aboue in the myddest there shal be an hole and a bonde folden together rounde aboute the hole that it rente not And beneth vpon the hemme thou shalt make pomgranates of yalow sylke scarlet purple rounde aboute and belles of golde betwixte the same rounde aboute that there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate a golden bell and a pomgranate rounde aboute the hemme of the same tunycle And Aaron shall haue it vpon him whaÌ„ he mynistreth that the souÌ„de ther of maye be herde whan he goeth out and in at the Sanctuary before the LORDE that he dye not Thou shalt make a foreheade plate also of pure golde and graue therin after the workmanshipe of the stone grauer the holynes of the LORDE with a yalow lace shalt thou fasten it vnto the fore front of the myter vpon Aarons foreheade y t Aaron maie so beare y e synne of the holy thinges which the childreÌ„ of Israel halowe in all their giftes and Sanctuary And it shall be allwaye vpon his fore heade that he maye reconcyle them before the LORDE Thou shalt make an albe also of whyte sylke and a myter of whyte sylke and a gyrdle of nedle worke And for Aarons sonnes thou shalt make cotes gyrdles and bonetes honorable and glorious and shalt put them vpon thy brother Aaron and his sonnes and shalt anoynte them and fyll their handes and consecrate them that they maye be my prestes And thou shalt make them lynnen breches to couer the flesh of their preuities from the loynes vnto the thyes And Aaron and his sonnes shall haue them on whan they go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or go vnto the altare to mynister in the Holy that they beare not their synne and dye This shal be a perpetual custome for him and his sede after him The XXIX Chapter THis is it also that thou shalt do vnto them that they maye be consecrated prestes vnto me Take a yonge bullocke and two rammes without blemish vnleuended bred vnleuended cakes myxte w t oyle and wafers of swete bred tempered w t oyle Of wheate floure shalt thou make them all and put them in a maunde brynge them in the maunde with the bullocke two rammes And thou shalt brynge Aaron his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse wash thâ—m w t water take the garmentes and put vpon Aaron the albe and the tunycle the ouer body cote the brestlappe to y e ouer body cote shalt gyrde him on the out syde vpon the ouer body cote and set the myter vpon his heade and the holy crowne vpon the myter and shalt take the anoyntinge oyle and poure it vpon his heade and anoynte him Thou shalt brynge forth his sonnes also put the albes vpon them and gyrde both Aaron them with gyrdles set the bonettes vpon their heades that they maye haue the presthode for a perpetuall custome And thou shalt fyll the haÌ„des of Aaron and his sonnes and brynge forth the bullocke before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron and his sonnes shall laye their haÌ„des vpon the heade of the bullocke and thou shalt sley the bullocke before the LORDE at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and shalt take of his bloude and put it vpon the hornes of the altare with thy fynger and poure all the other bloude vpon the botome of the altare And thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the bowels and the nett vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fat that is aboute them and burne them vpon the altare But the bullockes flesh skynne and donge shalt thou burne with fyre without the hoost for it is a synne offerynge The one ramme shalt thou take also and Aaron with his sonnes shall laye their handes vpon his heade Then shalt thou sleye him and take of his bloude and sprenkle it vpon the altare rounde aboute But the ramme shalt thou deuyde in peces and wash his bowels and his legges and laye them vpon the peces and the heade and burne the whole ramme vpon the altare for it is a burnt offerynge and a swete sauoure of the sacrifice vnto the LORDE As for the other ramme thou shalt take him and Aaron with his sonnes shall laye their handes vpon his heade and thou shalt slaye him and take of his bloude and put it vpon the typpe of the right eare of Aaron and his sonnes and vpon y e thombe of their right handes and vpon the greate too of their right fete and thou shalt sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute and shalt take of the bloude vpon the altare and the anoyntinge oyle and sprenckle it vpon Aaron and his vestymentes vpon his sonnes and their vestymentes So shall he and his clothes his sonnes and their clothes be consecrated Then shalt thou take the fat of the ramme the rompe and the fatt that couereth y e bowels the net vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fatt that is aboute them and the right shulder for it is a ramme of coÌ„secracion and a symnel of bred and an oyled cake and a wafer out of the maunde of the vnleuended bred that stondeth before y e LORDE and put all in to the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and waue it vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ take it out of their handes and burne it vpon the altare for a burnt offeringe to be a swete sauoure vnto y e LORDE For it is the LORDES sacrifice And thou shalt take the brest of the ramme of AaroÌ„s consecracioÌ„ shalt waue it before y e LORDE y t shal be his parte And thus shalt thou halowe y e Wauebrest y e Heueshulder y t are waued heaued of y e ramme of the consecracion of Aaron his sonnes And it shal be a perpetuall custome for AaroÌ„ and his sonnes of y e children of Israel for it is an Heue offrynge and the Heue offrynge shal be the LORDES dewtye of the children of Israel in their deade offrynges and Heue offrynges which they do vnto the LORDE And the holy garmentes of Aaron shall his sonnes haue after him that they maie be anoynted therin y t their handes maye be fylled Loke which of his sonnes shal be prest in his steade the same shal put them on seueÌ„ dayes that he maye go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse to mynister in the Sanctuary But the ramme of consecracion shalt thou take and seeth his flesh in an holy place And Aaron with his sonnes shal eate the flesh of the sâ—me ramme with the bred in the maunde at the doâ—â— of the Tabernacle of wytnesse for there is an attonement made therwith to fyll their handes that they maye be consecrated A strauÌ„ger shal not eate therof for it is holy But yf eny of the flesh of the consecracion and of the bred remaine vntyll the mornynge thou shalt burne it with fyre and not let
where the ouerbody cote ioyneth together that the brestlappe might be festened by his rynges vnto y e rynges of the ouerbody cote with a yalowe lace that it might lye close vpon y e ouerbody cote and not be lowsed from y e ouerbody cote as the LORDE commaunded Moses And he made the tunycle vnto the ouerbody cote wrought all of yalow sylke the hole therof aboue in the myddest a bonde foldē together rounde aboute the hole that it shulde not rente And beneth vpon y e hemme of it they made pomgranates of yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke they made belles of pure golde which they put betwixte y e pomgranates rounde aboute vpon the hemme of the tunycle a bell a pomgranate a bell a pomgranate rounde aboute to do seruyce in as the LORDE commaunded Moses And they made albes also wrought of whyte sylke for Aaron his sonnes y e myter of whyte sylke and the goodly bonettes of whyte sylke and breches of twyned whyte lynnen and the girdle of nedle worke euen of whyte twyned sylke yalow sylke scarlet and purple as the LORDE commaunded Moses They made the fore heade plate also to y e holy crowne of pure golde and wrote therin with grauen worke the holynes of the LORDE and festened a yalowe lace theron to tye 〈◊〉 vnto the myter aboue as the LORDE cōmaunded Moses Thus the whole worke of y e Habitacion of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse was fynished And the childrē of Israel dyd all that the LORDE cōmaunded Moses brought the Habitacion vnto Moses the Tabernacle all the apparell therof the buttons bordes barres pilers sokettes y e couerynge of reed slrynnes of rammes the couerynge of doo slrynnes the vayle y e Arke of wytnesse w t the staues therof the Mercyseate the table all his apparell the shewbred the candilsticke w t the lampes prepared and all his apparell oyle for the lightes the golden altare the anoyntinge oyle incense the hanginge in the Tabernacle dore the brasen altare his brasen gredyron w t his staues ▪ all his apparell y e lauer w t his foote the hangynges of y e courte w t the pilers sokettes therof y e hanginge in the courte gate w t his pilers nales all the ordynaunce fo◠the seruyce of the Habitacion of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse y e mynistringe vestimētes of Aarō y e prest to do seruyce in y e Sanctuary the garmētes of his sonnes y t they might execute y e prestes office Acordinge to all that y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses euē so dyd the childrē of Israel in all this seruyce And Moses sawe all y e worke y t they dyd it euē as y e LORDE had commaunded and he blessed them The XL. Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde In the fyrst daye of the first moneth shalt thou set vp y e Habitaciō of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and shal put the Arke of wytnes therin and hange the vayle before y e Arke And thou shalt bringe in the table and garnish it and brynge in the cādilsticke and put the lampes theron And y e goldē altare of incense shalt thou set before y e Arke of wytnesse hange vp the hanginge in the dore of the Habitaciō But the altare of burnt offeringes shalt thou set before the dore of the Habitacion of the Tabernacle of wytnesse the lauer betwixte the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the altare and put water therin set the courte rounde aboute and hange vp the hanginge in the courte gate And thou shalt take the anoyntynge oyle and anoynte the Habitacion and all that is there in and shalt consecrate it and all y e apparell therof that it maye be holy And thou shalt anoynte the altare of burnt offerynges and all his vessels and consecrate it that it maye be most holy The lauer also his fote shalt thou anoynte consecrate And thou shalt brynge Aaron his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and wash them with water put the holy vestimentes vpon Aaron and anoynte him and consecrate him that he maye be my prest And thou shalt brynge his sonnes also and put the albes vpon them and anoynte them as thou hast anoynted their father y t they maye be my prestes And this anoyntinge shall they haue for an euerlastinge presthode amonge their posterities And Moses dyd all as the LORDE cōmaunded him Thus was the Tabernacle set vp in the seconde yeare vpon the first daye of the first moneth And whan Moses reared it vp he fastened y e sokettes and the bordes and barres and set vp the pilers and spred out the tent ouer the Habitacion and put the couerynge of the tent aboue an hye as the LORDE commaunded him And he toke the wytnesse and layed it in the Arke and put y e staues in the Arke and set the Mercyseate aboue vpon the Arke and brought the Arke in to the Habitacion and hanged the vayle before the Arke of wytnesse as the LORDE commaunded him And he set the table in the Tabernacle of wytnesse in the corner of the Habitacion vpon the north syde without the vayle and prepared bred theron before y e LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him And he set in the candilsticke also euen ouer agaynst the table in the corner of the Habitacion vpon the south syde and put the lampes theron before y e LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him And the golden altare set he in also before the vayle and brent swete incense theron as the LORDE commaunded him And hanged vp the hangynge in the Tabernacle dore As for the altare of burnt offerynges he set it before the dore of the Habitacion of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and offred burnt offerynges and meate offerynges theron as the LORDE commaunded him And the Lauer set he betwixte the Tabernacle of wytnesse and y e altare and put water therin to wash withall And Moses Aaron and his sonnes washed their hādes and fete ther at for they ought to wash thē whan they wente in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or whan they wente vnto the altare as the LORDE commaunded him And he set vp the courte rounde aboute the Habitacion and the altare and hanged vp y e hanginge in y e courte gate Thus Moses fynished the whole worke Then a cloude couered y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and the glory of the LORDE fylled the Habitacion And Moses coulde not go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse whyle the cloude abode theron and the glory of y e LORDE fylled the Habitacion And whan the cloude remoued from the Habitacion then wente the children of Israel forth as oft as they toke their iourney But yf the cloude remoued not then toke not they their iourney tyll the daie that it remoued for in the daye tyme was the cloude of the LORDE vpon the Habitacion
he shal bringe the lyuynge goate TheÌ„ shal Aaron laie both his haÌ„des vpoÌ„ y e heade of him confesse ouer him all the myszdedes of y e childreÌ„ of Israel all their trespaces in their synnes shal laye theÌ„ vpoÌ„ y e heade of the goate by some man y t is at hande shal he let him runne in to the wildernes y t the goate maye so beare all their mysdedes vpon him in to y e wyldernesse and he shal leaue him in the wyldernesse And Aaron shal go in to the Tabernacle of witnesse and put of the lynnen clothes which he put on whaÌ„ he wente in to y e SaÌ„ctuary and shal leaue them there and bathe his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his awne rayment And he shal go forth and make his burnt offeringe and the burnt offeringe of the people and make an attonement both for himself and for the people and burne the fat of the syn offerynge vpon the altare But he y e caried out the fre goate shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water then come in to the hoost The bullocke of the syn offerynge and y e goate of the syn offerynge whose bloude was brought in to the Sanctuary to make an attonemeÌ„t shal be caried out of y e hoost brent with fyre both their skynnes flesh and donge And he that burneth them shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and then come in to the hoost And this shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you Vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth shal ye humble youre soules and do no worke whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger amonge you For in this daye is youre attonemeÌ„t made that ye maye be clensed from all youre synnes before the LORDE therfore shall it be a fre Sabbath vnto you and ye shal humble youre soules Let this bâ— a perpetuall lawe But the prest that is anoynted and whose hande was fylled to be prest in his fathers steade shal make this attonement and shal put on the lynnen clothes namely the holy vestimeÌ„tes so shal he recoÌ„cyle the holy SaÌ„ctuary and the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the altare and y e prestes and all the people of the congregacion This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you that ye reconcyle y e children of Israel from all their synnes once a yeare And Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him The XVII Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake vnto Aaron his sonnes to all y e childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them This is it that y e LORDE hath commaunded What so euer he be of y e house of Israel y t kylleth an oxe or laÌ„be or goate in the hoost or out of the hoost and bryngeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse that it maye be brought vnto the LORDE for an offerynge before the Habitacion of y e LORDE the same shal be giltie of bloude as though he had shed bloude and soch a man shal be roted out from amonge his people Therfore shall the children of Israel brynge their offerynges that they wyll offâ—e vpon the wyde felde before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse vnto the prest there offre their health offerynges vnto the LORDE And the prest shal sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare of the LORDE before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and burne the fat for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE and they shall offre their offerynges nomore vnto deuels with whom they go a whorynge This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them amonge their posterities Therfore shalt thou saie vnto theÌ„ What man so euer he be of the house of Israel or a straunger also that is amonge you which offereth a burnt offerynge or eny other offerynge and bringeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre it vnto the LORDE he shal be roted out from amoÌ„ge his people And what man so euer it be either of the house of Israel or a straunger amonge you that eateth eny maner of bloude agaynst him wyll I set my face and wil rote him out from amonge his people for the soule of y e body is in the bloude and I haue geuen it you for the altare that youre soules maye be reconcyled ther with For the bloude that is in the soule maketh attonement Therfore haue I sayde vnto the children of Israel No soule amonge you shall eate bloude no ner eny straunger that dwelleth amonge you And what man so euer it be amonge you whether he be of the house of Israel or a straunger amoÌ„ge you that at the huntynge taketh a beest or foule which maye be eaten he shall poure out the bloude of the same couer it with earth for all flesh lyueth in the bloude And I haue sayde vnto the children of Israel Ye shall eate the bloude of no body for the life of all flesh is in his bloude Who so euer eateth it shal be roted out And what so euer soule eateth that which dyed alone or y t was torne of wylde beestes whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger the same shal wash his clothes and bathe himself with water and he vncleane vntyll the euen and then is he cleane But yf he wash not his clothes nor bathe him self then shal he beare his synne The XVIII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them I am the LORDE youre God Ye shall not do after y e workes of the lande of Egipte wherin ye dwelt nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan in to the which I will brynge you Ye shal not walke after their customes but after my lawes shall ye do my statutes shall ye kepe that ye maye walke therin for I am the LORDE youre God Therfore shal ye kepe my statutes and my lawes For the man that doth the same shal liue therin for I am the LORDE No maÌ„ shal come at his nexte kinszwomaÌ„ to vncouer hir preuytie for I am y e LORDE Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e father of y e mother It is thy mother therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wife for it is y e fathers preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sister which is the doughter of y e father or of y e mother whether she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sonnes doughter or of thy doughters doughter for it is thine awne preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wiues doughter which is borne vnto him and is thy sister Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers sister for it is thy fathers nexte kynszwoman Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of
earth vpon hir foundacion that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmeÌ„t so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles But at thy rebuke they fle at the voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed Then are the hilles sene alofte the valleys beneth in their place which thou hast appoynted for theÌ„ Thou hast set them their boundes which they maie not passe that they turne not agayne to couer y e earth Thou causest the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys and the waters runne amonge y e hilles That all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke that the wylde asses maye quench their thyrste Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of the ayre their habitacion and synge amonge the braunches Thou watrest the hylles from aboue the erth is fylled with y e frutes of thy workes Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell and grene herbe for the seruyce of men Thou bryngest fode out of the earth wyne to make glad y e herte of maÌ„ oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce bred to strength mans herte The trees of the LORDE are full of sappe euen the trees of Libanus which he hath planted There make the byrdes their nestes and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for y e conyes Thou hast appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons the Sonne knoweth his goinge downe Thou makest darcknesse that it maye be night wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue Yee and the yonge lyons which roare after the praye and seke their meate at God But when the Sonne ariseth they get them awaye together and lye them downe in their dennes Then goeth man forth to his worke and to till his londe vntill the euenynge O LORDE how manifolde are thy workes right wysely hast thou made theÌ„ all yee the earth is full of thy riches So is this greate and wyde see also wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable both small and greate beastes There go the shippes â—uer and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastyme therin They wayte all vpoÌ„ the that thou mayest geue them meate in due season WheÌ„ thou geuest it them they gather it wheÌ„ thou openest thine honde they are fylled with good But when thou hydest thy face they are soroufull yf thou takest awaye their breth they dye are turned agayne to their dust Agayne when thou lattest thy breth go forth they are made and so thou renuest the face of the earth The glorious magesty of the LORDE endureth for euer and the LORDE reioyseth in his workes The earth treÌ„bleth at the loke of him he doth but touch y e hilles and they smoke I will synge vnto the LORDE as longe as I lyue I wil prayse my God whyle I haue my beinge O that my wordes might please him for my â—oye is in the LORDE As for synners they shal be coÌ„sumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an ende but prayse thou the LORDE o my soule Halleluya The CIIII. psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE and call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE Seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions Yee the couenaunt that he made w t Abraham and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament Sayenge vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan the lott of youre heretage When there was yet but a fewe of them and they straungers therin What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another from one kyngdome to another He suffred no man to hurte them but reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme Morouer he called for a derth vpon the loÌ„de and destroyed all the prouysion of bred But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt They hurte his fete in the stockes the yron pearsed his herte Vntill the tyme that his worde came and till the worde of y e LORDE had tried him Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered the prynce of the people bad let him go He made him lorde of his house ruler of all his substaunce That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil and teach his Senatours wysdome Israel also came in to Egipte and Iacob was a straunger in the loÌ„de of Ham. But he increased his people exceadingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose hert turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen These dyd his tokens amoÌ„ge them and wonders in the londe of Ham. He sent darcknesse and it was darcke for they were not obedient vnto his worde He turned their waters in to bloude and slewe their fishe Their londe brought forth frogges yee euen in their kynges chambers He spake the worde their came all maner of flies lise in all their quarters He gaue them hale stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in their loÌ„de He smote their vynyardes fige trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes He spake y e worde and their came greshoppers catirpillers innumerable These ate vp all the grasse in their loÌ„de and deuoured the frutes of their grouÌ„de He smote all y e first borne in their loÌ„de euen the chefe of all their substaunce He brought them forth w t syluer golde there was not one feble personne amoÌ„ge their tryâ—es Egipte was glad of their departinge for they were afraied of theÌ„ He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue light in the night season At their desyre there came quales and he fylled them with the bred of heaueÌ„ He opened the rocke of stone the waters flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse For why he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt Thus he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the loÌ„des of the HeitheÌ„ where they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Halleluya
Iacob an Allmightie God but my name LORDE haue I not shewed vnto them My couenaunt also haue I made with them that I wil geue them the londe of Canaan the londe of their pilgremage wherin they haue bene straungers Morouer I haue herde the complaynte of the children of Israel whom y e Egipcians oppresse with laboure and haue remembred my couenaunt Therfore saye vnto the childrē of Israel I am the LORDE wil brynge you out from yo r burthens in Egipte wil rydd you from youre laboure and wil delyuer you thorow a stretched out arme greate iudgmētes and will receaue you for my people will be yo r God so that ye shal knowe that I the LORDE am yo r God which brynge you out from the burthen of Egipte and will brynge you in to the lande ouer the which I haue lift vp my hande to geue it vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob y e same wil I geue vnto you for a possession I the LORDE Moses tolde this vnto the childrē of Israel But they herkened not vnto him for very anguysh of sprete for sore laboure Thē spake the LORDE vnto Moses sayde Go thy waye speake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egypte y t he let the childrē of Israel go out of his lande But Moses spake before y e LORDE saide Beholde y e childrē of Israel herkē not vnto me how shulde Pharao thē heare me And I am also of vncircumcised lyppes So the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron gaue thē a commaundemēt vnto the childrē of Israel vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte y t they shulde brynge the childrē of Israel out of Egipte These are y e heades of the house of their fathers The children of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these Hanoch Pallu Hezron Charmi These are the generacions of Ruben The children of Simeon are these Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zophar and Saul the sonne of the Cananitish woman These are the generacions of Symeon These are the names of the childrē of Leui in their generaciōs Gerson Kahath and Merari Leui was an hundreth and seuen thirtie yeare olde The children of Gerson are these Libni and Semei in their generacions The childrē of Kahath are these Amram Iezear Hebron Vsiel Kahath was an hundreth thre thirtie yeare olde The children of Merari are these Maheli and Musi These are y e generacions of Leui in their kynreds And Amram toke his vncles doughter Iochebed to wife which bare him Aaron Moses Amram was an C. vij thirtie yeare olde The childrē of Iezear are these Korah Nepheg Sichri The children of Vsiel are these Misael Elzaphan Sithri Aaron toke Elizaba y e doughter of Aminadab Nahassons sisters to wife which bare him Nadab Abihu Eleasar Ithamar The childrē of Korah are these Assir Elkana Abiassaph These are y e generaciōs of y e Korahites Eleasar Aarons sonne toke one of the doughters of Putiel to wife which bare him Phineas These are the heades amonge the fathers of the generacions of the Leuites This is y t Aaron Moses vnto whom y e LORDE sayde Bringe y e childrē of Israel out of the lande of Egipte w t their armies It is they namely Moses Aaron y t spake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte y t they might brynge the children of Israel out of Egipte The same daie spake y e LORDE vnto Moses in y e lande of Egipte sayde I am y e LORDE speake thou vnto Pharao y e kynge of Egipte all y t I saye vnto ye. And he answered before y e LORDE Beholde I am of vncircumcised lippes how shall Pharao thē heare me The VII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I haue made the a God ouer Pharao Aarō y e brother shal be y e prophet Thou shalt speake all y t I cōmaūde y e but Aaron y e brother shal speake vnto Pharao y t he maye let the childrē of Israel go out of his lande Neuertheles I wil harden Pharaos hert y t I maye multiplye my tokens wonders in the londe of Egipte And Pharao shal not heare you y t I maye shewe my hande in Egipte brynge myne armyes euen my people the childrē of Israel out of y e lande of Egipte by greate iudgmētes And y e Egipcians shal knowe y t I am the LORDE whan I shal stretch out my hande vpon Egipte and brynge the children of of Israel out from amonge them Moses and Aaron dyd as the LORDE cōmaūded them And Moses was fourescore yeare olde Aaron thre foure score yeare olde whan they spake vnto Pharao And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron Whan Pharao sayeth vnto you Shew youre wonders then shalt thou saye vnto Aaron Take thy staff and cast it before Pharao it shal turne to a serpent Then wēte Moses Aaron in vnto Pharao dyd as the LORDE cōmaunded them And Aaron cast his staff before Pharao before his seruauntes it turned to a serpēt Then Pharao called for y e wyse men Sorcerers And the Sorcerers of Egipte also dyd like wyse with their Sorceries and euery one cast his staff before him they turned vnto serpentes But Aarons staff deuoured their staues So Pharaos hert was hardened and he herkened not vnto them euen as the LORDE had sayde And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses The hert of Pharao is hardened he refuseth to let y e people go Get y e vnto Pharao in the mornynge he holde he shal come vnto y e water mete thou him vpō the waters brynke take y e staff which turned to a serpēt in thine hande saye vnto him The LORDE God of the Hebrues hath sent me vnto the sendeth y e worde Let my people go that they maye serue me in the wyldernesse but hither to thou woldest not heare Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE Hereby shalt thou knowe y t I am y e LORDE Beholde w t the staff y t I haue in my hande wil I smyte the water which is in y e ryuer it shal be turned in to bloude so that the fishes in the ryuer shall dye the ryuer shall stynke it shall greue the Egipcians to drynke of y e water of the ryuer And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Saye vnto Aaron Take y e staff stretchout thine hāde ouer y e waters of Egipte ouer their ryuers brokes pondes ouer all water poles y t they maye be turned to bloude that there maye be bloude in all y e lande of Egipte both in vessels of wodd and stone Moses Aaron dyd as y e LORDE cōmaunded them lift vp the staff smote the water y t was in the ryuer before Pharao his seruauntes all the water in the ryuer was turned in to bloude the fysh in the ryuer dyed the ryuer stanke so y t the Egipcians
coulde not drynke of the water of y e ryuer there was bloude in all the lande of Egipte And the Sorcerers also of Egipte dyd likewyse with their Sorceries But Pharaos hert was hardened he herkened not vnto theÌ„ * like as the LORDE had sayde And Pharao turned himself wente home set not his hert there on All the EgipciaÌ„s dygged rouÌ„de aboute y e ryuer for water to drinke for they coude not drynke of y e water out of the ryuer And this endured seuen dayes longe that the LORDE smote the ryuer The VIII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go y e waye to Pharao speake vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE Let my people go y t they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let theÌ„ go beholde I wil smyte all y e borders of y e loÌ„de w t frogges so y t the ryuer shal scraule w t frogges these shal clymme vp come in to thine house in to y i chamber where thou slepest vpon thy bed and in to the houses of thy seruauntes amonge thy people in to thine ouens and vpon thy dowe and the frogges shall come vp vpon the and vpon thy people and vpon all thy seruauntes And the LORDE spake vnto Moses Saie vnto Aaron Stretch forth thine hande w t thy staff ouer the streames ryuers pondes and let frogges come vpon the londe of Egipte And Aaron stretched his haÌ„de ouer the waters in Egipte there came vp frogges so y t the â—onde of Egipte was couered The Sorcerers also dyd likewyse w t their Sorcerirs caused frogges to come vpoÌ„ y e loÌ„de of Egipte TheÌ„ called Pharao for Moses Aaron sayde Praye the LORDE for me y t he maye take awaye the frogges fro me fro my people I will let y e people go y t they maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE Moses sayde Haue thou the hono r before me appoynte me whaÌ„ I shal praye for y e for y e seruauntes and for thy people y t the frogges maye be dryuen awaye froÌ„ the froÌ„ thy house remayne onely in the ryuer He sayde Tomorow He sayde Euen as thou hast sayde y t thou mayest knowe y t there is none like vnto the LORDE o r God And the frogges shal be takeÌ„ from the from y i house from thy seruauntes from thy people remayne onely in the ryuer So Moses Aaron weÌ„te from Pharao Moses cried vnto the LORDE for the appoyntment ouer the frogges which he had promysed vnto Pharao And y e LORDE dyd as Moses sayde And the frogges dyed in y e houses in y e courtes vpon y e felde they gathered theÌ„ together here an heape there an heape the lande stanke of them But whan Pharao sawe y t he had gotten breth his hert was hardened and he herkened not vnto theÌ„ euen as the LORDE had sayde And the LORDE spake vnto Moses Saie vnto Aaron Stretch out thy staff smyte the dust vpon the earth y t there maye be lyfe in the whole loÌ„de of Egipte They dyd so And Aaron stretched out his hande w t his staff smote the dust vpon the earth there were lyse vpon men and vpon catell All the dust of the lande was turned vnto lyse in all the lande of Egipte The Sorcerers also assayde likewyse w t their Sorcerirs y t they might brynge forth lyse but they coude not And y e lyse were vpon men catell Then sayde y e Sorcerers vnto Pharao It is the fynger of God But Pharaos hert was hardened he herkened not vnto theÌ„ euen as the LORDE had sayde And y e LORDE saide vnto Moses Get y e vp tomorow by tymes stonde before Pharao beholde he wil go vnto the water speake thou vnto him Thus saieth y e LORDE let my people go y t they maye serue me yf not beholde I wil cause cruell wormes or flyes to come vpon the thy seruauntes y e people thy house so y t all the Egipcians houses the felde and what theron is shall be full of cruell wormes the same daye wil I separate the londe of Gosen wherin my people are so y t no cruell worme shal be there that thou mayest knowe that I am y e LORDE in the myddest of the earth And I wil set a delyueraunce betwene my people and thyne Tomorow shal this token come to passe And the LORDE dyd so And there came perlous cruell wormes in to Pharaos house in to his seruauntes houses vpon all the londe of Egipte and the londe was marred with noysome wormes TheÌ„ called Pharao for Moses Aaron sayde Go yo r waye do sacrifice vnto yo r God in y e londe Moses sayde It is not mete y t we shulde so do so shulde we offer y e abhominacion of y e Egipcians vnto the LORDE o r God Beholde yf we shulde offer the abhominacion of y e Egipcians before their eyes shulde they not stone vs Thre dayes iourney will we go in the wyldernes and do sacrifice vnto the LORDE oure God like as he hath sayde vnto vs. Pharao sayde I wil let you go y t ye maie do sacrifice vnto the LORDE yo r God in the wyldernes onely y t ye go no farther praye for me Moses sayde Beholde whan I am come forth from y e I wil praye vnto y e LORDE y t the cruell wormes maye be taken from Pharao from his seruauÌ„tes froÌ„ his people euen tomorow onely disceaue me nomore that thou woldest not let the people go to do sacrifice vnto the LORDE And Moses weÌ„te out from Pharao and prayed vnto the LORDE And the LORDE dyd as Moses sayde toke awaye the cruell wormes from Pharao from his seruauntes and from his people so y t there remayned not one But Pharao hardened his hert eueÌ„ then also and let not y e people go The IX Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go in to Pharao and speake vnto him Thus sayeth the LORDE God of y e Hebrues let my people go y t they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not but holde them longer beholde the hande of the LORDE shal be vpon thy catell in the felde vpon horses vpon Asses vpon Camels vpon oxen vpon shepe with a very sore pestilence And y e LORDE shall make a diuysion betwene the catell of the Israelites the Egipcians so y t there shal nothinge dye of all that the children of Israel haue And y e LORDE appoynted a tyme and sayde Tomorow shal the LORDE do this vpon earth And the LORDE dyd the same on the morow And there dyed of all maner of catell of the Egipcians but of y e catell of y e childreÌ„ of Israel there dyed not one And Pharao sent thither beholde there was not one of the catell of Israel deed But Pharaos hert was hardened so y t he let not y e people
in the night season was fyre therin in y e sight of all y e house of Israel in all their iourneis The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The ordre and vse of burnt offerynges whether it be of small or greate catell or of foules Chap. II. Of meat offerynges with fyne floure c. Chap. III. Of deed offerynges otherwyse called health offrynges peace offrynges or thāk-offerynges and of the fatt Chap. IIII. The offringe for the sinne of a prest of the whole congregacion of the ruler or of eny other meane man Chap. V. The offerynge for swearinge for an erroure or ignoraunce Chap. VI. Of daylie burnt offerynges other oblacions The offerynge of the prest in the daye of his anoyntinge Chap. VII Of thank offerynges Of the fat bloude and of the anoyntinge of the prestes Chap. VIII Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron and of his sonnes Chap. IX How Aaron and his sonnes offred for synne how the fyre of God consumed the burnt offerynge Chap. X. The death of Nadab Abihu The prestes were forbydden to drynke wyne and their porcion of the offerynges appoynted them Chap. XI Of cleane and vncleane beastes foules Chap. XII Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd of hir clensynge or purificacion of hir offerynge Chap. XIII Of Leprosy or Mezell Chap. XIIII The clēsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI Aarō might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary Of the two goates Of fastinge in the seuenth moneth Chap. XVII All offrynges were first brought to the Tabernacle dore No bloude ner deed caryon was to be eaten Chap. XVIII The degrees of consanguynite and affynite And what wemen men ought not to marye Chap. XIX Dyuerse and many commaundemētes and statutes Chap. XX. To geue sede vnto Moloch other vnlaufull thinges are forbydden Chap. XXI How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to lyue Chap. XXII How the prestes and their housholdes ought to be how the offerynges ought to be vsed Chap. XXIII Of the holy dayes and hye feastes namely the Sabbath Easter Whyt sondaye otherwise called the feast of wekes the feast of Tabernacles c. Chap. XXIIII Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes Of the shewbred Punyshment for cursynge and blasphemy Chap. XXV Of the rest of the seuenth yeare libertye of the Fiftieth yeare otherwyse called the yeare of Iubylie the yeare of hornes blowinge or the trompet yeare Chap. XXVI Swete louynge promyses of God for all soch as wyl kep◠his commaundemētes Agayne Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto them that wyll not harken to his worde Chap. XXVII Of vowes and of the fre yeare Of redemynge or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe that a man promyseth voweth or dedicateth vnto the LORDE The first Chapter ANd the LORDE called Moses and spake vnto him out of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amōge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the LORDE let him brynge it of y e catell euen of the oxen of the shepe Yf he wyl brynge a burnt offerynge of y e oxen or greate catell thē let him offre a male without blemysh before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle him self before the LORDE let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burnt offerynge then shal he be reconcyled so y t God shal be mercifull vnto him And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y e LORDE and y e prestes Aarons sonnes shal brynge the bloude and sprenkle it rounde aboute vpon the altare that is before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the slrynne shal be flayne from of the burnt offerynge and it shal be hewen in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the altare and laye wod aboue ther on and y e peces the heade and the fatt shal they laye vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y e fyre on the altare But y e bowels legges shal be waszshen with water and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small catell that is of the lambes or goates then let him offre a male without a blemysh And he shall kyll it before the LORDE euen at the corner of the altare on the north syde before y e LORDE And the prestes Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon y e altare and it shal be hewen in peces And the prest shall laye them with the heade and the fatt vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon the fyre on the altare But the bowels and y e legges shal be waszshen with water And y e prest shal offre it alltogether and burne it vpon y e altare for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y e foules vnto the LORDE then let him offre it of the turtill doues or of y e yonge pigeons And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare and wrynge the neck of it a sunder that it maye be burnt vpon the altare and let the bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the altare and the croppe of it with the fethers shal be cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde the altare towarde the east and he shall deuyde the wynges of it but not breake thē cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpō the fyre for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter WHan a soule wyll offre a meat offerynge vnto the LORDE then shal it be of fyne floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put frankencense theron so brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes Then shal one of them take his handefull of the same floure and oyle with all the frankēcense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt
violently awaye or gat wrongeously or that was geuen him to kepe or that he hath founde or what so euer it be aboute y e which he hath sworne falsely he shal restore it againe whole alltogether and geue the fifth parte more therto euen to him that it belonged vnto the same daye that he geueth his trespace offerynge But for his trespace he shall brynge for the LORDE euen vnto the prest a ramme from the flocke without blemysh that is worth a trespace offerynge Then shall the prest make an attonement for him before the LORDE and all that he hath synned in shal be forgeuen him The VI. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Commaunde Aaron and his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the burnt offerynge The burnt offerynge shall burne vpon the altare all night vntyll the mornynge But the fyre of the altare onely shal burne theron And y e prest shal put on his lynen albe and his lyuen breches vpon his flesh and shal take vp the aszshes that the fyre of the burnt offerynge vpon the altare hath made and shall poure them besyde the altare Then shall he put of his rayment and put on other rayment and cary out the aszshes without the hoost into a cleane place The fyre vpon the altare shal burne and neuer go out The prest shal kyndle wod theron euery mornynge and dresse the burnt offerynge vpon it and burne the fat of the deed offerynges theron The fyre shall euer burne vpon the altare and neuer go out And this is the lawe of the meat offerynge which Aarons sonnes shall offre before the LORDE vpon the altare One of them shall Heue his handfull of fyne floure of y e meat offerynge and of the oyle and all the frankencense that lyeth vpon the meat offerynge and shall burne it vpon the altare for a swete sauoure a remembraunce vnto the LORDE As for the remnaunt Aaron and his sonnes shal eate it and vnleuended shal they eate it in the holy place namely in the courte of the Tabernacle of witnesse With leueÌ„ shal they not bake their porcion which I haue geuen them of my offerynges It shal be vnto them most holy as the syn offerynge and trespace offerynge All the males amonge the children of Aaron shall eate of it Let this be a perpetuall lawe for youre posterities in the sacrifices of the LORDE No man shall touch it excepte he be consecrated And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde This shal be the offerynge of Aaron and of his sonnes which they shall offre vnto the LORDE in the daie of their anoyntinge The tenth parte of an Epha of fyne floure for a meat offerynge daylie the one half parte in the mornynge the other half parte at euen In the panne with oyle shall thou make it and brynge it fryed and in peces shalt thou offer it for the swete sauoure of the LORDE And the prest which amonge his sonnes shal be anoynted in his steade shall do this This is a perpetuall dewtye vnto the LORDE It shal be burnt alltogether for all the meat offerynges of the prest shal be consumed with the fyre and not be eaten And y e LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the syn offerynge In the place where thou slayest y e bunrt offerynge shalt thou slaye the syn offerynge also before the LORDE This is most holy The prest that offereth the syn offerynge shal eate it in the holy place in the courte of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse No man shal touch y e flesh therof excepte he be halowed And yf eny garment be sprenkled with the bloude of it it shal be washeÌ„ in the holy place And the eartheÌ„ pot that it is sodden in shal be broken But yf it be a brasen pot it shal be scoured and reÌ„sed with water All y e males amonge the prestes shall eate therof for it is most holy Notwithstondinge all y e syn offerynge whose bloude is brought in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse to make an attonement shall not be eaten but burnt with fyre The VII Chapter ANd this is the lawe of the trespace-offerynge and it shal be most holy In the place where the burnt offerynge is slayne shall the trespace offerynge be slayne also there shall of his bloude be sprenkled rounde aboute vpon the altare And all his fat shal be offered the rompe and the fat y t couereth the bowels the two kydneys with the fat y t is theron vpon the loynes and the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also And the prest shal burne it vpon the altare for an offerynge vnto the LORDE This is a trespace offerynge All the males amonge the prestes shal eate it in the holy place for it is most holy euen as the syn offerynge so shall the trespace offerynge be also they shall both haue one lawe and it shal be the prestes that reconcyleth ther wt. Loke which prest offereth eny mans burnt offorynge the skynne of the same burnt offrynge that he hath offered shal be his And euery meat offerynge that is baken in the ouen rosted vpon the gredyron or fryed in the panne shal be the prestes y t offereth it And euery meat offerynge y t is myngled with oyle or drye shal belonge vnto all Aaron sonnes vnto one as well as another And this is y e lawe of the health offeringe that is offered vnto the LORDE Yf they wyll offre a sacrifice of thankesgeuynge then shal they offre vnleueÌ„ded cakes meÌ„gled with oyle and swete wafers straked ouer with oyle and fryed cakes of fyne floure mengled with oyle This offerynge also shall they brynge vpon a cake of leuended bred to the thank offerynge of his health-offerynge and of them all he shall offre one for an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE And it shal be the prestes that sprenkleth the bloude of the health offerynge And the flesh of the thank offerynge in his healthofferynges shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred and there shall nothinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge And whether it be a vowe or a fre wyl-offerynge â—it shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred yf ought be left ouer vntyll the mornynge yet maye it be eaten But loke what remayneth vnto y e thirde daye of the flesh that is offred it shal be brent with the fyre And yf eny man vpon the thirde daie eate of y e offred flesh of his health offerynge he shall not be accepted that offred it Nether shall it be rekened vnto him but it shal be refused And loke which soule eateth therof the same is giltie of a mysdede And the flesh that toucheth eny vncleane thinge shal not be eaten but burnt with the fyre But who so euer is cleane of body shal eate of the flesh and the soule that eateth of y e flesh of y e health offerynge which belongeth vnto the LORDE
his vnclennes be vpon him and he shal be roted out from amonge his people And whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane thinge whether it be an vncleane man catell or eny other abhominacion that is and eateth of the flesh of the burnt offerynge that belongeth vnto the LORDE the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And the LORDE talketh with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye Ye shall eate no fat of oxen lambes and goates neuerthelesse the fat of it that dyeth alone and of soch as is torne of wylde beastes that maye ye occupye to all maner of vses but ye shall not eate it For who so euer eateth the fat of y e beest that is geuen vnto the LORDE for an offerynge the same soule shal be roted out from his people Morouer ye shall eate no bloude nether of catell ner of foules where so euer ye dwell What soule eateth eny bloude the same shall be roted out from his people And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Who so wyll offre his health-offerynge vnto the LORDE the same shall also brynge with all that belongeth vnto y e health offerynge for the LORDE But he shall brynge it with his hande for the offerynge of the LORDE namely the fat vpon the brest shall he brynge with the brest to be a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And the prest shall burne the fat vpon the altare and the brest shal be Aarons and his sonnes And the right shulder shal they geue vnto the prest for a gift of their health offerynges And loke which of Aarons sonnes offreth the bloude of the health offerynges and the fat the same shall haue the right shulder for his parte For the Wauebrest and the Heueshulder haue I taken of the children of Israel and of their health offerynges and haue geuen them vnto Aaron the prest and vnto his sonnes for a perpetuall dewtye This is the anoyntinge of Aaron and of his sonnes of the offerynges of the LORDE in the daye whā Moses presented them to be prestes vnto the LORDE what tyme as the LORDE commaunded in the daye whan he anoynted them to be geuen them of the children of Israel for a perpetuall dewtye and vnto all their posterities And this is the lawe of the burnt offerynge of the meat offerynge of the syn offerynge of the trespace offerynge of the offerynge of consecracion and of the health offerynges which the LORDE commaunded Moses vpon mount Sinai in the daye whan he gaue him in commaudement vnto the children of Israel to offre their offerynges vnto y e LORDE in the wyldernesse of Sinai The VIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Take Aaron and his sonnes w t him their vestimentes the anoyntinge oyle and a bullocke for a syn offerynge two rammes and a maunde with vnleuended bred and call the whole congregacion together before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and gathered the congregacion together vnto the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde vnto them This is it that the LORDE hath commaunded to do And he toke Aaron and his sonnes and waszshed them with water and put the albe vpō him and girde him with the girdell and put vpon him the yalowe tunycle and put the ouerbody cote vpon him and girde him vpon the ouerbody cote put the brest lappetheron and in y e brestlappe light and perfectnesse And set the myter vpon his heade And vpon the myter euen aboue his fore heade put he a plate of golde on the holy crowne as y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses And Moses toke the anoyntinge oyle anoynted the Habitacion and all that was therin and consecrated it and sprenkled ther with seuē tymes vpon the altare and anoynted the altare with all his vessels the lauer with his fote that it might be consecrated and poured the anoyntinge oyle vpon Aarons heade and anoynted him y t he might be consecrated And he brought Aarons sonnes and put albes vpon them and girde them with the girdle and put bonettes vpon their heades as the LORDE commaunded him And he caused bringe a bullocke for a syn offrynge And Aaron with his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade and then was he slayne And Moses toke of the bloude put it vpon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute with his fynger and purified the altare and poured the bloude vpon the botome of the altare and consecrated it that he might reconcyle it And toke all the fat vpō the bowels the nett vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fat theron and burned it vpon the altare But the bullocke w t his skynne flesh donge burned he with fyre without the hoost as the LORDE commaunded him And he brought a ramme for a burnt offerynge And Aaron w t his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade then was he slayne And Moses sprenkled of y e bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute hewed the ramme in peces and burnt the heade the peces and the fatt And waszshed the bowels and the legges with water and so burnt y e whole ramme vpō the altare This was a brunt offerynge for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him He brought also the other ramme of the offerynge of the consecracion And Aaron with his sonnes layed their hādes vpon his heade and then was it slayne And Moses toke of his bloude and put it vpon the typpe of Aarons right eare and vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the greate too of his right fote And he brought Aarons sonnes and put of the bloude vpon the typpe of the right eare of them and vpon y e thombes of their righte handes and vpon the greate toes of their righte fete and poured the resydue of the bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute And he toke the fat and the rompe and all the fat vpon the bowels and the nett vpon the leuer the two kydneys with the fat theron and the righte shulder And out of the maunde of vnleuended bred before the LORDE he toke an vnleuēded cake and a cake of oyled bred and a wafer and layed them vpō the fat and vpon the right shulder and put alltogether vpon the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and waued it for a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And afterwarde toke he all agayne from their hondes and burned them on the altare euen vpon the burnt offeringe for it is an offerynge of consecracion for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto y e LORDE And Moses toke the brest and waued it a Waue offerynge before the LORDE of the ramme of the offerynge of consecracion the same was Moses parte as the LORDE commaunded Moses And Moses toke of y e anoyntinge oyle of the bloude vpon the altare sprenkled it vpon Aaron
is worth and the fifth parte shal be geuen more therro Yf he wil not redeme it thē let it be solde as it is worth There shall no dedicated thinge be solde ner bought out y t eny man dedicateth vnto y e LORDE of all y t is his good whether it be mē catell or lōde For euery dedicated thīge is most holy vnto y e LORDE There shal no dedicated thīge of mā be bought out but shal dye the death All the tythes in the londe both of the sede of the londe of y e frutes of the trees are the LORDES shal be holy vnto the LORDE But yf eny man wil redeme his tithes he shall geue the fifth parte more therto And all the tithes of oxen shepe that goeth vnder the rod the same is an holy tythe vnto the LORDE It shall not be axed whether it be good or bad nether shall it be chaunged But yf eny man chaunge it then both it that it was chaunged withall shal be holy not redemed These are the cōmaundementes which y e LORDE gaue Moses in charge vnto childrē of Israel vpon mount Sinai The ende of the thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus The fourth boke of Moses called Numerus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The children of Israel are nombred and musterd out as many as are mete for the batayll The captaynes are ordeyned and Leui appoynted to the seruyce of the Tabernacle Chap. II. The ordre and maner how the tētes were pitched and how the children of Israel laye aboute the Tabernacle of wytnes Chap. III. The office of Leui of the sonnes of Aaron Chap. IIII. The office of the sonnes of Kahath Gerson and Merari Chap. V. What maner of people were dryuen out of the hoost The lawe of Gelousy of the man towarde the wife Chap. VI. The lawe and ordinaunce concerninge the Nazarees or absteyners The blessynge of the Israelites Chap. VII The offerynges of the captaynes at the dedicaciō of the altare after that the Tabernacle was set vp Chap. VIII Of the candilsticke offerynges purifienge and altare of the Leuites Chap. IX Of the feast of Easter how the vncleane shulde kepe it Of the cloude vpon the Tabernacle Chap. X. The vse of the syluer trompettes how the children of Israel brake vp and toke their iourney with Hobab Moses brother in lawe Chap. XI The people are weery and vnpaciēt by the waye murmur agaynst Moses desyre flesh and abhorre the Manna The LORDE geueth them after their lust but punisheth them sore Chap. XII Miriam and Aaron grudge agaynst Moses Miriam is smytten with Leprosy Chap. XIII The spyes that were sent in to the lande of Canaan ▪ come agayne and put the people in feare Chap. XIIII The people are vnpacient wepe and murmur agaynst Moses Iosue Caleb geue the londe a good worde cōforte them The LORDE is angrie punysheth the people Chap. XV. Of dyuerse offerynges and how he was punyshed that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath The people are commaūded to make gardes of remembraunce vpon their garmentes to thinke vpon the commaundementes of the LORDE Chap. XVI Of the vproure and insurreccion of Corah Dathan and Abyram their punyshment The people murmur Fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth dye in the plage Chap. XVII ▪ By the florishinge staff of Aaron 〈◊〉 is declared that the trybe of Leui and the presthode of Aaron is chosen of God Chap. XVIII The office mynistracion of Aaron ▪ of the prestes Leuites their dewtye Chap. XIX Of the reed cowe that was brent and how the sprynklinge water was made of the aszshes of her Chap. XX. Miriam dyeth at Cades The people chyde with Moses and Aaron for faute of water the LORDE geueth it them out of the hard stonye rocke Moses desyreth the kynge of Edom to let them go thorow his londe Aaron dyeth vpon mount Hor. Chap. XXI The battaill betwene Israel and Arad the kynge of the Cananites The people murmur and are plaged with the serpentes They wynne the victory of Og and Sihon Chap. XXII Of Balac the kynge of the Moabites and of Balaam the Soythsayer Chap. XXIII Balaam is brought to curse the people of God Chap. XXIIII The LORDE turneth Balaams curse in to a blessynge and prayse Chap. XXV The people fall to whordome and Idolatrye with the wemen of Moab and ioyne themselues to the seruice of Ball Peor Foure and twentye thousande are destroyed ▪ Phineas in his feruent zele slayeth a man and woman in their synne Chap. XXVI The people are nombred agayne and musterd Chap. XXVII What inheritaūce the doughters haue where there is no sonne Iosua is made captayne of the people in Moses steade Chap. XXVIII Offeringes apoynted for euery tyme Chap. XXIX The feast of the seuenth moneth and the offerynges therof Chap. XXX Of vowes made by mē or women Chap. XXXI Israel wynneth the victory of the Madianites and deuydeth the spoyle Chap. XXXII Ruben Gad and the half trybe of Manasse haue their inheritaūce apoynted them on this syde of Iordan Chap. XXXIII The iourneys of the children of Israel are nombred The people are commaunded whan they come in to the londe of Canaan to destroye all vtterly Chap. XXXIIII The deuydinge of the londe of Canaan with the borders therof and what they be that deuyde it Chap. XXXV The porcion of the Leuites Fredome for soch as commytte slaughter vnawares Dyuerse slaughters ▪ Chap. XXXVI The inheritaūce of the tribe maie not be mixte nor chaunged The first Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses in y e wyldernesse of Sinai in the Tabernacle of witnesse the first daye of the secōde moneth in the seconde yeare whā they were gone out of the lāde of Egipte and sayde Take y e summe of the whole congregacion of the children of Israel after their kynredes their fathers houses with the nombre of the names all that are males heade by heade frō twentye yeare and aboue as many as are able to go forth into y e warre in Israel And ye shal nombre them acordinge to their armyes thou and Aaron and of euery trybe ye shal take vnto you one captayne ouer his fathers house These are the names of the captaynes that shal stonde with you Of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur Of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai Of Iuda Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab Of Isachar Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar Of Zabulon Eliab the sonne of Helon Amonge the children of Ioseph Of Ephraim Elisama y e sonne of Amihud Of Manasse Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur Of Ben Iamin Abidam y e sonne of Gedeoni Of Dan Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai Of Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochram Of Gad Eliasaph y e sonne of Deguel Of Nephthali Ahira the sonne of Enan These are the awncient men of the congregacion the captaynes amonge the trybes of their fathers which were heades and prynces in Israel And Moses Aaron
men can not sowe where are nether fygges ner vynes ner pomgranates where there is no water to drynke And Moses Aaron weÌ„te froÌ„ the congregacion vnto y e dore of y e Tabernacle of witnesse fell vpon their faces And the glory of the LORDE appeared vnto them And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take the staffe gather the coÌ„gregacion together thou thy brother Aaron speake vnto the rocke before their eyes it shall geue his water And thus shalt thou prouyde theÌ„ water out of the rocke geue the congregacion drynke and their catell also TheÌ„ toke Moses the staffe before y e LORDE as he commaunded him Moses Aaron gathered the congregacion together before the rocke sayde vnto theÌ„ Heare ye rebellions Shal we prouyde you water out of this rocke And Moses lift vp his hande smote y e rocke w t the staffe two tymes Then came y e water out abuÌ„dantly so y t the coÌ„gregacion dranke and their catell also But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron Because ye beleued me not to sanctifye meÌ„ before y e childreÌ„ of Israel ye shal not bringe this congregacion in to the londe that I shal geue theÌ„ This is y e water of strife where the children of Israel stroue w t the LORDE and he was sanctified vpon them And Moses sent messaungers froÌ„ Cades vnto y e kynge of y e Edomites This worde sendeth the y e brother Israel Thou knowest all y e trauayle that happened vnto vs how that oure fathers wente downe in to Egipte how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longe tyme how the Egipcians dealte euell with vs o r fathers And we cryed vnto y e LORDE which herde oure voyce and sent his angell hath brought vs out of Egipte And beholde we are at Cades in y e cite without the borders of y e londe O let vs go thorow thy londe we wyl not go thorow y e feldes ner vynyardes ner drynke the water out of the fouÌ„taynes We wyl go the hye strete and turne nether to y e right hande ner to y e lefte tyll we be come past y e borders of thy countre But the Edomite answered him Thou shal not go by me or I wyl come agaynst y e with y e swerde The children of Israel saide vnto him We wil go y e comoÌ„ hye waye yf we or oure catell drynke of thy water we wil paye for it we wil do nothinge but passe thorow on fote onely But he sayde Thou shalt not go thorow And the Edomites came out against them with a mightie people a stroÌ„ge hande Thus y e Edomites denied to grauÌ„te Israel passage thorow the borders of the lande And Israel turned awaye from them And the children of Israel brake vp froÌ„ Cades and came with the whole congregacion vnto mount Hor. And the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron at mount Hor harde vpon the coastes of y e lande of y e Edomites sayde Let AaroÌ„ be gathered vnto his people for he shal not come in to y e lande y t I haue geuen vnto y e children of Israel because ye were dishobedient vnto my mouth at the water of strife Take Aaron and Eleasar and his sonne and brynge them vp vnto mount Hor and strype Aaron out of his vestimentes and put theÌ„ vpon Eleasar his sonne and there shall Aaron be gathered vnto his people and dye Then dyd Moses as the LORDE coÌ„maunded him and they wente vp vnto Mount Hor in y e sight of the whole congregacion And Moses toke Aarons clothes put theÌ„ vpon Eleasar his sonne And Aaron dyed there euen aboue vpon the mount And Moses Eleasar came downe from the mount And whan the whole congregacion sawe that Aaron was awaye they mourned for him thirtie daies thorow out the whole house of Israel The XXI Chapter ANd whan Arad the kynge of the Cananites which dwelt towarde the south herde that Israel came in by y e waie y t the spyes had founde out he fought agaynst Israel and toke some of them presoners Then vowed Israel a vowe vnto y e LORDE and sayde Yf thou wylt geue this people vnder my hande I wyll vtterly destroye their cities And the LORDE herde y e voyce of Israel and delyuered them the Cananites and they vtterly destroyed them w t their cities also And he called the place Horma Then departed they fro mount Hor on y e waye towarde the reed see that they might go aboute the lande of the Edomites And the soules of the people faynted by the waie and they spake agaynst God and agaynst Moses Wherfore hast thou brought vs out of the lande of Egipte to slaye vs in the wildernesse For here is nether bred ner water and oure soule lotheth this lighte meate Than sent the LORDE fyrie serpentes amonge the people which bote the peple so that there dyed moch people in Israel TheÌ„ came they vnto Moses and sayde We haue synned because we haue spoken agaynst the LORDE and agaynst the. Praye thou vnto the LORDE that he take awaye the serpentes from vs. And Moses prayed for the people Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses Make the a brasen serpente and set it vp for a token Who so euer is bytten and loketh vpon it shal lyue Then made Moses a serpent of brasse and set it vp for a token and whan a serpent had bytten eny man he behelde the brasen serpente and recouered And the children of Israel departed and pitched in Oboth And from Oboth they wente on and pitched in Igim by Abarim in the wyldernesse ouer agaynst Moab on the Eastsyde From thence departed they pitched by the ryuer of Sared From thâ—â—ce depaâ—ted they and pitched on this syde Arnon which is in the wyldernesse and commeth out of the coastes of the Amorites For Arnon is the border betwixte Moab and y e Amorites Wherfore it is spoken in the boke of the warres of the LORDE And go with violence both on the ryuer of Arnon on the founteyne of the riuer which boweth downewarde to dwell at Ar leaneth theron to be the border of Moab And from thence they came to the well This is the well wherof the LORDE spake vnto Moses gather the people together I wil geue them water Then sange Israel this songe and they sange one after another ouer the well This is the well that the prynces dygged the nobles amonge the people haue digged it thorow y e teacher and their staues And from this wildernes they wente vn to Mathana from Mathana vnto Nahaliel and from Nahaliel to Bamoth and froÌ„ Bamoth vnto the valley that lieth in y e felde of Moab at the toppe of Pisga and turneth towarde the wyldernesse And Israel sent messaungers vnto SihoÌ„ the kynge of the Amorrites caused to saye vnto him Let me go thorow y
of stone like vnto the first and come vp vnto me in to the mount and make y t an Arke of wod and in the tables I wyll wryte the wordes that were in the first which thou brakest and thou shalt laye them in the Arke So I made an Arke of Fyrre tre and hewed two tables of stone like as the first were wente vp into the mount and y e two tables were in my hande Then wrote he in y e tables acordinge as the first wrytinge was the ten verses which the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon the mountayne at the tyme of the gatheringe together And the LORDE gaue theÌ„ vnto me And I turned me wente downe from the mount and layed the tables in the Arke which I had made that they mighte be there as the LORDE commaunded me And the childreÌ„ of Israel departed from Beroth Bne Iaâ—kan vnto Mosera there dyed Aaron there was he buried Eleasar his sonne became prest in his steade FroÌ„ thence they departed from Gadgad From Gadgad to Iathbath a londe of ryuers of water At the same season the LORDE separated out the trybe of Leui to beare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and to stonde before the LORDE to mynister vnto him and to prayse his name vnto this daye Therfore shal the Leuites haue no porcion ner enheritaunce with their brethren for the LORDE is their enheritaunce as the LORDE thy God hath promysed them But I taried vpoÌ„ the mount like as afore euen fortye dayes and fortye nightes and the LORDE herde me at that tyme also and wolde not destroye the. But he sayde vnto me Vp get the forth y t thou mayest go before the people y t they maye come in and coÌ„quere the loÌ„de which I sware vnto their fathers to geue them Now Israel what requyreth the LORDE thy God of the but y t thou feare the LORDE thy God and that thou walke in all his wayes loue him serue the LORDE y e God with all thy hert with all thy soule and y t thou kepe the coÌ„maundementes of y e LORDE his ordinaunces which I coÌ„maunde the this daye y t thou mayest prospere Beholde the heauen the heauen of all heaueÌ„s and the earth and all y t is therin is y e LORDES y e God Yeth hath he had a pleasure vnto y e fathers to loue theÌ„ and hath chosen their sede after theÌ„ namely you aboue all nacions as it is come to passe this daye Circumcyse therfore y e foreszkynne of yo r hert be nomore styffnecked For the LORDE yo r God is God of all goddes LORDE ouer all lordes a greate God mightie terryble which regardeth no personne taketh no giftes and doeth righte vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe and loueth the straunger to geue him fode rayment Therfore shal ye loue a strauÌ„ger for ye youre selues also were straungers in the londe of Egipte Thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God him onely shalt thou serue vnto him shalt thou cleue sweare by his name He is thy prayse y e God which hath done for y e these greate terryble thinges y t thine eyes haue sene Thy fathers weÌ„te downe in to Egipte w t seuentye soules but now hath y e LORDE thy God made the as y e starres of heauen in multitude The XI Chapter THerfore shalt thou loue the LORDE y e God kepe his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes his ordinaunces his lawes his preceptes all y e life loÌ„ge And vnderstoÌ„de this daye that which youre childreÌ„ knowe not Which haue not sene the nurtoure of the LORDE yo r God his greatnesse his mightie hande his stretched out arme his tokens and actes which he dyd amonge the EgipciaÌ„s vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte to all his londe what he dyd to the power of y e Egipcians vnto their horses charettes whan he broughte the waters of the reed see vpoÌ„ them as they folowed after you how y e LORDE hath broughte them to naught vnto this daye what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse vntyll ye came vnto this place what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the children of Eliab the sonne of Ruben how the earth opened hir mouth and swalowed them with their housholdes teÌ„tes all their good that they had in the myddes amonge all Israel For youre eyes haue sene the greate workes of y e LORDE which he hath done Therfore shal ye kepe all the commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye that ye maye be stronge to come in and to conquere the londe whither ye go to possesse it that ye maye lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto youre fathers to geue vnto them and to their sede eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with mylke and hony For the londe whither thou commest in to possesse it is not as the londe of Egipte whence ye came out where thou sowedest thy sede and waterdest it at thy fote as a garden of herbes but it hath hilles and valleys which drynke water of the rayne of heauen a londe that the LORDE thy God careth for And the eyes of the LORDE thy God are allwaye therin from the begynnynge of the yeare vnto the ende Yf ye shal herken therfore vnto my commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye y t ye loue the LORDE youre God and serue him with all youre hert and with all youre soule then wyl I geue rayne vnto youre loÌ„de in due season early and late that thou mayest gather in thy corne thy wyne and thine oyle and I wyll geue grasse vpon thy felde for thy catell that ye maye eate be fylled But bewarre y t youre hert be not disceaued that ye go asyde serue other goddes worshipe them and then the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote vpoÌ„ you and he shut vp the heaueÌ„ that there come no rayne and the earth geue not hir increase ye perishe shortly from the good loÌ„de which the LORDE hath geuen you Put vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules and bynde theÌ„ for a signe vpon youre handes y t they maye be a token of remembraunce before yo r eyes and teach them youre children so that thou talke therof whan thou syttest in thine house or walkest by the waye whan thou lyest downe and whan thou rysest vp and wryte them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy gates that thou and thy children maye lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto thy fathers to geue them as longe as the dayes of heauen endure vpon earth For yf ye shal kepe all these commaundementes which I commaunde you so that ye do therafter that ye loue the LORDE youre God and walke in all his wayes and cleue vnto him then shall the LORDE dryue out
earth and fed him with the increase of the felde He caused him sucke hony out of the rocke and oyle out of the harde stone Butter of the kyne and mylke of the shepe with the fat of the lambes and rammes of the sonnes of Basan and he goates with the fat of the kydneys and wheate And gaue him drynke of the very bloude of grapes And whan he was fat and had ynough he waxed wanton He is fat and thicke and smothe hath letten God go that made him and despysed the rocke of his saluacion He hath prouoked him to indignacion thorow straunge goddes and thorow abhominacion hath he angred him They offred vnto felde deuels not vnto their God Vnto goddes whom they knewe not eueÌ„ vnto new goddes y t came newly vp whom their fathers honoured not Thy rocke that begat y e hast thou despysed and hast forgotten God that made the. And whan the LORDE sawe it he was moued vnto wrath ouer his sonnes and his doughters And he sayde I wyll hyde my face from them I wyll se what their ende shal be for it is a frowarde generacion they are childreÌ„ in whom is no fayth They haue prouoked me in it that is not God w t their vanites haue they angred me And I agayne wil prouoke them by those that are no people by a foolish nacion wil I anger them For the fyre is kyndled in my wrath and shal burne vnto y e nethermost hell and shal consume the londe with the increase therof and set the foundacions of y e mountaynes on fyre I wil heape myscheues vpoÌ„ them I wil spende all myne arowes at them They shal pyne awaye thorow honger be consumed of the feuers and of bytter sicknesses I wil sende amonge them y e tethe of beestes and furious serpentes Without shall the swearde robbe them feare in the chambers both the yonge man and yonge woman the suckynge children w t the gray headed man I wyll saye Where are they I shall make their remembraunce to ceasse from amonge men Yf the wrath of the enemies were not gathered lest their enemies shulde be proude might saie Oure hande is hye and The LORDE hath not done all this For it is a people wherin is no councell and there is no vnderstondinge in them O that they were wyse vnderstode this that they wolde coÌ„sidre what shulde happeÌ„ vnto them herafter How coÌ„meth it y t one shall chace a thousande of them and y t two shal put ten thousande to flyghte Is it not so euen because their rocke hath solde them and because the LORDE hath geuen them ouer For oure rocke is not as their rocke of this are oure enemies iudges themselues Their vyne is of the vyne of Sodom and of the feldes of Gomorra their grapes are the grapes of gall they haue bytter clusters Their wyne is the poyson of Dragons the furious gall of Adders Is not this hid with me and sealed vp in my treasures Vengeaunce is myne and I wyll rewarde in due season Their fote shall slyde for the tyme of their destruccioÌ„ is at honde and the thinge that is to come vpon them maketh haiste For the LORDE shall iudge his people and shal haue compassion on his seruauntes For he shal considre that their power is awaie and that it is gone with them which were shut vp and remayned ouer And he shal saye Where are their goddes their rocke wherin they trusted Of whose sacrifices they ate y e fatt and dranke the wyne of their drynk offeringes Let them ryse vp and helpe you and be youre proteccion Se now that I I am and that there is none other God but I. I can kyll and make alyue what I haue smytten that can I heale and there is noman able to delyuer out of my hande For I wil lifte vp my hande to heauen wyl saye I lyue euer Yf I whet y e edge of my swerde and my hande take holde of iudgment then wyll I auenge me on myne enemies and rewarde them that hate me I wil make myne arowes dronken with bloude and my swerde shal eate flesh ouer y e bloude of the slayne and ouer the captyuite and in that the enemies heade shall be discouered Reioyse ye Heythen with his people for he wil auenge the bloude of his seruauntes and wyl auenge him on his enemies wil be mercifull vnto the londe of his people And Moses came and spake all the wordes of this songe in the eares of the people he and Iosua the sonne of Nun. Now whaÌ„ Moses had made an ende of speakinge all these wordes vnto all Israel he sayde vnto theÌ„ Take to hert all y e wordes which I testifye vnto you this daye that ye commaunde youre children to obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe For it is no vaine worde vnto you but it is yo r life this worde shal prolonge youre life in y e londe whither ye go â—uer Iordane to conquere it And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses y e same daie sayde Get the vp to this mount Abarim vpon mount Nebo which lyeth in y e londe of the Moabites ouer agaynst Iericho beholde the londe of Canaan which I shall geue vnto the children of Israel in possessioÌ„ And dye thou vpon the mount whan thou art come vp and be gathered vnto thy people like as Aaron thy brother dyed vpon mount Hor and was gathered vnto his people â–ª Because ye trespaced agaynst me amonge the children of Israel by the water of stryfe at Cades in the wildernesse of Zin and sanctified me not amonge the children of Israel For thou shalt se the londe ouer against the which I geue vnto y e children of Israel but thou shalt not come in to it The XXXIII Chapter THis is the blessynge wherwith Moses the man of God blessed y e childreÌ„ of Israel before his death and saide The LORDE came from Sinai and rose vp vnto theÌ„ from Seir. He appeared fro mount Paran and came w t many thousande sayntes At his righte hande is there a lawe of fyre for them O how loued he the people All his sayntes are in his hande they shall set them selues downe at thy fete and receaue of thy wordes Moses commaunded vs the lawe which is the enheritaunce of the congregacion of Iacob And he was in the fulnesse of the kynge helde y e rulers of y e people together with the trybes of Israel Let Ruben lyue and not dye and his people be fewe in nombre This is the blessynge of Iuda And he sayde LORDE heare the voyce of Iuda and brynge him vnto his people Let his haÌ„des multiplye him and let him be helped froÌ„ his enemies And vnto Leui he sayde Thy perfectnes and y e lighte be acordinge vnto the man of thy mercy whoÌ„ thou hast tempted at Massa whan ye stroue by
my soule why art thou so disquieted withâ—â— me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet gâ—â—ue him thaÌ„kes for y e helpe of his countenaâ—â—ce and because he is my God The XLIII A psalme of y e childreÌ„ of Corah WE haue herde with o r eare 〈◊〉 God o r fathers haue tolde vs what thou hast done in their tyme of olde How thou hast dryueÌ„ out the Heithen w t thy honde plaÌ„ted theÌ„ in how thou hast destroyed the nacions cast theÌ„ out For they gat not the londe in possession thorow their owne swerde nether was it their owne arme that helped them But thy right haÌ„de thyne arme the light of thy countenaunce because thou haddest a fauoure vnto them Thou art y e kinge my God thou sendest helpe vnto Iacob Thorow y e wil we ouer throwe oure enemies in thy name will we treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. For I will not trust in my bowe it is not my swerde y t shal helpe me But it is thou that sauest vs froÌ„ oure enemies and puttest them to confucion that hate vs. We will allwaye make oure boast of God and prayse thy name for euer Sela. But now thou forsakest vs puttest vs to confucion and goest not forth with oure hoostes Thou makest vs to turne oure backes vpon oure enemies so that they which hate vs spoile oure goodes Thou lettest vs be eaten vp like shepe scatrest vs amonge the Heithen Thou sellest thy people for naught takest no moneye for them Thou makest vs to be rebuked of o r neghbours to be laughed to scorne aud had in derision of them that are rounde aboute vs. Thou hast made vs a very by worde amonge the Heithen that the people shake their heades at vs. My coÌ„fucion is daylie before me the shame of my face couereth me For the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer for the enemie and auenger All this is come vpon vs yet haue we not forgotten the ner behaued oure selues vnfaithfully in thy couenaunt Oure hert is not turned backe nether oure steppes gone out of thy waye That thou smytesâ— vs so in the place of the serpeÌ„t couerest vs with y e shadowe of death Yf we had forgotten the name of oure God holdeÌ„ vp oure hondes to eny straunge God Shulde â—ot God fynde it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert But for thy sake we are kylled all the daie longe and are counted as shepe apoynted to be slayne Vp LORDE why slepest thou â–ª Awake and cast vs not of for euer Wherfore hydest thou thy face wilt thou clene forget oure misery and oppressioÌ„ For oure soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust and oure bely cleueth vnto the grounde Arise o LORDE helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy mercie sake The XLIIII A psalme of the children of Corah MY hert is dytinge of a good matter I speake of that which I haue made of the kynge My tonge is y e penne of a ready wryter Thou art the fayrest amonge the children of meÌ„ full of grace are thy lippes therfore God blesseth the for euer Gyrde the with thy swerde vpon thy thee o thou mightie with worshipe and renowne Good lucke haue thou with thine honoure ryde on with the treuth mekenesse rightuousnes thy right hoÌ„de shal teach y e woÌ„derfull thinges Thy arowes are sharpe the people shal be subdued vnto the euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemies Thy seate o God endureth for euer the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued rightuousnesse hated iniquite wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fâ—lowes All thy garmentes are like myrre Aloes Cassia when thou coÌ„mest out of thine yuerie palaces in thy beutifull glory Kynges doughters go in thy goodly araye vpon thy right honde stondeth the quene in a vesture of the most fyne golde Herken o doughter considre enclyne thine eare forget thine owne people thy fathers house So shal the kynge haue pleasure in thy beutie for he is thy LORDE thou shalt worshipe him The doughters of Tyre shal be there with giftes the riche amonge the people shal make their supplicacion before the. The kynges doughter is all glorious within hir clothinge is of wrought golde â–ª She shal be brought vnto the kynge in rayment of nedle worke and maydens after her soch as be next her shal be brought vnto the. With ioye and gladnesse shal they be brought and go into the kynges palace In steade of thy fathere thou hast gotten children whom thou shalt make prynces in all londes I wil remembre thy name from one generacioÌ„ to another therfore shal the people geue thankes vnto the worlde without ende The XLV A psalme of the children of Corah IN oure troubles and aduersite we haue founde that God is oure refuge oure strength and helpe Therfore wil we not feare though the earth fell and though the hilles were caried in to the myddest of the see Though the waters of the see raged were neuer so troublous though the mountaynes shoke at the teÌ„pest of the same Sela. For there is a floude which w t his ryuers reioyseth y e cite of God the holy dwellynge of the most hyest God is in y e myddest of her therfore shall she not be remoued for God helpeth her y e right early The Heithen are madd the kyngdomes make moch a doo but wheÌ„ he sheweth his voyce y e earth melteth awaye The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. O come hither beholde y e workes of the LORDE what destruccioÌ„s he hath brought vpoÌ„ y e earth He hath made warres to ceasse in all the worlde he hath broken the bowe he hath knapped the speare in sonder breÌ„t the charettes in the fyre Be still theÌ„ confesse y t I am God I wil be exalted amonge the HeitheÌ„ I wil be exalted vpon earth The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. The XLVI A psalme of the children of Corah O Clappe youre hoÌ„des together all ye people O synge vnto God with the voyce of thaÌ„kesgeuynge For the LORDE the most hyest is to be feared he is the greate kynge vpoÌ„ all y e earth He shal subdue the people vnder vs the HeitheÌ„ vnder oure fete He choseth vs for an heretage the beutie of Iacob whom he loued Sela God is gone vp w t a mery noyse the LORDE w t the sownde of the troÌ„pet O synge prayses synge prayses vnto God O synge prayses synge prayses vnto oure kynge For God is kynge of all the earth O synge prayses vnto him with vnderstondinge God is kinge ouer the HeitheÌ„ God sitteth in his holy seate The prynces of the people are gathered together vnto the
which they owe vnto me that turne they to mens lawes and doctrynes therfore wil I also shewe vnto this people a maruelous terrible and greate thinge Namely this I wil destroye the wisdome of their wise and the vnderstoÌ„dinge of their lerned men shal perish Wo be vnto them that seke so depe to hyde their ymaginacion be fore the LORDE which rehearce their couÌ„cels in y e darknes and saye who seith vs or who knoweth vs Which ymaginacion of yours is euen as when the potters claye taketh advisemeÌ„t as though the worke might saye to y e worke master make me not or as when an erthen vessel saieth of the potter he vnderstondeth not Se ye not that it is hard by that Libanus shal be turned in to Charmel and that Charmel shal be taken as a wodde Then shal deaf men vnderstonde the wordes of the boke and the eyes of the blynde shal se without eny cloude or darknes The oppressed shal holde a mery feast in the LORDE and the poore people shal reioyse in the holy one of Israel Then shal the furious people ceasse and y e mockers shal be put awaye and all they y t do wronge shal be rooted out soch as laboure to drawe meÌ„ vnto synne and y t disceaue him which reproueth them in the gate soch as turne good personnes to vanite And therfore the LORDE euen the defender of Abraham saieth thus vnto the house of Iacob Now shal not Iacob be ashamed nor his face coÌ„founded when he seith amonge his children whom my hondes haue made soch as halowe my name amonge them that they maye sancifie the holy one of Iacob and feare the God of Israel and that they which afore tyme were of an erroneous sprete haue now vnderstondinge and y t soch as before coude not speake are now lerned in my lawe The xxx Chapter WO be to those shrenkinge children saieth the LORDE which seke councel but not at me which take a webbe in honde but not after my will that they maye heape one synne vpon another They go downe in to Egipte and axe me no councel to seke helpe at the power of Pharao and coÌ„forte in the shadowe of the EgipciaÌ„s But Pharaos helpe shal be youre coÌ„fucion and the comforte in the Egipcians shadowe shal be youre owne shame You re rulers haue bene at Zoan and yo r messaungers came vnto Hanes But ye shal all be ashamed of the people y t maye not helpe you which shal not bringe you strength or comforte but shame and confucion Youre beastes haue borne burthens vpoÌ„ their backes towarde the South thorow the waye that is ful of parell and trouble because of the lyoÌ„ and lyones of the Cockatrice and shutynge dragon Yee the Mules bare youre substaunce and the Camels brought yo r treasure vpon their croked backes vnto a people that can not helpe you For the Egipcians helpe shal be but vane and lost Therfore I tolde you also y t youre pryde shulde haue an ende Wherfore go heÌ„ce and write them this in their tables and note it in a booke that it maye remayne by their posterite and be stil kepte For it is an obstinate people vnfaithful children children that will not heare the lawe of the LORDE They darre saye to the prophetes Intro mitte youre selues with nothinge and vnto y e Soythsayers tell us of nothinge for to come but speake frendly wordes vnto vs and preach vs false thinges Treade out of the waye go out of the path turne the holy one of Israel from vs. Therfore thus saieth the holy one of Israel In as moch as ye haue cast of youre bewtie and conforted youre selues with power and nymblenesse and put youre confidence therin therfore shal ye haue this myschefe agayne for youre destruction and fall like as an hie wall that falleth because of some rift or blast whose breakinge cometh sodenly And youre destruction shal be like as an ertheÌ„ pot which breaketh no man touchinge it yee and breaketh so sore that a man shal not fynde a sheuer of it to fetch fyre in or to take water with all out of the pyt For the LORDE God euen the holy one of Israel hath promised thus With stilsittinge and rest shal ye be healed In quyetnesse and hope shal youre strength lie Notwithstondinge ye regarde it not but ye will saie No for thus are we coÌ„strayned to fle vpoÌ„ horses And therfore shall ye fle we must ryde vpon swift beastes and therfore youre persecutours shal yet be swifter A thousand of you shal fle for one or at the most for fyue which do but only geue you euell wordes vntil ye be desolate as a ship mast vpon an hie mountayne and as a beaken vpon an hill Yet stondeth the LORDE waitinge that he maye haue mercy vpon you and lifteth him self vp that he maye receaue you to grace For the LORDE God is rightuous Happie are all thei that wate for him For thus o thou people of Sion and ye citisens of Ierusalem shal ye neuer be in heuynes for doutlesse he will haue mercy vpon the. As soone as he heareth the voyce of thy crie he will helpe the. The LORDE geueth you the bred of aduersite and the water of trouble But thine instructer fleyth not farre from the yf thine eyes loke vnto thine instructer and thine eares harken to his worde that crieth after the and saieth This is the waye go this and turne nether to the right honde nor the leffte Morouer yf ye destroye the syluer workes of youre Idols and cast awaye the golden coapes that ye deckt them withall as fylthynes and saie get you hence TheÌ„ wil he geue rayne to the sede that ye shal sowe in the earth and geue you breade of the encrease of the earth so that all shal be plenteous and abundaunt Thy catel also shal he fede in the brode medowes yee thyne oxeÌ„ and Muâ—es that till the grounde shal eate good fodder which is pourged w t y e fanne Goodly ryuers shal flowe out of all his mountaynes and hilles In the daye of the greate slaughter when the towers shal fall the Moone shal shyne as the Sonne and y e SoÌ„ne shyne shal be seueÌ„ folde and haue as moch shyne as in seuen dayes beside In that daye shal the LORDE bynde vp y e brussed sores of his people and heale their woundes Beholde the glory of the LORDE shal come from farre his face shal burne that no man shal be able to abyde it his lippes shal wagge for very indignacion and his tunge shal be as a consumynge fyre His breath like a vehement floude of water which goeth vp to the throte That he maye take awaye y e people which haue turned them selues vnto vanite and the brydle of erroure that lieth in other folkes chawes But ye shal synge as the vse is in y e night of the holy solempnite Ye shal
I do with them cōsidre my glory ye that be at honde The synners at Sion are a frayde a sodane fearfulnesse is come vpon the ypocrytes What is he amonge us saye they that will dwell by that consumynge fyre which of vs maye abyde that euerlastinge heate He that ledeth a godly life saye I speaketh the treuth He that abhorreth to do violence and disceate he that kepeth his hōde that he touch no rewarde which stoppeth his eares that he heare no councel agaynst the innocent which holdeth downe his eyes that he se no euel He it is that shal dwel on hie whose sauegarde shal be in the true rocke to him shal be geuen the right true meat drynke His eyes shal se the kynge in his glory in the wyde worlde and his herte shal delite in the feare of God What shal then become of the scrybe of the Senatoure what of him that teacheth childrē There shalt thou not se a people of a straunge tūge to haue so diffused a lāguage that it maye not be vnderstonde nether so straunge a speache but it shal be perceaued There shal Sion be sene the head citie of oure solempne feastes There shal thine eyes se Ierusalem that glorious habitation the tabernacle that neuer shal remoue whose nales shal neuer be taken out worlde without ende whose coardes euerychone shal neuer corruppe for the glorious Magesty of the LORDE shal there be present amōge vs. In that place where fayre broade ryuers streames are shal nether Gallye rowe ner greate shippe sale For the LORDE shal be oure capteyne the LORDE shal be oure lawe geuer The LORDE shal be oure kinge he himself shal be oure Sauioure There are the coardes so layd abrode that they cā not be better The mast set vp of soch a fashion that no bāner ner sale hāgeth therō but there is dealed greate spoyle yee lame men runne after the pray There lieth no mā that saieth I am sick but all euel is taken awaye from the people that dwel there The xxxiiij Chapter COme ye Heithen heare take hede ye people Herkē thou earth all that is therin thou rounde cōpasse al that groweth ther vpon for the LORDE is angrie with al people his displeasure is kindled agaynst all the multitude of them to curse them to slaye them So that their slayne shal be cast out their bodies stincke that euē the very hilles shal be wet with the bloude of them All the starres of heauen shal be consumed the heauen shal folde together like a roll all the starres therof shall fall like as the leaues fall from the vynes and fygetrees For my swearde saieth he shal be bathed in heauen shal immediatly come downe vpon Idumea and vpon the people which I haue cursed for my vengeaunce And the LORDES swearde shal be full of bloude be rustie with the fatnesse bloude of lambes and gootes with the fatnesse of neeres of the wethers For the LORDE shal kyl a great offringe in Bosra and in the londe of Idumea There shal the Vnicornes fall with the Bulles that is with the giauntes and their londe shal be washed with bloude their grounde corrupte with fatnesse Vnto the also o Sion shal come the daye of the vengeaunce of God and the yeare when as thyne owne iugdmentes shal be recompensed Thy floudes shal be turned to pytch and thine earth to brymstone therwith shal the londe be kyndled so that it shal not be quenched daye ner night But smoke euermore so forth to lie waist And no man shal go thorow thy londe for euer But Pellicanes Storkes great Oules and Rauens shall haue it in possession dwell therein For God shal sprede out the lyne of desolacion vpon it weye it with the stones of emptynes When kinges are called vpō there shal be none and all princes shal be awaye Thornes shal growe in their palaces nettels thistles in their stronge holdes y t the dragons maye haue their pleasure therin that they maye be a courte for Estriches There shal straunge visures and monstruous beastes mete one another the wylde kepe company together There shal the lamia lye haue hir lodginge There shall the hedghogge buylde digge be there at home and bringe forth his yongeones There shal the kytes come together ech one to his like Seke thorow the scripture of the LORDE rede it There shal none of these thinges be left out there shal not one ner soch like fayle ▪ For what his mouth commaundeth that same doth his sprete gather together or fulfilleth Vpon whom so euer y e lot fallet or to whom he dealeth it with the line those shal possesse the enheritaunce from generacion to generacion and dwel therin The xxxv Chapter BVt the deserte wildernesse shal reioyse y e waist grounde shal be glad and florish as the lilly She shal florish pleasauntly and be ioyful and euer be geuynge of thankes more and more For y e glory of libanus the bewty of Charmel Sarō shal be geuen her These shal knowe the honoure of the LORDE and the magesty of oure God And therfore strength y e weake hōdes and conforte the feble knees Saye vnto them that are of a fearful hert Be of good chere and feare not Beholde youre God cometh to take vengeaunce to rewarde God cometh his owne self and wil delyuer you Then shal the eyes of the blinde be lightned and the eares of the deaff opened Then shal the lame man leape as an herte the domme mās tūge shal geue thankes In the wildernesse also there shal welles springe and floudes of water in the deserte The drie grounde shal turne to ryuers and the thurstie to springes of water Where as dragons dwelt afore there shal growe swete floures and grene russhes There shal be footpathes comon stretes this shal be called the holy waye No vnclene person shal go thorow it for the LORDE himself shal go with thē that waye and the ignoraūt shal not erre There shal be no lyon and no rauyshinge beast shall come therin nor be there but men shal go there fre and safe And the redemed of the LORDE shal conuerte and come to Sion with thankesgeuinge Euerlastinge ioye shal they haue pleasure gladnesse shal be amōge them And as for all sorow and heuynes it shal vanish awaye The xxxvj Chapter IN the xiiij yeare of kinge Ezechias came Sennacherib kinge of the Assirians downe to laye sege vnto all the stronge cities of Iuda And the kinge of the Assiriās sent Rabsaches from Lachis toward Ierusalem agaynst kinge Ezechias with a greuous hooste ▪ which set him by the condite of the ouerpole in the waye that goeth thorow y e fullers lōde And so there came forth vnto him Eliachim Helchias sonne the presydent Sobna the scribe and Ioah Asaphs
in the LORDE is my rightuousnes and strength To him shal mē come but all they that thinke scorne of him shal be confounded And the whole sede of Israel shal be iustified praysed in y e LORDE The xlvj Chapter Neuertheles Bel shal fall Nabo shal be broken whose ymages are a burthē for the beastes and catell to ouerlade thē and to make them weery They shal syncke downe and fall together for they maye not ease them of their burthen therfore must they go in to captiuyte Herken vnto me o house of Iacob and all ye that remayne yet of the housholde of Israel whom I haue borne from youre mothers wombe and brought you vp from yo r byrth till ye were growen I I which shall beare you vnto youre last age I haue made you I will also norish you beare you and saue you Whom will ye make me like in fashion or ymage that I maye be like him Ye fooles no doute wil take out syluer and golde out of youre purses and weye it and hyre a goldsmyth to make a god of it that men maye knele downe and worshipe it Yet must he be taken on mens shulders and borne and set in his place that he maye stonde and not moue Alas that men shulde crie vnto him which geueth no answere and delyuereth not the man that calleth vpon him from his trouble Considre this well and be ashamed Go into youre owne selues O ye runnagates Remembre the thinges which are past sence the begynnynge of the worlde that I am God and that there is els no God yee and y t there is nothinge like vnto me In the begynnynge of a thinge I shewe the ende therof and I tel before thinges that are not yet come to passe With one worde is my deuyce accomplished fulfilleth all my pleasure I call a byrde out of the east and all that I take in honde out of farre countrees As soone as I commaunde I bringe it hither as soone as I thinke to deuyse a thinge I do it Heare me o ye that are of an hie stomack but farre from rightuousnesse I shal bringe forth my rightuousnesse It is not farre and my health shal not tarie longe awaye I wil laye health in Siō and geue Israel my glory The xlvij Chapter BVt as for the O doughter thou virgin Babilon thou shalt syt in the dust Thou shalt syt vpon the groūde and not in atr one o thou mayden of Chaldea Thou shalt nomore be called tender and pleasaūt Thou shalt bringe forth the querne grynede meel put downe thy stomacher make bare thy knees and shalt wade thorow the water ryuers Thy shame shal be discouered ād thy preuyties shal be sene For I wil auenge me of the and no man shal let me saieth oure redemer which is called the LORDE of hoostes the holy one of Israel Syt still holde thy tunge and get the in to some darcke corner O doughter Caldea for thou shalt nomore be called lady of kyngdomes I was so wroth with my people y t I punyshed myne enheritaunce and gaue them in to thy power Neuertheles thou shewdest them no mercy but euen the very aged men of thē didest thou oppresse right sore with thy yock thou thoughtest thus I shal be lady for euer And besyde all that thou hast not regarded these thinges nether cast what shulde come after Heare now therfore thou wilful that syttest so carelesse speakest thus in thine herte I am alone and without me is there none I shal neuer be wydow ner desolate agayne And yet both these thīges shal come to the vpō one daye in the twincklinge of an eye Namely wyddowhead and desolacion They shal mightely fall vpon the for y e multitude of thy witches and for the greate heape of thy coniurers For thou hast conforted thy self in thy disceatfulnes and hast sayde No mā seith me Thyne owne wisdome connynge haue disceaued the In that thou hast sayde I am alone and without me there is none Therfore shal trouble come vpō y e thou shalt not knowe from whēce it shal arise Myschefe shal fall vpō y e which thou shalt not be able to put of A sodane misery shal come vpon the or euer thou be awarre Now go to thy coniurers and to the multitude of thy witches whom thou hast bene acquanted withal from thi youth yf they maye helpe the or strengthē the. Thou hast hither to had many councels of them so let the heauengasers the beholders of starres come on now and delyuer the yee and let thē shewe when these new thinges shall come vpon the. Beholde they shal be like strawe which yf it be kindled with fyre no man maye rydde it for the vehemence of the flame And yet it geueth no zynders to warme a mā by ner cleare fyre to syt by Euen so shal they be vnto the whom thou hast vsed occupide from thy youth Euery one shal shewe y t his erroneous waye yet shall none of them defende the. The xlviij Chapter HEare this O thou house of Iacob ye y t are called by the name of Israel and are come out of one stocke w t Iuda which sweare by the name of the LORDE and beare witnesse by the God of Israel but not w t treuth and right which are called fre men of the holy citie as they that loke for conforth in the God of Israel whose name is the LORDE of hoostes The thinges that I shewed you euer sence the begynnynge Haue I not brought thē to passe immediatly as they came out of my mouth and declared them And they are come Howbeit I knewe that thou art obstinate and that thy neck hath an yron vane and that thy brow is of brasse Neuertheles I haue euer sence the begynnynge shewed the of thinges for to come and declared thē vnto the or euer they came to passe that thou shuldest not saye myne Idol hath done it my carued or cast ymage hath shewed it Heare considre all these thinges whether it was ye that prophecied thē But as for me I tolde the before at the begynnynge new secrete thinges y t thou knewest not of And some done now not of olde time wherof thou neuer herdest before they were brought to passe that thou canst not saye I knewe of them Morouer there be some wherof thou hast nether herde ner knowne nether haue they bene opened vnto thine eares afore tyme For I knew that thou woldest maliciousli offende therfore haue I called the a transgressoure euen from thy mothers wombe Neuertheles for my names sake I haue withdrawen my wrath and for myne honoursake I haue ouersene the so that I haue not rooted the out Beholde I haue pourged the and not for moneye I haue chosen the in the fyre of pouerte And that only for myne owne sake for I geue myne Honoure to none other that thou shuldest not despise
for Ierusalēs sake I will not ceasse vntill their rightuousnes breake forth as y e shyninge light their health as a burnynge lampe Then shal the Gētiles se thy rightuousnesse all kinges thy glory Thou shalt be named with a new name which the mouth of y e LORDE shal shewe Thou shalt be a crowne in the honde of the LORDE and a glorious garlāde in the hōde of thy God From this tyme forth thou shalt neuer be called the forsakē thy lōde shal nomore be called the wildernesse But thou shalt be called Hephziba that is my beloued y e londe Beula that is a maried womā for y e LORDE loueth y e thy lōde shal be inhabited And like as yonge mā taketh a doughter to mariage so shal God mary himself vnto y e sonnes And as a brydegrome is glad of his bryde so shal God reioyse ouer the. I wil set watchmē vpō thy walles o Ierusalem which shall nether ceasse daye nor night to preach y e LORDE And ye also shall not kepe him close nor leaue to speake of hī vntill Ierusalē be set vp made the prayse of the worlde The LORDE hath sworne by his right honde by his stronge arme that frō hence forth he wil not geue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies ner y e wyne wherī thou hast laboured to be drynke for y e straungers But they that haue gathered in the corne shal eate it geue thankes to the LORDE they that haue borne in the wyne shall drynke it in the court of my Sanctuary Stōde back departe a sunder ye y t stonde vnder y e gate make rowme ye people repayre the strete take awaye y e stones set out a tokē for the people Beholde y e LORDE proclameth in the endes of the worlde tel y e doughter Siō se thy Saluaciō cometh beholde he bringeth his treasure w t him his workes go before him For they whō y e LORDE delyuereth shal be called the holy people as for the thou shalt be named the greatly occupied and not the forsaken The lxiij Chapter WHat is he this that cometh from Edom with stayned reade clothes of Bosra which is so costly cloth cometh in so neēbly with all his strēgth I am he y t teacheth rightuousnes am of power to helpe Wherfore thē is thy clothinge reade thy raymēt like his y t treadeth in y e wyne presse I haue troddē the presse my self alone of all people there was not one with me Thus haue I trodē downe myne enemies in my wrath and set my fete vpō them in my indignacion And their bloude sprange vpō my cloothes so haue I stayned all my rayment For the daye of vengeaūce that I haue takē in honde the yeare of my delyueraunce is come I loked aboute me and there was no mā to shewe me eny helpe I fel downe and no man helde me vp Thē I helde me by myne owne arme my feruētnesse susteyned me And thus haue I troden downe the people in my wrath and bathed them in my displeasure In so moch that I haue shed their bloude vpon the earth I will declare the goodnesse of the LORDE yee and the prayse of the LORDE for all that he hath gyuen vs for the greate good y t he hath done for Israel which he hath gyuen them of his owne fauoure acordinge to the multitude of his louynge kindnesses For he sayde These no doute wil be my people and no shrēkinge children and so he was their Sauioure In their troubles he forsoke thē not but the angel that went forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue kindnesse that he had vnto them redemed he them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer sence the worlde begāne But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde he was their enemie and fought agaynst them him self Yet remēbred he the olde tyme of Moses his people How he brought them from the water of the see as a shepherde doth with his shepe how he had geuen his holy sprete amonge them how he had led Moses by the right honde with his glorious arme how he had deuyded the water before them wherby he gat him self an euerlastinge name how he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playne that they shulde not stomble The sprete of the LORDE led them as a tame beast goeth in the felde Thus o God hast thou led thy people to make thy self a glorious name with all Loke downe then from heauē and beholde the dwellinge place of thy sanctuary thy glory How is it y t thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louynge kyndnesse wyl not be entreated of vs Yet art thou o r father For Abraham knoweth vs not nether is Israel acquanted with vs. But thou LORDE art oure father and redemer and thy name is euer lastinge O LORDE wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy waye wherfore hast thou hardened oure hertes that we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake y t are of the generaciō of thy heretage Thy people hath had but litle of thy Sanctuary in possessiō for oure enemies haue takē it in And we are become euen as we were from the beginnynge but thou art not their LORDE for they haue not called vpon thy name The lxiiij Chapter O That thou woldest cleue the heauen in sonder come downe that the mountaynes might melt awaye at thy presence like as at an hore fyre and that the malicious might boyle as the water doth vpon the fyre Wherby thy name might be knowne amōge thine enemies y t the Gētiles might trēble before ye. That thou mightest come downe with thy wonderous straunge workes then shulde the hilles melt at thy presence For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none excepte thou o God that herde or perceaued nether hath eny eye sene what thou dost for thē that put their trust in the. Thou helpest him that doth right with cherefulnesse and them that thynke vpon thy wayes But lo thou art angrie for we offende and haue bene euer in synne and there is not one whole We are all as an vnclene thinge all oure rightuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman we fall euerychone as the leaf for oure synnes carie vs awaye like the wynde There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that stondeth vp to take holde by the. Therfore hydest thou thy face from vs and consumest vs because of oure synnes But now o LORDE thou father of ours we are the claye and thou art oure potter and we all are the worke of thy hondes Be not to sore displeased o LORDE and kepe not oure offences to lōge in thy remembraunce but considre that we all are thy people
destroye them yee agaynst the prynce of the couenaunt So after y t he hath taken truce with him he shal haÌ„dle disceatfully that he maye get vp ouer come him with a small flocke so with craftynesse to get him to y e fattest place of the londe and to deale otherwise then ether his fathers or grauÌ„d fathers dyd For he shal destroye the thinge y e they had robbed spoyled yee all their substaunce ymagenynge thoughtes agaynst the stroÌ„ge holdes that for a tyme. His power and herte shal be sterred vp w t a greate armye agaynst the kinge of the south where thorow the kinge of the south shal be moued then vnto batell with a greate mightie hoost also Neuerthelesse he shal not be able to stonde for they shall conspyre agaynst him Yee they y t eate of his meate shal hurte him so that his hoost shal fall many be slayne downe These two kinges shal be mynded to do myschefe talke of disceate at one table but they shal not prospere for why the ende shal not come yet vnto the tyme apoynted TheÌ„ shall he go home agayne in to his owne londe with greate good set his herte agaynst the holy couenaunt he shal be busy agaynst it then returne home At the tyme appoynted he shal come agayne go towarde the south So shall it happen otherwise then at the first yet ones agayne And why the shippes of Cythim shal come vpon him that he maye be smytten turne agayne y t he maye take indignacion agaynst the couenaunt of holynes to medle agaynst it Yee he shal turne him drawe soch vnto him as leaue the holy couenaunt He shal set mightie men to vnhalowe the sanctuary of streÌ„gth to put downe the day lie offeringe to set vp the abhominable desolacion And soch as breake the couenaunt shal he flatre with fayre wordes But y e people that wil knowe their God shal haue the ouerhaÌ„de and prospere Those also that haue vnderstondinge amonge the people shal enfourme the multitude for alonge season they shal be persecuted with swearde with fyre with captyuyte with the takynge awaye of their goodes Now wheÌ„ they fall they shal be set vp with a litle helpe but many shal cleue vnto them faynedly Yee some of those which haue vnderstondynge shal be persecuted also y t they maye betryed purified cleÌ„sed till the tyme be out for there is yet another tyme appoynted The kinge shal do what him list he shal exalte and magnifie himself agaynst all that is God Yee he shall speake maruelous thinges agaynst the God of all goddes wherin he shal prospere so longe till the wrath be fulfilled for the conclusion is deuysed alredy He shal not regarde the God of his fathers but his lust shall be vpon womeÌ„ Yee he shal not care for eny God for he shal magnifie himself aboue all In his place shal he worshipe the mightie Idols the god whom his fathers knewe not shal he honoure with golde and syluer with precious stones and pleasaunt Iewels This shal he do sekinge helpe and sucoure at the mightie Idols and straunge goddes Soch as wil receaue him and take him for God he shal geue them greate worshipe and power yee and make them lordes of the multitude and geue them the londe with rewardes In the latter tyme shal the kinge of the south stryue with him and the kinge of the north in like maner shall come agaynst him with charettes horsmen with a greate nauy of shippes He shal come in to the londes destroye and go thorow he shal entre also in to the fayre pleasaunt londe Many cities countrees shal decaye excepte Edom Moab the best of the children of Ammon which shal escape from his honde He shall stretch forth his hoÌ„des vpon the countrees the londe of Egipte shal not escape him For thorow his goinge in he shal haue dominion ouer the treasures of syluer golde ouer all the precious Iewels of Egipte Lybia and Ethiopia Neuerthelesse the tydinges out of the east and the north shall trouble him for the which cause he shal go forth to destroye curse a greate multitude The tentes of his palace shall he pytch betwixte the two sees vpon the hill of the noble sanctuary for he shal come to the ende of it and then shal no man helpe him The XII Chapter THe tyme wil come also that the greate prynce Michael which stondeth on thy peoples syde shal aryse vp for there shal come a tyme of trouble soch as neuer was sens there begaÌ„ne to be eny people vnto that same tyme. Then shal thy people be delyuered yee all those that be fouÌ„de written in the boke Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth shal awake some to euerlastinge life some to perpetuall shame reprofe The wyse soch as haue taught other shal glister as the shyninge of heauen and those that haue instructe the multitude vnto godlynesse shal be as the starres worlde without ende And thou o Daniel shut vp these wordes seale the boke till the last tyme. Many shal go aboute here and there and theÌ„ shal knowlege increase So I Daniel loked and beholde there stode other two one vpon this shore of the water the other vpon yonder syde And one of theÌ„ sayde vnto him which was clothed in lynnynge and stode aboue vpon the waters of the floude How longe shall it be to the ende of these wonderous workes Then herde I the man with the lynnynge clothes which stode aboue vpon the waters of the floude when he helde vp his right and left honde vnto heauen sware by him which lyueth for euer that it shal tary for a tyme two tymes half a tyme when the power of the holy people is clene scatred abrode theÌ„ shal all these thinges be fulfilled I herde it well but I vnderstode it not Then sayde I O my lorde what shal happen after that He answered Go thy waye Daniel for these wordes shal be closed vp sealed till the last tyme many shal be purified clensed tried But the vngodly shall lyue wickedly and those wicked as many of theÌ„ as they be shal haue no vnderstondinge As for soch as haue vnderstondinge they shal regarde it And from y e tyme forth that the daylie offerynge shal be put downe the abhominable desolacion set vp there shal be a thousande two huÌ„dreth xc dayes O well is him that waiteth commeth to the thousande iij. C. xxxv dayes Go thou thy waye now till it be ended take thy rest and byde in thy lot till the dayes haue an ende The ende of the prophet Daniel The Prophet Oseas What Oseas conteyneth Chap. I. God refuseth the Iewes and maâ—eth himself to the Gentiles Chap. II. Plage ouer the Iewes that will not amende A promyse of
broken downe for the corne shal be destroied O what a sighinge make the catell the bullockes are very euel likynge because they haue no pasture and the shepe are fameszshed awaye O LORDE to the will I crie for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernesse and the flame hath brent vp all the trees of the felde Yee the wylde beestes crie also vnto the for the water ryuers are dryed vp and the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse The II. Chapter BLowe out y e trompet in Sion crie vpō my holy hill y t all soch as dwel in the londe maye trēble at it for y e daie of the LORDE commeth is harde at honde a darcke daye a gloomynge daye a cloudy daye yee a stormy daye like as the mornynge spredeth out vpō the hilles Namely a great mightie people soch as haue not bene sens y e begynnynge nether shal be after them for euermore Before him shal be a consumynge fyre behynde him a burnynge flame The londe shal be as a garden of pleasure before him but behinde him shal it be a very waist wildernesse there is no man that shal escape him They are to loke vpon like bayrded horses runne like horse men They skyppe vp vpon y e hilles as it were the sounde of charettes as the flame of fyre that consumeth the strawe and as a mightie people redy to the batell The folke shal be afrayed of him all faces shal be as blacke as a pot These shal rūne like giauntes leape ouer the walles like men of warre Euery mā in his goinge shal kepe his araie not go out of his Path. There shal not one dryue another but ech shal kepe his owne waye They shal breake in at the wyndowes not be hurte They shal come into the cite runne vpon the walles They shal clymme vp vpon the houses slyppe in at the wyndowes like a thefe The earth shal quake before him yee the heauens shal be moued the Sonne Moone shal be darckened and the starres shal withdrawe their shyne The LORDE shal shewe his voyce before his hoost for his hoost is greate stronge mightie to fulfill his commaundement This is y e greate and maruelous fearfull daye of the LORDE And who is able to abyde it Now therfore saieth the LORDE Turne you vnto me with all youre hertes with fastinge wepynge and mournynge rente youre hertes not youre clothes Turne you vnto the LORDE youre God for he is gracious mercifull longe sufferynge of greate compassion redy to pardone wickednes Then no doute he also shal turne forgeue after his chastenynge he shall let youre increase remayne for meat drynck offerynges vn to the LORDE youre God Blowe out with the trōpet in Sion proclame a fastynge call the congregacion gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bringe the children suclynges together Let y e brydegrome go forth of his chābre the bryde out of her closet Let the prestes serue the LORDE betwixte the porch y e aulter wepinge sayenge be fauourable o LORDE be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heretage be brought to soch confucion lest the Heithen be lordes therof Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heithen where is now their God Then shal the LORDE be gelous ouer his londe spare his people yee y e LORDE shal answere saye vnto his people Beholde I wil sende you corne wyne oyle so that ye shal haue plenty of them I wil nomore geue you ouer to be a reprofe amonge the Heithen Agayne as for him of the north I shal dryue him farre from you shute him out in to a drye and waist londe his face towarde the east see and his hynder partes towarde the vttemost see The stynke of him shall go vp and his fylthy corrupcion shal fall vpon himself because he hath dealte so proudly Feare not o londe but be glad and reioyse for the LORDE wil do greate thinges Be not ye afrayed nether o ye beastes of the felde for the pastures shal be grene and the trees shal beare their frute the fygetrees vinyardes shal geue their increase Be glad then o ye children of Sion and reioyse in the LORDE youre God for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes he it is y t shal sende you downe shuwers of rayne early and late in the first moneth so that y e garners shal be full of corne and the presses plenteous in wyne and oyle And as for the yeares that y e greszshopper locuste blasstinge caterpiller my greate hoost which I sent amonge you haue eaten vp I shal restore them to you agayne so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and be satisfied and prayse the name of the LORDE youre God that so maruelously hath dealte with you And my people shall neuer be confounded eny more Ye shall well knowe that I am in the myddest of Israel and that I am youre God yee and that there is none other and my people shall nomore be brought to confucion After this will I poure out my sprete vpon all flesh yo r sonnes yo r doughters shal prophecy yo r olde mē shal dreame dreames youre yonge men shal se visions Yee in those dayes I will poure out my sprete vpon seruauntes and maydens I will shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokēs in the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure off smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darcknesse y e Moone in to bloude before y e greate notable daye off the LORDE come And the tyme shal come y t who so euer calleth on the name of the LORDE shal be saued For vpon the mount Sion at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion like as the LORDE hath promised yee amonge the other remnaunt whom the LORDE shall call The III. Chapter FOr take hede In those dayes at y e same tyme when I turne agayne the captyuite of Iuda Ierusalē I shal gather all people together brynge thē in to the valley of Iosaphat and there wil I reason with thē because of my people heretage of Israel whō they haue scatred aboute in the nacions parted my lōde yee they haue cast lottes for my people the yonge mē haue they set in the brodel house solde the Damsels for wyne y t they might haue to drīke Thou Tirus and Sidō and all ye borders of the Philistynes what haue ye to do with me Will ye defye me well yf ye will nedes defye me I shall recōpence you euen vpon youre heade y t right shortly for ye haue takē awaye my syluer golde my fayre goodly Iewels brought them in to youre gods houses The children also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto the Grekes that ye
compased me aboute yee all thy wawes and rowles of water went ouer me I thought that I had bene cast awaye out of thy sight but I wil yee agayne loke towarde thy holy temple The waters compased me euen to the very soule the depe laye aboute me and the wedes were wrapte aboute myne heade I wente downe to the botome of the hilles was barred in with earth for euer But thou o LORDE my God hast brought vp my lyfe agayne out of corrupcion When my soule faynted within me I thought vpon the LORDE and my prayer came in vnto the euen in to thy holy temple They that holde of vayne vanyties wil forsake his mercy But I wil do the sacrifice with the voyce of thankesgeuynge and wil paye that I haue vowed for why saluacion commeth of the LORDE And y e LORDE spake vnto y e fysh and it cast out Ionas agayne vpon the drye londe The III. Chapter THen came the worde of the LORDE vnto Ionas agayne sayenge vp and get the to Niniue that greate cite preach vnto them the preachinge which I bade the. So Ionas arose and wente to Niniue at the LORDES commaundement Niniue was a greate cite vnto God namely off thre dayes iourney And Ionas wente to and entred in to y e cite euen a dayes iourney and cried sayenge There are yet xl dayes and then shal Niniue be ouerthrowen And the people of Niniue beleued God and proclamed fastinge ▪ and arayed them selues in sack cloth as well the greate as the small of them And the tydinges came vnto y e kinge of Niniue which arose out off his seate and dyd his apparell off and put on sack cloth and sate him downe in asshes And it was cried and commaunded in Niniue by the auctorite of the kīge and his lordes sayenge se that nether man or beest oxe or shepe taist ought at all and that they nether fede ner drincke water but put on sack cloth both man and beest and crye mightely vnto God yee se that euery man turne frō his euell waye and from the wickednesse y t he hath in honde Who can tell God maye turne and repēte and cease from his fearce wrath that we perish not And when God sawe their workes how they turned from their wicked wayes he repented on the euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto them and dyd it not The IIII. Chapter WHerfore Ionas was sore discontēt and angrie And he prayed vnto the LORDE and sayde O LORDE was not this my sayenge I praye the when I was yet in my countre therfore I haisted rather to fle vnto Tharsis for I knowe well ynough that thou art a mercifull God full of compassion lōge sufferinge and of greate kyndnesse and repentest when thou shuldest take punyshment And now o LORDE take my life fro me I beseke the for I had rather dye then lyue Then sayde the LORDE art thou so angrie And Ionas gat him out of the cite and sat downe on y e east syde therof and there made him a bothe and sat vnder it in the shadow till he might se what shulde chaunce vnto the cite And the LORDE God prepared a wylde vyne which sprange vp ouer Ionas that he might haue shadowe aboue his heade to delyuer him out of his payne And Ionas was exceadinge glad of the wylde vyne But vpō the nexte morow agaynst the springe of the daye the LORDE ordened a worme which smote the wylde vyne so that it wethered awaye And when the Sōne was vp God prepared a feruent east wynde and the Sonne bete ouer the heade of Ionas that he faynted agayne and wyszshed vnto his soule that he might dye and sayde It is better for me to dye thē to lyue And God sayd vnto Ionas Art thou so angrie for the wylde vyne And he sayde yee very angrie am I euen vnto the deeth And the LORDE sayde thou hast compassion vpon a wylde vyne wherō thou bestowdest no laboure ner may dest it growe which sprange vp in one night and perished in another And shulde not I then haue compassion vpon Niniue that greate cite wherin there are aboue an C. and xx thousande personnes y t knowe not their right hōde frō the lefte besydes moch catell The ende of the prophet Ionas The Prophet Micheas What Micheas conteyneth Chap. I. He reproueth the people off Israel and Iuda for their wickednesse and Idolatry he telleth them their punyshment with mournynge Chap. II. He rehearseth their abhominacions Chap. III. He reproueth the rulers and the prophetes as cause of the peoples misery Chap. IIII. V He prophecyeth of the saluacion off Gods people in Christ of his kyngdome and power of his gospel Chap. VI. Another reprofe Outwarde offeringes are excluded and here is declared what God requyreth off man Chap. VII The summe off the thinges before sayde The litle flocke of the faithfull The first Chapter THis is the worde of the LORDE that came vnto Micheas the Morastite in the dayes of Ioathan Achas and Ezechias kīges of Iuda which was shewed him vpon Samaria and Ierusalem Heare all ye people marcke this well o earth and all that therin is Yee the LORDE God himself be witnesse amonge you euen y e LORDE from his holy temple For why beholde the LORDE shal go out of his place come downe and treade vpon the hie thinges of the earth The moūtaynes shall consume vnder him the valleys shal cleue asunder like as wax cōsumeth at the fyre as y e waters runne downwarde And all this shal be for the wickednesse of Iacob and the synnes of the house of Israel But what is the wickednesse of Iacob Is not Samaria Which are the hye places of Iuda Is not Ierusalē Therfore I shall make Samaria an heape of stones in the felde to laye aboute the vynyarde hir stones shal I cast in to the valley discouer hir foūdaciōs All hir ymages shal be brokē downe all hir wynnynges shal be brent in the fyre yee all hir Idols will I destroye for why they are gathered out of the hyre of an whore in to an whores hyre shal they be turned agayne Wherfore I wil mourne make lamentacion bare naked will I go I must mourne like y e dragōs take sorow as y e Estriches for their woūde is past remedy And why it is come in to Iuda hath touched y e porte of my people at Ierusalē allredy Wepe not lest they at Geth perceaue it Thou at Betaphra welter thy self in the dust and asshes Thou that dwellest at Sephir get the hence with shame The proude shall boost nomore for very sorowe why hir neghboure shall take from her what she hath The rebellious cite hopeth that it shal not be so euell but for all that the plage shal come from the LORDE euen in to the porte of Ierusalem The greate noyse off the charettes shall feare them
clothinge In the same daye also wil I vyset all those that treade ouer the thresholde so proudly which fyll their lordes house w t robbery and falsede At y e same tyme saieth the LORDE there shall be herde a greate crie from the fyshporte and an howlinge from y e other porte and a greate murthur from the hilles Howle ye that dwel in the myll for all the marchaunt people are gone and all they that were laden with syluer are roted out At the same tyme wil I seke thorow Ierusalem with lanternes and vyset them that contynue in their dregges and saye in their hertes Tush the LORDE wil do nether good ner euell Their goodes shal be spoyled and their houses layed waist They shall buylde houses and not dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes but not drynke the wyne therof For the greate daye of the LORDE is at honde it is harde by commeth on a pace Horrible is y e tydinges of the LORDES daye then shall the giaunte crie out for that daye is a daye of wrath a daye of trouble heuynesse a daye of vtter destruccion mysery a darcke glomynge daye a cloudy stormy daye a daye of the noyse of trompettes and shawmes agaynst the stronge cities and hie towres I wil bringe y e people into soch vexacion that they shal go aboute like blinde meÌ„ because they haue synned agaynst the LORDE Their bloude shal be shed as the dust their bodies as the myre Nether their syluer ner their golde shal be able to delyuer theÌ„ in that wrothfull daye of the LORDE but the whole londe shal be coÌ„sumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of all them that dwell in the londe The II. Chapter COme together and gather you O ye frauwerde people or y e thinge go forth that is concluded or the tyme be passed awaye as the dust or the fearfull wrath of the LORDE come vpon you yee or the daye of the LORDES sore displeasure come vpon you Seke the LORDE all yee meke harted vpon earth ye that worke after his iudgmeÌ„t seke rightuousnesse seke lowlynesse that ye maye be defended in the wrothfull daye of y e LORDE For Gaza shal be destroyed Ascalon shall be layed waist They shal cast out Aszdod at the noone daye and Accaron shal be pluckte vp by the rotes Wo vnto you y t dwel vpon the see coost ye murthurous people the worde of y e LORDE shal come vpon you O Canaan thou londe of the Philistynes I wil destroye the so that there shal no man dwel in the eny more as for the see coost it shal be hyrdmens cotages shepe foldes yee it shal be a porcion for soch as remayne of the house of Iuda to fede ther vpon In y e houses of Ascalon shal they rest towarde night for the LORDE their God shal vyset theÌ„ turne awaye their captyuite I haue herde the despite of Moab the blasphemies of the children of Ammon how they haue shamefully intreated my people and magnified them selues within the borders of their londe Therfore as truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Moab shal be as Sodome Ammon as Gomorra euen drie thorne hedges salt pittes and a perpetuall wyldernes The residue of my folke shall spoyle them the remnaunt of my people shall haue them in possession This shal happen vnto them for their pryde because they haue dealte so shamefully with the LORDE of hoostes people and magnified them selues aboue them The LORDE shall be grymme vpon them and destroye all the goddes in the londe And all the Iles of the Heithen shal worshipe him euery man in his place Ye MoriaÌ„s also shal perish with my swerde Yee he shall stretch out his honde ouer the north and destroye Assur As for Niniue he shal make it desolate drye and waist The flockes and all the beastes of the people shall lye in the myddest of it pellicanes and storckes shall abyde in the vpper postes of it foules shal synge in the wyndowes and rauens shal syt vpon the balckes for the bordes of Cedre shal be ryueÌ„ downe This is the proude and carelesse cite that sayde in hir herte I am and there is els none O how is she made so waist y t the beestes lye therin Who so goeth by mocketh her and poynteth at her with his fynger The III. Chapter WO to the abhominable fylthie and cruel cite which wil not heare ner be refourmed Hir trust is not in the LORDE nether wil she holde her to hir God Hir rulers within her are as roaringe lyons hir iudges are as wolues in the euenynge which leaue nothinge behynde them till the morow Hir prophetes are light personnes and vn faithfull men hir prestes vnhalowe the Sanctuary and do wronge vnder the pretence of the lawe But the iust LORDE that doth no vnright was amonge them euery mornynge shewinge them his lawe clearly and ceassed not But the vngodly will not lerne to be aszshamed Therfore wil I rote out this people and destroye their towres yee and make their stretes so voyde that no man shall go therin Their cities shall be brokeÌ„ downe so that no body shal be left ner dwel there eny more I sayde vnto them O feare me and be coÌ„tent to be refourmed That their dwellinge shulde not be destroyed and that there shulde happen vnto them none of these thinges wherwith I shal vyset theÌ„ But neuertheles they stonde vp early to folowe the filthynes of their owne ymaginacions Therfore ye shal waite vpon me saieth the LORDE vntil the tyme that I stonde vp for I am determed to gather the people and to bringe the kingdomes together that I maye poure out myne anger yee all my wrothfull displeasure vpon them For all the worlde shal be consumed with the fyre of my gelousy And then wil I clense the lippes of the people that they 〈◊〉 euerychone call vpon the name of the LORDE and serue him with one shâ—lder Soâ—â— as I haue subdued and my children also whom I haue scatred abrode shal brynge me presentes beyonde the waters of Ethiopia In that tyme shalt thou nomore 〈◊〉 founded because of all thy ymaginacionâ— wher thorow thou haddest offended me for I wil take awaye the proude boosters of thine honoure from the so that thou shalt no more tryumphe because of my holy hâ—ll In the also wil I leaue a smal poore symple people which shal trust in the name of the LORDE The remnaunt of Israel shal do no wickednes ner speakelyes nether shal there eny disceatful tunge be founde in their mouthes For they shal be fed and take their rest and no man shal make them afrayed Geue thâ—â—kes o doughter SioÌ„ be ioyful o Israel reioyce be glad from thy whole herte o doughter Ierusalem for the LORDE hath taken awaye thy punyshment and turned
it Iudith made hir prayer vnto y e LORDE wente out at y e porte she hir mayde And as she was goinge downe the mountayne it happened that aboute the sprynge of the daye the spyes of y e Assirians met w t her and toke her sayenge whence commest thou Or whither goest thou She answered I am a daughter of y e Hebrues and am fled from them for I knowe that they shal be geuē vnto you to be spoyled because they thought scorne to yelde thē selues vnto you that they might fynde mercy in youre sight Therfore haue I deuysed by my self after this maner I wyll go before the prynce Holofernes and tell him all their secretes and wyll shew him how he maye come by them and wynne them so that not one man of his hoost shall perish And whan these men had herde hir wordes considered hir fayre face they were astonnyed for they wondred at hir excellent bewtye sayde vnto her Thou hast saued y e life by fyndinge out this deuyce y t thou woldest come downe to o r lorde be thou sure that whā thou cōmest vnto him he shal intreate the well thou shalt please him at y e hert So they brought her in to Holofernes pauylion and tolde him of her Now whan she came in before him immediatly he was ouercome taken with hir bewtye Then saide his seruauntes who wolde despyse y e people of y e Iewes y t haue so fayre wemē Shulde we not by reason fight against thē for these So whā Iudith sawe Holofernes syttinge in a canapye y t was wrought of purple sylke golde Smaragde and precious stones she loked fast vpō him fell downe vpō the earth And Holofernes seruaūtes toke hir vp agayne at their lordes commmaundement The XI Chapter THen sayde Holofernes vnto her Be of good chere and feare not in thine hert for I neuer hurte man that wolde serue Nabuchodonosor the kynge As for thy people yf they had not despysed me I shulde not haue lift vp a speare agaynst thē But tell me now what is the cause y t thou art departed from them and wherfore art thou come vnto vs And Iudith sayde vnto him Syr vnder stonde the wordes of thy handmayden for yf thou wilt do after y e wordes of thy hādmayden the LORDE shall brynge thy matter to a prosperous effecte As truly as Nabuchodonosor a lorde of the londe lyueth as truly as his power lyueth which is in the to the punyshment of all men that go wronge all men shall not onely be subdued vnto him thorow the but all the beestes also of y e felde For all people speake of thy prudēt actiuyte and it hath euer bene reported how thou onely art good and mightie in all his kyngdome and thy discrecion is commēded in all londes The thinge is manifest also that Achior spake and it is wel knowne what thou commaūdedst to do vnto him For this is plaine and of a suretye that oure God is so wroth with vs by the reason of oure synnes that he hath shewed by his prophetes vnto the people how that for their synnes he wyl delyuer them ouer vnto the enemie And for so moch as the children of Israel knowe that they haue so displeased their God they are sore afrayed of the. They suffre greate honger also for wante of water they are deed now in a maner Morouer they are appoynted to slaye all their catell that they maye drynke the bloude of them and are purposed to spende all the holy ornamentes of their God which he hath forbyddē thē to touch for corne wyne and oyle Seinge now that they do these thinges it is a playne case y t they must nedes be destroyed Which whan I thy handmayden perceaued I fled from them and the LORDE hath sent me vnto y e to shew the these thinges For I thy handmayden worshipe God euen here now besyde the and thy honde mayden shal go forth and I wil make my praier vnto God and he shal tell me whan he wyl rewarde thē their synne then shal I come and shew the brynge the thorow the myddest of Ierusalem so that thou shalt haue all y e people of Israel as the shepe without a shepherde there shal not so moch as one dogg barck agaynst the for these thinges are shewed me by the prouydence of God and for so moch as God is displeased with them he hath sent me to tell the the same These wordes pleased Holofernes and all his seruauntes which marueled at the wysdome of her and sayde one to another there is not soch a woman vpon earth in bewtye and discrecion of wordes And Holofernes sayde vnto her God hath done well that he hath sent the hither before thy people that thou mayest geue them into oure handes And for so moch as y e promyse is good yf thy God perfourme it vnto me he shall be my God also and thou shalt be excellent and greate in the courte of Nabuchodonosor and thy name shal be spoken of in all the londe The XII Chapter THen commaunded he her to go in where his treasure laye and charged that she shulde haue hyr dwellynge there and appoynted what shulde be geuen her frō his table Iudith answered him and sayde As for the meate that thou hast commaunded to geue me I maye not eate of it as now lest I displease my God but wyl eate of soch as I haue brought with me Then sayde Holofernes vnto her Yf these thinges that thou hast brought with the fayle what shal we do vnto the And Iudith sayde As truly as thou lyuest my lorde thy hande mayden shall not spende all this tyll God haue brought to passe in my hande the thinges that I haue deuysed So his seruauntes brought her in to the tent where as he had appointed And as she was goinge in she desyred that she might haue leue to go forth by night before daye to hir prayer and to make intercession vnto the LORDE Then commaunded Holofernes his chamberlaynes that she shulde go out and in at hir pleasure to praye vnto hir God those thre dayes And so in the night season she wēte forth in to the valley of Bethulia and wasszhed hirself in the wellwater Then wente she vp and besought the LORDE God of Israel that he wolde prospere hir waye for the delyueraunce of his people And so she wente in and remayned cleane in hir tent till she toke hir meate in the euenynge Vpon y e fourth daye it happened y t Holofernes made a costly supper vnto his seruaūtes and sayde vnto Vagao his chamberlayne Go y i waye and councell this Hebruesse that she maye be wyllynge to consent to kepe company with me For it were a shame vnto all the Assirians that a woman shulde so laugh a man to scorne that she were come from him vnmedled withall Then wente Vagao vnto Iudith and sayde Let not the good daughter be afrayed
can we discerne the thinges that are vpon earth and greate labo r haue we or we can fynde the thinges which are before oure eyes Who will then seke out the groūde of the thinges that are done in heauē Oh LORDE who cā haue knowlege of y e vnderstandinge and meaninge excepte thou geue wyszdome and sende thy holy goost frō aboue that the wayes of them which are vpon earth maye be refourmed y t men maye lerne y e thinges that are pleasaunt vnto the and be preserued thorow wyszdome The X. Chapter WYszdome preserued y e first mā whō God made a father of the worlde whā he was created alone brought him out of his offence toke him out of the moulde of y e earth gaue him power to rule all thinges Whan the vnrighteous wente awaye in his wrath from this wyszdome y e brotherheade perished thorow y e wrath of murthur Agayne whā y e water destroyed y e whole worlde wyszdome preserued the righteous thorow a poore tre wherof she was gouerner herself Morouer whā wickednes had gotten y e vpperhande so y t the nacions were puft vp with pryde she knewe y e righteous preserued him fautlesse vnto God and layed vp sure mercy for his children She preserued the righteous whan he fled from the vngodly y t perished what tyme as y e fyre fell downe vpon y e v. cities Like as yet this daye the vnfrutefull waist and smokinge lōde geueth testimony of their wickednesse yee the vnripe and vntymely frutes that growe vpon the trees And for a tokē of a remembraunce of the vnfaithfull soule there standeth a piler of salt For all soch as regarded not wyszdome gat not only this hurte that they knewe not the thinges which were good but also left behinde them vnto mē a memoriall of their foolishnes so y t in the thinges wherin they synned they coude not be hydd But as for soch as take hede vnto wyszdome she shal delyuer them from sorowe Whan the righteous fled because of his brothers wrath wyszdome led him the right waye shewed him y e kyngdome of God gaue him knowlege of holy thinges made him riche in his laboures and brought to passe the thinges that he wente aboute In y e disceatfulnes of soch as defrauded him she stode by him made him ryche She saued him from the enemies and defended him from y e disceauers She made him stronge in battayll and gaue him the victory y t he might knowe how that wyszdome is stronger then all thinges Whan the righteous was solde she forsoke him not but delyuered him frō synners She wente downe with him in to the dongeon and fayled him not in the bandes tyll she had brought him the cepter of y e realme and power agaynst those that oppressed him As for them that had accused him she declared them to be lyers brought him to perpetuall worshipe She delyuered the righteous people and fautlesse sede from the nacions that oppressed them She entred in to the soule of the seruaunt of God and stode by him in wonders and tokens agaynst the horrible kynge She gaue y e righteous the rewarde of their labours led them forth a maruelous waye on the daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a light of starres in the night season She brought them thorow the reed see and caried them thorow the greate water She drowned their enemies in the see and brought them out of the depe So the righteous toke the spoyles of the vngodly and praysed thy holy name o LORDE and magnified thy victorious hād with one acorde For wyszdome openeth the mouth of y e domme maketh y e tonges of babes to speake The XI Chapter SHe ordred their workes in the hādes of the holy prophet so y t they wente thorow y e wyldernes y t was not inhabited pitched their tētes in y e waist deserte They stode agaynst their enemies were auenged of their aduersaries Whā they were thirstie they called vpō y e water was geuē them out of y e rok their thirst slockened out of y e harde stone For by y e thinges where thorow their enemies were punished were they helped in their nede For vnto the enemies thou gauest mās bloude in steade of lyuynge water And where as they had scarcenesse in y e rebuke whan the children were slayne thou gauest vnto thine awne a plenteous water vnloked for declaringe by the thyrst y t was at that tyme how thou woldest bringe thine awne vnto hono r slaye their aduersaries For whan they were tryed nourtured w t fatherly mercy they knowleged how the vngodly were iudged and punyshed thorow y e wrath of God These hast thou exorted as a father proued thē but vnto y e other thou hast bene a boysteous kynge layed hard to their charge condēned thē Whether they were absent or present their punyshmēt was alyke For their grefe was dubble namely mournynge and y e remēbraunce of thinges past But whā they perceaued y t their punishmētes dyd thē good they thought vpon the LORDE wondered at y e ende For at the last they helde moch of him of whō in y e out castinge they thought scorne as of an abiecte Neuerthelesse y e righteous dyd not so when they were thirstie but euenlike as y e thoughtes of y e foolish were so was also their wickednes Where as certayne mē now thorow erro r dyd worshipe dommeserpentes vayne beestes thou sendedst a multitude of domme beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce y t they might knowe that loke where withall a mā synneth by the same also shal he be punyshed For vnto thy allmighty hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossible to sende amonge them an heape of Beeres or woode lyōs or cruell beastes of a straūge kynde soch as are vnknowne or spoute fyre or cast out a smokinge breth or shote horrible sparkes out of their eyes which might not only destroye them with hurtinge but also kyll them with their horrible sight Yee without these beestes might they haue bene slayne with one winde beynge persecuted of their awne workes and scatered abrode thorow the breth of thy power Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in measure nōbre weight For thou hast euer had greate strēgth might who maye withstōde y e power of thine arme And why like as y e small thynge y t y e balaunce weyeth so is y e worlde before y e yee as a droppe of y e morninge dew that falleth downe vpon the earth Thou hast mercy vpon all for thou hast power of all thynges and makest the as though thou sawest not the sinnes of mē because they shulde amende For thou louest all the thinges that are and hatest none of thē whō thou hast made nether didest thou ordeyne or make eny thinge of
maketh a god of the same claye this doth euen he which a litle afore was made of earth himself and within a litle whyle after whan he dyeth turneth to earth agayne Notwithstandinge he careth not y e more because he shal labo r ner because his life is shorte but stryueth to excell goldsmythes y e syluer smythes copper smithes and taketh it for an hono r to make vayne thinges For his hert is ashes his hope is but vaine earth his life is more vyle then claye for so moch as he knoweth not his awne maker that gaue him his soule to worke and brethed in him the breth of life They counte oure life but a pastyme and oure conuersacion to be butt a market and that men shulde euer be gettinge yee and that by euell meanes Now he y t of earth maketh frayle vessell and ymages knoweth himself to offende aboue all other All the enemies of thy people and y t holde them in subieccion are vnwyse vnhappie and exceadinge proude vnto their owne soules for they iudge all the Idols of the HeitheÌ„ to be goddes which nether haue eyesight to se ner noses to smell ner eares to heare ner fingers of handes for to grope as for their fete they are to slowe to go For man made them and he that hath but a borowed sprete fashioned them But no man can make a God like vnto him for seinge he is but mortall himself it is but mortall that he maketh with vnrighteous handes He himself is better then they whom he worshippeth for he lyued though he was mortall but so dyd neuer they Yee they worshippe beestes also â–ª which are most miserable for compare thinges that can not fele vnto them they are worse then those Yet is there not one of these beestes that with his sight caÌ„ beholde eny good thinge nether haue they geuen prayse ner thankes vnto God The XVI Chapter FOr these and soch other thinges haue they suffred worthy punyshment thorow y e multitude of beestes are they roted out Insteade of y e which punishmentes thou hast graciously ordred thine awne people geuen them their desyre that they loÌ„ged for a new straunge taist preparinge them quales to be their meate to the intent y t by the thinges which were shewed and sent vnto them they y t were so gredy of meate might be withdrawen euen from the desyre that was necessary But these within shorte tyme were brought vnto pouerte and taisted a new meate For it was requisite y t without eny excuse destruccion shulde come vpoÌ„ those which vsed tyraÌ„ny to shewe onely vnto the other how their enemies were destroyed For whan the cruell woodnesse of the beestes came vpon them they peryshed thorow the stinges of the cruell serpentes â–ª NotwithstoÌ„dinge y i wrath endured not perpetually but they were put in feare for a litle season y t they might be refourmed hauynge a token of saluacion to remembre the coÌ„maundement of thy lawe For he y t coÌ„uerted was not healed by the thinge y t he sawe but by THE O sauio of all So in this thou shewdest thine enemies y t it is thou which deliuerest froÌ„ all euell As for theÌ„ whan they were bytten w t greshoppers and flyes they died for they were worthy to perish by soch But nether the teth of dragons ner of venymous wormes ouer came y e children for thy mercy was euer by them helped theÌ„ Therfore were they punyshed to remeÌ„bre thy wordes but hastely were they healed agayne lest they shulde fall in to so depe forgetfulnesse that they might not vse thy helpe It was nether herbe ner plaster y t restored theÌ„ to health but thy worde o LORDE which healeth all thinges It is thou o LORDE y t hast the power of life death thou ledest vnto deathes dore bringest vp agayne But man thorow wickednes slayeth his owne soule when his sprete goeth forth it turneth not agayne nether maye he call agayne y e soule y t is takeÌ„ awaye It is not possible to escape y i hande For y e vngodly y t wolde not knowe y e were punyshed by y e streÌ„gth of thine arme w t strauÌ„ge waters hales and raynes were they persecuted thorow fyre were they coÌ„sumed For it was a wonderous thinge that fyre might do more then water which queÌ„cheth all thinges but y e worlde is y e aueÌ„ger of the righteous Some tyme was y e fyre so tame y t the beestes which were sent to punysh y e vngodly brent not y t because they shulde se knowe y t they were persecuted w t the punyshmeÌ„t of God And somtyme brent the fyre in the water on euery syde y t it might destroye y e vnrighteous nacioÌ„ of the earth Againe thou hast fed thine awne people w t angels fode sent theÌ„ bred ready from heaueÌ„ without their labo beynge very pleasauÌ„t well gusted And to shewe thy riches swetnesse vnto thy childreÌ„ thou gauest euery one their desyre so y t euery man might take what liked him best But the snowe yse abode the violeÌ„ce of the fyre melted not y t they might knowe y t the fyre burninge in the hale rayne destroied y e frute of y e enemies y e fyre also forgatt his streÌ„gth agayne y t y e righteous might be norished For y e creature y t serueth y e which art y e maker is fearse in punyshinge y e vnrighteous but it is easy geÌ„tle to do good vnto soch as put their trust in the. Therfore dyd all thinges alter at the same tyme were all obedieÌ„t vnto thy grace which is y e norse of all thinges acordinge to y e desyre of theÌ„ y t had nede therof y t y e childreÌ„ O LORDE whoÌ„ thou louest might knowe y t it is not nature the growinge of frutes y t fedeth meÌ„ but y t it is y e worde which preserueth theÌ„ y t put their trust in the. For loke what might not be destroyed w t the fyre as soone as it was warmed w t a litle Sonne beame it melted y t all men might knowe y t thankes ought to be geuen vnto y e before y e Sonne ryse y t thou oughtest to be worshipped before y e daye sprynge For y e hope of y e vnthankfull shal melt awaie as the wynter yse perishe as water y t is not necessary The XVII Chapter GReate are thy iudgmeÌ„tes o LORDE thy councels can not be expressed therfore men do erre y t wil not be refourmed w t thy wyszdome For whan the vnrighteous thought to haue thy holy people in subiecioÌ„ they were bounde w t the bandes of darcknes longe night shutt vnder y e rofe thinkinge to escape y e euerlaâ—tinge wiszdome And whyle they thought to be hyd in y e darcknesse of their synnes they were scatered abrode
borne And they sayde vnto hym at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda For out of y e shall come vnto me the captayne that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herod preuely called the wyse men and dyligently enquyred of them what tyme the starre appered and sent them to Bethleem sainge Go and searche dyligently for the chylde And when ye haue founde hym bringe me worde agayne that I maye come and worshippe hym also When they had heard the kynge they departed and lo the starre which they sawe in the east went before them tyll it came and stode ouer the place where the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were maruelously glad and went into the house and found the chylde with Mary his mother and kneled downe and worshipped hym opened ther treasures and offred vnto hym gyftes gold franckynsence and myrre And after they were warned of God in a dreame that they shuld not go ageine to Herod they returned into their awne countre another waye When they were departed beholde the angell of the LORDE appered to Ioseph in a dreame sayinge aryse and take the chylde â–ª and his mother and flye into Egypte and abyde there tyll I brynge the worde For He rod wyl seke the chylde to destroye hym TheÌ„ he arose and toke the chylde and his mother by night and departed into Egypte and was there vnto y e deeth of Herod that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spokeÌ„ of the LORDE by the Prophet which sayeth out of Egypte haue I called my sonne Then Herod perceauynge y t he was disceaued of the wyse men was excedynge wroth and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes there of as many as were two yere olde and vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men Then was y t fulfilled which was spoken by y e Prophet Ieremy sayinge On y e hilles was a voyce herde greate mournynge wepynge lamentacion Rachel wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted because they were not When Herode was deed beholde an angell of the LORDE appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte sayinge arise and take the chylde and his mother go into y e londe of Israel For they are deed which sought the chyldes life And he arose vp and toke y e chylde and his mother came into the londe of Israel But wheÌ„ he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury in y e rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thither Notwithstondinge after he was warned of God in a dreame he turned asyde into the parties of Galile and went and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth to fulfill y t which was spoken by the Prophetes he shal be called a Nazarite The III. Chapter IN those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury saynge AmeÌ„de youre selues the kyngdome of heuen is at honde This is he of whom it is spokeÌ„ by y e Prophet Esay which sayeth The voyce of a cryer in y e wyldernes prepare the LORDES waye and make his pathes straight This Ihon had his garment of camels heer and a lethreÌ„ gerdell aboute his loynes Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony Then went out to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all the region rounde aboute Iordan and were baptised of him in Iordan coÌ„fessynge their synnes Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of y e Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto them ye generacioÌ„ of vipers who hath certified you that ye shal escape y e vengeaunce to come Bewarre brynge forth due frutes of pennaunce Thinke not now to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham Euen now is the axe put vnto y e rote of the trees therfore euery tre which bringeth not forth good frute shal be heweÌ„ downe and cast into the fyre I baptise you with water to repentaunce but he that coÌ„meth after me is myghtier theÌ„ I whose shues I am not worthy to beare He shall baptise you with y e holy goost w t fyre which hath also his fan in his hond and will pourge his floore and gadre the wheet into his garner will burne y e chaffe with vnquencheable fyre Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Ihon to be baptised of hym But IhoÌ„ forbade hym saynge I haue nede to be baptysed of the and commest thou to me Iesus answered sayd vnto hym Let it be so now For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all righteousnes Then he suffred hym And Iesus assone as he was baptised came straight out of the water And lo heueÌ„ was opeÌ„ ouer hym and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym And lo there came a voyce froÌ„ heueÌ„ sayng Thys ys that my beloued sonne in whom is my delyte The IIII. Chapter THen was Iesus ledd awaye of the spirite in to wildernes to be tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes he was afterward an hungred And the teÌ„pter came to him and sayde yf thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breed He answered sayde yt is wrytteÌ„ Man shall not lyue by bred onlye but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God Then the deuyll toke hym vp into the holy cite and set hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayde vnto hym yf thou be y e sonne of God cast thy sylfe downe For it is wrytten he shall geue his angels charge ouer the and with their handes they shal holde the vp that thouâ—dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayde vnto hym it ys wrytten also Thou shalt not tempte thy LORDE God Agayne the deuyll toke hym vp and led hym into an excedynge hye mountayne and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde and all the glorie of them and sayde vnto hym all these wil I geue the yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Auoyde SataÌ„ For it ys wrytteÌ„ thou shalt worshyp the LORDE thy God and hym onely shalt thou serue Then the deuell left hym and beholde the angels came and ministred vnto hym When Iesus had herde that Ihon was taken he departed into Galile and left Nazareth and went and dwelt in Capernaum which is a cite apon the see in the coostes of zabulon and Neptalim y t the thinge might be fulfilled whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet sayinge The londe of zabulon and Neptalim the waye of the see beyonde Iordan and Galile of the Gentyls the people which sat in darknes
heauen and in earth Go ye youre waye therfore and teach all nacions and baptyse them in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goost and teach them to kepe all thinges what soeuer I haue commaunded you And lo I am with you euery daye vnto the ende of the worlde The ende of the gospell of S. Mathew The gospell of S. Marke What S. Marke conteyneth Chap. I. The office of Ihon the baptist The baptyme of Christ his fastynge his preachinge and the callynge of Peter Andrew Iames and Ihon. Christ healeth the man with the vncleane sprete helpeth Peters mother in lawe and clenseth the leper Chap. II. He healeth the man of the palsye calleth Leui the customer eateth with open synners and excuseth his disciples Chap. III. He helpeth the man with the dryed hande choseth his apostles and casteth out the vncleane sprete which the Pharises ascrybe vnto the deuell The brother sister and mother of Christ. Chap. IIII. The parable of the sower Christ stilleth the tempest of the see which obeyeth him Chap. V. He delyuereth the possessed from the vncleane sprete the woman from the bloudye yssue and rayseth the captaynes doughter Chap. VI. Christ preacheth at home and is not regarded He sendeth out his disciples Ihon baptist is taken and headed Christ fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loaues and two fiszhes He walketh vpon the see Chap. VII The Pharises are not cōtent that the disciples eate with vnwaszhen handes but Christ rebuketh thē selues for breakinge the commaundementes of God healeth the woman of Canaans daughter and maketh the domme to speake Chap. VIII He fedeth foure thousande mē with vij loaues reproueth the Pharises that are so desyrous of tokens warneth his disciples to bewarre of their leuen maketh a blynde man to see axeth his disciples what men holde of him reproueth Peter telleth his disciples of his passion and exorteth them to folowe him ▪ Chap. IX The transfiguracion of Christ which healeth the childe that was possessed of a domme sprete teacheth his disciples to be lowly and to auoyde occasions of euell Chap. X. Christ geueth his answere concernynge mariage and that it is harde for th◠rich to come in to heauē reproueth the disdayne of his disciples lerneth thē to be meke and restoreth blynde Barthimeus to his sight Chap. XI Christ rydeth in to Ierusalem dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple curseth the fyge tre and confoundeth the Pharises Chap. XII He rebuketh the synne and vnthankfulnesse of the Iewes with a goodly symilitude taketh thē in their owne disceatfull questions exorteth to bewarre of their doctryne and lyuynge and commendeth the good wyll of the poore wyddowe Chap. XIII He warneth his disciples to bewarre of false teachers and disceauers comforteh them agaynst the trouble for to come tellinge them of the horrible destruccion of Ierusalem of his commynge and ende of the worlde Chap. XIIII The Magdalene anoynteth Christ. They eate the easter lambe and the supper of the LORDE Christ is taken and brought in to Caiphas house Peter denyeth him Chap. XV. The crucifienge of Christ and how he was buried Chap. XVI The resurreccion of Christ which appeareth vnto Mary Magdalene and to his disciples whom he sendeth forth in to the worlde to preach the gospell and ascēdeth vp in to heauen himself The gospell of S. Marke The first Chapter THis is the begynnynge of the gospell of Iesus Christ the sonne of God as it is wryttē in the prophetes Beholde I sende my messaūger before thy face which shal prepare thy waye before the. The voyce of a cryer is in the wyldernes Prepare the waye of the LORDE make his pathes straight Ihon was in the wyldernes and baptysed and preached the baptyme of amendment for the remyssion of synnes And there wente out vnto him the whole londe of Iewry and they of Ierusalem and were all baptysed of him in Iordan and knowleged their synnes Ihon was clothed with Camels heer and with a lethron gerdell aboute his loynes and ate locustes and wylde hony and preached and sayde There commeth one after me which is stronger then I before whom I am not worthy to stoupe downe and to lowse vp y e lachet of his shue I baptyse you with water but he shal baptyse you with the holy goost And it happened at the same tyme that Iesus came out of Galile from Nazareth and was baptysed of Ihon in Iordan And as soone as he was come out of the water he sawe that the heauens opened and the goost as a doue cōmynge downe vpon him And there came a voyce from heauē Thou art my deare sonne in whom I delyte And immediatly the sprete droue him in to the wyldernes and he was in the wyldernes fourtye dayes and was tempted of Sathan and was with the wylde beestes And the angels mynistred vnto him But after that Ihon was taken Iesus came in to Galile and preached the gospell of the kyngdome of God and sayde the tyme is fulfylled and the kyngdome of God is at hande Amende youre selues and beleue the gospell So as he walked by the see of Galile he sawe Symon and Andrew his brother castinge their nettes in the see for they were fyszhers And Iesus sayde vnto thē Folowe me and I wil make you fyszhers of mē And immediatly they left their nettes and folowed him And when he was gone a lytle further from thence he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon his brother as they were in the shyppe mendynge their nettes And anone he called them And they left their father Zebede in the shyppe with the hyred seruauntes and folowed him And they wente in to Capernaum and immediatly vpon the Sabbathes he entred in to the synagoge and taught And they were astonnyed at his doctryne for he taught them as one hauynge power and not as the Scrybes And in their synagoge there was a man possessed with a foule sprete which cried and sayde Oh what haue we to do with the thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou come to destroye us I knowe that thou art euen y t holy one of God And Iesus reproued him and sayde holde thy tonge and departe out of him And the foule sprete tare him and cried with a loude voyce and departed out of him And they were all astonnyed in so moch that they axed one another amonge thē selues sayde What is this What new lernynge is this For he cōmaundeth the foule spretes with power and they are obedient vnto him And immediatly the fame of him was noysed rounde aboute in the coastes and borders of Galile And forth with they wente out of the synagoge and came in to the house of Symō and Andrew w t Iames and Ihon. And Symons mother in lawe laye had the feuers and anone they tolde him of her And he came to her and set her vp and toke her by y e hande and the feuer
sayde vnto thē Do no man violence ner wronge and be content with youre wages But whan the people were in a doute thought all in their hertes whether he were Christ Ihon answered and sayde vnto thē all I baptyse you with water but after me there cōmeth one stronger thē I whose shue lachet I am not worthy to lowse he shal baptyse you with the holy goost and with fyre Whose fanne is in his hande and he shal pourge his floore and shal gather y e wheate in to his barne and shal burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre And many other thynges more exorted he preached vnto the people But Herode the Tetrarcha whā he was rebuked of him because of Herodias his brothers wife and for all the euels that Herode dyd besydes all this he layed Ihō in preson And it fortuned whan all the people receaued baptyme and whan Iesus also was baptysed and prayed that heauen opened and the holy goost came downe in a bodely shappe like a done vpon him And out of heauen there came a voyce which sayde Thou art my deare sonne in whō I delyte And Iesus was aboute thirtie yeares whan he beganne And he was taken for the sonne of Ioseph which was the sonne of Eli which was the sonne of Mathat Which was the sonne of Leui ▪ Which was the sonne of Melchi Which was the sonne of Ianna Which was the sonne of Ioseph Which was the sonne of Mathathias Which was the sonne of Amos. Which was the sonne of Nahum Which was the sonne of Eszli Which was the sonne of Nange Which was the sonne of Maath Which was the sonne of Mathathias Which was the sonne of Simei Which was the sonne of Ioseph Which was the sonne of Iuda Which was the sonne of Iohanna Which was the sonne of Resia Which was the sonne of Zorobabel Which was the sonne of Salathiel Which was the sonne of Neri Which was the sonne of Melchi Which was the sonne of Abdi Which was the sonne of Cosam Which was the sonne of Elmadam Which was the sonne of Her Which was the sonne of Ieso Which was the sonne of Eliezer Which was the sonne of Iorem. Which was the sonne of Mattha Which was the sonne of Leui. Which was the sonne of Simeon Which was the sonne of Iuda Which was the sonne of Ioseph Which was the sonne of Ionam Which was the sonne of Eliachim Which was the sonne of Melca Which was the sonne of Menam Which was the sonne of Mathathan Which was the sonne of Nathan Which was the sonne of Dauid Which was the sonne of Iesse Which was the sonne of Obed. Which was the sonne of Boos Which was the sonne of Salmon Which was the sonne of Naasson Which was the sonne of Aminadab Which was the sonne of Aram. Which was the sonne of Esrom Which was the sonne of Phares Which was the sonne of Iuda Which was the sonne of Iacob Which was the sonne of Isaac Which was the sonne of Abraham Which was the sonne of Thara Which was the sonne of Nahor Which was the sonne of Serug Which was the sonne of Regu Which was the sonne of Peleg Which was the sonne of Eber. Which was the sonne of Salah Which was the sonne of Caynan Which was the sonne of Arphachsad Which was the sonne of Sem. Which was the sonne of Noe. Which was the sonne of Lamech Which was the sonne of Mathusalah Which was the sonne of Henoch Which was the sonne of Iared Which was the sonne of Mahaleel Which was the sonne of Renan Which was the sonne of Enos Which was the sonne of Seth. Which was the sonne of Adam Which was the sonne of God The fourth Chapter IEsus full of the holy goost came agayne from Iordane and was led of y e sprete into wyldernes fourty dayes lōge was he tēpted of y e deuell And in those dayes ate he nothinge And whan they were ended he hongred afterwarde And the deuell sayde vnto him Yf thou be y e sonne of God cōmaunde this stone y t it be bred And Iesus answered sayde vnto hī It is wrytten Man shal not lyue by bred onely but by euery worde of God And y e deuell toke him vp into an hye moūtayne and shewed him all the kyngdomes of y e whole worlde in y e twinckelinge of an eye sayde vnto him All this power wil I geue vnto the and the glory therof for it is geuē ouer vnto me and I geue it to whom I wil. Yf thou now wilt worshippe me they shal all be thine Iesus answered him and sayde Auoyde fro me thou Satan It is wrytten Thou shalt worshippe the LORDE thy God and him onely shalt thou serue And he caried him to Ierusalem and set him vpon a pynnacle of the temple and sayde vnto him Yf thou be y e sonne of God cast thy self downe from hence For it is wryttē He shal geue his angels charge ouer the to kepe the and with their handes they shal holde the vp that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus answered and sayde vnto him It is sayde Thou shalt not tempte the LORDE thy God And whan y e deuell had ended all the temptacions he departed from him for a season And Iesus came agayne in the power of the sprete into Galile And the fame of him was noysed thorow out all y e region rounde aboute And he taught in their synagoges and was commended of euery man And he came vnto Nazareth where he was noursed and as his custome was he wēte in to the synagoge vpon y e Sabbath and stode vp for to rede Then was there delyuered him the boke of y e prophet Esay And whan he had turned ouer the boke he founde the place where it is wrytten The sprete of the LORDE is with me because he hath anoynted me to preach the Gospell vnto y e poore hath he sent me to heale the broken harted to preach delyueraūce to the captyue and sight to the blynde and frely to set at liberty them that are brused and to preach the acceptable yeare of the LORDE And whan he had closed the boke he gaue it agayne to y e mynister sat him downe And the eyes of all that were in the synagoge were fastened on him And he begāne to saye vnto them This daye is this scripture fulfilled in youre eares And they all gaue him wytnesse and wōdred at the gracious wordes which proceaded out of his mouth and they saide Is not this Iosephs sonne And he sayde vnto them Doutles ye wyl saye vnto me this prouerbe Phisician heale thyself For how greate thinges haue we herde done at Capernaū Do the same here also in thine owne countre But he saide Verely I saye vnto you There is no prophet accepted in his owne countre Neuertheles of a trueth I saye vnto you There were many wedowes in Israel in
consolacion agaynst trouble for to come taketh frō thē the heuynesse that they had because of his departinge and promiseth them the holy goost the spirite of comforte Chap. XV. The true vyne the huszbandman the braunches A doctryne of loue and a swete comforte agaynst persecucion Chap. XVI Cōsolacion agaynst trouble Prayers are herde thorow Christ. Chap. XVII The most hartely louinge prayer of Christ vnto his father for all soch as receaue the trueth and be his awne Chap. XVIII Christ is betrayed The wordes of his mouth smyte the officers to the grounde Peter smyteth of Malchus eare Iesus is brought before Anna Caiphas and Pilate Chap. XIX Christ is crucified He commendeth his mother vnto Ihon sheddeth his bloude and is buried Chap. XX. The resurreccion of Christ which appeareth to Mary Magdalene and to all his disciples to their greate comforte Chap. XXI He appeareth to his disciples agayne by the see of Tyberias and commaundeth peter earnestly to fede his shepe The gospell of S. Ihon. The first Chapter IN the begynnynge was the worde and the worde was with God and God was y e worde The same was in the begynnynge w t God All thinges were made by the same and without the same was made nothinge that was made In him was the life and the life was the light of men and the light shyneth in the darknesse and the darknesse comprehended it not There was sent from God a man whose name was Ihon. The same came for a witnesse to beare wytnesse of y e light that thorow him they all might beleue He was not that light but that he might beare witnesse of y e light That was the true light which lighteth all men that come in to this worlde He was in the worlde the worlde was made by him and y e worlde knewe him not He came in to his awne and his awne receaued him not But as many as receaued him to them gaue he power to be the children of God euen soch as beleue in his name Which are not borne of bloude ner of the wyl of the flesh ner of the wyl of man but of God And the worde became flesh and dwelt amonge vs and we sawe his glory a glory as of the onely begottē sonne of the father full of grace and trueth Ihon bare wytnesse of him cryed and sayde It was this of whom I spake After me shal he come that was before me For he was or euer I and of his fulnesse haue all we receaued grace for grace For the lawe was geuen by Moses grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ. No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begottē sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared the same vnto vs. And this is the recorde of Ihon whan the Iewes sent prestes and Leuites frō Ierusalem to axe him Who art thou And he confessed and denyed not And he confessed and sayde I am not Christ. And they axed him What thē Art thou Elias He sayde I am not Art thou the Prophet And he answered No. Then sayde they vnto him What art thou thē y t we maye geue answere vnto thē that sent vs What sayest thou of y e self He sayde I am y e voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse Make straight y e waye of the LORDE As y e prophet Esay sayde And they that were sent were of y e Pharises And they axed him sayde vnto him Why baptysest thou then yf thou be not Christ ner Elias ner a prophet Ihon answered them and sayde I baptyse with water but there is one come in amonge you whom ye knowe not It is he that cōmeth after me which was before me whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlowse This was done at Bethabara beyonde Iordane where Ihon dyd baptyse The nexte daye after Ihon sawe Iesus commynge vnto him and sayde Beholde the lābe of God which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde This is he of whom I sayde vnto you After me commeth a man which was before me For he was or euer I and I knewe him not but that he shulde be declared in Israel therfore am I come to baptyse with water And Ihon bare recorde sayde I sawe the sprete descende from heauen like vnto a doue and abode vpon him I knewe him not But he that sent me to baptyse with water y e same sayde vnto me Vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him the same is he that baptyseth with the holy goost And I sawe it and bare recorde that this is the sonne of God The nexte daye after Ihon stode agayne and two of his disciples And whā he sawe Iesus walkynge he sayde Beholde the lābe of God And two of his disciples herde him speake and folowed Iesus And Iesus turned him aboute and sawe them folowinge and sayde vnto thē What seke ye They sayde vnto him Rabbi which is to saye by interpretacion Master Where art thou at lodginge He sayde vnto them Come and se it They came and sawe it abode with him the same daye It was aboute the tenth houre One of the two which herde Ihon speake and folowed Iesus was Andrew the brother of Symon Peter the same founde first his brother Symon and sayde vnto him We haue founde Messias which is by interpretacion y e Anoynted and brought him to Iesus Whan Iesus behelde him he sayde Thou art Symon the sonne of Ionas thou shalt be called Cephas which is by interpretacion a stone The nexte daye after wolde Iesus go agayne in to Galile and founde Philippe and sayde vnto him Folowe me Philippe was of Bethsaida the cite of Andrew and Peter Philippe founde Nathanael and sayde vnto him We haue founde him of whō Moses in the lawe and y e prophetes haue wrytten euen Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth And Nathanaell sayde vnto him What good can come out of Nazareth Philippe sayde vnto him Come and se. Iesus sawe Nathanael cōmynge to him and sayde of him Beholde a righte Israelite in whom is no gyle Nathanael sayde vnto him From whence knowest thou me Iesus answered and sayde vnto him Before y t Philippe called the whan thou wast vnder the fygge tre I sawe the. Nathanaell answered and sayde vnto hī Rabbi thou art y e sonne of God thou art y e kynge of Israel Iesus answered sayde vnto him Because I sayde vnto the that I sawe the vnder the fygge tre thou beleuest thou shalt se yet greater thinges thē these And he sayde vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto you Frō this tyme forth shal ye se the heauen open and the angels of God goinge vp downe ouer the sonne of man The II. Chapter ANd vpon the thirde daye there was a mariage at Cana in Galile and the mother of Iesus was there Iesus also and
worlde For his awne brethren also beleued not in him Then sayde Iesus vnto them My tyme is not yet come but youre tyme is allwaye ready The worlde can not hate you but me it hateth because I testifye of it that the workes of it are euell Go ye vp vnto this feast I wyll not go vp yet vnto this feast for my tyme is not yet fulfylled Whan he sayde this vnto them he abode styll in Galile But as soone as his brethren were gone vp then wente he vp also vnto the feast not openly but as it were secretly Then sought him y e Iewes at y e feast and sayde Where is he And there was a greate murmur of him amonge the people Some sayde He is good But other sayde No he doth but disceaue the people Howbeit no man spake frely of him for feare of the Iewes But in the myddes of the feast wēte Iesus vp in to the temple and taught And the Iewes marueyled and sayde How can he y e scrypture seynge he hath not lerned it Iesus answered them and sayde My doctryne is not myne but his that hath sent me Yf eny man wyl do his will he shal knowe whether this doctryne be of God or whether I speake of my self He that speaketh of himself seketh his awne prayse but he that seketh the prayse of him that sent him the same is true there is no vnrighteousnes in him Hath not Moses geuen you the lawe and none of you kepeth the lawe Why go ye aboute to kyll me The people answered and sayde Thou hast the deuell who goeth aboute to kyll the Iesus answered and sayde One worke haue I done and ye all maruayle Moses gaue you the circumcision not because it commeth of Moses but of y e fathers Yet do ye circumcyse a man vpon the Sabbath Yf a man receaue circūcision vpon the Sabbath that the lawe of Moses shulde not be broken diszdayne ye then at me because I haue made a mā euery whyt whole on the Sabbath Iudge not after the vtter appearaūce but iudge righteous iudgment Then sayde some of them of Ierusalem Is not this he whō they go aboute to kyll And beholde he speaketh boldely and they saye nothinge to him Do oure rulers knowe in dede that he is very Christ Howbeyt we knowe whence this is But whā Christ commeth no man shal knowe whence he is Then cryed Iesus in the temple as he taught and sayde Yee ye knowe me and whence I am ye knowe and of my self am I not come but he y t sent me is true whom ye knowe not But I knowe him for I am of him and he hath sent me Then sought they to take him but no mamlayed handes vpon him for his houre was not yet come But many of the people beleued on him and sayde Whan Christ commeth shall he do mo tokens then this doth And it came to the Pharises eares that y e people murmured soch thinges of him And the Pharises and hye prestes sent out seruauntes to take him Then sayde Iesus vnto them I am yet a litle whyle with you and then go I vnto him that hath sent me Ye shal seke me not fynde me and where I am thither can ye not come Then sayde the Iewes amonge them selues Whyther wil he go that we shal not fynde him Wyl he go amōge the Grekes that are scatred abrode and teach the Grekes What maner of sayenge is this that he sayeth ye shal seke me and not fynde me and where I am thither can not ye come But in the last daye which was y e most solempne daye of the feast Iesus stode vp cried and sayde Who so thyrsteth let him come vnto me and drynke He that beleueth on me as the scripture sayeth out of his body shal flowe ryuers of the water of life But this spake he of the sprete which they that beleue on him shulde receaue For the holy goost was not yet there because Iesus was not yet glorifyed Many of the people now whan they herde this sayenge sayde This is a very prophet Other sayde He is Christ. But some sayde Shal Christ come out of Galile Sayeth not the scripture that Christ shal come of the sede of Dauid and out of the towne of Bethleem where Dauid was Thus was there discencion amonge the people for his sake Some of them wolde haue taken him but no man layed handes on him The seruauntes came to the hye prestes and pharises and they sayde vnto them Why haue ye not brought him The seruauntes answered Neuer mā spake as this man doth Then answered them the pharises Are ye also disceaued Doth eny of the rulers or pharises beleue on him But the comon people which knowe not the lawe are cursed Nicodemus sayde vnto them he that came to him by night which was one of them Doth oure lawe iudge eny man before it heare him and knowe what he hath done They answered and sayde vnto him Art thou a Galilean also Searche and loke out of Galile aryseth no prophet And so euery man wente home The VIII Chapter IEsus wente vnto mount Oliuete and early in the mornynge came he agayne in to the temple and all the people came vnto him And he sat downe and taught them And y e scrybes and Pharises brought vnto him a woman taken in aduoutrye and set her there openly and sayde vnto him Master this woman was taken in aduontrye euē as the dede was adoynge Moses in the lawe commaunded vs to stone soch What sayest thou This they sayde to tempte him that they might haue wherof to accuse him But Iesus stouped downe and wrote with his fynger vpō the grounde Now whyle they contynued axynge him he lift him self vp and sayde vnto them He that is amonge you without synne let him cast the first stone at her And he stouped downe agayne and wrote vpon the grounde But whan they herde that they wente out one after another the eldest first and left Iesus alone and the woman stondinge before him Iesus lift himself vp and whan be sawe noman but the woman he sayde vnto her Woman where are thine accusers Hath noman condempned the She sayde LORDE no man Iesus sayde Nether do I cōdempne the Go thy waye and synne nomore Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them and sayde I am the light of the worlde He that foloweth me shal not walke in darknesse but shal haue the light of life Then sayde the Pharises vnto him Thou bearest recorde of thy self thy recorde is not true Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Though I beare recorde of my self yet my recorde is true for I knowe whence I came and whither I go but ye can not tell whence I come and whither I go Ye iudge after the flesh I iudge no man but yf I iudge my iudgment is true for I am not alone but
temple Chap. XXII Paul answereth the Iewes is scourged and layed in preson agayne Chap XXIII Paul commeth before the councell Debate ariseth amonge the people the captayne delyuereth him God conforteth him Chap. XXIIII Paul is accused before felix he answereth for himself Chap. XXV The Iewes accuse Paul before Festus he appealeth vnto the Emperoure and is sent vnto Rome Chap. XXVI Kynge Agrippa heareth Paul which telleth him his callinge from the begynnynge Chap. XXVII Pauls shippinge towarde Rome Iulius the captayne intreateth Paul curteously at the last they suffre shipwrake Chap. XXVIII The vyper hurteth not Pauls hande he healeth Publius father and preacheth Christ at Rome The Actes of the Apostles The first Chapter THE first treatise deare Theophilus haue I made of all that Iesus beganne to do and to teache vntyll y e daye that he was taken vp after that he thorow the holy goost had geuen commaundementes to to the Apostles whom he had chosen to whō also he shewed himself alyue after his passion by many tokēs and appeared vnto them fourtye dayes longe and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God And whan he had gathered them together he commaunded them that they shulde not departe from Ierusalem but to wayte for the promyse of the father wherof sayde he ye haue herde of me For Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed w t y e holy goost that within this few dayes Now whan they were come together they axed him and sayde LORDE shalt thou at this tyme set vp the kyngdome of Israel agayne But he sayde vnto them It belongeth not vnto you to knowe the tymes or seasons which the father hath kepte in his awne power but ye shal receaue the power of y e holy goost which shal come vpon you and ye shal be my witnesses at Ierusalem and in all Iewrye and Samaria and vnto the ende of the earth And whan he had spoken these thinges whyle they behelde he was taken vp and a cloude receaued him from their fight And whyle they loked after him as he wente in to heauen beholde there stode by them two men in whyte garmentes which also sayde ye men of Galile Why stonde ye gasynge vp in to heauen This Iesus which is takē vp from you in to heauen shal come euen so as ye haue sene him go in to heauen Then turned they agayne from y e mount that is called Oliuete which is nye to Ierusalem and hath a Sabbath dayes iourney And whan they came in they wente vp in to a parler where abode Peter and Iames Ihon and Andrew Philippe and Thomas Bartilmew and Mathew Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes and Iudas the sonne of Iames. These all contynued with one acorde in prayer and supplicacion with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes amonge the disciples and sayde The company of the names together was aboute an hundreth and twentye Ye men and brethren this scripture must nedes be fulfylled which y e holy goost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was a gyde of thē that toke Iesus for he was nombred with vs and had opteyned the felashippe of this mynistracion This same trulye possessed the felde for the rewarde of vnrighteousnes and hanged himself and brast a sunder in the myddes and all his bowels guszhed out And it is knowne vnto all thē that dwell at Ierusalem in so moch that the same felde is called in their mother tonge Acheldema that is to saye the bloude felde For it is wrytten in the boke of psalmes His habitacion be voyde and noman be dwellinge therin And His biszhoprike another take Wherfore amonge these men which haue bene gathered together with vs all the tyme that the LORDE Iesus wēte out and in amonge vs begynnynge from the baptyme of Ihon vntyll y e daye that he was takē vp from vs must one be a wytnesse with vs of his resurreccion And they appoynted two Ioseph called Barsabas whose syrname was Iustus and Mathias makinge their prayer and sayenge Thou LORDE which knowest the hertes of all men shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen that the one maye take the rowme of this mynistracion and Apostelshippe from the which Iudas by transgression fell that he might go awaye in to his awne place And they gaue forth the lottes ouer them and the lot fell vpon Mathias And he was counted with the eleuen Apostles The II. Chapter ANd whan the Whit sondaye was fulfylled they were all with one acorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had bene the cōmynge of a mightie wynde and it fylled the whole house where they sat And there appeared vnto them clouen tunges like as they had bene of fyre And he sat vpon ech one of them and they were all fylled with the holy goost And they beganne to preach with other tunges euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellinge at Ierusalem Iewes men that feared God out of euery nacion that is vnder heauen Now whan this voyce came to passe the multitude came together and were astōnyed For euery one herde that they spake with his awne tunge They wondred all and marueyled and sayde amonge themselues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galile How heare we thē euery one his awne tunge wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and we that dwell in Mesopotamia and in Iewry and Capadocia Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia Egipte and in the partes of Lybia by Cyren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselytes Cretes and Arabians we heare them speake with oure awne tunges the greate workes of God They were all amased and wondred and sayde one to another What wil this be But other mocked them and sayde They are full of swete wyne Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen and lift vp his voyce and sayde vnto them Ye men of Iewry and all ye that dwell at Ierusalē be this knowne vnto you and let my wordes entre in at youre eares For these are not dronken as ye suppose for it is yet but the thirde houre of y e daye but this is it that was spokē before by the prophet Ioel And it shal come to passe in the last dayes sayeth God I will poure out of my sprete vpon all flesh and youre sonnes and youre doughters shal prophecye and youre yonge men shal se visions and youre olde men shall dreame dreames and on my seruauntes and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of my sprete in those dayes they shal prophecye And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokens on the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure of smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darknesse and the Moone in to bloude before that
the sprete sayde vnto him beholde the men seke the. Aryse therfore and get the downe go with theÌ„ and doute not for I haue sent them Then wente Peter downe to the men y t were sent vnto him from Cornelius and sayde lo I am he whom ye seke what is y t cause wherfore ye are come They sayde Cornelius the captayne a iust man and one that feareth God and of good reporte amoÌ„ge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell to sende for the in to his house and to heare wordes of the. Then called he them in and lodged them The nexte daye after wente Peter forth with them and certayne brethren of Ioppa bare him company And y e daye folowinge came they to Cesarea Cornelius wayted for theÌ„ and had called together his kynszfolkes and speciall frendes And as it chaunced y t Peter came in Cornelius mett him and fell downe at his fete worshipped him But Peter toke him vp and sayde Stonde vp I am a man also And as he talked w t him he wente in and founde many that were come together and he sayde vnto them Ye knowe that it is not laufull for a man beynge a Iewe to ioyne him selfe or to come to a straunger But God hath shewed me y t I shulde call no maÌ„ coÌ„men or vncleane Therfore haue I not douted to come as soone as I was sent for I axe you therfore for what intent haue ye sent for me Cornelius sayde It is now foure dayes agoo then fasted I and at the nyenth houre I prayed in my house and beholde there stode a maÌ„ before me in a bryghte clothinge and sayde Cornelius y i prayer is herde and thine allmesse dedes are had in remeÌ„braunce in the sighte of God Sende therfore to Ioppa and call for one Simon whose syrname is Peter which is at lodginge in y e house of Simon y e taÌ„ner by the seesyde y e same whaÌ„ he commeth shal speake vnto ye. Then sent I vnto the immediatly and thou hast done well that thou art come Now are we all here presente before God to heare all thinges that are commaunded the of God Peter opened his mouth sayde Now perceaue I of a trueth that God hath no respecte of personnes but in all people he y t feareth him and worketh righteousnes is accepted vnto him Ye knowe of y e preachinge that God sent vnto the children of Israel preachinge thorow Iesus Christ which is LORDE ouer all which preachinge was published thorow out all Iewry and begaÌ„ne in Galile after y e baptyme that Ihon preached how God anoynted the same Iâ—sus of Nazareth with the holy goost and w t power which wente aboute dyd good and healed all those that were oppressed of the deuell for God was with him And we are witnesses of all that he dyd in the londe of the Iewes at Ierusalem Whom they slewe and hanged on tre Him God raysed vp on the thirde daye and caused him be openly shewed not to all the people but to y e chosen witnesses of God euen vnto vs which ate dronke with him after he was rysen vp from the deed And he commaunded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifye that it is he which is ordeyned of God a iudge of the lyuynge and of the deed Of him beare all the prophetes wytnesse that thorow his name all they y t beleue in him shal receaue remyssion of synnes Whyle Peter was yet speakynge these wordes the holy goost fell vpoÌ„ all theÌ„ that herkened vnto the worde And the faithfull of the circuÌ„cision which came with Peter were astonnyed because that the gifte of y e holy goost was shed out also vpon the Heythen For they herde that they spake with tunges and magnified God TheÌ„ answered Peter Maye eny man forbydde water that these shulde not be baptysed which haue receaued the holy goost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the LORDE TheÌ„ prayed they him that he wolde tary there certayne dayes The XI Chapter THe Apostles and the brethren that were in Iewrye herde saye that the Heythen also had receaued the worde of God And whan Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they that were of the circuÌ„cision chode with him and sayde Thou wentest into men that are vncircumcysed and hast eaten with them But Peter beganne and expounded the thinge in order vnto theÌ„ and sayde I was in y e cite of Ioppa prayeÌ„ge and in a traunce I sawe a vision a vessell cominynge downe as it had bene a greate lynnen clothe with foure corners and let downe from heauen and came vnto me In to the which I loked and considered and sawe foure foted beestes of the earth and wylde beestes and wormes and foules of the ayre And I herde a voyce which sayde vnto me Ryse Peter slaye eate But I sayde Oh no LORDE for there neuer entred eny commen or vncleane thinge in to my mouth Neuertheles the voyce answered me agayne from heauen What God hath clensed that call not thou vncleane This was done thre tymes and all was taken vp agayne into heauen And beholde immediatly stode there thre men before the dore of the house that I was in sent from Cesarea vnto me But the sprete sayde vnto me that I shulde go with theÌ„ and doute nothinge These sixe brethreÌ„ also came with me and we entred in to the maÌ„s house And he shewed vs how he had sene an angell stondinge in his house which sayde vnto him Sende men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose syrname is Peter he shal tell y e wordes wherby thou and all thy house shal be saued But whan I beganne to speake the holy goost fell vpoÌ„ them like as vpon vs at y e begynnynge Then thoughte I vpon the worde of the LORDE how he sayde Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed with y e holy goost For as moch then as God hath geuen them like giftes as vnto vs which beleue on the LORDE Iesus Christ who was I that I shulde be able to withstoÌ„de God Whan they herde this they helde their peace and praysed God and sayde Then hath God also to the Heithen graunted repentaunce vnto life They that were scatred abrode thorow y e trouble y t rose aboute Steuen walked on euerysyde vntyll Phenices and Cipers and Antioche and spake the worde vnto noman but onely vnto y e Iewes Neuertheles some of theÌ„ were men of Cipers and Cyren which came to Antioche and spake also vnto the Grekes preached the Gospell of the LORDE Iesu. And y e hande of the LORDE was with theÌ„ And a greate nombre beleued and turned vnto the LORDE This tydinges of them came to y e eares of the coÌ„gregacion at Ierusalem And they sent Barnabas that he shulde go vnto Antioche Which whan he was come thither
roaringe cursed speakynge be farre froÌ„ you with all maliciousnes But be ye curteous one to another mercifull and forgeue one another eueÌ„ as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. The V. Chapter BE ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God As for whordome and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be named amoÌ„ge you as it becommeth sayntes nether fylthines ner folish talkynge ner ieastynge which are not comly but rather geuynge of thaÌ„kes For be sure that no whore monger or vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper off ymages hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue Be not ye therfore companions with them For sometyme ye were darknesse but now are ye lighte in the LORDE Walke as the children of lighte 〈◊〉 the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes and righteousnes and truâ—th and proue what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE and haue no fellishippe with y e vnfrutefull workes of darknes but rather rebuke theÌ„ For it is shame euen to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete But all thinges are manifest whan they are rebuked of the lighte For what so euer is manifest that same is lighte Therfore sayeth he Awake thou that slepest and stonde vp froÌ„ the deed and Christ shal geue the lighte Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly not as the vnwyse but as y e wyse and redeme the tyme for it is a miserable tyme. Wherfore be not ye vnwyse but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse but be full of the sprete and talke amoÌ„ge youre selues of Psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertes geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their huszbandes as vnto the LORDE For the huszbande is the wyues heade eueÌ„ as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion and he is the Sauioure of his body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes in all thinges Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues even as Christ loued the congregacion and gaue himselfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion hauynge no spot ner wrynkle ner eny soch thinge but that it shulde be holy and without blame So oughte men also to loue their wyues euen as their awne bodyes He that loueth his wife loueth himselfe For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his awne fleszhe but norisheth and cheriszheth it euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion For we are membres of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh This is a greate secrete but I speake of Christ and the congregacion Neuertheles do ye so that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe but let the 〈…〉 huszbande The VI. Chapter YE children obey youre elders in the LORDE for that is righte Honoure thy father and thy mother That is the first commaundement that hath eny promes that thou mayest prospere and lyuelonge vpon earth And ye fathers prouoke not youre children vnto wrath but brynge theÌ„ vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE Ye seruauntes obey youre bodely masters with feare and tremblynge in synglenes of youre hert euen as vnto Christ not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte as men pleasers but as the seruauntes off Christ doynge the wyll off God from the hert with good wyll Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not meÌ„ and be sure that what good soeuer a man doth he shal receaue it agayne of the LORDE whether he be bonde or fre And ye masters do euen the same vnto theÌ„ puttynge awaye threatenynges and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him Fynally my brethren be stronge in the LORDE and in the power of his mighte put on the armo of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude but agaynst rule agaynst power namely agaynst the rulers of the worlde of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst y e spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen For this cause take ye the armoure of God y t ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye and stonde perfecte in all thinges Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes and shod vpoÌ„ yo fete with the gospell of peace that ye maye be prepared Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacion the swerde of the sprete which is the worde of God And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes and for me that the worde maye be geuen me that I maye open my mouth boldly to vtter the secretes of the Gospell wherof I am a messaunger in bondes that I maye speake therin frely as it becommeth me to speake But that ye maye also knowe what case I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE shal shewe you all whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in and that he mighte comforte youre hertes Peace be vnto the brethreÌ„ and loue with faith from God the father from the LORDE Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Philippians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth them to increace in loue in knowlege and experience of godly thinges maketh mencion of his presonment at Rome is glad to heare Christ preached is coÌ„tent ether to dye or lyue and prayeth them to lede a godly conuersacion to be of one mynde and to feare no persecucion Chap. II. He exhorteth them to vnite and brotherly loue and to bewarre of strife and vayne glory And for a sure ensample he layeth Christ before them Chap. III. He warneth theÌ„ to bewarre of false teachers
seyth not And this coÌ„maundement haue we of him that he which loueth God shulde loue his brother also The V. Chapter WHo so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And who soeuer loueth him that begat loueth him also which was begotten of him By this we knowe that we loue Gods children whan we loue God and kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundemeÌ„tes are not greuous For all that is borne of God ouer commeth the worlde and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde eueÌ„ oure faith Who is it y t ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This is he that coÌ„meth with water and bloude euen Iesus Christ not with water onely but with water and bloude And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes for the sprete is the trueth For there are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy goost these thre are one And there are thre which beare recorde in earth the sprete water and bloude and these thre are one Yf we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater for this is the wytnesse of God which he testifyed of his sonne He that beleueth on y e sonne of God hath the wytnes in him selfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lyar And this is that recorde euen y t God hath geueÌ„ vs euerlastinge life And this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne of God hath life He that hath not the sonne of God hath not life These thinges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you which beleue on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe how that ye haue eternall life and that ye maye beleue on y e name of the sonne of God And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe then are we sure that we haue y e peticions which we haue desyred of him Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death let him axe and he shal geue him life for theÌ„ y t synne not vnto death There is a synne vnto death for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye All vnrighteousnes is synne and there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne off God synneth not but he that is begotteÌ„ of God kepeth himselfe y t wicked toucheth him not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is set alltogether on wickednes But we knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe him which is true and we are in him y t is true in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God and euer lastinge life Babes kepe youre selues from ymage The seconde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her children walke in the trueth exhorteth theÌ„ vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of soch disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came in the flesh prayeth them to contynue in the doctryne of Christ and to haue nothinge to do with them that bringe not this lernynge THE Elder To y e electe lady and hir childreÌ„ whom I loue in the trueth not I onely but all they also that haue knowne the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer Grace mercy and peace be with you froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ y e sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue I am greatly reioysed that I haue founde amonge thy children them that walke in y e trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And now lady I beseke the not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge that we loue one another And this is the loue that we walke after his commaundementes This is the commaundement as ye haue herde froÌ„ the begynnynge that we shulde walke therin For many disceauers are come in to the worlde which confesse not y t Iesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a disceauer and an Antechrist Take hede to youre selues that we lose not that which we haue wrought but that we maye receaue a full rewarde Who so euer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not God he that abydeth in y e doctryne of Christ hath both the father and the sonne Yf eny man come vnto you and brynge not this doctryne receaue him not in to the house nether salute him for he that saluteth him is partaker of his euell dedes I had 〈◊〉 any thinges to wryte vnto you neuertheâ—â—â—â— I wolde not wryte w t papyre and ynke 〈…〉 to come vnto you and to 〈…〉 mouth that oure ioye 〈…〉 â—hildren of thy electe sister The thirde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore christen in their persecucion sheweth the vnkynde dealynge of Diotrephes and the good reporte of Demetrius THE Elder To the beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth My beloued I wysshe in all thinges that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth I reioysed greatly whan the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in y e how thou walkest in the trueth I haue no greater ioye theÌ„ to heare that my childreÌ„ walke in the trueth My beloued thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to strauÌ„gers which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney worthely before God For because of his names sake they wente forth and toke nothinge of the Heythen We therfore oughte to receaue soch that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth I wrote to the congregacion but Diotriphes which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them receaued vs not Wherfore yf I come I wil declare his dedes which he doeth ieastinge vpoÌ„ vs with malicious wordes nether is he therwith coÌ„tent Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethreÌ„ but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion My beloued folowe not y t which is euell but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euell seyth not God Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth yee and we oure selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true I had many thinges to wryte but I wolde not with ynke and pen wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers
horsse brydles by the space of a thousande and sixe hundreth furlonges The XV. Chapter ANd I sawe another signe in heuen grett mervellous .vii. angells havinge the seven laste plages for in thē is fulfylled the wrath of god And I sawe as it were a glassye see mingled with fyre and them that had gotten victory of the beest and of his ymage and of his marke and of the nombre of his name stonde on the glassye see hauinge y e harpes of God and they songe the songe of Moses the seruaunt of God and the songe of the lambe saynge Greate and maruellous are thy workes LORDE God almyghty iust and true are thy wayes thou kynge of sayntes Who shal not feare the O LORDE and gloryfie thy name For thou only are holy for all gētiles shall come and worshippe before the for thy iudgmentes are made manyfest And after that I loked and beholde the temple of the Tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen and the seuen angelles came out of the temple which had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynnē and hauynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles And one of the foure beestes gaue vnto the seuen angelles seuen golden vialles full of the wrath of God which liueth for euermore And the temple was full of smoke for the glory off God and for his power and no man was able to entre in to the temple tyll the seuen plages of the seuē angels were fulfilled The XVI Chapter ANd I herde a greate voyce out of the temple sayenge to the seuen angels go youre wayes poure out youre vialles of wrath vpon the earth And the fyrst went and poured out his viall vpon the earth and there fell a noysom◠a sore botch vpon the men which had the marke of the beest and vpon them that worshipped his ymage And the seconde angel shed out his viall vpō the see and it turned as it were in to the bloud of a deed man and euery lyuinge thinge dyed in the see And the thyrde angel shed out his vyall vpon the ryuers and fountaynes of waters and they turned to bloude And I herde an angel saye LORDE which art and wast thou art righteous and holy because thou hast geuē soche iudgmentes for they shed the bloude of sayntes and prophetes and therfore hast thou geuen them bloude to drynke for they are worthy And I herde another angell out of the aulter saye euen so LORDE God almighty true and righteous are thy iudgmentes And the fourth angell poured out his viall on the Sonne and power was geuen vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre And the men raged in gret heate and spake euell of the name of God which had power ouer those plages and they repented not to geue him glory And the fifte angell poured out his vyall vpon the seate of the beest and his kyngdome wexed derke and they gnewe their tonges for sorowe and blasphemed the God of heauē for sorowe and payne of their sores and repented not of their dedes And the sixte angell poured out his vyall vpon the gret ryuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the waye of the kynges of the Easte shulde be prepared And I sawe thre vncleane spretes kike frogges come out of the mouth of the dragon and out off the mouth off the beest and out off the mouth of the false prophet For they are the spretes of deuels workynge myracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole worlde to gaddre them to the battayle of that gret daye of God allmighty Beholde I come as a thefe Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes lest he be founde naked and men se his filthynes And he gaddered them togedder in to a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon And the seuenth angell poured out his viall in to the ayre And there came a greate voyce out of heauen from the seate sayenge ▪ It is done And there folowed voyces 〈◊〉 dringes and lightnynges and there 〈…〉 gret earthquake soch as was not 〈…〉 were vpon the earth so myghty 〈…〉 quake and so greate And 〈…〉 was deuyded in to thre parties And the cities of nacions fell And greate Babilon came in remembraunce before God to geue vnto hyr the cuppe of wyne of the fearcenes of his wrath And euery yle fled awaye and the mountaynes were not founde And there fell a greate hayle as it had bene talentes out of heauē vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plage of the hayle for it was greate and the plage of it sore The XVII Chapter ANd there cam one of the seuē angels which had the seuen vialles and talked with me sayenge vnto me Come I wil shewe the the iugdment of the greate whore that sytteth vpon many waters with whom the kynges of the earth haue commytted whordome and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion And he caryed me awaye into the wildernes in y e sprete And I sawe a woman syt vpon a rose colored beest full of names of blasphemie which had seuē heades ten hornes And y e woman was arayed in purple and rose color and decked with golde precious stone and pearles and had a cupp of golde in her honde full of abhominacions and fylthines of her wordome And in her forhed was a name wryttē a mistery greate Babilon the mother of whordome and abominaciōs of the earth And I sawe the wyfe dronkē with the bloude of sayntes and with the bloud of the witnesses of Iesu And when I sawe her I wondred with greate mervayle And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore meruayllest thou I wyl shewethe the mistery of the woman and of the beest that beerith her which hath seuen heades and ten hornes The beest that thou seest was and is not and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pytt and shal go in to perdicion and they that dwell on the earth shal wondre whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life from the begynnynge of the worlde when they beholde the beest that was and is not And here is a mynde that hath wiszdome The seuen heades are seuen mountanes 〈◊〉 the woman sytteth they are also 〈…〉 Fyue are fallen and one is 〈…〉 is not yet come When he 〈…〉 continue a space And the 〈…〉 and is not is euē the eyght and is of the seuen and shal go in to destruccion And y e ten hornes which thou sawest are ten kynges which haue not yet receaued the kyngdome but shal receaue power as kynges at one houre with y e beest These haue one mynde and shal geue their power and strēgth vnto y e beeste These shal fyght with the lambe and the lābe shal ouercome them For he is LORDE of all lordes and kinge of all kinges and they that are on his syde are called and chosen and faithfull And he saide vnto me The waters which