnto Tymothy The epistle vnto Titus The epistle vnto Philemon The first and seconde epistle of S. Peter The thre epistles of S. Ihon. The epistle vnto the Hebrues The epistle of S. Iames. The epistle of S. Iude. The Reuelacion of S. Ihon. The gospell of S. Mathew What S. Mathew conteyneth Chap. I. The genealogy of Christ and mariage of his mother Mary The angell satisfieth Iosephs mynde Chap. II. The tyme place of Christes byrth The wyse men ofre their presentes Christ flyeth in to Egipte the yonge childern are slayne Christ turneth in to Galilee Chap. III. The baptyme preachinge and office of Ihon and how Christ was baptysed of him in Iordan Chap. IIII. Christ fasteth and is tempted he calleth Peter Andrew Iames and Ihon healeth all the sicke Chap. V. In this Chapter and in the two next folowinge is conteyned the most excelleÌ„t and louynge Sermon of Christ in the mount Which sermon is the very keye that openeth the vnderstondinge in to the lawe In this fifth chapter specially he preacheth of the VIII beatitudes or blessinges of manslaughter wrath and anger of aduoutrie of swearinge of suffringe wronge and of loue euen towarde a mans enemies Chap. VI. Of Almes prayer and fastinge He forbyddeth the carefull sekynge of wordly thinges Chap. VII He forbyddeth fooliszh and temerarious iudgment reproueth ypocrisie exorteth vnto prayer warneth to bewarre of false prophetes
selues nether suffre ye them to enter that wolde be in Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes that deuoure wyddowes houses and that vnder the culoure of prayenge longe prayers therfore shal ye receaue y e greater damnacion Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes which compasse see and lōde to make one Proselyte and whan he is become one ye make of him a childe of hell two folde more then ye youre selues are Wo vnto you blyndegydes which saye Who so euer sweareth by the temple that is nothinge but who so euer sweareth by the golde of the temple he is giltie Ye fooles and blynde whether is greater the golde or the tēple that sanctifieth the golde And who so euer sweareth by the altare that is nothinge but who so euer sweareth by the offeringe that is vpō it he is giltye Ye fooles and blynde whether is greater the offeringe or the altare that sanctifieth the offerynge Therfore who so sweareth by the altare sweareth by the same and by all that is theron and who so sweareth by the temple sweareth by the same and by him that dwelleth therin And who so sweareth by heauen sweareth by the seate of God and by him that sytteth theron Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes which tythe Mynt Anyse and Commyn and leaue the waightier matters of the lawe behynde namely iudgment mercy and fayth These ought to haue bene done and not to leaue the other behynde O ye blynde gydes which strayne out a gnat but swalowe vp a Camell Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises ye Ypocrytes which make cleane the vtter syde of the cuppe and platter but within are ye full of robbery and excesse Thou blynde Pharise clense first the insyde of the cuppe and platter that the out syde maye be cleane also Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises ye Ypocrites which be like vnto paynted Sepulcres that appeare beutyfull outwarde but within they are full of deed mens bones and all fylthines Euen so are ye also Outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men but within ye are full of ypocrisye and iniquyte Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises ye Ypocrites which buylde the tombes of the prophetes and garnysh the sepulcres of the righteous and saye Yf we had bene in oure fathers tyme we wolde not haue bene partakers with them in the bloude of the prophetes Therfore ye be wytnesses vnto youre selues that ye are the children of them which slew the prophetes Go to fulfyll ye also the measure of youre fathers O ye serpentes O ye generacion of vypers how wyl ye escape the damnacion of Hell Therfore beholde I sende vnto you prophetes and wysemen and scrybes and some of them shal ye kyll and crucifye and some of them shal ye scourge in youre synagoges and persecute them from cite to cite that vpon you maye come all the righteous bloude which hath bene shed vpon y e earth from the bloude of righteous Abel vnto y e bloude of Zachary y e sonne of Barachias whom ye slew betwene the temple and the altare Verely I saye vnto you All these thinges shal light vpō this generacion O Ierusalem Ierusalem thou that slayest the prophetes and stonest them that are sent vnto the How oft wolde I haue gathered thy children together euen as the henne gathereth hir chekens vnder hir wynges and ye wolde not Beholde youre habitacion shal be left vnto you desolate For I saye vnto you Ye shal not se me hence forth tyll ye saye Blessed be he that commeth in the name of the LORDE The XXIIII Chapter ANd Iesus wente out and departed from the temple and his disciples came vnto him to shew him the buyldinge of the temple But Iesus sayde vnto them Se ye not all these thinges Verely I saye vnto you there shal not be left here one stone vpon another y t shal not be cast downe And as he sat vpon the mount Oliuete his disciples came vnto him secretly saide Tell us whē shal these thinges come to passe and which shal be the token of thy cōmynge and of the ende of the worlde Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Take hede that no man disceaue you For there shal many come in my name and saye I am Christ and shal disceaue many Ye shal heare of warres and of y e noyse of warres take hede and be not ye troubled All these thinges must first come to passe but the ende is not yet For one people shall ryse vp agaynst another and one real me agaynst another and there shal be pestilēce honger and earthquakes here there All these are the begynnynge of sorowes Then shal they put you to trouble shal kyll you and ye shal be hated of all people for my names sake Thē shal many be offended and shal betraye one another and shal hate one the other And many false prophetes shal aryse and shal disceaue many and because iniquyte shal haue the vpper hande the loue of many shal abate But who so endureth vnto y e ende y e same shal be saued And this gospell of the kyngdome shal be preached in all the worlde for a wytnes vnto all people and then shal the ende come Whan ye therfore shal se the abhominacion of desolacion wher of it is spokē by Daniel the prophet stonde in the holy place who so readeth it let him marck it well thē let thē which be in Iewry flye vnto y e moūtaynes and let him which is on the house toppe not come downe to fet eny thinge out of his house and let him which is in y e felde not turne back to fetch his clothes But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue suck in those dayes But praye ye that youre flight be not in y e wynter ner on the Sabbath For then shal there be greate trouble soch as was not from the begynnynge of the worlde vnto this tyme ner shal be Yee and excepte those daies shulde be shortened there shulde no flesh be saued but for y e chosens sake those dayes shal be shortened Then yf eny man shal saye vnto you lo here is Christ or there beleue it not For there shal aryse false Christes and false prophetes and shal do greate tokēs and wonders In so moch that yf it were possible the very chosen shulde be brought in to erroure Beholde I haue tolde you before Wherfore yf they shal saye vnto you Beholde he is in the wildernes go not ye forth Beholde he is in the chamber beleue it not For like as the lightenynge goeth out from the East and shyneth vnto the west so shal the commynge of the sonne of man be For where so euer a deed carcase is there wyl the Aegles be gathered together Immediatly after the trouble of the same tyme shal the Sonne and Moone lose their light and the starres
temple Chap. XXII Paul answereth the Iewes is scourged and layed in preson agayne Chap XXIII Paul commeth before the councell Debate ariseth amonge the people the captayne delyuereth him God conforteth him Chap. XXIIII Paul is accused before felix he answereth for himself Chap. XXV The Iewes accuse Paul before Festus he appealeth vnto the Emperoure and is sent vnto Rome Chap. XXVI Kynge Agrippa heareth Paul which telleth him his callinge from the begynnynge Chap. XXVII Pauls shippinge towarde Rome Iulius the captayne intreateth Paul curteously at the last they suffre shipwrake Chap. XXVIII The vyper hurteth not Pauls hande he healeth Publius father and preacheth Christ at Rome The Actes of the Apostles The first Chapter THE first treatise deare Theophilus haue I made of all that Iesus beganne to do and to teache vntyll y e daye that he was taken vp after that he thorow the holy goost had geuen commaundementes to to the Apostles whom he had chosen to whō also he shewed himself alyue after his passion by many tokēs and appeared vnto them fourtye dayes longe and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God And whan he had gathered them together he commaunded them that they shulde not departe from Ierusalem but to wayte for the promyse of the father wherof sayde he ye haue herde of me For Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed w t y e holy goost that within this few dayes Now whan they were come together they axed him and sayde LORDE shalt thou at this tyme set vp the kyngdome of Israel agayne But he sayde vnto them It belongeth not vnto you to knowe the tymes or seasons which the father hath kepte in his awne power but ye shal receaue the power of y e holy goost which shal come vpon you and ye shal be my witnesses at Ierusalem and in all Iewrye and Samaria and vnto the ende of the earth And whan he had spoken these thinges whyle they behelde he was taken vp and a cloude receaued him from their fight And whyle they loked after him as he wente in to heauen beholde there stode by them two men in whyte garmentes which also sayde ye men of Galile Why stonde ye gasynge vp in to heauen This Iesus which is takē vp from you in to heauen shal come euen so as ye haue sene him go in to heauen Then turned they agayne from y e mount that is called Oliuete which is nye to Ierusalem and hath a Sabbath dayes iourney And whan they came in they wente vp in to a parler where abode Peter and Iames Ihon and Andrew Philippe and Thomas Bartilmew and Mathew Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes and Iudas the sonne of Iames. These all contynued with one acorde in prayer and supplicacion with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes amonge the disciples and sayde The company of the names together was aboute an hundreth and twentye Ye men and brethren this scripture must nedes be fulfylled which y e holy goost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was a gyde of thē that toke Iesus for he was nombred with vs and had opteyned the felashippe of this mynistracion This same trulye possessed the felde for the rewarde of vnrighteousnes and hanged himself and brast a sunder in the myddes and all his bowels guszhed out And it is knowne vnto all thē that dwell at Ierusalem in so moch that the same felde is called in their mother tonge Acheldema that is to saye the bloude felde For it is wrytten in the boke of psalmes His habitacion be voyde and noman be dwellinge therin And His biszhoprike another take Wherfore amonge these men which haue bene gathered together with vs all the tyme that the LORDE Iesus wēte out and in amonge vs begynnynge from the baptyme of Ihon vntyll y e daye that he was takē vp from vs must one be a wytnesse with vs of his resurreccion And they appoynted two Ioseph called Barsabas whose syrname was Iustus and Mathias makinge their prayer and sayenge Thou LORDE which knowest the hertes of all men shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen that the one maye take the rowme of this mynistracion and Apostelshippe from the which Iudas by transgression fell that he might go awaye in to his awne place And they gaue forth the lottes ouer them and the lot fell vpon Mathias And he was counted with the eleuen Apostles The II. Chapter ANd whan the Whit sondaye was fulfylled they were all with one acorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had bene the cōmynge of a mightie wynde and it fylled the whole house where they sat And there appeared vnto them clouen tunges like as they had bene of fyre And he sat vpon ech one of them and they were all fylled with the holy goost And they beganne to preach with other tunges euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellinge at Ierusalem Iewes men that feared God out of euery nacion that is vnder heauen Now whan this voyce came to passe the multitude came together and were astōnyed For euery one herde that they spake with his awne tunge They wondred all and marueyled and sayde amonge themselues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galile How heare we thē euery one his awne tunge wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and we that dwell in Mesopotamia and in Iewry and Capadocia Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia Egipte and in the partes of Lybia by Cyren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselytes Cretes and Arabians we heare them speake with oure awne tunges the greate workes of God They were all amased and wondred and sayde one to another What wil this be But other mocked them and sayde They are full of swete wyne Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen and lift vp his voyce and sayde vnto them Ye men of Iewry and all ye that dwell at Ierusalē be this knowne vnto you and let my wordes entre in at youre eares For these are not dronken as ye suppose for it is yet but the thirde houre of y e daye but this is it that was spokē before by the prophet Ioel And it shal come to passe in the last dayes sayeth God I will poure out of my sprete vpon all flesh and youre sonnes and youre doughters shal prophecye and youre yonge men shal se visions and youre olde men shall dreame dreames and on my seruauntes and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of my sprete in those dayes they shal prophecye And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokens on the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure of smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darknesse and the Moone in to bloude before that
greate and notable daye of the LORDE come And it shall come to passe Who so euer shal call vpō the name of the LORDE shal be saued Ye men of Israel heare these wordes Iesus of Nazareth y e man approued of God amonge you with miracles and wonders and tokens which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge you as ye yo selues knowe also him after that he was delyuered by the determinate councell and foreknowlege of God haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous personnes and crucifyed him slayne him whō God hath raysed vp and lowsed the sorowes of death for so moch as it was vnpossyble that he shulde be holden of it For Dauid speaketh of him Afore honde haue I set the LORDE allwayes before me for he is on my right hōde that I shulde not be moued Therfore dyd my hert reioyse and my tunge was glad For my flesh also shal rest in hope For thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell nether shalt thou suffer y e Holy to se corrupcion Thou hast shewed me the wayes of life thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce Ye men and brethren let me frely speake vnto you of the Patryarke Dauid For he is deed and buried and his sepulcre is with vs vnto this daye Wherfore now seinge y t he was a prophet and knewe that God had promised him with an ooth that the frute of his loynes shulde syt on his seate he sawe it before and spake of the resurreccion of Christ for his soule was not left in hell nether hath his flesh sene corrupcion This Iesus hath God raysed vp wherof we all are witnesses Seynge now that he by the right hande of God is exalted and hath receaued of y e father y e promyse of the holy goost he hath shed forth this that ye se and heare For Dauid is not ascended in to heauen but he sayde The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my righte hande vntyll I make thine enemies y t fote stole So therfore let all the house of Israel knowe for a suertye y t God hath made this same Iesus whom ye haue crucified LORDE and Christ. Whan they herde this their hert pricked them and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles Ye men and brethrē What shal we do Peter sayde onto them Amēde youre selues and let euery one of you be baptysed in the name of Iesus Christ for the remyssion of synnes and ye shal receaue the gifte of the holy goost For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children and to all that are farre of whō so euer the LORDE oure God shal call And w t many other wordes bare he witnesse and exorted them and sayde Saue youre selues from this vntowarde generacion They that gladly receaued his preachinge were baptysed the same daye there were added vnto them aboute thre thousande soules They contynued in the Apostles doctryne and in the felashippe and in breakynge of bred and in prayer And feare came vpō euery soule and many wonders and tokens were done by y e Apostles But all they that beleued were together and had all thinges commen They solde their goodes and possessions and parted them out amonge all acordinge as euery mā had nede And they contynued daylie with one acorde in the tēple and brake bred in euery house they toke their meate with ioye synglenesse of hert praysinge God and had fauoure with all y e people And the LORDE added to the congregacion daylie soch as shulde be saued The III. Chapter PEter and Ihon wente vp together in to the temple aboute the nyenth houre to praye And there was a certayne man halt from his mothers wombe whom they brought and layed daylie at the gate of the tēple which is called the Bewtyfull that he might axe almesse of them that wēte in to the temple Now whan he sawe Peter and Ihon that they wolde in to the temple he desyred to receaue an almesse Peter behelde him with Ihon and sayde Loke on vs. And he gaue hede vnto them hopynge to receaue somethinge of them Howbeit Peter saide Syluer and golde haue I none but soch as I haue geue I the. In the name of Iesus Christ of Nazareth ryse vp walke And he toke him by the righte hande and lifte him vp Immediatly his legges ancle bones were made strōge and he sprange stode and walked and entred with them in to the tēple walkynge and leapinge and praysinge God And all the people sawe him walke and prayse God And they knewe him y t it was he which sat for almesse at the bewtyfull gate of the temple And they were fylled with wondrynge and were astonnyed at that which had happened vnto hī But as this halt which was healed helde him to Peter and Ihon all the people ranne vnto them in to the porche which is called Salomōs and wondred Whan Peter sawe that he answered vnto the people Ye men of Israel why maruayle ye at this or why loke ye so at vs as though we by oure awne power or deseruynge had made this man to walke The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Iacob y e God of oure fathers hath glorifyed his childe Iesus whom ye delyuered and denyed in the presence of Pilate whan he had iudged him to be lowsed But ye denyed the holy and iust and desyred the murthurer to be geuen you but ye slewe the prynce of life whom God hath raysed from the deed of the which we are witnesses And thorow y e faith in his name hath he confirmed his name vpon this man whom ye se and knowe and faith thorow him hath geuē this man this health before youre eyes Now deare brethrē I knowe that ye haue done it thorow ignoraunce as dyd also youre rulers But God which by the mouth of all his prophetes had shewed before y t his Christ shulde suffre hath so fulfilled it Do penaunce now therfore and turne you that youre synnes maye be done awaye whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE and whan he shal sende him which now before is preached vnto you euen Iesus Christ which must receaue heauen vntyll the tyme that all thinges which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophetes sence y e worlde beganne be restored agayne For Moses sayde vnto y e fathers A prophet shal the LORDE youre God rayse vp vnto you euen from amōge youre brethren like vnto me him shal ye heare in all that he shal saye vnto you And it shal come to passe what soule soeuer shal not heare the same prophet shal be destroyed from amonge the people And all the prophetes from Samuel and thence forth as many as haue spoken haue likewyse tolde of these dayes Ye are the children of the prophetes and of the couenaunt which God made vnto o r fathers