commaundemente And there is another lyke vnto this Loue thine neighbour as thy selfe In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes The .xxiii. Chapter THe Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seate All therfore whatsoeuer they dyd you obserue that obserue and do but after theyr worckes do not for they saye and doo not Ye and they dynde heauie burthens and greuous to be borne and leye on mennes shoulders but they themselues will not heaue at them with one of their fingers All their workes they dooe for to be sene of menne They set abroade theyr phylacteries and make large borders on theyr garmente and loue to sytte vppermoste at feastes and to haue chiefe seates in the Synagoges and gretinges in the markettes and to be called of menne Rabbi But ye shall not suffre your selues to be called Rabbi For one is your maister that is to wit Christ and al ye are brethren And cal no man your father vpon the earth For there is but one your father and he is in heauen Be not called masters for there is but one your mayster and he is Christ He that is greatest among you shal be your seruaunt But whosoeuer exalteth hymselfe shal be brought lowe And he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted Whosoeuer sweareth by the aulter sweareth by it and by all that thereon is And who soeuer sweareth by the tēple sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth therein And he that sweareth by heauen sweareth by the seate of god and by him that sitteth thereon wo be to you Scribes and Phariseis Ypocrites whiche tithe Mynte Anyse and Commine and leaue the weyghtier matiers of the lawe vndone iudgement mercy and faythe These ought you to haue done and not to haue lefte the other vndone Ye blynde guydes whiche strayne oute a gnat and swalowe a Cammyll Ierusalem Ierusalem whiche kylleste Prophetes and stonest them whiche are sente to thee Howe often wolde I haue gathered thy chyldren together as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges but ye wolde not The .xxiiii. Chapter BEcause iniquitie shall haue the vpper hand the loue of many shall abate But he that endureth to the ende the same shal be safe As the lyghtnyng commeth out of the Easte and shineth into the west so shall the commyng of the sonne of man be Wheresoeuer a deade carkas is euen thyther wyll the Egles reforte Immediatiye after the tribulacions of those dayes shall the sunne be darkened and the Mone shall not geue her lyght and the starres shall fall from heauen and the powers of heauē shall moue And then shall appere the signe of the sonne of mā in heauen and then shall all the kynreddes of the Earthe mourne and they shall see the sonne of mā come in the cloudes of heauen with power and great glorie And he shall send his angels with the greate voyce of a trompe and they shall gather to gether his chosen from the foure wyndes and frō the one ende of the worlde to the other Heauen and earth shall perishe but my woordes shal abyde But of that daye and houre knoweth noman no not the aungels of heauen but my father onely Wake therefore because ye knowe not what houre youre mayster wyll come Be ye also readye for in the houre ye thynke he wolde not wyll the sonne of manne come The .xxv. Chapter WAtche for ye knowe neither the daye nor yet the houre when the sonne of man shall come Vnto euery manne that hathe shal be geuen and he shal haue abundance and from hym that hath not shal be taken awaye euen that he hathe When the sonne of man commeth in his glory and all the holy aungels with him then shall he syt vpon the seate of his glory and before hym shal be gathered all nacions and he shall separate them one from another as a shepe hearde deuideth the shepe from the goates And he shall sette the shepe on his righte hande and the goates on the lyfte Then shall the kyng saye to them on his right hande Come ye blessed chyldren of my father inherite ye the kingdome prepared for you frō the beginning of the worlde For I was an hongred and ye gaue me meate c. Then shall the righteous answere hym sayinge Maister whan sawe we thee an hongred and feede thee c. And the kynge shall answere and saye vnto them verely I saye vnto you in as muche as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethrē ye haue done it to me Then shall the kyng saye vnto them that shal be on the lefte hande Departe from me ye cursed into euerlastyng fyre whiche is prepared for the deuill and his angels For I was an hungred and ye gaue me no meate c. Then shall they saye also mayster when sawe we thee an hongred c. Then shall he aunswere them and saye Verely I say vnto you in as muche as ye did it not to one of the least of these ye did it not to me And these shall go into euerlasting payne and the righteous into lyfe eternall The .xxvi. Chapter WHat neded this waste this oyntment might haue bene well sold and geuen to the poore when Iesus vnderstode that he sayd vnto thē why trouble you the woman she hath wrought a good worke vpon For ye shall haue poore folke alwayes with you but me shall ye not haue alwayes And in that she casted this oyntment on my body she did it to burie me withall Verely I saye vnto you whersoeuer this gospell shall be preached throughoute all the worlde there shall also this that she hathe done be tolde for a memoriall of her As they did eate Iesus toke bread and gaue thankes brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayde Take eate this is my bodye And he toke the cup and thanked and gaue it them sayinge drinke of it euery one For this is my bloud of the newe testament that shal be shedde for manye for the remission of synnes And he came vnto the disciples and founde them a slepe and sayde to Peter what coulde ye not watche with me one houre watche and praye that ye fall not into temptacion The spirite is wyllyng but the fleshe is weake Put vp thy swearde into his sheathe for all that laye hande on the swearde shall perishe with the swearde The .xxvii. Chapter ANd beholde the vayle of the temple didde rent in twayne from the toppe to the bottome and the earthe did quake and the stones did rente and graues did open and the bodye of many saynetes whiche slepte arose and came oute of the graues after his resurrection and came into the holy citie and appered vnto many And Iesus came and spake vnto them saying al power is geuē vnto me in heauen and in earth Go therfore and teache all nacions baptising thē in the name of the father and the sonne and the holy ghost teachinge them to obserue all thynges whatsoeuer I commaūded
be euen a blessing I will also blesse them that blesse the and curse theÌ„ that cursethe and in the shal al kinredes of the earth be blessed AND it happened when he was come nite to entre into Egipte he sayde vnto Sara his wyfe Behold I know that thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon Therfore shall it come to passe that when the Egyptians se the they shal saye She is his wyfe And they shal kyll me but they shall saue the alyue Saye I pray the that thou art my sister that I may fare well for thy sake and that my soule maye lyuethorowe thy occasion AND the Lorde smote Pharao this house with greate plages because of Sara Abrams wyfe The .xiii. Chapter THen sayd Abram vnto Lot Let ther be no strife I pray the betwene the and me betwene my herdmeÌ„ thyne for we be brethreÌ„ And I wyll make thy sede as the dust of the earth so that if a man can nomber the duste of the earth then shall thy sede also be numbred ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter WHen Abram heard that his brother was taken he harnessed his freshe young men borne in his owne house thre huÌ„dred eightene folowed on them vnto Dan. And he was set in araye vpon them by night he and his seruauntes and smote them and pursued them vnto Hoba whiche lyeth of the left hande of Damascos and recouered all the goodes and also brought again his brother Lot and his goodes the women also and the people And Melchisedech kyng of Salem brought forth breade wyne for he was the preaste of the moste hyghest god blessed him sayinge Blessed be Abram vnto the hygh God possessor of heauen and earth and blessed be the hye GOD whiche hathe delyuered thyne enemyes into thy hande And Abram gaue him tythes of all And Abram answered the kynge of Sodom I haue lyft vp my hand vnto the Lorde the hye God possessor of heauen and earth that I wyll not take of all that is thyne somuche as a threde or shoulachet least thou shuldest saye I haue made Abram ryche The xv Chapter ADN Abram sayde See to me thou haste geuen no seed Lo a lad borne in my house is myne heyre AND beholde the worde of the Lorde came vnto hym sayinge He shall not be thyne heyre but one that shall come out of thyne owne bodye shall be thyne heyre And he brought hym out and sayde loke vp vnto heauen and tell the â—â—attes yf thou be able to numbre them And be saide vnto hym euen so shal thy sede be Abram beleued the Lorde and that counted he to him for ryghtwysnes ¶ The .xvi. Chapter SAra sayd vnto Abram beholde the Lorde hath restrayned me that I can not beare I praye the go in vnto my mayde perauenture I maye be edyfyed by her The .xvii. Chapter NEyther shall thy name anye more be called Abram but thy name shal be Abraham for a father of many nacyone haue I made the. Euery mans chylde amonge you shall be cyrcumcised ye shall circumcise the fleshe of youre foreskyn and it shall be a token of the bonde betwyxte me and you And euery man chylde of eyghte dayes olde shall be circumcised amonge you and suche as be in youre generacions and borne at home And the vncircumcised man chylde in whose fleshe the foreskynne ys not circumcised that soule shall peryshe from his people because he hath broken my testamente Abraham fell vpon his face and laughed and sayde in his herte shal a chylde be borne vnto hym that is an hundreth yere olde shal Sara that is nyntie yere olde beare Abraham also him selfe was nyntye yere olde and nine wheÌ„ the fleshe of his foreskynne was cyrcumcised The .xviii. Chaptre ANd the Lord appeared vnto Abraham in the plaine of Mamre as he satte in his tent dore in the heate of the daye And he lyft vp hys eyes and loked lo thre men stode by hym And when he sawe them he ranne to meate them from the tente dore and fell to the grounde and sayde Lorde I beseche the yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght go not I praye the frome thy seruaunte Let a lytle water be fet and washe youre feete and refreshe youre selues vnder the tree And I wyl feate a morsell of breade to comforte youre hartes wyth all and then shall ye go youre wayes for euen therfore are ye come to youre seruaunte Sara laughed within her selfe saying Now am I waxed olde shall I geue my selfe to iuste and my lorde olde also And the Lorde sayd The crye of Sodome and Gomore is greate and theyr sinne is exceding greuous I wil go downe nowe and see whether they haue downe altogether accordynge to that crye whiche is come vnto me or not that I maye knowe I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the Lord whiche arte but dust and ashes The .xix. Chapter ANd there came two Angels to Sodome at euen and Lot sat at the gate of Sodome And Lote seynge them rose vp to mete theÌ„ and be bowed him selfe to the gronde wyth hys face And be sayde My Lordes turne in I praye you into youre serusuntes house and rary all night and washe youre feete and ye shall ryse vp early to go on your waye Nay good brethren do not so wyckedly behold I haue two doughters whiche haue knowne no man them wyll I bringe out nowe vnto you and do with them as it semeth good in youre eyes Only vnto these men do nothinge for therfore came they in vnder the shadowe of my rofe Se I haue receaued thy requeste as concernyng this thinge that I wyll not ouerthrowe this Citie for the which thou hast spoken Lotes wyfe looked behind her and was turned into a piller of salte The .xx. Chapter SE thou shalte dye for the womans sake whiche thou hast taken awaye for she is a mans wyfe Now therfore belyuer the man his wife agayne for he is a Prophet and he shall praye for the that thou mayste lyue But if thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that thou shalte dye the death both thou and all that thou haste In very dede she is my sister for she is the doughter of my father though she be not the doughter of my mother ¶ The .xxi. Chapter SAra sawe also the soÌ„ne of Hagar the Egiptian whiche she had borne vnto Abraham to be a mocker wherfore she sayde vnto AbrahaÌ„ put awaye this bonde mayde and her sonne for the sonne of this bonâ—e woman shal not be heyrâ— wyth my sonne Isahac The .xxii. Chapter AND the Aungell of the Lorde called vnto hym frome heauen Abraham AbrahaÌ„ And he sayde here am I. And he sayde saye not thy hande vpon the chylde nether do any thynge at all vnto hym for nowe I knowe that thou fearest God haste for my sake not spared thine onely sonne By my selfe haue I sworne saythe the Lorde because thou haste done this thynge and haste not spared thy onely sonne
that in blessinge I wyll blesse the and in multypliyng I wyll multyplye thy seed as the starres of heauen and as the sande whiche is vpon the see syde And thy seed shall possesse the gate of hys enemyes And in thy seed shall all the nacions of the earthe be blessed because thou haste hearde my voyce The .xxiii. Chapter ABrahaÌ„ came to mourne Sara and to wepe for her The .xxiiii. Chapter THey sayde we wyll call the damesell inquyre at her mouth And they called for the Rebecca and sayde vnto her wylt thou go with this man and she aunswered I wyll go The .xxv. Chapter THese are the dayes of the yeres of AbrahaÌ„s lyfe which he lyued an C. lxxv yeres Rebecca conceyued and the chyldren stroue together within her and the Lord sayd vnto her there are two maner of people in thy wombe two natioÌ„s shall be deuyded out of thy bowele and the one nacion shal be myghtyer then the other the elder shal be seruaunt vnto the yonger Therefore when her tyme was come to be delyuered behold ther were two twynes in her wombe And he that came out fyrste was rede he was all ouer as it were a rough garmente they called his name Esau And after hym came his brother out and his hand holdyng Esau by the hele and his name was called Iacob Iacob sayde sell me this daye thy byrthrygth Esau sayde Lo I am at a pointe to dye and what profite â—hal this byrthryght do me Iacob answered sweare to me then this daye and he sware to him and solde his byrthryght vnto Iacob Then Iacob gaue Esau breade and potage of ryse And he did eate and drincke and rose vp and went his waye and Esau regarded not his byrthryghte ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter AND in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because that AbrahaÌ„ harkened vnto my voyce and kepte myne ordinaunces my commaundementes my statutes and my lawes ¶ The xxvij Chapter IAcob went to Isahat his father and he felte and sayde the voyce is Iacobs voyce but the handes are the handes of Esau He may well be called Iacob for he hathe vndermined me two tymes fyrst he toke awaye my byrthryght and se now hathe he taken awaye my blessinge also ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter IAcob Dreamed and beholde there stode a Ladder vpon the earth and the toppe of it reached vnto Heauen And se the Aungelles of God wente vp and downe vpon it yea and God stoode vpon it When Iacob was awaked out of hys slepe he sayde Surely the Lorde is in this place and I was not aware And he was afrayd and sayde howe fearefull is this place it is none other but euen the house of God and the gate of Heauen And Iacob vowed a vowe sayinge Yf God wyll be with me and wyll kepe me in thys iourney whiche I go and wyll geue me breade to eate and clothes to put on so that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in sauetie then shal the Lorde be my God that stone which I haue set vp an ende shal be goddes house and of all that thou shalte geue me wyll I geue the tenth vnto the. The .xxix. Chapter LAban had two doughters the eldest called Lea and the youngest Rahell Lea was tender eyed but Rahell was bewtyfull and well fauoured Iacob serued .vii. yere for Rahell and they semed vnto hym but a fewe dayes for the loue he had to her It is not the maner of this place to mary the yongest before the eldest The .xxx. Chapter THen sayde Rahell to Lea geue me of thy sonnes maÌ„dragoras Laban toke out al that he goates that were partye and of dyuers colours and all the she goates that were spotted and partyâ— coloured and all that had whyte in them and all the blacke amonge the shepe and put them in the kepynge of his sonnes and set thre dayes iourney betwyxte hym selfe and Iacob And so Iacob kepte the rest of Labans shepe Iacob toke roddes of grene popular hasell and the chestnute trees and pylled whyte strakes in them and made the whyte appere in the roddes but they that were whole remayned grene and thus was it made a variable coloure and put the roddes whiche he had pylled euen before the shepe in the gutters and waterynge troghes when the shepe came to drynke that they shulde conceaue when they came to drinke and the shepe conceaued before the roddes and brought forth Lambes straked spoted and party â–ª c. The .xxxii. Chapter I Am not worthy of thy leaste of all the mercyes and truthe whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt And there wrasteled a man with Iacob vnto the breaking of the daye and when he sawe that he coulde not preuayle against him he smote him vnder the thie the sâ—nowe of Iacob thie shranke as he wrasteled with him he sayd let me go for the daye breketh which answered I wil not let that go except thou blesse me And he sayde vnto hym what is thy name He answered Iacob he sayd thou shalt be called Iacob no more but Israel for as a prince hast thou wrasteled with God and with man and haste preuayled ¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter DIna doughter of Lea which she Bare vnto Iacob went out to se the doughters of the land whom whan Sichem the sonne of Hemor the henite Lorde of that contrey sawe he toke her and forced her and his hart laye vnto Dina the doughter of Iacob ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter RAhell was buryed in the waye to Ephrath whiche is Bethlehem ¶ The .xxxvij. Chapter I Staelloued Ioseph more then al hys children because he begat hym in his olde age Beholde this dreamer commeth come nowe therfore and let vs slaye hym and caste hym into some pyt and we wyll saye a wycked beaste hathe deuoured hym and we shall se what will come of his dreames I wyll go downe in to the graue vnto my sonne mourninge and thus his father wepte for hym ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter AND Iudas sayde vnto Ouan go into thy brothers wyfe and mary her that thou mayest styrre vp sede vnto thy brother And when Ouan perceaued that the sede shulde not be his ther fore when he went in to his brothers wyfe he spylled it on the grouÌ„de and gaue not seede vnto his brother And the thinge which he did displeased the Lord wherfore he slewe him It fortuned when Chamats tyme was come that she shoulde be delyuered beholde ther was two twynnes in her wombe And it fortuned when she traueled the one put out hys hande the mydwyfe toke bound a rede threde aboute it sayinge this is come out fyrste And it chanced that he plucked his hande backe againe and beholde his brother came out And she sayde wherfore haste thou rent a tent vpon the And called his name Phares Afterwarde came out his brother that had the redde threde aboute his hande and his name was called Zarah ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter IOseph was
had bytte any man he beholde the serpente of brasse and was healed The .xxii. Chapter ANd when the asse sawe the Aungell of the Lorde she fell downe vnder Balaam and Balaam was wrothe and smote the Asse with a staffe And the Lorde opened the mouth of the Asse she sayde vnto Balaam what haue I done vnto the that thou haste smytten me nowe thre tymes And Balaam sayde vnto the Asse because thou hast moched me I wolde also there were a sworde in myne hande for euen nowe wolde I hyll the. And the Asse sayde vnto Balaam am not I thyne Asse whiche thou haste rydden vpoÌ„ sence thou was borne vnto this daye was I euer wonte to do so vnto the he sayde naye The .xxiii. Chapter GOd is not aman that he shulde lye neyther the sonne or a man that he shulde repente shulde he saye and not do or shulde he speake and not make it good The .xxiiii. Chapter THere shall come a starre of Iacob and ryse a scepter of Israell and shall smyte the costes of Moab and vndermyne all the chyldren of Neth and Edom shall be possessed and â—ey shal fall to the possession of they enemies and Israel shall do manfully Out of Iacob shall come he that shall haue domynyon and shall destroye the remnaunt of the cytie The .xxv. Chapter ANd beholde one of the chyldren of Israell came and brought vnto the brethren a Madianity she wyfe in the syght of Moses and in the syght of all the multytude of that chyldren of Israel that wepte before the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse And when Phynehes the soune of Eleater the sonne of Aaron the preast sawe yt he tose vp out of the myddes of the companye and toke a weapon in his hande and wente after the man of Israell into the tente and thrust them thorow bothe the man of Israell and also the woman eue thorowe the belly of her and the plage ceassed from the chyldren of Israell The .xxvii. Chapter IF a man dye haue nosoÌ„ne ye shal turne hys inheritaunce vnto his brother yf he haue no doughter ye shall geue his inherytaunce vnto his brethren yf he also haue no brethren ye shall gyue his inherytaunce vnto hys fathers brethren and if his father haue no brethren ye shall geue hys inheritaunce vnto hym that is nexte to him of his hindred and he shall possesse it The .xxx. Chapter IF a man vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde or sweare an a the to hynde his soule he shal not go bathe with his worde but shall fulfyll all that is proceded out of his mouth ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter AAron was a hundred and .xxiii. yeares olde when he dyed in Mounte Nor. The .xxxv. Chapter ANd from among the Cities whiche ye shall geue vnto the Leuites ther shalbesyre cities for refuge whiche ye shall appointe to that entente that he whiche hylleth maye fle the ther And to them ye shall adde .xlii. Lities so that all the Cyties whicheye shall geue the Leuites may be xlviii wyth theye subuthes And the Lyties whiche ye shall geue shal be out of the possession of the chyldren of Israell Yf the sleyer come wythout the borders of hys priuileged cytyes whether he was fled yf the auenger of vloud fynde him without the borders of his fre towne and sleye the Murtherer he shal be gyltelesse because he shulbe haue bydden in hys free towne vntyll the death of the hye priest and after the deathe of the hyepriest to returne again vnto the lande of his possession Neyther shallone wytnesse aunswere to puts man to deathe Ye shall take none amendes for the lyfe of the murtherer whiche is worthye to dye The fyrste Chapter of Deuteronomium HEare the cause of your brethren Iudge ryghteouslye betwene euery man and hys brother and the straunger that is wyth him Se that ye knowe no faces in iudgement but heare the smal as well as the greate and be a frayde of no man for the iudgementes is goddes The .ii. Chapter BVt Sehon the kinge of Hosbon wolde not let vs passe by hym for the Lorde thy God hardened his sprete and made his hert tough because he wolde delyuer him into thy handes as it is come to passe this daye The .iii. Chapter ONly Or king of Basan remayned of the remnaunt of the gyauÌ„tes whose bed was a bed of Iron And is it not yet at Rabah amonge the childreÌ„ of Ammon ix cubytes doth the leÌ„gth therof conteins .iiii. cubytes the bredth of it after the cubyte of a maÌ„ The .iiii. Chapter WHat nacion is so greate that goddes come so nye vnto as the Lorde out god is nye vnto vs in al thinges as ofte as we cal vnto him Take hed and make you no grauen Image and picture of any maner of figure the lykenes of man or woman the lykenesse of anye maner of beast that is on the earth or the lykenes of anye maner fethered foule that flyeth in the ayre or the lykenesse of any maner of worme that creppeth on the earth or the likenesse of any maner fyshe that is in the waters beneth the earth Ye lest thou lyfte vp thyne eyes vnto heaueÌ„ when ye seest the sonne the mone and starres with al the host of heaueÌ„ shuldest be deceaued shuldest worshippe and serue the thinges whiche the Lord thy God hathe made to serue all nations vnder the whole heauen The .vi. Chapter HEare O Israell the Lord our god is Lord onely and thou shalte loue the Lorde thy God with al thyne herte and with all thy soule and with al thy myght And these wordes whiche I commaunde that this daye shal be in thy hart and thou shalt shewe them vnto thy chyldren shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thy house and as thou walkest by the waye and when thou lyest downe and when thou rysest vp and thou shalte bynde them for a sygne vpon thyne hande And they shal be warninges betwene thyne eyes and thou shalt wryte them vpon the postes of thy house and vpon the gates The .vii. Chapter The Lorde thy God he is God and that a true god whiche kepeth appointement and mercye vnto them that loue him and kepe his commaundementes euen thorowe out a thousande generacions and rewardeth them that hate him before his face so that he bringeth them to nought and doth not defarre the time but rewardeth hym that hateth him before his face Yf ye harken vnto these lawes God will loue the and blesse the and multiplie the he wil also blesse the frute of thy wombe and the frute of the lande thy corne thy wine and thy oyle and the encrease of thy oxen and the flockes of thy shepe in the lande whiche he sweare vnto thy fathers to geue the. Thou shalte be blessed vnto all nacions there shal be nether man nor womaÌ„ vnfrutful amonge you nor any thinge vnfrutefull amonge youre cattell Moreouer the Lorde will take awaie from the al maner of
Chapter The daye of the lorde commeth and is harde at hande a darke daye a glomyng daye a cloudy day yea and a stormy daye Before him shal be a consumyng fyre and behynde hym a durnynge flame The earth shal quake before him yea the heauens shal be moued The sunne and the moone shall be darkened and the starres shall withdrawe theyr shyne This is that greate merueylous fearefull daye of the lord who is hable to abydeit I will shewe wonders in heauen aboue tokens in the earthe beneth bloude and fyre and the vapours of smocke the sunne shal be tourned into darknes and the moone into bloude before the greate and notable daye come of the lorde The .ii Chapter The tyme shall come that whosoeuer calleth on the name of the lorde shall be saued The .iii. Chapter I shall gether all people together brynge them in the valley of Iosaphat and there wyll I reson with them Lette the people aryse and get them to the valley of Iosaphat for there will I syt and iudge all heathen rounde about ¶ The booke of the Prophet Amos The fyft Chapter THey owe hym euel wyll that reproueth them openlye and who so telleth theÌ„ the plaine truthe they abhorre hym Seke after the thyng that is good and not euell so shall ye lyue Yea the Lorde God of hostes shal be with you accordynge to youre owne desyre Shall not the daye of the Lorde be darke and not cleare shall it not be cloudy and no shime in it The .viii. Chapter BEholde the tyme commeth sayeth the lorde god that I shall sende an hunger into the earthe not the hunger of breade nor the thyrste of water but an hunger to heare the worde of God so that they shall go from the one sea to the other yea from the North vnto the East ruÌ„ning aboute to seke the worde of the Lorde and shall not fynde it The .ix. Chapter THeyr couetousnes shall fall vpon all they re heades and theyr posteritie shal be slayne with the swearde They shall not fle awaye there shall not one of them escape nor be delyuered Though they were buried in the hell my hande shall fetche them from thence though they clime vp to heauen yet shall I caste them down though they hyde themselues vpon the toppe of Larmel yet shal I seke them oute and brynge them from thence though they crepe downe fro my sighte in to the depe of the see I shall commaunde the serpent euen there to byte them yf they go awaye before their enemies into captiuitie then shall I coÌ„maunde the swearde there to slaye them Thus wyll I set myne eyes vpon them for theyr harme and not for theyr welthe The booke of the Prophete Abdy the first Chapter THou sayest in thyne harte who shal cast me downe to the grouÌ„de But though thou wentest vp as â—ye as the Aegle madest thy nest aboue amoÌ„g the slarres yet wold I plucke the downe from thence saith the lord Lyke as thou haste done so shalte thou be delte withall Vpon the mount Sion shall the saluation be The booke of the Prophete Ionas the fyrst Chapter THey toke Ionas and cast hym into the sea and the sea lefte raging And the men feared the LORD excedingly doyng sacrifices and makyng vowes vnto the Lorde The .ii. Chapter The Lorde prepared a greate fyshe to swalowe vp Ionas So was Ionas in the belly of the fishe thre dayes and three nightes The .iii. Chapter IOnas cryed sayinge There are yet fortye dayes and then shall Niniue be ouer throweÌ„ And the people of Niniue beleued god and proclamed fasting and arayed themselues in sackeclothe as well the greate as the small of them And the tydynges came vnto the Kynge of Niniue whiche rose out of his seate and dydde his apparell of and put on sacke clothe and satte hym downe in asshes And it was cryed and commaunded in Niniue by the aucthoritie of the kyng and his Lordes saying Se that neyther manne nor beast Oxe or shepe taste oughte at all and that they neither fede nor drinke water but putte on sackeclothe bothe man and beaste and crye might lye vnto god yea so that euery manne turne from his euell waye and from the wyckednesse that he hathe in hande Who can tell god maye turne and repente and cease from his featte wrath that we perishe not And when god sawe theyr worckes howe they turned from theyr wycked wayes he repented on the euell whiche he sayde he wolde do vnto them and did it not The .iiii. Chapter I knowe well ynoughe that thou arte a merrifull god full of compassion long sufferinge and of great kyndenes and repentest when thou shuldest take punishemente The booke of the Prophete Micheas the .i. chapter Owo vnto them that ymagieâ— to do harme and deuyse vngraciousnes vpon theyr beds to perfourme it in the cleate daye for theyr power is against god when they counte to haue lande they take it be vyoience they robbe men of theyr houseâ— Thus they oppresse a man for his house and euerye man for his heritage Truthe it is my wordes are frendelye vnto them that lyue right but my people doeth the coÌ„trary therfore muste I take parte agaynste them for they take awaye bothe coate and cloke from the symple Yf I were a fleshly felowe and a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they might syt bybbinge and bollyng and be dronken O that were a prophete for this people The .iii. Chapter OHeare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob and ye iudges of the house of Israel ye that abhorte the thyng that is lawfull and wrest aside the thynge that is streight Ye that buylde vp Syon with bloude and Ierusalem with doying wrong O ye iudges ye geue sentence for gyftes O ye priestes ye teache for lucre O ye prophetes ye prophecye for moneye yet wyll they be taken as those that hold vpon god and saye Is not the lorde among vs Tushe there can no mysfortune happen vs. Therfore shall Syon for your sake he plowed lyke a field Ierusalem shal become an heape of stones and the hyll of the temple shal be turned to an hye wood The .iiii. Chapter THe lawe shall come out of Syon and the worde of god from Ierusaiem The .v. Chapter ANd thou Bethleem Ephrata arte lytle among the thousandes of Iuda out of thee shall come vnto me whiche shal be the gouernour in Israell whose outgoynge hath bene from the beginning and from euerlastyng The vi Chapter I wyll shewe the O man what is good and what the lorde requireth of the namelye to do righâ— to haue pleasure in louyng kyndenes to be lowly and to walke with thy god Shuâ—de I not be displeased for the vnrighteous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is minâ—shed Or should I iustifie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceptefull weyghtes among those that be full of riches vnrighteously gotten where the citesins deale with falschede
among vs. The lawe was geuen by Moses but grace and truthe came by Iesus Christe No manne hathe sene god at any time I am the voyce of a criar in the wildernes make strayghte the waye of the lorde as sayde the prophete Esaias I baptise with water but one is come amonge you whome ye knowe not he it is that commeth after me which was before me whose shue lacheâ— I am not worthy to vnlose Beholde the lambe of god whiche taketh awaye the synnes of the worlde I sawe the sprete descende frome heauen lyke vnto a doue and abyde vpon hym and I knewe hym not But he that sent me to baptise inwater the same sayd vnto me vpon whoÌ„ thou shaltse the sprete descende and tary styll on hym the same is he whiche baptiseth with the holye ghoâ—le And I saw and bare recorde that this is the sonne of god Thou arte Simon the sonne of Ionas thou shalte be called Cephas whiche is by interpretation a stone Canne ther anye good thynge come out of Naâ—areth The .ii. Chapter ALl menne at the begynnynge set forth good wyne and when menne be dronke then that whiche is worsse But thou haste kepte backe the good wyne vntyll nowe Iesus went vp to Ierusalem and founde in the temple those that solde oxen and shepe and doues and changers of money And he made a scourge of small cordes and droue them all out of the temple with the shepe and oxen and powred out the changers money and ouerthrewe the tables and saide vnto them that solde doues haue these thinges hence make not my fathers house an house of marchandise Destroy this temple and in thre dayes I wyll rayse it vs againe Then sayde the Iewes .xlvi. yeares was this temple a bildinge and wylt thou teare it vp in thre dayes But he spake of the teÌ„ple of his body The .iii. Chapter VErely verely I saye vnto the excepte that a man be borne of water of the sprete he cannot enter the kingdom of god That which is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that whyche is borne of the spryte is spryte The wynde bloweth where he lysteth and thou hearest his sounde but canst not tell whence he commeth and whether he goeth So is euery man that is borne of the sprete Verely verely I saye vnto the wespeake that we knowe and testify that we haue sene and ye receaue not our witnes Yf when I tell you eathly thinges ye beleue not Howe shulde ye beleue yf he shal tell you of heauenly thinges God so loued the worlde that he hath geuen his onely son that none that beleue in him shulde perishe but shulde haue euerlasting lyfe For god sent not his sonne into the worlde to condempne the world but that the worlde through him might be saued He that beleueth in him shall not be condempned But he that beleueth not is condempned already because he beleueth not in the name of the onely sonne of god And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde and the menne loued darrknes more then lyghte because their dedes weteruyll For euery man that euyll doeth hateth the lyghte nether commeth to lyghte leste his dedes shuld be reproued But he that dothe truth commeth to the light that his dedes might be knowe howe that they are wrought in god A man can receaue nothinge at all excepte it be geuen him from heauen He that is of the earth is of the earth and speaketh of the earthe He that commeth frome heauen is aboue all what he hathe sene and hearde that he testifieth but no man receaueth his testimonye Howbeit he that hath recaued his testimonye hathe sette to his seale that god is true For he whome god hathe sent speaketh the wordes of God for God geueth not the spryte by measure The father loueth the sonne and hathe geuen all thinges into his hande Be that beleueth on the sonne hathe euerlasting lyfe and he that beleueth not the sonne shall not see lyfe but the wrathe of god abydeth on him The .iiii. Chapter WHosoeuer drinketh of this water shal thurst againe But whosoeuer shall dryncke of the water that I shall geue him shall neuer be more a thyrste but the water that I shall geue him shal be in a well of water springynge vp into euerlaslynge lyfe Ye worshyppe ye wote not what we know what we worshyp For saluation coÌ„meth of the Iewes But the houre commeth and nowe is when the true worshyppers shall worshyppe the father in spryte and in trouthe For verely suche the father requyreth to worshyppe him God is a spryte and they that worshippe him muste worshyppe him in pryte and trouth Iesus saide vnto them my meate is to do the wyll of them that sent me to finishe his worcke And Iesus him selfe testifieth that a prophete hath none honoure in his owne countre The .v. Chapter BEhold thou art made whole synne no more lest a worsse thinge happen vnto the. The sonne can do nothing of him selfe but that hesyethe the father do For whosoeuer he doeth that doeth the sonne also Neither iudgeth the father any manne but had committed all iudgement vnto the sonne because that all menne shulde honoure the sonne euen as they honoure the father He that honoureth not the son the same honoureth not the father whiche hathe sent him Verely verely I saye vnto you he that heareth my wordes and beleueth on him that sent me hath euerlastyng lyfe and shall not come into damnation but is scaped frome deathe vnto lyfe As the father hath lyfe in him selfe so lykewise hathe he geuen to the sonne to haue lyfe in hym selfe and hath geuen him power to iudge in that he is the some of man Maruayle not at this the houre shall come in the whyche all that are in the graues shall heare hys voyce shall come forth they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of lyfe and they that haue done euyll vnto the resurrection of damnation I canne of myne owne selfe do nothynge at all Yf I beare wytnes of my selfe my witnes is not true The workes whiche the father hathe geuen me to fynyshe the same workes which I do beare witnes of me that the father sent me Howe can ye beleue whiche receyue honoure one of another and seke not the honoure that coÌ„meth of God onely The .vi. Chapter LAboure not for the meate that shall perishe but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting lyfe whiche meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you The breade of God is he whiche commethe downe from heauen and geueth life vnto the worlde I am the breade of lyfe he that commeth to me shall not hunger and he that beleueth on me shall neuer thurste I am come downe from heauen not to do myne owne wyll but his will whiche hathe sente me And this is the fathers will whiche hath sente me that of all whiche he hath geuen me I should lose nothyng but shoulde rayse it vp agayne
to this nedefull busynes But we wyll geue oure selues continually to prayer and to the ministrâ—tion of the worde The .vii. Chapter ANd the patriarkes hauynge indignation selde Ioseph into Egipte god was with him and delyuered him out of all his aduersities and gaue him fauoure and wysdome in the syght of Pharao kyng of Egypt whiche made him gouernour ouer Egyte and ouer all his lande Moses was learned in all maner wysdome of the Egyptians and was mightye in dedes and in wordes I haue perfectly sene the affliction of my people whiche is in Egipte and I haue hearde then gronyng and am come downe to delyuer them He that is hyest of all dwelleth not in temples made with handes as sayth the prophete Heauen is my seate earth is my fote stole or what place is it that I shuld rest in hath not my hande made all these thinges But he beyng full of the holy ghoste loked vp sted fastly with his eyes into heauen and sawe the glorye of god and Iesus standynge on the ryghte hande of god and sayde Beholde I se the heauen open and the sonne of man standyng on the right hande of god And they stoned Steuen callyng on and sayeng Lorde Iesu receaue my spryte he kneled downe and cryed with a loude voyce Lord laye not this synne to their charges The .viii. Chapter WHen the Apostles which were at Ierusalem hearde saye that Samaria bathe receaued â—e worde of god they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn whyche when they were come prayed for them that they myghte receaue the holye ghoste For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christe Iesu Then sayde they handes on them and they receaued the holy ghost Thy money perish with the because thou wenest that the gyfte of god maye be obteyned with money The .ix. Chapter SAul Saul why persecutest thou me And he sayde What arte thou lorde And the lorde sayde I am Iesus whome thou persecuteste â—s shal be harde for the to sticke against the pricke Go thy wayes for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the gentyls and kynges and the children of Israel For I wyll shewe hym â—owe great thynges he must suffre for my names sake The disciples toke him by nyght and put hym â—horowe the wall and let him downe in a basket The .x. Chapter THy prayers and all thy almeses are come vp into remembraunce before god What god hathe clensed that make thou not coâ—men or vnclene And as it chansed Peter to come in Cornelius â—et him and fell downe at his feete worshipped 〈◊〉 But Peter toke hym vp sayenge stande vp â—or euen I my selfe am a man Ye knowe howe that it is an vnlawfull thynge 〈◊〉 a manne that is a Iewe to company or come vnto an aliene but god hathe shewed me that I shoulde not call any manne commen or vnclenâ— therfore came I vnto you without saynge nay â—ssone as I was sent for Then Peter opened his mouthe and saide of a trueth I perceiue that god is not perciall but in al people he that feareth him and worcketh rightuousenes is accepted with him The .xi. Chapter COunte not thou those thinges coÌ„men whiche God hath clensed The .xii. Chapter THen was Peter kepte in prison but prayâ— was made without ceasing of the congregation vnto God for him And vpon a day appointed Herode araied him in royall apparell and set him in his seate made an oration vnto them And the people gaue a shoute sayinge it is the voice of a god and â—ot of a man And immediatly the Aungell of the Lorde smote him bicause he gaue not God the honoure And he was eaten of wormes and gaue vp the goste The .xiii. Chapter AS they ministred to the lord and fasted the holy gost said seperate me Barnabas Paul for the worcke whereunto I haue called them Then fasted they and praied and put their handes on them and let them go I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a maÌ„ after mine owne herte he shall fulfill al my â—yll Be it knowen vnto you ye men and brethâ—en that thorowe this man is preached vnto you the forgiuenesse of sinnes and that by him al that beleue are iustified from all thinges frome whiche â—e coulde not be iustified by the lawe of Moses â–ª Then Paule and Barnabas waxed bold and sâ—iderit was mete that the worde of God shoulde firste haue ben preached to you But seing ye put it from you and thinke your selues vnworthye of euer lastinge life loe we turne to the Gentylles for so hath the Lorde commaunded vs. The .xiiii. Chapter They returned againe to Listes and to Iconium and Antioche and strengthed the disciples soules exhortinge them to continue in the faith affirminge that we muste thorowe much tribulation enter into the kingedome of God And they ordeyned them elders by election iÌ„ euery congregation and praied and fasted and commended to god on whom they beleued The .xv. Chapter NOwe therefore why tempe ye God that ye woulde put a yoke on the disciples neckes whiche neither oure fathers nor wee were able to beare Wherefore my sentence in that we trouble not theÌ„ whyche from amonge the gentiles are turned to God but that wee write vnto them that they abstaine from filthines of idolles from fornication from strangeled and from bloude For it semed good to the holie goste and vs to put no greuouse thinges to you more then these necessarie thinges that is to saye that ye abstaine from thynges offered to Idolles from bloud froÌ„ strangeled and fornication The .xvi. Chapter THey were forbidden of the holye ghoste to preache the worde in Asia And it fortuned as we wente to prayer a certaine Damsel possesied with a spirite that prophecied met vs whiche brought her master and mastres muche vauntage with prophesying The same folowed Paule and vs and cryed sayinge these men are the seruauntes of the most hye god whiche shewe vnto vs the waye of saluation The .xvii. Chapter FOr all the Attenians and straungers whiche were there gaue themselues to nothyng els but either to tell or to heare newe tydinges For as I passed by and behelde the maner howe ye worship your goddes I founde an altare wherein was written vnto vnknowen god WhoÌ„ ye then ignorauntly worshippe hym shewe I vnto you The .xviii. Chapter ANd because Paule was of the same craft he abode with Aquila and Priscilla his wife and wrought their crefte was to make tentes And Paule shore his heade in Cenchrea for he had a vowe The .xix. Chapter ANd god wrought no small myracles by the handes of Paule so that froÌ„ his body were brought vnto the sicke napains or partlets and the diseases departed from them and the euyl spirites went out of them And the euell spirite answered and sayde Iesus I know and Paul I knowe but who are ye The .xx. Chapter I haue desyred no mans siluer gold or vesture
holy and true to iudge and to auenge our bloude on them that dwell on the earthe The .vi. Chapter GO there was a great erth quake the sunne was as blacke as sacke clothe made of heart and the mone waxed euen as bloude and the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth euen as a fygge free casteth from her her fygges when she is shaken of a myghey wynde heauen vanished awaye as a scroll when it is rolled together and all mouÌ„taines and yles were moued out of their places and the kinges of the earthe and the greatemen and the ryche menne and the chefe captaines and the mighty menne and euery man bound manne and euery free manne hyd them selues in dennes and in rockes of the hylles and said to the hylles and rockes fall on vs and hyde vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the seate and from the wrathe of the lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who can endure it The .vii. Chapter ANd one of the elders answered saynge vnto me what are these whyche are arayde in longe whyte garmentes and whence came they And I sayde vnto him Lorde thou wottest And he sayde vnto me these are they whiche came out of greate tribulation and made their garmentes large and made them whyte in the bloude of the lambe therfore are they in the presence of the seat of god and serue him daye and nyghte in the temple and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwellamonge them They shall honger no more neyther thyrst neyther shall the sunne lyghte on them nether any heat for the lambe whiche is in the middes of the seate shall fede them and shall leade them vnto fountaines of lyuynge water and god shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes The .viii. Chapter ANd an other angell came and stode before the aulter hauyng a golden senser moche of odoures was gyuen vnto him that he shoulde offre of the prayers of all saintes vpon the golden aultar which was before the seate and the smoke of the odoures whiche came of the prayers of all sayntes ascended vp before god oute of the aunâ—elles hande The .ix. Chapter IN those dayes shall men seke death and shal not fynde it and shal desyre to dye and death shall flye from them The .xi. Chapter ANd when they haue finished theyr testimony the best that came out of the bottomlesse pyt shall make warre against them and shall ouercome them and kyll them And their bodyes shall lye in the stretes of the great cyte whiche spiritually is called Zodom and Egipte where our lord was crucified And they of the people and kyndtedes and tonges and they of the nations shal see their bodyes .iii. dayes and a halfe and shall not suffre their bodyes to be put in graues And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them and be glad and shal sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwell on the earth And after thre dayes and a halfe the sprete of lyfe frome god entred into them they stode vp on theyr fece and great feate came vpon them whiche sawe them and they harde a greate voyce from heauen sayinge vnto them Come vp hydder and they ascended vp into heauen in a cloude and their enemyes sawe them The .xii. Chapter ANd ther was a great battail in heauen Michael his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels preuailed not neyther was their place founde anye more in heauen And the greate dragon the olde serpent called the deuyll and Sathanas was caste oute whiche deceaueth all the worlde And he was cast into the earthe and his angelo were cast out also The .xiii. Chapter HE that kylleth with a swearde muste be bylled with aswearde The .xiiii. Chapter ANd I hearde the voyce of harpers harping with their harpes and they songe as it were a newe song before the feate and before the foure beastes and the elders and no man coulde learne that songe but the hundred and. 44. M. whithe were redemed frome the earthe These are they whiche were not defiled with women for they are virgines These folowe the lambe whethersoeuer he goeth These were redemed frome menne beynge the fyrst frutes vnto god and to the lambe in their mouthes was founde no gyle for they are without spot before the trone of god And I hearde a voyce from heauen sayeng vnto me wrytte Blessed are the deade whiche here after dye in the lorde euen so saithe the sprite that they may rest froÌ„ there laboures but their worekes shall folowe them The .xvi. Chapter BEholde I come as a these happy is he that watched and kepeth his garmentes least he be founde naked and menne ie his fylthynes The .xviii. Chapter ANd asmothe as she glorified her selfe and liued want only so moche poure ye in for her of punishement and sorowe The .xix. Chapter HAppye are they whyche are called vnto the lambes supper And I fell at his feete to worshyppe hym and he sayde vnto me se thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and one of thy brerhren and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus worship god The .xx. Chapter Blessed and holye is he that hathe parte in the fyrste resurrection for on suche shall the seconde deathe haue no power for they shal be prestes of god of Christ shall raigne with him a. M. yeare And I sawe the deade bothe greate and small stande before god And the bokes were opened another boke was opened whiche is the boke of lyfe and the deade were iudged of those thynges whiche were wrytten in the bokes accordynge to their dedes and the sea gaue vp her dead whiche were in her and death and hell delyuered vp the dead whiche were in them and they were iudged euery man according to his dedes And death and hell were cast into the lake of fyre This is the seconde death and whosoeuer was not founde written in the boke of lyfe was caste into the lake of fyer The .xxi. Chapter ANd I hearde a greate voyce out of heauen sayenge beholde the tabernacle of god is with men and he wyll dwell with them And they shal be his people and god hym selfe shal be with them and be their god And god shall wype awaye all teares frome their eyes and there shal be no more death nether sorowe nether cryenge nether shall ther be any more payne for the olde thynges are gone I am Alpha and Omega the begynnynge and the ende I wyll gene to hym that is a thyrst of the well of the water of lyfe free he that ouercommeth shall inheryt all thinges and I wyl be his god and he shal be my sonne But the featefull and vnbeleuynge and the abhominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers ydolaters and all lyars shall haue their parte in the lake whiche burneth with fyre and brymstone whiche is the seconde deathe His seruauntes
The Piththy and moost notable sayinges of al Scripture gathered by Thomas Paynell after the manner of common places very necessary for al those that delite in the consolacions of the Scriptures 1550. ¶ To the right excellent and moste gracious Lady my Ladye Maryes good grace Thomas Paynell sendeth gretynge NOtwithstaÌ„ding that this my collection of Scripture moste excellente and vertuous Ladye hathe no nede of any mans tuition or defense forasmuche as it contayneth onelye the simple and very true worde and sayinges of god yet after I had finished and ended the thyng and purposed by the counsell of a lerned man to publyshe it for mans consolacioÌ„ and learning youre graces fyery and â—eâ—ueÌ„t mynde to vertuous and godly liuing youre true intente and naturall inclinacion to the same your liberal hand and fauour to those whiche diligently do exercyse themselues in the spirituall and morall study of the sincere worde of god and agayne youre Graces benignitie and gentilnes of long tyme bounte fully to me declared enforced me to publishe it in your graces name Accept therfore this my labour moste excellant Lady as sente of your daylye Orator and moste humble seruaunt to your grace Rede the fruiteful lessons therof and digest them thorowly practyse and proue in very dede howe swete the Lordes wordes be vse the profitable doctrines of this litle boke for so doynge youre grace shall learne dayly more and more truly to know the Lord to tast releafe and to ensewe his holye and swete worde to loue and feare him to be his faithfull and obsequines handmaydeÌ„ â–ª and a diligent ensuer of his wil and sâ—eppes moste pleasaunt and voluntariously to beare the yoke of his most comfortable and swete commaundementes Thinke nor esteme not I moste humblye beseche youre grace this my gifte to be sleÌ„der in valure although of it selfe it be but litle for precious stones are of themselues in quantitie but lytle and yet for theyr naturall operacions and proprieties of greate estates moste hyely estemed Esteme the content of my boke and gifte that is the worde of God and not the slendernesse thereof esteme my faythful and true heart vnto your grace and not my simple and slender gyfte And yet yf this my poore and slender gyfte maye be wel and exactly wayd and pendred what thyng although it comprehende not al the fruiteful lessons of Scripture maye be compared vnto it For what is more exceleÌ„t or more precious then the word of god what thyng maye be estemed equall vnto it what ought to be more embraced of a christian theÌ„ Christes woâ—de then a pure and a christian lyfe then chastitie then humâ—â—…e then godly wisedome and pure doctrine the which with other vertuous and heauenly lessons are in this my briefe collection compendiously and fruitfully comprised Wherfore I euen humbly desire youre noble grace to accepte this my labour and small gift in good parte Accept I saye and embrace the worde of God for that truly vnderstanded and seriously ensued and folowed shal be to your graces spirituall encrease mooste comfortable comforte ¶ The fyrste Chapter of Genesis IN the begynning God created heauen and earth The earth was voyde and empty and darckenes was vpoÌ„ the face of the depe and the spirite of god moued vpon the face of the waters God called the drie land erthe and the gatheringe together of waters called he the sees God made two greate lightes a greater lighte to rule the daye and a lesse lyghte to rule the nyght God created man in his owne ymage in the ymage of God created he him male and female created he them And god blessed them and sayd vnto them Growe and increase and replenishe the earth and subdue it and haue dominion of the fyshe of the see and foule of the ayre and of euery lyuinge thinge that moueth vpon the earth ¶ The seconde Chapter AND in the seuenth daye God endued his worke whiche he had made In the .vii. daye also he rested from all his workes which he had made and God blessed the .vij. daye sanctified it because that in it he had rested frome all his worke which God ordeyned to make The Lord god also shope man euen dust froÌ„ the grounde and breathed in to his nostrelles the breath of lyfe and Adam was made a lyuing soule And the Lorde God plaÌ„ted a garden caste warde from eden and there he put man whome he had made The tree of lyfe and the tree of knowledge of good euil was in the widdes of the garden The Lorde god also tooke Adam and put him into the garden of eden that he might dresse and kepe it And the Lorde God commaunded Adam sayinge eatinge thou shalt eate of euery tree of the garden But as touching the tree of knowledge of good and euill thou shalt not eate of it Ele in what daye soeuer thou eatest there of thou shalt dye the death It is not good that Adam shulde be alone I will make hym an helpe whiche may be present with hym And so oute of the grounde shope the Lorde god euery beste of the felde and euery foule of the ayre and brought it vnto man that he might se how he wolde cal it For lyke wyse as man hym selfe named euery liuinge thinge euen so was the name thereof Man himselfe therfore named the names vnto all catel and foule of the ayre and to euery beast of the felde And for man founde he not an helpe that mighte be present with hym The Lorde god also caused a slombre to fall vpon AdaÌ„ and he stepte And he toke one of his ribbes and closed vp the fleshe in steade thereof And the ribbe which the Lorde God had taken from man made he a woman and brought her vnto man And man sayde This is now bone of my bones and fleshe of my fleshe she shall be called womaÌ„ by cause she was taken out of man For this cause shall man leue his father and his mother shal be ioyned with his wife and they shal become one fleshe and they were both naked the man and his wyfe and were not ashamed ¶ The .iij. Chapter THe serpent was subtiller then euery beast of the felde whiche the lorde god made The serpent sayde vnto the woman ye shall not dye the death but god dothe knowe that the same daye that ye eate there of your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be euen as goddes knowynge good and euill And the Lorde god called Adam and sayde vnto him where art thou whiche sayde I herde thy voyce in the Garden and was afrayde bycause I was naked and hyd my selfe Adam sayde The woman whome thou gauest to be with me gaue me of the tree and I dyd eate And the woman sayde yonder serpent begylyd me and I dyd eate The Lorde sayde vnto the serpent because thou hast done this thou art cursed aboue all cattell and aboue euery beast of the felde Vpon thy bellye shalt thou go and dust
shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy lyfe I will also put enimitie bytwene the and the woman bytwene thy seed and her seed the same shalt treade downe thy head and thou shalt treade vpon his heele Vnto the woman he sayde In multiplyinge wyl I multiply thy sorowe and thy conceyuing In sorowe shalt thou bringe forth the children and thy lust shall pertayne to thy husband and he shall haue the rule of the. To Adam he sayde cursed be the grounde for thy sake In sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe Thorne also and thystie shall it cause to growe vnto the and thou shalte eate the hearbe of the felde In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate breade tyll thou be turned agayne in to the grouÌ„de for out of it was thou taken in asmuch as thou art dust and in to dust shalt thou be turned againe ¶ The fourth Chapter ANd in processe of daies it came to passe that Cain brought of the frute of the grounde an oblation vnto the Lorde Habell also brought of the firstlinges of his shepe and of the fat thereof And the Lord had respecte vnto Habel and to his oblation But vnto Cain and to his offering he had no respect for the which cause Cain was excedinge wrath and his countenaunce abated And the Lorde sayde vnto Cain Why art thou wroth and why is thy countenaunce abated if thou do well shall there not be a promotion And if thou dost not wel lyeth not thy sinnes in the dores Vnto the also pertayneth the lust thereof and thou shal thaue dominion euer it AND it fortuned when they were in the felde Cain tose vp againste Habell his brother and slue him And the Lorde sayde vnto Cain where is Habell thy brother Whiche sayde I wote not am I my brothers keper And he sayde what hast thou done The voyce of thy brothers bloude trieth vnto me out of the grounde and now art thou cursed from the earth which hathe opened her mouthe to receaue thy brothers bloude from thy hande Yf thou tyll the grounde she shall not procede to yeld vnto the her strength Fugitiue and avagabende shall thou be in the earth And Cain sayde vnto the Lorde My iniquite is more then that it may be forgeuen Lameth toke vnto hym two wyues the name of the one was Ada and the name of the other was Zylla Iabell was the father of suche as dwell in tentes and of suche as haue cattell Thuball was the father of suche as handle harpe or organe Thubalchain wrought cunningly euery crafte of brasse and of yron ¶ The fyft Chapter ALl the dayes that Adam lyued were nine hundreth and thyrthye yeres Henoche walked with God and he was nomore sene for God toke hym awaye ¶ The syxt Chapter THE sonnes of God saw the doughters of men that they were fayre and they toke them wyues from amonge all that they had chosen The Lord sayde my spryte shall not alwaye stryue in man because he is fleshe and his dayes shal be an huÌ„dred and twenty yeres But God sawe that the malice of man was greate in the earthe and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his hert was onely euill euery daye And it repented the Lorde that he had made man in the earth he was touched with sorowe in his hert and the Lorde sayde I wyll from the vpper parte of the earth destroy man whom I haue created bothe man catel worme and foule of the ayre for it repenteth me that I haue made them Noah was iuste and perfecte in his generations walked with god and begat .iii. sonnes Sem Ham and Iapheth The earth was corrupt before God and the same earth was fylled with crueltye and God loked Apon the earth beholde it was corrupt for all fleshe had corrupte his waye vpon earth The length of the arke shal be thre hundreth cubites the bredth of it .l. cubytes the height of it thyrty cubytes The .vij. Chapter THe rayne was vpon the earth fortye dayes and fortye nyghtes And the waters preuayled exceadingly vpon the earth and all the hye hylles that are vnder whole heauen were couered Fyftene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuayle so that the mountaynes were couered The waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fyftie dayes ¶ The .viij. Chapter AND he sent forth a rauen whiche went out goinge forth and returninge agayne vntyll the waters were dried vp vpon the earth He sente forth the doue out of the arke and the doue came to him in the euen tyde and Loin her mouthe was an oliue leafe that she had plucte wherby Noah did knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth And that Lord sayde in his herte I wyl not proceade to curse the grounde any more for mannes sake for the ymagination of mans herte is euell euen from his youth Neyther wyll I adde to smite any more euery thing lyuing as I haue done ¶ The .ix. Chapter EUery thinge that moueth it selfe and that lyueth shall be meate for you euen as the grene heat be haue I geuen you all thynges But fleshe in the life therof and in the bloude therof shall ye not eate Elles your bloude of your liues will I require from the hande of euery beast will I requyre it froÌ„ the hande of man from the hand of mans brother will I requyre the life of man who so shedeth mannes bloude by man shall his bloude be shedde for in the ymage of God did god make man My couenaunte wyll I make with you that from henseforth euery fleshe he not rooted oute with the waters of a floude neyther shall there be a floude to destroye the earth any more Noah also beganne to be an husband man and planted a vyneyarde â–ª and he drincking of the wyne was dronken and vncouered within his cente And Ham the father of Canaan seinge the nakednes of his father tolde his two bretherne without And Sem and Iaphet they two takynge a garment layde it vpon there shulders and coÌ„minge backwarde couered the naked priuities of theâ—re father namely their faces beinge turned awaye leyst they shulde se theyr fathers priuities ¶ The .x. Chapter NImrod began to be mightye in the earth for he was a mightye hunter before the Lorde A slut buylded Niniue the stretes of the citye ¶ The .xi. Chapter ALl the whole earth was of one language and lyke speche And they sayde Go to let vs buylde vs a cytie and a tower whose toppe may reach vnto heare and let vs make vs a name And therfore is the name of it called Babel because the Lorde did there confounde the language of al the earth ¶ The .xii. Chapter THE Lord sayde vnto Abram Gette the out of thy countrey and out of thy natioÌ„ and from thy fathers house vnto a lande that I will shewe the and I will make of the a greate people and will blesse the and make thy name greate that thou mayst
the tast of it was lyke vnto wafets made with hony And the the children of Israell dyd eate Manna fortye yere vntyll they came vnto a lande inhabited ¶ The .xvij. Chapter IOsua dyd as Moses bad kym and foughte with Amalech And Moses and Aaron and Hut wente vp to the toppe of the hyll And it happened that when Moses helde vp his hand Israell had the better And wheÌ„ he let hys hande downe Amalech had the better The .xviii. Chapter THou shalt seke out amonge all the people men of actiuite and suche as feare God true men harynge couerouskes and make them hedes ouer the people euer hit bredes ouer fyfty and ouer ten And set them iudge the people at al seasons The .xix. Chapter NOw therfore if ye wil here my voice inded kepe myne appoyntemeÌ„t ye shal be my owne aboue al nacions for al the earth to myne ye shal be vnto me also a kyngedome of Preastes an holy people And he sayde vnto the people Be readye agaynste the thyrde daye and come not at youre wyues Let the Preastes also which come to the Lorde sâ—nctifye them selues lest the Lorde destroye them ¶ The .xx. Chapter THou shalt haue non other godes I my sight Thou shalte make the no grauen ymage neither any similitude that is in heaueÌ„ aboue eyther in the earth beneth or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not worshyppe them neyther serue them for I the Lorde thy GOD am a gelouse god And visit the synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thyrde and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of the lorde god in vainâ— For the lord wil not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne ¶ The .xx. Chapter REmember the Sabboth daye that thou sanctifie it Syxe dayes shalt thou laboure and doo al that thou haste to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy doughter thy men seruant and thy mayde seruant thy cattel and the straunger that is within thy gates for in syxe dayes the Lorde made heuen and earthe the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye wherfore the Lord blessed the Sabboth daye halowed it Honour thy father thy mother that thy dayes maye be longe in the lande which the Lorde thy god geueth the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neyghboure Thou shalt not couet thy neyghboures house neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghboures wyfe or his man seruant or his mayde or his oxe or his asse or whatsoeuer thy neyghboure hath ¶ The .xxi. Chapter HE that smyteth a man that he dye shall be slayne for it He that smiteth his father or his mother lette him be slayne for it He that curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death for it Yf men stryue together one smite another with a stone or with his fyrste and he dye not but lyeth in bed if he ryse againe and walke without vpon his staffe then shall he that smote him go quyte saue only he shal beare his charges for lesing his tyme and shall paye for his healing Yf an oxe gore a maÌ„ or a woman that they dye then the oxe shall be stoned and his fleshe shal not be caten but the owner of the oxe shall go quite Yf the oxe were wont to pushe in tyme past and it hathe bene tolde his maister and he hath not kepte him but that he hath hylled a man or a woman then the oxe shal be stoned and his owner shall dye also Yf there be sett to him asumme of money then he shall geue for the deliueraunce of his lyfe whatsoeuer is put to him Yf a man open a wel or digge a pitte and couer it not and an oxe or an asse fall therein the owner of the pytt shall make it good and geue money vnto there master and the dede best shall be his ¶ The .xxij. Chapter IF a these be founde breakinge vp and be smitten that he dye there shall no bloude be shed for him but yf the sunne be vp â–ª when he is founde then there shalt be bloude shed for him Yf a maÌ„ entise a mayde that is not be trouthed and lye with her he shal endowe her and take her to his wyfe Whosoeuer lieth with a beast shal be slayne for it He that offereth vnto any goddes saue vnto the lorde onely let him be vtterly rooted out Vexe not a straunger neyther oppresse kym for ye were straungers in the lande of Egypte Yf thou lende money to any of my people that is poore by the thou shalt not be as a tyrauÌ„t vnto him nether shalt thou oppresse him with vsury Yf thou take thy neyghbours rayment to pledge thou shalt deliuer it vnto him agayne by that the sunne go downe for that is his couering onely eueÌ„ the raymeÌ„t for his skinne where in he slepeth And when he crieth vnto me I wyll heare hym for I am mercyfull Thou shalte not rayle vpon the goddes neyther blaspheme the ruler of the people The .xxiii. Chapter IF thou mete thyne enemyes oxe or his asse goynge astraye thou shalte bringe them to hym againe Yf thou se thy enemyes asse to synke vnder his bâ—â—then thou shalt not passe by and let him alone but shalte helpe him to lyfte him vp againe Thou shalte take no gyftes for gyftes blyndeth the seynge and peruert the wordes of the ryghteous Se that no man appeare before me emptye The .xxiiii. Chapter MOses was in the mount fortye dayes and fortye nyghtes The .xxv. Chapter THey shal make an Arke of set him wood two cubytes and a halfe long a cubyte and an halfe brode and an cubyte a halfe hye And thou shalte ouerlaye it with pure golde within and wythout shalte than ouerlaye it and shalt make hye vpon it a crowne of golde rounde aboute And thou shalte make two cherubins of golde The xxvi Chapter HAd thou shalt make a vaile of yelowe silke of purple scarlet and with twyned sylke Of broeder worke wyth pictures shalte thou make it The .xxviii. Chapter HAd beneth vpon the hem thou shalte make pomgranates of yelowe sylke and purple and scarlate rounde aboute hym and belles of golde betwene theÌ„ rounde aboute and let there be euer a golden bell and a pomgarnat a golding bell and a pomgarnate rounde aboute the hem of the tunycle The .xxix. Chapter BRyng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes and washe theÌ„ with water and take the garmentes and put vpoÌ„ Aaron the strayte cote the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod and the brastlap and gyrd them to him wyth the brode red gyrdell whiche is in the Ephod And but the mytre
therof but he sayd bryng meale and he cast it into the poâ— and sayd Fyl for the people that they maye eate and there was no more harme in the potte The .vi. Chapter ANd beholde there was a greate dearthe in Samaria and Benhadad king of Siria besieged it vntyll an Asses head was sold for foure score syluer pence and the fourth parte of a cab of doues dunge for .v. sicles The .xiii. Chapter THe souldiers of the Moabites came into the lande the same yeare and it chaunced as some of them were buryeng a man and spyed the souldiers they cast the man into the sepulchre of Eliseus and when the man was rolled downe touched the bodye of Eliseus he reuiued and stode vpon his feete The .xviii. Chapter HEzekia put away the hyl aulters and brake the Idolles and cut downe the groues and all to brake the brasen serpent that Moses hadde made for vnto those dayes the chyldren of Israel dyd burne sacrifice to it and he called it NehustaÌ„ The .xix. Chapter ANd so it came to passe that the selfe same tyghte the aungell of the lorde wente oute and smote in the hoost of the Assirians an huÌ„dred foure score and fyue thousande The .xx. Chapter HAd Hesekia tourned his face to the waland prayed to the lorde saying I beseche thee nowe O Lorde remembre howe I haue walked before thee in truthe and with a perfite hearte haue done that whiche is good in thy sight Hesekia wepte sore Esaye sayde to Hesekia Thus saith the lord god of Dauid thy father I haue herd thy prayer and sene thy teares And beholde I wyll heale thee so that on the thyrde daye thou shalte go vp into the house of the Lorde And I wyll adde vnto thy dayes yet fiftene yeare Shal the shado we go forwarde ten degrees or go backe agayne ten degrees Hesekia answered it is a lyght thyng for the shadowe to go downe ten degrees nether is that my desyre but yf the shadowe go backewarde ten degrees it is no light thynge And Esaye the prophete called vnto the lorde and he brought the shadowe tenne degrees backewardes by whych it had goen downe in the dyall of Ahas Th .xxii. Chapter THe Kyng Iosus sent Saphan sayinge go vp to Nelkia the hye prieste that he maye summe the syluer which is brought into the house of the lorde whiche the kepers of the porche haue gathered of the people c. Howe be it let no teâ—â—nyng be made with them of the moneye that is delyuered into theyr handes for theyr vse is to deal â–ª faythfully ¶ The fyrst booke of Chronicles the tenthe Chapter SAVL dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed agaynst the Lorde in that he kepte not the worde of the lorde and in that he soughte and asked counsayle of a womanne that wrought with a spirite and asked not of the Lorde And therfore he slue hym and turned the kyngdom vnto Dauid the sonne of Esay The .xv. Chapter ANd Chenanishu the chiefe of the Leuites was wayster of the songe for he taughte other to synge because he was a man of vnderstandynge ¶ The .xvi. Chapter O Gyue thankes vnto the Lorde call vpon his name make his actes knowen amonge the people Synge vnto hym and playe vnto hym talke of all his wondrefull dedes Reioyse in his holy name lette the hartes of them that seke the Lorde be gladde Seke the lorde and his strengthe seke his presence alwaye Touche not myne annoynted and do my Prophetes no harme The .xx. Chapter And there chaunced yet agayne warre at Geth â–ª where as was a man of a great stature with xxâ—â—… fyngers and toes .vi. on euery hande and .vi. on euery foote and was the sonne of Raphath The .xxi. Chapter HAd Dauid sayde vnto God I am in an excedyng strayte Lette me fall nowe into the hande of the lorde for passyng greate are his mercyes but let me not fall into the hande of men The .xxii. Chapter HAd Dauid sayd vnto Salomon my soÌ„ne I thought as it was in my heart to buyld an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God but the worde of the lorde came to me saying thou haste shed muche bloude and haste made greate battayles thou shalte therefore not buylde an house vnto my name for thou haste shedde muche bloude vpon the earth in my syght The .xxiij. Chapter HAD the Leuites were noumbred from the age of .xxx. yere and aboue and the numbre and summe of them was .xxxvii. thousande men Of whiche .xxxiiii. M. were sette to fourther the worke of the house of the Lorde and .vi. M. were officers and iudges iiii M. were porters and .iiii. M praysed the lorde with suche instrumentes as was made to prayse withall The .xxv. Chapter IEduthun and Heman execated the seruice in the house of god at the kynges hande And the multitude of them with theyr brethren that were instructe in the songes of the lorde euen all that were commyng were two hundred foure froze and eyght The .xxviij. Chapter THe Lorde searchech all heartes and vnderstandeth all the ymaginacion of thoughtes The .xxix. Chapter OUre dayes on the earth are but as a shadow and there is none abydynge ¶ The .ii. boke of the Chronicles the .vi. Chapter AND wyll GOD in verye dede dwel with meÌ„ on earth beholde heauen and heauen aboue al heauens do not contayne thee howe muche lesse the house whyche I haue buylded The .vii. Chapter This house whiche I haue sanctified for my name wyl I cast out of my sight and wyll make it to be a prouerbe and a ieste among all nacions And euery one that passeth by shall be astoned at this house whiche belonged to the moost hye GOD and shal saye why hath the lorde delte on this fashion with this land and with this house And they shal aunswere bycause they forsoke the lorde god of theyr father whiche broughte them oute of the lande of Egypte and caught holde on other goddes and worshypped them and serued them euen therfore hathe he broughte all this euell vpon them The .xiiii. Chapter HAd Asa eryed vnto the lorde hys god and sayde lord it is no harde thynge with the to helpe eyther manye or them that haue no power Helpe vs therfore O lorde our god for we truste to the and in thy name we go agaynste this multitude The .xvi. Chapter THe eyes of the Lorde beholde al the earthe to strengthe them that are of perfect heart towarde hym The .xxiiij. Chapter HAd the sprite of God came vpon Zacharye the sonne Iehoiada the priest whiche stode by the people and sayde vnto them Thus saythe god why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the lorde that ye cannot prospere for because ye haue forsaken the lorde he also hathe forsaken you And thay conspired agaynst hym and stoned hym with stones at the commaundemente of the kynge euen in the courte of the house of the lord The .xxvi. Chapter TZia transgressed agaynst the lorde his god and wente into the
temple of the Lorde to burne cense vpon the altare of incense And Azariahu the priest went in after hym and with hym fourescore priestes of the lorde that were valiaūt men And they stoode by Vzia the kyng and sayde vnto him It pertaineth not to the Vziato burne incense vnto the lord but to the priestes the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to offer incense Come therfore out of the Sanctuarye for thou hast trespaced and it is no worshyp to the before the lorde god And Vzia was wroth and hadde incense in his hande to burne it and so whyle he had indignaciō against the priestes the leprosy sprang in his foreheade before the priestes in the house of the lorde euen besyde the incense altare The .xxxii. Chapter PLucke vp your hertes and be strong be not afrayed nor discoraged for the king of Assur and for all the multitude that he hath with hym for there be mo with vs then with him With him is an arme of fleshe but with vs is the lorde oure god for to helpe vs and to fight oure battayles The .xxxiii. Chapter ¶ And when Manasses was in tribulation he besought the lord his god and humbled him selfe excedingly before the god of his fathere made intercessyon to him god was intreated of him and hearde his prayer and brought him againe to Ierusalem into his kingdome and then Manasse knewe that the lorde was god ¶ The fyrst boke of Esdras The .vii. Chapter AND we certifie you that ye haue no auctorite to require taxynge and custome yearly rentes vpō any of the prestes leuites singers porters Nethinuns and ministers in the house of his god The .viii. Chapter The hāde of our god is vpō all them that seke hym in goodnes his violence and wrath is against all them that forsake him ¶ The .ii. boke of Esdras The .v. Chapter I And my brethren and my seruauntes do lende them money corne but as for vsury let vs leaue it The .xii. Chapter In the tyme of Zorobabell and Nehemiah dyd al they of Israell geue portions vnto the syngers porters euerye daye his portion and they gaue tythes vnto the Leuites and the Leuites gaue tythes againe vnto the chyldren of Aaron ¶ The .iii. boke of Esdras The .iii. Chapter WYne is a stronge thyng The kyng is stronger Women haue yet more strenghte but aboue all thynges the truthe beareth awaye the victorie ¶ The .iiii. Chapter TRuthe endureth and is alwaye stronge it lyueth conquereth for euermore worlde without ende ¶ The .viii. Chapter I Commaunde you also that ye require no taxe nor tribute of the preastes Leuites syngers and ministers of the temple nor of the writers and that no man haue auctorite to medle any thing against them The .iiii. boke of Esdras the .i. Chap. WHat shall I do vnto the O Iacob Thou Iuda woldest not obey me I wyll turne me to another people and vnto those wil I geue my name that they maye kepe my statutes seynge ye haue forsaken me I will forsake you When ye desyre me to be gracious vnto you I shall haue no mercye vpon you Whan ye call vpon me I wyll not heare you for ye haue defiled your handes with bloude and your fete are swyfte to commit manslaughter Ye haue not forsaken me in a maner but your owne selues saithe the lorde ¶ The .ii. Chapter EXecute iustice for the wyddowe be iudge for the fatherles geue to the peore defende the confortlesse clothe the naked heale the wounded and sicke laugh not a lame man so scorne defende the crepell and let the blynde come into the lyght of my clearenes whersoeuer thou fyndest the dead take them and bury them and I shall geue the the fyrst place in my resurrection ¶ The .iiii. Chapter GO thy waye waye me the weight of the fyre or measure me the blaste of the wynde or call me againe the daye that is paste They that dowell vpon earth may vnderstande nothinge but that whiche is vpon earthe and he that dwelleth aboue the heauens maye onely vnderstande the thinges that are aboue the heuens The worlde hasteth fast to passe away and can not comprehende the thynges that are promysed for the righteous in time to come for this world is full of vnryghteousnes and weakenes The corne of euel sede hathe bene sowne in the hearte of man from the begynnynge ¶ The .v. Chapter BEholde the dayes shall come that they whiche dwell vpō the earth shal be taken in a great nombre and the waye of the truthe shal be hydde and the lande shal be barren from faithe but iniquitie shall haue the vpper hande lyke as thou hast sene nowe and as thou haste hearde long ago And he said vnto me Nombre the thinges that are yet not come gather me together the droppes that are scattered abroade make me the floures greane againe that are wythered open me the thinge that is closed brynge me forth the wyndes that are shut vp shewe me the Image of a voyce and then shall I declare the thynge that thou labourest to knowe ¶ The .vi. Chapter FRom Abraham vnto Isahar when Iacob Esau were borne of him Iacobs hande helde fyrste the heir of Esau for Esau is the ende of this worlde and Iacob is the begynnynge of it that foloweth The hande of man betwyxt the hele and the hande The earthe shall restore those that haue slepte in her and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence and the secrete places shall delyuer those that be committed vnto them ¶ The .vii. Chapter HAnd the moste hyghest shal be openly declared vpon the seate of iudgement and all miserye shall vanyshe awaye and longe sufferynge shal be gathered togyther but the iudgement shal continue the truthe shall remayne and faith shall waxe strong the worke shall folowe and the rewarde shal be shewed the righteousnes shal watch and the vnrighteousnes shall beare no rule The daye of dome shal be the ende of this time the begynnyng of the immortalitie for to come where in all corruption is vanyshed all voluptuousnes is lowsed all mysbeleue taken awaye righteousnes growed the verite spronge vp Then shal no man be able to saue him that is destroyed nor oppresse him that hath gyuen the victory I knowe lorde that the hyghest is mercyfull in that he hath mercye vpon them whiche are not yet in the worlde and vpon those also that walke in his lawe and that he is pacient and long sufferynge towarde those that haue synned in they re worckes and that he is liberall to geue where as it requyreth and that he is of greate mercye for he multiplied his louyng kyndnesse toward those that are present and that are paste and to theym whiche are for to come for yf he multiplye not hys mercyes the worlde shall not be made liuing with those that dwell therin He geueth also for yf he gaue not of his goodnes that they whiche haue done euyll
but the vngodlye and hym that delyted in wychednes dothe his soule abhorre vpon the vngodly he shall raygne snares fyre and brymstone storme and tempeste this shal be their portion to dryncke ¶ The .xii. Chapter THe Lorde shel rote out all disceatful lippes and the tong that speaketh proude thinges ¶ The .xiii. Chapter HOwe longe shall mine enemy triumphe ouer me Consider and heare me O lord my god lyghten myne eyes that I stepe not in deathe lest myne enemye saye I haue preuayled against hym For yf I be cast downe they that trouble me wyl reioyce at it But my truste is in thy mercye and my herte is ioyfull in thy saluation The .xiiii. Chapter THe Lorde loked downe from heauen vpon the chyldren of men to se yf there were any that wolde vnderstande and seke after god But they are all gone out of the waye they are altogether become abhominable there is none that doth good no not one ¶ The .xv. Chapter LOrde who shall dwell in thy tabernacle he that hathe not geuen hys money to vsurye nor taken rewarde against the innocent ¶ The .xvi. Chapter THe Lorde hym selfe is the portion of myne enheritaunce Thou shalte not leue my soule in hel neyther shalte thou suffer thy holy one to se corruption The .xviii. Chapter The lorde shall rewarde me after my righteous dealyng accordynge to the clennes of my handes shall he recompence me With the holy thou shalte be holye and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect With the cleane thou shalte be cleane and with the frowarde thou shalte learne frowardnes ¶ The .xix. Chapter The iudgementes of the Lorde are true righteous all together More to be desyred are they than golde yea then muche fyne golde sweter then hony combe of the hony Moreouer by them is thy seruaunt taught and in kepynge of them there is great rewarde Who can tell how ofte he offendeth Oh clense thou me fro my secrete fautes Kepe thy seruaunt also from presumptuous synnes lest they get the dominion ouer me so shall I be vndefiled and innocent from the greate offence ¶ The .xx. Chapter SOme put theyr trust in charrettes and some in horses but we wyll remembre the name of the lorde oure god They are broughte downe and fallen but we are rysen and stande vpright The .xxii. Chapter I Am a worme and no mā a very scorne of men and the outcast of the people They pearsed my handes and my fete I maye tell all my bones they stande staring and lokynge vpon me They parte my garmentes among them and caste lottes vpon my vesture ¶ The .xxiii. Chapter Though I walke thorow the valley of the shadowe of death I wyll feare no euyll for thou art with me ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter Who shall ryse vp into the hyll of the lord euen he that hathe clene handes and a pure harte and that hath not lyft vp his mynde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceyue his neyghbour The. 25. Cha. What man is he that feareth the lorde him shal he teache in the waye that he shall chose His soule shall dowell at ease and his seede shall inherit the lande The secrete of the lorde is amonge them that feare him he wil shew thē his conuenaunt ¶ The .xxvii. Chapter ONe thing haue I desired of the lord whiche I wyll requyre euen that I maye dwell in the house of the lorde all the dayes of my lyfe to beholde the fayre beauty of the lorde and to viset his temple ¶ The .xxviii. Chapter O Plucke me not awaye with the vngodly and wycked doers whiche speake frēdly to their neighboures but ymagine myschefe in their hertes Rewarde them according to the wyckednesse of their owne inuentions Recōpence them after the worcke of their handes paye theim that they haue deserued For they regarde not in they re mynde the worckes of the lorde nor the operations of his handes therfore shall he breake them downe and not buylde them vp The .xxxii. Chapter BLessed is he whose vnryghteousnes is forgeuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is that man vnto whome the lorde imputeth no synne and in whose sprete there is no gyle The .xxxiii. Chapter THe lorde bringeth the counsaile of the heathen to nought and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effecte and casteth oute the counseyles of princes There is no kinge that can be saued by the multitude of an hooste neyther is anye myghtye man deliuered by moche strenght A horse is counted but a vaine thinge to saue a man neyther shall he delyuer any man by his greate strength Beholde the eye of the lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put their trust in hys mercy To delyuer their soules from deathe and to fede them in tyme of dearth The .xxxiiii. Chapter I wyll alwaye geue thankes vnto the lorde his prayse shall euer be in my mouthe The aungel of the lorde tarieth rounde about them that feare him and delyuereth them O tast and se howe gracious the lorde is blessed is the manne that trusteth in hym O feare the lorde ye that be his sainctes for they that feare hym lacke nothinge What man is he that lusteth to lyue and wolde faine se good dayes Kepe thy tonge frome euyll and thy lyppes that they speake nogyle Eschue euyll and do good se he peace and ensue it The eyes of the lorde are ouer the ryghteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers The countinaunce of the Lorde is agaynste them that do euyll to rote out the remembraunce of them from the earth The righteous crye the lorde heareth them deliuereth them out of all their troubles The lorde is nye vnto them that are of a contrite herte and wyll saue suche as be of an humble sprete Greate are the troubles of the ryghteous but the lord deliuereth him out of all He kepeth all hys bones so that not one of them is broken The .xxxv. Chapter I putte on sacke clothe and humbled my soule with fastynge and my prayer shall retourne in to my owne bosome The .xxxvii. Chapter Wycked doers shal be roted oute and they that paciently abyde the lorde these shall inherite the lande Yet a lytle whyle and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalte loke after his place and he shal be awaye But the meke spirited shall possesse the earthe and shal be refreshed in the multitude of peace A small thinge that the righteous hath is better then great richesse of the vngodly I haue bene yonge and nowe am olde and yet saw I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his seede beggyng theyr breade The mouthe of the righteous is exercised in wysdome and his tounge wylbe talkynge of iudgement I my selfe haue sene the vngodly in greate power and florishyng lyke a grene bay tree I went by and lo he was gone I soughte hym but his place coulde no where be founde ¶ The .xxxviii. Chapter There is no health in my fleshe And there is
no whole parte in my bodye The .xxxix. Chapter VErely euery man liuynge is altogether â—â—…nitie for man walketh in a vaine shadowe and disquieteth him selfe in vayne he heapeth vp richessr and cannot tell who shall gather them The .xli. Chapter BLessed is he that considereth the poore and neady the lord shall deliuer him in the time of trouble ¶ The .xliiii. Chapter I wil not trust in my bow it is not my swearde that shall helpe me but it is thou that sauest vs froÌ„ our enemyes and puttest them to coÌ„fusion that hate vs. For thy sake also are we kylled all the day long and are contented as shepe appointed to be claine The .xlv. Chapter Thou haste loued ryghteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore god euen thy god hath anointed the with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy felowes The .xlix. Chapter The wyse men dye and her she together as well as the ignorant and foolyshe and leue their riches for other Be not thou affrayed though one be made riche or yf the glorye of his house be increased for he shall carpe nothynge awaye with hym when he dieth neyther shall his pompe folowe him The .l. Chapter OVr god shall come shall not hepe silence there shall go before him a consumyng fyre and a mightye tempeste shal be stered vp rounde aboute hym he shall call the heauen from aboue and the earthe that he maye iudge his people Offer vnto god thankesgeuyng and paye thy dowes vnto the most hyest But vnto the vngodlye sayde god why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my coÌ„uenaunt in thy mouthe The .li. Chapter The sacrifice of god is a troubled sprete a broken and a contrite herte o god shalt thou not despise Beholde I was shapen in wickednes and in synne hath my mother conceaued me The .lii. Chapter THe righteous also shall se this and feare shall laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ that toke not god for his strenghte but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthed him selfe in his wyckednes The .lv. Chapter HE layd his handes vpon suche as be at peace with him and he brake his couenaunt The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter hauyng warre in his hart his wordes were smother then oyle and yet be they very sweardes The .lviii. Chapter THe righteous shal reioyse when he seeth the vengeaunce he shall washe his footesteppis in the bloude of the vngodly The .lxii. Chapter IF riches increase set not your hart vpon theÌ„ Thou rewardell euery man accordyng to his worke The .lxvi. Chapter I Wyll gointo thy house with brent offeringes and wyll paye thee my vowes whiche I promisâ—d with my lippes and speake with my mouthe whan I was in trouble The .lxix. Chapter I wepte and chastened my selfe with fastinge and that was turned to my reproche I put on a sackcloth also and they iested vpon me They that sytte in the gate speake agaynste me and the dronkardes make songes vpon me The .lxxi. Chapter O What great troubles and aduersities haste thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earthe agayne Thou haste broughte me to great honoure and comforted me on euery syde The .lxxvi. Chapter Promise vnto the lorde your god and kepe it The .lxxix. Chapter O Remember not oure olde synnes but haue merrie vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great miserie The .lxxx. Chapter THou fedest them with the breade of tearee and geuest them plenteousnesse of teares to drynke The .lxxxi. Chapter My people wolde not heare my voyce and Israell wolde not obeye me So I gaue them vp vnto they re owne heartes lust and lette them folow their owne ymaginacions The .lxxxiiii. Chapter I Had rather be a doore keper in the house of my god then to dwelin the rentes of vngodlynesse The .lxxxix. Chapter BVt yf his chyldren forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgementes yf they breke my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes I wyl viset theyr offences with the rod and their synnes with scourges What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death The .xc. Chapter A Thousande yeares in thy syghte are but as yesterdaye The dayes of our age are thre score yeares ten and thoughe men be so stronge that they come to four scoure yeares yet is theyr strength then but laboure and sorowe so soone passeth it awaye and we are goen The .xci. Chapter HE shall geue his aungels charge ouer thee to kepe the in all thy wayes They shal beare the in theyr handes that thou hurt not thy foote agaynst astone The .xcii. Chapter WHen the vngodlye are grene as the grasse and when all the worckes of wyckednesse dooe florishe then shall they be destroyedde for euer The .xcuii. Chapter BLessed is the man whome thou chasteneste O lorde The .xcvii. Chapter THere shall go a fyre before hym and burne his enemies on euery syde O ye that loue the lorde se that ye hate the thinge whiche is euyli The lorde preserueth the soules of his sayntes he shall delyuer them from the hande of the vngodly The Ci. Chapter WHo so priuelye slaundereth his neyghboure him wyll I destroye There shall no disceatefull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tarye in my sight The Cii Chapter I Haue eaten asshes as it were breade and myngeled my dryncke with wepyng My dayes are gone lyke a shadowe and I am wythered lyke grasse Thou lorde in the begynnynge haste layde the fundation of the earthe and the heauens are the worcke of thy handes they shall perishe but thou shalâ—e endure they all shall waxe olde as dothe a garment and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou arte the same and thy yeares shall not fayle The C.iii. Chapter THe mercifull goodnesse of the Lorde endureth for euer and euer vpoÌ„ them that feare him his righteousnes vpon chylders children The C.iiii. Chapter HE bryngeth forth grasse for the cattel and grene herbe for the seruice of menne that he maye brynge foode out of the earth and wyne that maketh gladde the herte of man and oyle to make him a chereful countenaunce and breade to strength mans herte Man goeth forth to his worke and to hys laboure vntill the euenyng The .cv. Chapter TOuche not myne annointed and do my prophetes no harme The .cvi. Chapter BLessed are they that alwaye kepe iudgement and do righteousnesse The .cix. Chapter HYs delite was in cursyng and it shall happen vnto hym he loued not blessynge therfore shall it be farre from hym My knees are weake thorow fasting my fleshe is dried vp for want of fatnesse The .cxi. Chapter THe woorkes of his handes are veritie and iudgement all his commaundementes are true The feare of the lorde is the beginning of wisdome a good vnderstandynge haue all they that do thereafter The .cxii. Chapter A Good manne is mercifull and lendeth and wyll guyde his
open youre graues O my people and take you out of your sepulchres and brynge you into the lande of Israel againe So shall ye knowe that I am the lorde when I open your graues and bring you out of them My spirite also wyll I put in you and ye shall liue I wil seâ—te you agayne in youre owne lande and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde whiche haue sayde it and fulfilled it in dede The .xliii. Chapter O Thou sonne of man this tome is my feate and the place of my foote steps where as I wyll dwell amonge the children of Israell for euermore The .xliiii. Chapter THey shall not shaue theyr heades nor nourishe the bushe of theyr heare but rounde theyr heades onely All the priestes that go into the inmoste courte shall drynke no wyne They shall mary no wydowe neyther one that is putte from her husband but a mayde of the scede of the house of Israel or a wydow that hath had a priest before The .xlv. Chapter VPon the .xiiii. daye of the fyrste moneth ye shall kepe Easter seuen dayes shall the feast continue wherein there shall no sowre nor leuended breade be eaten One sycle maketh twenty garres So .xx. sicles and .xxv. and .xv. sicles make a pounde The .xlvi. Chapter If the Prince geue a gifte vnto anye of his sonnes then shall it be his sonnes heritage perpetuall that he maye possesse it But yf he wyll geue one of his seruantes some of his heritage it shal be his vnto the fre yeare and then to returne agayne vnto the Prince for his heritage shall be his sonnes only The booke of the Prophete Daniel the .ii. Chapter ANd Daniel praysed the God of heauen Daniel also cryed loude and sayde O that the name of GOD myghte he praysed for euer and euer for wysedome and strengthe are his owne he chaungeth the times and ages he putteth downe kynges he setteth vp kynges he geueth wysedome vnto the wyse and vnderstandyng to those that vnderstande he openeth the depe secretes he knoweth the thyng that lyeth in darkenesse for the lyghte dwelleth with him The .iiii. Chapter WHerfore O kynge be contente with my couÌ„sell that thou mayest redeme thy synnes with alinesse and thyne â–ª offences with mercye to poore people for this shal be an healyng of thyne erroure O kynge Nabuchodonozor to the it is spoken Thy kyngdome shall departe from thee thou shalte be caste out of mennes companye thy dwellynge shal be with the beastes of the fielde so that thou shalte eate grasse as an Oxe tyll seuen yeares be come and goen ouer thee euen vntyll thou knowest that the kygheste hathe power vpon the kyngdomes of men and that he maye geue them vnto whome it pleaseth hym The .v. Chapter MAne Thetell Phares Nowe the interpretacion of the thing is this Mane God hath noumbred the kingdome and broughte it to an ende Thetel thou arte wayed in the balaunce and arte founde to lighte Phares thy kingdome is delie in partes and geuen to the Medes and Parses The .vii. Chapter HE shal suddue three kinges and shall speake wordes againste the hyghest of all he shall destroye the sayntes of the mooste hyghest and thynke that he maye chaunge tymes and lawes They shall be geuen vnder his power vntyll a tyme two tymes and halfe a time But the iudgemente shall be kepte so that his power shal be taken from hym for he shall be destroyed and peryshe at the laste The .ix. Chapter I Turned me vnto my God the Lorde for to praye and make myne intercercession with fasting sackecloth and ashes We do not cast our prayers before thee in our owne righteousenesse no but onely in thy greate mercies The .xii. Chapter THere shall come a tyme of trouble suche as neuer was sence there began to be any people vnto the same tyme. Then shall thy people de delyuered yea al those that be founde wrytten in the booke Many of them that sleape in the duste of the earthe shall awake some to euerlastynge lyte some to perpertuall shame and reprofe the wyse suche as haue taught other shall glyster as the shynyng of heauen and those that haue instructe the multitude vnto godlynesse shal be as the sterres worlde without ende The .xiii. Chapter WEl it is better for me to fall into youre bandes with out the bede doyns then to synne in the syghte of the lorde ¶ The booke of the Prophete Oseas The fyrst Chapter GO thy waye take an harlotiets thy wyfs gette children by her The .ii. Chapter I Wyll haue mercy vpon her that was without mercy The .iiii. Chapter THe lorde must punyshe theÌ„ that dwell in the laÌ„de And why there is no truthe there is no mercy there is no knowledge of god in the lande but see eating liynge manslaughter thefte and aduoutrye haue gotten the vpper hande and one gyltynesse foloweth another Therfore shal the lande be in a miserable case and all they that dwell therin shall be rooted out The beastes of the felde the foules of the ayre and the fyshes of the see shall dye My people peryshe because they haue no know ledge Whoredome wyne and dronckennesse taketh the herte awaye The .vi. Chapter I Haue pleasure in louynge kyndnes and not in offerynge yea in the knowledge of god more then in burnt sacrifice As the theues armed waite for him that passeth by the waye suche is the counsayle of the presses whiche with one agterd counsayle murther cruelly suche as keye the waye yea they dare do all vnspeakable myschefe The .x. Chapter SOwe vnto righteousnesse reape the frutes of weldoynge plowe vp youre freshe lande for it is tyme to seke the lorde tyll he come and raine righteousnesse vpon you but you haue plowed vngodlynesse ye haue reaped iniquitie you haue eaten the frute of lyes The .xii. Chapter Iacob toke his brother by the hele when he was yet in his mothers wombe and in his strength he wrestled with god he stroue with the aungell and gat the victory so that he prayde and desired him The .xiii. Chapter O Israell thine iniquitie hath destroyed the. but in me onely is thy helpe O deathe I wyll be thy deathe O hell I wyl be thy slinge The .xiiii. Chapter THe wayes of the lorde are righteous suche as be godlye wyll walke in them As for the wycked they wyll stomble therin ¶ The booke of the Prophete Ioel The first Chapter WAke vp ye dronkardes and wepe mourne all ye wyne suppere because of your swet wyne for it shal be taken awaye from youre mouthe Gyrde you and mourne O ye prestes mourne ye ministers of the aultar go your waye in and sleape in sackeclothe proclayme a faslyng cal the congregacyon gather the elders and all the inhabytoure of the lande together in to the house of the lorde youre god crye vnto the lord alas alas for this daye And why the daye of the lorde is at hande and cometh as a destroyer from the almyghtye The .ii.
the lorde my god shall come and al saintes with him In that daye shall it not be lyght other cleare or dymme This shal be that speciall daye whiche is knowen vnto the Lorde neither daye nor night but aboute euenyng time it shal be lyghte The booke of the Prophete Malachy the .i. Chapter WAs not Esau Iacobs brother sayth the lorde yet haue I loued Iacob and hated Esau Yea I haue made his hilles waste and his heritage in a wildernesse for dragons Yf ye offer the blynde is it not euell and yf ye offer the lame and sicke is not that euell yea offer it vnto the prince shall he be contente with the or accepte thy persone sayth the LORDE of hostes What is he among you that will do so muche as to shut the doores or to hyndle the fyre vpon my aulter for mought I haue no pleasure in you saieth the lorde of hoostes From the rising vp of the sunne vnto the goyng downe of the same my name is great amonge the gentiles Yea in euery place shall there sacrifice be done and a cleane offering offred vp vnto my name for my name is great amonge the heathen sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Cursed be the dissembler whiche hathe in his flocke one that is a male and when he make the a vowe offereth a spotted one vnto the Lorde The .ii. Chapter IN the Priestes lyppes should be sure knowledge that menne maye seke the lawe at his mouth for he is a messenger of the LORDE of hoostes The .iii. Chapter I wyll sende my messenger whiche shall prepare the waye before me Beholde he commeth sayth the Lord of hoostes But who maye abyde the daye of his comminge who shal be able to endure when he appereth for he is lyke a golde smythes fyer and lyke washers sope He shall set hym downe to trye and to clense the siluer he shall pourge the chyldren of Leuy and purifye them lyke as Golde and syluer I wyll come and punishe you and I myselfe wyll be a swifte witnesse agaynste the witches agaynste the aduouterers agaynste false swearers yea and agaynste those that wrong fullye kepe backe the hyrelynges dewlye whiche vexe the widdowes and the fatherles and oppresse the straunger and feare not me sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Turne ye newe vnto me and I wyll turne me vnto you say the the lorde of hoostes Ye saye wherein shall we turne Shoulde a man vse false heade and disceyte with god as ye vse false heade and disceyte with me yet ye saye wherein vse we disceyte with the In tythes Therfore are ye cursed with penury because ye dissemble with me all the sorte of you Bryng euery tithe into my barne that there maye be meate in my house and proue me withall sayeth the Lorde of hoostes yf I wyll not open the wyndose of heauen vnto you and powre you oute a blessyng with plenteousenesse yea I shall reproue the consumer for your sakes so that he shall not eate vp the fruite of your grouÌ„d neither shall the vineyard be bacon in the fielde sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Insomuche that all people shall saye that ye be blessed For ye shal be a pleasaunte lande sayeth the Lorde of hoostes The .iiii. Chapter THe daye commeth that shall burne as an ouer and all the proude yea and all suche as do wyckednesse shal be strawe and the day that is to come shall burne them vp sayeth the Lorde of hoostes so that it shall leue them neyther roote nor braunche But vnto you that feare my name shall that sunne of righteousnes aryse and health shal be vnder his winges ye shall go foorthe and multiplye as the fat calues ye shal treade downe the vngodlye for they shal be lyke the ashes vnder the soules of youre feete in the daye that I shall make sayth the lorde of hoostes Beholde I wyll sende you Elias that Prophet before the comming of the daye of the greate and fearefull Lorde The booke of the Prophete Batucke the .i. Chapter THe deade that be gone downe to theyr graues and whose soules are oute of theyr bodies ascribe vnto the Lorde neither prayse nor righteous making but the soule that is vexed for the multitude of her synnes which goeth on beauelye and weakelye whose eyes beginne to fayle yea suche a soule ascribeth prayse and righteousnesse vnto the Lorde The .iii. Chapter O Learne then where discretion is where vertue is where vnderstandinge is that thou maiste knowe also from whence cometh long life a necessarie liuinge the lyght of the eies and quietnes who euer founde oute hir place whoe euer came into hir treasures Afterwarde did he shewe him selfe vpon earth and dwelte amonge them The .vi. Chapter Blessed is the godly man that hath no ydolles and worshippeth none for he shall be farre frome reproufe ¶ The fyrste boke of the Machabees The .ii. Chapter THus ye mare consider thorowe out allages since the word began that who so euer put their truste in God were not ouercome feare not ye then the wordes of an vngodlye manne for his glorye is but donge and wormes to daye is he set vp and to morow is he gone for he is turned into earth and his memorial is come to nought The .iii. Chapter BVt Iudas saide it is a small matter for manye to be ouercome with fewe yea there is no difference to the God of heauen to deliuer by a great multitude or by a small companie for the victorye of the battaile standeth not in the multitude of the hoste but the strength commeth from heauen Iudas ordeined captaines ouer the people ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftye and ouer tenne But as for suche as builded theim bouses marâ—ed wiues planted them vineyardes and those that were feareful he commaunded theÌ„ euery manne to go home againe accordyng to the lawe The .iiii. Chapter IVdas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israell ordeined that the tyme of dedication of the aulter should be kept in his season frome yeare to yere by the space of eyghte dayes from the .xxv. daye of the moneth Caslue with myrth and gladnesse The .vi. Chapter HAd to prouoke the Elephantes for to fight they shewed them the say of red grapes and molberyes The seconde booke of the Machabees the .iii. Chapter THancke Inias the hye preast for his sake hath the lorde graunted the thy lyfe The .iiii. Chapter TO do wyckedly against the lawe of god shal not escape vnpunished The .v. Chapter Yet was Antiochus not content with this but durst go into the most holy temple Menelaus that traytour to the lawes and to his owne naturall countrey beynge his guyde and with his wycked handes toke the holy vessell whiche other kinges and cyties had geuen thether for the garnyshinge and honoure of the place them toke he in his handes vnworthelye and detiled them God hath not chosen the people for that places sake but the placee for the peoples sake and therfore is the place become partaker of the
doeth hate zacha .viii. Thought of man Sirach .xxvii. Thirty siluer pence zacha .xi. Thubal Gene .iiii. Thuball Cain Gene iiii Tithes Leui .xxviii. ii of Esdras .xii. Cobi .i. Sirach .vii. xxv Tithes are the priestes enheritaunce Nu .xviii. Tobias exercised him selfe in the worckes of mercye Tob .i. Tobias was tempted with blyndnesse Tob .ii. Tothe for to the. Leui .xxiiii. Towre of Babilone Gene .xi. Tree of lyfe Gene .ii. Trespace that can not be restored shal be the preistes Nume .iii. Trouble is necessary Psal .cxix. Truste nother in bowe nor swearde but in God Psalme .xliiii. Trust in god and not in princes psal .cxviii. cxlvi Truste in no liynge wordes Iere .vii. Truthe wyll not be hard Amos .v. Truthe of all thinges is most strongest .iii. of Esdras .iiii. Truthe is fled awaye .iiii. of Esdras .xiiii. Thinges impossible .iiii. of Esdras .iiii. v. Tunicle with his ornamentes Exo .xxviii. Turne not thy face from the poore Tob .iiii. Two parlous thinges Syrac .xxvi. V. W. Vayle of the temple Exo .xxvi. Vertuous woman Syrac .xxxvi. Vineyarde Esay .v. Virgine shall beare a sonne Esay .vii. Vnrighteous buylders Iere .xxii. Victory standeth not in the multitude Macha 3. Vowe of abstinence Nume .xvi. Vowe vnto god and fulfyll it Nume .xxx. Deut. xxiii Psalme .l. lxvi lxxvi Preacher .v. Voyce is Iacobs Gene .xxvii. Vsury Exo .xxii. Leui .xxv. Deute .xxiii. ii of Esdras .v. Psal .xv. Prouer .xxviii. Eze .xviii. Vsury and what it is Eze .xviii. Vrias answer to Dauid .ii. of the Kynges .xi. Vza for touchynge of the arcke is punyshed Lof the Kinges .vi. â—â—…id is smytten with the leper ii of the Chro. 26. Walke vpon a staffe Exo .xxi. Walke with the vertuous Prouer .ii. Waters the heith countenaunce of them ge 7. Waters of Mara were bytter Exo .xv. Water of strife Nume .xx. Well doynge hath 〈◊〉 rewarde Gene .iiii. Wemen delyuered howe longe they are vnclene Leui .xii. Wemen are the destruction of kinges Prou .xviii. Wemen eate their owne children Lamen 4. eze 5. Wepe for the deade Syra .xxii. xxxviii We are all vnclene Esay .lxiiii. Weye thy wordes Syrac .xxviii. Weyghtes and measures Deute .xxv. Miche .vi. Wycked men desyre not to knowe goddes wayes Iob .xxi. Wycked mens portion Psalm .xl. Wycked kinges Prouer .xvi. Wyne breade and oyle Psalm .ciiii. Wyne and stronge dryncke Prouer .xix. Wyne byteth lyke a serpent Prouer .xxiii. Wyne and wemenne Syrach â–ª xix Wyne temperately droncken Syrach .xxxi. What we oughte to do when oure neyghboureâ— oxe or shepe do straye Deute xxii What they be vpon whom the deuel hath powre Tobias .vi. What is wysdome Wysdom .vii. Wysdome and the chefe point therof Prouer .iiii. Wysdom engendreth trauayle Preacher .i. Wysdom hyd and treasure hoorded Syrach .xx. Whore and whore kepers are forbodden Deu. 22. Wyfe that is deuorced maye mary another Deu. terono .xxiiii. Whose shall the fyrste place be in the resurrection iiii Esdras .ii. Who can withstande gods wrathe Iob .ix. Who shall ascende into the hyll of the lorde Psal .xxiiii. Esay .xxxiii. Whoredome of wemen syrach .xxvi. Wyshe the kynge no euell preach .x. Women must frely consent to mariage gen .xxiiii. Womans curse gene .iii. Vngodly persons do sone vanyshe away ps 37.91 Worde of god a lanterne of lyght psal .cxix. Worde of god healeth all thynge wysd .xvi. Word of god shall not returne voyde Esay .lv. Worde of god is compared to fyre Iere .xxiii. Worde of god is heard but not folowed eze .xxxiii Wordes of slaunderers prouer .xviii. Workes shal be rewarded prouer .xii. Workers with spirites Leui .xii. Wrest not the law Deut .xvi. Wrathe of a woman syrach xxv Worme of conscience shall not dye Esa .lxvi. Y Yeare of Iubelye Leui xxv Yoke of god Lame .iii. Z Zachary is stoned to death .ii. Chro .xxiiii. ¶ The ende of the Table ¶ The gospel of S. Matthew the first Chapter ALl the generacions of Abraham to Dauid are .xiiii. generacions And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon are .xiiii. generacions And from the captiuitie of Babilon vnto Christ are also xiiii generacions The byrthe of Iesus Christe was on this wise when his mother Mary was betrouthed to Ioseph before they came to dwell together she was founde with chylde by the holy ghoste Then Ioseph her husbande beynge a perfecte manne and lothe to make an ensample of her was mynded to put her awaye secretely Whyle he thus thought beholde the angel of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in a dreme sayingâ— Ioseph the sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wyfe For that whiche is conceaued in her is of the holy ghost She shal bring forth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus For he shall saue his people from theyr sunnes And Ioseph as sone as he awoke out of slepe dyd as the aungell of the lorde bad hym and toke his wyfe vnto hym and knewe her not tyl she had broughte forthe her firste sonne called his name Iesus The .ii. Chapter WHen Iesus was borne at Bethleem in Iury in the tyme of Herode the kyng Behold there came wyse men from the East to Ierusalem saying where is he that is borne kyng of Iewes 〈◊〉 we haue sene his starre in the East and are come to worship him When they hadde hearde the king they departed and so the starre which they sawe in the Easte Went before them tyll it came and stode ouer the place where the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were meruelously glad and went in to the house and founde the chylde with Marye his mother kneled downe and worshypped him and opened their treasures and offered vnto hym gyftes golde franckensence and myrte The .iii. Chapter IN those dayes Iohn the Baptiste came and preached in the wyldernes of Iury sayenges Repent the kyngdome of heauen is at hande Bringe forth therfore the frutes belongynge is repentaunce And se that ye ones thynke not to saye in youre selues we haue Abraham to our father For I saye vnto you that god is able of the stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham Euen nowe is the axe put vnto the rote of the tree so that euery tree whiche bryngeth not forth good frute is hewen downe and caste in to the fyre The .iiii. Chapter IT is wrytten man shall not lyue by breede onelys but by euer ye worde that procedeth out of the mouth of god Thou shalte worshippe the lorde thy god and him onely serue The people which sat in darcknes sawe greâ—t lyghte and to them whiche sat in the region and shadowe of deathe lyght is be gonne to shyne From that time Iesus beganne to preache and to saye Repent for the kingdome of heauen is 〈◊〉 hande He saide vnto Peter and Andrewe folowe me and I wyll make you fyshers of menne And they freyghte waye lefte theyr nettes and folowed hym And he went forthe frome thence and sawe other two bretherne Iames the sonne of Zebede and Iohn his brother
in the shyppe with Zebede theyr father men dynge theyr nettes and called them And they without taryenge lefte the shyrpe and their father and folowed hym Blessed are the poore in sprete for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen The .v. Chapter BLessed are they that mourne for they shal be conforted Blessed are the meke for they shall inheritte the earthe Blessed are they whiche hunger and thurst for righteousnes for they shal be filled Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obteine mercy Blessed are the pure in harte for they shall sea god Blessed are the peacemakers for they shal be called the chyldren of god Blessed are they whiche suffer persecution for ryghteousnes sake for theyrs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and shall falslye saye all maner of euyll saynges againste you for my sake Recoyce and be glad for greate is your rewarde in heauen Ye are the salt of the earth but yf the salt haue lost her saltnes what can be salted therewith It is thence forth good â–ª for nothinge but to be catte oute and to be troden vnder foote of menue Ye are the lyghte of the worlde A cytie that is sette on a hyll cannot be hydde neither do menne lyght a candell and put it vnder a bushell but on a candelsticke it lighteth al that are in the house Let your light so shine before men that they may se youre good worckes and glorifie youre father whiche is n heauen Thinke not that I am come to destroye the law of the Prophetes no I am not come to destroye them but to fulfyll them For truly I saye vnto you tyl heauen and earth peryshe one iote or one title of the lawe shall not scape till all be fulfilled Who so euer breaketh one of these leste commaundementes teacheth men so he shal be called the leste in the kingedome of heauen But who soeuer obserueth and teacheth the same shal be called greate in the kingdome of heauen Ye haue hearde howe it was saide vnto theim of the olde time Thou shalt not kill For whosoeuer killeth shall be in daunger of iudgemente But I saye vnto you whosoeuer is angrye with his brother shal be in daunger of iudgement Who so euersaieth vnto his brother Racha shall be in daunger of a counsell But who so euer saieth thou fole shall be in daunger of hell fire When thou offereste thy gifte at the aulter and there remembreste that thy brother hathe ought againstethe leue there thine offeringe before the aulter and go thy waye firâ—te and be reconsiled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gifte Agre with thine aduersarie quickelye whilles thou arte in the waye with him leste that thine aduersarie deliuer the to the iudge and the iudge deliuer the to the minister and then thou be caste into prison Verely I saye vnto the thou shalt not come oute thence till thou haue paied the vttermoste farthinge Ye haue hearde howe it was saide to them of the olde time Thou shalt not commit aduoutry But I saye vnto you that who so euer loketh on a wife lustinge after her hathe committed aduoutrye wyth hir in his herte Wherefore if thy righte eye offende the plucke him out and caste him froÌ„ the better it is for the that one of thy membres perishe then that thy hole bodie shoulde be caste into hell Also if thy right hande offendethe cutte him of and caste him from the. Better it is that one of thy membres perishe then that all the body shoulde be cast into hell It is saide who so euer putteth away his wife let him geue hir a testimonial also of deuorcemeÌ„t But I saye vnto you who so euer putteth awaye his wife excepte it be for fornication causeth hir to breake matrimonie And who so euer marieth hir that is deuorsed breaketh wedlocke Againe ye haue hearde howe it was said to theÌ„ of olde time Thou shalte not forsweare thy selfe but shalte perfourme thine othe to god But I saye vnto you sweare not at al neither by heauen for it is goddes seate nor yet by the earthe for it is his fote stole neither by Ierusalem for it is the citie of that great kinge neither shalt thou swere by thy heade bicause thou canste not make one white heere or blacke but your coÌ„munication shal be yea yea nay naye for what so euer is more theÌ„ that commeth of euill Ye haue heard how it is sayd an eye for an eye a tothe for a toth But I saye vnto you that ye resiste not wronge But whosoeuer geue the a blow on thy right cheke turne to him the other And if anye man will sue the at the lawe take away thy cote let him haue thy cloke also And who soeuer will compell the to goo with him a myle go with him twaine Geue to him that asketh and frome hym that woulde borowe turne not awaye Ye haue hearde howe it is saide thou shalte loue thy neighbour and hate thine enemy But I saye vnto you loue your enemyes blesse them that curse you Do good to them that hate you Praye for them whiche do you wrong and persecute you that ye maye be the children of your father whiche is in heauen for he maketh his sonne to arise on the euill and on the good and sendethe his rayne on the iuste and vniuste For yf ye loue them which loue you what rewarde shall ye haue Do not the Publicans euen so And yf ye be freÌ„dly to your brethren onelie what singuler thing dâ—pe do not the Publicanes like wise ye shall therfore be perfecte euen as your father whiche is in heauen is perfecte The .vi. Chapter TAke hede to your almes that ye geue it not in the sight of menne to the intente that ye woulde besene of them Or els ye get no rewarde of your father whiche is in heauen Whensoeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes thou shalte not make a trompet to be blowen before ther as the Ypocrites do in the sinagoges and in the stretes for to be praysed of men Verely I saye vnto you they haue their rewarde But when thou doest thine almes let not thy lefte hande knowe what thy right hande doeth that thine almes maie bee secrete and thy father whiche seeth in secrete shal rewarde the openly When thou prayest thou shalte not be as the Ypocrites art For they loue to stande and praye in the Synagoges and in the corners of the stretes because they wolde be sent of men Verelye I saye vnto you they haue theyr rewarde But when thou prayest enter into thy chambre and shutte thy doore to thee and praye to thy father whiche is in secrete and thy father whiche seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openly And when ye praye bable not muche as the Heathen doe for they thinke that they shal be heard for their much bablinges sake Be ye not lyke them therfore for you father knoweth whereof you haue nede before
ye axe of hym When ye faste be not sadde as the Ypocrites are For the disfigure theyr faces that they might be sene of men how they faste Verely I saye vnto you they haue theyr rewarde But thou when thou fastest annoynte thine heade and washe thy face that it appere not vnto men howe that thou fasteste But vnto thy father whiche is in secrete and thy father whiche seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openlye Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon the earthe where ruste and mothes corrupte where theues breake through and steale But gather ye treasure together in heauen where neither rust nor mothes corrupte where theues neither breake vp nor steale For wheresoeuer youre treasure is there wyll youre heartes be also No man can serue two maysters For either he shall hate the one and loue the other or elles he shall lene to the one and despise the other ye cannot serue God and Mammon I saye vnto you be not carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or what ye shall drinke nor yee for your body what ye shall put on Is not the life more worthe than meate and the bodye more of value then raymente Beholde the fowles of the ayre for they sowe not neither reape nor yet carye into the barnes and yet yâ—ur heauenlye father feedeth them Are ye not muche better then they Which of you though he toke thought therfore coulde put one cubite vnto his stature And why cate ye theÌ„ for rayment Considre thelilyes of the fielde howe they growe they labour not neither spinne And yet for all that I saye vnto you that euen Salomon in all his royaltie was not arayde lyke vnto one of these Wherfore yf god so clothe the grasse which to daye in the fielde and to motowe shal be cast into the fornace shall he not muche more do the same vnto you O ye of lytle faith Therfore take no thought saying what shal we eate or what shall we drynke or werewith shall we be clothed After all these thynges seke the gentyles For your heauenly father knoweth that ye haue nede of all these thynges But rather seke ye fyrste the Kyngdome of heauen and the righteousenesse thereof and all these thynges shal be ministred vnto you Care not then for to morow but let the morowe care for it selfe for the daye preseÌ„t hath euer ynough of his own trouble The .vii. Chapter IVdge not that ye be not iudged for as ye iudge so shall ye be iudged And with what measure ye meate with the same shall it be measured to you agayne Why seest thou a moote in thy brothers tye and perceauest not the beame that is in thine own eyes Or why sayest thou to thy brother suffer me to plucke oute the moote out of thyne eye and be holde a beame is in thyne owne eye Ypocrite first cast out the beame out of thyne own eye and then shalt thou see clearely to pluck out the mote out of thy brothers eye Geue not that whiche is holy to dogges neither caste ye your pearles before swyne lesse they treade them vnder theyr fete and the other turne agayne and all to rent you Are and it shall be geuen you Seke and ye shal fynde Knocke and it shal be opened vnto you For whosoeuer axeth receaneth he that sekethe â–ª findeth to hym that knocketh it shal be opened whatsoeuer ye wolde that men should do to you euen so do to them Enter in at the strayte gate for wyde is the gate and brode is the waye that leadeth to destruction and many there be whiche go in therat But strayte is the waye whiche leadeth vnto lyfe and fewe there be that fynde it Beware of talse prophetes whiche come to you in shepes clothyng but inwardly they be rauenyng wolues Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites Euery tree that bryngeth not foorthe good fruite shal be hewen downe and cast into the fyre Not all they that saye vnto me Mayster Mayster shall enter into the kyngdome of heaueÌ„ but he that dothe my fathers wyll whiche is in heauen The .viii. Chapter SYr I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the worde onlye and my seruaunt shal be healed Verely I saye vnto you I haue not founde so great fayth no not in Israell Master I will folowe the whither soeuer thou goest And Iesus sayde vnto hym the foxes haue holes and the byrdes of the ayre haue nestes but the sonne of the man hathe not whereon to rest his head Another that was of his disciples sayde vnto hym master suffer me first to go and burye my father But Iesus sayde vnto hym folowe me and let the dead burie theyr deade And beholde the deuilles cryed out sayenge O Iesu the sonne of God what haue we to do with thee Art thou come hither to tormente vs before the tyme become And there was a good waye of from them a great heard of swyne fedyng Then the deuils besought him sayinge yf thou easte vs oute suffer vs to go oure waye into the hearde of swyne And he sayde vnto them to your wates The .ix. Chapter HAd when Iesus sawe the faythe of them he sayde to the seeke of the paisie sonne be of good chere thy sinnes be forgeuen thee Why eateth youre mayster with Publicanes and sinners when Iesus hearde that he sayde vnto them The hole nede not the phisicion but they that are sycke Go and learne what that meaneth I haue pleasure in mercy and not in offring For I am not come to call the righteous but the synners to repentaunce No man pieceth an olde garment with a piece of newe clothe for then taketh he awaye the piece agayne from the garment and the rente is made greater Neither do men put newe wyne in olde vessels for then the vessels breake and the wyne runneth out and the vessels perishe But they powre newe wyne into newe vessels and so are both saued together Then sayde he to his disciples the harueste is greate but the labourers are fewe wherfore praye the Lorde of the haruest to sende for the labourers into his haruest The .x. Chapter HAd he called his .xii. disciples vnto hym and gaue them power ouer vncleane spirites to cast them out and to heale all maner of sickenesses and all maner diseases These .xii. dyd Iesus sead and commaunded them saying Go not into the wayes that leade to Gentiles and into the cities of the Samaritanes enter ye not but go rather to the loste shepe of the house of Israell God and preache saying that the kyngdome of heauen is at hande Heale the sicke clense the Lepers tayse the deade cast out the deâ—â—ls Frelyepe haue receyued frelye geue agayne Possesse not golde nor syluer nor brasse in youre girdelâ— nor yet scrip towardes your ioutneye neither two coates neither shoes nor yet a staffe For the workeman is worthy to haue his meate Into whatsouer citie or toune ye shal come enquyre who
ANd the disciples came and sayd to him Why speakest thou to theym in parables He answered and saide vnto them it is geuen vnto you to knowe the secretes of the kingdome of heauen but to them it is not geuen For whosoeuer hath to him shal be geuen and he shall haue abundance but whosoeuer hathe not from him shall be taken awaye euen that he hath This peoples hartes are waxed grosse and their eares well dull of hearynge and their eyes haue they closed leaste they shulde see with their eyes and heare with eares shulde vnderstande with their hartes and shoulde tourne that I myghte heale them But blessed are youre eyes for they see and youre eares for they heare Verely I saye vnto you that many prophetes and perfaict men haue desired to see those thinges whiche ye se and haue not sene them to here those thinges which ye heare and haue not hearde them The sonne of manne shall sende forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kyngdom all thinges that offende and theym whyche do iniquitie and shall caste theym into a furnes of fyre there shal be waylyng and knasshyng of â—eth Then shall thy iuste men shyne a bryght as the sonne in the kyngdome of their father Whence cometh all this wysdome and power vnto him Is not this the carpenters sonne is not is mother called Marye and his brethren be called Iames and Ioseph and Simon and Iudas and are not his systers all here with vs whense hathe he all these thinges A prophete is not without honoure saue in his owne countre and amonge his owne kynne The .xiiii. Chapter ANd when his disciples sawe hym walkynge on the see they were troubled layeng it is some sprite and cryed out for feare And streyght waye Iesus spake vnto them sayenge Be of good cheare it is I be not afrayed The .xv. Chapter HE that cutsseth father or mother shall suffee death This people draweth nye to me with theyr mouthes and honoureth me with their lyppes howbeit their hartes are farre frome me but in vaine thei worship me teaching doctrines whiche are nothinge but mens preceptes That whiche goeth into the mouthe defileth not the man but that whiche commeth out of the mouth defileth the man All plantes whiche my heauenlye father hathe not planted shal be plucked vp by the rotes Yf the blynde leede the blynde bothe shall fall in to the dyche Out of the herte come enyll thoughtes murder breakynge of wedlocke whoredome theefte false witnes berynge blasphemye These ere the thinges whiche defyle a manne But to eate with vnwasshen handes defileth not a man Then came to him his disciples and besoughte hym sayenge sende her awaye for the foloweth vs crying He answered and sayde I am not sent but vnto the loost shepe of the house of Israel It is not good to take the chyldrens bread and to caste it to whelpes She answered and sayde truthe lord neuerthelesse the whelpes eate of the trommes whiche fall from their masters table The .xvi. Chapter AT euen ye saye we shall haue fayre wedder and that because the skye is reed and in the mornyng ye saye to daye shal be foule wedder and that because the skye is cloudy and reed When Iesus came into the coastes of the cytie whiche is called Cesarea Philippi he ared his disciples sayeng whoÌ„ do men saye that I the sonne of man am They sayde some saye thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes He saide vnto them but whom saye yt that I am Simon Peter answered said Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing god And Iesus answered and sayde to him Happy arte thou Simon the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened vnto the that but my father whyche is in heauen And I saye also vnto the that thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wyll bylde my congregation And the gates of hell shall not preuayle againste it And I wyll geue vnto the the kepes of the kingdome of heauen and whatsoeuer thou byndest vpon erth shal be bounde in heauen and whatsoeuer thou lowsest on earth shal be low sed in heauen But Peter toke him a side and began to rebuke him sayeng Master sauer thy selfe this shall not come to the. Then tourned he aboute and sayde vnto Peter come after me Satan thou offendest me because thou sauourest not godly thinges but worldly thinges Yf any man wyll folowe me lette him forsake hym selfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me For whosoeuer wyll saue his lyfe shall loose it And whosoeuer shal loose his lyfe for my sake shal fynde it What shall it proffyt a manne though he shulde wyne all the whole worlde yf he loose hys owne soule Or els what shall a man geue to redeme his soule agayne with all For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels and then shall he rewarde euerye man accordynge to his dedes The .xvii. Chapter HAd beholde ther came a voyce oute of that cloude sayenge this is my deare sonne in whom I delyte here him I saye verely vnto you yf ye hadde faithe as a grayne of mustarde seed ye shulde saye vnto this mountaine remoue hence to yonder place and he shulde remoue neither shulde anye thinge be vnpossible for you to do Howe be it this kinde goeth not out but by prayer and fastyng What thynkest thou Simon of whome do the kynges of the earthe take tribute or poll money of their children or of straungers Peter sayd vnto hym of straungers Then said Iesus vnto hym agayne then are the chyldren fre Neuerthelesse lest we shuld offend them go to the sea and east in thine angle and take the fysshe that fyrst coÌ„meth vp and when thou hast opened his mouthe thou shalte fynde a pece of twentye pence that take and paye forme and the. The .xviii. Chapter THe disciples came vnto Iesus sayeng who is the greatest in the kyngdome or heauen Iesus called a chylde vnto him and set him in the myddes of them and sayde Verelye I saye vnto you excepte ye tourne and become as children ye cannot enter into the kingdome of heauen whosoeuer therfore humbleth him selfe as this chylde the same is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And whosoeuer receaueth suche a chylde in my name receaueth me But whosoeuer offende one of these lytelones whiche beleue in me it were better for him that a misstone were hanged about his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo be vnto the worlde because of offences Howebeit it cannot be ouoyded but that offences shal be geuen Neuerthelesse wo be to the man by whome the offence commeth Wherfore yf the hande or thy fote offende the cut him of and cast hym from the. It is better for the to enter in to lyse halt or maymed rather then thou shuldest hauyng two handes or two feete be cast into euerlastyng fyre And if also thine eye offendethe
plucke him oute and cast him from the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe with one eye then hauynge two eyes to be cast in hell fyre Se that ye despise not one of these litelons For I say vnto you that in heauen their angels alwayes beholde the face of my father whiche is in heuen The sonne of man is come to saue that which is lost Yf thy brother trespace against the go and tel hym his faute betwene hym and the alone yf he heare the thou hast wonne thy brother but yf he heare thy not then take yet with the one or two that in the mouthe of two or thre wytnesses all thinges maye be stablyshed Yf he here not them tell it vnto the congregation yf he heare not the congregacion take him as an heathen man and as a publican Verely I saye vnto you whatsoeuer ye binde on earth shal be bounde in heauen And whatsoeuer ye lowse on earthe shal be lowsed in heauen Againe I saye vnto you that if two of you shall agre in earthe vpon any maner thynge whatsoeuer they shall desyre it shal be geuen them of my father whiche is in heauen For where two or thre are gathered together in my name there am I in the middes of them Maister howe ofte shall I forgeue my brother yf he synne againste me seuen tymes Iesus sayde vnto him I saye not vnto thee seuen tymes but seuenty times seuentymes O euyll seruaunt I forgaue the all that dette because thou prayest me was it not mete also that thou shuldeste haue had compassion on thy felow euen as I had compassyon on the And hys lorde was wrothe and delyuered hym to the saylers tyll he shulde paye all that was due to hym So lykewise shall my heauenly father do vnto you except ye forgiue with your hartes eache one to his brother theyr trespases The .xix. Chapter IS it lawful for a man to put awaye his wife for all maner of causes He answered and saide vnto them haue ye not redde howe that he whyche made man and woman and sayde for this thinge shall a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wyfe and they twayne shal be one fleshe Wherfore nowe are they not twayne but one fleshe Let no man therfore put a sunder that whiche god hathe cuppled together Then sayde they to him why did Moses commaunde to geue a testimoniall of diuorcement to put her awaye he said vnto them Moses because of the hardnes of youre hartes suffred you to put awaye youre wyfes but from the begynnynge it was not so I saye therfore vnto you whosoeuer putteth awaye his wyfe excepte it be for fornication marieth another breaketh wedlocke whosoeuer marieth her whiche is diuorced do the commit aduoutrie Then sayde his disciples to hym yf the matter be so betwene manne and wife then it is not good to mary There are chaste whiche were so borne oute of theyr mothers belly And there are chaste which be made of men And there are chaste whiche haue made themselues chaste for the kyngdome of heauens sake He that can take it let him take it Suffer the chyldren and forbyd them not to come to me for of suche is the hyngdō of heauen Why callest thou me good there is none good but one and that is god If thou wylte enter into lyfe kepe the commaundementes Yf thou wylt be perfect go and sell that thou hast and geue it to the poore and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen and come and folowe me Verely I saye vnto you it is hard for a ryche man to entre into the kyngdome of heauen And moreouer I saye vnto you it is easyer for a camel to go through the eye of a nedle then for a ryche man to entier into the kyngdome of god Then sayde Peter to hym Beholde we haue forsaken all and folowe the what shall we haue Iesus sayde vnto them verely I saye to you whē the sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his maiestie ye whiche folow me in the seconde generacion shall syt also vpon .xii. seates and iudge the .xii. trybes of Israell And whosoeuer forsaketh houses or brethren or systers other father or mother or wyfe or chyldren or landes for my names sake the same shall receyue an hundred folde and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe The .xx. Chapter THe laste shal be first and the firste shal be last for many are called and fewe be chosen To sit on my right hande and on my left hand is not myne to geue but to them for whome it is prepared of my father Ye knowe that the Lordes of the Gentiles haue dominatiō ouer thē And they that are great exercise power ouer them It shall not be so amonge you but whosoeuer wyll be greate among you let hym be youre minister and whosoeuer wyll be chefe let hym be your seruaunt euē as the sonne of mā came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue his lyfe for the redēption of many The .xxi. Chapter ANd Iesus wente into the temple of God and cast out all them that sould and bought in the temple and ouerthrewe the tables of the moneye chaungers and the scates of them that soulde doues and sayde to them It is written my house shal be called the house of prayer But ye haue made it a denne of theues Howe sone is the figge tree withered away Iesus sayde vnto them Verely I saye vnto you yf ye shall haue fayth and shall not doubt ye shall not onely do that which I haue done to the fygge tree but also yf ye shall saye vnto this mountayn take thy selfe awaye and caste thy selfe into the sea it shal be done And whatsoeuer ye shal axe in prayer yf ye beleue ye shall receaue it The .xxii. Chapter THen the kynge came in to viset the gestes and spied there a man whiche had not on a weddyng garmente and sayde vnto hym frende howe fortuned it that thou cameste in hither and hast not on a weddyng gatment And he was euen speachelesse Then sayde the Kynge to his ministers take and bynde hym hande and foote and caste hym into vtter darkenesse there shal be wepyng and gnashing of teethe for manye are called and fewe are chosen Maister we knowe that thou arte true and teachest the waye of god truely neither carest for my man for thou considrest not mennes estate Geue to Cesar that whiche is Cesars and geue to god that whiche is goddes Moses had yf a man dye hauing no children that the brother mary his wyfe and reyse vp seed vnto his brother In the resurrection they neither mary nor are maryed but are as the aungels of heauen God is not the god of the deade but of the lyuynge Maister whiche is the chiefe commaundemēt in the lawe Iesus sayde to hym loue the Lorde thy god with all thine hearte with al thyne soule and with all thy mynde This is the firste and the chiefe
be great among you shal be your minister And whosoeuer wyll be maister shal be seruaunt vnto all For euen the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue his life for the redempcion of many The .xi. Chapter And Iesus went into the temple and begâ—â— to caste out the sellers and byers in the teÌ„ple and ouerthrewe the tables of the money chaâ—gers and the stooles of them that sold doues and wolde not suffer that any manne caryed a vessell through the temple And he taught saying vnto them is it not written my house shal be called the house of prayer vnto all natioÌ„s â–ª but ye haue made it a den of theues Verely I saye vnto you that whosoeuer shal saye vnto this mountayne take awaye thy selfe and caste thy selfe into the sea and shall not waueâ— in his harte but shall beleue those thynges which he sayeth shall come to passe what soeuer he sayth shall be done to him Therfore I saye vnto you what soeuer ye desire when ye praye beleue that ye shall haue it and it shal be done vnto you When ye stand and praye forgeue yf ye haue any thinge agaynst any manne that youre father also whiche is in heauen maye forgeue you youre trespaces The .xii. Chapter MAyster we knowe that thou arte true and carest for no man for thou consydreste not the degree of men but teachest the waye of GOD truely Geue to Cesar that whiche belongeth to Cesar and to god that whiche pertayneth to god Moses wrote yf a mans brother dye and leue his wyfe behinde hym and leue no chyldren that then his brother shulde take his wife and reyle vâ— seed vnto his brother When men shall ryse agayne from death they neyther mary nor are maryed but are as the aungels whiche are in heauen God is not the god of the deade but the god of the lyuyng Thou shalte loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hearte and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde and with all thy strength this is the firste commaundement And the seconde is like to this Thou shalte loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe There is none other commaundements greater then these Beware of the Seribes whiche loue to go in longe clothinge and loue salutacions in the market places and the chiefe feates in the synagoges and to sit in the vppermoste tounes and feastes and deuoute widdowes houses and that vnder a coloure of longe praying These shal receyue greater damnacion Uerelye I saye vnto you that this poore wyddowe hath caste more in then all they whiche haue caste into the treasure for they all dyd caste in of their superfluitie but she of her pouertie did cast in all that she had euen all her liuing The .xiii. Chapter THey shall bryng you vp to the counsels and into the Synagoges and ye shall be beaten ye and shal be brought before rulers and kynges for my sake for a testimoniall vnto them But when they leade you and presente you take no thoughte afore hande what ye shall saye neither ymagin nothinge But whatsoeuer is gyuen you at the same tyme that speake For it shall not be ye that shall speake but the holys Ghoste Whosoeuer shall endure vnto the ende the same shal be safe Yf any man saye vnto you lo here is Christe to he is there beleue not for false Christes shall tyse and false prophetes and shal shewe myracleâ— and wonders to deceyue yf it were possible euen the electe But take ye hede beholde I haue shewed on all thynges before Then shall they see the sonne of manne commynge in the cloudes with greate power and glotye And then shall he sende his auggels and shall gather together his electe from the foure wyndee and from the one ende of the worlde to the other Heauen and earth shall passe but my wordes shall not passe But of that daye and the houre knoweth no man no not the angels whiche are in heauen neither the sonne himselfe saue the father onely Take heede for ye knowe not when the tyme is Watche therfore for ye knowe not when the mayster of the house wyll come whether at euen or at mydnyghte whether at the cocke crowyng or in the dawnynge leatle if he come sodenlye he shoulde fynde you slepyng And that I say vnto you I saye vnto all men watthe The .xiiii. Chapter WHen he was in Bethania in the house of Symon the Leper euen as he sate at meat there came a womanne hauynge an albiastee bore of oyntmente called Narde that was pure and costlye and she brake the boxe and powred it on his head And there were some that were not content in them selues and sayd what neded this waste of oyntmente for it myght haue been solde for more then three hundred pence and been geuen to the poore And they grudged agaynste her And Iesus sayde lette her be in rest why trouble ye her she hathe done a good worke on me For ye shall haue poore with you alwayes and when soeuer ye wyll ye may doe them good but me ye shall not haue alwayes She hath done that she coulde she came afore hand to ancynt my body to his burying warde Werelye I saye vnto you wheresoeuer this gospell shall be preached throughout the whose worlde this also that she hathe done shal be rehearsed in remembraunce of her The sonne of man goeth as it is written of hym but wo be to that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed good were it for hym if that man had neuer bene borne And as they are Iesus toke breade blessed and brake it and gaue to them and sayd take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe gaue thaÌ„kes and gaue it to them and they all dranke of it and he sayde vnto them This is my bloude of the newe testamente whiche is shed for many Symon slepeste thou couldeste not thou watche with me one houre watche ye and praye leste ye entre into temptacion the spirite is ready but the fleshe is weake The .xv. Chapter ANd the voyle of the temple did rent in two pieces from the toppe to the bottome The .xvi. Chapter GO ye into all the worlde and preache the glad tidinges to all creatures he that beleueth and is baptised shall be saued but he that beleueth not shall be damned All these thynges shall folowe them that beleue In my name they shall caste out deuils and shall speake with newe tongues and shal kyl serpentes and yf they drinke any deadly thinge it shall not hurte them They shall laye their handes on the sicke and they shall recouer The gospell of S. Luke the .i. Chapter THere was in the dayes of Hecode the kyng of Iury a cercayne prieste named Zachariis of the course of Abiâ— And his wyse was of the doughters of Aaron and her name was Elizabethe Bothe were perfecte before GOD and walked in all the lowes and ordinaunces of the LORDE that no man coulde fynde faulte with
no kysse but she sence the tyme I came in hath not ceased to kysse my feet Myne heade with oyle thou diddest not annoynt but she hathe anointed my feete with oyntment wherfore I saye vnto thee many synnes are forgeuen her for she loued muche To whome lesse is forgeuen the same doth lesse loue The .viii. Chapter UNto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the Kyngdome of God but to other in similitudes that when they se they should not se and when they heare they shoulde not vnderstande No man lyghteth a candell and couereth it vnder a vessell neither putteth it vnder the table but setteth it on a candelstick that they that enter in maye se the light Nothinge is in secrete that shall not come abroade Neither any thing hydde that shall not be knowen and come to light Whosoeuer hath to him shal be geuen and whosoeuer hath not from him shal be taken euen that same whiche he supposed that he hath Why mother and my brethren are these whyche heare the worbe of god and do it What felowe is this for he commaundeth both the wyndes and water and they obey him When he sawe Iesue he cryed fell downe before him with a loude voice saide what haue I to do which the Iesus the sonne of the god most hiest And there was there by an heerde of many swyne fedynge on an hyll and they besought him that he wolde suffre them to enter into them and he suffred them The .ix. Chapter ANd he saide to them Take nothinge to sucker you by the waye nether flaffe nor scripe neyther breade neyther money nether haue two coates And whatsoeuer house ye enter into there abyde and thence departe And whosoeuer wyll not receaue you when ye go out of the cyte shake of the very dust from your feete for a testimonye against them Who saye ye that I am Peter answered and saide thou arte the Christ of god And he saide to them all yf any man wyll come after me let him denye him selfe and take vp his crosie daily folowe me Whosoeuer wyl saue his lyfe shall lose it But whoseuer doeth lose his lyfe for my sake the same shall saue it For what â—uautageth it a man to wyne the whole worlde if be loose him selfe or runne in domage of himself For whosoeuer is ashamed of me of my saingee of him shall the sonne of man be a shamed when he commeth in his owne glorye and in the glorye of his father and of his holy angels And beholde two menne talked wth him and they were Moses Helias which appered gloriously and spake of his deparryng which he shulde ende at Ierusalem Then ther arose diputation amongehtem who shoulde be greatest When Iesus perceaued the thoughtes of their hartes he tooke a chylde and set him harde by him and saide vnto them Whosoeuer receaueh this chylde in my name receaueth me and whosoeuer receaueth me receaueth hym that sent me For he that is leaste amonge you all the same shal be greate He that is not against vs is with vs. The sonne of man is not come to destroye mennes lyues but to saue them Foxes haue holes and byrdes of the ayre haue nestes but the sonne of manne hath not where on to lay his heade Let the deade bury theyr deade No man that putteth his hande to the plowe loketh backe is ap te to the kyngdome of god He sayde vnto them the haruest is greate but the laborers are fewe Pray therfore the lorde of the haruest to sende forth labourers into his haunest Go your wayes beholde I sende you for the as lambes amonge wolues Beare no wallet neyther scrippe nor shues and salute no man by the waye Into whatsoeuer house ye enter fyrst saye Peace be to this house And yf the sonne of peace be there your peace shall reste vpon him yf not ie shall turne to you againe And in the same house tary styll eating drinckynge suche as they haue For the labourer is worthy of his temarde Go not from house to house and into whatsoeuer cyueye enter yf they receaue you eate suche thynges as are set before you and heale the secke that are there and saye vnto them the kyndome of god is come nye vnto you But into whatsoeuer citie ye shall eâ—tre yf they receyue you not go your wayes out into the streates of the same and saye euen the very duste whiche cleaueth on vs of your citie we wype of agaynst you He that heareth you heareth me and he that despyseth you desyiseth me and he that despyseth me despyseth hym that sent me Reioyse not that the spirites are vnder youre power but reioyse because your names are written in heauen I confesse vnto the father Lorde of heauen and earth that thou hast hyd these thynges from the wyse and hast opened them to the habes No man knoweth who the sonne is but the father neither who the father is saue the sonne and he to whome the sonne wyl shewe hym Happy are the eyes whiche se that ye se for I tell you that many prophetes and kinges haue desyred to se those thynges whiche ye se and haue not sene them and to heare those thynges whiche ye heare and haue not hearde them Marths Marths thou carest and arte troubled about many thinges Verely one is nedefull Mary hath chosen her that good parte whiche shal not be taken awaye from her The .xi. Chapter I Saye vnto you are and it shal be geuen vnto yet Seke and ye shall fynde Knocke and it shal be opened vnto you For euery one the axeth receyueth and he that sebeth fyndeth and to him that knocketh shal it be opened if the soÌ„ne shall are bread of any of you the is a father wyl he geue him a â—ore or yf he axe fyshe wyll he for a fyshe gene him a Serpente Or yf he are an egge wyll be offer hym a Scorpion Yf ye then whiche are euyll can geue good giftes vnto your chyldreÌ„ howe muche more shall the father of heauen geue an holy spirite to them that desyre it of hym Euery Kyngdome deuided with in it selfe shal be desolate and one house shall fall vpon a nother So yf Satan be deuided with in hymself how shall his kyngdome endure He that is not with me is agaynst me and he that gathereth not with me scattereth Happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke But he sayde ye happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it No man lighteth a candell and putteth it in an preuy place neither vnder a bâ—shall but on a candelsticke that they that come in maye se the light Geue almes of that ye haue and beholde all is cleane to you Wo be to you Phariseis for ye tithe the mlnt and Rewe and all manetherbes and passe ouer iudgement and the loue of God These oughte you to haue done and yet not lefte the other vndone Wo be to
are the baren Luc .xxiii. Haruest is greate but fewe labourers Math .ix. Hate father mother and folowe christ Luc .xiiii. Hate thy lyfe and kepe it Iohn .xii. Hate me and hate my father Iohn .xv. Hatred bringeth darcknes .i. Iohn .ii. Hearde of swyne Mat .viii. Marke .v. Luc .viii. Heauen must be taken by violence Math .xi. Heauenly wysdome Iaco .iii. He that hath shall haue more Math .xiii. xxv Mar .iiii. Luc .viii. xix He that is leest shal be greatest Luc .ix. He loueth god that kepeth his commaundementes Iohn .xiiii. He that say the that he is without synne Iohn .i. He that hateth his brother is a man slear .i. Io .iii. Here and then be doynge Luc .vi. Heauens reioyse at the repentaunce of a synner Luc .xv. Hyd and close thinges shal be knowen Math .x. Hyred seruauntes Iohn x. House of god is a house of prayer Math .xxi. Mar .xi. Luc .xix. Hospitalite Heb .xiii. How man shulde loue is lorde god marcke .xii Humble thy selfe and be exalted Luc .xiiii. Howe mans body shall ryse .i. Cor .xv. Husbans loue your wyues Ephe .v. Collo .iii. I Iesus the mediator of the newe testament he .ii. I am the true way Iohn .xv. Idle wordes Math .xii. Iesus a sauiour Math .i. Iesus fyrst sermon Math .iiii. Iesus was baptised of Iohn mar .i. Iesus after Iohn was taken began c. Mark .i Iesus the sonne of the hyest Luc .i. Iesus meate Iohn .iiii. Ierusalem Math .v. Iesus is our aduocate .i. Iohn .ii. Iohn the baptiste Mat .iii. xi mar .i. Luc .i. Iohn left his father to folow christ mat 4. mar .i Iohns garmentes meate and dryncke mar .i. Iohn was fylled with the holy spirite Luc .i. Iohn for ioy sprange in his mothers bely Luc .i. Iohn the prophete of the hyest Luc .i. Iohns preachyng Luc .iii. Iohn baptised with water christ with fyre luc 3. Iohn .i. Act .i. Iohn goddes messanger Luc .vii. Ionas math .xii. Ioseph a manne of perfection math .i. Ioseph fulfylleth the angels commaunde math .i. Ioseph ruler of all Egypte Actes .vii. If an angell from heauen do preache c. Gala .i. Inner man delyte in the loue of god Roma .vii. Ipocrites praye openly and to be sene Math .vi. It is not geuen to euery man to knowe the secretes of heauen Math .xiii. Lu .viii Iewes maye not company with alienes Act .x. Iudge not Math .vii. Rom .xiiii. Iudge not afte the vtter apperaunce Iohn .vii. Iudge thy selfe truly .i. Cor .xi. Iudgement mercyles Iaco .ii. Iudas hanged him selfe Actes .i. Iustemen shall shyne lyke the sonne Math .xiii. K Kyngdome of heauen is at hande math .x. Kyngdome of god Roma .xiiii. i. Cor .iiii. Kynges thre the starre with their offerynges mat .ii. Keyes of heauen math .xvi. Kynge Herode eaten with wormes Actes .xii. Keye of knowledge Luc .xi. Kepe your vessell in holynes .i. Thes .iiii. L. Laboure for the eternall meate Iohn .vi. Labourer is worthy of his rewarde lucke .x. Lambe of god Iohn .i. Laye from you that olde man Ephe .iiii. Lazarus luc .xvi. Lawe of god shall neuer perishe Luc .xvi. Leest and the greatest in the kyngdom of heauen Math .v. Lende but loke for no gayne Lucke .vi. Leper must shew him selfe to the prest mar .i. iii. v. Lette slepe your nettes Luc .v. Lette not synne raygne in your bodyes Roma .vi. Lette there be no dissention among you .i. cor .i. Letter and the sprete differ .ii. Cor .iii. Let your wordes be poudred with salt Col .iiii. Let the righteous be more righteous Apo .xxi. Leue wordly thinges possesse heauen luc .xviii. Leuytes payd tithes Hebre .vii. Lybette is where the sprete of god is .ii. Cor .iii. Lyfe eternall Iohn .xvii. Lyue after the fleshe and dye Roma .viii. Lyke pleasure lyke paine Apo .xviii. Lyght of the worlde Math .v. Lye vnto the holy ghost Actes .vi Locke not backe Luc .ix. Lorde go from me Luc .v. Lose thy lyfe and saue it Luc .xvii. Lot fyl on Mathias Actes .i. Loue youre enemyes Math .v. Luc .vi. Loue declareth christes disciples Iohn .xiii. Loue fulfylleth the lawe Roma .xiii. Loue excelleth fayth and hope .i. Cor .xiii. Loue couereth synne .i. Pet .iiii. Loue bryngeth lyght .i. Iohn .ii. Loue not the worlde .i. Iohn .ii. Loue in dede and verite .i. Iohn .iii. Loue casteth out feare .i. Iohn .iiii. Loue one another .ii. Iohn .i. M. Make frendes of the wycked mammon Luc .xvi. Magdalen wrought a good worcke vpon christe Math .xxvi. mar .xiiii. Iohn .xii. Magdalens synnes are forgeuen Luc .vii. Man liueth be the worde of god mat 4. Luc. 4. Man is knowen be his dedes mat .vii. Manne be another mans faythe maye be holpen Math .ix. Luc .v. Manne can not seperate that god hathe coupled Mar .x. Man to abyde with his wyfe shall leue all thinge Marcke .x. Manne yf he wylbe saued must be borne of water and the sprite Iohn .iii. Manne is goddes temple .i. Cor. iii. vi ii Cor .vi. Man is the womans head .i. Cor .xi. Ephe .v. Man is the glory of god .i. Cor .xi. Man ought not to couer his heade .i. Cor .xi. Manne shal be rewarded after the worckes of his bodye .ii. Cor .v. Manne was created vnto good worckes Ephe .ii Man wrestleth against the deuyll Ephe .vi. Man shall once dye Heb .ix. Man shall vanyshe awaye as the floure of grasse Iaco .i. Manna Apo .ii. Mannes angell beholdeth the face of god mat 18. Mannes conscience and though shall beare witnes with him or against him Roma .ii. Mans wyll is accepted according to that he hath .ii. Cor .viii. Mans ende shal be according to his dede .ii. cor .xi. Mans lyfe Iaco .iiii. Many and dyuers walkers Phil .iii. Mathen or leuy the customer mar .ii. Luc .v. Martha martha Luc .x. Melchisedech Hebre .vii. Membres that are noysome must be caste awaye math .v. Many are called and fewe chosen mat .xxii. Men loue darcknes more then lyght Iohn .iii. Meate doth not make manne acceptable to god .i. Cor .viii. Manye menne peruert Paules seynges to theyr owne destruction .ii. Pet .iii. Mortify your membres Col .iii. Mortifye the dedes of the body liue Rom .viii. Moses and Helias in the monte and wherof they spake Luc .ix. Moses learnyng Act .vii. Mouth doth speake of the abundance of the hart math .xii. Muche people and fewe preachers math .ix. N Name of Iesus Phi .ii. Name of Iesus the name of saluation Act .iiii. Nazareth a citie of galile marcke .i. Newe wyne in newe vessels math .ix. marcke .ii. Lucke v. No man can serue two masters Mat .vi. luc .xvi. No man without synne Iohn .vii. No manne knoweth the sonne nor yet the father Lucke x. No manne commeth to the father but by Christe Iohn .xiiii. No manne doth good Roma .iii. No manne can tame the tounge Iaco .iii. Nothing so hyd but it shal be knowen luc viii xii Nothynge can departe manne frome the loue of god Roma .viii. O. Obey the