in youth and not to deferre tyll age 7 The soule returneth to God 12 Wisdome is the gyft of God and consisteth in fearing hym and keping his commaundementes 1 PVt away displeasure out of thine heart and remoue euill from thy body for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie 2 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth or euer the dayes of aduersitie come and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say I haue not pleasure in them 3 Before the sunne the light the moone and starres be darkened and or the cloudes turne agayne after the rayne 4 When the kepers of the house shall tremble and when the strong men shall bowe them selues when the milners stand styll because they be so fewe and when the sight of the windowes shall waxe dimme 5 When the doores in the streetes shal be shut and when the voyce of the milner shal be layde downe when men shall ryse vp at the voyce of the byrde and when all the daughters of musicke shal be brought lowe 6 When men shall feare in hye places and be afraide in the streetes when the Almonde tree shall florishe and be laden with the grashopper and when all lust shal passe because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streetes 7 Or euer the siluer lace be taken away and or the golden well be broken Or the pot be broken at the well and the wheele broken vpon the cesterne 8 Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it 9 All is but vanitie saith the preacher all is but playne vanitie 10 The preacher was yet more wyse and taught the people knowledge he gaue good heede sought out the ground and set foorth many parables His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes right scripture the wordes of trueth 11 For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe of the auctoures of gatheringes which are geuen of one shephearde 21 Therefore beware my sonne of that doctrine that is beside this for to make many bookes it is an endlesse worke and to muche studie weerieth the body 13 Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges Feare God and kepe his commaundementes for that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges whether they be good or euyll ¶ The ende of the booke of the preacher otherwise called Ecclesiastes ⧠The Ballet of Ballettes of Solomon called in Latin Canticum Canticorum The first Chapter 1 The familier talke and misticall communication of the spirituall loue betweene Iesus Christe and his Churche 6 The domesticall enemies that persecute the Churche 1 O That he would kisse me with the kisses of his mouth for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wine and that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy most precious baulmes 2 Thy name is a sweet smelling oyntment when it is shed foorth therfore do the maydens loue thee 3 Drawe thou me vnto thee we wyll runne after thee The kyng hath brought me into his priuie chaumbers We wylbe glad and reioyce in thee we thinke more of thy loue then of wine they that be righteous loue thee 4 I am blacke O ye daughters of Hierusalem but yet fayre and well fauoured like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hanginges of Solomon 5 Marueyle not at me that I am so blacke for why the sunne hath shined vpon me my mothers chyldren haue euyll wyll at me they made me the keper of the vineyardes but mine owne vineyarde haue I not kept 6 Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth where thou feedest the sheepe where thou makest them rest at the noone day for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions 7 If thou knowe not thy selfe O thou fayrest among women then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes 8 Vnto the hoast of Pharaos charets haue I compared thee O my loue 9 Thy cheekes and thy necke is beautifull as the turtles and hanged with spanges and goodly iewels a neckband of golde wyll we make thee with siluer buttons 10 When the king sitteth at the table he shall smell my Nardus a bundell of myrre is my loue vnto me he wyll lye betwixt my brestes a cluster of Camphire in the vineyardes of Engaddi is my loue vnto me 11 Oh howe fayre art thou my loue Oh howe fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes O howe fayre art thou my beloued howe well fauoured art thou 12 Our bed is dect with flowres the seelinges of our house are of Cedar tree and our crosse ioyntes of Cipresse The .ij. Chapter 3 The Churche desireth to rest vnder the shadowe of Christe 8 She heareth his voyce 14 She is compared to the doue 15 And the enemies to the foxes 1 I Am the rose of the fielde and lillie of the valleys 2 As the lillie among the thornes so is my loue among the daughters 3 Like as the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloued among the sonnes 4 My delight is to sit vnder his shadowe for his fruite is sweete vnto my throte 5 He bringeth me into his wine seller his banner spread ouer me whiche is his loue 6 Set about me cuppes of wine comfort me with apples for I am sicke of loue 7 His left hande lyeth vnder my head and his right hande shall imbrace me 8 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem by the roes and hindes of the fiede that ye wake not vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe 9 Me thinke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hopping vpon the mountaines and leaping ouer the litle hilles 10 My beloued is lyke a roe or a young hart beholde he standeth behinde our wall he looketh in at the windowe and peepeth thorowe the grate 11 My beloued aunswered and sayd vnto me O stande vp my loue my beautifull and go to thyne owne for lo the winter is nowe past the rayne is away and gone 12 The flowres are come vp in the field the tyme of the byrdes singing is come and the voyce of the turtle doue is hearde in our lande 13 The figge tree bryngeth foorth her figges and the vines beare blossomes and haue a good smell 14 O stande vp then and come my loue my beautifull and come I say O my doue out of the caues of the rockes out of the holes of the wall O let me see thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for sweete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face 15 Get vs the foxes yea the litle foxes that hurt
prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes 18 And he prayed againe and the heauen gaue rayne the earth brought foorth her fruite 19 Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuert hym 20 Let the same knowe that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way shall saue a soule from death and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes ¶ The ende of the epistle of Saint Iames. ⧠The first epistle of Saint Peter the Apostle ¶ The first Chapter 2 He sheweth that through the aboundaunt mercie of God we are elect and regenerate to a lyuely hope 7 and howe fayth must be tried 10 that the saluation in Christe is no newes but a thyng prophecied of olde 13 he exhorteth them to a godly conuersation forasmuch as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God 1 PEter an Apostle of Iesus Christ to them that dwell here and there as straungers throughout Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia 2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite through obedience sprinklyng of y e blood of Iesus Christ Grace peace be multiplied vnto you 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death 4 To and inheritaunce immortall and vndefiled and that fadeth not away reserued in heauen for you 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme. 6 In the which ye reioyce though nowe for a season â—yf nede require ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations 7 That the triall of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth though it be tried with fyre myght be founde vnto laude glorie and honour at the appearyng of Iesus Christe 8 Whom ye haue not seene and yet loue hym in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not yet do you beleue reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious 9 Receauyng the ende of your fayth euen the saluation of your soules 10 Of which saluation haue y e prophetes enquired searched which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you 11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them shoulde signifie which spirite testified before the passions that should happen vnto Christe and the glorie that shoulde folowe after 12 Vnto which prophetes it was also declared that not vnto them selues but vnto vs they shoulde minister y e thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde 13 Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde be sober and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the reuelation of Iesus Christe 14 As obedient chyldren not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce 15 But as he which called you is holy euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation 16 Because it is written be ye holy for I am holy 17 And yf so be that ye call on the father which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here in feare 18 ☞ Forasmuch as ye knowe howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges as siluer and golde from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers 19 But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled without spot 20 Which was ordeyned beforehande euen before the worlde was made but was declared in the last tymes * for your sakes 21 Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death and glorified hym that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth with brotherly loue vnfayned see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye 23 For ye are borne a newe not of mortal seede but of immortal by the worde of God which lyueth and lasteth for euer 24 For all fleshe is as grasse and all the glorie of man is as the flowre of grasse The grasse withereth and the flowre falleth away 25 But the worde of the Lorde endureth euer ☜ And this is the worde which by the Gospell was preached vnto you The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to lay aside all vice 4 shewyng that Christe is the foundation whervpon they builde 9 The excellent estate of the Christians 11 he prayeth them to abstayne from fleshlie lustes 13 to obey the rulers 18 howe seruauntes shoulde behaue them selues towarde their maisters 20 he exhorteth to suffer after the ensample of Christe 1 WHerefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse and all guile and faynednesse and enuie and all backbityng 2 And as newe borne babes desire ye y e milke of the worde which is without deceipt that ye may growe therby vnto saluatioÌ„ 3 If so be that ye haue tasted howe gratious the Lorde is 4 To whom ye come as vnto a lyuyng stone disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious 5 And ye as lyuely stones be you made a spirituall house an holy priesthood for to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christe â— Wherefore it is conteyned also in the scripture beholde I put in Sion a stone to be laide in the chiefe corner elect and precious and he that beleueth on hym shall not be confounded 7 Vnto you therfore which beleue he is precious but vnto them whiche beleue not the stone which the buylders refused the same is made the head of the corner 8 And a stone that men stumble at and a rocke wherat they be offended whiche stumble at the worde and beyng disobedient vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned 9 But ye are a chosen generation a royall priesthood an holy nation a peculier people that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght 10 Which in time past were not a people but are nowe the people of God which sometime had not obteyned mercy but nowe haue obteyned mercy ☜ 11 ☞ Dearely beloued I beseche you as strauÌ„gers and pilgrimes abstaine from fleshly lustes whiche fight agaynst the soule 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles that where as they backbite you as euyll doers they may by your good workes whiche they shall see prayse God in the day of visitation 13 Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of maÌ„ for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto
sinneth hath not seene him neither knowen hym 7 Babes let no man deceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is ryghteous euen as he is righteous 8 He that committeth sinne is of the deuyll for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to loose the workes of the deuyll 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not for his seede remayneth in him and he can not sinne because he is borne of God 10 In this are y e children of God knowē and the chyldren of the deuyll Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse is not of God neither he that loueth not his brother 11 For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng that ye shoulde loue one another 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he hym Because his owne workes were euyll and his brothers good 13 ☞ Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you 14 We knowe that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren * He that loueth not his brother abideth in death 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslear And ye knowe that no manslear hath eternall life abidyng in hym 16 Hereby perceaue we loue because he layde downe his lyfe for vs we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren 17 But who so hath this 〈◊〉 good and seeth his brother haue neede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym◠howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym 18 My babes let vs not loue in worde neither in tongue but in deede and in veritie 19 Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth and shall assure our heartes before hym 20 For yf our heart condempne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all thynges 21 Dearely beloued yf our heart condempne vs not then haue we boldnesse towarde God 22 And whatsoeuer we aske we receaue of hym because we kepe his commaundementes and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght 23 And this is his cōmaundement that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe and loue one another as he gaue commaundement 24 And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs. ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Difference of spirites 2 howe the spirite of God may be knowen from the spirite of errour ◠of the loue of God and of our neyghbours 1 DEarly beloued beleue not euery spirite but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde 2 Hereby shall ye knowe the spirite of God Euery spirite that confesseth that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is of God 3 And euery spirite which confesseth not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is not of God And this is that spirite of antichriste of whom ye haue hearde howe that he shoulde come and euen nowe alredy is he in the worlde 4 Litle chyldren ye are of God haue ouercome them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde 5 They are of the world therfore speake they of the worlde the world heareth them 6 We are of God He that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the spirite of veritie and the spirite of errour 7 Dearely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God 8 He that loueth not knoweth not God for ☞ God is loue 9 In this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through hym 10 Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes 11 Dearely beloued yf God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another 12 No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. 13 Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his spirite 14 And we haue seene and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde 15 Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God 16 And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym 17 Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we shoulde haue boldnesse in the day of iudgement For as he is euen so are we in this worlde 18 There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnesse He that feareth is not perfect in loue 19 We loue hym for he loued vs first 20 If a man say I loue God yet hate his brother he is a lyer For how can he y t loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whō he hath not seene 21 And this commaundement haue we of hym that he which loueth God shoulde loue his brother also ☜ The .v. Chapter 1. Of the fruites of fayth 14.20 The office aucthoritie diuinitie of Christe 21 agaynst images 1 WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe is borne of God And euerie one that loueth him which begat loueth hym also which is begotten H. L. of hym 2 By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God when we loue God and kepe his commaundementes 3 For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundementes are not greeuous 4 ☞ For all that is borne of God ouercommeth the worlde And this is the victorie that ouercommeth y e worlde euen our fayth 5 Who is it that ouercommeth y e worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God 6 This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is trueth 7 For there are three which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy ghost and these three are one 8 And there are three which beare recorde in earth the spirite and water and blood and these three agree in one 9 If we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater For this is the witnesse of God that is greater which he testified of his sonne 10 He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnesse in hym selfe ☞ He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne 11 And this is the recorde how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe and this lyfe is in his sonne
of her bandes 27 Come vnto her with thy whole heart and kepe her wayes with al thy power 28 Seke after her and she shal be shewed thee and when thou hast her forsake her not 29 For at the last thou shalt fynde rest in her and that shal be turned to thy great ioy 30 Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee and her yoke a glorious rayment 31 For there is a golden ornament in her her bandes are laces of purple colour 32 Thou shalt put her on as a robe of honour and shalt put her about thee as a crowne of ioy 33 My sonne yf thou wylt take heede thou shalt haue vnderstandyng and yf thou wylt apply thy mynde thou shalt be wyse 34 If thou wylt bowe downe thine eare thou shalt receaue doctrine and yf thou delyte in hearyng thou shalt be wyse 35 Stande with the multitude of such elders as haue vnderstandyng and consent vnto their wisdome with thyne heart 36 That thou mayest heare all godly sermons and that the worthy sentences escape thee not 37 And yf thou seest a man of discrete vnderstandyng get thee soone vnto hym let thy foote treade vpon the steppes of his doores 38 Let thy mynde be vpon the commaundementes of God and be earnestlye occupied in his lawes so shall he stablishe thy heart and geue thee wisdome at thyne owne desire The .vij. Chapter 2 We must forsake euyll and yet not iustifie our selues 23 The behauiour of the wise towarde his wyfe his friende his children his seruauntes his father and mother 1 DO no euyl so shal there no harme happen vnto thee 2 Depart away from the thyng that is wicked and no misfortune shall meddle with thee 3 My sonne sowe no euyll thynges in the â—orowes of vnryghteousnes so shalt thou not reape them seuen folde 4 Labour not to the Lorde for preheminence neither vnto the kyng for the seate of honour 5 Iustifie not thy selfe before God for he knoweth the heart and desire not to be reputed wise in the presence of the kyng 6 Make no labour to be made a iudge except it so were that thou couldest mightily put downe wickednesse for yf thou shouldest stande in awe of the presence of the mightie thou shouldest fayle in geuyng sentence 7 Offende not in the multitude of the citie and put not thy selfe among the people 8 Bynde not two sinnes together for in one sinne shalt thou not be vnpunished 9 Say not tushe God wyll loke vpon the multitude of my oblations when I offer to the hyest God he wyll accept it 10 Be not faynt hearted when thou makest thy prayer neither slacke in geuyng of almes 11 Laugh no man to scorne in the heauinesse of his soule for God which seeth all thinges is he that can bring downe and set vp agayne 12 Accept no leasyng agaynst thy brother neither do the same agaynst thy friend 13 Vse not to make any maner of lye for the custome therof is not good 14 Make not many wordes when thou art among the elders and when thou prayest make not much babblyng 15 Let no labourous workes be tedious vnto thee neither the husbandry which the almightie hath created 16 Make not thy boaste in the multitude of thy wickednesse but humble thy selfe euen from thyne heart 17 And remember that the wrath shal not be long in tarying and that the vengeaunce of the fleshe of the vngodly is a very fire and worme 18 Geue not ouer thy friend for any good nor thy faythful brother for the best gold 19 Depart not from a discrete good woman that is fallen vnto thee for thy portion in the feare of the Lorde for the gift of her honesty is aboue golde 20 Where as thy seruaunt worketh truely intreate hym not euyll nor the hyreling that is faythfull vnto thee 21 Loue a discrete seruaunt as thyne owne soule defraude him not of his libertie neither leaue him a poore man 22 If thou haue cattell loke wel to them and if they be for thy profite kepe them 23 If thou haue sonnes bring them vp in nurture and learning and hold them in awe from their youth vp 24 If thou haue daughters kepe their body and shewe not thy face chereful towarde them 25 Mary thy daughter and so shalt thou perfourme a wayghtie matter but geue her to a man of vnderstanding 26 If thou haue a wife after thyne owne mynde forsake her not but commit not thy selfe to the hatefull 27 Honour thy father from thy whole heart and forget not the sorowfull trauayle that thy mother had with thee 28 Remember that thou wast borne thorow them and howe canst thou recompence them the thinges that they haue done for thee 29 Feare the Lord with al thy soule and honour his ministers 30 Loue thy maker with all thy strength and forsake not his seruauntes 31 Feare the Lord with all thy soule honour his priestes geue them their portion of the first fruites and increase of the earth like as it is commaunded thee reconcile thy selfe of thy negligence with the litle flocke geue them the shoulders and their appoynted offeringes firstlinges 32 Reache thyne hande vnto the poore that God may blesse thee with plenteousnes 33 Be liberall vnto all men liuyng yet let not but do good euen to them that are dead 34 Let not them that weepe be without comfort but mourne with such as mourne 35 Let it not greeue thee to visite the sicke for that shall make thee to be beloued 36 Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande remember the end and thou shalt neuer do amisse The .viii. Chapter 1 We must take heede with whom we haue to do 1 STryue not with a mightie man lest thou chaunce to fall into his handes 2 Make no variaunce with a riche man lest he happen to bring vp an harde quarell against thee For golde and siluer hath vndone many a man yea euen the heartes of kinges hath it made to fall 3 Stryue not with a man that is full of wordes and lay no stickes vpon his fire 4 Kepe no companie with the vnlearned lest he geue thy kinred an euyll report 5 Despise not a man that turneth hym selfe away from sinne and cast him not in the teeth withall but remember that we are frayle euerichone 6 Thinke scorne of no man in his olde age for we waxe olde also 7 Be not glad of the death of thyne enemie but remember that we must dye all the sort of vs and fayne would we come into ioy 8 Despise not the sermons of such elders as haue vnderstandyng but acquaynt thy selfe with the wyse sentences of them for of them thou shalt learne wisdome the doctrine of vnderstandyng and howe to serue great men without complaynt 9 Go not from the doctrine of the elders for they haue learned it of their fathers for of them thou shalt
not in such debte 23 The chiefe thing that kepeth in thy life is water bread clothing and lodging to couer the shame 24 Better is it to haue a poore lyuing in a mans owne house then delicate fare among the straunge 25 Be it litle or much that thou hast hold thee content withall and thou shalt not be blamed as a vagabounde 26 For a miserable lyfe is it to go from house to house and where a man is seemde he dare not open his mouth 27 Though one be lodged haue meate and drinke yet shall he be taken as vnworthy and heare many bytter rough wordes namely thus 28 Go thy way thou straunger and prepare a table for thy selfe and feede me also of that thou hast 29 Geue place thou straunger to an honorable man my brother commeth into my house and so telleth him the necessitie of his house 30 These thinges are heauy to a man that hath vnderstanding namely the forbidding of the house and that the lender casteth him in the teeth The .xxx. Chapter 1 Of the correction of children 14 Of the commoditie of health 17 Death is better then a sorowfull lyfe 18 Of hyd wysdome 22 Of the ioy and sorowe of the heart 1 WHo so loueth his child holdeth hym still vnder correction that he may haue ioy of him afterwarde and that he grope not after his neyghbours doores 2 He that teacheth his sonne shall haue ioy in hym and neede not to be ashamed of him among his aquayntaunce 3 Who so enfourmeth and teacheth his sonne greeueth the enemie and before his friendes he may haue ioy of him 4 Though his father dye yet is he as though he were not dead for he hath left one behinde him that is like hym 5 In his lyfe he sawe him and had ioy in him and was not sory in his death neither was he ashamed before the enemies 6 For he left behynde hym an auenger against his enemies and a good doer vnto the friendes 7 For the lyfe of children he shall bynde the woundes together and his heart is greeued at euery crye 8 An vntamed horse will be harde and a wanton childe will be wilfull 9 If thou bring vp thy sonne delicately he shal make thee afrayde and if thou play with hym he shall bring thee to heauinesse 10 Laugh not with hym lest thou wepe with hym also lest thou gnashe with thy teeth at the last 11 Geue him no libertie in his youth and excuse not his follie 12 Bowe downe his necke whyle he is young hyt him vpon the sides whyle he is yet but a childe lest he waxe stubburne geue no more force of thee so shalt thou haue heauinesse of soule 13 Teach thy childe and be diligent therein lest it be to thy shame 14 Better is the poore beyng whole and strong then a man to be riche and not to haue his health 15 Health and welfare is aboue all golde and a whole body aboue all treasure 16 There is no riches aboue a sounde body and no ioy aboue the ioy of the heart 17 Death is better then a bitter lyfe and eternall rest better then continuall sickenesse 18 The good thinges that are put in a close mouth are lyke as when meate is layde vpon the graue 19 What good doth the offering vnto an idoll for he can neither eate tast nor smell Euen so is he that is chased of the Lorde and beareth the rewardes of iniquitie 20 He seeth with his eyes and groneth like a gelded man that lyeth with a virgin and sygheth 21 Geue not ouer thy mynde into heauinesse and vexe not thy selfe in thyne owne counsell 22 The ioy chearefulnesse of the heart is the lyfe of man and a mans gladnesse is the prolonging of his dayes 23 Loue thyne owne soule and comfort thyne heart as for sorowe heauinesse dryue it farre from thee for heauinesse hath slayne many a man and bringeth no profite 24 Zeale and anger shorten the dayes of the lyfe carefulnesse and sorowe bring age before the time 25 Vnto a mery heart euery thing hath a good tast that he eateth The .xxxi. Chapter 1 We ought to geue diligent heede to honestie 2 Of them that take paine to gather riches 8 The prayse of the rich man without a fault 12 We ought to flee drunkennesse and folowe sobernesse 1 TRauaile and carefulnesse for riches taketh away the sleepe and maketh the fleshe to consume 2 When one lyeth and taketh care he waketh euer vp lyke as a great sicknesse breaketh the sleepe 3 The rich hath great labour in gathering his riches together and then with the pleasure of his riches he taketh his rest and is refreshed 4 But who so laboureth and prospereth not he is poore and though he leaue of yet is he a begger 5 He that loueth riches shal not be iustified and who so foloweth corruption shall haue inough thereof 6 Many one are come in great misfortune by the reason of golde and haue founde their destruction before them 7 It is a tree of falling vnto them that offer it vp and all such as be foolishe fal therein 8 Blessed is the rich which is founde without blemishe hath not gone after golde nor hoped in money treasures 9 Where is there such a one and we shal commend him and call him blessed for wonderfull thinges doth he among his people 10 Who so is tryed and founde perfect in such thinges shal be commended and praysed who might offende and hath not offended who coulde do euill and hath not done it 11 Therfore shall his good be stablished and the whole congregation shall declare his almes 12 If thou sit at a great mans table open not thy mouth wide vpon it and say not there is much meate on it 13 Remember that an euil eye is a shrewe What thing created is worse then a wicked eye therefore weepeth it before euery mans face 14 Laye not thyne hande vpon euery thing that thyne eye seeth and striue not with him in the dishe 15 Ponder by thy selfe what thy neighbour would faine haue and be discreete in euery poynt 16 Eate the thing that is set before thee manerlie as it becommeth a man and eate not to much lest thou be abhorred 17 Leaue thou of first of al because of nurture lest thou be he whom no man may satisfie which may turne to thy decay 18 When thou sittest among many men reache not thyne hand out first of al neither call thou first for drinke 19 O how well content is a wyse man with a litle wine so that in sleepe thou shalt not be sicke thereof nor feele any payne 20 A sweete holsome sleepe shall such a one haue and feele no inwarde greese he ryseth vp betimes in the morning and is wel at ease in him selfe but an vnsatiable eater sleepeth vnquietly and hath ache and payne of the body 21 If
to hym 22 Iudas sayth vnto hym not Iudas Iscariot Lorde what is done that thou wylt shewe thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the worlde 23 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym If a man loue me he wyll kepe my sayinges and my father wyll loue hym and we wyll come vnto hym and dwell with hym 24 He that loueth me not kepeth not my sayinges And the word which ye heare is not myne but the fathers which sent me 25 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you beyng yet present with you 26 But the comforter which is the holy ghost whom the father wyll sende in my name he shal teach you all thinges bryng all thynges to your remēbraunce whatsoeuer I haue sayde vnto you 27 Peace I leaue with you my peace I geue vnto you Not as the worlde geueth geue I vnto you Let not your heartes be greeued neither feare 28 Ye haue hearde howe I sayde vnto you I go away and come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye woulde veryly reioyce because I sayde I go vnto the father for the father is greater then I. 29 And nowe haue I shewed you before it come that when it is come to passe ye myght beleue 30 Hereafter wyll I not talke many wordes vnto you For the prince of this worlde cōmeth and * hath nought in me 31 But that the worlde may knowe that I loue the father And as the father gaue me commaundement euen so do I. ☜ Ryse let vs go hence ¶ The .xv. Chapter 5 The consolation betweene Christe and his members vnder the parable of the vyne 716 We must pray in the name of Christe 9 Christes loue towarde vs. 12 He exhorteth to mutuall loue 20 Of afflictions for Christes sake 26 The office of the holy ghoste when he commeth 1 I Am the true vine and my father is the husbandman 2 Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me he will take away And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge that it may bryng foorth more fruite 3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you 4 Byde in me and I in you As the braunche can not beare fruite of it selfe except it byde in the vine no more can ye except ye abyde in me 5 I am the vine ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in hym the same bryngeth foorth much fruite For without me can ye do nothyng 6 Yf a man byde not in me he is cast foorth as a braunch and withereth and men gather them and cast them into the fyre and they burne 7 Yf ye byde in me and my wordes abyde in you aske what ye wyll and it shal be done for you ☜ 8 Herein is my father glorified that ye beare much fruite and become my disciples 9 As the father hath loued me euen so haue I loued you Continue ye in my loue 10 Yf ye kepe my commaundementes ye shall abyde in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundementes and abyde in his loue 11 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remayne in you and that your ioy myght be full 12 ☞ This is my commaundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you 13 Greater loue hath no man then this y t a man bestowe his life for his frendes 14 Ye are my frendes yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you 15 Hencefoorth call I you not seruaūtes for the seruaunt knoweth not what his Lorde doeth But you haue I called frendes for all thynges that I haue hearde of my father haue I made knowen to you 16 Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordayned you to go and bryng foorth fruite and that your fruite shoulde remayne that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name he may geue it you ☜ 17 ☞ This commaunde I you that ye loue together 18 Yf the worlde hate you ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you 19 If ye were of the worlde the worlde would loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you 20 Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde If they haue persecuted me they wyll also persecute you If they haue kept my saying they wyll kepe yours also 21 * But all these thynges wyll they do vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowē hym that sent me 22 Yf I had not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde haue had no sinne but nowe haue they nothyng to cloke their sinne withall 23 He that hateth me hateth my father also 24 Yf I had not done among them the workes which none other man dyd they shoulde haue had no sinne But nowe haue they both seene and hated not only me but also my father 25 But this commeth to passe that the worde myght be fulfylled that is written in their lawe They hated me without a cause ☜ 26 ☞ But when the comforter is come whom I wyl sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth which proceadeth of the father he shall testifie of me 27 And ye shall beare witnesse also because ye haue ben with me from the begynnyng ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 Christe comforteth the disciples puttyng them in remembraunce of affliction and trouble 7 Of the holy ghost and his office 1◠Of Christes ascension 23 To aske in the name of Christe 33 Peace in Christe afflictions in the worlde 1 THese thynges haue I sayde vnto you because ye shoulde not be offended 2 They shall excōmunitate you yea the time shall come that who so euer kylleth you wyll thynke that he doth God seruice 3 * And such thynges wyll they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me 4 But these thynges haue I tolde you that when the tyme is come ye may remēber then that I tolde you ☜ These thynges sayde I not vnto you at the begynnyng because I was present with you 5 ☞ But nowe I go my waye to hym that sent me none of you asketh me whyther goest thou 6 But because I haue saide such thinges vnto you your heartes are ful of sorow 7 Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I go away For yf I go not away that comforter wyll not come vnto you But yf I depart I wyll sende hym vnto you 8 And whē he is come he wyll rebuke the world of sinne and of righteousnes and of iudgement 9 Of sinne because they beleue not on me 10 Of righteousnes because I go to my father and ye shall see me no more 11 Of iudgement because * the prince of this worlde is iudged alredy 12 I haue yet many thynges to say vnto you but ye can not beare them away
stedfastnesse 18 But growe in grace and in the knowledge of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe to whom be glorie both nowe and for euer Amen The first Epistle of Saint John the Apostle The first Chapter 2 True witnesse of the euerlastyng worde of God 7 The blood of Christe is the purgation of sinne 10 No man is without sinne 1 THat whiche was frō the beginning whiche we haue heard which we haue seene with our eyes whiche we haue loked vpō our handes haue handeled of the worde of lyfe 2 And the lyfe appeared and we haue seene and beare witnesse and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father and appeared vnto vs. 3 That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue felowship with vs and that our felowship may be with the father and his sonne Iesus Christe 4 And this write we vnto you that your ioy may be full 5 And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym declare vnto you that God is lyght in hym is no darkenesse at all 6 If we saye that we haue felowship with hym and walke in darkenesse we lye and do not the trueth 7 But and yf we walke in light euen as he is in lyght then haue we felowship one with another and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne 8 If we say that we haue no sinne we deceaue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. 9 If we knowledge our sinnes he is faythfull iust to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse 10 If we say we haue not sinned we make hym a lyer and his worde is not in vs. ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Christe is our aduocate 10 Of true loue and howe it is tryed 18 To beware of antichriste 1 MY litle chyldren these thynges write I vnto you that ye sinne not And yf any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the ryghteous 2 And he is y e attonement for our sinnes not for our sinnes only but also for the sinnes of all the worlde 3 ☞ And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym yf we kepe his cōmaundementes 4 He that sayth I knowe hym and kepeth not his commaundementes is a lyer and the veritie is not in hym 5 But who so kepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfect in deede Hereby knowe we that we are in hym 6 He that sayth he bydeth in him ought to walke euen as he walked ☜ 7 Brethren I write no newe cōmaundement vnto you but that olde cōmaundement which ye haue had from the begynnyng The olde commaundement is the worde which ye haue hearde frō the begynnyng 8 Agayne a newe commaundement I write vnto you that is true in hym and the same is true also in you For the darkenesse is past and the true lyght nowe shyneth ☜ 9 He that sayth howe that he is in the lyght and yet hateth his brother is in darkenesse euen vntyll this tyme. 10 He that loueth his brother abydeth in the lyght and there is none occasion of euyll in hym 11 He that hateth his brother is in darknesse and walketh in darkenesse can not tell whyther he goeth because that darkenesse hath blynded his eyes 12 Babes I write vnto you because your sinnes are forgeuen you for his names sake 13 I write vnto you fathers because ye haue knowen hym that is from the begynnyng I write vnto you young men because you haue ouercome the wicked 14 I write to you little chyldren because ye haue knowē the father I haue written to you fathers because ye haue knowen hym that is from the begynnyng I haue written vnto you young men because ye are stronge and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye haue ouercome the wicked 15 See that ye loue not the worlde neither the thynges that are in the worlde If any man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in hym 16 For all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but of the worlde 17 And the worlde passeth away and the luste thereof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer 18 Litle chyldren it is the last time and as ye haue hearde howe that antichrist shall come euen nowe are there many antichristes whereby we knowe that it is the last tyme. 19 They went out from vs but they were not of vs For yf they had ben of vs they woulde no doubt haue continued with vs But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs. 20 Neuerthelesse ye haue an oyntment of hym that is holy and ye knowe all thynges 21 I haue not written vnto you as though ye knewe not the trueth but because ye knowe it and that no lye is of the trueth 22 Who is a lyer but he that denieth that Iesus is Christe The same is antichrist that denyeth the father and the sonne 23 Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne the same hath not the father But he that knowledgeth the sonne hath the father also 24 Let therfore abyde in you that same whiche ye hearde from the begynnyng If that whiche ye hearde from the begynnyng shall remayne in you ye also shall continue in the sonne and in the father 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised vs euen eternall lyfe 26 These thynges haue I written vnto you concerning them that deceaue you 27 And the annoyntyng whiche ye haue receaued of hym dwelleth in you And ye nede not that any man teach you but as the same annoynting teacheth you of all thynges and it is true and not lying and as it taught you ye shall abyde in it 28 And nowe babes abide in him that when he shal appeare we may be bolde and not be made ashamed of hym at his commyng 29 If ye knowe that he is ryghteous knowe also that euery one whiche doth righteousnes is borne of hym ¶ The .iij Chapter 1 The singuler loue of God towarde vs 7 and howe we agayne ought to loue one another 1 BEholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs that we shoulde be called the sonnes of god For this cause the worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not hym 2 Dearely beloued nowe are we the sonnes of God and yet it doth not appeare what we shal be But we knowe that when he shall appeare we shal be lyke hym for we shall see hym as he is 3 And euery man that hath this hope in hym purgeth hym selfe euen as he also is pure 4 Whosoeuer committeth sinne transgresseth also the lawe for sinne is the transgression of the lawe 5 And ye know that he appeared to take away our sinnes in hym is no sinne 6 As many as byde in hym sinne not whosoeuer
hande or to the left 33 But walke in all the wayes which the Lorde your God hath cōmaunded you that ye may lyue and that it may go well with you and that ye may prolong your dayes in the lande which ye shall possesse The .vj. Chapter 1 An exhortation to feare God and kepe his commaundementes 5 Which is to loue hym with all thine heart 7 The same must be taught to the posteritie 16 Not to tempt God 25 Righteousnesse is conteyned in the lawe 1 THese are the cōmaundemētes ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde your God commaunded me to teache you that ye might do them in the lande whither ye go to possesse it 2 Namely that thou mightest feare the Lord thy God kepe all his ordinaunces and his commaundementes which I commaunde thee thou thy sonne thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy lyfe that thy dayes may be prolonged 3 Heare therfore O Israel and take heede that thou do it that it may go well with thee that ye may encrease mightily euen as the Lorde God of thy fathers hath promised thee a lande that floweth with mylke and honie 4 Heare O Israel the Lorde our God is Lorde only 5 And thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule and with all thy myght 6 And these wordes which I commaunde thee this day shal be in thine heart 7 And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house and as thou walkest by the way when thou lyest downe and when thou risest vp 8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande and they shal be as frontlettes betweene thine eyes 9 And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thy house vpon thy gates 10 And when the Lorde thy God hath brought thee into the lande which he sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob and shall geue to thee great goodly cities which thou buildedst not 11 Houses full of all maner of goodes which thou filledst not welles digged which thou diggedst not vineyardes and oliue trees which thou plantedst not and when thou hast eaten art full 12 Then beware lest thou forget y e Lorde which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt from the house of bondage 13 Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym and shalt sweare by his name 14 See that ye walke not after straunge gods the gods of the nations which are about you 15 For the Lorde thy God is a ielous God among you lest the countenaunce of the Lorde thy God be moued to wrath agaynst thee and destroy thee from the face of the earth 16 Ye shall not tempt the Lorde your God as ye dyd in the place of temptation 17 But you shall diligently kepe the commaundementes of the Lord your God his testimonies and his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded thee 18 And thou shalt do that which is right good in the sight of the Lorde that thou mayst prosper and that thou mayst go in possesse that good lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers 19 To cast out all thine enemies before thee as the Lorde hath sayde 20 And when thy sonne asketh thee in tyme to come saying What meaneth these testimonies ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde our God hath commaunded you 21 Then thou shalt say vnto thy sonne We were Pharaos bondmen in Egypt and the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hande 22 And the Lorde shewed signes and wonders great and euyll vpon Egypt vpon Pharao and vpon all his householde before our eyes 23 And brought vs out from thence to bryng vs in and to geue vs the lande which he sware vnto our fathers 24 And he hath commaunded vs to do all these ordinaunces to feare the Lorde our God for our wealth all the dayes of our lyfe as it is come to passe this day 25 Moreouer this shal be our righteousnesse before the Lorde our God if we take heede kepe all these commaundementes as he hath commaunded vs. The .vij. Chapter 1 The Israelites may make no couenaunt with the Gentiles 5 They must destroy their idols 8 The election dependeth on the free loue of God 19 The experience of the power of God ought to confirme vs. 25 To auoyde all occasion of idolatrie 1 WHen the Lord thy God shall bryng thee into y e lande whither thou goest to possesse it and hath cast out many nations before thee Namely the Hethites the Gergesites the Amorites the Chanaanites the Pherezites the Heuites the Iebusites seuen nations greater and mightier then thou 2 And when the Lorde thy God hath set them before thee thou shalt smyte them and vtterly destroy them make no couenaunt with them nor haue compassion on them 3 Thou shalt make no mariages with them neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne 4 For they wyll deceaue thy sonne that he shoulde not folowe me and they shal serue straunge gods and then wyll the wrath of the Lorde waxe hot agaynst thee and destroy thee sodenly 5 But thus ye shall deale with them Ye shall ouerthrowe their aulters breake downe their pillers cut downe their groues and burne their grauen images with fire 6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee to be a speciall people vnto hym selfe aboue all nations that are vpon the earth 7 The Lorde dyd not set his loue vpon you nor chose you because ye were mo in number then any people for ye were the fewest of all people 8 But because the Lorde loued you and because he would kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto your fathers therfore hath the Lorde brought you out through a mightie hande and deliuered you out of the house of bondage euen from the hande of Pharao kyng of Egypt 9 Vnderstande therfore that the Lorde thy God he is God and that a true God which kepeth appoyntment and mercie vnto them that loue hym and kepe his commaundementes euen throughout a thousande generations 10 And rewardeth them that hate hym to their face so that he bryngeth them to naught and doth not deferre the tyme but rewardeth hym that hateth hym before his face 11 Kepe thou therfore the commaundementes and ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde thee this day that thou do them 12 If ye hearken vnto these lawes and obserue do them the Lord thy God also shall kepe vnto thee the appoyntment and the mercie which he sware vnto thy fathers 13 He wyll loue thee and blesse thee and multiplie thee he wyll also blesse the fruite of thy wombe and the fruite of thy lande thy corne thy wine and thine oyle and the increase of thy kine and the
the children of Ammon and toke the citie of the kingdome 27 And Ioab sent messengers to Dauid saying I haue fought against Rabba and haue taken the citie of waters 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together and besiege the citie that thou mayst take it lest I take it it be called after my name 29 And Dauid gathered al the people together went against Rabba and besieged it and toke it 30 And he toke their kinges crowne from of his head which wayed a talent of golde in it were precious stones and it was set on Dauids head and he brought away the spoyle of the citie in exceeding great abundaunce 31 And he caryed away the people that was therein put them vnder sawes and vnder iron harrowes and vnder axes of iron thrust them into the tylekyll thus dyd he with all the cities of the children of Ammon And so Dauid and al the people returned vnto Hierusalem ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 14 Amnon Dauids sonne defileth his sister Thamar 19 Thamar is comforted by her brother Absalom 29 Absalom therefore killeth Amnon 1 AFter this so it was that Absalom the sonne of Dauid had a fayre sister named Thamar whom Amnon y e sonne of Dauid loued 2 And he was so sore vexed that he fell sycke for his sister Thamar for she shas a virgin and he thought it hard for him to do any thing to her 3 But Amnon had a frende called Ionadab the sonne of Simah Dauids brother And Ionadab was a very subtile man 4 And he said vnto him How commeth it that thou being the kinges sonne art thus consumed from day to day Wylt thou not tell me Amnon aunswered him I loue Thamar my brother Absaloms sister 5 Ionadab saide vnto him Lay thee downe on thy bed and make thy selfe sicke And when thy father is come to see thee saye vnto him I pray thee let my sister Thamar come and geue me meate and dresse it in my syght that I may see it and eate it of her hand 6 And so Amnon laye downe and made him selfe sicke And when the king was come to see him Amnon saide vnto the king I pray thee let Thamar my sister come and make me a coople of cakes in my sight that I may eate of her hand 7 Then Dauid sent home to Thamar saying Go now to thy brother Amnōs house and dresse him meate 8 So Thamar went to her brother Amnons house he was layed downe And she toke floure and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and dyd bake them 9 And toke a panne and powred them out before him but he would not eate And Amnon saide Haue out all men from me And they went all out from him 10 And Amnon saide vnto Thamar Bring the meate into the chamber that I may eate of thyne hand And Thamar toke y e cakes which she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother 11 And whē she had set them before him to eate he toke her and saide vnto her Come lye with me my sister 12 And she aunswered him Nay my brother do not force me for there hath no such thing ben done in Israel Do not thou this folly 13 And I whyther shall I cause my shame to go And thou shalt be as one of the fooles in Israel Now therefore I pray thee speake vnto the king and he wyll not denie me vnto thee 14 Howbeit he would not hearken vnto her voyce but being stronger then she forced her and lay with her 15 And then Amnon hated her exceedingly so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater then the loue with which he before loued her And Amnon saide vnto her Vp and get thee hence 16 She aunswered him There is no cause This euill that thou puttest me away is greater then the other that thou diddest vnto me Neuerthelesse he would not heare her 17 But called his boye that serued him and saide Put away this woman from me and bolt the doore after her 18 And she had a garment of diuers colours vpon her for with such wer the kinges daughters that were virgins appareled Then his seruaunt brought her out and locked the doore after her 19 And Thamar toke and put ashes on her head and rent her garment of diuers colours that was on her layed her hand on her head and so went and as she went cryed 20 And Absalom her brother saide vnto her Hath Amnon thy brother ben with thee Now yet be still my sister he is thy brother let not this thing greeue thyne heart And so Thamar remayned desolate in her brother Absaloms house 21 But when king Dauid heard of all these thinges he was very wroth 22 And Absalom sayde vnto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad Howbeit Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Thamar 23 And after the tyme of two yeres Absalom had* sheepe shearers in the playne of Hazor beside Ephraim bade all the kinges sonnes 24 And came to the king and saide Beholde thy seruaunt hath sheepe shearers I pray thee that the king with his seruauntes come to thy seruaunt 25 The king aunswered Absalom Nay my sonne I pray thee let vs not go all lest we be chargeable vnto thee And Absalom laye sore vpon him howbeit he would not go but blessed him 26 Then saide Absalom but I pray thee shall not my brother Amnon go with vs And the king aunswered him what needeth it that he go with thee 27 But Absalom made such instaunce that he let Amnon all the kinges children go with him 28 Now had Absalom commaunded his young men saying Marke when Amnons heart is mery with wine and when I bid you smyte Amnon then kil him and feare not haue not I bidden you be bolde therfore play the men 29 And the seruauntes of Absalom dyd vnto Amnon euen as Absalom had commaunded And al the kinges sonnes arose and euery man gat him vp vpon his mule and fled 30 And whyle they were yet in the way tydinges came to Dauid saying Absalom hath slaine all the kinges sonnes and there is none left alyue 31 Then the king arose tare his garmentes and lay along on the earth and all his seruauntes stoode by with their clothes rent 32 And Ionadab the sonne of Simeach Dauids brother aunswered and sayde Let not my lorde suppose that they haue slaine all the young men of the kings sonnes but Amnon onely is dead For that hath ben determined in Absaloms minde since he forced his sister Thamar 33 Now therefore let not my lorde the king take the thing so greuously to thinke that all the kinges sonnes are dead for Amnon onely is dead 34 But Absalom fled And y e young man that kept the watch lyft vp his eyes loked and beholde there came much people
that call vpon thee 6 Geue eare O God vnto my prayer and be attentiue vnto the voyce of my humble petitions 7 I call vpon thee in the day of my trouble for thou hearest me 8 Among the gods there is none like vnto thee O Lorde there is not one that can do as thou doest All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee O Lorde and shall glorifie thy name 10 For thou art great and doest wonderous thinges thou art God alone 11 Teache me thy way O God and I wyll walke in thy trueth make my heart all one with thyne that it may feare thy name 12 I wyll acknowledge thee O Lorde my God with all my heart and I wyl glorifie thy name for euer 13 For great is thy mercy towarde me and thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest part of hell 14 O God the proude are rysen against me a companie of outragious naughtipackes haue sought after my soule and haue not set thee before their eyes 15 But thou O Lorde art a God full of compassion and mercy long yer thou be angry plenteous in goodnes and trueth 16 Turne thy face vnto me and haue mercy vpon me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt and helpe the sonne of thine handmayde 17 Shewe some good token of thy fauour towardes me that they whiche hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou God hast helped me and comforted me The argument of the .lxxxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete commendeth Sion the citie of God of the holy religion that is in it of the sitation of the great loue that God beareth to it of the noble actes done in it and in auauncing it aboue all the kingdomes of the earth ¶ A psalme the song of the sonnes of Corach 1 GOD loueth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellynges of Iacob for her foundations are vpon the holy hilles 2 Very excellent thinges are spoken of thee O thou citie of God Selah 3 I wyll make mention amongst those that knowe me of Egypt and Babylon behold also of Palestina and Tyre with Ethiopia and it shal be sayde suche a man is borne there 4 But of Sion it shal be reported that very many be borne in her and the most highest him selfe shall establishe her 5 God wyll number in the register of the people euery one that is borne there Selah 6 And the singers aswell as the players of instrumentes yea al my fountaines are in thee ¶ The argument of the .lxxxviij. psalme ¶ The prophete after a most lamentable sort desireth God to heare his prayers He complayneth of his great calamities and extreme perilles wherin he was wrapt by sicknes by ieoperdie of death and by the losse of his frendes as one forsaken of God and without al comfort He is loth to die for that then he can not prayse God with the faythful ¶ A song the psalme of the sonnes of Corach to the chiefe musition vpon Mahalath Leannoth a wise instruction of Heman the Ezrahite 1 O God the Lorde of my saluation I crye day and night before thee let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thyne eare vnto my crying 2 For my soule is full of miserie and my life toucheth the graue 3 I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pit and I am nowe become a man that hath no strength 4 I am free among the dead like such as beyng kylled lye in a graue whom thou remembrest no more and are cut away from thy hande 5 Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit in darknes and in deepenes 6 Thyne indignation sore presseth me and thou hast vexed me with all thy stormes Selah 7 Thou hast put away myne acquaintaunce farre fro me and made me to be abhorred of them I am shut vp I can not get foorth 8 My sight fayleth through my affliction O God I haue called dayly vpon thee I haue stretched out mine handes vnto thee 9 Wylt thou worke a miracle amongst the dead or shal the dead rise vp againe and acknowledge thee Selah 10 Shall thy louing kindnes be talked of in the graue or thy faythfulnes in destruction 11 Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke and thy righteousnes in the lande of forgetfulnes 12 But vnto thee do I crye O God and my prayer commeth early in the morning before thee 13 O God why abhorrest thou my soule and why hidest thou thy face from me 14 I am in miserie I labour euen from my youth with the panges of death I haue suffered thy terrours and I am styll in doubt 15 Thyne indignation hath gone ouer me and thy terrours haue vndone me 16 They came rounde about me dayly lyke water and compassed me altogether on euery syde 17 Thou hast put a way farre from me my frende and neighbour thou hast hid mine acquaintaunce out of sight The argument of the .lxxxix. psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth the inspeakable goodnes of God for the couenaunt made to him and to the elect people of God for euer He prayseth his great power goodnes and iustice He declareth what promise God hath made to hym of his kingdome and posteritie He complayneth of the great spoyling of his kingdome and of his people He desireth God for his couenauntes sake to deliuer hym out of affliction vpon the consideration that mans life is very short ¶ A wyse instruction of Ethan the Ezrachite 1 I Wyll sing alwayes of the mercy of God with my mouth I wyll make knowen thy trueth from one generatiō to another 2 For I sayde mercy shall for euer endure thou hast established thy trueth in the heauens 3 I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt 4 I wyll establishe thy seede for euer and buylde vp thy throne from generation to generation Selah 5 O God the very heauens shall confesse thy wonderous workes and thy trueth in the congregation of saintes 6 For who is he in the cloudes that shal matche God and who is like vnto God amongst the children gods 7 God is very terrible in the assemblie of saintes and to be feared aboue al them that are about him 8 O God Lorde of hoastes who is like vnto thee a most mightie Lorde and thy trueth is on euery side thee 9 Thou rulest the ragyng of the sea when her waues aryse thou delayest them 10 Thou hast brought Egypt in so bad a case as if it were wounded thou hast scattered thyne enemies abrode with thy mightie arme 11 The heauens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast layde the foundation of the rounde worlde and of all the plentie that is therin 12 Thou hast made the north and the south Tabor and Hermon do reioyce in thy name 13 Thou hast a mightie arme thy hand is strong and thy right hand is exalted 14 Iustice and iudgement is the foundation of thy throne
calamitie can hurt them God mightily preserueth them in all afflictions and temptations He promiseth those that knowe hym loue hym and honour hym in callyng vpon hym for helpe in their neede that they shal be hearde deliuered brought to honour they shall haue long lyfe in this worlde and after this lyfe they shal be saued both body and soule 1 WHosoeuer sitteth vnder the couer of the most highest he shal abide vnder the shadowe of the almightie 2 I wyll say vnto God thou art my hope and my fortresse my Lorde in whom I wyll trust 3 For he wyll delyuer thee from the snare of the hunter and from the noysome pestilence 4 He wyll couer thee vnder his wynges thou shalt be safe vnder his fethers his faythfulnesse shal be thy shielde and buckler 5 Thou shalt not be afrayde of any terrour of the nyght nor of any arrowe that fleeth by day 6 Nor of any pestilence that walketh in the darknesse nor of any deadly fyt that destroyeth at hygh noone 7 A thousande shall fall beside thee and ten thousande at thy ryght hande but it shall not come nygh thee 8 Thou only with thine eyes shalt beholde see the rewarde of the vngodly 9 For thou O God art my hope thou hast set thine habitation very hygh 10 There shall no euyll lyght on thee neither shall any plague come nye thy dwellyng 11 For he wyll geue his angels charge ouer thee to kepe thee in all thy wayes 12 They wyll beare thee in their handes that thou hurt not thy foote agaynst a stone 13 Thou shalt set thy foote vppon the Lion and Adder the young Lion and the Dragon thou shalt treade vnder thy feete 14 Because he hath set greatly his loue vpon me therfore wyll I deliuer hym I wyll set hym vp out of all daunger because he hath knowen my name 15 He shall call vpon me and I wyll heare hym yea I am with hym in trouble I wyll deliuer hym and bryng hym to honour 16 I wyll satisfie hym with a long lyfe and I wyll cause hym to see my saluation ¶ The argument of the .xcij. Psalme ¶ It seemeth that the prophete made this psalme to be song vnto the people vpon the Sabbath dayes for to stirre them vp the better to knowe God and to prayse God in his workes He commendeth the settyng foorth of Gods prayse in musicall instrumentes He reioyceth much and wondereth at Gods workes But the foole vnderstandeth not that the wicked be they neuer so fortunate shall come to a wretched ende for the wicked shal be destroyed and the godly shall prosper The greatest felicitie that the iust hath in this lyfe is to be planted in the house of God there continually for to prayse hym ¶ A Psalme the song for the sabbath day 1 IT is a good thyng to confesse vnto God and to syng psalmes vnto thy name O thou most hyghest 2 To set foorth in wordes thy louyng kyndnesse early in the mornyng and thy trueth in the nyght season 3 Vpon an instrument of ten strynges and vpon the Lute vpon the Harpe with a solemne sounde 4 For thou God hast made me glad thorowe thy workes I do reioyce in the workes of thy handes 5 O God howe glorious are thy workes thy thoughtes are very depe 6 An vnwise man doth not consider this and a foole doth not vnderstande it 7 Wheras the vngodly do bud vp greene as the grasse and wheras all workers of iniquitie do florishe that they notwithstandyng shal be destroyed for euer and euer 8 But thou O God art the most highest for euermore 9 For lo thine enemies O God lo thine enemies shall perishe all the workers of wickednesse shal be destroyed 10 But my horne shal be exalted lyke the horne of an vnicorne for I am annoynted with excellent oyle 11 And myne eye shall see those that lye in wayte for me myne eare shall heare the malitious persons that rise vp agaynst me 12 The ryghteous shall florishe lyke a paulme tree and shall spread abroade like a Cedar in Libanus 13 Such as be planted in the house of God shall florishe in the courtes of our Lorde 14 They shall styll bryng foorth fruite in their age they shal be fat and florishyng 15 For to set foorth in wordes that God is vpright he is my rocke and no iniquitie is in hym ⧠The argument of the .xciii. psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth the mightinesse of the maiestie of God which is declared from the beginning of the world partly by the wonderful continuaunce of creatures made in it and partly by testifiyng his wyll cōmaundementes and holynesse to his people 1 GOd raigneth he is clothed with a glorious maiestie God is clothed with strength he hath girded hym selfe he hath made the worlde so sure that it can not be moued 2 Euer since the worlde began thy throne hath ben set sure thou art from euerlastyng 3 The fluddes are risen O God the fluddes haue lyft vp their noyse the fluddes haue lyft vp their waues 4 God which is on high is more puissaūt then the noyse of many waters then the mightie waues of the sea 5 Thy testimonies are most certayne holynesse is an ornament to thine house O God in all tymes ¶ The argument of the .xciiii. Psalme ¶ The prophete calleth vpon God earnestly for to take avengeaunce of the wicked who do afflict the innocent without cause He complayneth of their outragiousnesse and tiranny He reproueth them of foolishnesse in that they thynke and say that God seeth them not for God knoweth their wickednesse and seeth their priuie thoughtes And in punishyng them he shall cause the good to lyue vprightly who fyndeth no ayde against the wicked but only God For God fauoureth no iniquitie it is he that wyll destroy all them that oppresse the innocent 1 O God the Lord of all auengeaunce the Lorde of all auengeaunce shewe thy glorious maiestie 2 Be exalted O thou iudge of the world and rewarde the proude after their deseruyng 3 O God howe long shall the vngodly howe long shall the vngodly triumph 4 All such as be workers of iniquitie they babble they prate stoutly they make boastes of them selues 5 They oppresse thy people O God and they afflict thine heritage 6 They murther the wyddowe and the straunger put the fatherlesse to death 7 And they say tushe the Lorde seeth it not neither doth the God of Iacob vnderstande it 8 Vnderstande ye vnwyse among the people O ye fooles when wyll ye be well aduised 9 He that hath planted the eare shall he not heare yf he shapeth the eye shall he not see 10 He that chasteneth the heathen shall not he punishe it is he that teacheth man knowledge 11 God knoweth the thoughtes of man that they are but vanitie 12 Blessed is the man O Lorde whom thou wylt chasten and whom thou wylt instruct in thy lawe 13 That thou mayest geue hym patience in
vnderstande them and I shall lyue Coph 1 I Haue called with my whole heart heare me O God I wyll kepe thy statutes 2 I haue called vpon thee saue me and I wyll kepe thy testimonies 3 I haue preuented other in the dawnyng of the day and I cryed vnto thee for I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy wordes 4 Myne eyes haue preuented the nyght watches that my study might be wholy in thy wordes 5 Heare my voyce accordyng to thy louing kindnesse make me to lyue O God after thy iudgementes 6 They that mynde to do an act of mischiefenesse do drawe nye vnto me they are farre from thy lawe 7 But thou art nye at hande O God and all thy coÌ„maundementes be trueth 8 As concernyng thy testimonies I haue knowen long since that thou hast made them to last for euer Resh 1 BEholde myne affliction deliuer me for I haue not forgotten thy lawe 2 Defende thou my cause redeeme me make me to lyue accordyng vnto thy worde 3 Saluation is farre from the vngodly for they study not thy statutes 4 Thy mercies be manifolde O God make me to liue accordyng to thy iudgementes 5 There be many that do persecute me and be myne aduersaries yet I do not swarue from thy testimonies 6 I sawe transgressours and I was greeued at the heart because they kept not thy lawe 7 Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse 8 The beginning of thy word is trueth and all the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse endure for euermore Shin 1 PRinces haue persecuted me without a cause but my heart hath stoode in awe of thy wordes 2 I am as glad of thy worde as he that fyndeth a great bootie 3 That which is false I hate and abhorre but thy lawe I do loue 4 I do prayse thee seuen tymes euery day for loue of the iudgementes of thy iustice 5 They that loue thy lawe shall haue great prosperitie and nothyng shall offende them 6 Lorde I haue wayted after thy saluation and I haue done thy commaundementes 7 My soule hath kept thy testimonies and I haue loued them exceedyngly 8 I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies for all my wayes are before thee Tau 1 LEt my crye O God approche neare vnto thy face make me to vnderstande euery thyng accordyng vnto thy worde 2 Let my supplication come before thee deliuer me accordyng to thy worde 3 My lippes shall powre out thy prayse when thou hast taught me thy statutes 4 My tongue shall syng of thy worde for all thy commaundementes are ryghteousnesse 5 Let thyne hande be redie for to ayde me for I haue chosen thy commaundementes 6 I haue longed for thy saluation O God and thy lawe is my whole delight 7 Let my soule lyue and it shall prayse thee and thy iudgementes shal be an ayde vnto me 8 I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe oh seke out thy seruaunt for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes ¶ The argument of the .cxx. Psalme ¶ The prophete requesteth God for to deliuer him from such as do maliciously slaunder him with false reportes For by their meanes he esteemeth his life led with the Ismaelites and with the barbarous people of Arabia and not with Gods people ¶ A song of high degrees 1 WHen I was in trouble I called vpon God and he hearde me 2 Deliuer my soule O God from false lyppes from a deceiptful tongue 3 What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee what good bryngeth it thee 4 So much as sharpe arrowes of a strong man in thy sydes with Iuniper coales powred on thy head 5 Wo be vnto me that am constrayned to be conuersaunt in Mesech and to dwell among the tentes of Cedar 6 My soule hath dwelt long with hym that hateth peace 7 I am a man of peace but because I do speake therof they prepare them selues to battayle ¶ The argument of the .cxxj. Psalme ¶ The prophete lifteth vp his eyes vnto heauen from whence he most certaynely loketh for ayde at all tymes He assureth all other that God careth defendeth gouerneth and prouideth for those that flee vnto the Lorde for succour in their necessitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 I Will lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence my helpe shall come 2 My helpe commeth from God who hath made heauen and earth 3 He wyll not suffer thy foote to moue he wyll not sleepe that kepeth thee 4 Beholde he that kepeth Israel wyll neither slumber nor sleepe 5 God hym selfe is thy keper God is thy defence vpon thy ryght hande 6 The sunne shal not hurt thee by day neither the moone by nyght 7 God wyll preserue thee from all euill he wyll preserue thy soule 8 God wyll preserue thy goyng out and thy commyng in from this tyme foorth for euermore ¶ The argument of the .cxxii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth the ioy of the people goyng vp to Hierusalem where true religion was set foorth and iustice in courtes ministred for which causes he wisheth great prosperitie to the citie ¶ A song of high degrees of Dauid 1 I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wyll go into the house of God 2 Our feete shall stande in thy gates O Hierusalem 3 Hierusalem is builded as a citie that is well vnited together in it selfe 4 For the tribes do go vp thyther euen the tribes of the Lorde which is a testimonie vnto Israel for to prayse the name of God 5 For there is ordeyned the seate for iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid 6 Pray for the peace of Hierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee 7 Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnesse within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes I wyll wyshe peace to be within thee 9 Yea because of the house of God our Lord I wyll procure to do thee good The argument of the cxxiii psalme ¶ The prophete declareth that the godly despited of such as be riche proude and scornfull do loke for helpe only at Gods hande after a most humble sort ¶ A song of high degrees 1 I Lyft vp myne eyes vnto thee who dwellest in heauen 2 Beholde as the eyes of seruauntes loke vnto the hande of their maisters and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the hande of her maistresse euen so our eyes wayte vpon God our Lorde vntyll he haue mercie vpon vs. 3 Haue mâ—y vpon vs O God haue mercy vâ—â—n vs for we haue suffered enough of dispite 4 Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the wealthy and with the dispitefulnes of the proude ¶ The argument of the .cxxiiij. Psalme ¶ Dauid acknowledgeth that he and his people had ben vtterly destroyed through the violence of enemies if God had not ben on their side with his present ayde ¶ A song of high degrees of Dauid 1 IF God him selfe had not ben of
the vines for our vines beare blossomes 16 * My loue is mine I am his whiche feedeth among the lillies vntill the day breake and till the shadowes be gone 17 Come agayne O my beloued and be lyke as a roe or a young hart vpon the wyde mountaines ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 The Churche desireth to be ioyned inseparably to Christe her husbande 6 Her deliueraunce out of the wyldernesse 1 BY night in my bed I sought hym whom my soule loueth yea diligently sought I him but I found him not 2 I will get vp thought I go about the citie in the wayes in all the streates wyll I seeke hym whom my soule loueth but when I sought him I founde him not 3 The watchmen also that go about the citie founde me to whom I sayde Sawe ye not hym whom my soule loueth 4 So when I was a litle past them I founde him whom my soule loueth I haue gotten holde vpon hym and wyll not let him go vntyll I bryng him into my mothers house and into her chaumber that bare me 5 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem by the roes and hyndes of the fielde that ye wake not vp my loue nor touch her till she be content her self 6 Who is this that commeth vp out of the wyldernesse like vapours of smoke as it were a smell of myrre frankensence and all maner spices of the Apothecarie 7 Beholde about Solomons bedsteede there stande threescore valiaunt of the most mightie in Israel They holde swordes euery one and are expert in warre 8 Euery man also hath his sworde vppon his thigh because of feare in the night 9 Kyng Solomon had made him selfe a pallace of the wood of Libanus the pillers are of siluer the couering of golde the seate of purple the grounde is pleasauntly paued with loue for the daughters of Hierusalem 10 Go foorth O ye daughters of Sion and beholde king Solomon in the crowne wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his mariage and in the day of the gladnesse of his heart ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 The prayses of the Churche ◠She is without blemishe in his sight 9 The loue of Christe towardes her 1 O Howe fayre art thou my loue howe fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes beside that which lyeth hid within Thy heerie lockes are lyke the wooll of a flocke of goates that be shorne vpon mount Gilead 2 Thy teeth are like a flocke of sheepe of the same bignesse whiche went vp from the washing place where euery one beareth two twinnes and not one vnfruitfull among them 3 Thy lippes are lyke a rose coloured ribande thy wordes are louely thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thyne heere 's 4 Thy necke is like the towre of Dauid buylded with costly stones lying out on the sides wherevpon there hange a thousande shieldes yea all the weapons of the giauntes 5 Thy two breastes are lyke two twinnes of young Roes whiche feede among roses 6 O that I might go to the mountaine of myrre and to the hil of frankencense til the day breake and til the shadowes be past away 7 Thou art all fayre O my loue and no spot is there in thee 8 Come to me from Libanus O my spouse come to me from Libanus looke from the top of Amana from the top of Sanir and Hermon from the lions dennes and from the mountaines of the leopardes 9 Thou hast with loue bewitched my heart O my sister my spouse thou hast bewitched my heart with one of thyne eyes and with one chayne of thy necke 10 O howe fayre are thy breastes my sister my spouse Thy breastes are more pleasaunt then wine and the smell of thyne oyntmentes passeth all spices 11 Thy lippes O my spouse drop as the hony combe yea mylke and hony is vnder thy tongue and the smell of thy garmentes is like the smell of Libanus 12 A garden well locked is my sister my spouse a garden well locked and a sealed well 13 The fruites that are planted in thee are lyke a very paradise of pomegranates with sweete fruites as Camphire Nardus Saffron Calamus Sinamom with all sweete smellyng trees Myrre Aloes and all the best spyces a well of gardens a well of liuing waters which runne downe from Libanus 14 Vp thou north winde come thou south winde and blowe vpon my garden that the smell therof may be caryed on euery side yea that my beloued may come into his garden and eate of the sweete fruites that growe therein The .v. Chapter 1 Christe calleth his Churche to the participation of all his treasures 2 She heareth his voyce 6 She confesseth her nakednes 10 She prayseth Christe her husbande 1 I Am come into my garden O my sister my spouse I haue gathered my Myrre with my spice I haue eatē hony with my hony combe I haue drunke my wine with my milke Eate O ye frendes drinke and be merie O ye beloued 2 I am a sleepe but my heart is waking I heare the voyce of my beloued when he knocketh saying Open to me O my sister my loue my doue my dearling for my head is full of deawe and the lockes of my heere are full of the nyght doppes 3 I haue put of my coate howe can I do it on agayne I haue washed my feete howe shall I fyle them agayne 4 My loue put in his hande at the hole and my heart was moued within me 5 I stoode vp to open vnto my beloued and my handes dropped with Myrre the Myrre ranne downe my fingers vpon the locke 6 I opened vnto my beloued but he was departed and gone his way Now whē he spake my heart was gone I sought him but I coulde not finde him I cryed vpon hym neuerthelesse he gaue me no aunswere 7 So the watchmen that went about the citie founde me smote me and wounded me yea they that kept the walles toke away my kerchaffe from me 8 I charge you therfore O ye daughters of Hierusalem yf ye fynde my beloued that ye tell hym howe that I am sicke for loue 9 What maner of man is thy loue aboue other louers O thou fairest among women Or what can thy loue do more then other louers that thou chargest vs so straytly 10 As for my loue he is whyte and red coloured a goodly person among tenne thousande 11 His head is as the most fine golde the lockes of his heere are busshed blacke as a crowe 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doues by the water brookes as though they were wasshed with mylke and are set lyke pearles in golde 13 His cheekes are lyke a garden bed wherin the Apothecaries plant all maner of sweete thynges 14 His lippes are lyke lilies that droppe sweete smellyng Myrre His handes are lyke golde rynges hauyng inclosed the precious stone of
Tharsis 15 His body is as the pure iuorie dect ouer with Saphires His legges are as the pillers of Marble set vpon sockettes of golde 16 His face is as Libanus and as the beautie of the Cedar trees 17 The wordes of his mouth are sweete yea he is altogether louely Such a one is my loue O ye daughters of Hierusalem such a one is my loue The .vi. Chapter 2 The Church assureth her selfe of the loue of Christe 3 The prayses of the Church 8 She is but one and vndefiled 1 WHyther is thy loue gone then O thou fairest among women whyther is thy loue departed and we wyll seke hym with thee 2 My loue is gone downe into his garden vnto the sweete smellyng beddes that he may refreshe hym selfe in the garden gather lilies 3 My loue is myne and I am his which feedeth among the lilies 4 Thou are beautifull O my loue as is the place Thirza thou art faire as Hierusalem fearefull as an armie of men with their banners 5 Turne away thine eyes from me for they haue set me on fire Thy heery lockes are lyke a flocke of goates shorne vpon the mount of Gilead 6 Thy teeth are lyke a flocke of shorne sheepe which go out of the wasshyng place where euery one beareth twinnes and not one vnfruitfull among them 7 Thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thy lockes of heere 8 There are threescore queenes fourescore wiues and damselles without number 9 One is my doue one is my dearlyng She is the only beloued of her mother and deare vnto her that bare her When the daughters sawe her they sayde she was blessed yea the queenes wiues praysed her 10 What is she this that loketh foorth as the mornyng faire as the moone cleare as the sunne and fearfull as an armie of men with their banners 11 I went downe into the nut garden to see what grewe by the brookes and to loke yf the vineyarde florished or yf the pomegranates were not foorth 12 I knewe not that my soule had made me the charyot of the people that be vnder tribute 13 Turne agayne turne agayne O thou perfect one turne agayne turne agayne and we wyll loke vpon thee What will ye see in the Sulamite She is lyke men of warre singing in a companie The .vij. Chapter 1 The beautie of the Churche in all her members 1◠She is assured of Christes loue towardes her 1 O Howe pleasaunt are thy treadynges with thy shoes thou princes daughter the ioyntes of thy thighes are like a faire iewell which is wrought by a cunnyng workemaister 2 Thy nauell is lyke a rounde goblet which is neuer without drynke 3 Thy wombe is like a heape of wheate that is set about with lilies 4 Thy two breastes are lyke two twinnes of young roes 5 Thy necke is as it were a towre of iuorie thine eyes also are lyke the water pooles that are in Hesebon beside the port of Bathrabbim thy nose is lyke the towre of Libanus which loketh towarde Damascus 6 That head that standeth vpon thee is lyke Carmel and the heere of thy head is like purple and like a kyng dwellyng among many water conduites 7 O Howe faire and louely art thou my dearlyng in pleasures 8 Thy stature is lyke a paulme tree and thy breastes lyke the grapes 9 I sayde I wyll climbe vp into the paulme tree and take holde of his hye braunches 10 Thy breastes also shal be as the wine clusters the smell of thy nosethrilles like as the smell of apples 11 And thy rooffe of thy mouth lyke the best wine which is meete for my best beloued pleasaunt for his lippes and for his teeth to chawe 12 I am my beloueds and he shall turne hym vnto me 13 O come on my loue we wyll go foorth into the fielde and take our lodgyng in the villages 14 In the mornyng wyll we go see the vineyarde we wyll see yf the vine be sprong foorth yf the grapes be growen and yf the pomegranates be shot out 15 There will I geue thee my brestes the Mandragoras geue their sweete smell and besyde our doores are all maner of pleasaunt fruites both newe and olde which I haue kept for thee O my beloued The .viij. Chapter 2 The Church wyll be taught by Christe 3 She is vpholden by hym 6 The vehement loue wherwith Christe loueth her 1◠She is the vine that bryngeth foorth fruite to the spirituall Solomon which is Iesus Christe 1 O That I might finde thee without and kisse thee whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes and that thou shalt not be dispised 2 I wyll leade thee and bryng thee into my mothers house that thou myghtest teache me and that I myght geue thee drynke of the spiced wine and of the sweete sappe of my pomegranates 3 His left hande shal be vnder my head and his ryght hande shall imbrace me 4 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem that ye wake not vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe 5 What is she this that cometh vp from the wildernesse and leaneth vpon her loue I wake thee vp among the apple trees where thy mother conceaued thee where thy mother I say brought thee into the worlde 6 O set me as a seale vpon thine heart and as a seale vpon thine arme for loue is myghtie as the death and gelousie as the hell 7 Her coales are coales of fire and a very vehement flambe of the Lorde so that many waters are not able to quenche loue neither may the streames drowne it Yea yf a man woulde geue all the good of his house for loue he shoulde count it nothyng 8 Our sister is but young and hath no brestes what shall we do for our sister when she shal be spoken for 9 If she be a wall we shall builde a siluer bulwarke thervpon yf she be a doore we shall fasten her with boordes of Cedar tree 10 I am a wall and my brestes lyke towres then was I as one that hath founde fauour in his syght 11 Solomon hath a vineyarde at Baal-Hamon and this vineyarde deliuered he vnto the kepers that euery one for the fruite therof shoulde geue hym a thousande peeces of siluer 12 My vineyarde which is myne is in my syght thou O Solomon must haue a thousande and the kepers two hundred which kepe the fruite 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens O let me heare thy voyce that my companions may hearken to the same 14 O get thee away my loue and be as a roe or a young hart vpon the sweete smellyng mountaynes A. P. E. The ende of the ballet of ballettes of Solomon called in latine Canticum Canticorum ⧠The booke of the prophete Esai The first Chapter 2 The prophete accuseth the sinnes of the
for they had executed iudgement vpon her 11 Her sister Aholibah sawe this and destroyed her selfe with inordinate loue more then she with her fornications more thē her sister with her fornications 12 She doted vpō the Assyrians captaines princes her neighbours clothed with all maner of gorgious apparel horsmen riding vpon horses beyng all pleasaunt young men 13 Then I sawe that she was defiled and they toke both one way 14 But she encreased styll in whordome for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall the images of the Chaldees paynted with vermilon 15 And girded with girdles vpon their loynes and with dyed attire vpon their heades lokyng all like princes after the maner of the Babylonians in Chaldea the lande where they were borne 16 Assoone as she sawe them she burnt in loue vpon them sent messengers vnto them into the lande of the Chaldees 17 Nowe when the Babylonians came vnto her in the bed of loue they defiled her with their whordome and so was she polluted with them and her lust was abated from them 18 And she discouered her whordome and disclosed her shame then my heart forsoke her like as my heart was gone from her sister also 19 Neuerthelesse she encreased her whordome more and remembred the dayes of her youth wherin she had played the harlot in the lande of Egypt 20 She burnt in lust vpon their concubines whose fleshe was like the fleshe of asses and their issue like the issue of horses 21 Thus thou hast called to remēbraunce the filthinesse of thy youth when thy teates were bruised by the Egyptians for the pappes of thy youth 22 Therfore O Aholibah thus saith the Lorde God I wyll raise vp thy louers agaynst thee from whom thy heart is departed and gather them together agaynst thee on euery syde 23 Namely the Babylonians and all the Chaldees rulers wealthy and mightie men with all the Assyrians all pleasaūt young men captaynes and princes all valiaunt and renowmed riding vpon horses 24 These shall come vpon thee with charrettes wagons and wheeles and great multitude of people with buckler shielde and helmet they shall beset thee on euery side I wyll geue iudgement before them yea they them selues shall iudge thee accordyng to their owne iudgement 25 I wyll lay mine indignation vpon thee so that they shal deale cruelly with thee they shall cut of thy nose and thine eares and thy remnaunt shall fall by the sworde they shall cary away thy sonnes and daughters and the residue shal be deuoured by the fire 26 They shal strip thee out of thy clothes and take away thy faire iewels 27 Thus wyll I make thy wickednesse to ceasse from thee and thy fornication out of the lande of Egypt so that thou shalt turne thine eyes no more after them and cast thy mynde no more vpon Egypt 28 For thus saith the Lord God Beholde I wyll deliuer thee into the handes of them whom thou hatest yea euen into the handes of them from whom thine heart is departed 29 And they shall deale hatefully with thee and take away all thy labour leaue thee naked bare and the shame of thy fornications shal be discouered both thy wickednesse thy whordome 30 I wyll do these thynges vnto thee because thou hast gone a whoryng after the heathen and because thou art polluted with their idols 31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister therfore wyll I geue her cuppe in thine hande 32 Thus saith the Lorde God Thou shalt drynke of thy sisters cuppe deepe large thou shalt be laughed to scorne and had in derision because it conteineth much 33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkennesse and sorowe euen with the cup of destruction and desolation with the cup of thy sister Samaria 34 Thou shalt drynke it and sucke it out and thou shalt breake the sheardes therof and teare thine owne brestes for I haue spoken it saith the Lorde God 35 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Forasmuch as thou hast forgotten me and cast me aside behynde thy backe so beare nowe thine owne wickednesse and whordome 36 The Lorde sayde moreouer vnto me Thou sonne of man wilt thou not iudge Aholah and Aholibah shewe them their abhominations 37 Namely that they haue broken their wedlocke and blood is in their handes and with their idols haue they cōmitted adulterie and haue also caused their sonnes whom they bare vnto me to passe by the fire to be their meate 38 Yea and this haue they done vnto me also they haue defiled my sanctuarie in the same day and haue prophaned my Sabbathes 39 For when they had slayne their children for their idols they came the same day into my sanctuarie to defile it and lo thus haue they done in my house 40 And howe much more is it that they sent for men to come from farre vnto whom a messenger was sent and lo they came for whom thou didst washe thy selfe and paynted thine eyes and deckedst thee with ornamentes 41 Thou sattest vpon a stately bed and a table spread before it whervpon thou hast set mine insence and mine oyle 42 And a noyse of a mery company at it and with the men beside the multitude of the people were brought men of Saba out of the desert which gaue them bracelettes vpon their handes and beautifull crownes vpon their heades 43 And I sayd vnto her that was worne in her adulteries Nowe shall her fornications come to an ende and she also 44 And they went in to her as they go vnto a common harlot euen so went they I say to Aholah and Aholibah those wicked women 45 And the righteous men they shall iudge thē after the maner of harlottes and after the maner of murtherers for they are harlottes and blood is in their handes 46 Wherfore thus saith the Lorde God I wyll bryng a great multitude of people vpon them and geue them to be scattered and spoyled 47 And the multitude shall stone them with stones and cut them downe with their swordes they shall slay their sonnes and daughters and burne vp their houses with fire 48 Thus wyll I cause wickednesse to ceasse out of the lande that all women may be taught not to do after your wickednesse 49 And so they shal lay your wickednesse vpon your owne selues and the sinnes of your idols shall ye beare and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde God The .xxiiij. Chapter 3 He proueth the fixing of Hierusalem by a parable of a seethyng pot 16 The parable of Ezechiels wyfe beyng dead which he after expoundeth 1 IN the ninth yere in the tenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth came the worde of the Lorde vnto me saying 2 O thou sonne of man write the name of this day yea euen of this present day for the kyng of Babylon set hym selfe agaynst Hierusalem this selfe same day 3 Shewe the rebellious house a
better with me then nowe 8 And she dyd not knowe that I gaue her corne and wine and oyle and multiplied her siluer and golde which they bestowed on Baal 9 Therefore wyll I returne and take away my corne in the tyme thereof and my wine in the season thereof and fet agayne my wooll and my flaxe whiche I gaue her to couer her shame 10 And nowe wyll I discouer her shame euen in the sight of her louers and no man shall deliuer her out of my handes 11 Moreouer I wyll take away all her myrth her holy dayes her newe moones her Sabbathes and all her solempne feastes 12 I wyll destroy her vineyardes and figtrees whereof she sayde These are my rewardes that my louers haue geuen me I wyll make them as a wood and wylde beastes shall eate them vp 13 I wyll visite vpon her the dayes of Baal wherein she burned incense to hym and decked her selfe with eareringes and iewels she folowed her louers and forgate me saith the Lorde 14 Wherefore beholde I wyll allure her and bryng her into the wildernesse and speake frendly vnto her 15 From thence wyll I geue her her vineyardes agayne yea and the valley of Achor for an entry of hope and she shall sing there as in the dayes of her youth and as in the day when she came vp out of the lande of Egypt 16 And at that day saith the Lord thou shalt call me O my husbande and shalt call me no more Baal 17 For I wyll take away those names of Baal from her mouth yea she shall neuer remember their names any more 18 Then wyll I make a couenaunt for them with the beastes of the fielde with the foules of the ayre and with euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth As for bowe sworde and battayle I wyll destroy out of the lande and wyll make them to sleepe safely 19 And I wyll marry thee vnto myne owne selfe for euer yea euen to my selfe wyll I marry thee in righteousnes in iudgement in louing kindnesse and mercy 20 In faythfulnesse also wyll I marry thee vnto my selfe and thou shalt know the Lorde 21 At the same tyme wyll I shewe my selfe gratious vnto the heauens saith the Lorde and the heauens shall helpe the earth 22 And the earth shall helpe the corne wine and oyle and they shall helpe Iezrahel 23 And I wyll sowe her for my selfe in the earth and wyll haue mercy vpon her that had not obtayned mercy And to them whiche were not my people I wyll say Thou art my people and they shall say Thou art my God ¶ The .iii. Chapter 1 The Iewes shal be cast of for their idolatrie 5 Afterwarde they shall returne to the Lorde 1 THen sayd the Lorde to me Go yet and loue a woman beloued of her husbande and yet an adultresse according to the loue of the Lorde towarde the chyldren of Israel and yet they haue respect to straunge gods and loue the wine pottes 2 So I gat her for fifteene siluerlinges and for an homer and an halfe of barley 3 And sayde vnto her Thou shalt bide with me a long season thou shalt not play the harlot thou shalt be to no oother man and I wyll be so vnto thee 4 For the chyldren of Israel shall sit a great whyle without kyng without prince without sacrifice without image without Ephod and without Theraphim 5 But afterward the chyldren of Israel shal be conuerted and seeke the Lord their God and Dauid their kyng and in the latter dayes they shall worship the Lorde and his louing kindnesse ¶ The .iiij. Chapter A complaynt against the people and the priestes of Israel 1 HEare the worde of the Lorde O ye chyldren of Israel for the Lord hath a controuersie with the inhabitauntes of the lande for there is no trueth there is no mercy there is no knowledge of God in the lande 2 But swearing lying manslaughter theft and adulterie hath gotten the ouer hande and one bloodgiltinesse foloweth another 3 Therfore shall the lande mourne and all they that dwell therein shal be rooted out the beastes of the fielde the foules of the ayre and the fisshes in the sea shal be consumed 4 Yet let no man rebuke or reproue another for thy people are as they that are at controuersie with the priest 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day tyme and the prophete with thee in the night and I wyll bryng thy mother to destruction 6 My people perishe for lacke of knowledge because thou hast refused knowledge therfore wyll I refuse thee also so that thou shalt no more be my priest and forsomuche as thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God I wyll also forget thy chyldren 7 The more they increased in multitude the more they sinned against me therfore wyll I chaunge their honour into shame 8 * They eate vp the sinnes of my people and encourage them in their wickednesse 9 Thus the priest is become lyke the people Wherfore I wyll punishe them for their wicked wayes and rewarde them according to their owne imaginations 10 They shal eate and not haue inough they haue vsed whordome but shall not prosper they haue forsaken the Lorde and not regarded him 11 Whordome wine and newe wine take the heart away 12 My people aske counsell at their stockes and their staffe teacheth them for the spirite of fornication hath caused them to go astray and they haue committed fornication against their God 13 They make sacrifices vpon the tops of the mountaines and burne their incense vpon the hilles yea vnder the okes poplars and elmes for there are good shadowes therfore your daughters are become harlots and your spouses haue broken their wedlocke 14 I wyll not punishe your daughters for beyng defiled and your spouses that became whoores seeing the fathers themselues haue medled with harlots and sacrificed with whoores but the people that wyll not vnderstande must be punished 15 Though thou Israel play the harlot yet let not Iuda sinne come not ye vnto Gilgal neither go ye to Bethauen neither sweare ye The Lorde liueth 16 For Israel is rebellious like an vnrulye heyffer nowe the Lorde wyll feede them as a lambe in a large place 17 Ephraim is become partaker of idols let hym alone 18 Their drunkennesse stinketh they haue committed whordome their rulers loue to say with shame Bryng ye 19 The winde hath bounde them vp in her winges and they shall be ashamed of their sacrifices ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Against the priestes and rulers of Israel 13 The helpe of man is in vayne 1 O Ye priestes heare this take heede O thou housholde of Israel geue eare O thou house of the king for iudgement is against you because you are become as a snare on Mizphah and a spread net vpon the mount of Thabor 2 They kyll sacrifices by heapes and turne
1 WHEN Israel was young I loued him and called my sonne out of the lande of Egypt 2 They called them but they went thus from them they sacrificed vnto Baal and burned incense to images 3 I gaue to Ephraim one to leade him who shoulde beare him in his armes but they knew not that I healed them 4 I led them with cordes of a man euen with bandes of loue and I was to them as he that taketh of the yoke from their iawes and I layde meate to them 5 He shall no more returne into Egypt but Asshur shal be his king because he refused to conuert 6 Therfore shall the sworde fall on his cities shall consume his braunches and deuour them because of their owne counsayles 7 And my people shall stande in a doubt whither to turne them for when the prophetes called them to the most hyest not one yet woulde geue him his glorie 8 Howe shall I geue thee vp Ephraim howe shal I deliuer thee Israel howe shall I make thee as Adama howe shall I set thee as Zeboim mine heart is turned within me my repentinges are kindled within me 9 I wyll not execute the fiercenesse of my wrath I wyl not returne to destroy Ephraim for I am God and not man the holy one in the middest of thee and I wyll not enter into the citie 10 They shall walke after the Lorde he shall rore like a lion when he shall rore then the children of the west shall feare 11 They shall feare a as sparowe out of Egypt and as a doue out of the lande of Asshur and I wyll place them in their houses saith the Lorde 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lyes the house of Israel with deceipt but Iuda yet ruleth with God and is faithfull with the saintes The .xii. Chapter He admonisheth by Iacobs example to trust in God and not in man 1 EPhraim is fed with the wynde foloweth after the east winde he dayly encreaseth lyes destruction they be confederate with the Assyrians their oyle is caryed into Egypt 2 The Lorde hath a controuersie with Iuda and wyll visite Iacob accordyng to his wayes accordyng to their owne inuentions wyll he recompence them 3 He toke his brother by the heele when he was yet in his mothers wombe and in his strength he wrestled with God 4 He stroue with the angel and gat the victorie he wept and prayed to him he founde him at Bethel and there he spake with vs. 5 Yea the Lorde God of hoastes euen the Lorde himselfe remembred him 6 Therfore turne to thy God kepe mercie and iudgement and hope styll in thy God 7 He is Chanaan the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande he loueth to oppresse 8 And Ephraim hath sayde Tushe I am riche I haue good enough in all my workes shall not one iniquitie be founde wherin I haue offended 9 Yet am I the Lorde thy God from the lande of Egypt I wyll yet make thee dwell in the tabernacles as in the hye feast dayes 10 I haue spoken through the prophetes and haue multiplied visions shewed similitudes by the ministerie of the prophetes 11 In Galaad is iniquitie they are fallen to vanitie at Gilgal they haue sacrificed oxen their aulters are as heapes in the furrowes of the fielde 12 Iacob fled into the lande of Syria and Israel serued for a wife and for a wife he kept sheepe 13 By a prophete the Lorde brought them out of Egypt and by a prophete was he preserued 14 But Ephraim hath prouoked him to displeasure through his abhominations therfore shall his blood be powred vpon him selfe and the Lorde his God shall rewarde him his blasphemies The .xiij. Chapter 1 The abhomination of Israel 9 and cause of their destruction 1 WHen Ephraim spake there was tremblyng he was exalted among the Israelites but he hath sinned in Baal and is dead 2 And nowe they sinne more and more and of their siluer they haue made them molten images after the imaginatiōs of their owne braynes that is very idols and yet all is nothing but the worke of the craftesman they say one to another Whiles they sacrifice a man let them kisse the calues 3 Therfore they shal be as the mornyng cloude and as the deawe that early passeth away and like as dust that the whirlewinde taketh away from the floore and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney 4 Yet I am the Lorde thy God which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt thou shalt knowe no God but me only neither is there any sauiour besides me 5 I did knowe thee in the wildernesse in the lande of drought 6 But when they were well fed and had enough they waxed proude forgat me 7 Therfore wyll I be vnto them as a lion and as a leoparde in the wayes to the Assyrians 8 I wyll meete them as a she beare that is robbed of her whelpes and I wyll breake that stubburne heart of theirs there wyll I deuour them like a lion yea the wylde beastes shall teare them 9 O Israel thine iniquitie hath destroyed thee but in me only is thy helpe 10 I am where is thy king nowe that shoulde helpe thee in all thy cities Yea and thy iudges of whom thou saydest Geue me a king and princes 11 I gaue thee a king in my wrath and in my displeasure I toke him from thee agayne 12 The wickednesse of Ephraim is bound together and his sinne lyeth hyd 13 Therfore shall sorowes come vpon him as vpon a woman that trauayleth an vndiscrete sonne is he els woulde he not stande styll at the tyme of birth of children 14 I wyll redeeme them from the power of the graue and deliuer them from death O death I wyll be thy death O hell I wyll be thy styng yet can I see no comfort 15 Though he grewe among his brethren the east wynde euen the wynde of the Lorde shall come vp from the wildernesse and drye vp his veyne and his fountaynes shal be dryed vp he shall spoyle the treasure of all pleasaunt vessels 16 Samaria shal be made waste for she is disobedient vnto her God they shall perishe with the sworde their children shal be dasshed in peeces and their women great with childe shal be ript vp ⧠The .xiiii. Chapter 1 The destruction of Samaria 3 He exhorteth the Israelites to turne to God who requireth prayse and thankes 1 O Israel returne vnto the Lorde thy God for thou hast fallen through thine owne wickednesse 2 Take these wordes with you whē ye turne to the Lorde and say vnto him O forgeue vs all our sinnes receaue vs graciously and then wyll we offer the Calues of our lippes vnto thee 3 Asshur shal be no more our helper neither will we ride vpon horses any more neither wyll we say any
to murther to sayle vpon the sea and vpon riuers 24 And seeth a lion goeth in the darkenes when he hath stollen deceaued and robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue 25 Wherefore a man loueth his wife better then father and mother 26 Yea many there be that runne out of their wittes and became bondmen for their wyues sakes 27 Many one also haue perished haue erred and sinned also for women 28 And nowe do ye not beleue me is not the king great in his power do not all regions feare to touche hym 29 Yet dyd I see hym and Apame the daughter of the great king Bartacus the kinges concubine sate besyde the king vpon the right hande 30 And toke of his crowne from his head and set it vpon her owne head and stroke the king with her left hand 31 And there whyle stedyly the king loked vpon her with open mouth if she laughed vpon him he laughed also but if she toke any displeasure with hym the king was fayne to flatter her and to geue her good wordes tyll he had gotten her fauour agayne 32 O ye men are not women then stronger that do these thinges 33 Then the king and the princes loked one vpon another So he began to speake of the trueth 34 O ye men are not women stronger Great is the earth hye is the heauen swift is the course of the sunne he compasseth the heauen rounde about and fetcheth his course agayne to his owne place in one day 35 Is he not excellent that maketh these thinges Therfore great is the trueth and stronger then all thinges 36 All the earth calleth vpon trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thing 37 Wine is wicked the kyng is wicked women are wicked all the children of men are wicked yea such are all their wicked workes and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnesse also shall they be destroyed and perishe 38 As for the trueth it endureth and is alway strong it lyueth and conquereth for euermore worlde without ende 39 With her there is no exception or difference of persons but she doth that iust is and refrayneth from all vniust and wicked thynges and all men do well lyke of her workes 40 In the iudgement of it there is no vnryghteous thyng she is the strength kyngdome power and maiestie of all ages Blessed be the God of trueth 41 And with that he helde his peace and all the people cryed and then sayde Great is trueth and aboue all 42 Then sayde the kyng vnto hym Aske what thou wilt more then is appoynted in the writyng and we shall geue it thee for thou art founde wyser then thy companions thou shalt sit next me and shalt be called my kinsman 43 Then sayde he vnto the kyng Remember thy promise and vowe which thou hast vowed and promised in the day when thou camest to the kingdome to builde vp Hierusalem 44 And to sende agayne all the vessels and iewels that were taken away out of Hierusalem which Cyrus set apart when he vowed to destroy Babylon and to sende them agayne thyther 45 And thy mynde was also to builde vp the temple which the Edomites burnt when Iudea was destroyed by the Chaldees 46 And nowe this onely O kyng is the thing that I require and desire of thee this is the princely liberalitie that I aske of thee I desire therfore that thou perfourme the vowe which thou with thine owne mouth hast made vnto the kyng of heauen 47 Then Darius the kyng stoode vp and kyssed hym wrote hym lettters vnto all the deputies and lieftenauntes to all the lordes and nobles that they shoulde conuey hym foorth and all them that went vp with hym to build Hierusalem 48 He wrote letters also vnto all the liefetenauntes that were in Coelosyria and Phenices and vnto them in Libanus that they shoulde bryng Cedar trees from Libanus vnto Hierusalem and builde the citie with hym 49 Moreouer he wrote for all the Iewes that were gone out of his realme into Iurie concernyng their freedome that no officer no ruler nor lieftenaunt nor stewarde should enter into their doores 50 And that all their lande whiche they kept shoulde be free and not tributarie and that the Edomites shoulde geue ouer the cites and villages of the Iewes which they had taken in 51 Yea and that there shoulde be yerely geuen twentie talentes to the buildyng of the temple vntyll the tyme that it were finished 52 And to maynteyne the burnt offerynges vpon the aulter euery day as they had a commaundement to offer seuenteene other ten talentes euery yere 53 And that all they which come from Babylon to builde the citie should haue free libertie they and their children and all the priestes that went away 54 He wrote also concerning the charges and the priestes garment wherin they minister 55 And likewise for the charges of the Leuites to be geuen them vntyll the day that the house were finished and Hierusalem builded vp 56 And he commaunded that all they that watched the citie shoulde haue their pensions and wages 57 He sent away also all the vessels that Cyrus had separated from Babylon and all that Cyrus had geuen in commaundement the same charged he also that it shoulde be done and sent vnto Hierusalem 58 Nowe when this young man was gone foorth he lyfted vp his face to heauen towarde Hierusalem and praysed the kyng of heauen 59 And sayde Of thee commeth victorie of thee commeth wisdome and thine is the glorie and I am thy seruaunt 60 Blessed art thou which hast geuen me wisdome for to thee I acknowledge it O Lorde thou God of our fathers 61 And so he toke the letters and went out and came vnto Babylon and tolde it all his brethren 62 And they praysed the God of their fathers that he had geuen them freedome and libertie 63 To go vp and to builde Hierusalem and the temple wherin the name of the Lorde is called vpon and they reioyced with instrumentes of musicke and gladnesse seuen dayes long The .v. Chapter 1 The number of them that returne from the captiuitie 42 their vowes and sacrifices 54 The temple is begun to be built 66 Their enemies would craftily ioyne with them 1 AFter this were the ☞ principall men of the houses of their fathers chosen in the tribes and kinredes that they shoulde go with their wiues and sonnes and daughters with their seruauntes and maydens with all their cattell and substaunce 2 And Darius the kyng sent with them a thousande horsemen to conuey them safely vnto Hierusalem and with musical instrumentes with tabers flutes ' 3 And all their brethren played and he ' made them go vp together with them 4 And these are the names of the men which went vp out of the villages according to the tribes and after the order of their dignitie 5 The priestes
for in her is the spirite of vnderstandyng which is holy one only manifolde subtile quicke mouyng cleare vndefiled plaine sweete louyng the thyng that is good sharpe which can not be letted doyng good 23 Kynde to man stedfast sure free from care hauyng all vertues circumspect in all thynges and passyng through all vnderstanding cleane subtile spirites 24 For wisdome is nimbler then all nimble thynges she goeth through and attayneth to all thynges because of her cleannesse 25 For she is the breath of the power of God and a pure influence flowing from the glorie of the almightie God therfore can no defiled thyng come vnto her 26 For she is the bryghtnesse of the euerlastyng lyght the vndefiled mirrour of the maiestie of God and the image of his goodnesse 27 And beyng but one she can do all thinges and remaynyng in her selfe she renueth all and in all ages of tymes entryng into holy soules she maketh Gods friendes and prophetes 28 For God loueth none if he dwell not with wisdome 29 For she is more beautifull then the sunne and geueth more lyght then the starres and the day is not to be compared vnto her 30 For vpon the day commeth nyght but wickednesse can not ouercome wisdome The .viij. Chapter The effectes of wisdome 1 WIsdome reacheth from one ende to another mightily and louyngly doth she order all thynges 2 I haue loued her and laboured for her euen from my youth vp I dyd my diligence to mary my selfe with her such loue had I vnto her beautie 3 That she hath the companie of God it commendeth her nobilitie yea the Lorde of all thynges hym selfe loueth her 4 For she is the scoolemaistresse of the nurture of God and the choser out of his workes 5 If a man woulde desire riches in this lyfe what is richer then wisdome that worketh all thynges 6 For yf prudencie worke what is it among all thynges that worketh better 7 And yf a man loue ryghteousnesse her labours are but vertues For why she teacheth sobernesse and prudence righteousnesse and strength which are such thinges as men can haue nothyng more profitable in their lyfe 8 If a man desire much knowledge she can tell the thynges that are past and discerne thynges for to come she knoweth the subtilties of wordes and can expounde darke sentences she forseeth signes and wonders or euer they come to passe and the endes of all tymes and ages 9 Therfore I purposed after this maner I wyll take her into my companie that she may liue with me knowyng for certaintie she shall geue me good counsayle and speake comfortably vnto me in my carefulnesse and griefe 10 For her sake shall I be well honestly taken among the commons and with honour among the elders though I be young 11 I shal be founde to be of sharpe iudgement so that I shal be marueylous in the sight of great men and the faces of princes shall wonder at me 12 When I holde my tongue they shall byde my leasure and when I speake they shall geue good eare vnto me and if I talke much they shall lay their handes vpon their mouth 13 Moreouer by the meanes of her I shall obtayne immortalitie and leaue behynde me an euerlastyng memoriall among them that come after me 14 I shall set the people in order and the nations shal be subdued vnto me 15 Horrible tirauntes shal be afraide when they do but heare of me among the multitude I shal be counted good and mightie in battayle 16 When I come home I shall fynde rest with her for her companie hath no bitternesse and her felowshyp hath no tediousnesse but mirth and ioy 17 Nowe whē I considered these thinges by my selfe and pondered them in my heart howe that to be ioyned vnto wisdome is immortalitie 18 And great pleasure to haue her friendshyp and that in the workes of her handes are infinite riches and that who so kepeth companie with her shal be wise and that he which talketh with her shall come to honour I went about sekyng howe to get her vnto me 19 For I was a lad of ripe witte and had a good vnderstandyng 20 But when I grewe to more vnderstandyng I came to an vndefiled body 21 Neuerthelesse when I perceaued that I coulde not enioy it except God gaue it me and that was a poynt of wisdome also to knowe whose gyft it was I stepped vnto the Lorde and besought hym and with my whole heart I sayde after this maner The .ix. Chapter A prayer of Solomon to obteyne wisdome 1 O God of my fathers and Lorde of mercie thou hast made all thynges with thy worde 2 And ordeyned man through thy wisdome that he shoulde haue dominion ouer the creatures which thou hast made 3 That he shoulde order the worlde accordyng to equitie and righteousnesse and execute iudgement with a true heart 4 Geue me wisdome which is euer sittyng about thy seate and put me not out from among thy children 5 For I thy seruaunt and sonne of thy handmayden am a feeble person and of a short tyme and to young to the vnderstandyng of iudgement and lawes 6 And though a man be neuer so perfect among the children of men yet yf thy wisdome be not with hym he shal be nothyng regarded 7 Thou hast chosen me to be a kyng vnto thy people and the iudge of thy sonnes and daughters 8 Thou hast commaunded me to builde a temple vpon thy holy mount and an aulter in the citie wherin thou dwellest a likenesse of thy holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared from the beginning 9 And thy wisdome with thee which knoweth thy workes which also was with thee whē thou madest the worlde and knewe what was acceptable in thy syght and ryght in thy commaundementes 10 O sende her out of thy holy heauens from the throne of thy maiestie that she may be with me and labour with me that I may knowe what is acceptable in thy syght 11 For she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thynges and she shall leade me soberly in my workes and preserue me in her power 12 So shall my workes be acceptable and then shall I gouerne thy people ryghteously and be worthy to sit in my fathers seate 13 For what man is he that can knowe the counsayle of God or who can thinke what the wyll of God is 14 For the thoughtes of mortall men are miserable and our forecastes are but vncertaine 15 For why a corruptible body is heauy vnto the soule and the earthy mansion kepeth downe that vnderstandyng that museth vpon many thynges 16 Very hardly can we discerne the thynges that are vpon earth and great labour haue we or we can fynde the thynges which are before our eyes who hath then sought out the ground of the thynges that are done in heauen 17 Oh Lorde who
1 ALl wisdome commeth of god the Lord hath ben euer with him and is before all tyme. 2 Who hath numbred the sande of the sea the droppes of the rayne and the dayes of time Who hath measured the heyght of heauen the breadth of the earth and the deepenesse of the sea 3 Who hath sought out the grounde of Gods wisdome which hath ben before all thynges 4 Wisdome hath ben created before all thinges and the vnderstandyng of prudence from euerlastyng 5 Gods worde in the heyght is the well of wisdome and the euerlastyng commaundementes are the entraunce of her 6 Vnto whō hath the roote of wisdome ben declared or who hath knowen her wit 7 Vnto whom hath the doctrine of wisdome ben discouered and shewed and who hath vnderstande the manifolde entraunce of her 8 There is one euen the hyest the maker of all thynges the almightie the kyng of power of whom men ought to stand greatly in awe which sitteth vpon his throne beyng a God of dominion 9 He hath created her through the holy ghost he hath seene her numbred her and measured her 10 He hath powred her out vpon all his workes and vpon all fleshe accordyng to his gyft he geueth her richely vnto them that loue hym 11 The feare of the Lorde is worshyp and triumph gladnesse and a ioyfull crowne 12 The feare of the Lorde maketh a mery heart geueth gladnesse ioy and long lyfe 13 Who so feareth the Lorde it shall go well with him at the last and in the day of his death he shal be blessed 14 The loue of God is honorable wisdome loke vnto whom it appeareth they loue it for they see what wonderous thinges it doth 15 The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of wisdome and was made with the faythfull in the mothers wombe it shall go with the chosen women and shal be knowen of the ryghteous and faythfull 16 The feare of the Lorde is the ryght Gods seruice 17 That preserueth iustifieth the heart and geueth mirth and gladnesse 18 Who so feareth the Lorde shal be happy and when he hath neede of comfort he shal be blessed 19 She hath buylt her euerlastyng foundations with men and is geuen to be with their seede 20 To feare God is the wisdome that maketh riche and bryngeth all good with her 21 She fylleth the whole house with her giftes the garners with her treasure 22 The feare of the Lorde is the crowne of wisdome and geueth plenteous peace and health He hath seene her and numbred her Both these are the gyftes of God 23 Knowledge and vnderstandyng of wisdome hath he powred out as rayne and them that helde her fast hath he brought vnto honour 24 The feare of the Lorde is the roote of wisdome her braunches are long lyfe 25 In the treasures of wisdome is vnderstandyng deuotion of knowledge but wisdome is abhorred of sinners 26 The feare of the Lorde driueth out sinne and whē she is present she driueth away anger 27 For he that is without feare can not be made ryghteous and his wylfull boldenesse is his owne destruction 28 A patient man wyll suffer vnto the tyme and then shall he haue the rewarde of ioy 29 A good vnderstandyng wyll hyde his wordes for a tyme and many mens lippes shall speake of his wisdome 30 In the treasures of wisdome is the declaration of doctrine but the sinner abhorreth the worshyp of God 31 My sonne yf thou desire wisdome kepe the commaundement and God shall geue her vnto thee 32 For the feare of the Lorde is wisdome and nurture he hath pleasure in fayth and louyng mekenesse and he shall fyll the treasures therof 33 Be not obstinate and vnfaythfull to the feare of the Lorde and come not vnto hym with a double heart 34 Be not an hypocrite in the syght of men and take good heede what thou speakest 35 Exalt not thy selfe lest thou happen to fall and bryng thy soule to dishonour and so discouer thy secretes and cast thee downe in the myddest of the congregation because thou wouldest not receaue the feare of God because thy heart is full of faynednesse and deceipt The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth the seruauntes of God to righteousnesse loue vnderstandyng and patience 11 To trust in the Lorde 13 A curse vpon them that are faynt hearted and impatient 1 MY sonne yf thou wylt come into the seruice of God stande fast in righteousnesse feare and arme thy soule to temptation 2 Settle thyne heart and be patient bowe downe thine eare receaue the wordes of vnderstandyng and shrynke not away when thou art assaulted 3 Holde thee fast vpon God ioyne thy selfe vnto hym and suffer that thy lyfe may encrease at the last 4 Whatsoeuer happeneth vnto thee receaue it suffer in heauinesse be patient in thy trouble 5 For lyke as golde and siluer are tryed in the fire euen so are acceptable men in the furnace of aduersitie 6 Beleue in God and he shall helpe thee order thy way a right and put thy trust in hym Holde fast his feare and growe therin 7 O ye that feare the Lorde take sure holde of his mercie shrynke not away from hym that ye fall not 8 O ye that feare the Lorde beleue him and your rewarde shall not be emptie 9 O ye that feare the Lorde trust in good thynges and mercie shall come vnto you for pleasure 10 O ye that feare the Lorde set your loue vpon him and your heartes shal be lyghtened 11 Consider the olde generations of men O ye children and marke them well was there euer any one confounded that put his trust in the Lorde Who euer continued in his feare and was forsaken Or whom dyd he euer dispise that called faythfully vpon hym 12 For God is gratious and mercifull he forgeueth sinnes in the tyme of trouble and is a defendour for al them that seke hym in the trueth 13 Wo be vnto them that haue a fearefull heart wicked lippes and euyll occupied handes and to the sinner that goeth two maner of wayes 14 Wo be vnto them that are faint harted which put not their trust in God and therfore shall they not be defended of hym 15 Wo be vnto you that haue lost patience forsaken the ryght wayes and are turned backe into frowarde wayes What wyll you do when the Lord shall begin to visite you 16 They that feare the Lorde wyll not disobey his worde and they that loue him wyll kepe his commaundementes 17 They that feare the Lorde wyll seke out the thinges that are pleasaunt vnto him and they that loue him be fulfylled with his lawe 18 They that feare the Lorde wyll prepare their heartes and humble their soules in his syght 19 They that feare the Lorde kepe his cōmaundementes and wyll be patient tyll they see hym selfe 20 Saying If we do not repent we shall fall into the handes
that good that thou doest vnto him 7 And why the highest hateth sinners and shall reward vengeaunce to the vngodly 8 In prosperitie a friende shal be knowen in aduersitie an enemie shal not be hid 9 For when a man is in wealth it greeueth his enemies but in heauinesse and trouble a mans very friend will depart from him 10 Trust neuer thyne enemie for like as an yron rusteth so doth his wickednesse 11 And though he make much crouching and kneeling yet kepe well thy mind beware of him and thou shalt be to him as he that wypeth a glasse thou shalt knowe that al his rust hath not ben wel wyped away 12 Set him not by thee neither let him sit at thy right hand lest he turne him get into thy place take thy roome and seke thy seate and so thou at the last remember my wordes and be pricked at my sayinges 13 Binde not two sinnes together for there shall not one be vnpunished 14 Who wil haue pitie of the charmer that is stinged of the serpent or of all such as come nye the beastes 15 Euen so is it with him that kepeth companie with a wicked man and lappeth him selfe in his sinnes 16 For a season wil he bide with thee but if thou stumble he tarieth not 17 An enemie is sweet in his lippes he can make many wordes and speake many good thinges Yea he can wepe with his eyes but in his heart he imagineth howe to throwe thee into the pit and if he may fynde oportunitie he will not be satisfied with blood 18 If aduersitie come vpon thee thou shalt find him there first and though he pretende to do thee helpe yet shal he vndermine thee 19 He shall shake his head and clap his handes ouer thee for very gladnesse â–ª and whyle he maketh many wordes he shall disguyse his countenaunce The .xiii. Chapter 1 The companies of the proude and of the riche are to be eschewed 15 The loue of God 17 Like do companie with their like 1 WHo so toucheth pytch shal be defiled withall and he that is familier with the proude shall cloth him selfe with pryde 2 He taketh a burthen vpon him that accompanieth a more honorable man then him selfe therfore kepe no familiaritie with one that is richer then thy selfe Howe agree the kettel and the pot together for if the one be smitten against the other it shal be broken 3 The riche dealeth vnrighteously and threatneth withal but the poore beyng oppressed and wrongfully dealt withall suffereth scarcenesse and geueth fayre wordes If the riche haue done wrong yet must he be entreated but if the poore haue done it he shall straight wayes be threatned 4 If thou be for his profite he vseth thee but if thou haue nothing he shal forsake thee 5 As long as thou hast any thing of thyne owne he shal be a good felow with thee yea he shall make thee a bare man and not be sory for thee 6 If he haue neede of thee he shall defraude thee and with a priuie mocke shall he put thee in an hope geue thee all good wordes and say What wantest thou 7 Thus shal he shame thee in his meate vntill he haue supt thee cleane vp twyse or thryse at the last shall he laugh thee to scorne Afterwarde when he seeth that thou hast nothing he shall forsake thee and shake his head at thee 8 Submit thy selfe vnto God and wayte vpon his hande 9 Beware that thou be not disceaued and brought downe in thy simplenesse Be not to humble in thy wysedome lest when thou art brought lowe thou be disceaued through foolishnesse 10 If thou be called of a mightie man absent thy selfe so shall he call thee to him the more oft 11 Preasse not thou vnto him that thou be not shut out but go not thou farre of lest he forget thee 12 Withdraw not thy selfe from his speach but beleue not his many wordes For with much communication shall he tempt thee and with a priuie mocke shal he question with thee of thy secretes 13 The vnmercifull mynde of his shall marke thy wordes he shall not spare to do thee hurt and to put thee in prison 14 Beware and take good heede to thy selfe for thou walkest in peryll of thy ouerthrowing Now when thou hearest his wordes make thee as though thou wast in a dreame and wake vp 15 Loue God all thy lyfe long and call vpon him in thy neede 16 Euery beast loueth his like euen so let euery man loue his neyghbour 17 All fleshe will resort to their like and euery man wil kepe companie with such as he is him selfe 18 But as the woolfe agreeth with the lambe so doth the vngodly with the righteous 19 What peace is there betweene Hyena and a dogge Howe can the riche and the poore agree together 20 The wilde asse is the lions pray in the wildernesse euen so are poore men the meate of the riche 21 Like as the proude may not away with lowlinesse euen so doth the riche abhorre the poore 22 If a riche man fal his friendes set him vp againe but when the poore falleth his acquayntaunce forsake him 23 If a riche man fall into an errour he hath many helpers he speaketh proude wordes and yet men iustifie him but if a poore man go wrong he is punished yea though he speake wysely yet can it haue no place 24 When the riche man speaketh euery body holdeth his tongue and loke what he sayth they prayse it vnto the cloudes But if the poore man speake they say What felow in this and if he do amisse they shall destroy hym 25 Riches are good vnto hym that hath no sinne in his conscience and pouertie is a wicked thing in the mouth of the vngodly 26 The heart of man chaungeth his countenaunce whether it be in good or euyll 27 A chearfull countenaunce is a token of a good heart for els it is an harde thing to knowe the thought The .xiiii. Chapter 1 The offence of the tongue 17 Man is but a vayne thing 21 Happy is he that continueth in wysdome 1 BLessed is the man that hath not fallen with the worde of his mouth is not pricked with the conscience of sinne 2 Happy is he that hath no heauinesse in his minde and is not fallen from his hope in the Lorde 3 It becommeth not a couetous man and a nygarde to be riche and what should an enuious man do with money 4 He that with all his carefulnesse heapeth together vnrighteously gathereth for other folkes and another man shall make good cheare with his goodes 5 He that is wicked vnto him selfe howe should he be good vnto other men how can such one haue any pleasure of his goodes 6 There is nothing worse then when one disfauoureth him selfe and this is a rewarde of his wickednesse 7 If he do any good he doth it not knowing therof and against his will and
his goodes 23 He that is not with me is against me and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abrode 24 When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man he walketh through drye places sekyng rest and when he fyndeth none he sayth I wyll returne vnto my house whence I came out 25 And when he commeth he fyndeth it swept and garnisshed 26 Then goeth he and taketh to hym seuen other spirites worse then him selfe and they enter in and dwell there and the ende of that man is worse then the begynnyng 27 And it came to passe that as he spake these thynges a certayne woman of the company lyft vp her voyce saide vnto hym Happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke 28 But he sayde Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it ☜ 29 When the people were gathered thicke together he began to saye This is an euyll natiō they seke a signe and there shall no signe be geuen them but the signe of Ionas the prophete 30 For as Ionas was a signe to the Niniuites so shall also the sonne of man be to this nation 31 The Queene of the south shall ryse in iudgement with the men of this nation and condempne them for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth to heare the wisedome of Solomon And beholde a greater then Solomon is here 32 The men of Niuiue shall rise in iudgement with this nation and shall condempne them for they repented at the preachyng of Ionas and beholde a greater then Ionas is here 33 ☞ No man lyghteth a candle putteth it in a priuie place neither vnder a busshell but on a candlesticke that they which come in may see the lyght 34 The lyght of the body is the eye Therefore when thyne eye is single all thy body also shal be full of lyght But if thyne eye be euyll thy body also shal be full of darknesse 35 Take heede therefore that the lyght which is in thee be not darknes 36 If all thy body therfore be cleare hauyng no part darke then shall it all be full of lyght euen as when a candle doth lyght thee with bryghtnes ☜ 37 And as he spake a certaine pharisee besought hym to dyne with hym and Iesus went in sate downe to meate 38 When the pharisee sawe it he marueyled that he had not first wasshed before dynner 39 And the Lorde said vnto him Now do ye pharisees make cleane the outsyde of the cuppe and the platter but the inward part is full of your rauenyng and wickednesse 40 Ye fooles dyd not he that made that whiche is without make that which is within also 41 But rather geue almes of those thynges which are within and beholde all thynges are cleane vnto you 42 But wo vnto you pharisees for ye tithe mint rue and al maner hearbes and passe ouer iudgement and the loue of God These ought ye to haue done and yet not to leaue the other vndone 43 Wo vnto you pharisees for ye loue the vppermost seates in y e synagogues and greetynges in the markettes 44 Wo vnto you scribes and pharisees ye hypocrites for ye are as graues which appeare not and the men that walke ouer them are not ware of them 45 Then aunswered one of the lawyers and sayde vnto him Maister thus saying thou puttest vs to rebuke also 46 And he sayde Wo vnto you also ye lawyers for ye lade mē with burthens greeuous to be borne and ye your selues touche not y e burthens with one of your fyngers 47 Wo vnto you ye buylde the sepulchres of the prophetes and your fathers kylled them 48 Truely ye beare witnesse that ye alowe the deedes of your fathers for they kylled them and ye buylde their sepulchres 49 Therfore saide the wisedome of God I wyl sende them prophetes and apostles and some of them they shall slaye and persecute 50 That the blood of all the prophetes which is shedde from the foundation of the worlde may be required of this generation 51 From the blood of Abel vnto y e blood of Zacharie whiche perished betwene the aulter the temple Veryly I saye vnto you it shal be required of this nation 52 Wo vnto you lawyers for ye haue taken away the keye of knowledge ye entred not in your selues and them that came in ye forbad 53 When he thus spake vnto them the lawyers the pharisees began to vrge hym vehemently and to prouoke hym to speake many thynges 54 Laying wayte for hym and sekyng to catche somethyng out of his mouth wherby they myght accuse hym ⧠The .xij. Chapter 1 The leuen of the pharisees is to be auoyded 5 Who is to be feared 8 To confesse gods name or to denie it 10 Blasphemie agaynst the spirite 11 He comforteth the disciples agaynst affliction 15 and warneth them to beware of couetousnes by the similitude of a ryche man 20 Agaynst care of earthly thynkes 31 To geue our selues to ryghteousnes almes watchyng pacience wysdome and concorde 1 IN y e meane tyme whēther were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people insomuch that they trode one another he began to saye vnto his disciples First of all beware of the leuen of the pharisees which is hypocrisie 2 For there is nothyng couered that shall not be vncouered neither hyd that shall not be knowen 3 Therfore whatsoeuer you haue spoken in darkenesse shal be hearde in the light and that which ye haue spoken in the eare euen in secrete places shal be preached on the toppe of the houses 4 And I say vnto you my friendes be not afrayde of them that kyll the body and after that haue no more that they can do 5 But I wyll forewarne you whō you shall feare Feare hym which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell yea I say vnto you feare hym 6 Are not fyue sparrowes bought for two farthynges and not one of them is forgotten before God 7 Also euē the very heere 's of your head are all numbred Feare not therfore ye are more of value thē many sparrowes 8 Also I say vnto you whosoeuer confesseth me before men hym shall the sonne of man knowledge also before the angels of God 9 But he that denyeth me before men shal be denyed before the angels of God 10 And whosoeuer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shal be forgeuen hym But vnto hym that blasphemeth the holy ghost it shall not be forgeuen 11 And when they bryng you vnto the synagogues and vnto the rulers and officers take ye no thought how or what thyng ye shall aunswere or what ye shall speake 12 For the holy ghost shall teache you in the same houre what ye ought to say 13 ☞ One of the companie sayde vnto hym Maister speake to my brother that
poore 6 This he sayde not that he cared for the poore but because he was a thiefe and had the bagge and bare that which was geuen 7 Then sayde Iesus Let her alone agaynst the day of my burying hath she kept this 8 For the poore alwayes shall ye haue with you but me haue ye not alwayes 9 Much people of the Iewes therfore had knowledge that he was there And they came not for Iesus sake only but that they might se Lazarus also whoÌ„ he raysed from death 10 But the hye priestes helde a councell that they myght put Lazarus to death also 11 Because that for his sake many of the Iewes went away and beleued on Iesus ☜ 12 On the next day much people that were come to y e feast when they hearde that Iesus should come to Hierusalem 13 Toke braunches of paulme trees and went foorth to meete hym and cryed Hosanna blessed is he that in the name of the Lorde commeth kyng of Israel 14 And Iesus got a young Asse and sate theron as it is written 15 Feare not daughter of Sion beholde thy kyng commeth sittyng on an Asses colte 16 These thynges vnderstoode not his disciples at the first but when Iesus was glorified theÌ„ remembred they that such thinges were written of him that such thynges they had done vnto hym 17 The people that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his graue and raysed hym from death bare recorde 18 Therfore met hym the people also because they hearde that he had done such a miracle 19 The pharisees therfore sayde among them selues perceaue ye howe ye preuayle nothyng Beholde all the whole worlde goeth after hym 20 There were certaine Grekes among them that came to worship at the feast 21 The same came therefore to Philip which was of Bethsaida a citie of Galilee and desired hym saying Syr we woulde fayne see Iesus 22 Philip came and tolde Andrewe And agayne Andrewe Philip tolde Iesus 23 And Iesus aunswered them saying The houre is come that the sonne of man must be glorified 24 ☞ Veryly veryly I say vnto you except the wheate corne fall into the grounde and dye it abideth alone If it dye it bryngeth foorth much fruite 25 He that loueth his lyfe shall destroy it and he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde shall kepe it vnto lyfe eternall 26 If any man minister vnto me let hym folowe me And where I am there shall also my minister be If any man minister vnto me hym wyll my father honour ☜ 27 Nowe is my soule troubled and what shall I say Father saue me from this houre but therfore came I into this houre 28 Father glorifie thy name Then came there a voyce from heauen â—saying I haue both glorified it and wyll glorifie it agayne 29 The people therfore that sâ—oode by and hearde it sayde that it thundred Other sayde an Angel spake to hym 30 Iesus aunswered and sayde This voyce came not because of me but for your sakes 31 ☞ Nowe is the iudgement of this worlde Nowe shall the prince of this worlde be cast out 32 And I yf I were lyft vp from the earth wyll drawe all men vnto me 33 This he sayde signifiyng what death he shoulde dye 34 The people aunswered him We haue hearde out of the lawe that Christe bydeth euer and howe sayest thou the sonne of man must be lyft vp Who is that sonne of man 35 Then Iesus sayde vnto them Yet a litle while is the light with you Walke while ye haue light lest the darknesse come on you For he that walketh in the darke wotteth not whither he goeth 36 Whyle ye haue lyght beleue on the lyght that ye may be the chyldren of the lyght ☜ These thynges spake Iesus and departed hyd hym selfe from theÌ„ 37 But though he had done so many miracles before them yet beleued not they on hym 38 That the saying of Esaias the prophete myght be fulfylled which he spake Lorde who shall beleue our saying And to whom is the arme of the Lorde declared 39 Therfore coulde they not beleue because that Esaias sayth agayne 40 He hath blynded their eyes and hardened their heart that they shoulde not see with their eyes lest they should vnderstande with their hearte should be conuerted and I should heale them 41 Such thynges sayde Esaias when he sawe his glory and spake of hym 42 Neuerthelesse among y e chiefe rulers also many beleued on hym But because of the pharisees they dyd not confesse hym lest they should be excoÌ„municate 43 For they loued the prayse of men more then the prayse of God 44 Iesus cryed and sayde He that beleueth on me beleueth not on me but on hym that sent me 45 And he that seeth me seeth hym that sent me 46 ☞ I am come a lyght into y e worlde that whosoeuer beleueth on me should not byde in darknesse 47 And yf any man heare my wordes and beleue not I iudge hym not For I came not to iudge the worlde but to saue the worlde 48 He that refuseth me receaueth not my wordes hath one that iudgeth him The worde that I haue spoken the same shall iudge hym in the last day 49 For I haue not spoken of my selfe but the father which sent me he gaue me a commaundement what I should say and what I shoulde speake 50 And I knowe that his commaundement is lyfe euerlastyng Whatsoeuer I speake therfore euen as the father bad me so I speake ☜ ⧠The .xiij. Chapter 5 Christe wassheth the Apostles feete 8 Peter refuseth to be wasshed but afterwarde consenteth 1â— The Apostles are cleane 13 Christe Lorde and Maister 14 Exhortyng to humilitie and charitie 26 Christe sheweth who shall betray hym 27 Satan entreth into Iudas 30 He goeth out to the pharisees 34 Christe exhorteth y e disciples to loue 35 Wherby Christes disciples are knowen 38 He forewarneth Peters denyall 1 BEfore the feast of the Passouer when Iesus knewe that his houre was come y t he shoulde departe out of this world vnto the father When he loued his which were in the world vnto the ende he loued them 2 And when supper was ended after that the deuyll had put in the heart of Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne to betray hym 3 Iesus knowyng that the father had geuen all thynges into his handes and that he was come from God and went to God 4 He rose from supper and layde asyde his vpper garmentes And when he had taken a towel he gyrded hym selfe 5 After that he powred water into a bason and began to washe the disciples feete and to wype them with the towel wherwith he was gyrded 6 Then came he to Simon Peter And Peter sayde vnto hym Lorde doest thou wasshe my feete 7 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym What I do thou wotest not nowe but thou shalt knowe
that thou hast sent me 26 And I haue declared vnto them thy name and wyll declare it that the loue wherewith thou hast loued me may be in them and I in them ☜ ¶ The .xviij. Chapter 3 Christe is betrayed by Iudas 6 The souldiers fall backewarde 10 Peter smyteth of Malchus eare 13 Christe brought before Annas and Caiaphas 15 Peter and Iohn folowed Iesus to Caiaphas house 22 Christe sâ—ricken by a seruaunt 23 what he aunswered 25 Peter denied hym 28 He is ledde before Pilate 36 and telleth hym what his kyngdome is 40 The Iewes aske Barabbas to be let loose 1 WHen Iesus had spoken these wordes he went forth with his disciples ouer the brooke Cedron where was a garden into the whiche he entred his disciples 2 Iudas also whiche betrayed hym knewe the place For Iesus oft tymes resorted thyther with his disciples 3 Iudas then after he had receaued a bande of men and officers of the hye priestes pharisees came thyther with lanternes and torches and weapons 4 And Iesus knowing all thinges that shoulde come on hym went foorth and sayde vnto them whom seke ye 5 They aunswered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus sayth vnto them I am he Iudas also whiche betrayed hym stoode with them 6 Assoone then as he sayde vnto them I am he they went backewarde fell to the grounde 7 Then asâ—ed he them agayne whom seke ye They said Iesus of Nazareth 8 Iesus aunswered I haue tolde you that I am he Yf ye seke me therefore let these go their way 9 That the saying myght be fulfylled which he spake Of them which thou gauest me haue I not lost one 10 Then Simon Peter hauing a sword drewe it and smote the hye priestes seruaunt and cut of his ryght eare The seruauntes name was Malchus 11 Therefore sayth Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy sworde into the sheathe shall I not drynke of the cuppe whiche my father hath geuen me 12 Then the companie and the capitaine and officers of the Iewes toke Iesus and bounde hym 13 And led hym away to Annas first for he was father in lawe vnto Caiaphas which was y e hye priest that same yere And Annas sent Christe bounde vnto Caiaphas the hye priest 14 Caiaphas was he which gaue councell to the Iewes that it was expedieÌ„t that one man should dye for the people 15 And Simon Peter folowed Iesus and so did another disciple That disciple was knowen vnto the hye priest went in with Iesus into the palace of the hye priest 16 But Peter stoode at the doore without Then went out that other disciple which was knowen vnto the hye priest and spake vnto the damosell that kept the doore and brought in Peter 17 Then saide the damosell that kept the doore vnto Peter Art not thou also one of this mans disciples He sayde I am not 18 The seruauntes and officers stoode there which had made a fire of coales for it was colde and they warmed theÌ„ selues Peter also stoode among them and warmed hym 19 The hye priest then asked Iesus of his disciples and of his doctrine 20 Iesus aunswered him I spake openly to the worlde I euer taught in the synagogue and in the temple whyther all the Iewes resort in secrete haue I sayde nothyng 21 Why askest thou me Aske theÌ„ which hearde me what I haue sayd vnto theÌ„ Beholde they can tell what I sayde 22 When he had thus spoken one of the officers whiche stoode by smote Iesus with a rod saying Aunswerest thou the hye priest so 23 Iesus aunswered hym Yf I haue euyl spoken beare witnesse of the euyl But yf I haue well spoken why smytest thou me 24 Nowe Annas had sent hym bounde vnto Caiaphas the hye priest 25 Simon Peter stoode warmed hym selfe Then sayde they vnto hym Art not thou also one of his disciples He denyed it and sayde I am not 26 One of the seruauÌ„tes of y e hye priestes his cosin whose eare Peter smote of sayde vnto hym Dyd not I see thee in the garden with hym 27 Peter therefore denyed againe And immediatly the Cocke crewe 28 Then led they Iesus froÌ„ Caiaphas into the hall of iudgement It was in the mornyng And they them selues went not into the iudgement hall leste they shoulde be defyled but that they myght eate the Passouer 29 Pilate then went out vnto them and said What accusatioÌ„ bryng you against this man 30 They aunswered and said vnto him Yf he were not an euyll doer we would not haue deliuered hym vnto thee 31 Then sayde Pilate vnto them Take ye him and iudge him after your owne lawe The Iewes therfore sayde vnto hym It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death 32 That the wordes of Iesus myght be fulfylled whiche he spake signifâ—yng what death he shoulde dye 33 Then Pilate entred into the iudgement hall againe and called Iesus and sayde vnto hym Art thou the kyng of the Iewes 34 Iesus aunswered Sayest thou that of thy selfe or did other tell it thee of me 35 Pilate aunswered am I a Iewe Thyne owne nation hye priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me what hast thou done 36 Iesus aunswered My kyngdome is not of this worlde Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde then woulde my seruauntes surely fyght that I shoulde not be deliuered to the Iewes but now is my kyngdome not from hence 37 Pilate therfore sayde vnto hym Art thou a kyng then Iesus aunswered Thou sayest that I am a king For this cause am I borne for this cause came I into the worlde that I should beare witnesse vnto the trueth And all that are of the trueth heare my voyce 38 Pilate sayde vnto him What thyng is trueth And when he had sayde this he went out agayne vnto the Iewes sayth vnto them I fynde in hym no cause at all 39 Ye haue a custome that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at y e Passouer Wyll ye that I loose vnto you the kyng of the Iewes 40 Then cryed they all agayne saying Not hym but Barabbas This Barabbas was a robber ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 Christe is whypped beaten and crowned 4 Pilate woulde haue delyuered hym 6 but the Iewes aske hym to be crucified 11 All power of God 16 Pilate delyuered Christe to be crucified 19 The title set vpon the crosse 23 Christes garmentes deuided 27 He commendeth his mother to Iohn 30 After Christe tasted the vineger he dyeth 32 The legges of the theeues broken 34 Christes syde pearsed with a speare 38 Ioseph of Aramathia beggeth his body 40 and he and Nicodemus buryed it 1 THen Pilate toke Iesus therfore and scourged hym 2 And the souldiers wounde a crowne of thornes and put it on his head And they did on hym a purple garment 3 And sayde Hayle king of the Iewes And they stroke hym with roddes 4 Pilate went foorth agayne and sayde vnto
but with the fleshe the lawe of sinne ⧠The .viij. Chapter 1 The assuraunce of the faythfull 6 The fruites of the holy ghost 3 The weakenesse of the lawe 17 Of hope 18 Of patience vnder the crosse 29 Of the foreknowledge of God 1 THere is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 2 For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe through Iesus Christe hath made me * free from the lawe of sinne and death 3 * For what the lawe coulde not do in as much as it was weake through the fleshe God sendyng his owne sonne in the similitude of sinfull fleshe euen by sinne condempned sinne in the fleshe 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded But they that are spirituall are spiritually mynded 6 To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God For it is not obedient to the lawe of God neither can be 8 So then they that are in the fleshe can not please God 9 But ye are not in the fleshe but in the spirite yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any man haue not the spirite of Christe the same is none of his 10 And yf Christe be in you the body is dead because of sinne but the spirite is lyfe for ryghteousnesse sake 11 But yf y e spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you euen he that raised vp Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because that his spirite dwelleth in you 12 ☞ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe 13 For if ye liue after y e fleshe ye shall dye But if ye through the spirite do mortifie the deedes of the body ye shall lyue 14 For as many as are lēd by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba father 16 The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite that we are y e sonnes of God 17 If we be sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres of God and ioynt-heyres with Christe So that we suffer together that we may be also glorified together 18 ☞ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. 19 * For the feruent desire of the creature abydeth lokyng whē the sonnes of God shall appeare 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not wyllyng but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope 21 For the same creature shal be made free from the bondage of corruptiō into the glorious libertie of y e sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite and we our selues mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption euen the deliueraunce of our body ☜ 24 For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not thē do we with pacience abide for it 26 Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmities For we knowe not what to desire as we ought but y e spirite maketh great intercession for vs with gronynges which can not be expressed 27 And * he that searcheth the heartes * knoweth what is the meanyng of the spirite for he maketh intercession for the saintes accordyng to the pleasure of God ☜ 28 ☞ For we knowe y t all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God to them which also are called of purpose 29 For those which he knewe before he also dyd predestinate that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne that he myght be y e first begotten among many brethren 30 Moreouer whom he dyd predestinate thē also he called And whom he called them also he iustified And whom he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these thynges If God be on our syde who can be agaynst vs 32 Which spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that iustifieth 34 Who is he that can condempne It is Christe which dyed yea rather which is raysed agayne which is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God Shall tribulation or anguishe or persecution either hunger either nakednesse either peryll either sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we kylled all daye long and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter 37 Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure that neither death neither lyfe neither angels nor rule neither power neither thynges present neither thynges to come 39 Neither heygth nor deapth neither any other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Paul declareth his feruent loue towardes his nation 11 he treateth of election and reprobation 24 Also of the callyng of the gentiles 30 and of the castyng of of the Iewes 1 I Say y e trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost 2 That I haue great heauinesse continuall sorowe in my heart 3 For * I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to y e fleshe 4 Which are the Israelites To whom pertayneth the adoption and the glory the couenauntes * and the lawe that was geuen and the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whom are the fathers of whom as concernyng the fleshe Christe came which is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen 6 And it can not be that the worde of God shoulde take none effect For they are not all Israelites which are of Israel 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy seede be called 8 That is to say They which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the chyldren of God But they which be the childrē of promise are counted the seede 9 For this is a worde of promise About this tyme wyll I come and Sara shall haue a sonne 10 Not only this but also Rebecca was with chylde by
Yea ☞ if I had all fayth so that I coulde moue mountaynes out of their places and haue not loue I were nothyng 3 And though I bestowe all my goodes to feede the poore and though I geue my body that I burned and haue not loue it profiteth me nothyng 4 Loue suffreth long and is curteous Loue enuieth not loue doth not frowardely swelleth not 5 Dealeth not dishonestlie seeketh not her owne is not prouoked to anger thynketh none euyll 6 Reioyceth not in iniquitie but reioyceth in the trueth 7 Suffreth all thynges beleueth all thynges hopeth all thynges endureth all thynges 8 Though y e prophesiynges fayle other tongues ceasse or knowledge vanishe away yet loue falleth neuer away 9 ☞ For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophesiyng is vnperfect 10 But when that which is perfect is come then that which is vnperfect shal be done away 11 When I was a chylde I spake as a childe I vnderstode as a childe I imagined as a chylde But assoone as I was a man I put away chyldishnesse 12 Nowe we see in a glasse euen in a darke speakyng but then shall we see face to face Nowe I knowe vnperfectly but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen 13 Nowe abydeth fayth hope and loue these three but the chiefe of these is loue ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth to loue commendeth the gift of tongues and other spirituall giftes 5 But chiefely prophesiyng 34 He commaundeth women to kepe scilence in the Church 40 And sheweth what good order ought to be obserued in the Churche 1 FOlowe after loue and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie 2 For he that speaketh with the tongue speaketh not vnto men but vnto God For no man heareth hym Howbeit in the spirite he speaketh misteries 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh vnto men to their edifiyng to their exhortation and to their comfort 4 He that speaketh with the tongue edifieth hym selfe he that prophesieth edifieth the Churche 5 I woulde y t ye al spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied For greater is he that prophesieth then he that speaketh with tongues except he expounde it that the Churche may haue edifiyng 6 Nowe brethren yf I come vnto you speakyng with tongues what shall I profite you except I speake to you eyther by reuelation or by knowledge or by prophesiyng or by doctrine 7 Moreouer thynges without lyfe geuing sound whether it be a pipe or an harpe except they make a distinction in the soundes howe shall it be knowen what is piped or harped 8 And also yf the trumpe geue an vncertayne sounde who shall prepare him selfe to the warre 9 Euen so lykewyse when ye speake with tongues except ye speake wordes that haue signification howe shall it be vnderstande what is spoken For ye shall speake into the ayer 10 There are so many kyndes of voyces as it commeth to passe in the worlde and none of them are without signification 11 If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth I shal be lyke vnto hym that speaketh an aliaunt and he that speaketh shal be an aliaunt vnto me 12 Euen so forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes seke that ye may excell vnto the edifiyng of the Churche 13 Wherfore let him that speaketh with tongue pray that he may interprete 14 For yf I pray with tongue my spirite prayeth but my vnderstanding is without fruite 15 What is it then I wyll pray with the spirite and wyll pray with the vnderstandyng also I wyll syng with the spirite and wyll syng with the vnderstandyng also 16 Els when thou blessest with the spirite howe shall he that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned say Amen at thy geuyng of thankes seyng he vnderstandeth not what thou sayest 17 Thou veryly geuest thankes well but the other is not edified 18 I thanke my God I speake with tongues more the ye all 19 Yet had I rather in the Churche to speake fiue wordes with my vnderstandyng to the information of other then ten thousande wordes with the tongue 20 Brethren be not chyldren in wytte Howbeit as concerning maliciousnesse be chyldren but in wytte be perfect 21 In the lawe it is written With sundry tongues and with sundry lyppes wyll I speake vnto this people and yet for all that will they not heare me sayth the Lorde 22 Wherfore tongues are for a signe not to them that beleue but to them that beleue not But prophesiyng serueth not for them that beleue not but for them which beleue 23 If therfore when all the Churche is come together in one all speake with tongues there come in they that are vnlearned or they which beleue not wyll they not say y t ye are out of your wittes 24 But yf all prophesie and there come in one y t beleueth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all men and is iudged of euery man 25 And so are the secretes of his heart made manifest and so falleth he downe on his face and worshippeth God and sayth that God is in you of a trueth 26 Howe is it then brethren When ye come together euery one of you hath a psalme hath a doctrine hath a tongue hath a reuelation hath interpretation Let all thynges be done vnto edifiyng 27 Yf any man speake with tongue let it be by two or at the most by three and that by course and let one interprete 28 But yf there be no interpreter let him kepe scilence in the Churche and let him speake to hym selfe and to God 29 Let the prophetes speake two or three and let the other iudge 30 If any reuelation be made to another that sitteth by let y e first holde his peace 31 For ye may all prophesie one by one that all may learne and all may haue comfort 32 And the spirites of the prophetes are subiect to the prophetes 33 For God is not the aucthour of confusion but of peace as in all Churches of the saintes 34 Let your women kepe scilence in the Churches For it is not permitted vnto them to speake but to be vnder obedience as sayth the lawe 35 If they wyll learne any thyng let thē aske their husbandes at home For it is a shame for women to speake in the Churche 36 Sproung the worde of God from you Either came it vnto you only 37 If any man thynke hym selfe to be a prophete either spiritual let him knowe that the thinges that I write vnto you are y e commaundementes of the Lorde 38 But yf any man be ignoraunt let hym be ignoraunt 39 Wherfore brethren couet to prophesie and forbyd not to speake with tongues 40 Let all thynges be done honestlie and in order ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 He proueth the resurrection of the dead ◠and first that Christe is risen 22 then that we shall ryse 52 and the maner howe 1 MOreouer brethren I declare vnto you the Gospell
woulde haue plucked out your owne eyes and haue geuen them to me 16 Am I therfore become your enemie because I tell you the trueth 17 They are gelouse ouer you amisse Yea they intende to exclude you that ye shoulde be feruent to them warde 18 It is good alwayes to be zelous in a good thyng and not only when I am present with you 19 My litle chyldren of whom I trauayle in birth agayne vntyll Christe be fashioned in you 20 But I desire to be present with you nowe and to chaunge my voyce for I stande in doubt of you 21 Tell me ye that desire to be vnder the lawe do ye not heare the lawe 22 ☞ For it is written that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bonde mayde the other by a free woman 23 But he which was of the bonde woman was borne after the fleshe but he which was of the free woman was borne by promise 24 Which thynges are spoken by an allegorie For these are two testamentes the one from the mount Sina which gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar 25 For Agar is the mount Sina in Arabia and bordreth vpon the citie which is nowe called Hierusalem and is in bondage with her chyldren 26 But Hierusalem which is aboue is free which is the mother of vs all 27 For it is written Reioyce thou baren that bearest no chyldren breake foorth and crye thou that trauaylest not For the desolate hath many mo chyldren then she which hath an husbande 28 But brethren we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise 29 But as then he that was borne after the flesshe persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite euen so is it now 30 Neuerthelesse what saith the scripture put away the bondwoman and her sonne For the sonne of the bond-woman shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman 31 So then brethren we are not chyldren of the bonde woman but of the free ☜ ⧠The .v. Chapter 2 He laboureth to drawe them away from circumcision 17 and sheweth them the battell betwixt the spirite and the flesshe and the fruites of them both 1 STande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free and be not intangled agayne with y e yoke of bondage 2 Beholde I Paul saye vnto you that yf ye be circumcised Christe shall profite you nothyng 3 For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised that he is a detter to do the whole lawe 4 Christe is become but vayne to you as many of you as are iustified by the lawe are fallen from grace 5 For we through the spirite wayte for the hope of ryghteousnes by fayth 6 For in Iesus Christe neither is circumcision any thing woorth neither yet vncircumcision but fayth which worketh by loue 7 Ye dyd runne well who was a let vnto you that ye should not obey y e trueth 8 Not the perfection of hym that called you 9 A litle leauen doth leauen the whole lumpe of dowe 10 ☞ I haue truste towarde you in the Lorde that ye wyll be none otherwyse mynded But he that troubleth you shall beare iudgement whatsoeuer he be 11 And brethren if I yet preache circumcision why do I yet suffer persecution Then is the slaunder of the crosse ceassed 12 I woulde to God they were cut of which trouble you 13 For brethren ye haue ben called into libertie Only let not libertie be an occasiō to the flesshe but by loue serue one another 14 For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde which is this Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe 15 Yf ye byte and deuoure one another take heede lest ye be consumed one of another ☜ 16 ☞ Then I say walke in the spirite and ye shall not fulfyll the lust of the flesshe 17 For the flesshe lusteth contrary to the spirite and the spirite contrary to the flesshe These are contrary one to the other so that ye can not do what ye woulde 18 But and yf ye be ledde of the spirite then are ye not vnder the lawe 19 The deedes of the flesshe are manifest which are these adulterie fornication vncleannesse wantonnesse 20 Worshippyng of images witchcrafte hatred variaunce zeale wrath strife seditions sectes 21 Enuyinges murthers drunkennesse gluttonies and such lyke of the whiche I tell you before as I haue tolde you in tyme past that they which do suche thinges shall not inherite the kingdome of God 22 But the fruite of the spirite is loue ioye peace long sufferyng gentlenesse goodnesse fayth 23 Mekenesse temperauncie agaynst such there is no lawe 24 They truely that are Christes haue crucified the flesshe with the affections and lustes ☜ 25 ☞ Yf we lyue in y e spirite let vs walke in the spirite 26 Let vs not be desirous of vayne glorie prouoking one another enuying one another ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to vse gentlenesse towarde the weake 2 and to shewe their brotherly loue and modestie ◠also to prouide for their ministers 9 to perseuer 14 to reioyce in the crosse of Christe 15 to newnesse of lyfe 1◠and last of all wysheth to them with the rest of the faythfull all prosperitie 1 BRethren yf a man be taken in any fault ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirite of mekenes consideryng thy selfe lest thou also be tempted 2 Beare ye one anothers burthen and so fulfyll the lawe of Christe 3 For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat when he is nothyng the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie 4 But let euery man proue his owne worke then shall he haue reioyceyng only in his owne selfe and not in another 5 For euery man shall beare his owne burthen 6 Let hym that is taught in the word minister vnto hym that teacheth hym in all good thynges 7 Be not deceaued God is not mocked For whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he also reape 8 For he that soweth into his flesshe shal of the flesshe reape corruption But he that soweth into the spirite shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng 9 Let vs not be weery in well doyng for in due season we shall reape yf we faynt not 10 Whyle we haue therefore tyme let vs do good vnto all men specially vnto thē which are of the housholde of fayth ☜ 11 Ye see how large a letter I haue written vnto you with myne owne hande 12 As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally the same constrayne you to be circumcised onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe 13 For they thēselues which are circumcised kepe not the lawe but desire to haue you circumcised that they myght reioyce in your flesshe 14 God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe wherby the world is crucified vnto
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childrē by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertiō 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers frō the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 ☞ Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite ☜ ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
Christe for you heathen 2 Yf ye haue hearde of the dispensatioÌ„ of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde 3 For by reuelation shewed he the misterie vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe wordes 4 Whereby when ye reade ye may vnderstande my knowledge in the misterie of Christe 5 Which misterie in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is nowe reuealed vnto his holy apostles and prophetes by the spirite 6 That the gentiles shoulde be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christe by the Gospell 7 Wherof I am made a minister accordyng to the gyfte of the grace of God which is geuen vnto me after the workyng of his power 8 Vnto me the least of all saintes is this grace geuen that I shoulde preache among the gentiles the vnsearchable ryches of Christe 9 And to bring to lyght to all men what the felowship of the misterie is whiche from the begynnyng of the world hath ben hid in god which made all thinges through Iesus Christe 10 To thintent that nowe vnto the rulers and power in heauenly thynges myght be knowen by y e Church the very manyfolde wysedome of God 11 According to y e eternall purpose which he wrought in Christe Iesus our Lord 12 By whoÌ„ we haue boldnesse entraunce in y e confidence which is by faith of him 13 ☞ Wherfore I desire that ye faynt not in my tribulations for you whiche is your glorie 14 For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe 15 Of whoÌ„ all the famyly in heauen and earth is named 16 That he would graunt you according to the rychesse of his glorie to be strengthed with myght by his spirite in the inner man 17 That Christe may dwell in your heartes by fayth that ye beyng rooted and grounded in loue 18 Myght be able to comprehende with al saintes what is the breadth length and deapth and heygth 19 And to knowe the loue of Christe whiche excelleth knowledge that ye might be fylled with all fulnesse of God 20 Vnto him that is able to do exceeding aboundauntly aboue all that we aske or thynke accordyng to the power that worketh in vs 21 Be prayse in the Churche by Christe Iesus throughout all ages worlde without ende Amen ☜ ¶ The .iiij. Chapter He exhorteth them vnto mekenesse long sufferyng and vnto loue and peace 3 euery one to serue and edifie another with the gyft that God hath geuen hym 14 to beware of strange doctrine 22 To lay asyde the olde conuersation of greedy lustes to walke in a newe lyfe 1 I Therfore a prisoner in the Lorde exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocatioÌ„ wherewith ye are called 2 With all lowlynesse mekenesse with long sufferyng forbearyng one another in loue 3 Endeuoryng to kepe the vnitie of the spirite in the bonde of peace 4 One body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your calling 5 One Lorde one fayth one baptisme 6 One God and father of all whiche is aboue all and through all and in you all ☜ 7 ☞ But vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace accordyng to the measure of the gyft of Christe 8 Wherfore he saith * When he went vp an hye he ledde captiuitie captiue and gaue gyftes vnto men 9 But that he ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower partes of the earth 10 He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp farre aboue all heauens to fulfyll all thynges 11 And he gaue some apostles and some prophetes and some euangelistes and some shepheardes and teachers 12 To the gatheryng together of the saintes into the worke of ministration into the edifiyng of the body of Christe 13 Tyll we all meete together into the vnitie of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christe ☜ 14 That we hencefoorth be no more children wauering and caryed about with euery wynde of doctrine in the wylynesse of men in craftynesse to the laying wayte of deceyte 15 But folowyng trueth in loue let vs growe vp into him in all thynges whiche is the head Christ 16 In whom all the body beyng coupled and knit together by euery ioynt of subministration accordyng to the effectuall power in y e measure of euery part maketh increase of the body vnto the edifiyng of it selfe in loue 17 ☞ This I say therfore and testifie in the Lorde that ye hencefoorth walke not as other gentiles walke in vanitie of their mynde 18 Darkened in cogitation being alienated from the lyfe of God by the ignoraunce that is in them by the blindnesse of their heartes 19 Whiche beyng past feelyng haue geuen theÌ„ selues ouer vnto wantonnesse to worke al vncleanenesse with greedynesse 20 But ye haue not so learned Christe 21 Yf so be that ye haue hearde hym and haue ben taught in hym as the trueth is in Iesus 22 To â—ay downe accordyng to the former conuersation y e olde man which is corrupt accordyng to the lustes of error ☜ 23 ☞ To be renued in the spirite of your mynde 24 And to put on that newe man which after God is shapen in righteousnesse holynesse of trueth 25 Wherfore puttyng away lying speake euery man trueth vnto his neyghbour forasmuch as we are members one of another 26 Be ye angry and sinne not let not the sunne go downe vpon your wrath 27 Neither geue place to the deuyll 28 * Let hym that stole steale no more but let hym rather labour workyng with his handes the thyng whiche is good that he may geue vnto hym that needeth ☜ 29 Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth but that whiche is good to edifie withal as oft as neede is that it may minister grace vnto the hearers 30 And greeue not the holy spirite of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redemption 31 Let all bytternesse and fiercenesse wrath and crying and euyll speakyng be put away from you with all maliciousnesse 32 Be ye curteous one to another merciful forgeuing one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you ⧠The .v. Chapter 2 He exhorteth them vnto loue 3 warneth them to beware of vncleannesse couetousnesse foolyshe talkyng and false doctrine 17 to be circumspect 18 to auoyde dronkennesse 19 to reioyce and to be thankefull towarde God 21 to submit them selues one to another 22 He entreateth of corporall mariage of the spirituall betwixt Christe and his Churche 1 BE ye therefore folowers of God as deare chyldren 2 And walke ye in loue euen as Christe hath loued vs and hath geuen hym selfe for vs an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellyng sauour to
God 3 But fornication and all vncleannesse or couetousnesse let it not be once named among you as it becommeth saintes 4 Neither fylthynesse neither foolyshe talkyng neither iestyng which are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes 5 For this ye knowe that no whoremonger neither vncleane person nor couetous person which is a worshipper of images hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God 6 Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes For because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience 7 Be not ye therefore companions of them 8 For ye were sometimes darknesse but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde Walke as chyldren of lyght 9 For the fruite of the spirite is in all goodnesse and righteousnesse trueth 10 Approuyng what is acceptable vnto the Lorde 11 And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse but rather euen rebuke them 12 For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in secrete 13 But all thynges when they are rebuked of the lyght are manifest For all that which do make manifest is lyght 14 Wherefore he sayth Awake thou that sleepest and stande vp from the dead and Christe shall geue thee lyght 15 ☞ Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye not as vnwyse but as wyse 16 Redeemyng the time because y e dayes are euyll 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is 18 And be not drunke with wine wherin is excesse but be fylled with the spirite 19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songues syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes 20 Geuing thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God and the father in y e name of our Lorde Iesus Christe 21 Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God ☜ 22 Wyues submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the Lorde 23 For the husbande is the head of the wyfe euen as Christe is the head of the Church he is the sauiour of the bodie 24 But as the Church is subiect to Christ lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges 25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues euen as Christe also loued the Churche and gaue hym selfe for it 26 To sanctifie it clensyng it in the fountayne of water in the worde 27 To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche not hauyng spot or wrinckle or any such thyng but that it should be holy and without blame 28 So ought men to loue their wyues as their owne bodies He that loueth his wyfe loueth hym selfe 29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesshe but norissheth cherissheth it euen as the Lorde the Churche 30 For we are members of his body of his flesshe and of his bones 31 For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother and shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and two shal be made one flesshe 32 This is a great secrete but I speake of Christe and of the Churche 33 Therfore euery one of you do ye so Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe and let the wyfe reuerence her husbande ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 Howe chyldren shoulde behaue them selues towarde their fathers and mothers 4 Lykewyse parentes towarde their chyldren 5 seruauntes towardes their maisters 9 Maisters towarde their seruauntes 13 An exhortation to the spiritual battayle and what weapons the christians shoulde fyght withall 1 CHyldren obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde for this is ryght 2 Honour thy father and mother whiche is the first commaundement in promise 3 That thou mayest prosper and lyue long on earth 4 Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde 5 Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters with feare and tremblyng in singlenesse of your heart as vnto Christe 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye as men pleasers but as the seruaūtes of Christ 7 Doyng the wyll of God frō the heart with good wyll seruyng the Lorde and not men 8 Knowyng that whatsoeuer good thyng any man doeth that shall he receaue agayne of the Lorde whether he be bonde or free 9 And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them puttyng away threatnyng knowyng that your maister also is in heauen neither is respecte of person with hym 10 ☞ Finally my brethren be strong in the Lorde in the power of his might 11 Put on all the armour of God that ye may stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll 12 For we wrastle not agaynst blood flesshe but agaynst rule agaynst power agaynst worldly gouernours of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst spirituall craftynesse in heauenly places 13 Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day and hauing finished all thynges to stande fast 14 Stande therfore hauyng loynes girt about with the trueth and puttyng on the brest plate of righteousnesse 15 And hauyng your feete shodde in the preparation of the Gospell of peace 16 Aboue all takyng the shielde of fayth wherwith ye may quenche all the fierie dartes of the wicked 17 And take the helmet of saluation and the sworde of the spirite whiche is the worde of God ☜ 18 Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication for all saintes 19 And for me that vtteraunce may be geuē vnto me y t I may open my mouth freely to vtter y e secretes of the Gospell 20 Whereof I am messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake 21 But y t ye may also knowe my affaires and what I do Tichicus a deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lord shall shewe you all thynges 22 Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that ye myght knowe of our affaires and that he myght comfort your heartes 23 Peace be vnto the brethren and loue with fayth from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 24 Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christe in sinceritie Amen ⧠Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus ⧠The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Philippians ¶ The first Chapter 1 Saint Paul discouereth his heart towardes them 3 by his thankes geuyng 4 prayers 8 and wisshes for their fayth and saluation 7.12.20 He sheweth the fruite of his crosse 15.27 and exhorteth them to vnitie 28 and pacience 1 PAul Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesus Christ To all the saintes in Christ Iesus whiche are at Philippos with the bisshops deacons 2 Grace be vnto you and peace frō God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ 3 ☞ I thanke my God with all remembraunce of you 4 Alwayes in all my prayer for all you makyng prayer with
for his sonne from heauen whom he raysed from the dead ☜ euen Iesus which delyuereth vs from the wrath to come ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 To the intent they shoulde not faint vnder the crosse 2 he commendeth his diligence in preachyng 13 and theirs in obeying 18 He excuseth his absence that he coulde not come and open his heart to them 1 FOr ye your selues brethren knowe our entraunce in vnto you y t it was not in vayne 2 But euen after that we had suffred before and were shamefully entreated as ye knowe at Philippos we were bolde in our God to speake vnto you the Gospell of God in much strynyng 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit neither of vncleannes neither in guile 4 But as it were alowed of God to be put in credite with the Gospell euen so we speake not as pleasyng men but God which tryeth our heartes 5 For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes as ye knowe neither cloke of couetousnes God is recorde 9 Neither sought we prayse of men neither of you nor yet of others 7 When we myght haue ben in auctoritie as the Apostles of Christe but we were tender among you euen as a nourâ—e cherissheth her chyldren 8 So beyng tenderly affected towarde you our good wyll was to haue dealt vnto you not the Gospell of God only but also our owne soules because ye were deare vnto vs. 9 ☞ For ye remember brethren our labour and trauayle For we labouryng nyght day because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you preached vnto you the Gospell of God 10 Ye are witnesses God also howe holyly and iustly and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleue 11 As ye knowe howe that as a father his chyldren so we haue exhorted comforted and besought euery one of you 12 That ye woulde walke worthie of God who hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glorie 13 For this cause thanke we God also without ceassyng because ye receauyng the worde which ye hearde of vs concernyng God ye receaued it not as the worde of man but as it is in deede the worde of God which effectuously worketh also in you that beleue ☜ 14 For ye brethren became folowers of the Churches of God which in Iurie are in Christe Iesus for ye haue suffred lyke thynges of your countreymen as they haue of the Iewes 15 Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus and their owne prophetes haue persecuted vs and God they please not and are contrarie to all men 16 And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued to fulfyll their sinnes alway For the wrath of God is come on them to the vtmost 17 Forasmuch brethren as we are kept from you for a short season in person not in heart we enforced y e more to see you personally with great desire 18 And therfore we woulde haue come vnto you I Paul once agayne but Satan hyndered vs. 19 For what is our hope or ioy or crowne of reioycyng Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe at his commyng 20 Yes ye are our glorie and ioy ⧠The .iij. Capter 2 He sheweth howe greatly he was affectioned towarde them both in that he sent Timotheus to them 1â— and also prayed for them 1 WHerfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare we thought it good to remaine at Athens alone 2 And sent Timotheus our brother and minister of God and felowe labourer in the Gospell of Christe to stablishe you to comfort you concernyng your faith 3 That no man shoulde be moued in these afflictions For ye your selues knowe that we are appoynted there vnto 4 For veryly when we were with you we tolde you before that we shoulde suffer tribulation euen as it came to passe and as ye knowe 5 For this cause when I coulde no longer forbeare I sent to knowe your fayth lest by some meanes the tempter had tempted you and our labour had ben vayne 6 But nowe lately when Timotheus came from you vnto vs and brought vs good tydynges of your fayth and loue and howe that ye haue good remembraunce of vs alwayes desiryng to see vs as we also to see you 7 Therefore brethren we were comforted ouer you in all our aduersitie and necessitie because of your fayth 8 For nowe we lyue yf ye stande fast in the Lorde 9 For what thankes can we recompence to God agayne for you for all the ioye wherwith we ioy for your sakes before our God 10 Praying nyght and daye exceedyngly to see you personally and repayre the wantynges of your fayth 11 Nowe God him selfe and our father and our Lord Iesus Christe guyde our waye vnto you 12 And the Lorde encrease you make you abounde in loue one towarde another and towarde all men euen as we also towarde you 13 To stablyshe your heartes vnblameable in holynesse before God and our father in the commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe with all his saintes The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to holynesse 6 innocencie 9 loue 11 labour 13 and moderation in lamentyng for the dead 17 describyng the ende of the resurrection 1 FVrthermore we besech you brethren exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus that ye encrease more and more as ye haue receaued of vs how ye ought towalke and to please God 2 For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by the Lorde Iesus 3 For this is the wyll of God your holynesse that ye should abstayne from fornication 4 That euery one of you should knowe how to possesse his vessell in holynesse and honour 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence euen as the gentiles which knowe not God 6 That no man oppresse and defraude his brother in any matter because that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche as we also haue forewarned you and testified 7 For God hath not called vs vnto vncleanenesse but into holynesse ☜ 8 He therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but God who hath geuen to you his holy spirite ☜ 9 â— But as touchyng brotherly loue ye nede not that I write vnto you For ye are taught of God to loue one another 10 Yea and that thyng veryly ye do vnto all y e brethren which are in al Macedonia But we beseche you brethren that ye encrease more and more 11 And that ye studie to be quiet and to do your owne busynesse and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you 12 That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without that nothyng be lackyng in you ☜ 13 ☞ But I woulde not haue you to be ignoraunt brethren concernyng them which sleepe that ye sorowe not euen as other which haue no hope 14 For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so them also whiche sleepe by Iesus
gaue him selfe a raunsome for all a testimonie in due tymes 7 Wherevnto I am ordeined a preacher and an apostle I tell the trueth in Christe and lye not a teacher of the gentiles in fayth and veritie ☜ 8 I wyll therefore that the men praye euerywhere lyftyng vp holy handes without wrath and reasonyng 9 Lykewyse also the women that they araye them selues in comely apparell with shamefastnesse and discrete behauiour not in brayded heere either golde or pearles or costly aray 10 But that becommeth women professyng godlynesse through good workes 11 Let the woman learne in scilence in all subiection 12 But I suffer not a woman to teache neither to vsurpe auctoritie ouer y e man but to be in scilence 13 For Adam was first fourmed then Eue. 14 And Adam was not deceaued but the woman beyng deceaued was in the transgression 15 Notwithstandyng through bearyng of chyldren she shal be saued yf they continue in fayth and loue and holynesse with modestie ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He declareth what is the office of ministers 11 and as touchyng their families 15 the dignitie of the Churche 16 the principall poynt of the heauenly doctrine 1 THis is a faithful saying Yf a man desire y e office of a bishop he desireth a good worke 2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse the husband of one wyfe watchyng sober comely apparelled a louer of hospitalitie apt to teache 3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine no striker not greedy of fylthy lucre but gentle abhorryng fyghtyng abhorryng couetousnesse 4 One that ruleth well his owne house hauyng chyldren in subiection with all grauitie 5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house howe shall he care for the Churche of God 6 Not a young scoler lest he beyng puffed vp fall into the condempnation of the deuyll 7 He must also haue a good report of thē which are without lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll 8 Likewise must y e ministers be graue not double tongued not geuen to much wine neither greedy of fylthy lucre 9 Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience 10 And let them first be proued then let them minister beyng blamelesse 11 Euen so must their wyues be graue not euyll speakers sober faythfull in all thynges 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife and such as can rule their children well and their owne housholdes 13 For they that haue ministred well get them selues a good degree and great libertie in the fayth whiche is in Christe Iesus 14 These thynges write I vnto thee hopyng to come shortly vnto thee 15 But yf I tary long that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God the pyller and grounde of trueth 16 And without doubt great is that misterie of godlynesse God was shewed in the flesshe was iustified in the spirite was scene among the angels was preached vnto the gentiles was beleued on in the worlde and was receaued vp in glorie ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 2 He teacheth hym what doctrine he ought to flee 6.8.11 and what to folowe 15 and wherin he ought to exercise hym selfe continually 1 NOwe the spirite speaketh euidently that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth geuing heede vnto spirites of errour doctrines of deuyls 2 Which speake false in hypocrisie hauyng their conscience seared with an hotte iron 3 Forbidding to marrie commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes of them whiche beleue and knowe the trueth 4 For euery creature of God is good and nothyng to be refused yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer 6 Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine which thou hast continually folowed 7 But cast away prophane old wiues fables Exercise thy selfe rather vnto godlynesse 8 For bodyly exercise profiteth litle but godlinesse is profitable vnto all thinges hauing promise of the lyfe that is nowe and of that which is to come 9 This is a sure saying by all meanes worthy to be receaued 10 For therfore we both labour and suffer rebuke because we haue hoped in the lyuyng God whiche is the sauiour of all men specially of those that beleue 11 These thynges commaunde teache 12 Let no man despise thy youth but be thou a paterne of the beleuers in worde in conuersation in loue in spirite in fayth in chastitie 13 Tyll I come geue attendaunce to readyng to exhortation to doctrine 14 Despise not the gyfte that is in thee which was geuen thee through prophesie with the laying on of handes by the auctoritie of the eldership 15 Haue a care of these thinges and geue thy selfe vnto them that it may be seene howe thou profitest in all thynges 16 Take heede vnto thy selfe and vnto doctrine and continue therein For in doying this thou shalt both saue thy selfe and them that heare thee ⧠The .v. Chapter 1 He teacheth hym howe he shall behaue hym selfe in rebukyng all degrees 3 an order concernyng wyddowes 17 The establyshyng of ministers 23 the gouernaunce of his body 24 and the iudgement of sinnes 1 REbuke not an elder but exhort him as a father the younger men as brethren 2 The elder women as mothers the younger as sisters in all chastitie 3 Honour wydowes whiche are wydowes in deede 4 But yf any wydowe haue chyldren or nephewes let them learne first to rule their owne houses godly and to recompence also their elder kynsefolkes for that is good and acceptable before God 5 And she that is a wydowe in deede and left alone hopeth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day 6 But she that liueth in pleasure is dead beyng alyue 7 And these thynges commaunde that they may be blamelesse 8 But if any prouide not for his owne and specially for them of his housholde he hath denyed the fayth and is worse then an infidell 9 Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde hauyng ben the wyfe of one man 10 And well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp chyldren yf she haue lodged straungers yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke 11 But the yonger wydowes refuse For whē they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe they wyll marrie 12 Hauyng dampnation because they haue cast away their first fayth 13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle yea not idle only but also tatlers and busybodies speakyng thynges which
crowne of ryghteousnesse which the Lorde the ryghteous iudge shall geue me at that day not to me only but vnto theÌ„ also y t haue loued his appearyng 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly vnto me 10 For Demas hath forsaken me hauing loued this present worlde and is departed vnto Thessalonica Cresâ—ens to Galatia Titus vnto Dalmatia 11 Only Luke is with me Takyng Marke and bryng him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for y e ministration 12 And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus 13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus wheÌ„ thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but specially the parchementes 14 Alexander the coppersmith shewed me much euyll The Lorde rewarde hym accordyng to his deedes 15 Of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstande our preaching 16 At my first aunsweryng no man assisted me but all forsoke me I pray God y t it may not be layde to their charges 17 ☞ Notwithstandyng the Lorde assisted me and strengthed me that by me the preachyng should be fulfylled to the vtmost and that all the gentiles should heare and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lion 18 And the Lorde shall delyuer me from euery euyll worke will preserue me vnto his heauenly kingdome To whoÌ„ be prayse for euer and euer Amen ☜ 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila and the housholde of Ouesiphorus 20 Erastus abode at Corinthum But Trophimus haue I left at Miletum sicke 21 Do thy diligeÌ„ce to come before winter Eubolus greeteth thee and Pudens Linus and Claudia all the brethreÌ„ 22 The Lorde Iesus Christe be with thy spirite Grace be with you Amen ¶ The seconde epistle vnto Timothe was written from Rome when Paul was presented the seconde tyme vnto the Emperour Nero. ⧠The epistle of Saint Paul vnto Titus ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 5 He aduertiseth Titus touchyng the gouernment of the Churche 7 The ordinaunce and office of ministers 12 The nature of the Cretians and of them which so we abroade Iewishe fables and inuentions of men 1 PAul a seruaunt of God an Apostle of Iesus Christe according to the fayth of Gods elect the knowledge of y e trueth whiche is after godlynesse 2 In the hope of eternall lyfe which God that can not lye promised before the worlde began 3 But hath made manifest his worde at y e time appoynted through preaching which is committed vnto me according to the ordinaunce of God our sauiour 4 To Titus a natural sonne after the common fayth * Grace mercie peace from God the father and the Lorde Iesus Christe our sauiour 5 For this cause left I thee in Creta that thou shouldest refourme y e thynges that are left and * ordayne elders in euerye citie as I had appoynted thee 6 If any be blamelesse the husbande of one wyfe hauyng faythfull chyldren not accusable of riote or vntractable 7 For a bishop must be blamelesse as the stewarde of God not stubborne not angry not geuen to wyne no striker not geuen to filthie lucre 8 But a louer of hospitalitie a louer of goodnes sober ryghteous godly temperate 9 Holdyng fast the faythfull worde which is accordyng to doctrine that he may be able both to exhort in wholsome doctrine and to improue them that say agaynst it 10 For there are many vnruly and vayne talkers and deceauers of myndes specially they that are of y e circumcision 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped which subuert whole houses teachyng thynges which they ought not for fylthie lucre sake 12 One of them selues euen a prophete of their owne sayde The Cretians are alwayes lyers euyll beastes slowe bellyes 13 This witnesse is true wherfore rebuke them sharpely that they may be sounde in the fayth 14 Not takyng heede to Iewes fables and coÌ„maundementes of men turnyng from the trueth 15 Vnto the pure are all thynges pure but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng is nothyng pure but euen the mynde and conscience of them is defyled 16 They confesse that they knowe God but with workes they denie hym seyng they are abhominable and disobedient and vnto euery good worke reprobate ¶ The .ij Chapter 1 He commendeth vnto hym the wholsome doctrine and telleth hym howe he shall teache all degrees to behaue themselues 11 through the benefite of the grace of Christe 1 BVt speake thou the thynges which become wholsome doctrine 2 That the elder men be watchyng graue sober sounde in fayth in loue in pacience 3 The elder women lykewyse that they be in such behauiour as becoÌ„meth holynesse not false accusers not geuen to much wine teachers of good thinges 4 To make the young women sober mynded to loue their husbandes to loue their chyldren 5 To be discrete chaste house kepers good obedient vnto their owne husbandes that the worde of God be not blasphemed 6 Young men lykewyse exhort to be sober mynded 7 In all thynges shewyng thy selfe a paterne of good workes in the doctrine vncorruptnesse grauitie integritie 8 Wholsome worde vnrebukeable that he which withstandeth may be ashamed hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you 9 Exhort seruauntes to be obedient vnto their owne maisters and to please them in all thynges not aunsweryng agayne 10 Neither pickers but shewing all good faythfulnesse that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges 11 ☞ For there hath appeared the grace of God which is healthful to all men 12 Teachyng vs that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie and godlie in this present worlde 13 Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God and our sauiour Iesus Christe 14 Which gaue hym selfe for vs that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe zelous of good workes 15 These thynges speake and exhort and rebuke with all aucthoritie Let no man dispise thee ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 Of obedience to such as be in aucthoritie 9 He warneth Titus to be ware of foolishe and vnprofitable questions 12 concludyng with certayne priuate matters 15 and salutations 1 WArne them to be subiect to rule power to obey magistrates to be redie to euery good worke 2 To blaspheme no man to be no fyghters but gentle shewyng all mekenesse vnto all men 3 For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe disobedient deceaued seruyng diuers lustes voluptuousnes lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie full of hate hatyng one another 4 ☞ But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared 5 Not of workes which be in ryghteousnesse wrought but accordyng to his mercie he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost 6 Which he shed on vs richlie through Iesus Christe our sauiour 7 That we iustified by his grace
12 He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe 13 These thynges haue I written vnto you that beleue on y e name of the sonne of God that ye may knowe howe that ye haue eternall lyfe and that ye may beleue on the name of the sonne of God 14 And this is the trust that we haue in hym that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyll he heareth vs. 15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs whatsoeuer we aske we know that we haue y e petitions that we desire of hym 16 If any man see his brother sinne a sinne not vnto death let hym aske and he shal geue him life for them that sinne not vnto death There is a sinne vnto death I say not that thou shouldest pray for it 17 All vnrighteousnes is sinne and there is sinne vnto death 18 We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God kepeth hym selfe and that wicked toucheth hym not 19 We knowe that we are of God the whole worlde c lieth in wickednesse 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true and we are in hym that is true through his sonne Iesus Christe This same is very God and eternall lyfe 21 Babes kepe your selues from idols Amen ⧠The seconde epistle of Saint Iohn 1 He writeth vnto a certayne Lady 4 reioycyng that her chyldren walke in the trueth 5 and exhorteth vnto loue 7 warneth them to beware of such deceauers as denie that Iesus Christ is come in the fleshe 8 prayeth them to continue in the doctrine of Christ 10 and to haue nothyng to do with them that bryng not the true doctrine of Christe Iesus our sauiour 1 THE elder to the elect Lady her chyldren whom I loue in the trueth and not I only but also all that haue knowen y e trueth 2 For the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be in vs for euer 3 Grace be with you mercie and peace from God the father from the Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of the father in trueth and loue 4 I reioyced greatly that I founde of thy chyldren walkyng in trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father 5 And nowe beseche I thee Lady not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto thee but that same which we haue had from the begynnyng that we shoulde loue one another 6 And this is the loue that we shoulde walke after his cōmaundement This commaundement is that as ye haue hearde from the begynnyng ye shoulde walke in it 7 For many deceauers are entred into the worlde which confesse not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe This is a deceauer and an antichriste 8 Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought but that we may haue a full rewarde 9 Whosoeuer transgresseth and bideth not in the doctrine of Christe hath not God He that endureth in the doctrine of Christe hath both the father and the sonne 10 If there come any vnto you and bring not this learnyng hym receaue not to house neither byd hym God speede 11 For he that byddeth hym God speede is partaker of his euyll deedes 12 I had many thynges to write vnto you neuerthelesse I woulde not write with paper inke but I trust to come vnto you and speake with you mouth to mouth that our ioy may be full 13 The sonnes of thy elect sister greete thee Amen ⧠The thirde epistle of Saint John 2 He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth 8 exhorteth to be louyng vnto the poore Christen in their persecution 9 sheweth the vnkynde dealyng of Diotrephes 12 and the good report of Demetrius 1 THe elder vnto y e beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth 2 Beloued I wishe in all thynges that thou prosperedst and faredst H. L. well euen as thy soule prospereth 3 For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came testified of the trueth that is in thee how thou walkest in y e trueth 4 I haue no greater ioy thē for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie 5 Beloued thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren and to straungers 6 Which beare witnesse of thy loue before the Churche Which brethren yf thou bryng forwardes of their iourney after a godly sorte thou shalt do well 7 Because that for his names sake they went foorth and toke nothyng of the gentiles 8 We therfore ought to receaue such that we myght be helpers to the trueth 9 I wrote vnto the Churche but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among thē receaueth vs not 10 Wherfore yf I come I wyll declare his deedes which he doth iestyng on vs with malicious wordes neither is therwith content not only he hym selfe receaueth not the brethren but also he forbiddeth thē that woulde and thrusteth them out of the Churche 11 Beloued folow not that which is euyl but that which is good He that doth well is of God but he that doth euyll seeth not God 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men and of the trueth it selfe Yea and we our selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that our recorde is true 13 I haue many thynges to write but I wyll not with inke and penne write vnto thee 14 I trust I shal shortly see thee and we shall speake mouth to mouth Peace be vnto thee The louers salute thee Greete the louers by name ¶ The epistle of Saint Jude ¶ Saint Iude admonisheth all Churches generally to take heede of deceauers which go about to drawe away the heartes of the simple people from the trueth of God wylleth them to haue no societie with such whom he setteth foorth in their liuely colours shewyng by dyuers examples of the scriptures what horrible vengeaunce is prepared for them finally he conforteth the faythfull exhorteth them to perseuer in the doctrine of the Apostles of Iesus Christe 1 IVde the seruaunt of Iesus Christe the brother of Iames To them which are called and sanctified in God the father and preserued in Iesus Christe 2 H. L. Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied 3 Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was nedeful for me to write vnto you to exhorte you that ye shoulde earnestly contende for the fayth which was once geuen vnto the saintes 4 For there are certayne vngodly men craftily crept in which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnesse and denye God which is the only Lorde and our Lorde Iesus Christe 5 My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce forasmuch as ye once knowe this howe that the Lorde after that he had delyuered the people out of Egypt destroyed thē which afterward beleued not 6 The Angels
hym selfe with Gods worde “ Hebr. Set with trees () By this warre God calleth the Sodomites to repentauÌ„ce correcteth Lots couetous desire auaunceth his seruaunt Abraham “ Or Babylon “ Or Persia (a) His army was of souldiers whiche were runagates out of diuers nations (b) Ambition and pride the causes of the first warre (c) This kyng is not named for the smalnes of his towne (d) Though chodorlaomer tirannicallye subdued theÌ„ yet they could not iustly rebell “ Hebre. Rephaims (e) They myght haue sought meanes of reconciliation by y e ouerthrowe of their neighbours (f) The Sodomites myght knowe that for their punishment god gaue victorie to y e smaller number in a straunge countrey (g) The terrible destruction of rebels (h) The godlye are partakers of the harmes whiche come to the wicked among whom they dwell (i) Abraham myght make a temporall leage with them that sought it vppon hym (k) Abraham toke not this warre in hand as a priuate man but by speciall vocation (l) One godly man is the cause of many benefites of others 2. Sam. 18 c. Hebre. vii a. (m) This kyng refressheth Abrahams armie with victels and as a priest blessed Abraham Hebr vii b. (n) Wherin Melchisedech was a figure of Christe the epistle to the Hebrewes sheweth (o) The king is more thankful to man theÌ„ to God (p) An olde maner of swearyng which he vsed because he had to do with an heathen and to avoyde simulation of couetousnesse (q) Our liberalitie shoulde not be hurtfull to others “ Hebre. wordes Mum. xii b. (a) The victorie which he obtained caused hym much enuye Psal xvi b. (b) This outwarde victorie was not the rewarde he should loke for “ Or stewarde (c) The ende of Gods promises was y e promised seed therfore Abraham layeth vp his complaint in gods bosome Rom. iiii b. (d) God confirmeth Abraham not by worde only but by external signe also Rom. iiii a. (e) Ryghteousnes by imputation (f) God â—y not forsake his therfore they ought to go forwarde in their vocation Gen. xi d. (g) Though he beleued Gods promises yet he shewed to god his great care (h) This deuydyng of beastes was an olde maner in makyng of leagues amoÌ„g many people (i) The maner whereby Abrahams seede should possesse the lande and the meanyng of y e sacrifice before spoken of Actes vii b. (k) Recken not these yeres from Iacobs goyng downe to Egypt but froÌ„ Gods promise to the promulgatyng of the lawe (l) It is the wickednes of y e people that dryueth nations out of countreis (m) The state of the Churche in Egypt was lyke a lyght fyrebrande in the myddest of smoke Gen. xii b. Deut. iiii a. (n) God addeth his word to the former sacramentes King 4. c. 2 Chro 9. d. (o) Not Nilus bâ—t Rhinocorura which deuideth Egypt from Palestina “ Hebre. Perath “ Hebre. Chittites “ Hebr. Rephaims Sarai not well beatyng Gods long deferring of his promise inuenteth of her owne head newe meanes to obtayne it (a) Neither shoulde she haue sought any contrarâ—e to Gods worde “ A bond-woman “ Or Receaue a childe (b) He obeyeth the preposterous counsell of his wyfe (c) Thus was Sarais extraordinarie doynges punished by God (d) The force â—f womens anger (e) Abraham deareth with the anger of his wyfe (f) She was but a seruauÌ„t before God though she thought other wayes of her selfe (g) The supâ—riours austeritie ought not to make the inferiour to rebell (h) The ministers that God sendeth speaketh in Gods person “ That is the Lorde shall beare (i) This is gods benefite to be hable to withstand his enemies Gen. xxv c. (k) The people that came of Ismael should be one whole body (l) She accuseth her owne vnthankfulnes which dyd not acknowledge his goodnes shewed to her before tyme and nowe in the wil derâ—es Gen. 24. d. (m) She gathereth that it was God whiche had seene her by his maner of departure as Exod. xxx ii (n) For he had some hope of this childe yet he was not the promised seede (o) Whiche was the eleuenth yere after his commyng from Charran The holy ghost passeth ouer the historie of thirtene yeres and declareth that which is most necessarie (a) God freelye choseth his that they should be holy and without hipocrisie before hym Gen. v. d. (b) He acknowlegeth Gods free promise and his owne obedience therto (c) Not of theÌ„ only that were of his chyldren but also of the beleuyng gentiles Rom. iiii d. (d) It was a harde thyng for an olde man to be perswaded herin therfore God repeateth his saying “ Hebre. I wyll make to ryse Gen. xiii b. (e) This couenaunt was spirituall as when Abraham and his seede myght conceaue sure hope of eternall lyfe (f) The promises made to Abraham were not of benefites only of this lyfe Actes vii a. (g) Circumcision is called the couenauÌ„t because it hath included in it the promise of Gods grace (h) God sheweth herby al to be corrupt that is begotten of man and that saluation should come of the seede of Abraham Rom. iiii c. (i) Maisters ought to trauayle to bring al their householde to true religion (k) A sacramental maner of speakyng (l) The contemners of Gods sacramentes shall not be partakers of Gods promises and benefites (m) God wyll refourme Abraham in y t he thought amisse of Ismael (n) This came not of myrth only but that he marueyled at the straungenesse therof (o) As yf he coulde haue ben content with y e sonne he had if it had so pleased god Gen. xviii b (p) The spirituall couenaunt is restrayned to one familie (q) wealth and dignitie is promised to Ismael Gen. xxi a. (r) As wherby Abraham vnderstoode certaynly that this visioÌ„ was from God (Å¿) Neither was AbrahaÌ„ feared from obeying Gods precept by any lettes neither repyned his houshoulde at so straunge â— mattter (t) In obeying gods commaundementes the father should begyn and other folowe in order Heb. xiii b. (a) An example of true hospitalitie (b) Though they were angels yet in outwarde shewe they were but men (c) This maner of reuerence men in the Easte parties vsed (d) He toke it for a benefite that such straungers woulde come to his house (e) Tokens oâ— true hospitalitie (f) He referreth so small a matter to the prouidence of God (g) AbrahaÌ„s familie well instructed and in good order “ A measure among the Iewes called Seâ—n (i) he thought not that loste which he gaue to straungers (k) God gaue them for the tyme the bodyes of meÌ„ Gen. xvii c. Rom. ix b. (l) Isahac shoulde haue lyfe and be borne as other chyldren (m) Though she iudged of Gods promises naturally yet her continencie is to be praysed i Peter iii. b. “ Hebre. Hydden (n) Sara couered not her sinne with a lye of extreme malice (o) A token of loue to opeÌ„ his secretes to his friende Amos. iii. Ioel. xiii i Cor. ii Gen.
wyll afore they dyd consent (c) Whereby he had strength and boldnesse (d) Whom god had appointed to be their delâ—uerer from the yoke of the Philistines (e) That is of an asse lately dead f That is the lyftyng vp of the lawe Or â—pyne Entâ—e him 〈◊〉 men 〈◊〉 to tell wherein his strength confuâ— (c) For so thou vsest to saye and wouldest haue me to beleue it (d) what wretched and miserable thralâ—dome are they in that can not reframe the company of the harlot (e) Not for the losse of his heare but for the contempt of the ordinance of God (f) And so dyd his streÌ„gth by his repentance prayer and reconciliation to God Or waâ— mocked “ Hebr. Take one vengeance (a) Sides of sâ—luer (b) Contrarâ— to the commaundement of God true religion By Epâ—od vnder 〈…〉 all kinde of garmentes â—gyng to a priest d It is thought to be an image made to the shape and figure of a man and also to signifie all other instruments belongyng to their falâ—e religion “ Heb. filled the hand (e) In this that the Leuite wandereth to seke a liuing â–ª it is manifest that Gods lawe true religion which prouide for the Leuite was vtterly neglected and out of place (f) For the belly sake altogether against Gods lawe (g) When men in religion wander besyde Gods word they thynke they please God when in deede they offend hym (a) So that it was no meruell that religion was corrupt and al thynges out of order seing there was no magistrate to punishe offences That is they knewe him by his speache (c) Thus God will send to such as loue not the truth strong delusion wherby they are confirmed in their error to their destruction “ Heb. made them ashamed (h) That is abuse them (i) Dead “ Or husbande (k) Thynkyng that she was asleepe (l) Meanyng home to mâ—nt Ephraim * Ose x. b. (a) That is all with one â— consent (b) To the Leuite (c) Before we haue reuenged this wickednes Iosua xxii d. (d) By punyshyng the wicked doers accordyng to their desertes (e) Therein makyng them selues gyltie of the wickednes coÌ„mitted and therfore 〈◊〉 partakers of the punyshment (f) That is the tabernacle wherin y e 〈◊〉 of God was whiche then was in Silo. (g) They presume so much of their number strength that they aske no councell of God for the victorie they finde therefore successe therafter (h) That is â–ª serued in the priestes office “ Heb. Iudged (a) That is the lande of Chanaan (b) In the tribe of Iuda for there was an other Bethlehem in the tribe of â—bâ—lon (c) By this wonderfull prouidence of God Ruth became one of Gods householde or whoÌ„ Christ came (d) A wofull â—ase and yet this and the lyke y e worlde is full of whiche the chyldren of men do loue so much (e) Declaring by your kyndnesse to me their mother howe dearely you loued theÌ„ when they were alyue and what affection you bare towards them and the remembrance of them nowe that they are dead (f) She wisheth them neither riches wealth nor gyft of sole lyfe but matrimonie agreeable to Gods institution “ Or more then you (g) By â—aking away â—nâ— two sonnes that wer your husbandes (h) Takyng her leaue and departyng (i) Whereby appeareth that she was of a great familie and of good reputation “ Or beawtifull “ Or bitter (k) Whichâ— was in â—â—â—neth Nâ—â—an that conteyneth part of March and part of 〈◊〉 (a) By the prouâ—dence of God 〈◊〉 should 〈◊〉 vp â—eede to Elimeleâ—h â—ng dead according to the lawe “ Or seruaunt Or was 〈◊〉 ouer the reapers (b) That is marke what fiâ—de they do reape (c) That is 〈◊〉 â—ter when they haue drawne Euen of the 〈…〉 â—e eneâ— to gods 〈◊〉 (e) Of mercy might protection and prouidence “ Hebr. To heart (f) Whiche she brought home to her mother in lawe (g) By forbidding her Exo. xvi g. Tob. ii a. (h) They are sayd to do good to the dead which do good to their fâ—endes beyng a lyue for their sakes (a) Meaning that she would prouide her of an husband with whom she might liue quietly “ Or in the barne (b) That is if he will take thee to be his wyfe by the title of affinitie according to Gods lawe Deut. 25. a. Whiche was the place oâ— iudgement 〈◊〉 here vse two wordes whiche haue no propre signification â–ª but serue to call a certeine person as we say ho 〈◊〉 or ho suche one (c) Which art the next of the kinne d That his inheritaunce might beare his name that is dead (e) That he had resigned his right Deut. 25. c. (f) Or of the citie wherof he was (g) Ephrata and Bethlehem are both one (h) Meaning many sonnes (n) Seing the horrible abuse thereof (o) Asking a sonne to serue the Lorde bestowing of him to the Lordes seruice (p) That is being in the seruice of the Lorde (q) No man nor mans doings can pacifie gods wrath for sinne But though the lawe hath no helpe in this case the gospell sheweth Iesus Christ that taketh awaye y e sinnes of the worlde (r) That is Aaron thy father Leuit. x. d Deut. xii â— (s) That is why haue you contemned mâ— sacrifices and as it wer trod them vnder feete (t) To be offred (v) That is should execute the office of the high priest in my tabernacle (x) Thy power and authoritie i. Reg. 22. b (y) Shall die when they come to mans age i. Reg. ii g. (z) Meaning Zadok who succeded Abiâ—thar and was the figure of Christe Because there were very fewe prophetes to declare it (b) In the court next to the tabernacle i. Reg. iiii c. (c) He was not afore this tyme accustomed to heare the Lorde speake d God declareth what sodayne â—eare shall come vppâ—n men when they shal heâ—re that the 〈◊〉 is taken and also see that Eli his house is destroyed i Reg. ii g. Ruth i. c (e) God punyshe thee after this or that sort excepte thou tell me the trueth “ Or fall to the grounde (a) From the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt vnto this time of Samuel are about thre hundred and ninetie yeres Or stone of helpe (b) Samuel as it is of som affirmed consulted with the Lord before this was taken in hand and for that cause thei aske this question (c) This â—e saith 〈◊〉 of the mâ— seate that was betweene the Cherubims (d) Before we fought against men now God is come to fight against vs. (e) For in the red sea in the wâ—ldernes the Egyptians were destroyed which was the last of all his plagues Iudi. xiii a (f) This ouerthrow was not for lacke of sufficient number of men but for lacke of Gods fauour i. Reg ii g. (g) The coÌ„mon gesture of such as 〈◊〉 to calamitie sorow or hâ—mines (h) Lest it should be taken of the enemies i. Reg. iii. a. (i) If he had
iiii b. Gen. 48. d. () That is twelue of the clocke 4. Reg. 17. Iohn vii b Iere. ii b. Ioh. vii b. Luk. vii b. 3. Reg. 9. a. ii Par. vii c. Exod. xxi c Rom. i. a. i. Cor. iii. â— Mat xxvi f. Maâ— xiiii g. Luk. xxii c. Iohn ix d. and x. c. Math. ix b. Luk. x. a. (a) Meanyng the prophets Ioh xv â— Math. xii g Mark. vi â— Luk. iiii c. Iohn ii a. Math. viii a â–ª Luk. vii a. Act. xviii a. ☞ â—here â—pe were 〈◊〉 Or els 〈◊〉 the sheepe 〈◊〉 that is where they â—ashed sheep 〈◊〉 wher sheep 〈◊〉 Math. ix a. Mark ii b. Luke v. â— Actes iii. b. and .ix. f. Iohn viii a. i. Cor. xii a Mat. xxvi f Maâ— xiiii g. Luk. xxi â— Iohn â—x a. Math. xi c. Luk. x. c. Iohn vi c. Luk. xxiii c Math. v. â— i. Iohn xi c. (a) Meaning those that are drowned in sinne (b) That is they that receaue it by fayth Iohn i. a. Iohn viii d. Ioâ—â—i b. Iohn v. a. Iohn xx c. 〈…〉 Ma◠〈…〉 Luk â— d. ii Pet i. d. Act â—vii b Deu. xviâ—â— Iohn ii â— â–ª i. Thess ii â— Deut. xviii â— Math. xiiii b Mark. vi d. Math. iiii d. Luk. vi c. Maâ— xiiii b. Maâ— vi d. Luk ix b. 3. Reg. iiii g () This sum amounteth to about fyue pound sterlyng Luk â—i d. 〈◊〉 xiiii ◠〈◊〉 vi f. Math. xii c. and .xvi. a. Mark viii b Luk. xi d. Exod. xvi b Math. xvi â— Luk. xxii c. Iohn v. â— Mat. xiii g. Mark vi a. Iohn â—ii g. Luk. xxii e. (a) To 〈◊〉 yf it be seperate from the spirite wherof it hath the force For it coÌ„meth of the power of the spirite that y e flesshe geueth vs lyfe feedeth vs. And therfore that we may be truly â—edde â—rished with it we must bring the spirituall mouth of faith to receaue it Iohn vii c. Mat. xvi e. Mark vâ— â— Luk ix c. Iohn xi c. Luk xxiâ— â— Iohn xii â— Yf this feaste they dwelled 〈◊〉 dayes in their tentes 〈◊〉 xv ◠〈◊〉 xi f. Math. xxi â— Iohn iiii c. and .vi. c. Iohn xii f. Exod. xx â— Deut v. a. Iohn v. a. Geâ— xvii b. Deut. â— â— Leuit xix â— Pro. xxiiâ— c () or openly Math. xiii g Mark vi a. Iohn vi â— Mark xi e. Luk. xix g. Iohn viii d. Mat. xxii b Mark xii a. Luk. xx d. Iohn viii â— and .xiii. d. Esaias iv a. 〈…〉 the holy â—host 〈…〉 of the holy ghoâ—t Math v. a. Math. ii a. Iohn iii â— Math. xxi a Mark xi a. Luk. xix e. Luk. xx b. Iohn v. c. Iohn i. a. ix a. xii g. Num â—â— d. Deut. xvii a Mat. xviii â— Mâ—â—h xi â— Iohn vii e. 〈◊〉 xâ—i d. Math xvâ—â—◠〈◊〉 iii. d Iohn xiiii b Iohn xiii d. and xiiii b a Gen. iii. a. i. Iohn iii. b. Iohn x. c. Iohn x. d. 〈…〉 Exod. â— Iohn ◠☞ (a) Whyle oportunitie serueth Iohn i. a. viii b. xii g. Esai viii b. Math. xii a Mark ii d Luk. vi a Ioh. v. b. â—iiâ— Io. â—ii g. â—â— Iohn vii f Iohn iiii c (b) He declared his fayth by his outwarde profession Iohn xv d. Prou x ◠〈…〉 Ezech â— Mâ— v â— i. Tim. ii c. Math xi d. Luk x. d. Mark x. f. Math xi d. Luk x. d. Mark x. f. (b) To 〈◊〉 they among yeâ—ciles wheÌ„ they were straungeâ—â— from 〈◊〉 Churche Math ix d. and 〈…〉 Math ix d. and 〈…〉 Iohn vii â— Iohn xiiii a and xvii c Iohn viii g Iohn xiiii a and xvii c Iohn viii g Iohn â— d. Psal 82 a. Exo. xxii b. Mat xxvi f Mar. xiiii g Luk xxâ— â–ª g Iohn ix a and .xv d Mat xxvi f Mar. xiiii g Luk xxâ— â–ª g Iohn ix a and .xv d Math. xxi â— Iohn vi g. Iohn ◠☞ Luk. vii f. Iohn ix a. Iohn vii d. Math ix c. Luk. viii g. Mark v. d. Iohn xx f () which is about two myles Iohn xi d. Iohn i. â— and .xiiii. a. Iohn iii. b. Rom. i. b. Abac. ii a. Heb. x. g. Iohn i. â— and .xiiii. a. Iohn iii. b. Rom. i. b. Abac. ii a. Heb. x. g. (a) For compassion â–ª feling in hym selfe ouâ— miseries Luk xix f. Iohn ix b. Iohn xii d. Iohn v. c. (b) By â—saâ—e way that they thought to escape daunger they 〈◊〉 unto it Io◠〈…〉 Mat. xxvi a Mar. xiiii a Mat. xxvi â— Mat. xiiii a. Luk. xxii â— Iohn vii b. Iohn xi ◠〈◊〉 xxvâ— a 〈◊〉 xâ—â—iâ— a. Iâ—hn xiii d. (a) The 〈◊〉 thinke all 〈◊〉 that â—â—â—eth their â—â—ndes Iohn xi b. 〈…〉 Esa lxii d. Zach. ix b. Iohn xii c. 3 Reg. 8. c. Actes viii c. ii Par. vi f. Iohn xiii d. Esa liii d. i Cor. xv e. Math. x. d. and xvi d. Mark viii d Luk. xii b. Iohn xiii a. and xvii d. Iohn xi c Iohn xv d. and. xvi b. Psal e x a Esai ix b. Dan. vii d. Miche v. a. Ephe. v. c. Esai liii a. Rom. x. c. Iohn ix e. Iohn v â— Iohn i. â— iii c. viii b. Iohn iii. b. ☞ Math. xi d. and 28. d. Luk. x. c. Iohn â—â— d Ephe. v. a. i Peter ii d. Math. x. c. Luk vi f. Iohn xv c. Luk. xi d. Psaâ— xlâ— b. (a) Vnder pretence of frendship seeketh his destruction Iohn xiiii d and .xvi â— Math. x d. Luk. ix c. Mark ix c. Math 2â— b Mar. xâ—â—â—â— Luk. xxii b Iohn xâ—x ◠〈…〉 Iohn xii a. Iohn xii d. and xvii a. Iohn vii c. Iohn xv a. i Iohn ii a. Iohn xi f. Actes xii a. Math. 26. c. Mar. xiiii c. Luk. xxii d Iohn xviii c ☞ Iohn xii d. and xviiâ— d. Iohn i. a. and xi c. Math. xi d. Iohn vi c. Iohn i. a. and xi c. Math. xi d. Iohn vi c. Iohn x. â— Iohn xvi â— Mat xvii a. and xxi c. Ma◠〈…〉 Luâ— xâ—â— Math. 18 d Iohn xv a. i Iohn v. a. ii Iohn i. a. Acteâ— xv d. Iohn xx d. and xvi b. Actes ii â— (a) Satan is the prince of â— woâ—â—d because he exerciseth 〈…〉 this woâ—lde and worldlynges are subiect vnto hym (b) Because Christe was without sinne â–ª Eccle. 24. c. ☞ Iohn xiii b. Actes xv b. (a) Those bâ—yng foorth no fruite that are not graft in Christe Math. xxi c Iohn iii. d. Mark xi d. Iohn xvi f. Iacob i. a. (b) That is the loue wherwith Christe loued vs. Iohn xiii d. i Iohn iii. d. (c) So that there is nothyng omitted that is necessarie for our saluation Iohn xvii e Math. x. c. Luk. xxi c. Mark x. c. (d) It is called their word not y t it doth disagree from Gods worde but because they preache it ii Cor. iiii (e) They are without al excuse that folowe not the word of God preached vnto them Psal 35. c. and lxix â–ª â— Ioâ— xâ—i d. and xvâ— b. Actes ii a Math. x. b. Mar. xiii d Luk. xxi c â–ª Act.