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
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
and vnrigthuousnesse Their eyes swell for fatnesse they do euen what they lyst Corrupte are they and speake blasphemies maliciously proude and presumptuous are their wordes They stretch forth their mouth vnto the heauen their tonge goeth thorow the worlde Therfore fall the people vnto them and there out sucke they no small auauntage Tush saye they how shulde God perceaue it is there knowlege in the most hyest Lo these are the vngodly these prospere in the worlde these haue riches in possession Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne thought I wash my hondes in innocency Wherfore shulde I be then punyshed daylie be chastened euery mornynge â–ª Yee I had allmost also sayde euen as they but lo then shulde I haue condemned the generacion of thy children Then thought I to vnderstonde this but it was to harde for me Vntill I weÌ„te in to y e Sanctuary of God considered the ende of these men Namely how thou hast set theÌ„ in a slippery place that thou maiest cast theÌ„ downe headlynges destroye theÌ„ O how sodenly do they consume perish come to a fearfull ende Yee euen like as a dreame when one awaketh so makest thou their ymage to vanish out of the cite Thus my hert was greued it wente euen thorow my reynes So foolish was I and ignoraunt and as it were a beest before the. Neuerthelesse I am allwaye by the thou hold est me by my right hande Thou ledest me with thy couÌ„cel and afterwarde receauest me vnto glory O what is there prepared for me in heauen there is nothinge vpoÌ„ earth that I desyre in comparison of the. My flesh and my herte fayleth but God is the strength of my hert and my porcion for euer For lo they that forsake the shal perishe thou destroyest all them that committe fornicacion agaynst the. But it is good for me to holde me fast by God to put my trust in the LORDE God and to speake of all thy workes The LXXIII A psalme of Asaph O God wherfore doest thou cast vs so cleane awaye why is y e wrath so hote agaynst y e shepe of y e pasture O thynke vpon thy congregacion whom thou hast purchased froÌ„ the begynnynge the staff of thine inheritaunce whom thou hast redemed euen this hill of Sion wherin thou dwellest Treade vpon them with thy fete cast them downe to the grounde for the enemie hath destroyed alltogether in the SaÌ„ctuary Thy aduersaries roare in thy houses set vp their banners for tokens Men maye se the axes glister aboue like as those that hewe in the wod They cutt downe all the sylinge worke of y e SaÌ„ctuary w t bylles axes They haue set fyre vpon y e SaÌ„ctuary they haue defiled y e dwellynge place of y e name eueÌ„ vnto the grouÌ„de Yee they saye in their hertes Let vs spoyle theÌ„ all together thus haue they brent vp all the houses of God in the londe We se oure tokens nomore there is not one prophet more no not one that vnderstondeth enymore Oh God how loÌ„ge shal the aduersary do this dishonoure how loÌ„ge shal the enemie blaspheme thy name foreuer Why withdrawest thou thine honde why pluckest thou not thy right hoÌ„de out of thy bosome to consume thine enemies But God is my kynge of olde the helpe that is done vpon earth he doth it himself Thou deuydest y e see thorow thy power thou breakest the heades of the dragoÌ„s in the waters Thou smytest the heades of Leuiathan in peces geuest him to be meate for the people in the wildernesse Thou dyggest vp welles brokes thou dryest vp mightie waters The daye is thyne the night is thine thou hast prepared the lightes the Sonne Thou hast set all y e borders of the earth thou hast made both Sommer wynter Remembre this o LORDE how the enemie rebuketh how the foolish people blaspheme thy name O delyuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beestes forget not the congregacon of the poore for euer Loke vpon the couenaunt for the darcke houses of the earth are full of wickednesse O let not the symple go awaye ashamed for the poore nedy geue prayses vnto thy name Aryse o God manteyne thine owne cause remembre how the foolishmaÌ„ blasphemeth the daylie Forget not the voyce of thine enemies for the presumpcion of them that hate the increaseth euer more more The LXXIIII A psalme of Asaph UNto the o God will we geue thaÌ„kes yee vnto the wyll we geue thankes seynge thy name is sonye we will tell of thy wonderous workes When I maye get a conuenient tyme I shal iudge acordinge vnto right The earth is weake all that is therin but I beare vp hir pilers Sela. I sayde vnto the madde people deale not so madly to the vngodly set not vp youre hornes Set not vp youre hornes an hye speake not with a stiff necke For promocioÌ„ commeth nether from the east ner from the west ner yet froÌ„ the wyldernesse And why God is the iudge he putteth downe one setteth vp another For in the honde of the LORDE there is a cuppe full of stronge wyne he poureth out of the same As for the dreggeâ— therof all y e vngodly of the earth shal drynke them sucke them out But I wil talke of the God of Iacob prayse him for euer All the hornes of the vngodly will I breake y e hornes of the rightuous shal be exalted The LXXV A psalme of Asaph IN Iuda is God knowne his name is greate in Israel At Salem is his tabernacle his dwellinge in Sion There breaketh he the arowes of the bowe y e shylde the swerde the whole battaâ—ll Sela. Thou art of more honoure might theÌ„ the hilles of robbers The proude shal be robbed slepe their slepe y e mightie shal be able to do nothinge with their hoÌ„des WheÌ„ thou rebukest them o God of Iacob both the charettes horsmen shal fall on slepe Thou art feareful for who maye abyde in y e sight when thou art angrie When thou lattest thy iudgment be herde from heauen the erth trembleth is still Yee when God aryseth to geue iudgment to helpe all them that be in aduersite vpon earth Sela. When thou punyshest one man he must knowlege that thou art redy to punysh other mo Loke what ye promyse vnto the LORDE youre God se that kepe it all ye that be rouÌ„de aboute him brynge presentes vnto him y t ought to be feared Which taketh awaye the breth of prynces is wonderfull amoÌ„ge the kynges of the earth The LXXVI A psalme of Asaph I Cried vnto God with my voyce yet euen vnto God cried I with my voyce he herde me In the tyme of my trouble I sought the LORDE I helde vp my hondes vnto him in the night season for my soule refused all other comforte When
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
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