Rachel did depart and Beniamin shée bore Ruben vnhilde his fathers wife and lost a fléese therfore The xxxvi chapiter LIkewise is tolde of Esaus wiues and gentles daughters all Hée and Iacob were very riche in goods terrestriall Esau had Dukes that were his sonnes Euen twelue in number iust He was father to Edomits in whom God had no lust The xxxvii chapiter MOre for to hear of Iacobs life in Canaan he dwelt Iosephs bréethern liked him not and cruelly they delt Into Egipt then was he solde his brethern wrought the déed They tolde his sire his sonne was slain whiche made his hart to bléed The xxxviii chapiter NOw then is shown how Iuda took a wife of Canaan He had thrée sonnes two were destroyd the third was nam'd Onan And Thamar was the womans name whiche bothe of them did wed And Iuda by her had two twinnes when she was brought a bed The xxxix chapiter O What an hap then Ioseph had the Lord did so prouide His masters wife did him prouoke but he her sute denide Shée him accus'de but not deseru'de her tale as then took place Wherby Ioseph to prison went but giltles in that cace The xl chapiter PUt in prison were Pharoes men and bothe of them laid fast His baker chéef and butler bothe whiles his anger did last Ioseph with them in prison was and as they slept ful sound They dreamed dreames whiche vnto theÌ„ this Ioseph did expound The xli chapiter QUestion askt of Pharoes dream of Oxen fat and lean Whiche Ioseph did expound ful plain and tolde what they did mean He was set vp and ruler made in Egipt ouer all Two sonnes he had and so the dearth on Egipt then did fall The xlii chapiter RIde out for corne did Iosephs kin and came to him vnknowne He threat them hard that they were spies into that cuntrie blowne Simion laid in prison is whiles they did home return And Beniamin they took with them whiche made their father mourn The xliii chapiter SO back they went to Egipt tho with giftê and presentê great And Simeon is deliuered out and Iosephs chéeks are wet And Ioseph could not then but wéep when Beniamin he saw They sat and feasted in two partê according to their law The xliiii chapiter THen Ioseph wrought a pretie cast Beniamin for to haue And theft he laid vnto his charge suche woords to them he gaue But Iuda suretie he became for Beniamin his sake His father Iacob hée did knowe it heuely to take The xlv chapiter UNknowne was Ioseph all this while at last he tolde them all That he their brother Ioseph was That ruled great and small The xlvi chapiter APpointed foorth then Israel went in Egipt for to bide And God him bad nothing to fear for all should wel betide Iacob his sonnes and all their sonnes is then in order tolde And Ioseph went them all to méet ful ioyful to beholde The xlvij chapiter BRought was Israel before the king in his presence to stand And Pharao wild that he should dwel where fattest was the land Then Iacob sware Ioseph his sonne euen vnderneath his thie â—is bones to lay in Canaan at time when he should die The xlviij chapiter CAusd was Israel sick to bée by course of natures kinde And Ioseph went with his two sonnes to knowe his fathers minde Iacob did wil that Iosephs sonnes Ephraim and Manasses Should be as children to him born whiche Ioseph wel did please The xlix chapiter DOwn fel his sonnes vpon their knées euen twelue of them there was He blest them all and tolde of things that after came to passe Then chargd he them that they should lay his bones in Manebrey féeld Then pluckt he vp his legs to him and vp the ghoste did yéeld The l. chapiter EChe thiÌ„g was doon his corps they took as he on liue did minge And laid it down by Abrahams side fulfilling so eche thing Forgiue did Ioseph all the fault that his brethern had wrought And so he dide and wild his bones to his fathers to be brought ¶ Heer haue ye now the end and some of Moyses his first book The second shall in order come Suche pain the writer took The first Chapiter ANd then the first of Exodus the twelue tribes it dooth name Whiche being dead laid in earth their children came to fame A new king then to Egipt came that gaue the midwiues charge To kil the males when they were borne but they set them at large The ii chapiter BOrn Moyses was and after cast euen down the riuer in réeds And Pharoes daughter took him vp and shewd him motherly déeds Then Moyses slue an Egiptian and fled and took a wife The people cride vnto the Lord whiche saw their woful life The iii. chapiter CAused was Moyses shéep to kéep not far from Oreb hil Wherin a bushe the Lord appéerd and tolde him all his wil. And bad him go to Egipt back the Israelites to tel That out of bondage they should come and liue and doo ful wel The iiij Chapiter DEclaerd by double signes it is that calld he was by God His reasons all they are assoild and foorth the Lord him bad As Aaron met with him in féeld togither then they went Of Iethro Moyses took his leaue and yod where he was sent The v. Chapiter EChe bothe of them withouten fear tolde Pharao God his minde The more the people were opprest â–ª the king was so vnkinde Then cride they out and gan to chide with Moyses and Aaron And Moyses axed God the cause whiche looked them vpon The vj. chapiter FEft fully was deliuerance vnto the Israelites Also the land of Canaan whiche made them chéerful wightê Then Rubens spring with Simeon is tolde and Leuy too Of whom came Moyses and Aaron that had Gods hestê to doo The vii chapiter GOd made Moyses Pharoes God and Aaron his Prophet And then God turned Moyses rod into a Serpent great â–ª The sorcerers did euen the same to harden Pharoes hart Then were their waters turnd to blood yet did he not conuart The viij chapiter HIt was Pharao then and plagued with Frogs ouer the land He sent for Moyses and Aaron to take the thing in hand He mocked them therfore the Lord turned their dust to lice And they put by then came there â—â—ies after the Lords deuice The ix chapiter IN stéed thereof came moren of beastê that died in Pharoes land And sixtly sores with botches great yet did he God withstand The seuenth was haile thunder muche that made the land to shake And lightning great from heuen on hie whiche causd them all to quake The x. Chapiter KNowledge he yet would not his faulâ— but God he did resist He did it not in ignorance but wel he knew and wist The eyght plage next was grashâ—pper that God almightie sent The ninthe was darknes in the day they knew not where they went The xi chapiter LEaue then was giuen the Israelites the Egiptians to spoil
hilde him and were blest But Ham his cursing had The x. chapiter KNowe ye may of Noe his sonnes As Sem Ham and Iapheth Chus Hams sonne begot Nemrod a hunter on the heath Of these thrée sonnes their soÌ„nes soÌ„nes the earth was storde again In tungs kindes with realms lands But moste of them were vain The xi chapiter LEwdly forth went this rout to build Babel that great hie toure The Lord came down chauÌ„gd their tungs in lesse space then an houre The kinde of Sem again is tolde vnto iust Abraham Whiche went with Lot his fathers sonne and dwelled at Haran The xij chapiter MUche fauour God shewd to Abram dwelling in Canaan Whiche God him plight then came a dearth to Egipt went he than Then willed he Sarai his wife to call him brother tho The king her took and was plaged whose name hight Pharao The xiii chapiter NEighbourlike yode Lot and hée And toward the south they went â–ª Then parted they their land and good that God had to them lent The promise then to Abram is repeated once again That hée and his séed after him the blest land should obtain The xiiij chapiter OF foren kings Lot taken was whiche ward and wan that land But then Abram did them destroy and took him from their hand Melchisedech with bread and wine him met with mickle boste He gaue him tenth and paid the king of Sodome all he lost The xv chapiter PErforme would God the land he had to Abram promised A sonne to haue he dooth beléeue and so is iustified How that his féed in bondage should in Egipt there remain And be restorde vnto their land and so sent home again The xvi chapiter QUite barren Sara thought shée was and gaue Abram her maid Whiche did conceiue and béeing proud her mistres did vpbraid Her mistres chod and shée to go for faring with her fel An Angel her returnd again and plight her Ismael The xvii chapiter REmooue did God then Abrams name and calld him Abraham And Sarai is named Sara of whom tho Isaac came The sacrament is héer begun of Circumcision Isaac is plight and Abraham for Ismael dooth mone The xviii chapiter SO vnto him thrée men apéerd like trauaylers of miles Sara did hear that shée should bear and womanlike shée smiles The ouerthrowe of Sodome then to Abraham they tolde He prayeth to them beeing one God his vengeance to with holde The xix chapiter TWo Angels lodg'd and Sodome men would then haue them defilde Blinded they were and after stroyd saue Lot and his vnfilde His wife to salte was turned tho for breaking Gods precept His daughters he begat with childe when drunklike he had slept The xx chapiter WHen Abraham did flit he dwelt In the land of Gerar His wife was fair he feard his life and called her sister Abimeleck sent for her then his plesure for to haue God him denide and then the king Muche riches to her gaue The xxi chapiter ALmightie God to Sara sent Isaac her onely sonne And Agar with her childe put out no longer there to wonne An Angel did her comfort tho being in wildernes About a wel Abimeleck and Abraham made peace The xxij chapiter BEing then wild to kil his sonne and hée therto was prest God tolde him that for his great faith in him all should be blest Nachor brother to Abraham had eyght sonnes by Milcha One of her sonnes was Bethuel â–ª Father to Rebecca The xxiij chapiter COmmend to God did Sara then her soule that was so milde At her ful yéeres shée fel on sléep and died vndefilde Then Abram bought a plat of ground of Ephron the Hethite He layd his wife into the caue when it was his by right The xxiiij chapiter DEcrée did Abram to his man and sware him by an othe To séek a wife for Isaac méet and so he did for trothe He went and came with Rebecca whiche Isaac took to wife So liued they together bothe and led an honest life The xxv chapiter EFtsoones did Abram take a wife whiche bare him children more He died and gaue Isaac his sonne his good and all his store Then Isaacs wife euen at one birthe Iacob and Esau bare And Esau solde him land and right And yet small was his fare ¶ Thus haue you heard of Genesis The pith and halfe the some Twentie and fiue in chapters past Sith that the first begun The xxvi chapiter A Death then came in Isaacks time and so hée did remooue That land was plight to him and his of God that did him loue The king chod Isaac for his wife because hée did but fain And shepheards stroue about the welles but all was wel again The xxvii chapiter BEgilde did Iacob Esau then Rebecca wrought the feat While Esau hunted in the féeld his brother got the cheat When Esau came from hunting home it vexed him right sore His father chéerd him yet did hée his brother hate therfore The xxviii chapiter COmmaunded Iacob sought a wife and so to Laban went Esau did wed an Ismaelite whiche vnto euil was bent As hée in sléep a Ladder saw with Angels goodly dight Of Christe is tolde a vow he made vnto the God of might The xxix chapiter DEcrée with Laban Iacob did and serued him seuen yéer Rahel to haue it was his fée but Lea did appéer And so begil'd yet did he serue asmuche for Rachel more He hauing bothe foure babes he had whiche Lea to him bore The xx chapiter EChe of them bothe they gaue their maid to their husband to wiue So had he children that they bare they béeing stil aliue And Iacob askt what his reward should be at Labans hand The spotted lambes and kids of goats that fel in Labans land The xxxi chapiter FLit then from Laban God him baâ— and so he did obay He took his wiues and all his good and stily slipt away Then Rachel stale the Images against her fathers wil And Laban chod but peace was made with Iacob on an hil The xxxij chapiter GOds hoste he saw as he forth went his brothers wrath he feard And therfore sent him giftê before euen hundreds on an heard He with an Angel stroue so long til day did end the night The Angel chaunged Iacobs name and Israel him hight The xxxiij chapiter HAstely Esau set him out his brother for to méet And Iacob sent his herds afore and came after on féet But when they met they gréed wel God so did woork with them In parting plotê they dwelt in two as Iacob in Sichem The xxxiiii chapiter IAcob no daughter had but one that Dina hight by name Shée went to sée and to be séen and so shée came to shame For Sichem did the damsel sée and forced her by might He was destroyed by Iacobs sonnes and all the citie quite The xxxv chapiter KNowe wel did Iacob all their spite to Bethel then he yed His name is tolde and Canaan is to him promised In childe bed
defend so wil he pay his vowes The lvii Psalme REstles again to God he calles for mercy at his néed Also when Saule he might haue slain he dooth not so in déed But prayeth God abooue the heauens his glory to set out And he in hart wil praise the Lord with musick there about The lviii Psalme SAule now is héer described out his flatterers also Who sought alwayes by day and night to turn him vnto wo. Shewing how that he dooth appeal to God to hear the right Affirming that his wrath on them shall cause men praise his might The lix Psalme TO God again for help he cryes in bed he was beset He telles their tales and gileful ginnes deuisde him for to get Protesting that God wil them kil though sparde they be a while And then ful bent to laud the Lord his song he wil compile The lx Psalme WHen Dauid was in Kingly seat eset and crowned King Then he protest vnto his flock that it was Gods working Saying if they alow the same God shall stil them defend And valiant actê again their foes he shall vnto them send The lxi Psalme ABsalon now and Ammonits doo freshe reuiue his care With doleful cry he prayeth God his help for to declare And béeing stayd in quiet throne as oft before he sayes That he wil pay his vowed vow and sing vnto his praise The lxii Psalme BEset with sore temptations his faith to prooue and try He vseth meditations to him that is on hie Affirming eke the vanitie of worldlings in their wele And willeth vs to liue in God who shall our déeds reuele The lxiii Psalme COmfort he did receiue of God in Ziph that wildernes Where Saule had him beset so sore that great was his distresse And so reléeud he thanketh muche the Lord omnipotent And telles before the death of Saule as afterward it went The lxiiii Psalme DAuid dooth pray that suche as doo of him make false reporte That God would strike them sudenly euen after the same sorte That they had thought him for to haue with arrowes sharp and fearce So shall all those that it beholde his mightie woork reherce The lxv Psalme EXtolled praise dooth Sion giue for graces manifolde His people by the same is ment whiche are within his folde How specially he did them chuse and gouern them by might And blest their land with plentiousnes and ceasnably it dight The lxvi Psalme FOr prayses now to men he calles that they should giue to God And shewth his power to make the euil to fear his ireful rod. And how that God from time to time his people had protect And saued him who promise makes his aulters to be dect The lxvii Psalme GOd merciful to be to them this Psalme dooth him beséeche His countenance and iudgement bothe with prayses in their spéeche And how they swarm vpon the earth that then of laudes were doon Should praise his name vnder his blisse when Christe to reign should come The lxviii Psalme HOw mightely from time to time God had his people saued By many wayes and sundry meanes from them that gainst them raued Wherby by reason of his grace and helps wherof no nomber That on his Churche he dooth bestowe he telles for mickle wonder The lxix Psalme IN great distresse with feruent zeal to God for help he calles The cruel wrath of wicked men and what on them be falles As Iudas and the like to him that should his Lord betray And how the séed of Christes Churche should bide and liue for ay The lxx Psalme KNowe wel he did that God alone in daunger must him ayd Wherfore he prayes his spéedy help as he before had praid And that his foes might back â—e turnd and so receiue their shame But ioyfulnes to light on his to praise his holy name The lxxi Psalme LIke as before in faith he makes his prayer in promise fixt Whiche from his youth to hoary age in all his life was mixt His foes their fall he dooth beséeche and graces to him bent Stil to remain and so wil he praise him on instrument The lxxii Psalme MAke prayer he dooth that Salomon his sonne may wisely raign In prosperous state as figure erst of Christe irose again That peace and plentie he should bring and Kings knéel him before And all the lands vpon the earth should laud him euermore The lxxiii Psalme NEyther the wicked welthy state of suche as be reiect Nor yet the broyle of suche as be his chosen and elect Should cause the godly to dispair but Gods forsight to loue He shewes the end of good and bad his liking is aboue The lxxiiij Psalme OPrest they were with raging force religion true defaste The temple and the seruice bothe tofore that was in braste Wherfore to God for ayd they cry his couenant to beholde And for his name his flock to saue his foes eke so controlde The lxxv Psalme PErpetuall prayse the faithful giue to God their Iudge and King Who righteously the world shall Iudge at time of his comming Of setting vp or putting down all power is in his hand His foes as dregs shall drink his wrath vpright the iust shall stand The lxxvi Psalme QUite quailed was the Assirians poâ—re Gods name therby was knowne Sennacheribs hoste Gods Angel slue his brags were ouerthrowne At his rebuke and Iudgement fierce the rayling rout was stayd Suche vowes therfore as they had plight he willes they should be paid The lxxvii Psalme REfuge in fear of Saule his foe he knew none but his God Therfore with voice to him he flies though vnderneath his rod. In halfe dispair and woful gréef yet vewing Gods great might He chéereth vp him self again by meruails wrought in sight The lxxviii Psalme SUche succour as the Lord had sent the Israelites to fore He telles and yet how they rebeld and lou'de him nere the more And yet how God forbare his hand to sée if they would mend When nought preuaild saue Iudah sole he chose none to defend The lxxix Psalme TOrmoild the Iewes with Gentiles were to God they call for ayd To kil their foes to saue their liues so vnto him they prayed For whiche his help to celebrate his laudes they doo protest From time to time they and their â—â—ock should there vnto be prest The lxxx Psalme UNcessantly to God they flée as pastour of his shéep From foes to saue they him besought whiche had them made to wéep From Egipt land his vine he brought the bore did it anoy They him beséeche with power from hie the beast for to destroy The lxxxi Psalme A Law was made for musick men when sacrifice was made That they should play he them so willes to kéep them in their trade And God he brings to speak to them and what for them he did What eke he willes that they should doo but stil amis they yéed The lxxxii Psalme BEholde of this amid the rout of Iudges God dooth sit To cause them fear no
did them betide Their pride therfore shall haue a fall he telleth to them plain In thrée yéeres space the multitude should taken be or slain The xvii chapiter REwarded should Damascus be the Sirians he dooth mean And Ephraim that did decline should néee be wasted clean By scourges great they should repent their straying so from God A forren power shall them inuade but sudenly forbod The xviii Chapiter SUche ships as sayled on the sea by Ethiopia might He wilth to flée with wings of sailes to tel the world the plight That Israel was brought vnto for breaking of their law How Gentiles should be calld to grace and stand of God in awe The xix Chapiter THe burden of the heauy plague that Egipt should sustain By Assirian power because they put their trust in Idols vain Yet shall the Lord giue them his law and Assur eke the same And Israel in midst of them these thrée shall praise his name â–ª The xx Chapiter WHen woords would not make them beléeue what Esay then said A signe he gaue by nakednes that so they should be paid For thrée yéeres space th' Assirians should the Ethiopians broile And Egipt land likewise subdue not sparing bothe to spoile The xxj chapiter AGain he telth how Babilon should quite be ouerthrowne â–ª Babel is falne Babel is falne so should the noyes be blowne Idumea and Arabie the like should them befall The Medes and eke Persians should bring them in to thrall The xxii chapiter BEcause Hierusalem did trust in walles and diches déep Therfore the Prophet telth their fall whiche causeth him to wéep And how that Sobna had him made a Sepulture in vain For why as captiue he should die with tossed life in pain The xxiii Chapiter CAst down he saith that God would doo the pride of Tirus town The marchants that had world at wil should be of small renown And yet when yéeres are past and gone that for her plague are sent Shée should again to former statâ— be set and so repent The xxiiii chapiter DEclare he dooth that God wil curse and strike the earth for sin Bothe hed and foot none should escape when that he dooth begin And yet not so but that a few should wel escape the same Unto the end that they might shew the prayses of his name The xxv Chapiter EXalt he dooth the Lord aboue and praise him euermore For punishing the wicked so whiche set not by his â—ore And for the sparing of his flock and forcing foes to vade By similitude vnto his saints a feast to them he made The xxvi Chapiter FAithful men héer sing to their God and doo therin confesse Their sauing helth to come from him and eke also their peace And how the dead in perfet shape shall rise out of the dust And how the Lord shall visit them that in him had no trust The xxvii Chapiter GOd wil destroy Leuiathan the Deuil and all his might And wil defend his vine the Churche and purge her in his sight Then shall shée render to the Lord his laudes with willing wil When from their foes they be returnd vnto his holy hil The xxviii Chapiter HOw God would plague the Israelites who wine so fast did drink That drunkennes they wayed more then on his law to think The stumbling stone that he would lay and woork his wil when hée Should sée his time and point his place how euery thing should be The xxix Chapiter IErusalem shall punisht be their sacrifice shall ceace Their aulter shall oreturned be their foes on them shall preace With lips alone and dreames of men because they did him serue He would them strike and yet of looue some séed he would preserue The xxx chapiter KNowing that they at Egipt sought for help in their distresse And that they did the Prophets mock whiche sought them to redresse Therfore he telth destruction to light vpon the swarme But yet all suche as doo repent he saith shall take no harme The xxxi Chapiter LIkewise the Lord dooth curse all theÌ„ that doo his help forsake And put their trust in man or horse fore him that did them make And yet stil fauour he dooth faith to them that wil amend And cast their Idols quite away on whom they did depend The xxxii Chapiter MUche good dooth come when rulers good haue place to sit Iudge The nature of a churle is suche against the poore to grudge That careles wemen shall lament the ruine shalbe suche But when that Christ shal come to reign their comfort shalbe muche The xxxiii Chapiter NO gain at all shall they obtain that doo the Churche molest When they haue spoild doon their wil God wil their déeds detest And giue vnto his flock a pause while he dooth strike their foes That better they may kéep his lawes that all their dooings knowes The xxxiiii chapiter OF very looue that God dooth bear to his elected sorte He wil imbrue his swoord in blood to bate the wicked porte And so destroy the cursed train their Cittie so deface That Oule Rauen with Ziim and Lim shall there haue dwelling place The xxxv chapiter PErfet good ioy beléef in Christe to suche that héer doo dwel Dooth bring to them their office tolde that preache to men Gospel And eke the frute of those that hear the preching of it right To Sion shall they turn again and that in ioyful plight The xxxvi Chapiter QUestionles the pride was great of Rabsaketh the Prince He thought by threats to make y e Iewes not able for to quinche Blaspheming God with spiteful taunts and bragging in the might Of his great King Senacherib he spake his spéeche in spight The xxxvii Chapiter REnting his clothes Ezechiah axt councel of Esay Who tolde him plain he néed not fear the Lord his foes would pay Senacherib blasphemde again then Ezechiah praid An Angel did his foes destroy so fel it as was sayd The xxxviiii Chapiter SO sick then fel Ezechiah God did him helth restore And caused him prolong his yéeres for fiftéen had he more Then gaue he thanks vnto the Lord when signe of helth he saw And leaues of Figs vnto his pain were layd his sore to drawe The xxxix chapiter THen was the King reprooued muche Ezechiah by name For shewing of his treasures great to men that were of fame And that was to Embassadours that came from Babilon Therfore the Prophet Esay saith thou shalt be wo begon The xl Chapiter WHiche way our sinnes remitted be by Christe he telth before And of Iohn Baptist he dooth shew and what shalbe his lore Rebuking eke Idolaters describing them ful plain And eke all those whiche God forsook and man dooth trust ful vain The xli Chapiter ALone dooth God his people chuse and that of mercy méer They béeing those among them selues eche one dooth other chéer With comfort he dooth comfort them their Idolles are but vain No things to come can tel but God ne make that douts be plain The
text this place this story this parable and this sentence is in the scripture if no thou shalt knowe for the moste places if yea thy conscience shal be ioyned to his his saying to be true and also it shalbe ioyful vnto thée to hear that place brought into thy remembrance yea and sometime as now blessed be God is often heard a hard place or dark speaking or a story applyed and expounded to thy great comfort and edifiyng And in continuance thou shalt be able to say muche in holy writings and to vnderstand many things necessary to be knowne for euery christian which is my only desire knowing that exercise in godlynes is muche woorth and all scriptures of God are good for the man of God both to be improued and also instructed that he may be parfet which God send my cuntrie poeple once to be that Gods merciful hand may be alwayes ouer vs who euer be praysed Note that if the book be deuided in two partê then be sure of the number of chapters in the first part and then set them to those folowing as is shewed thée afore as the first part of Genesis is fiue and tweÌ„tie chapters then A. in the beginning of the second part is sixe and twentie B. seauen and twentie and foorth to fiue and fortie and then A. is sixe fortie and so to fiftie 1569 A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E 5 F 6 G 7 H 8 I 9 K 10 L 11 M 12 N 13 O 14 P 15 Q 16 R 17 S 18 T 19 V 20 TO euery ioynt The finger point In order as they stand The letter then To all those men That take this book in hand Then shall they knowe And plainly showe The Chapter out of dâ—â—t Of any thing In this writing The letter once found out From A. to V. The thing is true The Alphabet dooth last Euen twentie iust From last to first So count you must to cast If you once finde The letter in minde And knowe what number it is You may be sure Of that Scripture To hit and not to misse But perfet must You bée to trust The letter and his somme And then you may Withouten nay The story tel to come Also the book Sée that you look How it is calld by name And then the text And number next Be sure it is the same ¶ Finis ¶ Faults escaped in the Printing ¶ In Genesis the xlv Chapiter be left out the v. vi.vij and eyght lines whiche be these following Then willed hée his brethern straight their father for to fetche In Egipt land to bide and dwel as far as it did stretche Exodus the sixt chapiter the first line for feastfully read feft fully Leuiticus the sixtéen chap. the fourth line for matter read maner Numeri the fift chap. the last line for decréed read decrée Deuteronomium the thrée twentie cha the seuenth line for the loue of things read the lone of things Iosue the xxi chapiter the seuenth line As God them gaue So God them gaue Samuel the second book the eleuenth chap. the second line for Bethsade read Bethsabe The fourth of Kings the thirtéen chapiter the fift line for nad read had The first of Chronicles the xxiij chapter the last line for vpo read vpon The second of Chronicles the xx chapiter the vij line â–ª for liues read lines The second of Esdras the third chapiter the first line for bnilt read built Iob the xviij chapter the fift line for with read net Psalme the foure twentie the first line for them read though Psalme the xxix the seuenth line for haue read saue Psalme the fiue and thirtie the third line for this read his Psalme the C.xvi. the first line but he that would read but that he would Psalme the C.xxx the seuenth line some thing yet made some think it made Prouerbs the xij chap. read the xxxi chap. The Canticles the first cha the fourth line and now read and none Esay the lvij chap. the first line for righteousnes read righteous men Ezechiel the third chapiter the third line for swoord read woord Ezechiel the fift chapiter the fift line for floke read stroke Ezechiel the xviij chap. the first line for some read sinne Ezechiel the xxxij chap. the first line for muche more read muche mone Zacharias the ninth chap. the seuenth and the eight line for the lowely read hée lowely and for them in the last line him In. G. Ex. L.N. and D The fiue bookê of Moyses contayned bée ¶ The i. Chapiter ALmighty God did make the heauens and set therin these lightê The Sun the Moon all the starres appéering in our sightê The earth the Sea and all therin all these his woord did make With man made last and yet set first his wil on them to take The ij Chapiter BEgin did then the Lord to rest From making of suche things And pointed Adam to a place a garden ful of springs One trée denied and man dooth name the beastê after his wil In sléep to him his make was made whiche did his minde fulfil The iij. Chapiter CAused was man by Sathans sleight Gods wil to break outright The hée the shée and the Serpent are curst and driuen out quite For fear lest man should then dispair with his wife and to hel The womans séed y t whiche was Christe shall come and make all wel The iiii chapiter DOwn fel Abel Cain him slue in offering to the Lord The iust was slain of the vniust as scripture dooth record Then is he curst and dooth dispair after his wicked déed The genealogie of Adams sonnes and their sonnes dooth procéed The v. chapiter EUery yéer that Adam liued is there moste plainly tolde Whose age was then euen nine hundred and ful thirtie yéer olde And so from him vnto iust Noe the chapter dooth expresse The names yéeres how long they liued with muche of their successe The vi chapiter FUl wicked were the people tho a flud was threat of God With a precept to make an ark euen as the Lord had bod And then did Noe prepare the ship after the Lords deuise And redy prest as he was wild against the flud should rise The vii chapiter GOd spake these woords to Noe his maÌ„ and we therto must hark Go thou and all thy familie with spéed into the ark Euen so did Noe as God him bad and took of eche kinde twain His wife his sonnes and all their wiues and then began the rain The viii chapiter HUndreth dayes and od fiftie the flud began to end A Rauen and eke a Dooue also Noe foorth for newes did send Then went Noe forthe and did offer to God burnt sacrifice Whiche liked wel the God on hie when the smel did arise The ix chapiter IN fauour then was Noe and blest and murther is denide A rainbowe sent and promise made with water not destroyd Then Noe fel drunk and lay vnhilde and Ham his sonne was glad The other
once again for fréedome from his thrall By faith in hope he giues to God affirming this withall That God with fauour dooth beholde those that him loue and fear Preseruing them continually as samples doo appéer The xxxii Psalme MAruaylous sick he dooth confesse his sin to be the cause And blest to whom God not imputes the breaking of his lawes And after thus his faultê confest the wicked he exhorts To mend their life and holy men with ioyes he muche comfortê The xxxiii Psalme NOw righteous men reioice saith he in him that vs did make And gouerns all and is ful true his graunt shall neuer slake He sercheth hartê and knoweth thoughtê no secrets from him hid No help can saue but his right hand trust this he dooth you bid The xxxiiii Psalme OF fear and dread he béeing rid whom Achis counted mad He thanketh God who was the cause that good successe he had And so prouokes that godly men should stil in God put trust Affirming wicked slaughters great and sauegard for the iust The xxxv Psalme PLead thou my cause o God saith he gainst Saule and eke his court â–ª Their traps they set me for to catche let them turn to their hurt And saue thou me and also those that giltâ—es take my part And I shall praise thy holy name so long as liues my hart The xxxvi Psalme QUite gon from fear of God are those that followe wicked trace The gouernnaunce of God in earth dooth ioy his woful cace And so muche more he holdes that God his chosen shall preserue Who finally shall them defend and punishe those that swarue The xxxvii Psalme REck not saith he nor doo you fret that wicked men doo thriue Nor that thou séest the iust correct for thou shalt sée beliue How that the euil of cut shalbe and thou if thou abide Ful patiently shalt haue thy wishe when that thy cause is tride The xxxviii Psalme SIcknes eftsoones dooth cause him say his sinnes the same to bring The ire of God and fréend now fled with foes on him laughing Is cause that he intreateth God to make him whole again And firmly stands to trust to that and so dooth stil remain The xxxix Psalme TEmpted then with extremities and gréefs that were infirme Eke fully bent this patience with silence to confirme Yet burst he out with doleful woords and dumnes quite he left Beséeching him of spéedy help that he be not bereft The xl Psalme WHen perils past were passed by he rendreth thanks to God And telleth plain he wil set out suche things as he hath bod Stil crauing mercy at his hand and foile on foes to fall With wishing those that doo him fear his prays to render all The xli Psalme AFflicted sore yet dooth he blesse those that his cace lament Complayning muche of fayned fréends that traytourously were bent But féeling God to be his ayd his haters rage to stay He rendreth thanks and dooth protest he wil doo so for ay The xlii Psalme BEâ—ing exilde from Christes flock to praise his holy name Yet dooth he ful protest a while from hart to doo the same Affirming though aduersities had ne so him opprest Yet should his soule haue confidencâ— in him to take her rest The xliii Psalme CAusles his foes did vexe him sore therfore to God he prayes Iudge thou my cause and be my light thus vnto God he sayes So by that meanes vnto thy hil and tabernacle bothe Upon my harp I wil thée thank my soule shall not it lothe The xliiii Psalme DUe thanks his people héer doo giue for mercies manifolde And féeling now the contrary Gods couenant they beholde Affirming that to be the cause why enemies them vexe Yet doo they vow his lawes to holde for all their wicked checks The xlv Psalme EXtolled is the maiestie of Salomon the King The Egipt wife that he did wed hath eke her extolling Wherby is shewd how the Gentiles to Christe shall spoused be His mercies large shall foorth so stretche that none refuse wil he The xlvi Psalme FOr help receiu'd béeing besiegd of King Sennacherib The land the Lord affirming so it shalbe stablished In putting trust in God alwayes who hath his whole delight To saue his Churche when succour all dooth séem to be gone quite The xlvii Psalme GGd that is of moste mightie power he willeth for to laud Whose kingly rule dooth make his foes that they by him be awd Who dooth also to Iacobs séed extend his lasting looue He telles before the Gentiles call by Christe that is abooue The xlviii Psalme HOw notably Hierusalem from sundry foes had ayd How that from God their force was such they could not be dismaid For whiche to God they render thanks as guide vnto their dittie And so describe the comely state of their moste noble Cittie The xlix Psalme INcline your eares saith he hark iudge not that suche as welth Haue in their hands that they be blest for sure it is but pelf And they shall passe and perishe all that haue therin their trust But God shall féed and saue in déed suche as in him are iust The l. Psalme KNowing ful wel how that the church of Ipocrites had store Who put their trust in outward showes more then in inward lore Whiche hée dooth check and telleth plain that God dooth more delight In inward thanks and due requestê then sacrifices bright The li. Psalme LO pardon now he pleadeth for the King I mean when hée By Nathans mouth did knowe his fault haue mercy Lord on me He saith and blot out all mi gilt and put away my sinne And doo not strike my people for the fault that I fel in The lii Psalme MUche musing why that wicked man that Doeg had to name Should boste him self so in his pride he saith God shall him tame And then he willes that faithful men should not suche tirants fear But stand in trust of Gods defence who shall their quarels bear The liii Psalme NO God at all the fool dooth say there is to sée my fact God looking down espied none that did regard his act Wherfore with fear they shalbe flight where fear there is no néed But sauing state with ioyfelnes his flock shall haue in déed The liiii Psalme O God hée saith doo thou me saue with enemies opprest And by thy power iudge thou my cause gainst suche as me detest Then wil I praise thy holy name and sacrifice ordain When of my foes my ful request of thée I doo obtain The lv Psalme PErsecuted so stil by Saule for succour he dooth pray Muche gréeued with a flattring sort that sought him to betray Moste ardently beseeching God his pittie for to shew And carefulnes he willeth men vpon the Lord to throwe The lvi Psalme QUestionles he séeth no way his foes for to withstand But forst he was to walke astray to voyd his enmies hand Wherfore he praith moste humblely to him that prayer alowes To way his cause and him
on them wo Because in welth they would not hearâ— their pride should come ful lowe The xxiii Chapiter CUrse he dooth héer froÌ„ God his mouth suche pastours as doo féed Them selues and let the flock alone God wil them pay in déed And pastours pure he wil prouide wherof one shall be chéef From Dauids house as King to guide by him to haue reléef The xxiiii Chapiter DEclare God dooth by baskets twaine with Figs bothe good and bad What should become vpon the flock as he decréed had Whiche was that some should haue return and liue in rest and peace The King should not with many mo whose hartê he could not pearce The xxv Chapiter EXiled men in Babilon the Iewes for sin should bée Ful seuentie yéeres the Prophet saith in their captiuitie At which yéeres end that mightie power shalbe subuerted quite And in like wise he telth before all rule shall lose their might The xxvi Chapiter FUl earnestly he dooth them mooue their sinnes for to repent They brought him foorth he telth his tale the Iudges did relent But Vriah who fled for fear was fetcht from Egipt land Iehoyaku of Iudah King him slue with swoord in hand The xxvii Chapiter GOd willed him that he should send bothe yokes and bonds also To Princes for to testify in bondage they should go And who so would refuse to serue Nabuchodonozer Should plagued be therfore he wilth false Prophets not to hear The xxviii Chapiter HAnaniah the Prophet false did prophecy a lie And Ieremy did him reprooue afore great company Also a freshe he prophecied because his yoke was burst That bondage muche should come to them and that therto then trust The xxix Chapiter IN written woords he sent to them that then in Babel were That they should plant wed and pray for suche as ruled there For seuentie yéeres should passe and go ere they should turn again And in that space their land and power should wasted be and slain The xxx Chapiter KNowledge again froÌ„ Ieremies mouth was giuen to Israel That they should home again return within their land to dwel And how that God would him reuenge vpon their furious foes But comfort his afflicted Churche and saue her from her woes The xxxi Chapiter LArge blessing héer he telth to come when home they should return All ioy shall come and plesantnes to suche as once did mourn A couenant new within their hartê also he plight to make That he would be their God in déed if they not him forsake The xxxii Chapiter MAny were the miseries that Ieremy did sustain For now he is in prison cast for speaking out so plain A féeld he bought and hid the book that did record the same His prayers he made and once again their turning home did name The xxxiii Chapiter NOw is the Prophet wild to pray for their return and rest Whiche ful and whole is graunted them as they had had it erst With pardon for their former sinnes without their owne desartê And Christe to reign in Dauids throne for euer in their hartê The xxxiiii Chapiter OF Zedechiah who was King of Iuda what should come How he should taken be and his when Cittie and all is wun Because the couenant they did break to bond folke that they made Their lot with pine or pestilence should be or els with blade The xxxv Chapiter PUt foorth he dooth as God him bade the Rechabites for lore Who would not break the olde preceptê from fathers had tofore But Iewishe pride would not obey though often they were warnd Therfore to ruine they should go the Rechabites not harmd The xxxvi Chapiter QUenched lest y t his woords should be God bad to write them all So Baruch did and red the role before bothe great and small The King a little heard of it and burnt the book in fire Again with more it written was and God prouokte to ire The xxxvii Chapiter RIght soon as Zedechiah reignd to Ieremy he sent To pray for him By Egipt power the Caldeys away went As Ieremy was prest away in dungeon was he cast But when the King had talkt with him he begd a better taste The xxxviii Chapiter SO fairly spake the councellours the Princes eares vntil That Ieremy to dungeon went there thought they him to kil An Enuche black his life did saue and drue him vp with cordes The King and he did talke alone he might not tel the Lords The xxxix Chapiter THe Babel power the Cittie took and Zedechiah fled He was ouer caught his sonnes were slain his eyes put out of his hed The poore alone are left in land and Ieremy at large Who gaue them more that did him good a comfortable charge The xl Chapiter UNto two things the Prophet had a choise at wil to chuse Babel to sée or tary stil the first he did refuse Suche as for fear were fled away to Godoliah came Whom Babel King had left to rule all Iudah that he wan The xli Chapiter A Murder foule committed was of Ismael by name For Godoliah he did kil who did deserue no blame And diuers more that wicked man their liues did also end And fled to King of Moabites who therfore did him send The xlii Chapiter BOthe moste and least to Ieremy came his councel to haue And willed him to knowe of God whiche way them selues to saue Who willed them in any wise to Egipt not to wend For if they did that whiche they feard their God would it them send The xliii Chapiter COntrary to their former graunt to Egipt néeds they would The Prophet checkt and Baruch eke who néeds with them they should And there did God by Ieremy tel Egipt of her fall How Nebuchadnezer in place should rule their Gods and all The xliiii Chapiter DEclare he dooth vnto the Iewes for their Idolatrie In Egipt land the whiche they did that they should surely die But men and wiues with froward hartê did tel what they did deem We neuer throue sins that we left to serue the heauenly Quéen The xlv Chapiter EUilly appaid was Baruch then he thought his life but lost His sorrowes did increace in him séeing the Iewes so tost But Ieremy him comfort gaue and set his hart at stay For God he said hath giuen to thée thy life to be a pray The xlvi Chapiter FRom God he speaks to Egipt land and telleth them ful plain How that the King of Babilon withall his mightie train Should them destroy and eke their King their God and mightie power But yet his chosen Iacobs séed he would not quite deuour The xlvii Chapiter GOd bad him tel the Philistins of their decay and end That parents to suche wo should come their Children not to tend How they of Tire and Zidon eke should wasted be also The wrath of God not ceasing til their pride were come ful lowe The xlviii Chapiter HE telleh to the Moabites their ruine and decay Who once like churles to Israel vngraciously did say He curseth
remnant God wil kéep his Churche for to increace The righteous men alone shall scape their sin he wil releace The xv Chapiter PRofitable is not the wood that commeth of the vine No longer then it beareth frute wherof is made the wine Euen so likewise Hierusalem that bringeth foorth no frute Shalbe consumde with fier at home and eke in her pursute The xvi Chapiter QUenche now their pride he go'th about their progeny to tel How bare they were how God theÌ„ clad they did that was not wel For Sodome nor Samaria suche whordome woorked not In woorship false to Idoles vain as neuer more was wrought The xvij chapiter REherse he dooth by Egles twain what shall of Israel hap Who thought to plant in Egipt power but it should take no sap Their King also that promise made to Babel to obay For breaking of his othe to him ful déerly he should pay The xviii Chapiter Sâ—me wher it falth shal haue reward in him that dooth it vse Eche man shall bear his owne offence he shall none other chuse But who so dooth his sin repent shall pardon haue therfore And he that dooth good life forsake shall pay ful déer therfore The xix Chapiter TEl now he dooth what Lions sprang out of the Lionesse What catching Kings Hierusalem did bréed to her distresse How as a vine shée floorisht once and did from thence decay And therfore now in wildernes there should shée dry away The xx Chapiter UNto him came the elders then who did to them declare For all their sin from time to time how God yet did them spare Not hearing suche as yéelded not but wrath vpon them take And spare the rest that feared him euen for his mercies sake The xxi Chapiter A Swoord hée saith shall all deuoure and spare ne hie nor lowe The Babel power should all destroy inchauntment taught him so The Ammonites should also quaile their kingdome should be wun The Babel power should them destroy where they their life begun The xxii Chapiter BEholde this chapter mark it wel how all was out of frame What sinnes there reignd in Israel he dooth vnto you name The rulers and the Prophets eke the préestê and people all In sundry sinnes withouten shame eche one of them did fall The xxiii Chapiter COmparison of women twain that whoredome doo commit He dooth compare to Israel and Iuda like to it Whose filthy foule Idolatrie prouoked God to ire The Childe first born they spared not to burn in flaming fire The xxiiii Chapiter DEclare he dooth by double signes what they shall come vntil As fleshe in pot dooth séethe to scum so should they for their il His wife dooth die he mourned not as he of God was wild No more should they haue space thereto when that their fréends were kild The xxv Chapiter EUil hap should come of Ammonites and Moabites by name Because they did reioyce and laugh when Israel had blame The Edomites and Philistines should eke stoup to the Est That is to say to Babel power and be of them possest The xxvi Chapiter FOr like offence that Cittie great that Tirus â—ight by name Should haue the foile and be possest of straungers to their shame The Iles and merchantê wunder shall when they shall hear the same A Cittie new in ruine great that was of mickle fame The xxvij chapiter GReat was the welth that Tirus had he dooth tel it at length Their fame their name their quiet state their power and eke their strength All these with all their men and might their force by sea and land Should be destroyd for euermore by might of forren band The xxviii Chapiter HE telleth now what pride he had that Tirus rul'd as King And of his fall and Cittie eke they fearing no suche thing To Zidon to he shewes asmuche that like on them should fall And how Gods folke should liue in peace when foes were stroyed all The xxix Chapiter IN like he saith that Egipt power should quite be ouer run And fortie yéeres it should lie waste after that it were wun The King of Babel should it haue to be his souldiours gaines Because at Tirus they did win small profit for their paines The xxx Chapiter KNowe wel you may he dooth not fain but telth again their wo Their cuÌ„trie spoild their Citties down their neighbours serued so Their Idols eke should be defaste their strength should not auaile Their foes with force of God his power so fiercely should assail The xxxi Chapiter LIke power to the Assirians in Egipt could not be And yet Nabuchodonozer the same destroyed he This he dooth tel that they should think that they might not withstand The rage of Babel when it com'th for to destroy the land The xxxii Chapiter MUche more to make now is he wild for Pharo that was King Who should be slain and riuer ful of blood should ouer spring As other Kings were ouerrun and brought vnto the pit So Egipt pride should haue a fall as iust reward for it The xxxiii Chapiter NOte wel this thing when preachers preache warning men doo giue They be dischargd if they repent they shalbe sure to liue Eche man shall bear his owne offence the godly shall haue méed They that did rest and at him iest ful wickedly should spéed The xxxiiii Chapiter OF shepheards that their profit séek and not the shéep to féed He dooth describe what God wil doo euen pay them for their méed And take his flock in hand him self deuiding shéep from shéep And giue the flock at length to Christe whiche truly shall them kéep The xxxv Chapiter PUblishe vnto Idumea he dooth what God would doo Because that Israel they had gréeu'd they should be gréeued to As blooddely the Israelites they had with war opprest So should their blood be spilt again and none of them haue rest The xxxvi Chapiter QUicken he dooth the Israelites that they should not dispair For God would all their foes destroy and them again repair His mercy onely moouing him and not of their desartê And take from them their stony mindes and giue them fleshy hartê The xxxvii Chapiter RIght soon as he in féeld was set a miracle he wrought For dried bones took fleshe and breath that God vnto them brought By whiche he telth that Israel that séemed to be gone Should safe return and Iuda bothe and be eke ioynd in one The xxxviii Chapiter SUche enemies as should arise he dooth them héer describe As Gog and Magog in their power the Churche for to deride And they to come in latter dayes as Prophets tolde tofore Yet God should stay their furious rage and punishe them therfore The xxxix Chapiter THe Lord is bent against this Gog a wretched end to haue Their slaughter such seueÌ„ monthê to séek to bring them vnto graue Then shall his people rest in peace and heathen tolde the cause Why Israel afflicted was for breaking of his lawes The xl Chapiter UNto the Cittie he is
To worship God as law did wil set out by him aboue And leauing all their owne intents so should they haue his loue The Prophecy of Hosea The first Chapiter A Harlot he is wild to wed of whom he sonnes begat The whorishe life of Israel is signified by that The Gentiles should be called in Gods people for to be And all the tribes should ioyne in one and louingly agrée The ii Chapiter GEcause with Ball they did commit moste filthy whordome so The Prophet them dooth threat for it God foorth their filth to shew Except that they repent and mend whiche if they doo that then As spoused wife moste husband like he would them looue as when The iii. Chapiter CAst of he saith the Iewes should be as drunk with Gods ful vain To take a harlot he is wild to shew the thing again That King or préest they should not haue and that for many dayes And yet at leÌ„gth Christ should them saue to whom they should giue praise The iiii Chapiter DEclare he dooth how sin did reign and none mislikte the same Bothe Princes people and the préestê in sinning had no shame Wherfore he threatê that God wil strike and punishe them therfore So that to Idols sacrifice they should doo so no more The v. Chapiter EFtsoones the sinnes he dooth tel out of Israel by name From moste to least they mended not to God their liues to frame God should they séek then would he not of them again be found Of other power for ayd they should and so them selues confound The vi Chapiter FUl fast to God they did then hie repenting of their il So knowledge they should haue to doâ— that God to them did wil. The Prophets spared not to cut their sin with woords so sharp The préestê to steale by one consent no other thing they carp The vii Chapiter GOne all affray the people were their King they did disceiue As Bakers ouen so burned they in sin to whiche they cleaue Their trust they had in Egipt help shall not them help in déed They turned them but not aright when that they were in néed The viii Chapiter HOw they a King and rulers eke did chuse but not by God And Idols vain did cleaue vnto whiche he had them forbod For whiche their sin he wil them pay to teache them to offend With fier their Cittie shalbe burnt â–ª to Egipt shall they wend. The ix Chapiter IN leading of an whorishe life an hunger shall they haue They said the Prophet was a fool the spirituall men did raue Their wombs and brestê should dried 〈◊〉 their children long not liue And for a pray vnto their foes he would them also giue The x. chapiter KIng ouer them they should haue none their Idols should be stroyd Bothe Iuda and Samaria â–ª they should be sore anoyd To plough and reap in righteousnes and mercy they are wild If not betime in the morning their King he should be kild The xi Chapiter LOuingly from Egipt land he saith that he them led And cherisht them with food therto and gaue them heauenly bread Ful lothe he is to punishe them though it they doo deserue Thou Ephraim misvsde it self yet Iuda did not swarue The xii Chapiter MUche crookednes did Ephraim vse with Iuda dooth he talke As Iacob liu'de and pleased God so would he haue them walke In tabernacles they should dwel as in their solemne feastê Because they serued not their God nor did regard his heastê The xiii Chapiter NO end they made of woorshipping their Idols and their calues Yet God their God remayneth God none els for sin hath salues Yet Lion like he wil them vse but so as for a time The death of death he saith to be and bring them down that clime The xiiii Chapiter OF Israels return he telth how forren power they leaue They doo confesse they did transgresse now vnto God they cleaue Who wil theÌ„ blesse make them growe whose braunches shall so shed That others shall return by them and lack the life they led FINIS ¶ Hoseas heer hath tolde his minde a Prophet ful of zeale And Ioel now beginth to speak Gods counsel to reueale The Prophecy of Ioel. The first Chapiter A Famine he dooth tel to come their frute for to destroy He wilth y e druÌ„kards for to mourn their throtes should be ful dry Their wine their oyle their wheat and corn should be destroyd w t blasting Therfore he wilth them to proclaim a common prayer and fasting The ii chapiter BEholde a power shall come on them to ruine and to waste Therfore to turn and to repent he willeth them make haste And then the Lord to them wil turn and blesse them in his looue Their sonnes daughters shal haue giftê signes shalbe from aboue The iii. chapiter COntrole he wil the enemies that had destroyd his land And serue them so as they had doon when they had them in hand Let Iuda now make spear and shéeld let Gentiles quake and fear The Lord him self wil pitche the field Hierusalem to chéer FINIS ¶ Thus Ioels tale is finished three Chapters ful of lore Now Amos dooth asmuche contain and twice so many more The Prophecy of Amos. The i. Chapiter AMos hée did Prophecy in Ieroboams dayes Damascus and the Philistins shall perishe as he sayes â–ª Tirus and Idumea the like shalbe their lot And Ammon for his crueltie whiche was the sonne of Lot The ii Chapiter BEcause of Moabs crueltie against the Edomites Bothe he and Iuda for their factê shall sée ful woful sights The Israelites for careles spoile shall flée before their foes What woorks for them the Lord had wrought he bréefly to them showes The iii. Chapiter CAn any thing be wrought or doon but God dooth woork the same His Prophets that doo prophecy they doo it in his name That Israel shalbe destroyd by Egipt God dooth tel Samaria and Bethel eke shall haue their fée as wel The iiii Chapiter DOwn wil he throw their rulers eke for spoyling of the poore They thought by outward holines to scape so sharp a shoure By famin and great scarsitie by pestilence and swoord He punisht them it would not serue to bring them to his woord The v. Chapiter EUil hap should fall on Israel for them he dooth lament Leaue of from wrong he willeth them with spéed for to repent It wil not serue their sacrifice ne burning of incence When IudgemeÌ„t runnes as water flud he wil with them dispence The vi Chapiter FUl plesantly their Princes liu'de deliting all in ease With meat and drink and melody thus they them selues did please Therfore the Lord did swear their end they trusted in their strength As captiue men they should be led therfore away at length The vii Chapiter GIue signes he dooth by Grashoppers by fire and lined wall â–ª That God would stroy the Israelites and ouerthrowe them all Amaziah vnto the King of Amos did complain And him rebukte but he