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
awaye Then departed she and wandred out of the waye in y e wyldernes beside Berseba Now whan the water in the botell was out she layed the childe vnder a bush and wente and sat hir downe ouer on y e other syde a bowe shote of For she sayde I can not se the childe dye And she sat hir downe ouer on y e other syde and lifte vp hir voyce and wepte Then God herde the voyce of the childe and the angell of God called vnto Agar out of heauen and sayde vnto her What ayleth the Agar Feare not for God hath herde y e voyce of the childe where he lyeth Aryse and take the childe and holde him by the hande for I wyll make a greate people of him And God opened hir eyes that she sawe a well of water Then wente she and fylled y e botell with water and gaue y e childe drynke And God was with the childe which grew vp and dwelt in y e wildernes and became a connynge archer and dwelt in y e wildernes of Pharan and his mother toke him a wyfe out of the londe of Egipte At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham and sayde God is with the in all that thou doest Therfore sweare now vnto me by God that thou wilt not hurt me ner my children ner my childers children but that thou shalt shewe vnto me and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the. Then sayde Abraham I wyll sweare And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of water which Abimelechs seruauntes had taken awaye by violence Then answered Abimelech I knewe not who dyd it nether dyddest thou tell me and I haue not herde of it but this daye Thē toke Abraham shepe and oxen and gaue them vnto Abimelech and they both made a bonde together And Abraham set seuen lambes by them selues Then sayde Abimelech vnto Abrahā What meane those seuen lambes which thou hast set by them selues He answered seuē lambes shalt thou take of my hande that they maye be wytnes vnto me that I haue dygged this well Therfore is the place called Berseba because they sware there both together And so they made the bonde at Berseba Then rose Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne and departed agayne in to the londe of y e Philistynes And Abraham planted trees at Berseba and called vpon the name of the LORDE y e euerlastinge God and was a straunger in y e londe of the Philistynes a longe season The XXII Chapter AFter these actes God tempted Abraham and sayde vnto him Abraham And he answered I am here And he sayde Take y e sonne this onely sonne of thine euē Isaac whom thou louest and go thy waye in to the londe of Moria offre him there for a burnt offerynge vpon a mountayne that I shal shew the. Then Abraham stode vp by tymes in the mornynge and sad led his Asse and toke with him two yonge men and his sonne Isaac and cloue wodd for the brent offerynge gat him vp and wente on vnto the place wherof the LORDE had sayde vnto him Vpon the thirde daye Abraham lift vp his eyes and sawe the place a farre of and sayde vnto his yonge mē Tary ye here with the Asse as for me and the childe we wyl go yonder and whan we haue worshipped we wyll come to you againe And Abrahā toke the wodd to the brent offerynge and layed it vpon Isaac his sonne As for him self he toke the fyre and a knyfe in his hande and wente on both together Then sayde Isaac vnto his father Abraham My father Abraham answered here I am my sonne And he sayde lo here is fyre and wodd but where is the shepe for the brent offerynge Abraham answered My sonne God shall prouyde him a shepe for the brent offerynge And they wente both together And whan they came to the place which God shewed him Abraham buylded there an altare and layed the wodd vpon it and bande his sonne Isaac layed him on the altare aboue vpō the wood and stretched out his hande and toke the knyfe to haue slayne his sonne Then the angell of the LORDE called from heauen vnto him and sayde Abraham Abraham He answered here am I. He sayde Laye not thy handes vpon the childe do nothinge vnto him for now I knowe that thou fearest God and hast not spared thine onely sonne for my sake Then Abraham lift vp his eyes and sawe behynde him a ramme holdē fast by the hornes in the breres and wente and toke the ramme and offred him for a brent sacrifice in steade of his sonne And Abraham called the place The LORDE shall prouyde Therfore it is a comon sayenge yet this daye Vpon the mountayne shal the LORDE prouyde And the angell of the LORDE cryed vnto Abraham from heauen the seconde tymy and sayde I haue sworen by myne owne self sayeth the LORDE that for so moch as thou hast done this and hast not spared thine onely sonne I wyll prospere and multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen and as the sonde vpon the see shore And thy sede shall possesse the gates of his enemies and in thy sede shal all the nacions of the earth be blessed because thou hast herkened vnto my voyce So Abraham turned ageyne to the yonge men and they gat vp and wente together vnto Berseba and dwelt there After these actes it fortuned that it was tolde Abraham Beholde Milca hath borne children also vnto thy brother Nahor namely Hus y e eldest and Bus his brother and Kemnel of whom came the Syrians and Cesed and Haso and Pildas and Iedlaph and Bethuel And Bethuel begat Rebecca These eight dyd Milca beare vnto Nahor Abrahams brother And his concubyne called Rehuma bare also namely Theba Sahan Thahas and Maacha The XXIII Chapter SAra was an hundreth and senē and twentye yeare olde so longe lyued she and dyed in the head cite which is called Hebron in the lande of Canaan Then wente Abraham to mourne and wepe for her Afterwarde he stode vp from his coarse and talked with the Hethites sayde I am a straūger and an indweller amonge you geue me a possession to bury in with you that I maye bury my coarse by me Then the Hethites answered Abraham and sayde vnto him O heare lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs bury thy dead in the best of oure sepulcres there shall none of vs forbyd y e that thou shuldest not bury thy deed in his sepulcre Then Abraham stode vp and thanked the people of y e londe namely the Hethites And he talked with them and sayde Yf it be youre wyll that I burye my coarse by me heare me thē speake for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar that he maye geue me the dubble caue which he hath in y e ende of his felde For a reasonable money let
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
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
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
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
seuen and seuen the male and his female that there maye besede left a lyue vpon the whole earth For yet after seuen dayes I wil sende raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes and wyll destroye all maner of thinges that I haue made from of the face of the earth And Noe dyd all that the LORDE commaunded him Sixe hūdreth yeare olde was he whan the water floude came vpon earth And he wente in to the Arcke with his sonnes his wyfe and his sonnes wyues for the waters of the floude Of cleane beastes and of vncleane of all fethered foules of all that crepeth vpon earth wente in vnto him to the Arcke by pares a male and a female as y e LORDE cōmaunded him And whan the seuen dayes were past the water floude came vpon the earth In the sixe hundreth yeare of Noes age vpon the seuentene daye of the seconde moneth that same daye were all y e fountaynes of the greate depe broken vp and the wyndowes of heauen were opened and there came a rayne vpon y e earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes Vpon the selfe same daye wēte Noe in to the Arcke with Sem Ham and Iaphet his sonnes and with his wyfe and the thre wyues of his sonnes and all maner of beastes after their kynde all maner of catell after their kynde all maner of crepynge thinges that crepe vpō the earth after their kynde and all maner of foules what so euer coude flye what so euer had fethers after their kynde These wente all vnto Noe in to the Arcke by cooples of all flesh in whom was the breth of life And these were the male the female of all maner of flesh and wente in acordinge as God commaūded him And the LORDE shut the dore vpon him Then came the water floude fourtie dayes vpon the earth and the water increased and bare vp the Arcke and lift it vp ouer y e earth Thus the water preuayled and increased sore vpon the earth so that the Arcke wente vpon the waters Yee the waters preuayled and increased so sore vpon earth that all the hye mountaynes vnder the whole heauen were couered Fyftene cubytes hye preuayled y e waters ouer the mountaynes which were couered Then all flesh that crepte vpon earth perished both foules catell beastes and all y t moued vpon earth and all men What so euer had the breth of life vpon the drye londe dyed Thus was destroyed all that was vpon the earth both man and beast both wormes and foules vnder y e heauē all these were destroyed from the earth Saue Noe onely remayned and they that were with him in the Arcke And the waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes The VIII Chapter THen God remembred Noe and all the beastes and all the catell that were with him in the Arcke and caused a wynde to come vpon the earth and y e waters ceassed and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte and the rayne of heauē was forbydden and the waters ranne styll awaye from y e earth and decreased after an hundreth and fiftye dayes Vpon the seuentene daye of the seuenth moneth rested the Arcke vpon the mountaynes of Ararat And the waters wēte awaye and decreased vntyll the tenth moneth for the first daye of the tenth moneth the toppes of the mountaynes appeared After fourtie dayes Noe opened y e wyndow of the Arcke which he had made ▪ sent forth a rauen which flew out and came agayne vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpō the earth Then sent he forth a doue from him to wete whether the waters were fallē vpon the earth But when y e doue coude fynde no restynge place for hir fete she came agayne vnto him in to the Arcke for the waters were yet vpon the face of all the earth And he put out his hande and toke her to him in to the Arke Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo sent out the doue agayne out of the Arke she returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde and beholde she had broken of a leaf of an olyue tre bare it in hir nebb Then Noe perceaued that the waters were abated vpon the earth Neuertheles he taried yet seuen other dayes and sent forth the doue which came nomore to him agayne In the sixte hundreth and one yeare of Noes age vpon the first daye of y e first moneth the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth Then Noe toke of the hatches of the Arke and sawe y t the face of the earth was drye So vpon the seuen and twentye daye of the seconde moneth the whole earth was drye Then spake God vnto Noe and sayde Go out of the Arke thou and thy wyfe and thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the. As for all the beastes that are with the what so euer flesh it be both foule catell and all maner of wormes that crepe vpon the earth let them go out with the and be ye occupied vpon the earth growe and multiplye vpon the earth So Noe wente out with his sonnes and with his wife and with his sonnes wyues All the beastes also and all the wormes and all the foules and all that crepte vpon the earth wente out of the Arke euery one vnto his like And Noe buylded an altare vnto y e LORDE and toke of all maner of cleane beastes of all maner of cleane foules and offred brē◠sacrifices vpon y e altare And y e LORDE smelled the swete sauo r sayde in his hert I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mās sake for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell euen from the very youth of him Therfore from hēce forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth as I haue done Nether shall sowynge tyme and haruest colde 〈◊〉 heate Sommer and wynter daye and 〈◊〉 ceasse so longe as the earth endure◠▪ The IX Chapter ANd God blessed Noe and his sonnes and sayde vnto them increace multiplye and fyll the earth The feare also and drede of you be vpon all beastes of the earth vpon all foules vnder the heauen and vpon all that crepeth on the earth and all fyshes of the see be geuen in to youre hādes All that moueth and hath life be youre meate Euen as the grene herbe so haue I geuē you all Onely eate not the flesh with the bloude wherin the soule is For the bloude of you wherin youre soule is wyll I requyre of the hande of all beastes and the soule of mā wyll I requyre of mans hande ye◠euery mans soule of anothers hande He that sheddeth mās bloude his bloude shal be shed by man agayne for God made man after his owne licknesse As for you be ye frutefull and increase and be occupied vpon the earth that ye maye multiplye therin Farthermore God sayde vnto Noe and to his sonnes w t him Beholde I make my
and begat sonnes doughters Regu was two and thirtie yeare olde and begat Serug and lyued therafter two hundreth and seuen yeare and begat sonnes and doughters Serug was thirtie yeare olde and begat Nahor and lyued therafter two hundreth yeare and begat sonnes doughters Nahor was nyene and twentye yeare olde and begat Terah and lyued herafter an hundreth and nyentene yeare and begat sonnes and doughters Terah was seuentie yeare olde and begat Abram Nahor and Haran These are the generations of Terah Te rah begat Abram Nahor and Haran And Haran begat Lot but Harā dyed before Terah his father in y e londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea Then Abram and Nahor toke them wyues Abrams wife was called Sarai Nahors wyfe Milca the doughter of Haran which was father of Milca and Iisca But Sarai was baren and had no childe Then toke Terah Abrā his sonne Lot his sonne Harans sonne Sarai his doughter in lawe his sonne Abrams wife caried them w t him from Vr in Chaldea to go in to the lande of Canaan And they came to Haran dwelt there And Terah was two hundreth fyue yeare olde and dyed in Haran The XII Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Abram Get the out of thy countre and from thy kynred and out of thy fathers house in to a londe which I wil shew the. And I wil make of the a mightie people and wyll blesse the and make the a greate name yee thou shalt be a very blessynge I wil blesse them that blesse the and curse them that curse the and in the shal all the generacions of the earth be blessed Then wente Abram out as the LORDE commaunded him and Lot wente with him Fyue seuentie yeare olde was Abrā whan he wente out of Haran So Abram toke Sarai his wife and Lot his brothers sonne w t all their goodes which they had gotten and soules which they begat in Harā and departed to go in to y e londe of Canaan And whē they were come in to the same londe he wente thorow tyll he came vnto the place of Sichem and vnto the Okegroue of More for y e Cananites dwelt in y e lōde at y e same time Then the LORDE appeared vnto Abrā sayde This londe wil I geue vnto y e sede And there he buylded an aulter vnto y e LORDE which appeared vnto him Thē brake he vp frō thēce vnto a mountayne y t laye on y e east syde of the cite of Bethel pitched his tent so y t he had Bethel on the west side and Ay on y e east syde there buylded he an altare also vnto the LORDE called vpon the name of the LORDE Afterwarde departed Abram farther toke his iourneye southwarde But there came a derth in the londe Then wente Abram downe in to Egipte to kepe himself there as a straunger for the derth was sore in the londe And whan he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte he sayde vnto Sarai his wife Beholde I knowe y t thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon Now whan the Egipcians se the they wil saye She is his wife and so shal they slaye me and saue the alyue Therfore I pray y e saye thou art my sister that I maye fare the better by reason of the and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake Now whan he came in to Egipte y e Egipcians sawe y e woman y t she was very faire Pharaos prynces sawe her also praysed her before him Then was she brought in to Pharaos house and Abram was well intreated for hir sake and he had shepe oxē and he Asses seruauntes maydēs she Asses and Camels But y e LORDE plaged Pharao his house w t greate plages because of Sarai Abrās wife Then Pharao called Abrā vnto him and sayde Why hast thou dealt thus w t me Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first y t she was thy wife Why saydest thou then that she was y e sister Wherfore I toke her to my wife And now lo there is y e wife take her and go thy waye He gaue his officers also a charge ouer him to conveye him out and his wife and all that he had The XIII Chapter SO Abrā departed out of Egipte w t his wife with all y t he had Lot w t him also towarde y e south Abram was very rich in catell siluer golde And he wente on forth from the south vnto Bethel vnto the place where his tent was at y e first betwene Bethel and Ay euen vnto y e place where he had made the altare before where he called vpon the name of the LORDE Lot also which wente with him had shepe greate catell tentes so y t the londe was not able to receaue them that they might dwell together for the substaunce of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together And there fell a strife betwene the hirdmen of Abrams catell and the hirdmen of Lots catell The Cananites also and the Pheresites dwelt at that tyme in the londe Then sayde Abram vnto Lot O let there be no strife betwene me and the and betwene my hyrdmen and thine for we are brethrē Is not all the whole londe open before the Departe fro me I praye the. Yf thou wilt go to the left hande I wil take the right Or yf thou wilt go to the right hande I wil take the left Then Lot lift vp his eyes and be helde all the countre rounde aboute Iordā that it was a plenteous countre of water For before the LORDE destroyed Sodoma and Gomorra it was rounde aboute Zoar euen as the pleasaunt garden of the LORDE and as the londe of Egipte Then Lot chose all the coastes of Iordā and toke his iourney towarde y e East And so the one brother departed from the other Abram dwelt in the lande of Canaan and Lot in the cities of the same coastes and pitched his tent towarde Sodome But y e men of Sodome were wicked and synned exceadingly agaynst the LORDE Now whan Lot was departed from Abram the LORDE saide vnto Abram Lift vp thine eyes and loke from the place where thou dwellest northwarde southwarde eastwarde and westwarde for all the londe that thou seist wyll I geue vnto the and to thy sede for euer and wyll make thy sede as the dust of the earth so that yf a man can nombre the dust of the earth he shall nombre thy sede also Arise and go thorow the londe in the length and bredth for I wyl geue it vnto the. So Abram remoued his tent and wente and dwelt in y e Okegroue of Mamre which is in Ebron and buylded there an altare vnto the LORDE The XIIII Chapter ANd it chaunsed in the tyme of Amraphel the kynge of Synear Arioch the kynge of Ellasar
Pharao awaked And he slepte agayne and dreamed the seconde tyme. And he sawe that seuen eares of corne grewe vpon one stalke full and good Afterwarde he sawe seuē thynne and blasted eares come vp and the seuen thynne eares deuoured the seuen greate and full eares Then Pharao awaked and sawe that it was a dreame And whan it was daye his sprete was troubled and he sente out caused to call all the soythsayers in Egipte all the wyse men and tolde them his dreame But there was none that coude tell Pharao the interpretacion of it Then spake the chefe butlar vnto Pharao and saide This daye do I remembre my fawte Whan Pharao was angrie with his seruauntes and put me in preson with y e chefe baker in y e chefe marshals house we dreamed both in one night euery mā his dreame hauinge his owne interpretacion Then was there with vs a yonge man an Hebrue the chefe marshals seruaunt vnto whom we tolde it and he declared oure dreames vnto vs vnto euery mā acordinge to his dreame And as he declared it vnto vs so came it to passe For I was restored vnto myne office and he was hanged Then Pharao sent and called for Ioseph and they let him out of the dongeon And he let himself be shauen and chaunged his clothes and came in vnto Pharao Then saide Pharao vnto him I haue dreamed a dreame and there is no man that can interprete it but I haue herde tell of the that whā thou hearest a dreame thou declarest it Ioseph answered Pharao and sayde God shall geue Pharao a prosperous answere yee well without me Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph I dreamed that I stode by a water syde and beholde out of the water there came seuen kyne fat-fleshed and goodly and wente fedinge in y e medowe And after them I sawe other seuē kyne come out thynne euell fauoured and leenfleshed So euell fauoured sawe I neuer in all the lande of Egipte And the seuen leene and euell fauoured kyne ate vp the seuen first fat kyne And whan they had eatē them vp a man conde not perceaue that they had eaten them were as euell fauoured as they were afore Then I awaked And I sawe agayne in my dreame seuen eares of corne growinge vpō one stalke full and good Afterwarde there spronge vp seuen wythred eares thynne and blasted and the seuen thynne eares deuoured the seuen good eares And I haue shewed it vnto my soithsayers but they can tell me nothinge therof Ioseph answered Pharao Both Pharaos dreames are one God sheweth Pharao what he wil do The seuen good kyne are seuen yeares and the seuen good eares are seuen yeares also It is one dreame The seuen leene and euell fauoured kyne that came vp after them are seuen yeares And the seuen thynne and blasted eares shal be seuen yeares of derth This is now the thinge which I tolde Pharao that God sheweth Pharao what he wyll do Beholde there shal come seuen yeares w t greate plenteousnes in y e whole lande of Egipte and after the same there shall come seuen yeares of derth so that all this plenteousnes shal be forgotten in y e lande of Egipte and the derth shall consume the lande so that the plenteousnes shal not be perceaued in the lande because of the derth that commeth therafter for it shall be very greate Where as Pharao dreamed the seconde tyme it signifieth that this thinge is surely prepared of God and that God wil shortly brynge the same to passe Let Pharao now prouyde for a man of vnderstondinge wyszdome whom he maye set ouer the lande of Egipte and se that he ordene officers in the londe and take y e fifth parte of the lande of Egipte in the seuen plenteous yeares and gather all y e foode y t shal come of the plenteous yeares that they maye laye vp corne vnder Pharaos power for sustenaunce in the cities and kepe it y t there maye be foode founde prepared for the lande in the seuen deare yeares which shall come vpon the lande of Egipte that the lande be not destroyed of honger The sayenge pleased Pharao well and all his seruaūtes And Pharao sayde vnto his seruauntes How might we fynde soch a man in whom is the sprete of God And sayde vnto Iosep For so moch as God hath shewed y e all this there is none of soch vnderstondinge wyszdome as thou Thou shalt be ouer my house and acordinge vnto thy worde shall all my people obeye onely in the kynges seate wyll I be more then thou And he sayde Beholde I haue set the ouer the whole lande of Egipte And he toke of his ringe from his hāde and gaue it Ioseph in his hāde and clothed him with whyte sylke and honge a cheyne of golge aboute his neck and made him ryde vpō the seconde charet and caused it be proclamed before him that men shulde bowe their knees vnto him as to him whō Pharao had set ouer the whole lande of Egipte And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph I am Pharao without thy wyll shall no man moue his hande or his fote in all the lāde Egipte And he called him Zaphnath Paena gaue him a wife euen Asnath the doughter of Potiphar the prest of On. So Ioseph wente out for to vyset the lande of Egipte And he was thirtie yeare olde whan he stode before Pharao And he departed from Pharao and wente thorow all the lande of Egipte And the londe dyd so those seuen plenteous yeares and they gathered all the foode of the seuen yeares that were in the lande of Egipte layed it in the cities Loke what foode grewe in the felde rounde aboute euery cite they put it therin So Ioseph layed vp the corne in stoare and that moch aboue measure as the sonde of the see in so moch y t he left of nombrynge of it for it coude not be nombred And vnto Ioseph there were borne two sonnes before y e derth came whom Asnath the doughter of Potiphar prest of On bare vnto him And the first called he Manasses for God sayde he hath caused me to forget all my laboure and all my fathers house The seconde called he Ephraim for God sayde he hath caused me to growe in y e lande of my trouble Now whan y e seuen plenteous yeares were ended in Egipte then beganne the seuen deare yeares to come wherof Ioseph had sayde And there was derth in all landes but in all the lāde of Egipte there was foode Now whan the lande of Egipte beganne to suffre honger also the people cryed vnto Pharao for bred But Pharao sayde vnto all y e Egipcians Go vnto Ioseph what he sayeth vnto you y t doo So whan there was derth in all y e lāde Ioseph opened all y t was by him solde vnto the Egipcians Thus y e derth preuayled in the lande all countrees came to Egipte to bye at Ioseph for the derth was
which came to drawe water and fylled the troughes to geue their fathers shepe to drinke Then came the shepherdes and droue thē awaye But Moses gat him vp and helped them and gaue their shepe to drynke And whan they came to Reguel their father he saide How came ye so soone to daie They sayde A man of Egipte delyuered vs from y e shepherdes and drew vnto vs and gaue the shepe to drynke He sayde vnto his doughters Where is he Wherfore let ye the man go that ye called him not to eate with vs And Moses was content to dwell with the man And he gaue Moses his doughter Zipora which bare him a sonne and he called him Gerson for he sayde I am become a straunger in a straunge lande And she bare him yet a sonne whom he called Elieser and sayde The God of my father is my helper and hath delyuered me from Pharaos hāde But after this in processe of tyme the kynge of Egipte dyed And the childrē of Israel sighed ouer their laboure and cried And their crye ouer their labo r came before God And God herde their cōplaynte remēbred his couenaunt with Abraham Isaac and Iacob And God loked vpon the childrē of Israel and God knew it The III. Chapter MOses kepte the shepe of Iethro his father in lawe prest of Madian droue the shepe on the backsyde of the wyldernes and came to the mountayne of God Horeb. And the angell of y e LORDE appeared vnto him in a flāme of fyre out of the bush And he sawe that y e bush brent w t fyre and yet was not consumed and saide I wil go hence and se this greate sight why y e bush is not brent Whan the LORDE sawe that he wente his waye to se God called vnto him out of the bush and sayde Moses Moses He answered Here am I. He sayde Come not hither put thy shues of thy fete for the place where vpon thou stondest is an wholy groūde And he sayde morouer I am the God of thy father the God of Abraham y e God of Isaac and the God of Iacob And Moses couered his face for he was afrayed to loke vpon God And the LORDE sayde I haue sene the trouble of my people in Egipte haue herde their crye ouer those that oppresse them I knowe their sorowe and am come downe to delyuer them from the power of the Egipcians and to carye them out of that lōde in to a good and wyde londe euen in to a londe that floweth with mylke and hony namely vnto the place of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuytes Iebusites For so moch now as the complaynte of the children of Israel is come before me I haue sene their oppression wherwith the Egipcians oppresse them Go now y e waye therfore I wil sende the vnto Pharao that thou mayest brynge my people the children of Israel out of Egipte Moses sayde vnto God Who am I y t I shulde go vnto Pharao and brynge the children of Israel out of Egipte He sayde I wyll be with the this shall be the token y t I haue sent the. Whan thou hast brought my people out of Egipte ye shal serue God vpon this mountayne Moses sayde vnto God Beholde whan I come to the childrē of Israel and saye vnto them The God of youre fathers hath sent me vnto you they saye vnto me What is his name what shal I saye vnto them God saide vnto Moses I wyl be what I wyll be And he sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto y e children of Israel I wyl be hath sent me vnto you And God sayde morouer vnto Moses Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel The LORDE God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac y e God of Iacob hath sent me vnto you this is my name for euer and my memoriall from childe to childes childe Go thy waye therfore and gather the elders of Israel tother and saye vnto them The LORDE God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac the God of Iacob hath appeared vnto me and sayde I haue vysited you and sene what is done vnto you in Egipte and haue sayde I wil brynge you out of the trouble of Egipte in to y e lande of y e Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites in to a lōde y t floweth with mylke and hony And yf they heare y e voyce then shalt thou and the elders of Israel go in to the kynge of Egipte and saye vnto him The LORDE God of y e Hebrues hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wyldernes y t we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE oure God But I knowe that the kynge of Egipte wil not let you go but thorow a mightie hāde For I will stretch out myne hande smyte Egipte w t all maner of wonders which I will do therin after y t shal he let you go And I wil geue this people fauoure in the sight of the Egipcians so that whan ye go forth ye shal not go forth emptie but euery wife shall borowe of hir neghbouresse of her that so geourneth in hir house Iewels of syluer and golde and rayment those shal ye put vpon youre sonnes and doughters and spoyle the Egipcians The IIII. Chapter MOses answered sayde Beholde they shall not beleue me ner heare my voyce but shal saye The LORDE hath not appeared vnto the. The LORDE sayde vnto him What is y t that thou hast in thine hande He saide a staff He sayde Cast it from the vpon the grounde And he cast it frō him then was it turned to a serpent And Moses fled frō it But y e LORDE saide vnto him Stretch forth thine hande take it by the tayle Then stretched he forth his hande and toke it and it became a staff agayne in his hande Therfore shal they beleue that y e LORDE God of their fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac y e God of Iacob hath appeared vnto the. And the LORDE sayde furthermore vnto him Thrust thine hāde in to y e bosome And he thrust it in to his bosome toke it out beholde thē was it leper like snowe And he saide Put it in to y e bosome agayne And he put it agayne in to his bosome toke it out beholde thē was it turned againe as his flesh Yf they wil not beleue the ner heare y e voyce of the first token yet shal they beleue the voyce of the seconde token But yf they wil not beleue these two tokens ner heare thy voyce then take of the water of the ryuer and poure it vpon the drye londe so shall the same water y t thou hast takē out of y e ryuer be turned vnto bloude vpō y e drye londe But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Oh my LORDE I am a man
e people feared y e LORDE and beleued him and his seruaunt Moses The XV. Chapter THen sange Moses and the childrē of Israel this songe vnto the LORDE and sayde I will synge vnto y e LORDE for he hath done gloriously horse charet hath he ouer throwne in the see The LORDE is my strength and my songe and is become my saluacion This is my God I wil magnifie him He is my fathers God I wil exalte him The LORDE is the right man of warre LORDE is his name The charettes of Pharao his power hath he cast in to the see His chosen captaynes are drowned in the reed see y e depe hath couered them they fell to the grounde as a stone Thy right hande O LORDE is glorious in power thy right hāde O LORDE hath smytten the enemies And with thy greate glory thou hast destroyed thine aduersaries thou sentestout y e wrath it cōsumed them euen as stobble In the breth of thy wrath the waters fell together the floudes wente vpon a heape The depes plomped together in y e myddest of the see The enemie thought I will folowe vpon them and ouertake them and deuyde y e spoyle and coole my mynde vpon them I wil drawe out my swerde and my hande shal destroye them Thou blewest with thy wynde the see couered them and they sancke downe as leed in the mightie waters LORDE who is like vnto the amonge y e goddes Who is so glorious in holynes fear full laudable and doinge wonders Whan thou stretchedest out y e right hande the earth swalowed them vp Thou of y e very mercy hast led this people whom thou hast delyuered and with y e strength thou hast brought them vnto the dwellynge of thy Sanctuary Whan y e nacions herde this they raged sorowe came vpon the Philistynes Then were y e prynces of Edom afrayed tremblynge came vpō y e mightie of Moab all the indwellers of Canaan waxed faynte harted Let feare and drede fall vpon them thorow thy greate arme that they maye be as styll as a stone tyll thy people O LORDE be gone thorow tyll y i people whom thou hast gotten be gone thorow Brynge them in and plante them vpon the mountayne of thy enheritaunce vnto y e place that thou hast made for thyne owne dwellynge euen to y e tēple O LORDE which thy handes haue prepared The LORDE shal be kynge for euer euer For Pharao wente in to the see with horses and charettes and horsmen and the LORDE made the see fall agayne vpon them But the children of Israel wēte drye thorow the myddest of the see And Miriam the prophetisse Aarons sister toke a tymbrell in hir hande and all the women folowed out after her with timbrels in a daunse And Miriam sange before thē O let vs synge vnto the LORDE for he hath done gloriously man and horse hath he ouer throwne in the see Moses caused the children of Israel to departe out from the reed see vnto the wyldernes of Sur they wente thre dayes in y e wildernes y t they founde no water Then came they to Marath but they coude not drinke y e water for bytternes for it was very bytter Therfore was it called Marah y t is bytternes Then y e people murmured against Moses sayde What shal we drynke And Moses cried vnto y e LORDE which shewed him a tre this he put in y e water thē was it swete There he made thē a statute and a lawe and tempted them and sayde Yf thou wyl◠herken vnto the voyce of y e LORDE y e God do that which is right in his sighte and geue eare vnto his commaundementes kepe all his statutes then wyl I laye vpon y e none of the sicknesses that I layed vpon Egipte for I am the LORDE thy surgione The XVI Chapter ANd they came vnto Elim where there were twolue welles of water and seuentie palme trees and there they pitched by y e water syde From Elim they toke their iourney and the whole congregacion of the children of Israel came in to the wyldernesse of Sin which lyeth betwene Elim and Sinai vpon the fyftene daye of the seconde moneth after that they were departed out of the londe of Egipte And y e whole multitude of the children of Israel murmured agaynst Moses and Aaron in y e wildernes and saide vnto them Wolde God we had dyed in the londe of Egipte by the hande of the LORDE whan we sat by y e flesh pottes and had bred ynough to eate for ye haue brought vs out in to this wyldernes to cause this whole multitude dye of honger Thē sayde y e LORDE vnto Moses beholde I wyl rayne you bred from heauen and let the people go out and gather daylie what they nede that I maye proue whether they walke in my lawe or not But vpon the sixte daye they shal prepare thē selues that they maye brynge in twyse as moch as they gather daylie Moses and Aaron saide vnto all the children of Israel At euen ye shall knowe that the LORDE hath brought you out of the lōde of Egipte and in the mornynge shall ye se the glory of the LORDE for he hath herde youre grudginges agaynst the LORDE For what are we that ye grudge agaynst vs Moses sayde morouer At euen shall the LORDE geue you flesh to eate and in the mornynge bred ynough because y e LORDE hath herde youre grudginges that ye haue grudged agaynst him For what are we You re murmuringe is not agaynst vs but against the LORDE And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Speake vnto the whole multitude of y e children of Israel Come forth before the LORDE for he hath herde youre murmuringes And whyle Aaron spake thus vnto the whole congegacion of the childrē of Israel they turned them towarde the wyldernes and beholde the glory of the LORDE appeared in a cloude and the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I haue herde the murmuringe of y e children of Israel Tell them At euen shall ye haue flesh to eate and in the mornynge shal ye be fylled with bred ye shall knowe that I am the LORDE youre God And at euen the quayles came vp and couered the tentes and in the mornynge the dewe laye rounde aboute the tentes And whan the dew was fallē beholde there laye a thinge in the wildernes thynne and small as the horefrost vpon the grounde And whan the children of Israel sawe it they saide one to another This is Mā For they wyst not what it was But Moses sayde vnto them It is the bred that y e LORDE hath geuē you to eate This is it that y e LORDE hath commaūded Euery one gather for himself as moch as he eateth and take a Gomor for euery heade acordinge to the nombre of the soules in his tente And the children of Israel dyd so and gathered some more some lesse But whan it was measured out with
bloude of my sacrifice with sowre dowe and the fat of my feast shal not remayne till the mornynge The first of the first frutes of thy felde shalt thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE thy God And shalt not seeth a kydd whyle it is in his mothers mylke Beholde I sende an angell before the to kepe the in the waye and to brynge the vnto the place that I haue prepared Therfore be warre of his face and herken vnto his voyce and anger him not for he shall not spare youre myszdedes my name is in him But yf thou shalt herken vnto his voyce and do all that I shal tell the then wyl I be enemie vnto thy enemyes and aduersary vnto thy aduersaries Now whā myne angell goeth before the bryngeth the vnto y e Amorites Hethites Pheresites Cananites Heuites Iebusites I shall haue destroyed them then shalt thou not worshipe their goddes ner serue them nether shalt thou do as they do but shalt ouerthrowe their goddes breake thē downe But y e LORDE yo r God shal ye serue so shal he blesse thy bred thy water and I wyl remoue all sicknesse from the. There shal be nothinge baren ner vnfrutefull in thy londe and I wil fulfill the nombre of thy dayes I wil sende my feare before the and sley all the people where thou cōmest will make all thine enemies to turne their backes vpō the. I wyll sende hornettes before y e and dryue out the Heuytes Cananites and Hethytes before the ▪ In one yeare wyl I not cast thē out before the y t the londe become not waist wylde beastes multiply agaynst y t By litle litle wyll I dryue them out before the tyll thou growe haue the londe in possession And I wil set the borders of thy londe euen from the reed see vnto y e see of the Philistynes from the wyldernes vnto the water For I wil delyuer the indwellers of the londe in to thine hande y t thou shalt dryue them out before the. Thou shalt make no couenaunt w t them ner with their goddes but let thē not dwell in thy lande that they make the not synne ageynst me For yf thou serue their goddes it wil surely be thy decaye The XXIIII Chapter ANd he sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto the LORDE thou Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the seuētie elders of Israel worshipe afarre of But let Moses onely come nye vnto the LORDE and let not them come nye and let not the people also come vp with him Moses came and tolde the people all the wordes of the LORDE all the lawes Then answered all the people with one voyce and sayde All y e wordes that the LORDE hath sayde wyl we do Then wrote Moses all the wordes of y e LORDE gat him vp bytymes in the mornynge * buylded an altare vnder y e mount with twolue pilers acordinge to the twolue trybes of Israel sent twolue yonge mē of the children of Israel to offre burnt offerynges and peace offerynges theron of bullockes vnto the LORDE And Moses toke the half parte of the bloude and put it in a basen the other half sprenkled he vpon the altare toke the boke of y e couenaunt cried in the eares of the people And whan they had sayde All y t the LORDE hath sayde wil we do herken vnto him Moses toke the bloude sprenkled it vpon the people sayde Beholde this is y e bloude of the couenaunt that the LORDE maketh w t you vpon all these wordes Then wente Moses Aaron Nadab Abihu the seuentye elders of Israel vp sawe y e God of Israel Vnder his fete it was like a stone worke of Saphyre as the fashion of heauē whā it is cleare he put not his hāde vpō the pryncipall of Israel And whan they had sene God they ate dronke And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto me vpon the mount remayne there y t I maye geue the tables of stone y e lawe commaundemētes y t I haue wrytten which thou shalt teach thē Then Moses gat him vp his mynister Iosua wente vp in to the mount of God sayde vnto the elders Tary ye here tyll we come to you agayne beholde Aaron and Hur are with you yf eny mā haue a matter to do let him brynge it vnto them Now whā Moses came vp in to y e moūt a cloude couered y e mount the glory of y e LORDE abode vpon mount Sinai couered it w t the cloude sixe dayes vpon the seuēth daye he called Moses out of y e cloude And y e fashion of y e glory of y e LORDE was like a cōsumynge fyre vpon the toppe of y e mount in the sight of the children of Israel And Moses wente in to the myddest of the cloude and ascēded vp in to the mount and abode vpon the mount fourtye dayes fourtye nightes The XXV Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked w t Moses ayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel y t they geue me an Heue offerynge take the some of euery man that hath a frewyllynge hert therto And this is the Heue-offerynge that ye shal take of them Golde syluer brasse yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke goates hayre reed skynnes of rammes doo skynnes Fyrre tre oyle for lampes spyces for the anoyntynge oyle and for swete incense Onix stones and set stones for the ouerbody cote and for the brestlappe And they shall make me a Sanctuary that I maie dwell amonge them Like as I shal shewe y e a patrone of the Habitacion and of all the ornamentes therof so shall ye make it Make an Arke of Fyrre tre two cubytes a half longe a cubyte a half brode and a cubyte an half hye this shalt thou ouerleye with pure golde within and without make an hye vpō it a crowne of golde rounde aboute and cast foure rynges of golde put them in the foure corners of it so that two rynges be vpon the one syde and two vpon the other syde And make staues of Fyrre tre and ouerlaye them with golde and put them in the rynges alonge by the sydes of the Arke to beare it withall and they shal abyde styll in the rynges not be takē out And in y e Arke thou shalt laye the wytnesse that I wyl geue the. Thou shalt make a Mercyseate also of pure golde two cubytes and a half longe and a cubyte a half brode And thou shalt make two Cherubyns of beaten golde vpō both y e endes of the Mercyseate y t the one Cherub maye be vpon the one ende the other vpon the other ende so to be two Cherubyns vpon the endes of the Mercyseate And the Cherubyns shall sprede out
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
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
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
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
e lande we wyl not turne in to y e feldes ner in to the vynyardes nether will we drynke the water of the welles y e hye strete wil we go till we be past the borders of thy countre Howbeit Sihon wolde not geue the children of Israel licence to go thorow the coastes of his londe but gathered all his people together and wente out agaynst Israel in the wyldernesse And whan he came to Iaheza he fought agaynst Israel Neuerthelesse Israel smote him with the edge of the swerde and conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabock and vnto the children of Ammon For the borders of the children of Ammon were stroÌ„ge So Israel toke all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of y e Amorites namely at Heszbon and in the townes belonginge therto For Heszbon the cite was Sihons the kynge of the Amorites and he had foughten before with the kynge of the Moabites and conquered all his londe from him vntyll Arnon Wherfore it is sayde in the prouerbe Come vnto Heszbon let vs buylde and prepare y e cite of Sihon For there is a fyre gone out of Heszbon and a flamme from the cite of Sihon which hath consumed Ar of y e Moâ—bites and the citisens of y e toppe of Arnon Wo vnto the Moab thou people of Camos art vndone His sonnes are put to flighte his doughters brought captyue vnto Sihon the kynge of the Amorites Their glory is come to naught from Heszbon vnto Dibon waisted are they vnto Nopha which reacheth vnto Mediba Thus dwelt Israel in the lande of the Amorites And Moses sent out spyes vnto Iahesar they toke the townes belongynge therto coÌ„quered the Amorites y t were therin And they turned wente vp the waye towarde Basan Then Og the kynge of Basan weÌ„te out agaynst them w t all his people to fight in Edrei And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Feare him not for I haue geuen him w t his lande people in to thy hande thou shalt do with him as thou dyddest with Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon And they smote him his sonnes all his people so y t there remayned none coÌ„quered the londe Afterwarde weÌ„te y e children of Israel pitched in y e felde of Moab beyonde Iordane by Iericho The XXII Chapter ANd whan Balac y e sonne of Ziphor sawe all that Israel had done vnto the Amorites and that the Moabites were sore afrayed of the people y t was so greate and that the Moabites stode in feare of the children of Israel he sayde vnto y e Elders of the Madianites Now shal this heapelicke vp all that is aboute vs eueÌ„ as an oxe licketh vp the grasse in the felde And Balac y e sonne of Ziphor was kynge of the Moabites at that tyme. And he sent out messaungers vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor which was an interpreter The same dwelt by the water of the lande of y e children of his people that they shulde call him and he caused to saye vnto him Beholde there is come out of Egipte a people which couereth y e face of y e earth and lyeth ouer agaynst me Come now therfore and curse me this people for they are to mightie for me yf peraduenture I might be able to smyte them and to dryue them out of the lande For I wote that whom thou blessest he is blessed and whom thou cursest he is cursed And the Elders of the Moabites wente on with y e Elders of the Madianites and had the rewarde of y e soyth sayenge in their handes and they came vnto Balaam tolde him the wordes of Balaac And he saide vnto theÌ„ Tary here all night I will bringe you worde agayne euen as the LORDE shal saye vnto me So y e prynces of y e Moabites abode with Balaam And God came vnto Balaam sayde What men are these which are with y e Balaam sayde vnto God Balac y e sonne of Ziphor the kynge of the Moabites hath sent vnto me Beholde there is a people come out of Egipte and couereth the face of the earth come now therfore curse me theÌ„ yf peradueÌ„ture I maye be able to fighte with them to dryue theÌ„ out But God sayde vnto Balaam Go not with them curse not that people for they are blessed Then rose Balaam vp in the mornynge sayde vnto the prynces of Balac Get you vnto youre londe for the LORDE wyll noâ— suffer me to go with you And the prynces of y e Moabites gat theÌ„ vp came to Balac saide Balaam refuseth to come w t vs. Then sent Balac yet a greater coÌ„pany of prynces more honorable theÌ„ they Whan they came to Balaam they tolde him Balac y e sonne of Ziphor sendeth y e this worde Oh refuse not to come vnto me for I wyll promote the vnto hye honoure wil do what so euer thou sayest vnto me Come I praye the curse me this people Balaam answered sayde vnto y e seruauÌ„tes of Balac Yf Balac wolde geue me his house full of syluer golde yet coulde I not go beyonde y e worde of the LORDE my God to do litle or greate Neuertheles tary ye here this night y t I maye wete what the LORDE wil saye more vnto me Then came God to Balaam by night saide vnto him Yf the men are come to call the get the vp then and go with theÌ„ but what I shal saye vnto the that shalt thou do Then rose Balaam vp in the mornynge sadled his Asse wente w t the prynces of y e Moabites But the wrath of God waxed whote because he weÌ„te And the angell of y e LORDE stode in the waye to withstoÌ„de him But he rode vpoÌ„ his Asse two seruauntes w t him And y e Asse sawe y e angell of y e LORDE stoÌ„dinge in y e waye his swerde drawen in his haÌ„de And y e Asse turned a syde out of y e waye weÌ„te in to the felde But Balaam smote her y t she shulde go in the waye Then stode the angell of the LORDE in y e pathe by the vynyardes where there were walles on both the sydes And whan y e Asse sawe the angell of the LORDE she wrenshed vnto the wall thrust Balaams fote vnto the wall And he smote her agayne TheÌ„ weÌ„te the angell of the LORDE farther stode in a narow place where there was no waye to turne nether to the righte haÌ„de ner to y e lefte And whan the Asse sawe the angell of the LORDE she fell downe vnder Balaam Then was Balaams wrath furious smote the Asse with a staffe Then opened the LORDE the mouth of y e Asse and she sayde vnto Balaam What haue I done vnto the that thou hast smytten me now thre tymes Balaam sayde vnto y e Asse Because thou hast mocked me Oh y t I had a swerde now in
their captayne in Moses steade A prophecie that they wyl forsake the waye of God be punyshed therfore Chap. XXXII The songe of Moses which goeth vp to the mount seyth the londe of promesse but commeth not in to it Chap. XXXIII A swete blessinge wherwith Moses blesseth the people before his death Chap. XXXIIII Moses goeth vp to the mount where he dyeth The children of Israel make lamentacion for him The first Chapter THese are the wordes that Moses spake vnto all Israel on the other syde Iordane in the wildernesse in the playne felde towarde the reed see betwene Paran Thophel Laban Hazeroth and Disahab eleuen daies iourney from Horeb by the waye of mount Seir vnto Cades Bernea And it fortuned the first daye of the eleuenth moneth in the fortieth yeare that Moses spake vnto y e children of Israel acordinge vnto all as y e LORDE commaunded him after he had smytten Sihon y e kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon and Og the kynge of Basan that dwelt at Astaroth and at Edrei On the other syde Iordane in y e lande of the Moabites beganne Moses to declare this lawe and sayde The LORDE o r God spake vnto vs vpon mount Horeb sayde Ye haue bene lōge ynough vpon this mountayne turne you departed hence that ye maye come to the mountaynes of the Amorites and to all their neghbours in y e feldes vpon mountaynes and in the valleys towarde the South and towarde the see syde of the lande of Canaan and to mount Libanus euen vnto the greate water Euphrates Beholde I haue delyuered you the londe go in and take it in possession which the LORDE sware vnto yo r fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob that he wolde geue it vnto thē and their sede after them Then saide I vnto you at the same tyme I am not able to beare you my self alone for the LORDE youre God hath increased you so that this daye ye are as y e starres of heauen in multitude The LORDE God of yo r fathers make you yet many thousande tymes mo blesse you as he hath promysed you How can I alone beare soche cōbraunce charge stryfe amōge you Prouyde here men of wyszdome vnderstondinge soch as are knowne amonge youre trybes thē wil I set to be heades vnto you Then answered ye me and sayde It is a good thinge that thou sayest thou wilt do ▪ Then toke I y e heades of youre trybes wyse and famous mē and set them ouer you to be heades ouer thousandes ouer hundreds ouer fiftye and ouer ten and officers amonge youre trybes And I charged youre iudges at y e same tyme sayde Heare youre brethrē iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother and the straunger Ye shall knowe no personne in iudgment but shall heare the small as well as the greate and be afrayed of no man for the Iudgment is Gods But yf eny cause be to harde for you let it be broughte vnto me y t I maye heare it Thus commaunded I you at the same tyme all y t ye shulde doo Then departed we from Horeb and walked thorow the whole wyldernesse which is greate and terryble as ye haue sene by the waye to y e mountaynes of the Amorites as the LORDE oure God commauded vs and came vnto Cades Bernea Then sayde I vnto you Ye are come to y e mountaynes of y e Amorites which the LORDE o r God shal geue vs. Beholde there the londe before the which the LORDE thy God hath geuē vnto the Go vp conquere it as y e LORDE God of thy fathers hath sayde vnto the feare not and be not discoraged Then came ye all vnto me and sayde Let vs sende men before vs to spye vs out the londe and to brynge vs worde agayne by what waye we shal go vp and to what cities we shal come That pleased me well and I toke twolue men from amonge you of euery trybe one Which whan they were departed and wente vp to hye countre and came to the ryuer Escol they spyed it out and toke of the frute of y e londe with thē and broughte it downe vnto vs and broughte vs worde agayne and sayde It is a good londe that the LORDE oure God hath geuen vs. But ye wolde not go vp and were dishobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God and murmured in youre tentes and sayde Because the LORDE hateth vs therfore hath be broughte vs out of the londe of Egipte to delyuer vs in to the handes of the Amorites to destroye vs. Whither shal we go vp Oure brethren haue discoraged oure hertes saide The people is greater of hyer stature thē we y e cities are greate walled euen vp to heauen Morouer we haue sene there the children of Enakim But I sayde vnto you Feare not and be not afrayed of them for the LORDE youre God goeth before you and shall fighte for you like as he dealte with you in Egipte before youre eyes and in the wyldernesse where thou sawest that the LORDE thy God bare the euen as a man beareth his sonne thorow out all the waye that ye haue walked tyll ye came to this place And yet for all this ye haue not beleued on the LORDE youre God which wente before you to searche you out a place where ye shulde pitch youre tentes by night in the fyre to shewe you the waye wherin ye shulde go on the daye tyme in the cloude Whan the LORDE herde y e voyce of yo r wordes he was wroth and swore and saide There shall none of this euell generacion se that good londe which I sware to geue vnto youre fathers excepte Caleb the sonne of Iephune he shal se it And vnto him wyl I geue the londe that he hath troddē vpon to his children because he hath perfectly folowed the LORDE The LORDE was angrye w t me also for youre sakes and sayde Thou also shalt not go in thither But Iosua y e sonne of Nun which stondeth before the he shal go in thither Corage him for he shal deuyde the enheritaunce out vnto Israel And youre childrē of whō ye sayde they shulde be a praye and youre sonnes which this daie vnderstonde nether good ner bad they shal go in thither vnto them wil I geue it and they shall enioye it But as for you turne you and take youre iourney to the wyldernesse euen the waye to the reed see Then answered ye sayde vnto me We haue synned agaynst y e LORDE we wil go vp and fighte acordinge to all that the LORDE hath commaunded vs. Now whan ye had prepared yo r selues euery one in his harnesse were at the poynte to go vp to the mountaynes y e LORDE sayde vnto me Speake vnto them y t they go not vp that they fighte not for I am not amōge you that ye be not
smytten before youre enemies Whan I tolde you this ye wolde not heare were dishobedient vnto the worde of the LORDE and were presumptuous and wente vp to y e mountaines Then the Amorites that dwelt vpon the moūtaynes came out against you and chaced you as Bees do and smote you at Seir euen vnto Horma Now whan ye came againe and wepte before the LORDE he wolde not heare youre voyce and enclyned not his eares vnto you So ye abode in Cades a longe season The II. Chapter THen turned we vs and toke oure iourney to the wildernesse euen the waye to the reed see as the LORDE sayde vnto me and compassed mount Seir a longe season And y e LORDE saide vnto me Ye haue cōpassed this mountayne now lōge ynough turne you Northwarde and commaūde the people and saye Ye shal go thorow y e coastes of youre brethren the children of Esau which dwell at Seir they shal be afrayed of you But take diligente hede to youre selues that ye prouoke them not for I wyl not geue you one fote bredth of their londe For mount Seir haue I geuen to the children of Esau to possesse Ye shal bye meate of them for moneye that ye maye eate And water shal ye bye of them for money that ye maye drynke For the LORDE thy God hath blessed the in all the workes of thy hondes He hath considered thy iourneyes thorow this greate wyldernesse and this fortye yeares hath the LORDE thy God bene with the so that thou hast wanted nothinge Now whan we were departed from o r brethren the children of Esau that dwelt vpon mount Seir by the waye of the felde from Elath Ezeon gaber we turned vs wente by the waye of the wyldernesse of y e Moabites Then sayde the LORDE vnto me Thou shalt not vexe the Moabites ner prouoke thē vnto battayll for I wil not geue the of their londe to possesse For Ar haue I geuen vnto the children of Lot in possession The Emims dwelt there before tyme which were a greate stronge people hye of stature as the Enakims and were taken for giauntes like as y e Enakims And y e Moabites called them Emims The Horites also dwelt in Seir afore tyme y e children of Esau droue them out and destroyed them before them dwelt in their steade like as Israel dyd in y e lōde of his possession that the LORDE gaue them Get you vp now go ouer the ryuer Sared And we wente ouer The tyme that we were goinge frō Cades Barnea tyll we came ouer the ryuer Sared was eight thirtye yeares tyll all the men of warre were waysted out of the hoost as the LORDE sware vnto them The hande of the LORDE also was agaynst them to destroye thē out of the hoost tyll they were consumed And whan all the men of warre were cōsumed so y t they were deed amonge the people the LORDE spake vnto me and sayde This daie shalt thou go thorow the coast of y e Moabites by Ar shalt come nye vnto y e children of Ammon whom thou shalt not vexe ner prouoke For I wyll not geue the of the lōde of the childrē of Ammon to possesse for I haue geuē it vnto the childrē of Lot in possession It was takē for a lōde of giauntes also giauntes dwelt therin afore tyme. And y e Ammonites calle thē Samsumims which was a people that was greate many and of hye stature as the Enakims And these y e LORDE destroyed before thē and let them possesse the same so that they dwelt in their steade Like as he dyd with the childrē of Esau which dwell vpō mount Seir whan he destroyed the Horites before them and let them possesse the same so that they haue dwelt in their steade vnto this daye And the Caphthorims came out of Caphther and destroyed y e Auims y t dwelt at Hazarim euen vnto Gaza there dwelt they in their steade Get you vp now and departe and go ouer the ryuer Arnon Beholde I haue geuē Sihon y e kynge of the Amorites at Heszbon in to thy hande go to and conquere and prouoke him vnto battayll This daye wyll I begynne so that all naciōs vnder all the heauen shal feare drede y e In so moch y t whā they heare of the they shal tremble and quake for thy commynge Then sent I messaungers from y e wyldernesse of the East vnto Sihon the kynge at Heszbon w t peaceble wordes and caused to saye vnto him I wil go but thorow y e lōde I wil go a longe by the hye waye I wil nether turne to the righte hāde ner to y e lefte Thou shalt sell me meate for money that I maye eate water shalt thou sell me for money that I maye drinke Onely let me go thorow by fote as the children of Esau which dwell at Seir dyd vnto me and the Moabites that dwell at Ar vntyll I be come ouer Iordane in to the londe which the LORDE oure God shal geue vnto vs. But Sihon the kynge at Heszbon wolde not let vs go by him for the LORDE y i God herdened his mynde made his hert tough that he mighte delyuer him in to thy hādes as it is come to passe this daye And y e LORDE sayde vnto me Beholde I haue begonne to delyuer Sihon with his londe before the go to and cōquere and possesse his lōde And Sihō came out w t all his people to fight agaynst vs at Iahza But the LORDE oure God delyuered him in to oure handes so that we smote him with his children and all his people Then toke we all his cities at the same tyme and destroyed vtterly all the cities men wemen and children and let none remayne saue the catell which we caught to oure selues the spoyle of the cities that we wanne from Aroer which lyeth vpon the ryuer syde of Arnon and from the cite on the ryuer vnto Gilead There was no cite that coulde defende it selfe from vs the LORDE oure God delyuered vs all before vs. But vnto the londe of the children of Ammon thou camest not ner to all that was on the ryuer Iabok ner to y e cities vpō y e mountaines ner vnto what so euer the LORDE oure God forbad vs. The III. Chapter ANd we turned vs wente vp y e waie vnto Basan And Og y e kynge of Basan came out w t all his people to fight agaynst vs at Edrei But the LORDE sayde vnto me Be not afrayed of him for I haue delyuered him all his people w t his londe in to thy hande thou shalt do w t him as thou dyddest w t Sihon kynge of y e Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon Thus y e LORDE oure God delyuered Og y e kynge of Basan in to oure handes also with all his people so that we smote him tyll there
and to geue vs y e londe that he sware vnto oure fathers And therfore hath the LORDE commaunded vs to do acordinge vnto all these ordinaunces that we might feare the LORDE oure God that we might prospere all the dayes of oure life as it is come to passe this daye And it shall be righteousnes vnto vs before the LORDE oure God yf we kepe and do all these commaundementes as he hath commaunded vs. The VII Chapter WHan y e LORDE y e God bringeth the in to y e londe where in to thou shalt come to possesse it roteth out manacions before the the Hethites Girgoâ—ites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heâ—ites and Iebusites seueÌ„ nacions which are greater and mightier then thou and whan the LORDE thy God delyuereth theÌ„ before y e that thou mayest smyte them thou shalt vtterly destroye them so that thou make no couenaunt with them nor shewe them fauoure and shalt make no mariages with them Ye shall not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes ner take their doughters vnto youre sonnes For they will make youre sonnes departe fro me to serue straunge goddes then shall the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote vpon you and destroye you shortly But thus shal ye do with them Ye shal ouerthrowe their altares breake downe their pilers cut downe their groues burne their ymages with fyre For thou art an holy people vnto the LORDE thy God The hath the LORDE thy God chosen that thou shuldest be his awne peculier people from amonge all nacions that are vpon the earth It was not because of the multitude of you aboue all nacions â–ª that y e LORDE had lust vnto you and chose you For ye were the leest amonge all nacions but because he loued you and that he mighte kepe the ooth which he sware vnto youre fathers he broughte you out with a mightie haÌ„de and delyuered you froÌ„ the house of bondage out of the hande of Pharao kynge of Egipte Thou shalt vnderstonde now therfore that the LORDE thy God is a mightie and true God which kepeth couenaunt and mercy vnto them that loue him and kepe his coÌ„maundementes euen thorow out a thousande generacions And rewardeth them that hate him before his face that he maye destroye them and wyll not be longe in tarienge to rewarde them before his face that hate him Kepe now therfore the commaundementes and ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde the this daye that thou do therafter And yf ye shall heare these lawes and kepe them and do therafter then shal the LORDE thy God also kepe the couenaunt and mercy with the which he sware vnto thy fathers and shal loue the blesse the and multiplye the he shal blesse the frute of y e wombe and the frute of thy londe thy corne wyne and oyle the frute of thy kyne and the frute of thy shepe in the londe that he sware vnto y e fathers to geue the. Blessed shalt thou be aboue all nacions there shal no vnfrutefull personne be in the ner amonge thy catell The LORDE shall put from the all maner of dysease and shal brynge vpon the none of y e euell sicknesses of Egipte which thou hast sene but shall put them vpon all those that hate the. Thou shalt brynge to naught all the nacions which the LORDE thy God shal delyuer the. Thine eye shall not spare them and their goddes shalt thou not serue for that shal be thy decaye Yf thou shalt saye in thyne hert These nacioÌ„s are mo then I how caÌ„ I dryue them out Feare them not Remembre what the LORDE thy God did vnto Pharao and to all the Egipcians thorow greate tentacions which thou hast sene with thine eyes thorow tokens and woÌ„ders thorow a mightie hande and a stretched out arme wherwith the LORDE thy God brought the out Euen so shall the LORDE thy God do vnto all y e nacions of whoÌ„ thou art afrayed The LORDE y e God also shal sende hornettes amonge them vntyll they that remayne and hyde them selues from the be destroyed Be not thou afrayed of them for the LORDE thy God is in the myddes of the euen the mightie and fearfull God He euen the LORDE thy God shall rote out the nacions before the by litle and litle Thou canst noâ— consume them at one time y t the beestes of the felde increase not vpon the. The LORDE thy God shall delyuer them before the and shall smite them with a greate slaughter tyll they be destroyed And he shal delyuer their kynges in to thine haÌ„de and thou shalt destroie their names from vnder heauen There shal no man make the resistaunce before the vntyll thou haue destroyed them The ymages of their goddes shalt thou burne with fyre shalt not desyre the syluer or golde that is on them or to take it vnto the that thou snare not thy self therin for it is abhominacion vnto the LORDE y e God Therfore shalt thou not brynge the abhominacion in to thine house y t thou be not damned as it is but shalt vtterly defye it and abhorre it for it is damned The VIII Chapter ALl the commaundementes which I commaunde y e this daye shal ye kepe so y t ye do therafter that ye maye lyue and multiplye and come in and take possession of the lande which y e LORDE sware vnto youre fathers and thynke vpon all y e waie thorow the which the LORDE thy God hath led the this fortye yeares in the wyldernesse that he mighte chasten the and proue the to wete whath were in thyne herte whether thou woldest kepe his comaundemeÌ„tes or no. He chastened the and let the hunger and fed the with Manna which thou and thy fathers knewe not to make the knowe that man lyueth not by bred onely but by all that proceadeth out of the mouth of the LORDE Thy clothes are not waxed olde vpon the and thy fete are not swolleÌ„ this fortye yeare Vnderstonde therfore in thine hert that as a man nurtoureth his sonne euen so hath the LORDE thy God nurtured the. Kepe therfore the commaundementes of the LORDE thy God that thou walke in his wayes and feare him For the LORDE thy God bryngeth the in to a good londe A londe where in are ryuers of water fountaynes and sprynges which flowe by the hilles and valleys A londe wherin is wheate barlye vines fygge trees and pomgranates A londe wherin growe Olyue trees and honye A londe where thou shalt not eate bred in scarcenes and where thou shalt lacke nothinge A loÌ„de where y e stones are yron where thou shalt dygge brasse out of hilles That whaÌ„ thou hast eaten and art fylled thou mayest praise the LORDE thy God for that good londe which he hath geuen the. Bewarre now therfore that thou forget not the LORDE thy God that thou woldest not kepe his commaundementes and his ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde the
to stoâ—de styll hangeth vp fyue kynges and taketh the cities Chap. XI The HeytheÌ„ kynges gather theÌ„ selues together agaynst Israel but they are discomfited and their cities wonne Chap. XII The names of the kynges whom Iosua and the Israelites slewe are here rehearsed euen one and thirtye Chap â–ª XIII The remnaunt of the londe on this syde Iordane Chap. XIIII The dealinge out of the londe Chap. XV. The londe that fell vnto Iuda by lott Chap. XVI The lot of Ephraim Chap. XVII The lot and porcion of Manasse Chap. XVIII Men are sent out of the seuen trybes to consyder the londe and to deale it out The porcion of Ben Iamin Chap. XIX The porcion of Simeon Zabulon Isachar Aser Nephtali and Dan. Chap. XX. The partinge out of the fre cities Chap. XXI Of the cities and suburbes of the Leuites Chap. XXII The two tribes and a halfe are senâ— home agayne with a charge to be diligent in kepynge Gods commaundement Of the altare of witnesse Chap. XXIII Iosua calleth the people together before his death exorteth them to cleue fast to the commaundementes of the LORDE Chap. XXIIII He calleth the people together iâ— Sichem and rehearceth the benefites of God vnto theÌ„ The couenauÌ„t with God is renewed Iosua dyeth and so doth Eleasar The first Chapter AFter the death of Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE spake the LORDE vnto Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses mynister My seruaunt Moses is deed vp now and go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people in to the londe that I haue geuen the children of Israel All the places that the soles of youre fete shal treade vpon haue I geuen vnto you as I sayde vnto Moses From the wyldernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates all the londe of the Hethites vnto the greate see towarde the west shal be youre border There shall noman be able to withstonde y t all thy life longe And like as I was with Moses so wil I be with the also I will not fayle the nether forsake the. Be stronge and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuyde y e londe which I sware vnto their fathers to geue it them Be stroÌ„ge therfore and very bolde that thou mayest kepe and do euery thynge acordinge to the lawe that Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Turne not asyde from it nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte y t thou mayest deale wysely whither so euer thou goest And let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but exercyse thy selfe therin daie and nighte that thou mayest kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that is wrytteÌ„ therin Then shalt thou prospere in thy waies and deale wysely Lo I haue commaunded the to be stronge and bolde Feare not and be not afrayed for the LORDE thy God is with y e whither so euer thou goest Then commaunded Iosua the officers of the people and sayde Go thorow the hoost and charge y e people and saye Prepare you vytayles for ouer thre dayes shal ye go ouer this Iordane that ye maye come in and take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God shal geue you And to the Rubenites Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse sayde Iosua Thynke vpon the worde that Moses the seruaunt of y e LORDE spake vnto you and sayde The LORDE yo r God hath brought you to rest and geuen you this londe Let youre wyues and children and catell remayne in y e londe that Moses gaue you on this syde Iordane But ye youre selues as many as be fightinge men shal go forth before youre brethren in harnesse and helpe them tyll the LORDE haue broughte youre brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which the LORDE yo r God shal geue them Then shal ye turne agayne in to the londe of youre possession that ye maye enioye it which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath geuen you on this syde Iordane towarde y e Easte And they answered Iosua and sayde All that thou hast commaunded vs wyll we do and whither so euer thou sendest vs we wyl go thither Like as we haue obeyed Moses so wyl we be obedient also vnto the Onely that the LORDE thy God be with y e like as he was with Moses Who so euer disobeyeth thy mouth and herkeneth not vnto thy wordes in all that thou hast commaunded vs shal dye Onely be thou stronge and bolde The II. Chapter IOsua the sonne of Nun sent out two spyes preuely from Setim and sayde vnto them Go youre waye loke vpon the londe and Iericho They wente forth and came in to y e house of an harlot called Rahab and laye there Then was it tolde the kynge of Iericho Lo there are men come in this nighte from the childreÌ„ of Israel to spye the londe Then sent the kynge of Iericho vnto Rahab saynge Delyuer the men forth that are come vnto the in to thy house for they are come to spye out the whole londe Now as for the two men the woman had hyd them and sayde There came men in vnto me in dede but I knewe not whence they were And at the shuttinge in of the gate whan it was darcke they wente out so y t I can not tell whither they be gone folowe soone after them for ye shal ouertake them But she had caused them to clymme vp vnto the house toppe and hyd them vnder the stalkes of flaxe that she had prepared her vpoÌ„ the toppe of the house Howbeit the men folowed after them in y e waye towarde Iordane euen vnto the ferye and whan they that folowed vpon them were gone forth the gate was shut And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe she wente vp to them vnto the house toppe and sayde vnto theÌ„ I knowe that the LORDE shal delyuer you the londe for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs and all the inhabiters of the londe are discoraged at youre commynge For we haue herde how the LORDE dryed vp the water in the reed see before you whaÌ„ ye departed out of Egipte and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites Sihon and Og beyonde Iordane how ye roted them out and destroyed them And sence we herde therof oure hert hath failed vs nether is there a good stomacke more in eny man by the reason of youre commynge For the LORDE yo r God is both the God aboue in heaueÌ„ and beneth vpon earth Sweare now then vnto me euen by the LORDE for so moch as I haue dealte mercifully with you that ye wyl also shewe mercy vpon my fathers house and geue me a true token that ye wyl let my father lyue and my mother my brethren and my sisters and all that they haue and delyuer oure soules from death The men sayde vnto her Yf we shewe not mercy and faithfulnesse vpon
the whan the LORDE geueth vs the londe then let oure soule dye for you so farre as thou betrayest not oure deuyce Then let she them downe thorow the wyndowe by a coarde for hir house wa◠in the wall of the cite and in the wall was hir dwellynge And she sayde vnto them Go youre waye vp to the mountaynes lest they mete you that folowe vpon you and hyde youre selues there thre dayes tyll they be come againe y t folowe after you and then get you youre waye But the men sayde vnto her As for this ooth that thou hast taken of vs we wyll be discharged of it whan we come in to y e londe excepte thou knyttest in the wyndowe y e lyne of this rosecoloured rope y t thou hast lettē vs downe with all gatherest vnto y e in to the house thy father thy mother y i brethren all thy fathers house And loke who so euer goeth out at the dore of thy house his bloude be vpon his owne heade and we giltlesse But of all those y t are in y e house yf a hande be layed vpon thē their bloude shal be vpō o r heade And yf thou bewrayest eny of this deuyce of ours thē wil we be discharged of the ooth y t thou hast takē of vs. She sayde Let it be so as ye saye and she let thē go And they wente their waye And she knyt the rose coloured lyne in the wyndowe They wente on their waye and came to the mountaynes and remayned there thre dayes tyll they that folowed vpon them were come agayne for they soughte them thorow euery strete yet they founde them not So the two men turned agayne and departed from the mountaynes and passed ouer Iordane and came to Iosua the sonne of Nun and tolde him euery thinge as they had founde it they sayde vnto Iosua The LORDE hath geuē vs all the londe in to oure handes and all they that dwell in the londe are sore afrayed of vs. The III. Chapter ANd Iosua rose vp early and they departed from Setim came vnto Iordane he and all the children of Israel and remayned there all night afore they wēte ouer But after thre dayes wente the officers thorow y e hoost and commaunded the people and sayde Whan ye se the Arke of y e couenaunt of the LORDE youre God and the prestes from amōge the Leuites bearinge it departe ye then out of youre place and folowe after but so that there be rowme betwene you and it by two thousande cubites that ye come not nye it y t ye maye knowe what waye ye shulde go for ye neuer wente that waye afore And Iosua sayde vnto the people Halowe youre selues for tomorow shal y e LORDE bringe wonderous thinges to passe amōge you And vnto the prestes he sayde Beare ye the Arke of y e couenaūt and go before the people Then bare they the Arke and wente before the people And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua This daye wyl I begynne to make the greate in the sighte of all Israel that they maie knowe how that like as I was with Moses so am I with the also And commaunde thou the prestes that beare the Arke and saye Whan ye come before in the water of Iordane stonde styll And Iosua sayde vnto the children of Israel Come hither heare the worde of the LORDE youre God He sayde morouer By this shal ye perceaue that the lyuynge God is amonge you and that he shall dryue out before you y e Cananites Hethites Heuites Pheresites Girgosites Amorites and Iebusites Beholde the Arke of the couenaunt of him y t hath domynion ouer all londes shall go before you in Iordane Take now therfore twolue men out of y e trybes of Israel out of euery trybe one And whan the soles of the fete of the prestes that beare y e Arke of the LORDE the gouernoure of all londes are set in the water of Iordane then shal y e water of Iordane withdrawe it selfe from the water that floweth from aboue that it maye stonde on a heape Now whan the people departed out of their tentes to go ouer Iordane the prestes bare the Arke of the couenaunt before the people and came in to Iordane dypte their fete before in the water as for Iordane on all his banckes it was full of all maner waters of the londe then the water that came downe frō aboue stode straight vp vpon one heape very farre from the cite of Adom that lyeth on the syde of Zarthan But the water that ranne downe to the see euen to the salt see fell awaye and decreased So y e people wente thorow ouer agaynst Iericho And the prestes that bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt stode drye in y e myddes of Iordane readye prepared all Israel wēte thorow drye shod vntyll y e whole people were all come ouer Iordane The IIII. Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Iosua Take you twolue men out of euery trybe one cōmaunde them saye Take vp twolue stones out of Iordane from the place where the fete of the prestes stode in their araye cary them with you y t ye maie leaue them in y e lodginge where ye shal lodge this night Thē Iosua called twolue mē which were prepared of the children of Israel out of euery trybe one sayde vnto thē Go youre waye ouer before the Arke of the LORDE youre God in the myddes of Iordane take euery man a stone vpon his shulder after the nombre of the trybes of y e children of Israel y t they maye be a token amonge you And whan youre children axe their fathers here after and saye What do these stones there That ye maye then saye vnto them how that the water of Iordane claue in sunder before the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt whan it wente thorow Iordane that these stones are set for a perpetuall remembraunce vnto the children of Israel Then dyd the children of Israel as Iosua commaunded them and bare twolue stones out of the myddes of Iordane as the LORDE had sayde vnto Iosua acordinge to the nombre of the trybes of the children of Israel and broughte the same with them in to the lodginge and lefte them there And Iosua set vp twolue stones in y e myddes of Iordane where y e fete of the prestes stode that bare y e Arke of the couenaunt and there they be yet vnto this daye As for y e prestes that bare y e Arke they stode in the myddes of Iordane vntyll all was perfourmed that the LORDE charged Iosua to saye vnto y e people acordinge as Moses gaue Iosua in commaundemēt The people also made haist and wente ouer Now whan all the people was gone ouer the Arke of the LORDE wente ouer also and the prestes wente before the people And the Rubenites Gaddites and y e halfe trybe of Manasse wente harnessed before
there vpon the stones he wrote the seconde lawe of Moses which he wrote before the childrē of Israel And all Israel with their Elders and officers and iudges stode on both the sydes of the Arke right ouer agaynst the prestes y t bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE the straunger as well as one of them selues the one halfe besyde mount Grysim and the other halfe beside mount Ebal as Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded afore to blesse the people of Israel Afterwarde caused he to proclame all the wordes of the lawe of the blessynge and cursynge as it is wrytten in the boke of the lawe There was not one worde that Moses commaunded but Iosua caused it to be proclamed before all the congregacion of Israel and before the wemē and children and straūgers which walked amonge them The IX Chapter NOw whan all the kynges that were beyonde Iordane vpon the mountaynes and in the lowe countrees in all the hauens of the greate see and besyde mount Libanus herde this namely y e Hethites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusytes they gathered thē selues together with one acorde to fighte agaynst Iosua and agaynst Israel But whan the inhabiters of Gibeon herde what Iosua had done with Iericho and Hai they dealte craftely wēte on their waie and made a message and toke olde sackes vpon their asses and olde rente wyne botels and olde mended shues vpon their fete and put on olde and peced garmentes and all y e bred of their vytayles was harde and moulde and they wente vnto Iosua into y e hoost at Gilgall and sayde vnto him and to euery man in Israel We are come out of a farre countre therfore make now a couenaunt w t vs. Then sayde euery man in Israel vnto y e Heuyte Peraduenture thou dwellest amonge vs how can I then make a couenaunt with the They saide vnto Iosua We are y e seruaūtes Iosua sayde vnto them What are ye whence come ye They sayde Thy seruauntes are come out of a very farre countre because of the name of the LORDE thy God for we haue herde the reporte of him and all that he dyd in Egipte and all that he dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites beyōde Iordane Sihon the kynge at Heszbō and Og the kynge of Basan which dwelt at Astaroth Therfore sayde oure Elders and all the inhabiters of oure countre Take fode with you for youre iourney and go mete them and saye vnto them We are youre seruaūtes therfore make now a bonde with vs This oure bred that we toke out of oure houses for oure foode was new whan we toke o r iourney towarde you but now lo it is harde moulde And these bottels fylled we new and lo they are rēte And these oure clothes and shues are waxed olde by y e reason of the sore longe iourney Then the captaynes toke their vytayles and axed not the mouth of the LORDE ▪ And Iosua made peace with them and set vp a couenaunt with them that they shulde be saued alyue and the rulers of the congregacion sware vnto them But thre dayes after that they had made a couenaunt with them they herde that they were their neghbours and dwelt amonge them For as the children of Israel wente forth on their iourney they came on the thirde daye vnto their cities which are called Gibeon Caphira Beeroth and Cirath Iearim and smote thē not because that the rulers of the congregacisn had sworne vnto them by the name of the LORDE the God of Israel But whan all the congregacion murmured agaynst the rulers all the rulers sayde vnto the whole congregacion We haue sworne vnto them by the LORDE the God of Israel therfore maye we not touch them But this wil we do vnto them Let them lyue that there come no wrath vpon vs because of the ooth that we haue made vnto them And the rulers sayde vnto them Let them lyue that they maye be hewers of wodd and bearers of water for the whole congregacion as the rulers haue sayde vnto them Then Iosua called them and commened with them and sayde Wherfore haue ye disceaued vs and sayde that ye were farre from vs where as ye dwell amonge vs Therfore shall ye be cursed so that of you there shall not ceasse seruauntes to hew wodd and to beare water for the house of my God They answered Iosua sayde It was tolde thy seruauntes that the LORDE thy God commaunded Moses his seruaunt that he shulde geue you the whole lōde and that he wolde destroye all the inhabiters of the londe before you therfore were we sore afrayed of oure lyues before you and thus haue we done But now lo we are in thy handes loke what thou thinkest good and righte to do vnto vs that do And he dyd euen so vnto them and delyuered them from the children of Israels hāde that they shulde not slaye them So vpō the same daye Iosua made them hewers of wodd and water bearers for the congregacion and for the altare of the LORDE vnto this daye in the place that he shall chose The X. Chapter WHan Adonisedech the kynge of Ierusalem herde that Iosua had wonne Hai and damned it and done vnto Hai and y e kynge of it like as he dyd vnto Iericho and to the kynge therof and that they of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were come vnder them they were sore afrayed For Gibeon was a greate cite like as one of the kynges cities and greater then Hai and all the citesyns therof were men of armes Therfore sent he vnto Hoham the kynge of Hebron and to Pirea the kynge of Iarmuth and to Iaphia the kynge of Lachis and to Debir the kynge of Eglon and caused to saie vnto them Come vp vnto me and helpe me that we maie smyte Gibeon for they haue made peace with Iosua and the children of Israel Then came the fyue kynges of the Amorites together and wente vp the kynge of Ierusalem the kynge of Hebron y e kynge of Iarmuth the kynge of Lachis the kynge of Eglon with all their armies layed sege vnto Gibeon and foughte agaynst it Howbeit they of Gibeon sent vnto Iosua to Gilgall and caused to saye vnto him Withdrawe not thine hande from thy seruauntes come vp soone vnto vs delyuer and helpe vs for all the kynges of the Amorites that dwell vpon the mountaynes are gathered together agaynst vs. Iosua wente vp from Gilgall and all the warryers and all the men armes with him And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua Feare them not for I haue geuē them in to thy hande There shall not one of them be able to stonde before the. So Iosua came sodenly vpon them for all that night wente he vp from Gilgall And the LORDE discomfyted thē before Israel and smote them with a greate slaughter at Gibeon they chaced them the waie downe to Beth Horon and smote them vnto Aseka
them into y e handes of Israel and they smote them and chaced them vnto greate SidoÌ„ and to the warme water and to the playne of Mispa towarde y e east and smote them vntyll there remayned not one Then dealte Iosua with them as y e LORDE had saide vnto him lamed theis horses brent their charettes And he turned backe at the same tyme wanne Hasor smote y e kynge of it w t the swerde for Hasor was afore tyme y e head cite of all these kyngdomes and smote all the soules that were therin w t the edge of the swerde and damned it let nothinge remayne that had breth damned Hasor with fyre All the cities of these kyngdomes waÌ„ne Iosua also and smote theÌ„ with the edge of the swerde and damned them acordinge as Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded Howbeit the cities that stode vpon the hilles dyd not the children of Israel burne with fyre but Hasor onely dyd Iosua burne And all the spoyles of these cities and the catell dyd the children of Israel deale amonge them but smote all the men with the edge of the swerde tyll they had destroyed them and let nothinge remayne that had breth As the LORDE commaunded his seruaunt Moses and as Moses commaunded Iosua euen so dyd Iosua so that there was nothinge vndone of all that the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses So Iosua toke all this loÌ„de vpon y e mouÌ„taynes all y t lyeth towarde the south all the londe of Gosen and the lowe countre the playne felde and the mountayne of Israel with the valley therof from the mountayne that parteth the londe vp towarde Seir vnto Baalgad in the playne of mouÌ„t Libanus beneth mount Hermon All their kynges toke he and smote them and put theÌ„ to death Howbeit he warred a longe season with these kynges Yet was there not one cite that yelded it selfe peaceably vnto the children of Israel excepte the Heuites which dwelt at Gibeon but they wanne them all with battayll And this was done so of the LORDE that their hert was so hardened to come against the children of Israel with battayll y t they mighte be daÌ„ned no fauoure to be shewed vnto them but to be destroyed as the LORDE commaunded Moses At the same tyme came Iosua and roted out the Enakims from y e mountayne from Hebron from Debir from Anab from euery mountayne of Iuda and from euery mountayne of Israel and damned theÌ„ with their cities and let none of the Enakims remayne in the londe of the children of Israel saue at Gasa at Gaâ—th at Asod there remayned of them Thus Iosua conquered all the londe acordinge vnto all as the LORDE sayde vnto Moses gaue it vnto Israel to enheritaunce vnto euery trybe his porcion and y e londe rested from warre The XII Chapter THese are y e kynges of the londe whoÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Israel smote conquered their loÌ„de beyonde Iordane eastwarde froÌ„ the water of Arnon vnto mount Hermon and vnto all y e playne felde towarde the east Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon and had dominion from Aroer that lieth by the water syde of Arnon and vnto the myddes of y e water and ouer halfe Gilead vnto the water of Iabok which is the border of the childreÌ„ of Ammon and ouer the playne felde vnto the see of Cynneroth eastwarde and vnto the see of the playne felde namely the Salt see towarde the east the waye vnto Beth Iesimoth and from the south beneth by the ryuers of mount Pisga And the border of Og the kynge of Basan which remayned yet of Raphaim and dwelt at Astaroth and Edrei and had the dominion ouer mouÌ„t Hermon ouer Salcha and ouer all Basan vnto the border of Gessuri Maachati of halfe Gilead which was the border of Sihon the kynge at Hesbon Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE and the childreÌ„ of Israel smote them And Moses the seruaunt of y e LORDE gaue it vnto the Rubenites Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse in possession These are the kynges of the loÌ„de whom Iosua the children of Israel smote on this syde Iordane westwarde froÌ„ Baalgad vpoÌ„ the playne of mount Libanus vnto y e mouÌ„t that parteth the londe vp towarde Seir that Iosua gaue vnto the trybes of Israel in possession vnto euery one his parte what so euer was in y e mouÌ„taynes valleyes playne feldes by the ryuers in y e wyldernesses towarde the south the Hethites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusites The kynge of Iericho the kynge of Hai which lyeth besyde Bethel the kynge of Ierusalem the kynge of Hebron the kynge of Iarmoth the kynge of Lachis the kynge of Eglon the kynge of Geser the kynge of Debir the kynge of Geder the kynge of Horma the kynge of Arad y e kynge of Libna the kynge of Adulla the kynge of Makeda the kynge of Bethel the kynge of Tapnah the kynge of Hepher the kynge of Aphek the kynge of Lasaron the kynge of Madan the kynge of Hasor the kynge of Simron Meron the kynge of Achsaph the kynge of Tahenah the kynge of Megido the kynge of Cades the kynge of Iakneam by Carmel the kynge in the lordshippes of Dor the kynge of the Heithen at Gilgall the kynge of Thirza These are one and thirtie kynges The XIII Chapter NOw whan Iosua was olde and wel stricken in age the LORDE sayde vnto him Thou art olde well aged and there remayneth yet moch of the londe to conquere namely all Galile of the Philistynes and all Gessuri from Sihor which floweth before Egipte vnto the border of Ekron northwarde which is rekened vnto the Cananites fyue lordes of the Philistynes namely the Gasites the Aszdodites the Ascalonites the Gethites the Ekronites the Hauites But from the north it is all y e londe of the Cananites and Maara of the Sidonians vnto Aphek euen vnto the border of the Amorites Morouer the londe of the Giblites eastwarde from Baalgad vnder mount Hermon tyll a maÌ„ come vnto Hamath All they that dwell vpon the mount from Libanus vnto the warme waters and all the Sidonians I wyl dryue them out before the children of Israel Onely let them be dealte out amonge Israel as I haue commaunded the. Deuyde thou this loÌ„de now to enheritauÌ„ce amonge the nyne trybes and y e halfe trybe of Manasse For the Rubenites Gaddites with y e halfe trybe of Manasse haue receaued their enheritauÌ„ce which Moses gaue theÌ„ beyonde Iordane Eastwarde acordinge as Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue them the same from Arâ—er which lieth vp by the water syde of Arnon and the cite in the myddes of the water all the coasteâ— of Medba vnto Dibon and all the cities of Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon vnto the border of the children of Ammon and Gilead and y
theÌ„ then shall the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote ouer you shall shortly destroye you out of the good londe y t he hath geuen you The XXIIII Chapter IOsua gathered all the trybes of Israel together vnto Sichem and called the Elders of Israel the heades iudges and officers And whaÌ„ they were come before God he sayde vnto all the people Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel Yo r fathers dwelt afore time beyoÌ„de y e water AbrahaÌ„ Nahor w t Tarah their father serued other goddes Then toke I yo r father Abraham beyonde the water caused him to walke in the londe of Canaan multiplied his sede and gaue him Isaac and vnto Isaac I gaue Iacob and Esau and gaue Esau mouÌ„t Seir to possesse As for Iacob his childreÌ„ they wente downe in to Egipte Then sent I Moses and Aaron and plaged Egipte as I haue done amonge theÌ„ After y t brought I you and youre fathers out of Egipte And whan ye came to y e see and the Egipcians folowed vpon youre fathers with charettes and horse men vnto the reed see then cryed they vnto the LORDE which put a darcknesse betwene you and the Egipcians and broughte the see vpon them and ouerwhelmed them And youre eyes haue sene what I dyd to y e Egipcians ye dwelt in y e wildernes a loÌ„ge season And I broughte you in to y e londe of the Amorites which dwelt beionde Iordane whaÌ„ they fought agaynst you I delyuered them in to yo r hande that ye mighte haue their countre in possession and I destroyed them before you Then Balac the sonne of Ziphor the kynge of the Moabites gat him vp and foughte agaynst Israel and he sente and bad call Balaam the sonne of Beor to curse you neuertheles I wolde not heare him but I blessed you and delyuered you out of his hande And whan ye wente ouer Iordane and came vnto Iericho the citesyns of Iericho foughte agaynst you the Amorites Pheresites Cananites Hethites Girgosites Henites Iebusites howbeit I delyuered theÌ„ in to youre hande And I sent hornettes before you which droue them out before you namely the two kynges of y e Amorites not thorow thy swerde ner thorow thy bowe And I haue geuen you a londe whervpon ye bestowed no laboure and cities which ye haue not buylded that ye might dwell therin and that ye might eate of the vynyardes and olyue trees which ye haue not planted Feare the LORDE now therfore and serue him perfectly and in the trueth and let go the goddes whom youre fathers serued beyonde the water and in Egipte and serue ye y e LORDE But yf ye like not to serue the LORDE theÌ„ chose you this daye whom ye wyll serue the God whom youre fathers serued beionde y e water or y e goddes of the Amorites in whose loÌ„de ye dwell As for me and my house we wyll serue the LORDE Then answered the people and saide God forbidde that we shulde forsake the LORDE serue other goddes For the LORDE oure God brought vs and oure fathers out of the londe of Egipte froÌ„ the house of bondage and did soch greate tokens before oure eyes and preserued vs all y e waye that we wente and amonge all the nacions whom we trauayled by And the LORDE thrust out before vs all the people of the Amorites that dwelt in the londe Therfore wyll we also serue the LORDE for he is oure God Iosua sayde vnto the people Ye can not serue the LORDE for he is an holy God mightie and gelous which spareth not youre trangressions and synnes But yf ye forsake the LORDE and serue a straunge god then shall the LORDE turne him and do you euell and consume you after that he hath done you good The people sayde vnto Iosua Not so but we will serue the LORDE Then sayde Iosua vnto the people Ye are witnesses ouer youre selues that ye haue chosen you the LORDE to serue him And they sayde Yee Then put awaye from you sayde he the straunge goddes y t are amonge you and enclyne youre hert vnto the LORDE the God of Israel And the people sayde vnto Iosua We wyll serue the LORDE oure God and be obedient vnto his voyce So Iosua made a couenaunt with the people y e same daye and laied statutes lawes before them at Sichem And Iosua wrote this acte in the boke of the lawe of God and toke a greate stone set it vp there vnder an oke which was in y e Sanctuary of y e LORDE and sayde vnto all the people Beholde this stone shall be witnesse ouer you For it hath herde all the wordes of the LORDE which he hath spoken vnto vs and shall be a witnesse ouer yoâ— that ye denye not youre God So Iosua 〈◊〉 the people go euery one to his enheritauÌ„ce And it fortuned after these actes y t Iosua the sonne of Nun y e seruauÌ„t of the LORDE dyed whan he was an hundreth and 〈◊〉 yeare olde and was buried in the border of his enheritauÌ„ce at Thimnath Serah which lyeth on the mount Ephraim on the northside of mount Gaas And the children of Israel serued the LORDE as longe as Iosuâ— lyued and the Elders that lyued longe after Iosua which knewe all the workes of y e LORDE that he had done vnto Israel The bones of Ioseph which the children of Israel had broughte out of Egipte buried they at Sichem in the pece of the londe y t Iacob boughte of the children of Hemor y e father of Sichem for an hundreth pens and was the enheritaunce of the children of Ioseph Eleasar the sonne of Aaron died also and they buried him at Gibeath which was Phineas his sonnes that was geuen him vpon mount Ephraim The ende of the boke of Iosua The boke of the Iudges called Iudicum What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Iudas is made captayne of the pâ—â—ple subdueth the Cananytes and wynneth Iâ—rusalem Israel roteth not out the Cananites as God commaunded them Chap. II. The angell of God punysheth theâ—â— because they coÌ„sente to their enemies The childreÌ„ of Israel serue Baal for the which cause God geueth them ouer in to captiuyte Chap. III. God punysheth Israel and yet delyuereth them wonderously Chap. IIII. Debbora the prophetisse with Bâ—rach ouercoÌ„meth Sissara and delyuereth the people of the LORDE Chap. V. The songe of prayse which Debboâ—â— and Barach songe because of the victory Chap. VI. For their synnes God geueth them ouer in to the handes of the Madianites from the which Gedeon delyuereth them Chap. VII How Gedeon parteth his hoost discomfiteth the Madianites Chap. VIII Gedeon punysheth theÌ„ at Suchoth dyeth and is buried Chap IX Abimelech seketh the superiorite slayeth his seuentye brethren wynneth SicheÌ„ and Thebes Chap. X. Thola Iaiâ— rule the people The Israelites synne and are punyshed Chap. XI Iepthe is made ruler of the people and
thou And yf thou wilt walke in my wayes so that thou kepe myne ordinaunces and lawes as Dauid thy father hath walked then wyll I geue the a longe lyfe And whan Salomon awaked beholde it was a dreame and he came to Ierusalē and stode before the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and offred burnt offerynges and health offeringes and made a greate feast vnto his seruauntes At the same tyme came there two harlottes vnto y e kynge and stode before him And the one woman sayde Oh my lorde I and this woman dwelt in one house and I was delyuered of a childe in the house with her on the thirde daye after that I was delyuered she was delyuered of a childe also And we were together so y t there was no straunger in y e house but we two this womans sonne died in the nighte for she smoored him in the slepe and she rose vp in the nighte and toke my sonne fro my syde where thy handmayde slepte and layed it in hir arme and hir deed sonne layed she in myne arme And whan I rose vp in the mornynge to geue my sonne sucke beholde he was deed But in the mornynge I loked well and beholde it was not my sonne whom I had borne The other woman sayde Not so my sonne lyueth and thy sonne is deed But she sayde Not so thy sonne is deed and my sonne liueth And thus spake they before the kynge And the kynge sayde This womā saieth my sonne lyueth and thy sonne is deed Yonder woman sayeth Not so thy sonne is deed my sonne lyueth And the kynge saide Fetch me a swerde And whan the swerde was brought before the kynge the kynge sayde Parte the lyuynge childe in two partes and geue this woman the one halfe and yonder woman the other halfe Then sayde the woman whose sonne lyued vnto y e kinge for hir motherly hert was kyndled with pite ouer hir sonne Oh my lorde geue hir the childe alyue and kyll it not But the other sayde Let it nether be myne ner thine but let it be parted Then answered the kynge and sayde Geue this woman the lyuynge childe and slaye it not for she is his mother And all Israel herde of this iudgment that the kynge had geuen and they feared the kynge for they sawe that y e wysdome of God was in him to kepe iudgmēt The IIII. Chapter THus was Salomon kynge ouer all Israel And these were his prynces Asaria the sonne of Sadoc the prest Elihoreph and Ahi Ia the sonnes of Sisa were prestes Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was chaunceler Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada was the chefe captayne Sadoc and Abiathar were prestes Asaria the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers Sabud the sonne of Nathan the prest was the kynges frende Ahisar was stewarde Adoniram the sonne of Abda was rent gatherer And Salomon had twolue offycers ouer all Israel which made prouysion of fode for the kynge and his house One had a moneth longe in y e yeare to make prouysion The sonne of Hur vpon mount Ephraim The sonne of Deber at Macaz and at Saalbaim at Bethsames and at Elon and Beth Hanā The sonne of Hased at Aruboth and had therto Socho and all the londe of Hepher The sonne of Abinadab all y e lordshippe at Dor had Taphat Salomōs doughter to wife Baena y e sonne of Ahilud at Thaenach at Magiddo ouer all Beth Sean which lyeth besyde Zarthana vnder Iesrael from Beth Sean vnto the playne of Mehelo tyll the other syde of Iakmeam The sonne of Geber at Ramoth in Gilead he had the townes of Iair the sonne of Manasse in Gilead and had y e coastes of Argob which lyeth in Basan euen thre score greate walled cities and with brasen barres Ahinadab y e sonne of Iddo at Mahanaim Ahimaas in Nephtali and he also toke Basmath Salomons doughter to wife Baena the sonne of Husai in Asser and at Aloth Iosaphat the sonne of Paruha in Isachar Semei the sonne of Ela in Ben Iamin Geber the sonne of Vri in the londe of Gilead in the londe of Sihon kynge of the Amorites and of Og the kynge in Basan One officer was in the same londe As for Iuda and Israel they were in nombre as the sonde of the see and ate and dronke and were mery Thus was Salomō lorde ouer all the kyngdomes from the water of the londe of the Philistynes vnto the border of Egipte which broughte him giftes and serued him as longe as he lyued And Salomon had daylie to his vytayles thirtye quarters of fyne meel thre score quarters of other meel ten fat oxen and twēty small catell and an hundreth shepe beside hartes and Roes and wilde goates and fat capons and foules For he had the lordshippe of all the londe on this syde the water frō Tiphsa vnto Gasa and ouer all y e kynges on this syde y e water had peace of all his subiectes rounde aboute so that Iuda and Israel dwelt safe euery one vnder his vyne and vnder his figge tre from Dan vnto Berseba as longe as Salomon lyued And Salomō had fortye thousande cart horses and twolue thousande horsmen And the officers prouyded the kynge Salomon with vytayles and whatsoeuer belonged to the kynges table that brought euery man in his moneth and myssed not Barlye also strawe for the horses and coursers broughte them vnto the place where y e kynge was euery one after his charge And God gaue Salomon maruelous greate wyszdome and vnderstondinge and a large hert as the sonde that lyeth vpon y e See shore so that the wyszdome of Salomon was greater then the wyszdome of all the children towarde the south and of all y e Egipcians And he was wyser then all men yee wyser then Ethan the Esrahite Heman Chalcal and Darda the sonnes of Mahol and had a greate name amonge all the Heythē on euery syde And he spake thre thousande prouerbes his songes were a thousande fyue And he spake of trees from y e Ceder of Libanus vnto the Isope y t groweth out of y e wall he talked also of catell of foules of wormes of fiszshes And there came of all nacions to heare y e wyszdome of Salomon and there came of all the kynges of y e earth which had herde of his wyszdome The V. Chapter ANd Hiram y e kynge of Tyre sent his seruauntes vnto Salomon for he had herde y t they had anoynted him kynge in his fathers steade For Hiram loued Dauid as lōge as he lyued And Salomon sent vnto Hiram sayenge Thou knowest that my father might not buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE his God because of the warre that was aboute him vntyll the LORDE delyuered them vnder the soles of his fete But now hath the LORDE my God geuen me rest on euery syde so that there is no aduersary ner euell hynderaunce Beholde I am therfore
straunge But whan Ahias herde the noyse of hir fete goynge in at the dore he saide Come in thou wyfe of Ieroboā Why shewest thou thy selfe so straunge I am sent vnto y e an harde messaunger Go thy waye and tell Ieroboam Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel I haue exalted the from amonge the people and set the to be prynce ouer my people of Israel and haue rente the kyngdome from the house of Dauid and geuen it the. But thou hast not bene as my seruaunt Dauid which kepte my commaundemētes and walked after me with all his hert so that he did onely y e thinge that was righte in my sighte and thou hast done worse then all they that haue bene before the thou hast gone thy waye and made the other goddes and molten ymages to prouoke me vnto wrath and hast cast me behynde thy backe Beholde therfore I wil brynge mysfortune vpon the house of Ieroboam and wyl rote out from Ieroboam euē him that maketh water agaynst the wall the presoner and forsaken in Israel and the posterite of y e house of Ieroboam wyll I swepe out as donge is swepte out tyll he be cleane broughte to naught He that dieth of Ieroboam in the cite the dogges shal eate him vp But him y t dyeth in the felde shall the foules of the aire eat vp for the LORDE hath spoken it Get the vp therfore and go home whan thy fete enter in to y e cite the childe shal dye And all Israel shal bewayle him and burye him For he onely of Ieroboam shal come to the graue because there is some good founde in him before the LORDE God of Israel in Ieroboams house But the LORDE shall rayse him vp a kynge which shal rote out y e house of Ieroboam in that daie And what is it y t is now in hande all ready And the LORDE shal smyte Israel like as a rede is moued in the water shal rote out Israel from this good londe that he gaue vnto their fathers shal scater them beyonde the water because they haue made their groues to prouoke the LORDE vnto wrath And Israel shall be geuen ouer because of the synne of Ieroboam which hath synned him selfe made Israel to synne And Ieroboams wife gat her vp wente hir waye came vnto Thirza And whan she came vpō the thresholde of the house y e childe dyed they buried him all Israel made lamentacion for him acordinge to y e worde of the LORDE which he spake by his seruaunt Ahia y e prophet What more there is to saye of Ieroboam how he foughte raigned beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel The tyme that Ieroboam raigned was two twentye yeare And he slepte with his fathers And Nadab his sonne was kynge in his steade Roboam y e sonne of Salomon was kynge in Iuda One and fortye yeare olde was Roboam whā he was made kynge seuentene yeare raigned he at Ierusalem in the cite y t the LORDE had chosen out of all y e trybes of Israel to set his name there His mothers name was Naemaan Ammonitisse And Iuda dyd y t which displeased the LORDE prouoked him to indignacion more thē all y t their fathers had done w t their synnes which they dyd for they likewyse buylded them hye places pilers and groues vpō euery hye hill and amonge all grene trees There were whoremōgers also they dyd all y e abhominaciōs of y e Heythē whom y e LORDE droue out before the children of Israel But in y e fifth yeare of kynge Roboam wēte Sisack y e kynge of Egipte vp agaynst Ierusalem toke the treasure out of y e house of the LORDE out of the kynges house all that mighte be gotten toke all the shyldes of golde which Salomon caused to be made In steade wherof y e kynge Roboam caused for to make shyldes of stele commytted them vnder the handes of the chefe fotemen which kepte the dore of the kynges house And as oft as the kynge wente in to y e house of the LORDE the fote men bare them and brought them agayne in to the fote mens chamber What more there is to saye of Roboam and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda But betwene Roboam Ieroboam there was warre as longe as they lyued And Robobam slepte with his fathers was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid And his mothers name was Naema an Ammonitisse And his sonne Abia was kynge in his steade The XV. Chapter IN the eightenth yeare of kynge Ieroboā the sonne of Nebat was Abia kynge in Iuda and reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Maecha the doughter of Abisalom and he walked in all the synnes of his father which he had done before him and his hert was not perfecte with the LORDE his God as was the hert of Dauid his father For because of Dauids sake dyd the LORDE his God geue him a lanterne at Ierusalem so y t he raysed his sonne after him manteyned him at Ierusalem because Dauid dyd the thinge y t was righte in y e sighte of the LORDE and departed not from all that he commaunded him as longe as he lyued sauynge in the matter with Vrias y e Hethite But there was warre betwene Roboam and Ieroboam as longe as he lyued What more there is to saye of Abia and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda There was warre also betwene Abia and Ieroboam And Abia slepte with his fathers and they buried him in the cite of Dauid And Asa his sonne was kynge in his steade In y e twentyeth yeare of kynge Ieroboam ouer Israel was Asa kynge in Iuda and reigned one fortye yeare at Ierusalem His graund mothers name was Maecha the doughter of Abisalom And Asa dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE as dyd his father Dauid And he remoued y e who remongers out of the londe and put downe all the Idols that his fathers had made He put his mother from the mynistracion that she had made vnto Miplezeth in y e groue And Asa roted out hir Miplezeth and brent it in the broke Cedron but the hye places put he not downe Yet was the hert of Asa perfecte with the LORDE as longe as he lyued And the syluer and golde and vessels that his father had halowed soch as was sanctified vnto y e house of the LORDE that broughte he in And there was warre betwene Asa Baesa the kynge of Israel as longe as they lyued Baesa the kynge of Israel wente vp agaynst Iuda and buylded Rama that no man shulde go out and in of Asas syde the kynge of Iuda Then toke Asa all the syluer
called the cite which he buylded after y e name of Semer y e owner of y e mount of Samaria And Amri dyd that which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE and was worse then all they that were before him and walked in all y e wayes of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and in his synnes wherwith he made Israel to synne so that they prouoked the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath in their vanities What more there is to saye of Amri all that he dyd and his power that he exercysed beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Amri slepte with his fathers was buried in Samaria and Achab his sonne was kynge in his steade In the eight thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was Achab the sonne of Amri kynge ouer Israel raigned ouer Israel at Samaria two twentie yeare dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE more thē all they y t were before him And he thoughte it but a small matter to walke in the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat and toke Iesabel the doughter of Eth Baal kynge of Sidon to wife and wente and serued Baal and worshiped him And vnto Baal he set vp an altare in Baals house which he buylded him in Samaria and made a groue so that Achab dyd more to prouoke the God of Israel vnto wrath then all the kynges y t were before him in Israel At y e same tyme dyd Hiel of Bethel buylde Iericho It cost him his first sonne Abiram y t he layed y e foundacion his yongest sonne Segub y t he set vp the portes Acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake by Iosua the sonne of Nun. The XVII Chapter ANd Elias y e Theszbite one of the inhabiters of Gilead saide vnto Achab As truly as the LORDE God of Israel lyueth whose seruaunt I am there shal nether rayne ner dew come this yeare excepte I speake it And the worde of the LORDE came vnto him and sayde Get the hence and turne the towarde the east and hyde the bythe ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane and thou shalt drynke of the ryuer and I haue commaunded the rauens that they shal fede the there He departed and dyd acordinge to the worde of the LORDE and wente his waye and sat him downe by the ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane And the rauēs broughte him bred and flesh in the mornynge and in the euenynge and he dranke of the ryuer And it fortuned after cerayne dayes that the riuer was dryed vp for there was no rayne in the lōde Then came y e worde of y e LORDE vnto him and sayde Get y e vp and go vnto Sarepta which lieth by Sidō for there haue I commaunded a wedowe to make prouysion for the. And he gat him vp and wente vnto Sarepta And whan he came to the gate of y e cite beholde the wedowe was there and gathered stickes And he called her and sayde Fetch me a litle water in a vessell y t I maye drinke And as she was goinge to fetch it he cried vnto her sayde Brynge me a morsell of bred also in thine hande She sayde As truly as the LORDE y e God lyueth I haue no bred but an handfull of floure in a pitcher a curtesy oyle in a cruse and beholde I haue gathered vp one or two stickes wyll go and prepare it for me and my sonne that we maye eate and dye Elias sayde vnto her Feare not go thy waye do as thou hast sayde yet make me first a morsell of bred therof brynge it me forth afterwarde shalt thou make it for y e thy sonne For thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel The meell in the pitcher shall not be spent the oyle in y e cruse shall not fayll vnto the daye y t the LORDE shal cause it for to rayne vpō earth She wente dyd as Elias sayde And he ate she also and hir house a certayne season The meel in the pitcher was not mynished and the oyle in the cruse fayled not acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake by Elias And after these actes the sonne of the wife of y e house was sicke and his sicknes was so exceadinge sore that there remayned no breth in him And she sayde vnto Elias What haue I to do with the thou man of God Art thou come in vnto me y t my synne shulde be kepte in remembraunce that my sonne shulde be slayne He sayde vnto her Geue me thy sonne And he toke him frō hir lappe caried him vp in to y e chamber where he himselfe dwelt and layed him vpō his bed called vpon the LORDE and sayde O LORDE my God hast thou dealt so euell w t the wedow with whom I dwell y t thou woldest slaye hir sonne And he stretched out him selfe ouer the childe thre tymes called vpon the LORDE and saide O LORDE my God let the soule of this childe come agayne in to him And the LORDE herde the voyce of Elias And the soule of the childe came agayne vnto him he reuyued And Elias toke the childe and broughte him downe from the chamber in to the house and delyuered him vnto his mother and sayde Beholde thy sonne lyueth And the woman sayde vnto Elias Now knowe I that thou are a man of God that the worde of the LORDE is in thy mouth of a trueth The XVIII Chapter ANd after a longe season came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Elias in the thirde yeare sayde Go thy waye shewe y e selfe vnto Achab y t I maye cause it for to rayne vpon earth And Elias wente to shewe him selfe vnto Achab. But there was a greate derth ī Samaria And Achab called Abdia his chefe officer As for Abdia he feared y e LORDE greatly for whā Iesabel roted out y e prophetes of y e LORDE Abdia toke an C. prophetes and hyd them in caues here fiftye there fiftye prouyded for them w t bred and water Achab now sayde vnto Abdia Go thorow the londe vnto all the welles of water ryuers yf happlye we maye finde hay to saue y e horses mules y t all the catell perishe not And they parted thē selues in to the londe to go thorow it Achab departed the one waye alone and Abdia y e other waye alone Now whan Abdia was on y e waye Elias met him And whan he knewe him he fell downe vpon his face sayde Art not thou my lorde Elias He sayde yee go thy waye and tell y e lorde beholde Elias is here But he sayde What haue I offended that thou wilt delyuer thy seruaunt in to the handes of Achab that he maye slaye me As truly as the LORDE thy God lyueth there is no people ner kingdome but my lorde hath sent
sayde vnto them Tolde not I you that ye shulde not go And the men of the cite sayde vnto Eliseus Beholde there is good dwellynge in this cite as my lorde seyth but the water is euell and the londe vnfrutefull He sayde Bringe me hither a new vessell put salt in it And they broughte it him Then wēte he forth vnto the well of water and cast the salt therin sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE I haue healed this water from hence forth shal there no deed ner vnfrutefulnes come of it So the water was healed vnto this daye acordinge to the worde of Eliseus which he spake And he wēte vp towarde Bethel And as he was goynge vp by the waye there came litle boyes out of the cite and mocked him sayde Come vp here thou balde heade come vp here thou balde heade And he turned him aboute And whā he sawe them he cursed them in the name of the LORDE Then came there two Beeres out of the wod and tente two and fortye of the children From thence wēte he vp vnto mount Carmel and from it turned he backe to Samaria The III. Chapter IOram the sonne of Achab was kynge ouer Israel at Samaria in y e eightenth yeare of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda raigned xij yeares dyd y t which was euell in y e sighte of y e LORDE but not as his father his mother for he put awaye y e pilers of Baal which his father caused to make Neuertheles he cleued vnto y e synnes of Ieroboā y e sonne of Nebat which made Israel for to synne departed not there frō Mesa y e kynge of the Moabites had many shepe payed tribute vnto the kynge of Israel w t the woll of an hundreth thousande lābes of an hūdreth thousande rāmes But whan Achab was deed the kynge of y e Moabites fell awaye frō the kynge of Israel At y e same tyme wēte kynge Ioram frō Samaria mustered all Israel sent vnto Iosaphat kynge of Iuda sayenge The kynge of the Moabites is fallen awaye fro me come thou w t me to fighte agaynst y e Moabites He sayde I wil come vp I am euen as thou and my people as y e people and my horses as thy horses And sayde morouer Which waye wil we go vp He sayde by the waye in the wyldernesse of Edom. So the kynge of Israel the kynge of Iuda the kynge of Edom wente forth And whan they had gone aboute seuē dayes iourney y e hoost the catell y t were amonge thē had no water Then sayde the kynge of Israel Alas the LORDE hath called these thre kynges to delyuer thē into the hande of the Moabites But Iosaphat sayde Is here no prophet of y e LORDE y t we maye axe coūcell at y e LORDE by him Then answered one of y e kynge of Israels seruauntes saide Here is Eliseus y e sonne of Saphat which poured water vpon Elias handes Iosaphat sayde The worde of y e LORDE is with him So the kynge of Israel Iosaphat and y e kynge of Edom wente downe vnto him But Eliseus sayde vnto the kynge of Israel What hast thou to do w t me go to the prophetes of thy father to y e mothers prophetes The kinge of Israel saide vnto him No for y e LORDE hath called these thre kynges to delyuer them in to the handes of the Moabites Eliseus sayde As truly as the LORDE Zebaoth lyueth before whom I stōde yf I regarded not Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda I wolde not regarde the ner set oughte by ye. So bringe me now a mynstrell And whan the mynstrell played vpō the instrument the hande of the LORDE came vpō him And he sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE Make pittes by this broke For thus sayeth the LORDE Ye shal se nether wynde ner rayne yet shall the broke be full of water that ye and youre housholdes youre catell maie drynke Yee and that is but a small thinge in the sighte of the LORDE And the Moabites shal he delyuer in to youre handes so y t ye shal smyte all the stronge cities and all y e chosen cities shal fell downe all the good trees and stoppe all the welles of water and all the good feldes shall ye make waist with stones On the morow whan the meat offerynge is offered beholde there came water y e waye from Edom and fylled y e londe with water But whan the Moabites herde y t the kynges came vp to fighte agaynst thē they called all y e harnessed men their rulers stode on y e border And whan they rose early in y e mornynge the Sonne wēte vp vpon y e water the Moabites thoughte the water ouer agaynst thēto be euē as reed as bloude they sayde It is bloude y e kynges haue destroyed them selues w t the swerde one hath smytten another Now Moab get the vp to the spoyles But whan they came to the tentes of Israel the Israelites gat vp smote the Moabites they fled before them Neuertheles they came in smote Moab brake downe the cities euery one cast his stone vpon all the good feldes and made them full and stopped all y e welles of water and felled downe all the good trees tyll there remayned but the stones in the brick-wall and they compased them aboute with slynges and smote them But whā the kynge of y e Moabites sawe y t the battayll was to strōge for him he toke to him seuen C. men which drue y e swerde to fall vpon the kynge of Edom neuertheles they were not able Then toke he his first sonne which shulde haue bene kynge in his steade and offred him for a burnt offerynge vpon the wall Then came there a greate wrath ouer Israel that they departed from him and turned agayne in to their londe The IIII. Chapter ANd there cried a woman amōge the wyues of the prophetes children vnto Eliseus and sayde Thy seruaunt my huszbāde is deed and thou knowest that thy seruaunt feared the LORDE Now commeth the man that he was detter vnto and wyll take awaye both my children to be bonde seruauntes Eliseus sayde vnto her What shal I do forthe Tell me what hast thou in the house She sayde Thy handmayden hath nothinge in the house but a pitcher w t oyle He sayde Go y t waye borowe without of all thy neghboures emptye vessels that not a fewe and go in and shut y e dore behynde the with thy sonnes and poure of it in to all y e vessels whan thou hast fylled them delyuer them forth She wente and shut the dore vnto her with hir sonnes which broughte her the vessels and so she poured in And whan the vessels were full she sayde vnto hir sonne Brynge me yet one vessell He sayde vnto her There is not one vessell more here Then stode y e oyle styll And she sent and tolde the
is to saye of Iotham and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytteÌ„ in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda At y e same tyme beganne y e LORDE to sende Rezin y e kynge of Syria Pecah y e sonne of Romelia in to Iuda And Iotham fell on slepe with his fathers and was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid his father And Achas his sonne was kynge in his steade The XVI Chapter IN the seuententh yeare of Pecah y e sonne of Romelia was Achas the sonne of Iotham kynge of Iuda TweÌ„tye yeare olde was Achas whaÌ„ he was made kynge reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem dyd not y t which was righte in the sighte of y e LORDE his God as dyd Dauid his father for he walked in the waye of the kynges of Israel Yee and caused his sonne to go thorow the fyre after the maner of the abhominacions of the Heythen whom the LORDE droue awaye before the childreÌ„ of Israel And he dyd sacrifice and brent incense vpon the hye places vpon all hilles and amonge all grene trees Then wente Rezin the kynge of Syria and Pecah the sonne of Romelia kynge of Israel vp to Ierusalem to fighte agaynst it and layed sege to Achas but they coulde not wynne it At the same tyme dyd Rezin the kynge of Syria brynge Eloth agayne vnto Syria and thrust y e Iewes out of Eloth But the Syrians came dwelt therin vnto this daye Neuertheles Achas sent messaungers vnto Teglatphaâ—asser y e kynge of Assiria sayeÌ„ge I am thy seruaunt thy sonne come vp helpe me out of y e hande of the kynge of Syria of the kynge of Israel which are rysen vp agaynst me And Achas toke the syluer golde y t was founde in y e house of y e LORDE in the treasures of y e kynges house sent a present to y e kynge of Assiria And y e kinge of Assiria coÌ„sented vnto him wente vp to Damascon wanne it caried them awaye vnto Cira slewe Rezin And kynge Achas weÌ„te to Damascon for to mete Teglatphalasser y e kynge of Assiria And whaÌ„ he sawe an altare y t was at Damascon kynge Achas sent a patrone symilitude of y e same altare vnto the prest Vrias euen as it was made And Vrias the prest buylded an altare and made it acordinge as kynge Achas had sent vnto him from Damascon tyll Achas y e kynge came from Damascon And whan y e kynge came from Damascon and sawe the altare he offred theron kyndled his burnt offerynges and meat offerynges vpon it and poured his drynk offeringes theron caused the bloude of y e deedofferynges which he offred to be sprenkled vpon the altare But the brasen altare that stode before the LORDE put he awaye so that it stode not betwene the altare and the house of the LORDE but set it in the corner on the north syde of the altare And Achas the kynge coÌ„maunded Vrias y e prest sayde VpoÌ„ the greate altare shalt thou kyndle y e burnt offrynge in the mornynge the meat offrynge in the euenynge the kynges burnt offrynge his meat offrynge the burnt offrynge of all the people in the londe w t their meat offrynge drynk offrynge And all the bloude of the burnt offerynges all the bloude of the other offrynges shalt thou sprenkle theron but with the brasen altare wyll I deuyse what I can Vrias the prest dyd all acordinge as Achas the kynge commaunded him And kynge Achas brake downe the seates and put awaye the ketell from aboue and toke the lauer from the brasen bullockes that were there vnder and set it vpon y e pauement of stone And the pulpit for the Sabbath which they had buylded in the house and y e entrye of the kynges house turned he vnto the house of the LORDE for the kynge of Assirias sake What more there is to saye of Achas what he dyd beholde it is wrytten in y e Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Achas fell on slepe with his fathers was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid And Ezechias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XVII Chapter IN the twolueth yeare of Achas the kynge of Iuda begaÌ„ne Oseas y e sonne of Ela to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria nyne yeare and dyd y t which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE but not as y e kynges of Israel y t were before him Agaynst him dyd Salmanasar y e kynge of Assiria come vp And Oseas was subiecte vnto him gaue him trybutes But whaÌ„ the y e kynge of Assâ—ria perceaued y t Oseas had conspyred sent messaungers to Sua y e kynge of Egipte payed not trybute yearly to y e kynge of y e Assirians he beseged him put him in preson And the kynge of Assiria wente vp in to all the londe and to Samaria and layed sege vnto it thre yeare And in the nyenth yeare of Oseas dyd y e kynge of Assiria wynne Samaria and caried Israel awaye in to Assiria and set them at Halah and at Habor by the water Gosan and in the cities of the Meedes For whan the childreÌ„ of Israel synned agaynst y e LORDE their God y t broughte theÌ„ out of y e londe of Egipte from the haÌ„de of Pharao kynge of Egipte and serued other goddes and walked after the customes of the HeytheÌ„ whom the LORDE had dryuen out before the children of Israel and dyd as the kynges of Israel and prouoked y e LORDE their God and dyd secretly the thinges that were not righte in the sighte of y e LORDE their God namely in that they buylded them hye places in all cities both in castels and stronge cities and set vp pilers and groues vpon all hye hilles and amonge all grene trees and brent incense there in all y e hye places euen as dyd the Heythen whom the LORDE had cast out before them wroughte wicked thinges wherwith they prouoked the LORDE vnto wrath serued the Idols wherof the LORDE sayde vnto them Ye shal not do soch a thynge And whan the LORDE testified in Israel and Iuda by all the prophetes and Seers sayenge O turne agayne from youre euell wayes and kepe my commaundemeÌ„tes and ordynaunces acordinge to all y e lawe which I gaue vnto youre fathers and that I sent vnto you by my seruauntes the prophetes they wolde not herken but herdened their neckes acordinge to the hardneck of their fathers which beleued not on the LORDE their God Yee they despysed his ordinaunces and his couenaunt which he made with their fathers and his testimonies which he witnessed amonge them and walked in their awne vanities and became vayne folowinge the Heythen which dwelt rounde aboute them concernynge whom the LORDE had commaunded them that they shulde not do as they dyd Neuertheles they forsoke all
and at Ierusalem that he mighte set vp the wordes of the lawe which were wrytten in the boke that Helchias y e prest foūde in the house of y e LORDE His like was no kynge before him which so cōuerted vnto y e LORDE w t all his hert w t all his soule with all his strength acordinge to all the lawe of Moses And after him came there not vp soch another Yet turned not the LORDE from the indignacion of his greate wrath wherwith he was displeased ouer Iuda because of all the prouocacion wherwith Manasses had prouoked him And y e LORDE sayde I wil put Iuda out of my presence also euen as I haue put awaye Israel and this cite which I haue chosen wyl I cast out namely Ierusalem the house wherof I sayde My name shal be there What more there is to saye of Iosias and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda In his tyme wēte Pharao Necho y e kynge of Egipte vp agaynst the kynge of Assyria by the water Euphrates But kynge Iosias wente agaynst him and dyed at Megiddo whā he had sene him And his seruauntes caried him deed frō Megiddo brought him to Ierusalē buryed him in his graue And the people of the londe toke Ioahas the sonne of Iosias and anoynted him and made him kynge in his fathers steade Thre twentye yeare olde was Ioahas whā he was made kynge reigned thre monethes at Ierusalē His mothers name was Hamutal y e doughter of Ieremia of Libna And he dyd y t which was euell in y e sight of y e LORDE euen as his fathers had done But Pharao Necho toke him presoner of Reblatha in the londe of Hemath y t he shulde not reigne at Ierusalem raysed a taxe vpō the londe an hundreth talētes of siluer one talente of golde And Pharao Necho made Eliachim y e sonne of Iosias kynge in his father Iosias steade turned his name Ioachim But Ioahas toke he brought him in to Egipte where he dyed And Ioachim gaue the siluer golde vnto Pharao yet taxed he the londe y t he might geue y e syluer acordynge to Pharaos cōmaundement Euery one amonge the people in y e londe taxed he after his abilite in siluer golde to geue it vnto Pharao Fyue twentye yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge reigned eleuen yeares at Ierusalem His mothers name was Sebida y e doughter of Pedaia of Ruma he dyd euell in the sight of the LORDE euen as his fathers had done The XXIIII Chapter IN his tyme came vp Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of Babilon Ioachim was in subieccion vn to him iij. yeare And he turned back rebelled agaynst him And y e LORDE sent men of warre vpon him out of Chaldea out of Syria out of Moab frō amonge the childrē of Ammon caused thē for to come in to Iuda to destroie it acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake by his seruauntes the prophetes It fortuned euē so vnto Iuda acordynge to y e worde of the LORDE that he wolde put them awaye from his presence because of y e sinnes of Manasses which he dyd because of the innocent bloude that he shed And he fylled Ierusalem with innocent bloude therfore wolde not the LORDE be reconcyled What more there is to saye of Ioachim and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Ioachim fell on slepe with his fathers And Ioachim his sonne was kynge in his steade And the kynge of Egipte came nomore out of his londe for the kynge of Babilon had conquered all that was the kynge of Egiptes from the ryuer of Egipte vnto y e water Euphrates Eightene yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge and reigned thre monethes at Ierusalē His mothers name was Nebustha the doughter of Elnathan of Ierusalem And he dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE euen as his father had done At the same tyme wente the seruauntes of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon vp to Ierusalem and came vpon the cyte with ordinaunce of warre And whan Nabuchodonosor and his seruauntes came to the cite they layed sege vnto it But Ioachim y e kynge of Iuda wente forth to the kynge of Babilon with his mother with his seruauntes with his rulers and chamberlaynes And the kynge of Babilon receaued him in the eight yeare of his reigne And he toke forth frō thence all the treasure in the house of the LORDE and in y e kynges house and brake all the golden vessell y t Salomon the kynge of Israel had made in the house of the LORDE acordynge as the LORDE had sayde and caryed awaye all Ierusalem all the rulers all the mightie men euen ten thousande presoners and all the carpenters and all the smithes and lefte none behynde but the poore people of the londe And he caryed Ioachim awaye vnto Babilon and the kynges mother the kinges wyues and his chamberlaynes and y e mightie men of the londe led he awaye presoners also from Ierusalem vnto Babilon and seuen thousande of the best men and a thousande carpenters and smythes and all the stronge men of warre And the kynge of Babilon made Matania his vncle kynge in his steade and turned his name Sedechias One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias whan he was made kynge and reigned eleuen yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Amithal the doughter of Ieremia of Libna And he dyd euell in the sight of the LORDE euē as Ioachim dyd for thus fortuned it vnto Ierusalē thorow the wrath of the LORDE tyll he had cast them out frō his presence And Sedechias fell awaye frō the kynge of Babilon The XXV Chapter ANd it fortuned that in y e nyenth yeare of his reigne vpon the tenth daye of the tenth moneth Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon came with all his power agaynst Ierusalem And they laied sege vnto it and buylded stronge holdes rounde aboute it Thus was the cite beseged vnto the eleuenth yeare of kynge Sedechias But on y e nyenth daye of the fourth moneth was the honger so stronge in the cite that the people of the londe had nothinge to eate And the cite was broken vp all the men of warre fled in the night by the waye of the porte betwene the two walles which goeth to the kynges gardē But the Caldees laye aboute the cite And he fled by the waye to the playne felde Neuertheles the power of the Caldees folowed after the kynge and toke him in the plaine felde of Iericho and all the men of warre that were with him were scatered abrode from him And they toke the kynge and led him vp to the kynge of Babilon vnto Reblatha And he gaue iudgmēt vpon him And they slewe Ezechias children before his eyes and put out
rulers Platia Nearia Rephaia and Vsiel the children of Iesei and smote the remnaunt of the Amalechites which were escaped and dwelt there vnto this daye The VI. Chapter THe children of Ruben the first sonne of Israel for he was the first sonne but because he defyled his fathers bed therfore was his first byrthrighte geuen vnto the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel he was not rekened to y e first byrthrighte for vnto Iuda which was mightie amonge his brethren was geuen the pryncipalite before him and the first byrthrighte vnto Ioseph The children now of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these Hanoch Pallu Hesron and Charmi. The childrē of Iohel were Semaia whose sonne was Gog whose sonne was Semei whose sonne was Micha whose sonne was Reaia whose sonne was Baal whose sonne was Beera whom Teglatphalasser the kynge of Assiria caried awaye presoner He was a prynce amonge the Rubenites But his brethren amonge his kynreds whā they were rekened amonge their generacion had Ieiel and Sacharia to their heades And Bela the sonne of Asan the sonne of Sema the sonne of Ioel dwelt at Aroer and vntyll Nebo Baal Meon And dwelt towarde y e East as one cōmeth to the wyldernes by y e water Euphrates for their catell were many in the londe of Gilead And in y e tyme of Saul they foughte agaynst y e Agarites which fell thorow their hande and they dwelt in their tentes towarde all the East parte of Gilead But the children of Gad dwelt ouer agaynst them in y e countre of Basan vntyll Salcha Ioel the chefest and Sapham the secōde Iaenai and Saphat at Basan And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael Mesullam Seba Iorai Iaecan Sia and Eber these seuen These are the children of Abihail the sonne of Huri the sonne of Iaroah the sonne of Gilead the sonne of Michael the sonne of Iesisai y e sonne of Iahdo the sonne of Bus. Ahi the sonne of Abdiel the sonne of Guni was a ruler in y e house of their fathers and they dwelt at Gilead in Basan and in y e vyllages therof and in all the suburbes of Saron vnto the vttemost partes therof All these were rekened in the tyme of Iotham the kynge of Iuda and of Ieroboam the kynge of Israel The children of Ruben the Gaddites the halfe trybe of Manasses of soch as were fightinge men which wayre shylde swerde and coulde bende the bowe and were men of armes were foure and fortye thousande and seuen hundreth and thre score that wente forth to y e warre And whan they foughte agaynst y e Agarites Ietur Naphes and Nodab helped them and delyuered y e Agarites in to their handes and all that was w t them for they cried vnto God in y e batayll And he herde them because they put their trust in him And they caried awaie their catell fyue thousande Camels two hundreth fyftie thousande shepe two thousande Asses and an hūdreth thousande soules of men For there were many wounded for why the battayll was of God And they dwelt in their steade vntyll the tyme that they were caried awaye presoners The childrē of the halfe trybe of Manasses dwelt in y e londe from Basan forth vntyll Baal Hermon Seuir and mount Hermon for they were many And these were y e heades of the house of their fathers Epher Iesei Eliel Asriel Ieremia Hodaneia Iahdiel mightie valeaunt men awncient heades in the house of their fathers And whā they synned agaynst y e God of their fathers and wente awhorynge after the goddes of the people of the londe whom God had destroyed before them the God of Israel stered vp the sprete of Phul the kynge of Assiria and the sprete of Teglatphalassar the kynge of Assiria and led awaye the Rubenites Gaddites and y e halfe trybe of Manasses and broughte thē vn Halah and Habor and Hara and to the water of Gosan vnto this daye The VII Chapter THe children of Leui were Gerson Kahath and Merari The childrē of Kahath were Amram Iezeher Hebron and Vsiel The children of Amram were Aaron Moses and Miriam The children of Aarō were Nadab Abihu Eleasar and Ithamar Eleasar begat Phineas Phineas begat Abisua Abisua begat Buki Buki begat Vsi Vsi begat Serahia Serahia begat Meraioth Meraioth begat Amaria Amaria begat Achitob Achitob begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Ahimaas Ahimaas begat Asaria Asaria begat Iohanan Iohanā begat Asaria for he was prest in the house y t Salomon buylded at Ierusalem Asaria begat Amaria Amaria begat Achitob Achitob begat Zadock Zadock begat Sallum Sallum begat Helchias Helchias begat Asaria Asaria begat Seraia Seraia begat Iosedec But Iosedec was caried awaie whā the LORDE caused Iuda Ierusalē to be led awaye captyue by Nabuchodonosor The children of Leui are these Gerson Kahath and Merari These are the names of the children of Gerson Libni and Semei The names of the childrē of Kahat are these Amram Iezohar Hebron and Vsiel The names of the children of Merari are Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of the Leuites amonge their housholdes Gersons sonne was Libni whose sonne was Iahath whose sonne was Sima whose sonne was Ioah whose sonne was Iddo whose sonne was Serah whose sonne was Ieathrai Kahats sonne was Aminadab whose sonne was Corah whose sonne was Assir whose sonne was Elcana whose sonne was Abiasaph whose sonne was Assir whose sonne was Thahath whose sonne was Vriel whose sonne was Vsia whose sonne was The childrē of Elkana were Ama Saul sai Ahimoth whose sonne was Elkana whose sonne was Elkana of Zuph whose sonne was Nahath whose sonne was Eliab whose sonne was Ieroham whose sonne was Elkana whose sonne was Samuel Whos 's first borne sonnes were Seni and Abija Meraris sonne was Maheli whose sonne was Libni whose sonne was Simei whose sonne was Vsa whose sōne was Simea whose sōne was Haggia whose sōne was Asaia These are they whom Dauid appoynted to synge in the house of the LORDE where the Arke rested they mynistred before the habitacion of the Tabernacle of witnes w t synginge vntyll Salomon had buylded the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem and they stode after their maner in their office And these are they y t stode their children Of y e children of Kahath was Heman y e synger the sonne of Ioel the sonne of Samuel the sonne of Elkana the sonne of Ieroham y e sonne of Eliel the sonne of Thoah the sonne of Zuph the sonne of Elkana the sonne of Mahath the sonne of Amasai the sonne of Elkana the sonne of Iohel the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Sophonias the sonne of Thahath the sonne of Assir the sonne of Abijasaph the sonne of Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Kahath the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel And his brother Assaph stode at his righte hande and Assaph was the sonne of Barachia the sonne of Simea the sonne of Michael y e
y t allwaye stonde before the and heare thy wyszdome Praysed be the LORDE thy God which had soch pleasure vnto the that he hath set the vpon his seate to be kynge vnto the LORDE thy God Because thy God loueth Israel to set them vp for euer therfore hath he ordeyned y t to be kynge ouer them that thou shuldest mayntayne iustice and equyte And she gaue y e kynge an hundreth and twentye talentes of golde very moch spyce precious stones There were no mo soch spyces as these that the Quene of riche Arabia gaue vnto kynge Salomō And Hirams seruauntes and the seruauntes of Salomon which broughte golde from Ophir broughte costly tymber also precious stones And of the same costly tymber dyd Salomon cause to make stares in the house of the LORDE and the kynges house and harpes and psalteries for the Musicians There was no soch tymber sene before in the londe of Iuda But kynge Salomon gaue the Quene of riche Arabia all that she desyred and axed moch more then she had broughte vnto the kynge And she returned and departed in to hir londe with hir seruauntes The golde that was broughte vnto Salomon in one yeare was sixe hundreth and sixe and thre score talentes besydes that y e chap men and marchauntes broughte And all the kynges of the Arabians and the lordes in y e londe broughte golde and syluer vnto Salomon Of the which kynge Salomon made two hundreth speares of beaten golde so y t sixe hundreth peces of beaten golde came vpō one speare thre hundreth shildes of beaten golde so that thre hundreth peces of beaten golde came to one shylde and the kynge put thē in the house of the wod of Libanus And the kynge made a greate seate of Yuery and ouerlaied it with pure golde and the seate had sixe steppes and a fotestole of golde festened vnto the seate and it had two leanynge postes vpon both the sydes of the seate and two lyons stode beside the leanynge postes and there stode twolue Lions vpō the syxe steppes on both the sides In all realmes hath not soch one bene made And all kynge Salomons drynkynge vessels were of golde and all the vessels of the house of the wod of Libanus were of pure golde for syluer was rekened nothinge in Salomons tyme. For the kynges shippes wente vpon the See with the seruauntes of Hirā came once in thre yeare and brought golde syluer Yuery Apes and Pecockes Thus was kynge Salomon greater then all the kynges vpon earth in riches and wisdome And all the kynges of y e earth desired to se Salomons face and to heare his wysdome which God had geuen him in his hert And they brought him yearly euery mā his present Iewels of siluer and golde raymēt harnesse spyces horses and Mules And Salomon had foure thousande charethorses and twolue thousande horsmen and put them in the charetcities and with the kynge at Ierusalem And he was lorde ouer all the kynges from the water vnto the londe of the Philistynes and to the coaste of Egipte And the kynge brought it so to passe that there was as moch syluer at Ierusalem as stones and as many Ceders as there were Molbery trees in the valleys And there were horses broughte vnto him out of Egipte and out of all countres What more there is to saye of Salomon both of his first and of his last beholde it is writtē in the Cronicles of the prophet Nathan and in the prophecies of Ahia of Silo in y e actes of Ieddithe Seer against Ioroboā y e sonne of Nebat And Salomō reigned at Ierusalē ouer all Israel fortie yeares And Salomon fell on slepe w t his fathers was buried in the cyte of Dauid his father And Roboā his sonne was kīge ī his steade The X. Chapter EOboam wente vnto Sichem for all Israel was come vnto Sichem to make him kinge And whan Ieroboā the sonne of Nebat herde that which was in Egipte whither he was fled for kynge Salomon he came agayne out of Egipte And they sent for him and called him And Ieroboam came with all Israel and spake to Roboam and sayde Thy father made o r yocke greuous make thou lighter now y e harde bondage of thy father and y e heuy yocke that he layed vpon vs and we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the. He sayde vnto them Come to me agayne ouer thre dayes And y e people wente their waye And Roboam the kynge axed coūcell at the Elders which had stonde before Salomon his father whyle he lyued and he sayde What is youre councell that I maye geue this people an answere They spake vnto him and sayde Yf thou be louynge vnto this people and deale gently with them and geue them good wordes then shal they allwaye be obedient vnto the. Neuerthelesse he forsoke the councell of the Elders that they had geuen him and toke councell at y t yonge men which were growne vp w t him and stode before him And he sayde vnto thē What is youre councell that we maye answere this people which haue spoken vnto me and saide Make oure yock lighter y t thy father layed vpon vs The yongemen y t were growne vp with him spake vnto him and sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto the people that haue talked with the spoken Thy father made oure yock to heuy make thou o r yock lighter Thus shalt thou saye vnto them My litle finger shal be thicker then my fathers loynes Yf my father hath layed an heuy yock vpon you I wyl make youre yock the more My father chastened you w t scourges but I wyl beate you with scorpions Now whan Ieroboam and all the people came to Roboam on the thirde daye acordynge as y e kinge sayde Come to me againe on the thirde daie the kynge gaue thē an harde answere And Roboā the kynge forsoke y e councell of the Elders spake vnto thē after y e yonge mens councell sayde Yf my father haue made yo r yock to heuy I wil make it yet heuyer My father chastened you w t scourges but I wyl beate you w t scorpiōs Thus the kynge folowed not y e peoples minde for so was it determyned of God y t y e LORDE might stablishe his worde which he spake by Ahia of Silo vnto Ieroboā y e sonne of Nebat But whan all Israel sawe that the kynge wolde not consente vnto them ▪ y e people answered the kynge and sayde What porcion haue we then in Dauid or inheritaūce in the sonne of Isai Let euery man of Israel get him to his tent Loke thou now to thy house Dauid And all Israel wente vnto their tentes so that Roboam reigned but ouer the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Iuda And Roboam sent forth Adoram the rent gatherer but the children of Israel stoned him to death And kynge Roboā strengthed himselfe vpon his charet to flye vnto Ierusalem Thus
bullockes and ten thousande shepe And many of the prestes sanctified them selues And the whole congregacion of Iuda reioysed the prestes and Leuites and all the congregacion that came out of Israel and the straungers that were come out of the londe of Israel and they that dwelt in Iuda and greate ioye was there at Ierusalem for sence the tyme of Salomon the sonne of Dauid the kynge of Israel was there no soch ioye at IerusaleÌ„ And the prestes and Leuites stode vp and blessed the people and their voyce was herde and their prayer came in to his holy habitacion in heauen The XXXI Chapter ANd whan all this was fynished all the Israelites that were founde in y e cities of Iuda wente out and brake the pilers and hewed downe the groues and brake downe the hye places and altares out of all Iuda Ben Iamin Ephraim and Manasses tyll they had destroyed theÌ„ And all the children of Israel wente agayne euery one to his possession vnto their cities But Ezechias set the prestes and Leuites in their ordinaunces euery one after his office both the prestes and Leuites for the burntsacrifices and thank offerynges to mynister to geue thankes and prayse in the gates of the hoost of the LORDE And the kynge gaue his porcion of his substauÌ„ce for the burnt offerynges in the mornynge and euenynge and for the burnt offerynges of the Sabbath and of the newmone and of the feastes as it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE And he spake vnto y e people which dwelt at Ierusalem that they shulde geue porcioÌ„s vnto the prestes and Leuites y t they mighte the more stedfastly endure in the lawe of the LORDE And whaÌ„ y e worde came forth the childreÌ„ of Israel gaue many fyrst frutes of corne wyne oyle hony and allmaner increace of the felde and broughte in moch of all maner tithes And the children of Israel and Iuda which dwelt in the cities of Iuda broughte the tithes also of oxen and shepe and the tithes of soch thinges as were sanctifyed which they had halowed vnto the LORDE their God and made here an heape and there an heape In the thirde moneth begaÌ„ne they to laye vpon heapes and in the seuenth moneth dyd they fynishe it And whaÌ„ Ezechias with the rulers wente in and sawe the heapes they praysed the LORDE and his people of Israel And Ezechiâ—s axed the prestes and Leuites concernynge the heapes And Asaria the prest the chefe in the house of Sadoc sayde vnto him Sence the tyme that they beganne to brynge the Heue offerynges in to y e house of the LORDE we haue eaten and are satisfied and yet is there lefte ouer for the LORDE hath blessed his people therfore is this heape lefte ouer Then commaunded the kynge that they shulde prepare chestes in the house of the LORDE And they prepared them â–ª and put in the Heue offerynges and tithes and that which was halowed faithfully And the ouersighte of the same had Chanania the Leuite and Simei his brother the seconde and Iehiel Asasia Naglath Asahel Ierimoth Iosabad Eliel Iesmachia Mahath and Benaia ordeyned of the hande off Chanania and Simei his brother acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Ezechias But Asaria was prynce in the house of God And Core y e sonne of Iemna the Leuite the power of the Eastgate was ouer the frewyllinge giftes of God which were geuen for Heue offerynges vnto the LORDE and ouer the Most holy And vnder his hande were Eden Miniamin Iesua Semaia Amaria and Sachania in the cities of the prestes vpon credence that they shulde geue vnto their brethreÌ„ acordinge to their courses to the leest as to the greatest And vnto them that were counted for men childreÌ„ from thre yeare olde and aboue amonge all theÌ„ that weÌ„te in to the house of the LORDE euery one vpoÌ„ his daye to their office in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened for prestes in the house of their fathers and the Leuites from twentye yeare and aboue in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened amonge their children wyues sonnes and doughters amoÌ„ge the whole congregacion for that which was halowed sanctifyed they vpon credence There were men also named by name amonge Aarons children the prestes vpon the feldes of the suburbes in all y e cities that they shulde geue porcions vnto all the men children amoÌ„ge the prestes and to all them that were nombred amonge the Leuites Thus dyd Ezechias in all Iuda and dyd that which was good righte and true in the sighte of the LORDE his God And in all the busynes that he toke in haÌ„de concernynge the seruyce of the house of God acordinge to the lawe and commaundement to seke his God that dyd he with all his hert and therfore prospered he well The XXXII Chapter AFter these actes and faithfulnes came Sennacharib the kynge of Assur and wente in to Iuda and pitched before the stroÌ„ge cities and thoughte to plucke them vnto him And whan Ezechias sawe that Sennacherib came and that his face stode to fighte agaynst Ierusalem he deuysed with his rulers and mightie men to couer the waters of the welles that were without the cite and they helped him and there gathered together a greate people and couered all y e welles and water brokes in the myddes of the londe and sayde Lest the kynges of Assur fynde moch water whaÌ„ they come And he toke a corage vnto him and buylded all the walles where they were in decaye and made towres theron and buylded yet another wall without and strengthed Millo in the cite of Dauid And made moch ordinaunce and shyldes and set captaynes of warre ouer the people And gathered them vnto him vpon the brode strete by the gate of the cite and spake hertely vnto them and sayde Be stronge and bolde feare not and be not afrayed for the kynge of Assur ner all y e multitude that is with him for there is one greater with vs then with him With him is a fleshly arme but with vs is the LORDE oure God to helpe vs and to fighte for vs. And y e people trusted vnto the wordes of Ezechias kynge of Iuda Afterwarde sent Sennacherib the kynge of Assur his seruauntes vnto Ierusalem for he laye before Lachis all his hoost w t him to Ezechias y e kinge of Iuda to all Iuda that was at IerusaleÌ„ sayenge Thus sayeth Sennacherib y e kynge of Assur Wherin put ye youre trust ye that dwell in the beseged Ierusalem Ezechias disceaueth you that he maye delyuer you vnto death hoÌ„ger and thyrst and sayeth The LORDE oure God shal delyuer vs from the hande of the kynge of Assur Is it not Ezechias that hath put awaye his hye places and altares and sayde vnto Iuda and Ierusalem Before one altare shal ye worshippe and burne incense theron Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done to all y e people in the londes Haue the
goddes of the Heythen in the londes bene able to delyuer their countrees fro my hande What is he amonge all the goddes of these Heythen whom my father damned that was able to delyuer his people fro my hande y t youre God shulde be able to delyuer fro my hande Therfore let not Ezechias now disceaue you and let him not persuade you eny soch thinge and beleue him not For yf no god of all the Heythē and kyngdomes might delyuer his people fro my hande and from the hande of my progenitours then shal not youre goddes be able to delyuer you fro my hande His seruaūtes also spake yet more against the LORDE God and agaynst his seruaunt Ezechias And he wrote a letter to blaspheme the LORDE God of Israel and spake of him and sayde Like as the goddes of the Heythen in their londes haue not bene able to delyuer their people from my hande euen so shal not the God of Ezechias delyuer his people fro my hande And the cryed with loude voyce in the Iewish langage vnto the people of Ierusalem that were vpon the wall to make them fearfull and to be fayntharted that they might wynne the cite And they spake agaynst the God off Ierusalem euen as agaynst the goddes off the nacions vpon earth which were but the workes of mens hondes But contrary wyse the kynge Ezechias and the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos prayed and cryed vnto heauē And the LORDE sent an angell which destroyed all the mightie men of the hoost and the prynces and rulers in y e tentes of the kynge of Assur so that he departed agayne with shame in to his owne londe And whan he wente in to his gods house they y t came of his owne body slewe him there with the swerde Thus the LORDE helped Ezechias and them at Ierusalem out of the hāde of Sennacherib y e kynge of Assur and of all other and mayntayned thē frō all on euery syde so y t many broughte presentes vnto the LORDE to Ierusalem and Iewels vnto Ezechias the kynge of Iuda And afterwarde was he exalted in the sighte of all Heythen At y e same tyme was Ezechias deedsicke and he prayed vnto the LORDE which made him promes and gaue him a wondertoken But Ezechias recōpensed not acordinde as was geuen vnto him for his hert was lifted vp therfore came the wrath vpon him and vpon Iuda and Ierusalem Neuertheles Ezechias humbled him selfe because his hert had bene exalted with them at Ierusalem therfore came not the wrath of the LORDE vpon them whyle Ezechias lyued And Ezechias had very greate riches and worshippe and made him treasures of syluer golde precious stones spyces shyldes and all maner costly vessell and corne houses for the increace of corne wyne and oyle and stalles for all maner catell and foldes for the shepe and buylded him cities and had many catell of shepe and oxen for God gaue him very moch good It is the same Ezechias that couered the hye water condyte in Gihon and conveyed it vnder on the west syde of y e cite of Dauid for Ezechias prospered in all his workes But whan the interpreters the chefe of Babilon were sent vnto him to axe question at him concernynge the wondertokē that had happened in the londe God lefte him to be tempted that it mighte be knowne what soeuer was in his hert What more there is to saye of Ezechias and of his mercifulnes beholde it is wryttē in the vision of the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos and in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Ezechias fell on slepe with his fathers and they buried him ouer the sepulcres of the children of Dauid and all Iuda and they of Ierusalē dyd him worshippe in his death and Manasses his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXXIII Chapter MAnasses was twolue yeare olde whā he was made kynge and reigned fyue and fiftye yeare at Ierusalem and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE euen after the abominacions of the Heythen whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel and turned backe and buylded the hye places which his father Ezechies had broken downe and set vp altares vnto Baalim and made groues and worshipped all the hoost of heauen and serued them He buylded altares also in y e LORDES house wherof the LORDE had sayde At Ierusalem shal my name be for euer And vnto all the hoost of heauen buylded he altares in both the courtes of y e house of the LORDE And in the valley of the sonne of Hennon caused he his awne sonnes to go thorow the fyre and chosed dayes regarded byrdescryenge and witches and founded soythsayers and expounders of tokens and dyd moch that was euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath Carued ymages also and Idols which he caused to make set he vp in Gods house wherof the LORDE saide vnto Dauid and to Salomon his sonne In this house at Ierusalem which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel wyl I set my name for euer and wyl nomore let the fote of Israel remoue frō the londe that I appoynted for their fathers so farre as they obserue to do all y t I haue commaunded them in all the lawe statutes and ordinaunces by Moses But Manasses disceaued Iuda and them of Ierusalē so that they dyd worse then the Heythen whom the LORDE destroyed before the children of Israel And the LORDE spake vnto Manasses and his people and they regarded it not Therfore dyd the LORDE cause the rulers of the hoost of the kynge of Assur to come vpō thē which toke Manasses presoner with bōdes and bounde him with cheynes broughte him vnto Babilon And whan he was in trouble he made intercession before the LORDE his God and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers and prayed and besoughte him Then herde he his prayer and broughte him agayne to Ierusalem to his kyngdome And Manasses knewe that the LORDE is God Afterwarde buylded he y e vttemost wall of the cite of Dauid on the west syde of Gihon by the broke and at the intraunce of the Fyshgate and rounde aboute Ophel and made it very hye And layed captaynes in y e strōge cities of Iuda put awaye y e straunge goddes Idols out of y e house of y e LORDE and all the altares which he had buylded vpō the mount of the house of the LORDE and in Ierusalem and cast them out of the cite and buylded the altare of the LORDE and offred slayn offerynges and thank-offerynges theron and commaunded Iuda that they shulde serue the LORDE God of Israel Neuertheles though the people offred vnto the LORDE their God yet offred they vpon the hye places What more there is to saye of Manasses and of his prayer to his God and the wordes of the Seers that spake vnto him in the name of the
grounde And Iesua Bani Serebia Iamin Acub Sabthai Hodaia Maescia Celita Asaria Iosabad Hanam Plaia and the Leuites caused y e people to geue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in their place And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red And Nehemias which is Hathirsatha and Esdras the prest and scrybe and the Leuites y t caused the people to take hede sayde vnto all the people This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God be not ye sory therfore wepe not For all y e people wepte whaÌ„ they herde the wordes of the lawe Therfore sayde he vnto them * Go youre waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE be not ye sory therfore for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayde Holde youre peace for the daye is holy vexe not ye youre selues And all the people wente their waye to eate and drinke and to sende paâ—te vnto other and to make greate myrth for they had vnderstonde the wordes that were declared vnto them And on the nexte daye were gathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the prestes and Leuites vnto Esdras the scrybe that he shulde teach them y e wordes of the lawe And they founde written in the lawe how that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses that the childreÌ„ of Israel shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities at Ierusalem sayenge Go vp vnto y e mouÌ„t and fetch Olyue braunches Pynebraunches Myrtbraunches Palmebraunches braunches of thicketrees to make bothes as it is wrytten And y e people wente vp and fetched theÌ„ and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the strete by the Watergate and in the strete by Ephraims porte And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captyuite made bothes and dwelt therin for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of NuÌ„ vnto this daye had not the children of Israel done so and there was very greate gladnesse And euery daye from the first daie vnto the last red he in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast on the eight daye the gatherynge together acordynge vnto the maner The IX Chapter IN the foure and twentieth daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together with fastinge and sack clothes and earth vpon them and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children and stode and knowleged their synnes and the wyckednesses of their fathers and stode vp in their place and red in the boke of the lawe of the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye and they knowleged and worshipped the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye And the Leuites stode on hye namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sebania Buni Serebia Bani and Chenani and cryed loude vnto the LORDE their God And the Leuites Iesua Cadmiel Bani Hasabenia Serebia Hodia Sebania Pethahia sayde Stonde vp prayse the LORDE oure God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ„ vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse LORDE thou art alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoost the earth and all that therin is the See and all that is therin thou geuest life vnto all and y e hoost of heauen bowe themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE God that hast chosen AbraÌ„ and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea called him Abraham and founde his hert faithfull before the and madest a couenauÌ„t with him to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Girgosites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte and herde their complainte by the reed See and shewed tokeÌ„s and wonders vpoÌ„ Pharao and on all his seruauÌ„tes and on all his people of his londe for thou knewest y t they were presumptuous cruell against them so madest thou the a name as it is this daie And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them so that they weÌ„te thorow the myddes of the See drye shod their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone in the mightie waters and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre to shewe them lighte in the waye y t they wente Thou camest downe also vpoÌ„ mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them righte iudgmentes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaunded them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunt and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye and promysed them that they shulde go in and take possession of the londe where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked so that they folowed not y e coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and were not myndefull of the wonders y t thou dyddest for them but became obstynate and heady in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience But thou my God forgauest and wast gracious mercifull pacient and of greate goodnesse and forsokest them not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde This is thy God that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte and dyd greate blasphemies yet for sokest thou them not in the wyldernes acordinge to thy greate mercy And y e cloudy piler departed not from them on y e daye tyme to lede them the waye nether the piler of fyre in the night season to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente And thou gauest them thy good sprete to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest theÌ„ water whaÌ„ they were thirstie Fortye yeares longe madest thou prouysion for them in the wyldernesse so that they wanted nothinge their clothes waxed not olde and their fete swelled not And thou gauest theÌ„ kiÌ„gdomes nacions partedst theÌ„ acordinge to their porcions so that they possessed the londe of Sihon kynge of Heszbon the londe of Og y e kynge of Basan And their childreÌ„ multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theÌ„ in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers that they shulde go in to it and haue it in possession And y e children wente in and possessed the londe and thou subdudest before theÌ„ the
in to my mynde Wherfore do I beare my flesh in myteth and my soule in myne hondes Lo there is nether cōforte ner hope for me yf he wil slaye me But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his sight he is euen the same that maketh me whole and why there maye no Ypocrite come before him Heare my wordes and pondre my sayenges with youre eares Beholde though sentence were geuen vpon me I am sure to be knowne for vngilty What is he that will go to lawe with me For yf I holde my tonge I shal dye Neuerthelesse graunte me ij thinges and then will I not hyde my self from the. Withdrawe thine honde fro me let not the fearfull drede of the make me afrayed And then sende for me to the lawe y t I maye answere for my self or els let me speake and geue thou the answere How greate are my myszdedes synnes Let me knowe my trāsgressions offences Wherfore hydest thou thy face and holdest me for thine enemye Wilt thou be so cruell extreme vnto a flyenge leaf and folowe vpon drye stubble that thou layest so sharply to my charge and wilt vtterly vndoo me for y e synnes of my yougth Thou hast put my fote in the stockes thou lokest narowly vnto all my pathes marckest the steppes of my fete where as I notwithstondinge must consume like as a foule carion and as a cloth that is moth eaten The XIIII Chapter MAn that is borne of a woman hath but a shorte tyme to lyue and is full of dyuerse miseries He cōmeth vp and falleth awaye like a floure He flyeth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one state Thinkest thou it now well done to open thine eyes vpon soch one and to brynge me before the in iudgment Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thinge No body The dayes of man are shorte y e nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes he can not go beyonde them Go from him that he maye rest a litle vntill his daye come which he loketh for like as an hyrelinge doth Yf a tre be cutt downe there is some hope yet that it will sproute and shute forth the braunches againe For though a rote be waxen olde and deed in the grounde yet whē the stocke getteth the sent of water it will budde and brynge forth bowes like as when it was first planted But as for man when he is deed perished and consumed awaye what becommeth of him The floudes when they be dryed vp the ryuers when they be emptie are fylled agayne thorow the flowinge waters of the see but when man slepeth he ryseth not agayne vntill the heauen perish he shal not wake vp ner ryse out of his slepe O that thou woldest kepe me and hyde me in the hell vntill thy wrath were stilled to appoynte me a tyme wherin thou mightest remembre me Maye a deed man lyue agayne All the dayes of this my pilgremage am I lokynge when my chaunginge shal come Yf thou woldest but call me I shulde obeie the only despyse not the worke of thine owne hondes For thou hast nombred all my goynges yet be not thou to extreme vpon my synnes Thou hast sealed vp myne offences as it were in a bagg but be mercifull vnto my wickednesse The mountaynes fall awaye at the last the rockes are remoued out of their place the waters pearse thorow the very stones by litle and litle the floudes waszshe awaye the grauell earth Euen so destroyest thou the hope of man in like maner Thou preuaylest agaynst him so that he passeth awaye thou chaungest his estate and puttest him from the. Whether his children come to worshipe or no he can not tell And yf they be men of lowe degre he knoweth not Whyle he lyueth his flesh must haue trauayle and whyle the soule is in him he must be in sorowe The XV. Chapter THen answered Eliphas the Themanite and sayde Shulde a wyse man geue soch an answere as it were one that spake in the wynde and fyll his stomacke with anger Thou reprouest w t wordes that are nothinge wroth and speakest the thinges which can do no good As for shame thou hast set it asyde els woldest thou not make so many wordes before God but thy wickednesse teacheth thy mouth and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge Thine owne mouth condemneth the and not I yee thine owne lippes shappe the an answere Art thou the first man that euer was borne Or wast thou made before the hylles hast thou herde the secrete councell of God that all wyszdome is to litle for y e What knowest thou y t we knowe not What vnderstondest thou but we can the same With vs are olde and aged men yee soch as haue lyued longer then thy forefathers Dost thou nomore regarde the comforte of God but thy wicked wordes wil not suffre the. Why doth thine herte make the so proude Why stondest thou so greatly in thine owne conceate Where vnto loke thine eyes y t thy mynde is so puft vp agaynst God lettest soch wordes go out of thy mouth What is man that he shulde be vncleane what hath he which is borne of a woman wherby he might be knowne to be rightuous Beholde he hath founde vnfaithfulnesse amōge his owne sanctes yee the very heauens are vnclene in his sight How moch more then an abhominable and vyle mā which dryncketh wickednesse like water I will tell the heare me I wil shewethe a thinge that I knowe which wyse men haue tolde hath not bene hyd from their fathers vnto whom only the londe was geuen ▪ that no straunger shulde come amonge them The vngodly despayreth all the dayes of his life the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares is vnknowne A fearfull sounde is euer in his eares when it is peace yet feareth he destruccion He beleueth neuer to be delyuered out of darcknesse the swearde is allwaye before his eyes When he goeth forth to get his lyuinge he thinketh planely that the daye of darcknesse is at honde Sorow and carefulnesse make him afrayed cōpasse him rounde aboute like as it were a kinge with his hoost redy to the battayll For he hath stretched out his honde agaynst God armed himself agaynst y e Allmightie He runneth proudly vpon him with a stiff necke fighteth he agaynst him where as he couereth his face with fatnesse and maketh his body well lykynge Therfore shall his dwellynge be in desolate cities in houses which nomā inhabiteth but are become heapes of stones He shall not be rich nether shall his substaunce continue ner encrease vpon earth He shal neuer come out of darcknesse the flame shal drye vp his braunches with y e blast of the mouth of God shal he be takē awaie He wil nether applye himself to faithfulnes ner treuth so sore is he disceaued w t
housholde after his death whose monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe In as moch thē as God hath y e hyest power of all who can teach him eny knowlege One dyeth now when he is mightie at his best rich and in prosperite euen when his bowels are at the fattest and his bones full of mary Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse and neuer had good daies Now slepe they both a like in the earth the wormes couer them But I knowe what ye thinke yee and what ye ymagin agaynst me vnrightuously For ye saye where is the prynces palace where is the dwellynge of the vngodly Axe eny man that goeth by the waye and yf ye will not regarde their tokens dedes he shal tell you that the wicked is kepte vnto the daye of destruccion and that the vngodly shal be brought forth in the daye of wrath Who darre reproue him for his wayes to his face◠who rewardeth him for the vngraciousnesse that he doth Yet shal he be brought to his graue and watch amonge the heape of the deed Thē shal he be fayne to be buried amōge the stones by the brokesyde All men must folowe him there are innumerable gone before him O how vayne is the comforte y e ye geue me Are not youre answeres cleane contrary to right and treuth The XXII Chapter SO Eliphas the Themanite gaue answere sayde Maye a man be cōpared vnto God in wyszdome though he seme to himself for to be like him What pleasure hath God in y t thou art rightuous Or what doth it profite him y t thy waies are perfecte Is he afrayed to reproue the to steppe forth w t the in to iudgment Cōmeth not this for y e greate wickednesse for thine vngracious dedes which are innumerable Thou hast takē the pledge from thy brethrē for naught robbed the naked of their clothinge To soch as were weery hast thou geuē no water to drynke thou hast withdrawē bred frō the hungrie Shulde soch one thē as vseth violēce wrōge oppression doinge all thinges of parcialyte hauynge respecte of personnes dwell in the lōde Thou hast sent wyddowes awaye emptie and oppressed the poore fatherlesse Therfore art thou compased aboute with snares on euery syde sodēly vexed w t feare Shuldest thou thē se no darcknesse Shulde not the water floude runne ouer the Now because y t God is hyer thē the heauens because thou seist y t the starres are so hye wilt thou therfore saye Tush how shulde God knowe Doth his dominion reach beyonde the cloudes Tush the cloudes couer him y t he maye not se for he dwelleth in heauen Well thou wilt kepe the olde waye y t all wicked mē haue gone both olde yonge whose foundacion is a runnynge water which saye vnto God go from vs and after this maner Tush what wil the Allmightie do vnto vs where as he not with stōdinge fylleth their houses w t all good Which meanynge of the vngodly be farre fro me For w t ioy shal the godly and with gladnesse shal the innocent se that their increase shal be hewen downe their posterite consumed with the fyre Therfore recōcile the vnto God be content so shal all thinges prospere w t the right well Receaue the lawe at his mouth laye vp his wordes in thine herte For yf thou wilt turne to the Allmightie thou shalt stonde fast all vnrightuousnesse shall be farre from thy dwellinge He shal geue the an haruest which in plenty abundaunce shall exceade the dust of the earth and the golde of Ophir like ryuer stones Yee the Allmightie his owne self shal be thine haruest the heape of thy money Then shalt thou haue thy delyte in the Allmightie lift vp thy face vnto God Thē shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him he shal heare the thou shalt kepe thy promyses Thē loke what thou takest in honde he shal make it to prospere with the and the light shall shyne in thy wayes For who so humbleth himself him shal he set vp and who so loketh mekely shal be healed Yf thou be innocēt he shal saue the and thorow the vngiltynesse of thyne handes shalt thou be delyuered The XXIII Chapter IOb answered and sayd My sayenge is yet this daye in bytternes and my hande heuy amonge my groninges O that I might se him fynde him O that I might come before his seate to pleate my cause before him and to fyll my mouth with argumentes That I might knowe what answere he wolde geue me that I might vnderstonde what he wolde saye vnto me Wil he pleate agaynst me with his greate power strength or wyll he leane him self vtterly vpon me Oh no let him not do so with me But let hym geue me like power to go to lawe then am I sure to wynne my matter For though I go before I fynde him not yf I come behynde I cā get no knowlege of him Yf I go on the left syde to pondre his workes I can not atteyne vnto them Agayne yf I go on the right syde he hydeth himself y t I can not se him But as for my waye he knoweth it trieth me as y e golde in y e fyre Neuertheles my fete kepe his path his hye strete haue I holden and not gone out of it I haue not forsaken the cōmaundemēt of his lippes but loke what he charged me with his mouth that haue I shutt vp in my herte It is he himself alone who will turne him back He doth as him listeth and bryngeth to passe what he wil. He rewardeth me in to my bosome many other thinges mo doth he as he maye by his power This is y e cause that I shrenke at his presence so that when I considre him I am afrayed of him For in so moch as he is God he maketh my herte soft and seynge that he is Allmightie he putteth me in feare Thus can not I get out of darcknesse the cloude hath so couered my face The XXIIII Chapter COnsideringe then that there is no tyme hyd from the Allmightie how happeneth it that they which knowe him wil not regarde his dayes For some mē there be that remoue other mēs londe markes that robbe them of their catell and kepe the same for their owne that dryue awaye the asse of the fatherlesse that take y e wyddowes oxe for a pledge that thrust the poore out of the waye oppresse the symple of the worlde together Beholde the wilde asses in y e deserte go by tymes as their maner is to spoyle Yee the very wildernesse ministreth foode for their children They reape the corne felde that is not their ▪ owne and gather the grapes out of his vynyarde whom they haue oppressed by violence They are the cause y t so many men are naked and bare hauynge no clothes to couer them and
he led them forth like shepe and caried them in the wyldernesse like a flocke He brought them out safely that they shulde not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the see He caried them vnto the borders of his Sanctuary euen in to this hill which he purchased with his right hande He dyd cast out the Heithen before them caused their londe to be deuyded amonge them for an heretage and made y e tribes of Israel to dwell in their teÌ„tes For all this they tempted and displeased the most hye God and kepte not his couenaunt But turned their backes and fell awaye like their forefathers startinge asyde like a broken bowe And so they greued him with their hie places prouoked him with their ymages When God herde this he was wroth and toke sore displeasure at Israel So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo euen his habitacion wherin he dwelt amonge men He delyuered their power in to captiuyte and their glory in to the enemies hoÌ„de He gaue his people â—uer in to the swerde for he was wroth with his heretage The fyre consumed their yonge men and their maydeÌ„s were not geuen to mariage Their prestes were slayne with the swerde and there were no wyddowes to make lamentacion So the LORDE awaked as one out of slepe and like a giaunte refreshed with wyne He smote his enemies in y e hynder partes and put them to a perpetuall shame He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the trybe of Ephraim Neuerthelesse he chose y e trybe of Iuda eueÌ„ the hill of Sion which he loued And there he buylded his temple on hye and layed y e foundacion of it like y e grounde that it might perpetually endure He chose Dauid also his seruauÌ„t and toke him awaye from the shepe foldes As he was folowinge the yowes greate with yonge he toke him that he might fede Iacob his people and Israel his enheritaunce So he fed them with a faithfull and true hert and ruled them with all y e diligence of his power The LXXVIII A psalme of Asaph O God y e Heithen are fallen in to thine heretage thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The deed bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen vnto y e foules of the ayre to be deuoured and the flesh of thy sayntes vnto y e beestes of the londe Their bloude haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no maÌ„ to burie them We are become an open shame vnto oure enemies a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. LORDE how longe wilt thou be angrie shal thy gelousy burne like fyre for euer Poure out thy indignacion vpon the Heithen that knowe the not and vpon the kyngdomes that call not vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waiste his dwellinge place O remeÌ„bre not oure olde synnes but haue mercy vpon vs that soone for we are come to greate mysery Helpe vs O God o r Sauyo r for y e glory of y e name o delyuer vs forgeue vs o r synnes for y e names sake Wherfore shall y e HeitheÌ„ saye where is now their God O let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the HeitheÌ„ in oure sight O let the soroufull sighinge of the presoners come before the and acordinge vnto y e power of thine arme preserue those y t are appoynted to dye And for the blasphemy wher w t o r neghbours haue blasphemed y e rewarde theÌ„ o LORDE seueÌ„ folde in to their bosome So we y t be y e people shepe of thy pasture shal geue the thankes for euer wil allwaye be shewinge forth thy prayse more more The LXXIX A psalme of Asaph HEare o thou shepherde of Israel thou y t ledest Iacob like a flocke of shepe shewe y i self thou y t syttest vpoÌ„ y e Cherubins Before Ephraim BeÌ„ Iamin Manasses stere vp thy power come helpe vs. Turne vs agayne o God shewe the light of thy countenauÌ„ce we shal be whole O LORDE God of hoostes how loÌ„ge wilt thou be angrie ouer the prayer of thy people Thou hast fed theÌ„ with the bred of teares yee thou hast geuen theÌ„ pleÌ„teousnes of teares to drynke Thou hast made vs a very strife vnto o r neghbours o r enemies laugh vs to scorne Turne vs agayne thou God of hoostes shewe the light of thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce we shal be whole Thou hast brought a vynyâ—rde out of Egipte thou didest cast out y e HeitheÌ„ plaÌ„te it Thou maydest rowme for it caused it to take rote so y t it fylled the loÌ„de The hilles were couered with the shadowe of it so were the stronge Cedretrees w t the bowes therof She stretched out hir brauÌ„ches vnto the see hir bowes vnto the water Why hast thou then broken downe hir hedge that all they which go by plucke of hir grapes The wilde bore out of the wod hath wrutt it vp the beestes of the felde haue deuoured it Turne y e agayne thou God of hoostes loke downe from heauen beholde viset this vynyarde Manteyne it that thy right hoÌ„de hath plaÌ„ted the sonne whom thou maydest so moch of for thy self For why it is breÌ„t with fyre lyeth waist o let theÌ„ perishe at there buke of thy wrath Let thy honde be vpon the man of thy right honde vpon the man whoÌ„ thou maydest so moch off for thine owne self And so wil not we go backe from the oh let vs lyue we shal call vpon thy name Turne vs agayne o LORDE God of hoostes shewe the light of thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce we shal be whole The LXXX A psalme of Asaph SYnge merely vnto God which is o r streÌ„gth make a chearful noyse vnto y e God of Iacob Take y e psalme brynge hither the tabret the mery harpe lute Blowe vp the troÌ„pettes in the new Moone vpon o r soleÌ„pne feast daye For this is the vse in Israel a lawe of the God of Iacob This he ordened in Ioseph for a testimony when he came out of Egipte had herde a strauÌ„ge laÌ„guage When he eased his shulder from the burtheÌ„ when his hondes were delyuered froÌ„ the pottes WheÌ„ thou calldest vpon me in trouble I helped the herde the what tyme as the storme fell vpoÌ„ the I proued the also at the water of strife Sela. Heare o my people for I assure the o Israel yf thou wilt herken vnto me There shal no straunge God be in the nether shalt thou worshipe eny other God I am the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the loÌ„de of Egipte opeÌ„ thy mouth wyde I shal fyll it But my people wolde not heare my voyce Israel wolde not obeye me So I gaue
eyes heare not with their eares and vnderstonde not with their hartes and conuerte and be healed Then spake I LORDE how longe he answered vntil the cities be vtterly without inhabitours and y e houses without men till the loÌ„de be also desolate and lye vnbuylded For the LORDE shal take the men farre awaye so that the londe shal lye waist Neuertheles the tenth parte shal remayne therin for it shal conuerte and be fruteful And like wise as the Terebyntes and Oketrees bringe forth their frutes so shal the holy sede haue frute The seuenth Chapter IT happened in the tyme of Ahas the sonne of Ionathas which was the sonne of Ioathan Kynge of Iuda that Rezin the Kinge of Siria and Poca Rome lies sonne Kynge of Israel wente vp toward Ierusalem to besege it but wanne it not Now when the house of Dauid that is Ahas herde worde therof y t Siria and Ephraim were confederate together his herte quaked yee and y e hertes also of his people like as a tre in the felde that is moued with the wynde Then sayde God vnto Esay go mete Ahas thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub at the heade of y e ouer pole in the fote path by the fullers grounde and saye vnto him take hede to thy self and be still but feare not nether be faynt harted for these two tales that is for these two smokynge fyre brandes the wrath and furiousnes of Rezin the Sirian and Romelies sonne because that the Kynge of Siria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wekedly conspyred agaynst the sayenge We will go downe in to Iuda vexe theÌ„ and brynge them vnder vs and set a Kynge there euen the sonne of Taball For thus saieth the LORDE God therto It shall not so go forth nether come so to passe for the head citie of y e Sirians is Damascus but the head of Damascus is Rezin And after fyue and threscore yeare shal Ephraim be nomore a people And the chefe citie of Ephraim is Samaria but the head of Samaria is Rome lies sonne And yf ye beleue not there shall no promyse be kepte with you Morouer God spake vnto Ahas sayenge requyre a token of the LORDE thy God whether it be towarde the depth beneth or towarde y e hight aboue TheÌ„ sayde Ahas I will requyre none nether will I tempte the LORDE The LORDE answered Then he are to ye of the house of Dauid Is it not ynough for you that ye be greuous vnto men but ye must greue my God also And therfore the LORDE shal geue you a token of himself Beholde a virgin shal coÌ„ceaue and beare a sonne and shal call his name Emanuel Butter and hony shal he eate y t he maye knowe the euel and chose y e good But or euer that childe come to knowlege to eschue the euel and chose the good The londe that thou art so afrayde for shal be desolate of both hir kynges The LORDE also shal sende a tyme vpon the vpon thy people and vpoÌ„ thy fathers house soch as neuer came sence the tyme y t Ephraim departed from Iuda thorow y e kynge of the Assirians For at the same tyme shal the LORDE whistle for the flyes y t are aboute the water of Egipte and for y e Beyes in the Assirians londe These shall come and shal light all in the valeyes in y e vowtes of stone vpon all grene thinges and in all corners At the same tyme shal the LORDE shaue the hayre of the heade and the fete and the beerd clene of with the rasoure that he shall paye them withall beyonde the water namely with y e kynge of the Assirians At the same tyme shall a man lyue with a cowe and two shepe Then because of the aboundaunce of mylck he shal make butter and eat it So that euery one which remayneth in the londe shal eate butter and hony At the same tyme all vynyardes though there be a thousand vynes in one and were solde for a thousand siluerlinges shal be turned to brears and thornes Like as they shal come in to the londe with arowes and bowes so shal all the londe become brears and thornes And as for all hilles that now are hewen downe thou shalt not come vpoÌ„ them for feare of brears and thornes But the catel shal be dryuen thither and the shepe shal fede there The viij Chapter MOrouer the LORDE sayde vnto me Take the a greate leaf and wryte in it as men do with a penne that he spede him to robbe and haist him to spoyle And Inmediatly I called vnto me faithful wytnesses Vrias the prest and Zacharias y e sonne of Barachias After that went I vnto the prophetisse that now had conceaued and borne a sonne Then sayde the LORDE to me geue him this name Maherschalal haschbas that is a spedierobber an hastie spoyler For why or euer the childe shal haue knowlege to saye Abi and Im y t is father and mother shal y e riches of Damascus and y e substaunce of Samaria be takeÌ„ awaye thorow the kynge of y e Assirians The LORDE spake also vnto me sayenge for so moch as the people refuseth the stiâ—renninge water of Silo and put their delite in Rezin and Romelies sonne Beholde the LORDE shal bringe mightie and great floudes of water vpon them namely y e kynge of the Assirians with all his power Which shall poure out his furyousnes vpoÌ„ euery man and renne ouer all their bankes And shal breake in vpon Iuda increasinge in power till he get him by the throte He shal fyl also the wydenesse of thy londe w t his brode wynges O Emanuel Go together ye people and gather you herken to all ye of farre countrees Mustre you and gather you mustre you and gather you take youre councel together yet must youre councel come to nought go in honde withal yet shal it not prospere Excepte Emanuel that is God be with us For the LORDE chastised me and toke me by y e honde and warned me sayenge vnto me that I shulde not walcke in the waye of this people He sayde morouer rounde with none of theÌ„ who so euer saye yonder people are bounde together Neuertheles feare them not nether be afrayde of them but sanctifie the LORDE of hoostes let him be youre feare and drede For he is the sanctifienge and stone to stomble at y e rock to fall vpon a snare and net to both the houses to Israel and the inhabitours of Ierusalem And many shal stomble fall and be brokeÌ„ vpon him yee they shal be snared and taken Now laye the witnesses together sayde the LORDE and seale the lawe with my disciples Thus I waite vpon the LORDE that hath turned his face from the house of Iacob and I loke vnto him But lo as for me and the children which the LORDE hath geuen me we are a token and a wondre in Israel for the LORDE of hoostes sake which
my mountaytaines wyll I treade them vnder fote Wherthorow his yocke shall come from you his burthen shal be taken from youre shulders This deuyce hath God taken thorow the whole worlde and thus is his honde stretched out ouer all people For yf the LORDE of hoostes determe a thinge who wyl dysanulle it And yf he stretch forth his honde who wil holde it in agayne The same yeare that kynge Achas dyed God threatned by Esay on this maner Reioyse not thou whole Palestina as though y e rod of him y t beateth the were broken For out of y e serpentes rote there shal waxe a kâ—c katrice the frute shal be a fyrie worme But the poore shall fede of the best thinges and the symple shal dwell in safetie Thy rotes wil I destroye w t honger and it shall slaye y e remnaunt Mourne ye portes wepe ye Cities And feare thou o whole Palestina for that shal come froÌ„ the North a smoke whose power no man maye abyde Who shall then maynteyne the messages of the Gentyles But the LORDE stablisheth Syon the poore of my people shall put their trust in him The XV. Chapter THis is y e heuy burtheÌ„ vpoÌ„ Moab Ar of Moab was destroyed as me thought in the night season The walles of Moab perished in the night vanished awaye They weÌ„te to Baith and Dibon in the hie places for to wepe Moab did mourne froÌ„ Nebo to Medba All their heades were colled and al their beardes shauen In their stretes were they gyrded aboute with sack cloth In all the toppes of their houses stretes was there nothinge but mournynge and wepingâ— Hesebon and Eleale cried that their voyce was herde vnto Iahaz The worthies also of Moab bleared and cried for very sorow of their myndes Wo is my hert for Moabs sake They fled vnto the cite of Zoar which is like a fayre fruteful bullock they went vp to Luhith wepinge The waye toward Horonaim was ful of lamentacion for y e hurte The waters of Nimrim were dried vp the grasse was wythred the herbes destroyed what necessary grene thinge there was besyde In like maner the thinge y t was left them of their substaunce they caried it by water to Araby The crie went ouer the whole londe of Moab from Eglaim vnto Beer was there nothinge but mournynge The waters of Dimon were full of bloude for y e enemie had sent thither a bonde of men which as a lyon layde waite for the remnaunt of the londe and for them y t were escaped The xvj Chapter THen sent the lordes of the loÌ„de a maÌ„ of warre from the rocke that lieth toward the deserte vnto the hill of the doughter Sion For as for the doughters of Moab they were as it had bene a trymblinge byrde y t is put out of hir nest by the fery of Arnon which messaunger sayde gather youre councel come together couer vs with youre shadowe in the myddaye as the night doth hyde the chased bewraye not theÌ„ that are fled let the persecuted Moabites dwel amoÌ„ge you be oure open refuge agaynst the destroyer for the aduersary oppresseth vs the robber vndoeth vs the tyraunte dryueth vs out of oure londe But y e Trone of youre kingdome is ful of grace therfore he that sytteth vpon it w t faitfulnesse treuth in the house of Dauid knowe the thinge do his diligence to helpe shortly â–ª acordinge to Equite and rightuousnes As for Moabs pride shal they answere it is wel knowne And all though they be excellent proude arrogant hie mynded yet is their strength nothinge like And therfore Moab complayneth vnto Moab wher thorow they come all to mourne now y t they be smytten they take their deuyce beneth by the bryckwall and make their coÌ„playnte The suburbes also of Hesebon were made waist the princes of the Gentyles hewed downe y e vynyardes of Sibma which were planted with noble grapes and spred vnto Iazer and went vnto the ende of the deserte whose braunches stretched their selues forth beyonde the see Therfore I mourned for Iazer for y e vynyardes of Sibma w t greate sorow I poured my teares vpon Hesebon Eleale for all their songes were layde downe in their haruest gatheringe of their grapes Myrth and chere was gone out of y e felde vynyardes in so moch that no man was glad ner sunge There weÌ„te no treader in to the wynepresse their mery chere was layde downe Wherfore my bely roÌ„bled as it had bene a lute for Moabs sake myne inwarde membres for the bryckwalles sake For it happened thus also wheÌ„ Moab sawe that she was turned vpsyde downe she went vp an hie in to hir sanctuary to make hir prayer there but she might not 〈◊〉 helped This is the deuyce which the LORDE toke in honde at that tyme agaynst Moab But now the LORDE sayeth thus In thre yeare shal y e power of Moab w t their poÌ„pe which is greate be minished like as y e burtheÌ„ of an hyred seruaunte And as for y e remnaunt of them they shal be lesse then a fewe and not rekened moch worth The xvij Chapter THis is the heuy burtheÌ„ vpoÌ„ Damascus Beholde Damascus shal be nomore a cite but an heape of broken stones The cities of Aroer shal be waist The catel shal lie there nomaÌ„ shal fraye theÌ„ awaye Ephraim shal no more be stroÌ„ge Damascus shal no more be a kyngdome And as for y e glory of y e remnaunt of y e Sirians it shal be as the glory of the childreÌ„ of Israel saieth y e LORDE of hoostes At that tyme also shal y e glory of Iacob be very poore his fatnes leane It shal happeÌ„ to theÌ„ as when one sheareth in haruest which cutteth his handful w t the sickle when one gathreth y e sheaues together in the valley of Rephaim there remayneth yet some ears ouer Or as wheÌ„ one shaketh an olyue tre which fyndeth but two or thre olyue beries aboue in the toppe and foure or fyue in the braunches Thus the LORDE God of Israel hath spoken Then shal man coÌ„uerte agayne vnto his maker turne his eyes to the holy one of Israel And shal not turne to the aulters that are y e worke of his owne hoÌ„des nether shal he loke vpon groaues ymages which his fyngers haue wrought At the same tyme shal their stronge cities be desolate like as were once y e forsakeÌ„ plowes corne which they forsoke for feare of y e children of Israel So shalt thou o Damascus be desolate because thou hast forgotteÌ„ God y e Sauioure hast not called to remeÌ„braunce y e rock of thi streÌ„gth Wherfore thou hast also set a fayre plaÌ„te grafted a straunge braunch In the daye when thou diddest plante it it was greate and gaue soone the frute of thi sede But in the daye of haruest thou shalt reape
an heape of sorowes miseries Wo be to the multitude of moch people that russh in like the see and to the heape of folke that renne ouer all like greate waters For though so many people increase as the flowinge waters and though they be armed yet they fle farre of and vanish awaye like the dust with the wynde vpon an hill and as the whyrle wynde thorow a storme Though they be fearful at night yet in the morninge it is gone with theÌ„ This is their porcion that do vs harme and heretage of them that robbe vs. The xviij Chapter WO be to the londe of flienge shippes which is of this syde y e floude of Ethiopia which sendeth hir message ouer the see in shippes of redes vpoÌ„ y e water and sayeth go soone and do yo r message vnto a straunge and harde folke to a fearful people to a people y t is further then this to a desperate and pylled folke whose londe is deuyded from vs with ryuers of water Yee all ye y t fyt in the compasse of the worlde and dwell vpon the earth when the token shal be geuen vpoÌ„ the mountaynes then loke vp and when the home bloweth then herken to for thus hath y e LORDE sayde vnto me I layde me downe and pondred the matter in my house at the noone daye when it was hote and there fel a myslinge shower like a dew as it happeneth in haruest But the frutes were not yet ripe cut of and the grapes were but yonge and grene Then one smote of the grapes with an hoke yee he hewed downe also the buwes and the braunches dyd cast theÌ„ awaye And thus they were layde waist for the foules of the mountaynes and for y e beastes of the earth together So y t the foules sat ther vpon and the beastes of the earth wyntered there Then shal there be a present brought vnto the LORDE of hoostes euen that harde folke that fearful folke and that further is theÌ„ this y t desperate and pylled folke whose londe is deuyded from vs with floudes of water vnto the place of the name of the LORDE of hoostes euen vnto the hill of Sion The xix Chapter THis is the heuy burthen vpon Egipte Beholde the LORDE wil ryde vpon a swifte cloude and come in to Egipte And the goddes of Egipte shal trymble at his coÌ„mynge and the hert of Egipte shal quake within her For thus saieth the LORDE I wil stere vp the Egiptians one agaynst a nother amonge them selues so that one shal be euer agaynst his brother and neghboure yee one cite agaynst another and one kyngdome agaynst another And Egipte shal be choked in hir self WheÌ„ they axe councel at their goddes at their Prophetes at their soythsayers and witches then will I bringe their councel to naught I wil delyuer Egipte also in to the hondes of greuous rulers and a cruel kinge shal haue the rule of them The water of the see shal be draweÌ„ out Nilus shal synke awaye be dronke vp The ryuers also shal be drawen out the welles shal decreace and drie awaye Rede and rush shal fayle the grasse by the waters syde or vpon y e ryuers bancke yee and what so euer is sowen by the waters shal be wythered destroyed brought to naught The fyshers shall mourne all soch as cast angles in the water shal complayne they that sprede their nettes in the water shal be faynt harted Soch as laboure vpon flax sylcke shal come to pouerte they also that weeue fyne workes All the poundes of Egipte all the policie of their Moates diches shal come to naught Yee the vndiscrete prynces of Zoan the councel of the wyse Senatours of Pharao shal turne to foolishnesse Those that darre boast saye of Pharaos behalfe I am come of wyse people I am come of y e olde regall Progeny But where are now thy wyse meÌ„ Let them tel the shewe the what the LORDE of hoostes hath taken in honde agaynst Egypte Fooles are those prynces of Zoan proude are the prynces of Noph yee they dysceaue Egypte mith the nobilite of their stocke For the LORDE hath made Egypte dronckeÌ„ with the sprete of erroure and they shal vse it in all matters eueÌ„ like as a dronkeÌ„ maÌ„ goeth spewinge aboute For Egipte shal lacke good councel so y t they shal not knowe what to do nether beginnynge nor ende nether vpon the loÌ„de nor water TheÌ„ shal y e EgiptiaÌ„s be like vnto womeÌ„ afrayde astoÌ„â—ed at the liftinge vp of the hoÌ„de which y e LORDE of hoostes shal lifte vp ouer them The londe of Iuda also shal make the Egiptians afrayde who so doth but speake vpon it shal put them in feare And that be cause of the councel which y e LORDE of hoostes hath devysed agaynst them Then shal the fyue cities of Egipte speake with the Canaanites tâ—nge ande sweare by the LORDE of hoostes Heliopolis shal be one of them At the same tyme shal the LORDE of hoostes haue an aulter in the myddest of the londe of Egipte with this title ther by Vnto the LORDE This shal be a token or testimony vnto the LORDE of hoostes in the londe of Egipte when they shal crie vnto him because of those that oppresse them that he shal sende them a captayne and a Sauioure to delyuer them Morouer Egipte shal be bought vnto the LORDE and the Egiptians also shal knowe the LORDE at the same tyme they shal do him reuerence with peace offringes and with meat offringes they shal promyse him offringes yee paye him also Thus the LORDE shal smyte Egipte heale it agayne so shal they turne to y e LORDE and he also shal haue mercy vpoÌ„ them and saue them Then shal there be a comon waye out of Egipte in to Assiria The Assirians shal come in to Egipte and the Egypcians in to Assiria The Egipcians also and the Assirians shal both haue one Gods seruyce Then shal Israel with honoure be the thirde to Egipte and Assur And the LORDE of hoostes shal blesse them sayenge Blissed is my people of the Egipcians Assur is the worke of my hoÌ„des but Israel is myne enheritaunce The xx Chapter THe same yeare that Harthan came to Aschod where SargeÌ„ the kinge of the Assirians sent him what tyme as he also be seged Aschdod waÌ„ne it y e same season TheÌ„ spake the LORDE vnto Esaye y e sonne of Amos sayenge go and lowse of y t sack cloth froÌ„ thy loynes and put of y e shues from thy fete And so he dyd goinge naked barefote Then sayde the LORDE where as my seruaunt Esaye goeth naked and barefote it is a token and signifienge of the thinge that after thre yeare shal come vpoÌ„ Egipte and Ethiopia For euen thus shal the kinge of the Assâ—rians driue both yonge and olde as prisoners naked and barefote out of Egipte and
al people and the coueringe wherwith all Gentiles are couered As for death he shal vtterly coÌ„sume it The LORDE God shal wipe awaye the teares from all faces and take awaye the confucioÌ„ of his people thorow y e whole worlde For y e LORDE himself hath sayde it At the same tyme shal it be sayde lo this is oure God in whoÌ„ we put oure trust and he hath healed vs. This is the LORDE that we haue wayted for Let vs reioyse delyte in his health For the hoÌ„de of y e LORDE ceaseth vpoÌ„ this hil But Moab shal be throssheÌ„ downe vnder him like as the straw is trodeÌ„ vnder fete in a doÌ„ge hill For he shal stretch out his hoÌ„des vpon him like as a swimmer doth to swymme And w t the power of his hondes shal he cast downe his hie pompe As for his stroÌ„ge holdes hie walles he shal burâ—e them cast theÌ„ downe and fell theÌ„ to the grounde in to dust The xxvj Chapter THen shal this songe be sunge in the londe of Iuda We haue a stroÌ„ge citie the walles tâ—e ordinauÌ„ce shal kepe vs. OpeÌ„ y e gates y t the good people maye go in which laboureth for the treuth And thou which art the doer and hast the matter in honde shalt prouyde for peace eueÌ„ the peace y t meÌ„ hope for in the. Hope stil in the LORDE for in the LORDE God is euerlastinge streÌ„gth For why it is he y t bringeth lowe the hie mynded citesyns casteth downe the proude cities He casteth theÌ„ to the grouÌ„de yee eueÌ„ in to y e myre y t they maye be trodeÌ„ vnder the fete of the symple with the steppes of the poore Thou LORDE coÌ„sidrest the path of y e rigtuous whether it be right whether the waye of y e rightuous be right Therfore LORDE we haue a respecte vnto the waye of thy iudgmentes thy name and thy remeÌ„braunce reioyse the soule My soule lusteth after the all the night loÌ„ge my mynde haisteth frely to the. For as soone as thy iudgment is knowne to the worlde theÌ„ the inhabitours of the earth lerne rightuousnesse But the vngodly though he haue recaued grace yet lerneth he not rightuousnesse but in that place where he is punished he offendeth feareth not the glory of the LORDE LORDE they wil not se thine hie honde but they shal se it and be confounded wheÌ„ thou shalt deuoure them with the wrath of the people and with the fyre of thine enemies But vnto vs LORDE prouyde for peace for thou workest in vs all o r workes O LORDE oure God though soch lordes haue dominacion vpon vs as knowe not the yet grauÌ„te that we maye only hope in the and kepe thy name in remembraunce The malicious Tyrauntes wheÌ„ they die are nether in life nor in the resurrectioÌ„ for thou visitest theÌ„ and rootest theÌ„ out and destroyest all the memoryall of them Agayne thou increacest the people o LORDE thou increacest the people thou shalt be praysed and magnified in all y e endes of the worlde The people that seke vnto the in trouble that same aduersite which they complane of is vnto theÌ„ a chastenynge before the. Like as a wife w t childe wheÌ„ hir trauayle coÌ„meth vpoÌ„ her is ashamed crieth and suffreth the payne EueÌ„ so are we o LORDE in thy sight We are with childe we trauayle beare with the sprete we bringe forth health where thorow the earth is vndestroyed and the inhabitours of the worlde perish not But as for thy dead men and ours that be departed they are in life and resurrection They lie in the earth they wake haue ioye for y t dew is a dew of life light But y e place of the malicious Tyrauntes is falleÌ„ awaye So go now my people in to thy chaÌ„bre and shut the doore to the and suffre now y e twiÌ„cklinge of an eye till the wrath be ouerpast For beholde the LORDE wil go out of his habitacion vyset the wickednes of theÌ„ that dwell vpon earth He wil discouer the bloude that she hath deuoured she shal neuer hyde theÌ„ that she hath murthured The xxvij Chapter THen the LORDE with his heuye great and loÌ„ge swearde shal vyset LeuiathaÌ„ that invincible serpeÌ„t eueÌ„ LeuiathaÌ„ y t croked serpent and shal slaye the Wallfish in y e see At the same tyme shal meÌ„ synge of the vynyarde of Muscatel I the LORDE kepe it and water it in due season I watch daye night that no man breake in to it I beare no euel wil in my mynde Who will compell me that I greatly forgettinge all faith fulnesse shulde burne it vp at once w t thornes bushes Or who will enforce me to kepe or make peace It wil come to this poynte y t Iacob shal be rooted againe and Israel shal be grene beare floures they shal fyll y e whole worlde w t their frute Smyteth he not his smyter as euel as he is smytteÌ„ him self Destroieth he not y e murtherers as he is murthured Euery maÌ„ recoÌ„penseth w t y e measure y t he receaueth He museth vpoÌ„ his sore wynde as vpoÌ„ the dayes of extreme heate And therfore shal the iniquite of Iacob be thus reconciled And so shal he take awaye all y e frute of his synnes As for aulter stones he shal make them all as stones beaten to poulder the Groues and Idols shal not stonde The stronge cities shal be desolate and y e fayre cities shal be left like a wildernes The catel shal fede and lie there and the shepe shal eate it vp Their haruest shal be brent their wyues which were their bewtie when they came forth shal be defyled For it is a people without vnderstoÌ„dinge and therfore he y t created them shal not fauoure them and he y t made them shal not be merciful to theÌ„ In y t tyme shal y e LORDE shute from y e swifte water of Euphrates vnto y e ryuer of Egipte And there shal the children be chosen out one by one Then shal the greate trompet be blowen so that those which haue bene destroyed in the Assirians londe and those that be scatred abrode in Egipte shal come worshipe the LORDE at IerusaleÌ„ vpoÌ„ the holy mount The xxviij Chapter WO be to y e crowne of pryde to y e dronkeÌ„ Ephraemites and to the faydinge floure to the glory of his poÌ„pe y t is vpoÌ„ the toppe of the pleÌ„teous valley which meÌ„ be ouerladen w t wyne Beholde the strength and power of the LORDE shal breake in to the londe on euery syde like a tempest of hale that beareth downe stronge holdes and like an horrible mightie and ouer flowinge water And the proude crowne of the dronken Ephraemites shal be troden vnderfoote And as for the faydinge floure the glory of his pompe which is vpon the toppe of the plenteous valley
reioyse from youre hert as they that come with the pipe when they go vp to the mount of the LORDE vnto y e rock of Israel The LORDE also shal set vp the power of his voyce and declare his terrible arme with his angrie countenaunce yee and the flame of the consumynge fyre with earth quake tempest of wynde and hale stones Then shal the Assirian feare also because of the voyce of the LORDE which shal smyte him with the rodde And the same rodde which the LORDE wil sende vpon him shal moue the whole foundacion with trompet with noyse of warre and batell to destroye For he hath prepared the fyre of payne from the begynnynge yee euen for kynges also This hath he made depe wyde y e norishinge therof is fyre and wodde innumerable which the breath ofte LORDE kyndleth as it were a match of brymstone The xxxj Chapter WO vnto them that go downe in to Egipte for helpe and trust in horses and conforte them selues in Charettes because they be many and in horse mē because they be lustie and stronge But they regarde not the holy one of Israel and they aske no question at the LORDE Where as he neuertheles plageth y e wicked and yet goeth not from his worde whā he steppeth forth and taketh the victory agaynst the housholde of the frauwerde and against the helpe of euel doers Now the Egiptians are men and not God and their horses flesh and not sprete And as soone as the LORDE stretcheth out his honde then shal the helper fall and he that shulde haue bene helped and shal altogether be destroyed For thus hath the LORDE spokē vnto me Like as the Lyon or lyōs whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he hath gotten and is not afrayde though y e multitude of shepardes crie out vpon him nether abashed for all the heape of them So shal the LORDE of hoostes come downe from the mount Sion and defende his hill Like as byrdes flotre aboute their nestes so shal the LORDE of hoostes kepe saue defende and deliue Ierusalem Therfore o ye childrē of Israel turne agayne like as ye hahaue exceaded in youre goinge back For in y t daye euery man shal cast out his Idols of syluer and golde which ye haue made with youre synful hondes Assur also shal be slayne with the swerde not w t a mans swerde ▪ A swerde shal deuoure him but not a mans swerde And he shal fle from the slaughter and his seruauntes shal be taken prisoners ▪ He shal go for feare to his stronge holdes and his prynces shal fle from his badge This hath y e LORDE spokē whose light burneth in Sion and his fyre in Ierusalem The xxxij Chapter BEholde the kinge shal gouerne after y e rule of rightuousnes and y e princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite He shal be vnto mē as a defence for the wynde and as a refuge for the tempest like as a ryuer of water in a thurstie place and y e schadowe of a greate rock in a drie lōde The eyes of the seinge shall not be dymme and the eares of them that heare shal take diligēt hede The hert of the vnwise shal attayne to knowlege and the vnparfite tūge shal speake planely and distinctly Then shal the nygarde be no more called gentle ner the churle lyberall But the churle wil be churlishly mynded and his hert wil worke euell and playe the ypocrite and ymagyn abhominaciōs agaynst God to make the hungrie leane and to with holde drinke from the thurstie These are the perlous weapons of the cuvetous these be his shameful councels that he maye begyle the poore with disceatful workes yee euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore But the liberall person ymagineth honest thinges and commeth vp with honesty Vp ye rich and ydle cities harken vnto my voyce Ye careles cities marcke my wordes After yeares and dayes shal ye be brought in feare o ye carelesse cities For Haruest shal be out and the grape gatheringe shal not come O ye rich ydle cities ye that feare no parell ye shal be abashed and remoued when ye se the barennesse the nakednesse and preparinge to warre Ye shal knock vpō youre brestes because of the pleasaunt felde and because of the fruteful vynyarde My peoples felde shal bringe thornes and thistels for in euery house is voluptuousnes in the cities wilfulnes The palaces also shal be broken and the greatly occupide cities desolate The towers and bulwerckes shal be become dennes for euermore the pleasure of Mules shal be turned to pasture for shepe Vnto the tyme that y e sprete be poured vpon vs from aboue Then shal the wildernesse be a fruteful felde the plenteous felde shal be rekened for a wodde Then shal equyte dwel in the deserte and rightuousnesse in a fruteful londe And the rewarde of rightuousnesse shal be peace and hir frute rest and quietnesse for euer And my people shal dwel in the ynnes of peace in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is ynough in thē all And whē the hale falleth it shal fall in the wodde and in the citie O how happy shal ye be whē ye shal safely sowe youre sede besyde all waters dryue thither the fete of youre oxē asses The xxxiij Chapter THerfore wo vnto the o robber shalt not thou be robbed also and vnto the that laiest wait as who saye there shulde no waite be layde for the Wo vnto the which doest hurte euen so shalt thou be hurt also And as thou layest waite so shal wait be layde for the also LORDE be merciful vnto vs we wait for the. Thine arme is at a poynte to vyset vs but be thou oure health in the tyme of trouble Graūte that the people maye fle at the anger of thy voyce that at thy vpstondinge the Gentiles maye be scatred abrode and that their spoyle maye be gathered as the greshoppers are comonly gathered together in to the pyt Stonde vp LORDE thou that dwellest on hie Let Siō be fylled with equyte and rightuousnesse Let treuth and faithfulnesse be in hir tyme power health wisdome knowlege the feare of God are hir treasure Beholde their aungels crie with out the messaungers of peace wepe bytterly The stretes are waist there walketh no man therin the appoyntmen is broken the cities are despised they are not regarded the desolate earth is in heuynes Libanus taketh it but for a sporte that it is hewen downe Saron is like a wyldernes Basā Charmel are turned vpside downe And therfore saieth y e LORDE I wil vp now wil I get vp now wil I aryse Ye shal conceaue stubble and beare strawe youre sprete shal be the fyre that it maye consume you the people shal be burnt like lyme as thornes burne that are hewen of cast in the fyre Now herken to ye that are farre of how
sonne the Secretary And Rabsaches sayde vnto them Te◠Ezechias that the greate kinge of Assiria sayeth thus vnto him What presumpcion is this that thou trustest vnto Thou thinkest peraduēture that thou hast councel power ynough to mayntene this warre or els wher to trustest thou that thou castest thi self of fro me lo Thou puttest thy trust in a broken staff of rede I meane Egipte which he that leaneth vpon it goeth in to his honde shuteth him thorow Euen so is Pharao the kinge of Egipte vnto all thē that trust in him But yf thou woldest saye to me We trust in y e LORDE oure God A goodly god indede whose hie places aulteres Ezechias toke downe and commaunded Iuda and Ierusalem to worshipe only before the aulter Abyde the thou hast made a condicion with my lorde the kinge of the Assiriās that he shulde geue the two thousande horses Art thou able to set mē there vp Seinge now that thou canst not resist the power of the smallest prynce that my LORDE hath how darrest thou trust in y t charettes and horse men of Egipte Morouer thinkest thou y t I am come downe hither to destroye this londe with out the LORDES will The LORDE sayde vnto me go downe in to that londe that thou mayest destroye it Then sayde Eliachim Sobna Iohah vnto Rabsaches Speake to vs thy seruauntes we praye the in the Sirians language for we vnderstonde it well And speake not to vs in the Iewes tunge lest the folcke heare which lieth vpon the wall Then answered Rabsaches Thinke ye y t the kinge sent me to speake this only vnto you Hath he not sent me to thē also that lie vpō the wall that they be not cōpelled to eate their owne donge and drinke their owne stale with you And Rabsaches stode stiff cried with a loude voyce in the Iewes tūge and sayde Now take hede how the greate kinge of the Assiriās geueth you warnynge Thus saieth the kinge Let not Ezechias disceaue you for he shal not be able to delyuer you Morouer let not Ezechias comforte you in the LORDE when he saieth The LORDE with out doute shal defende vs shal not geue ouer this cite in to the hondes of the kinge of the Assiriās beleue him not But thus saieth the kinge of Assiria opteyne my fauoure enclyne to me So maye euery mā enioye his vynyardes and fygetrees and drinke the water of his cisterne vnto the tyme that I come myself bringe you in to a londe y t is like youre owne wher in is wheat and wyne which is both sowen with sede and planted with vynyardes Let not Ezechias disceaue you when he sayeth vnto you the LORDE shal delyuer us Might the goddes of the Gentiles kepe euerymans londe from the power of the kinge of the Assirians Wher is the God of hemath Arphad Where is the God of Sepharnaim And who was able to defende Samaria out of my honde Or which of all the goddes of the lōdes hath deliuered their countre out of my power so that the LORDE shulde delyuer Ierusalem fro my honde Vnto this Ezechias messaungers helde their tunges and answered not one worde for the kinge had charged them that they shulde geue him none answere So came Eliachim Elchias sonne the presidēt Sobna the scrybe and Ioah Asaphs sonne the Secretary vnto Ezechias with rente clothes tolde him the wordes of Rabsaches The xxxvij Chapter WHen Ezechias herde that he rente his clothes put on a sack cloth went in to the temple of the LORDE But he sent Eliachim the Presidēt Sobna the scrybe w t the eldest prestes cloothed in sack vnto the Prophet Esay the sonne of Amos they sayde vnto him Thus saieth Ezechias this is the daye of trouble of plage of wrath like as when a childe cometh to the byrth but the woman hath no power to bringe it forth The LORDE thy God no doute hath well considered the wordes of Rabsaches whom his lorde y e kinge of the Assirians hath sent to defie blaspheme the lyuynge God with soch wordes as the LORDE y e God hath herde rightwell And therfore lift vp y e prayer for the remnaunt that yet are left So the seruauntes of kinge Ezechias came to Esay And Esay gaue them this answere Saie thus vnto youre lorde thus saieth the LORDE Be not afrayde of the wordes that thou hast herde wherwith the kinge of Assiriās seruauntes haue blasphemed me Beholde I will cause a wynde go ouer him as soone as he heareth it he shal go agayne in to his countre there will I distroye him with the swerde Now when Rabsaches returned he founde y e kinge of Assiria layenge sege to Lobna for he had vnderstonde that he was departed from Lachis For there came a rumoure y t Taracha kinge of Ethiopia was come forth to warre agaynst him And when the kinge of Assiria herde y t he sent other messaungers to kinge Ezechias with this commaundement Saye thus to Ezechias kinge of Iuda Let not thy God disceaue the in whom thou hopest sayest Ierusalē shal not be geuē in to the hondes of the kinge of Assiria For thou knowest well how the kinges of Assiria haue handled all the londes that they haue subuerted hapest thou to escape Were the people of the Gētiles whom my progenitours cōquered deliuered at eny tyme thorow their goddes As namely Gozan Haran Rezeph the childrē of Eden which dwell at Thalassar Where is the kinge of Hemath the kinge of Arphad the kinge of the citie Sepharnaim Ena and Aua Now when Ezechias had receaued y e lettre of the messaungers red it he went vp into the house of the LORDE opened the lettre before y e LORDE And Ezechias prayed before the LORDE on this maner O LORDE of hoostes thou God of Israel which dwellest vpō Cherubin Thou art the God that only is God of all the kingdomes of the worlde for thou only hast created hauē earth Encline thine eare LORDE cōsidr◠open thine eyes o LORDE se and pondre all the wordes of Sēnacherib which hath sent his embassage to blaspheme the the lyuynge God It is true o LORDE that the kinges of Assiria haue cōquered all kingdomes londes cast their goddes in the fyre Notwithstōdinge those were no goddes but the workes of mens hondes of wodd or stone therfore haue they destroyed them Delyuer vs then o LORDE oure God from the hondes of Sennacherib y t all kingdomes of the earth maye knowe that thou only art y e LORDE Then Esay the sonne of Amos sent vnto Ezechias sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE God of Israel Where as thou hast made thy prayer vnto me as touchinge Sennacherib this is the answere that the LORDE hath geuen concernynge him Despised art thou mocked o doughter of Sion he hath shaken his heade at the o doughter
might not helpe or had I not power to delyuer lo at a worde I driÌ„ke vp the see of water floudes I make drie loÌ„de so y t for want of water the fish corruppe and die of thurst As for heauen I clooth it with darcknesse and put a sack vpon it The LORDE God hath geueÌ„ me a wel lerned tuÌ„ge so that I can conforte them which are troubled yee y t in due season He waked myne eare vp by tymes in y e mornynge as y e scolemasters do y t I might herkeÌ„ The LORDE God hath opened myne eare therfore caÌ„ I not saye naye ner wtdrawe myself but I offre my backe vnto y e smyters and my chees to the nyppers I turne not my face froÌ„ shame aÌ„d spittinge for the LORDE God helpeth me therfore shal I not be coÌ„founded I haue hardened my face like a flynt stone for I am sure that I shal not come to confucion Myne aduocate speaketh for me who wil then go with me to lawe Let vs stoÌ„de one agaynst another yf there be eny that wil reason with me let him come here forth to me Beholde the LORDE God stondeth by me what is he that can condempne me lo they shal be all like as an olde cloth which y e mothes shal eate vp Therfore who so feareth the LORDE amoÌ„ge you let him heare the voyce of his seruauÌ„t Who so walketh in darcknesse no light shyneth vpoÌ„ him let him hope in the LORDE and holde him by his God But take hede ye haue all kyndled a fyre and gyrded youre selues with the flame Ye walke in the glistriÌ„ge of youre owne fyre and in the flame that ye haue kyndled This cometh vnto you fro my honde namely y t ye shal slepe in sorowe The li. Chapter HErken vnto me ye that holde of rightuousnes ye that seke the LORDE Take hede vnto the stone wherout ye are hewen and to the graue wherout ye are digged Considre Abraham youre father Sara that bare you how that I called him alone prospered him wel encreased him how the LORDE conforted SioÌ„ and repayred all hir decaye makinge hir deserte as a Paradise and hir wildernesse as the garden of the LORDE Myrth and ioye was there thankes geuynge and y e voyce of prayse Haue respecte vnto me then o my people and laye thine eare to me for a lawe and an ordinaunce shal go forth fro me to lighten the Gentiles It is hard by that my health my rightuousnesse shal go forth and the people shal be ordred with myne arme The Ilondes that is y e Gentiles shal hope in me and put their trust in myne arme Lift vp youre eyes toward heaueÌ„ and loke vpon the earth beneth For the heauens shal vanish awaye like smoke and the earth shall teare like a clothe they that dwel therin shal perish in like maner But my health endureth for euer and my rightuousnes shall not ceasse Therfore hercken vnto me ye y t haue pleasure in rightuousnes thou people that bearest my lawe in thine herte Feare not the curse of men be not afrayde of their blasphemies reuylinges for wormes mothes shal eat theÌ„ vp like clothe woll But my rightuousnesse shal endure for euer my sauynge health from generacion to generacion Wake vp wake vp be stronge O thou arme of the LORDE wake vp lyke as in tymes past euer and sence the worlde beganne Art not thou he that hast wounded that proude lucifer and hewen the dragon in peces Art not thou euen he which hast dried vp the depe of the see which hast made playne the see grounde that the delyuered might go thorow That the redemed of the LORDE which turned agayne might come with ioye vnto SioÌ„ there to endure for euer â–ª That myrth and gladnesse might be with them that sorowe wo might fle from theÌ„ Yee I I am eueÌ„ he that in all thiÌ„ges geueth you consolacion What art thou then that fearest a mortall maÌ„ y e childe of man which goeth awaye as doeth the floure And forgettest the LORDE that made the that spâ—ed out the heauens and layde the foundacion of the earth But thou art euer afrayde for the sight of thyne oppressoure which is ready to do harme Where is the wrath of the oppressoure It cometh on fast it maketh haist to apeare It shal not perish y t it shulde not be able to destroye nether shal it fayle for faute of norishinge I am the LORDE y i God that make the see to be still and to rage whose name is the LORDE of hoostes I shal put my worde also in thy mouth and defende the with the turnynge of my hondeâ— that thou mayest plante the heauens and laye the foundacions of the earth and saye vnto Sion thou art my people Awake Awake and stonde vp o Ierusasalem thou that from the honde of the LORDE hast dronkeÌ„ out the cuppe of his wrath thou that hast supped of and sucked out the slombringe cuppe to the botome For amonge all the sonnes whom thou hast begotten there is not one that maye holde the vp and not one to lede the by the honde of all the sonnes that thou hast norished Both these thinges are happened vnto the but who is sory for it Yee destruction waistinge hunger swerde but who hath conforted the Thy sonnes lie comfortles at y e heade of euery strete like a takeÌ„ venyson are ful of y e teâ—rible wrath of y e LORDE punyshmeÌ„t of thy God And therfore thou miserable dronkeÌ„ howbeit not w t wyne Heare this Thus saieth thy LORDE thy LORDE God y e defender of his people Beholde I wil take y e sloÌ„briÌ„ge cuppe out of thy hoÌ„de eueÌ„ y e cuppe w t the dregges of my wrath y t froÌ„ hence forth thou shalt neuer drinke it more wil put it iÌ„ their hoÌ„de that trouble the which haue spoken to thy soule stoupe downe that we maye go ouer the make thy body eaueÌ„ with the grounde and as the strete to go vpon The lij Chapter VP Sion vp take thy strength vnto the put on thine honest rayment o IerusaleÌ„ thou citie of the holy one For from this tyme forth there shal no vncircumcised ner vncleane person come in the. Shake the froÌ„ the dust arise stonde vp o IerusaleÌ„ Pluck out thy neck from the boÌ„de o thou captyue doughter Sion For thus saieth the LORDE Ye are solde for naught therfore shal ye be redemed also without eny money For thus hath the LORDE sayde My people weÌ„te downe afore tyme in to Egipte there to be straungers Afterwarde dyd the kinge of the Assirians oppresse theÌ„ for naught And now what profit is it to me saieth y e LORDE y t my people is frely caried awaye brought in to heuynes by their rulers and my name euer still blasphemed saieth the LORDE But
not but wil do as their fathers dyd before them Chap. XLV Ieremy comforteth Baruch coÌ„cernynge his weaknesse of mynde Chap. XLVI The summe of Ieremies preachinge vnto the Heithen specially vnto Egipte Chap. XLVII Agaynst the Philistynes Chap. XLVIII Agaynst Moab Chap· XLIX Agaynst the Ammonites Edomites Damascus Cedar and Elam Chap. L.LI. Agaynst Babilon Chap. LII A recitynge how IerusaleÌ„ was beseged wonne and taken These are the Sermons of Ieremy the sonne of Helchia the prest one of them that dwelt at Anathot in the londe of Ben Iamin when the LORDE had first spoken with him in the tyme of Iosias the sonne of Amon kinge of Iuda in the xiij yeare of his kingdome and so duringe vnto the tyme of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda and vnto the xj yeares of Sedechias the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda were ended when Ierusalem was taken euen in the fyfth Moneth The first Chapter THe worde of the LORDE spake thus vnto me Before I fasshioned the in thy mothers woÌ„be I dyd knowe the And or euer thou wast borne I sanctified the ordened the to be a prophet vnto the people TheÌ„ sayde I Oh LORDE God I am vnâ—ete for I am yet but yonge And the LORDE answered me thus Saye not so I am to yonge For thou shalt go to all that I shall sende the vnto and what so euer I coÌ„maunde the that shalt thou speake Be not afrayed of their faces for I wil be with the to delyuer the saieth the LORDE And with that the LORDE stretched out his honde and touched my mouth and sayde morouer vnto me Beholde I put my wordes in thy mouth and this daye do I set the ouer the people and kingdomes that thou mayest rote out breake of destroye and make waist and that thou mayest buylde vp and plaÌ„te After this the LORDE spake vnto me sayenge Ieremy what seist thou And I sayde I se a wakynge rodde Then sayde y e LORDE thou hast sene right for I will watch diligently vpon my worde to perfourme it It happened afterwarde that the LORDE spake to me agayne sayde What seist thou And I sayde I do se a seethinge pot lokinge from out of the north hitherwarde Then sayde the LORDE vnto me Out of the north shall come a plage vpon all the dwellers of the londe For lo I will call all the officers of the kyngdomes of the north saieth the LORDE And they shall come and euery one shall set his seate in the gates of Ierusalem and in all their walles rounde aboute and thorow all the cities of Iuda And thorow them shall I declare my iudgment vpon all the wickednesse of those men that haue forsaken me that haue offred vnto straunge goddes worshipped the workes of their owne hondes And therfore gyrde vp thy loynes arise and tell them all that I geue the in coÌ„maundement Feare them not I will not haue the to be afrayed of theÌ„ For beholde this daye do I make the a stroÌ„ge fensed towne an yron pyler and a wall of stele agaynst y e whole londe agaynst the kinges and mightie men of Iuda agaynst the prestes and people of the londe They shall fight agaynst the but they shall not be able to ouer come the for I am w t the to delyuer the saieth the LORDE The II. Chapter MOrouer the worde of the LORDE coÌ„maunded me thus Go thy waye crie in the eares of IerusaleÌ„ saye Thus saieth the LORDE I remembre the for the kyndnesse of thy youth and because of thy stedfast loue in that thou folowdest me thorow the wildernesse in an vntilled londe Thou Israel wast halowed vnto te LORDE and so was his first frutes All they that deuoured Israel offended miszfortune fell vpon them saieth the LORDE Heare therfore the worde of the LORDE O thou house of Iacob and all the generacion of the house of Israel Thus saieth y e LORDE vnto your What vnfaithfulnesse founde youre fathers in me that they wente so farre awaye fro me fallinge to lightnesse and beinge so vayne They thought not in their hertes Where haue we left the LORDE y t brought vs out of the loÌ„de of Egipte y t led vs thorow the wildernesse thorow a deserte and roughlonde thorow a drie and a deedly londe yee a londe that no man had gone thorow and wherein no man had dwelt And when I had brought you in to a pleasaunt welbuylded londe that ye might enioye the frutes and all the coÌ„modities of the same ye went forth and defyled my londe brought myne heretage to abhominacion The prestes theÌ„ selues saide not once where is y e LORDE They y t haue the lawe in their hondes knowe me not The shepherdes offende agaynst me The prophetes do seruyce vnto Baal folowe soch thinges as shall bringe them no profit Wherfore I am constrayned sayeth the LORDE to make my complaynte vpon you and vpon youre children Go in to the Iles of Cethim and loke wel sende vnto Cedar take diligent hede and se whether soch thinges be done there whether the Gentiles them selues deale so falsly vntruly with their goddes which yet are no goddes in dede But my people hath geuen ouer their hie honoure for a thinge that maye not helpe them Be astonished o ye heauens be afrayde abashed at soch a thinge saieth the LORDE For my people hath done two euels They haue forsakeÌ„ me the well of the water of life and digged them pittes yee vile and broken pittes that holde no water Is Israel a bonde seruaunt or one of the housholde Why is he then so spoyled Why do they roare and crie then vpon him as a lyon They haue made his londe wayst his cities are so brent vp that there is no man dwellinge in them Yee the children of Noph and Taphanes haue defyled thy necke CoÌ„meth not this vnto the because thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God euer sence he led the by the waye And what hast thou now to do in y e strete of Egipte to drinke foule water Ether what makest thou in the waye to Assiria To drinke water of the floude Thine owne wickednesse shal reproue the and thy turnynge awaye shal condemne the that thou mayest knowe and vnderstonde how euel and hurtful a thinge it is y t thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God and not feared him saieth the LORDE God of hoostes I haue euer broken thy yock of olde bursten thy bondes yet saiest thou I wil nomore serue but like an harlot thou runnest aboute vpon all hie hilles amonge all grene trees where as I planted the out of noble grapes and good rotes How art thou turned then into a bytter vnfrutefull and straunge grape Yee and that so sore that though thou wasshest the with Nitrus makest thiself to sauoure with that swete smellinge herbe of Borith yet
their offences are many and their departinge awaye is greate Shulde I then for all this haue mercy vpon the Thy children haue forsaken me and sworne by them that are no goddes And albeit they were bounde to me in mariage yet they fell to aduoutrie and haunted harlottes houses In the desyre of vnclenly lust they are become like the stoned horse euery man neyeth at his neghbours wife Shulde I not correcke this saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of euery people that is like vnto this Clymme vp vpon their walles beate them downe but destroye them not vtterly cut of their braunches because they are not the LORDES For vnfaithfully hath the house of Israel and Iuda forsaken me saieth the LORDE They haue denied the LORDE and sayde it is not he Tush there shall no miszfortune come vpon vs we shall se nether swearde ner honger As for the warnynge of the prophetes they take it but for wynde yee there is none of these which will tell them that soch thinges shal happen vnto them Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes because ye speake soch wordes beholde The wordes that are in thy mouth will I turne to fyre and make the people to be wod that it maye consume them Lo I will bringe a people vpoÌ„ you from farre o house of Israel saieth the LORDE a mightie people an olde people a people whose speach thou knowest not nether vnderstoÌ„dest what they saye Their arowes are sodane death yee they them selues be very giauntes This people shal eate vp thy frute thy meate yee they shal deuoure thy sonnes and thy doughters thy shepe and thy bullockes They shall eate vp thy grapes fyges As for thy stronge and well fensed cities wherin thou didest trust they shal destroye them with the swearde Neuertheles I will not then haue done with you saieth the LORDE But yf they saye wherfore doth the LORDE oure God all this vnto vs Then answere them because that like as ye haue forsakeÌ„ me and serued straunge goddes in youre owne londe euen so shall ye serue other goddes also in a straunge londe Preach this vnto the house of Iacob crie it out in Iuda and saye thus Heare this thou folish and vndiscrete people Ye haue eyes but ye se not eares haue ye but ye heare not Feare ye not me saieth the LORDE Are ye not ashamed to loke me in the face which bynde the see with the sonde so that it can not passe his boundes For though it rage yet can it do nothinge and though the wawes therof do swell yet maye they not go ouer But this people hath a false and an obstinate herte they are departed and gone awaye fro me They thinke not in their hartes O let vs feare the LORDE oure God that geueth vs rayne early and late when nede is which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly Neuertheles youre miszdedes haue turned these from you youre synnes haue robbed you herof For amonge my people are founde wicked personnes that priuely laye snares and waite for men to take them and destroye them And like as a net is full of byrdes so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falsede and disceate Herof coÌ„meth their greate substaunce and riches her of are they fat and welthy and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies They ministre not the lawe they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite Shulde I not punysh these thinges saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of all soch people as these be Horrible and greuous thinges are done in the londe The prophetes teach falsely and the prestes folowe them and my people hath pleasure therin What will come therof at the last The VI. Chapter COme out of Ierusalem ye stronge childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin blowe vp the trompettes ye Tecuites set vp a token vnto Bethacarem for a plage and a greate misery pepeth out from the North. I will licken the doughter Sion to a fayre and tendre woman and to her shall come the shepherdes with their flockes Their tentes shal they pitch rounde aboute her and euery one shal fede with his honde Make batell agaynst her shal they saye Arise let vs go vp while it is yet daye Alas the daye goeth awaye the night shadowes fall downe Arise let vs go vp by night and destroye hir stronge holdes for thus hath the LORDE of hoostes commaunded Hew downe hir trees and set vp bulworkes agaynst IerusaleÌ„ This is the cite that must be punished for in her is all maliciousnes Like as a coÌ„dyte aboundeth in water eueÌ„ so this citie abouÌ„deth in wickednes Robbery and vnrightuousnesse is herde in her sorow woundes are euer there in my sight AmeÌ„de the o Ierusalem lest I with drawe my herte from the and make the desolate thy londe also y t no man dwel in it For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The residue of Israel shal be gathered as the remnaunt of grapes And therfore turne thine honde agayne in to the baszket like the grape gatherer But vnto whom shal I speake whom shal I warne that he maye take hede Their eares are so vncircumcised that they maye not heare Beholde they take the worde of God but for a scorne and haue no lust therto And therfore I am so full of thy indignacion o LORDE that I maye suffre no longer Shed out thy wrath vpon the children that are without and vpon all yonge men Yee the man must be taken presoner with the wife and the aged with the crepel Then â—â—uses with their londes and wiues shal be turned vnto straungers wheÌ„ I stretchout myne hoÌ„de vpon the inhabitours of this londe saieth the LORDE For from the leest vnto the most they hange all vpon covetousnes and from the prophet vnto the prest they go all aboute with falsede and lyes And besyde that they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge peace peace when there is no peace at all Therfore they must be ashamed for they haue coÌ„mitted abhominacion But how shulde they be ashamed when they knowe nothinge nether of shame ner good nurture And therfore they shal fall amonge the slayne and in the houre when I shall viset them they shal be brought downe saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE go in to the stretes considre and make inquisicion for the olde waye and yf it be the good and right waye then go therin that ye maye fynde rest for youre soules But they saye we will not walke therin and I will set watchmen ouer you and therfore take hede vnto the voyce of the trompet But they saye we will not take hede Heare therfore ye Gentiles and thou congregacion shalt knowe what I haue deuysed for them Heare thou earth also beholde I will cause a plage come vpon this
the LORDE Wherfore their waye shall be slippery in the darcknesse where in they maye stacker and fall For I will bringe a plage vpon them euen the yeare of their visitacion saieth the LORDE I haue sene foly amonge the prophetes of Samaria y t they preched for Baal ād disceaued my people off Israel I haue sene also amonge the Prophetes off Ierusalem foule aduoutery and presumptuous lies They take the most shamefull men by the hōde flatringe them so that they cā not returne from their wickednes All these with their citesyns are vnto me as Sodom and as the inhabitours off Gomorre Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes concernynge the prophetes Beholde I wil fede them with worm wod make them dryncke the water of gall For frō the prophetes of Ierusalem is the sicknes of Ypocrisie come in to all the londe And therfore the LORDE of hoostes geueth you this warnynge Heare not the wordes of the prophetes that preach vnto you and disceaue you for they speake the meanynge of their owne herte and not out of the mouth of the LORDE They saye vnto them that despyse me The LORDE hath spoken it Tush ye shal prospere right well And vnto all them that walke after the lust of their owne herte they saye Tush there shall no myszfortune happen you For who hath sytten in the councell of the LORDE that he hath herde and vnderstonde what he is aboute to do Who hath marcked his deuyce and herde it Beholde the stormy wether of the LORDE that is his indignacion shal go forth and shal fall downe vpon the heade of the vngodly And the wrath of the LORDE shal not turne agayne vntill he perfourme and fulfull the thoughte of his herte And in the latter dayes ye shall knowe his meanynge I haue not sent these prophetes saieth the LORDE and yet they ranne I haue not spoken to them and yet they preached But yf they had continued in my councell and herde my wordes they had turned my people from their euell wayes and wicked ymaginacions Am I thē God that seeth but the thinge which is nye at honde and not that is farre of saieth the LORDE Maye eny man hyde him self so that I shal not se him saieth the LORDE Do not I fulfill heauen and earth saieth the LORDE I haue herde well ynough what the prophetes saye that preach lyes in my name sayēge I haue dreamed I haue dreamed How longe wil this cōtynue in the prophetes hertes to tel lyes and to preach the craftie sotylte of their owne herte Whose purpose is with the dreames that euery one tell to make my people forget my name as their fore fathers dyd whē Baal came vp The prophet that hath a dreame let him tell it and he that vnderstondeth my worde let him shewe it faithfully For what hath chaffe and wheat to do together saieth the LORDE Is not my worde like a fyre saieth the LORDE and like an hammer that breaketh the harde stone Therfore thus saieth the LORDE beholde I wil vpō the prophetes that steale my worde priuely from euery man Beholde here am I saieth the LORDE agaynst the prophetes that take vpon their tunges to speake The LORDE hath sayde it Beholde here am I saieth y e LORDE agaynst those prophetes that darre prophecy lies and disceaue my people with their vanities and miracles whom I neuer sent ner commaunded them They shal do this people greate harme saieth the LORDE Yf this people ether eny prophete or prest axe the and saye what is the burthen of the LORDE Thou shalt saye vnto them What burthen Therfore will I cast you fro me saieth the LORDE because ye youre selues are a burthen And the prophet prest or people that vseth this terme the burthen of the LORDE him will I viset and his house also But thus shall ye saye euery one to another What answere hath the LORDE geuen or what is the LORDES commaundement And as for the burthen of the LORDE ye shal speake nomore of it for euery mans owne worde is his burthen because ye haue altered the wordes of the lyuynge God the LORDE of hoostes oure God Thus shall euery man saye to the prophetes what answere hath the LORDE geuen the Or what saieth the LORDE And not once to name the burthen of the LORDE Therfore thus saieth the LORDE For so moch as ye haue vsed this terme the burthen of the LORDE where as I notwithstondinge sent vnto you and forbade you to speake of the LORDES burthen Beholde therfore I will repute you as a burthen and will cast you out of my presence yee and the cite also that I gaue you and youre fathers and will bringe you to an euerlastinge confucion and in to soch a shame as shal neuer be forgotten The XXIIII Chapter THe LORDE shewed me a visiō Beholde there stode two maundes of figes before y e Tēple of the LORDE after y t Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilō had led awaye captyue Iechonias the sonne of Ioachim kinge of Iuda the mightie men also of Iuda with the workemasters and cōnynge men of Ierusalem vnto Babilon In the one maunde were very good fyges euen like as those that be first ripe In the other maunde were very naughtie figes which might not be eaten they were so euell Then sayde the LORDE vnto me what seist thou Ieremy I sayde fyges where of some be very good and some so euel that no man maye eate them Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me after this maner Thus saieth y e LORDE the God of Israel like as thou knowest the good fyges so shal I knowe the men led awaye whom I haue sent out of this place in to the londe of the Caldees for their profite and I will set myne eyes vpon them for the best for I will bringe them agayne in to this londe I will buylde them vp and not breake them downe I will plante them and not rote them out And I will geue them an herte to knowe how that I am the LORDE They shal be my people and I wil be their God for they shal returne vnto me with their whole herte And like as thou knowest the naughtie fyges which maye not be eatē they are so euel Euen so wil I saieth the LORDE let Sedechias the kinge of Iuda ye and all his prynces the residue of Ierusalem that remayne ouer in this londe them also that dwell in Egipte to be vexed plaged in all kingdomes londes And will make them to be a reprofe a comon byworde a laughinge stocke shame in all the places where I shal scatre them I will sende the swearde honger pestilence amonge them vntill I haue clene consumed them out of the londe that I gaue vnto them their fathers The XXV Chapter A Sermone that was geuen vnto Ieremy vpon all the people of Iuda In the fourth yeare of Ioachim the sonne of
off water It is Egipte that ryseth vp like the floude and casteth out the waters with so greate noyse For they saye We will go vp and will couer the earth we wil destroye y e cities with them that dwell therin Get you to horse backe roll forth y e Charettes come forth ye worthies ye Morians ye Libeans with youre buclers ye Lideans with youre bowes So shall this daye be vnto the LORDE God of hoostes a daye of veÌ„geaunce that he maye aveÌ„ge him of his enemies The swearde shal deuoure it shal be satisfied and bated in their bloude For the LORDE God off hoostes shall haue a slayne offringe towarde the North by the water of Euphrates Go vp o Galaad bringe triacle vnto the doughter off Egipte But in vayne shalt thou go to surgery for thy wounde shall not be stopped The Heithen shall heare off thy shame and the londe shal be full of thy confucion for one stronge man shall stomble vpon another how then shulde they not fall both together These are the wordes that the LORDE spake to the prophet Ieremy concernyge y e hoost of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon which was to destroye the londe off Egipte Preach out thorow the londe of Egipte and cause it be proclamed at Migdal Memphis and Taphnis and saye Stonde still make the redie for the swearde shal consume the rounde aboute How happeneth it that thy mightie worthies are fallen why stode they not fast Euen because the LORDE thrust them downe The slaughter was greate for one fell euer still vpon another One cried vpon another Vp let vs go agayne to oure owne people and to oure owne naturall countre from the swearde of oure enemie Crie euen there O Pharao kynge of Egipte the tyme will bringe sedicion As truly as I lyue saieth the kynge whose name is the LORDE of hoostes it shall come as y e mount of Thabor and as Libanus yf it stode in the see O thou doughter of Egipte make redy thy geer to flyt For Memphis shal be voyde and desolate so that no maÌ„ shal dwell therin The londe of Egipte is like a goodly fayre calfe but one shall come out of the north to dryue her forwarde Hir wagied souldyers that be with her are like fat calues They also shall fle awaye together and not abyde for the daye off their slaughter and the tyme of their visitacion shall come vpon them The crie off their enemies shall make a noyse as the blast of a trompet For they shall entre in with their hooste and come w t axes as it were hewers downe of wod And they shall cut downe hir wod saieth the LORDE with out eny discrecion For they shal be mo in noÌ„bre then the greshoppers so that no man shal be able to tell theÌ„ The doughter of Egipte shal be confouÌ„ded wheÌ„ she shal be delyuered in to the hondes off the people off the north Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will vyset that restlesse people off Alexandria Pharao and Egipte yee both their goddes and their kynges euen Pharao and all them y t litten vnto him Yee I will delyuer them in to the hondes off those that seke after their lyues Namely in to the power off Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon and in to the power off his seruauÌ„tes And after all these thinges it shal be inhabited as afore tyme saieth the LORDE But be not thou afrayed o my seruaunt Iacob feare not thou o Israel For lo I wil helpe the from farre and thy sede from the londe of thy captiuyte Iacob also shall come agayne and be in rest he shall be rich and no man shall do him harme Feare thou not o Iacob my seruaunt saieth the LORDE for I am with the and will destroye all nacions amonge whom I haue scatred the. Neuertheles I will not consume the but chasten the and correcke the yee and that with discrecion nether wil I spare the as one that were fautlesse The XLVII Chapter THese are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet agaynst the Phylistines before that Pharao smote the cite off Gaza Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde there shall waters arise out off the north and shall growe to a greate floude runnynge ouer and couerynge the londe the cities and them that dwell therin And the men shall crie and all they that dwell in the londe shall mourne at the noyse and stampynge off their stronge barded horses at the shakynge off their charettes and at the remblinge off the wheles The fathers shall not loke to their children so feable and weery shall their hondes be at the same tyme when he shal be there to destroye the whole londe off the Phylistynes He shall make waist both Tirus Sidon aÌ„d all other that are sworne vnto them For the LORDE will destroye all Palestina and the other Iles that be deuyded froÌ„ the countre Baldnesse is come vpon Gaza Ascalon with hir other valleys shall kepe hir peace How longe wilt thou slaye O thou swearde off the LORDE Turne agayne in to y e sheeth reste and leaue off But how can it ceasse when the LORDE himselff hath geuen it a charge agaynst Ascalon and raysed it vp agaynst the cities off the see coast The XLVIII Chapter THus saieth y e LORDE off hoostes y e God of Israel against Moab Wo be to y e cite of Nebo for it shal be layed waist brought to confucion and taken Yee y e stroÌ„ge cite of Cariatharim shal be brought to shame and afrayed Moab shall nomore â—e had in honoure Wicked councell shal be taken vpon Hesebon Come shall they saye let vs rote them out that they maye be nomore amonge the nombre of the Gentiles yee that they maye nomore be thought vpon Thus the swearde shall persecute ye. A voyce shall crie from Horonaim With greate waistinge and destruction is Moab made desolate And this crie shal be herde in all hir cities At the goinge vp vnto Luhtih there shall arise a lameÌ„tacion and downe towarde Horonaim there shall be herde a cruell and a deedly crie Get you awaye saue youre lyues be like vnto the heeth in y e wildernes For because thou hast trusted in thy stronge holdes and treasure thou shalt be taken Chamos with his prestes and prynces shall go awaye in to captiuyte The destroyer shal come vpon all cities none shall escape The valleys shal be destroyed and the feldes shall be layed waist like as the LORDE hath determed Make a token vnto Moab that she get hir awaye spedely for hir cities shal be made so desolate that no man shall dwell therin Cursed be he that doth the worke of the LORDE necligently and cursed be he that kepeth backe his swearde from sheddynge off bloude Moab hath euer bene rich and carlesse from hir youth vp she hath sytten and takeÌ„ hir ease with hir treasure She was
departe out of y e londe of the Caldees and ye shall be as the rammes that go before the flocke For lo I will wake vp an hoost of people from y e northren londe bringe them vpon Babilon these shal laye sege to it wynne it Their arowes shal not mysse like as a connynge archer shuteth not wronge And the Caldees shal be spoyled all they that spoyle them shal be satisfied saieth the LORDE because ye were so chearfull glad to treade downe myne heretage fulfilled youre pleasures as the calues in the grasse and triumphed ouer them like the bulles when ye had gotten the victory Youre mothers shal be sore confounded and they that bare you shal come to shame She shall be the leest set by amonge the nacions vyode waist dried vp No man shal be able to dwell there for the feare of y e LORDE but she shal be whole desolate All they that go by Babilon shall stonde still be abashed shal wondre at all hir plages Go forth in yo r araye agaynst Babilon rounde aboute all ye that can hādle bowes shute as her spare no arowes for she hath synned agaynst the LORDE Crie out vpon her vpon her agaynst her roūde aboute she shal yelde herselfe her foundaciōs shal fall hir walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDE Yee vēgeaunce shal be taken of her as she hath done so shal she be dealt withall They shal rote out the sower from Babilon him y t handleth the sickle in haruest For feare of the swearde of the enemie euery man shall get him to his owne people euery man shal fle to his owne londe Israel is a scatred flocke the Lyons haue dispersed them First the kinge of the Assirians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon hath brussed all their bones Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will viset the kinge of Babilon his kingdome as I haue visited the kinge of the Assirians and will bringe Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he maye fede vpon Charmel Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim Galaad In those dayes and at the same tyme saieth the LORDE yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda there shal be none for I wil be mercifull vnto them whom I suffre to remayne ouer Go downe o thou avenger in to the enemies londe viset them that dwell therin downe with them and smyte them vpon the backes saieth the LORDE do acordinge to all that I haue commaunded the. There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter greate murthur namely on this maner How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken brussed in sonder How chaunceth it that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner I my self haue layed wayte for the thou art taken vnawarres art thou trapped snared for why thou hast prouoked y e LORDE vnto anger The LORDE hath opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For the thinge that is done in the londe of the Caldees it is the LORDE of hoostes worke These thinges shal come vpon her at the last they shal breake in to hir preuy chābres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shall so destroye her y t nothinge shal be left They shal slaye all hir mightie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto thē for the daye tyme of their visitacion is at honde Me thinke I heare already a crie of them that be fled escaped out of the londe of Babilon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the LORDE oure God the vengeaunce of his temple Yee a voyce of them that crie agaynst Babilon Call vp all the archers agaynst Babilon pytch youre tentes rounde aboute her that none escape Recompence her as she hath deserued and acordinge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her self agaynst the LORDE agaynst y e holy one of Israel Therfore shal hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes all hir men of warre shal be roted out in y t daye saieth the LORDE Beholde I speake vnto the o thou proude saieth the LORDE God of hoostes for thy daye shal come euē the tyme of y e visitaciō And the proude shal stomble fall no man shal helpe him vp I wil burne vp his cities with fyre it shal consume all that is rounde aboute him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The children of Israel Iuda suffre violence together All they that haue them in captiuyte kepe them fast wil not let them go but their avēger redemer is mightie whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he shal manteyne their cause he shal make the londe shake iudge them that dwell therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees saieth the LORDE vpon them that dwell in Babilon vpon their prynces vpō their wyse mē The swearde vpon their soythsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpō their worthies so that they shal stonde in feare The swearde vpon their horsmen and charettes vpon all the comon people that dwell vnder thē so that they all shal become like women The swearde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen awaye The swearde vpon their waters so that they shal be dried vp For the londe worshippeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thinges Therfore shal wilde beestes Apes Estriches dwell therin for there shal neuer man dwell there nether shal eny man haue his habitacion there for euermore Like as God destroyed Sodom Gomorre with the cities that laye there aboute saieth the LORDE So shal noman dwell there also nether shal eny mā haue there his habitacion Beholde there shal come a people from the north with a greate bonde of men many kinges shal stonde vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes buclers cruell are they vnmercifull Their voyce roareth like the raginge see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fight agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kinge of Babilon heareth tell of them his hondes shal waxe feable Sorowe and heuynes shall come vpon him as a woman trauelinge with childe Beholde like as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wil I dryue thē forth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordene to soch thinge For who is like me or who wil stryue with me or what shepherde maye stonde agaynst me Therfore heare the councel that the LORDE hath geuen vpon Babilon and the deuyce that he hath taken vpon
amonge you shall lade his shulders in the darcke and get him awaye He shal breake downe the wall to carie stuff there thorow He shal couer his face that he se not the grounde with his eyes My lyne will I sprede out vpon him and catch him in my net and carie him to Babilon in the loÌ„de of the Caldees which he shal not se yet shal he dye there As for all his helpers and all his hoostes that be aboute him I will scatre them towarde all the wyndes and drawe out a swearde after them So when I haue scatred them amonge the Heithen and strowed them in the londes they shal knowe that I am y e LORDE But I will leaue a litle nombre of them from the swearde hunger pestilence to tell all their abhominacions amonge the Heithen where they come that they maye knowe how that I am the LORDE Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man with a fearfull treÌ„blinge shalt thou eate thy bred with carefulnesse sorowe shalt thou drynke thy water And vnto the people of the londe speake thou on this maner Thus saieth the LORDE God to them that dwell in Ierusalem and to the londe of Israel Ye shall eate youre bred with sorowe and drynke youre water with heuynesse Yee the londe with the fulnesse therof shal be layde waist for y e wickednesse of them that dwell therin And the cities that now be well occupied shal be voyde and the londe desolate that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE Yet came the worde of the LORDE vnto me agayne sayenge Thou sonne of man what maner of byworde is that which ye vse in the londe of Israel sayenge Tush seynge that the daies are so slacke in commynge all the visioÌ„s are of none effecte Tell them therfore thus saieth the LORDE God I wil make that byworde to ceasse so that it shall nomore be comonly vsed in Israel But saye this vnto them The daies are at honde that euery thinge which hath bene prophecied shal be fulfilled There shall no vision be in vayne nether eny prophecie fayle amonge the children of Israel For it is I the LORDE that speake it and what so euer I y e LORDE speake it shal be perfourmed and not be slacke in commynge Yee euen in youre dayes O ye frauwarde housholde will I deuyse some thinge bringe it to passe saieth the LORDE God And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Beholde thou sonne of man The house of Israel saye in this maner Tush as for the vision that he hath sene it will be many a daye or it come to passe Is it farre of yet the thinge that he prophecieth Therfore saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God All my wordes shal nomore be slacke Loke what I speake that same shal come to passe saieth the LORDE The XIII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayeÌ„ge Thou sonne of man Speake prophecie agaynst those prophetes that preach in Israel sayeth thou vnto them that prophecie out of their owne herâ—es Heare the worde of the LORDE thus saieth the LORDE God Wo be vnto those folish prophetes that folowe their owne sprete and speake where they se nothinge O Israel thy prophetes are like the foxes vpon the drie felde For they stonde not in the gappes nether make they an hedge for the house of Israel that meÌ„ might abyde the parell in the daye of the LORDE Vayne thinges they se tell lies to mayntene their preachinges withall The LORDE saye they hath spokeÌ„ it when in very dede the LORDE hath not sent them Vayne visioÌ„s haue ye sene spokeÌ„ false prophecies when ye saye the LORDE hath spoken it where as I neuer sayde it Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Because youre wordes be vayne ye seke out lies Beholde I wil vpon you saieth y e LORDE Myne hondes shal come vpon the prophetes that loke out vayne thinges and preach lies they shal not be in the councell of my people ner written in the boke of the house of Israel nether shal they come in the londe of Israel that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE God And that for this cause they haue disceaued my people tolde them of peace where no peace was One setteth vp a wall they dawbe it with lowse claye Therfore tell them which dawbe it with vntempered morter that it shall fall For there shal come a greate shuwer of rayne greate stones shall fall vpon it a fore storme of wynde shal breake it so shal y e wall come downe Shal it not then be sayde vnto you where is now the morter that ye dawbed it withall Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God I will breake out in my wrothfull displeasure with a stormy wynde so that in myne anger there shal come a mightie shuwer of rayne hale stones in my wrath to destroye withall As for y e wall that ye haue dawbed with vntempered morter I wil breake it downe make it eauen with the grounde so that the foundacion therof shal remoue it shal fall yee ye youre selues shall perish in the myddest therof to lerne you for to knowe that I am the LORDE Thus wil I perfourme my wrath vpon this wall vpon them that haue dawbed it with vntempered morter and then will I saye vnto you The wall is gone the dawbers are awaye These are the prophetes of Israel which prophecie vnto the cite of Ierusalem loke out visions of peace for them where as no peace is saieth the LORDE God Wherfore o thou sonne of meÌ„ set thy face agaynst the doughters of y e people which prophecie out of their owne hertes speake thou prophecie agaynst them saye Thus saieth the LORDE God Wo be vnto you that sowe pilowes vnder all arme holes and bolsters vnder the heades both of yonge and olde to catch soules withall For when ye haue gotten the soules of my people in youre captiuyte ye promyse them life and dishonoure me to my people for an handfull of barly for a pece of bred when ye kyll the soules of them that dye not promyse life to them that lyue not Thus ye dyssemble with my people y t beleueth yo r lies Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil also vpoÌ„ the pillowes wherwith ye catch the soules in flyenge theÌ„ will I take from youre armes let the soules go that ye catch in flyenge You re bolsters also wil I teare in peces delyuer my people out of youre honde so that they shal come nomore in youre hoÌ„des to be spoyled ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE Seinge y t with youre lyes ye discomforte the herte of the rightuous whom I haue not discomforted Agayne For so moch as ye corage the honde of the wicked so that he maye not turne from his wicked waye
dryenge place for nettes and shalt neuer be buylded agayne For eueÌ„ I y e LORDE haue spoken it sayeth the LORDE God thus hath the LORDE God spoken concernynge Tyre The Iles shall be moued at the noyse off thy fall at the crie of the slayne y t shal be murthured in the. All kynges off the see shall come downe from their seates regall they shal laye awaye their roabes and put off their costly clothinge Yee with tremblinge shal they be clothed they shall syt vpoÌ„ the grounde they shal be afrayed at thy sodane fall and be abasshed at the. They shal mourne for the and saye vnto the O thou noble cite y t hast bene so greatly occupyed off olde thou that hast bene the strongest vpon the see w t thine inhabitours off whom all men stode in feare How art thou now so vtterly destroyed Now at the tyme off thy fall the inhabitours off the Iles yee and the Iles them selues shall stonde in feare at thine ende For thus sayeth the LORDE God when I make the a desolate cite as other cities be that no man dwell in and when I brynge the depe vpon the y t greate waters maye couer the Then will I cast the downe vnto them that descende in to y e pytte vnto a people that hath bene loÌ„ge deed and set the in a londe y t is beneth like the olde wyldernes with them which go downe to their graues so y t no maÌ„ shal dwell more in the. And I wil make the to be no more in hono r in the loÌ„de of the lyuynge I wil make an ende off the aÌ„d thou shalt be gone Though thou be sought for yet shalt thou not be founde for euermore saieth y e LORDE God The XXVII Chapter THe worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge O thou soâ—ane off maÌ„ make a lamentable coÌ„playnte vpon Tyre saye vnto Tyre which is a porte off the see y t occupieth with moch people and many Iles thus speaketh y e LORDE God O Tyre thou hast sayde what I am a noble cite thy borders are in the myddest of the see and thy buylders haue made the maruelous goodly All y i tables haue they made of Cipâ—e trees of the mount Senir FroÌ„ Libanus haue they takeÌ„ Cedre trees to make the mastes the Okes of Basan to make the rowers Thy boordes haue they made of yuery of costly wod out of the I le of Cethim Thy sale was of whyte small nedle worke out off the londe of Egipte to haÌ„ge vpoÌ„ thy mast thy hanginges of yalow sylcke purple out of y e Iles of Elisa They of SidoÌ„ Arnad were thy maryners the wysest in Tyre were thy shypmasters The eldest and wysest at Gebal were they that mended stopped thy shippes All shippes off the see with their shipmeÌ„ occupied their marchaundies in the. The Perses Lydians and Lybians were in thyne hoost and helped the to fight these hanged vp their shildes helmettes with the â–ª these set forth thy beuty They off Arnad were with thine hoost rouÌ„de aboute thy walles were thy watchmen vpon thy towres these hanged vp their shildes rouÌ„de aboute thy walles and made the maruelous goodly Tharsis occupide with the in all maner of wares in syluer yron tynne and lead and made thy market greate Iauan Tubal and Mesech were thy marchauntes which brought the men ornamentes off metall for thy occupyenge They off the house of Thogarma brought vnto the at the tyme off thy Marte horse horsmen and mules They off Dedan were thy marchauÌ„tes and many other Iles that occupyed with the brought the wethers elephaÌ„t bones and Paycockes for a present The Sirians occupied with the because of thy dyuerse workes and increased thy marchaundies with Smaragdes with scarlet with nedle worke w t whyte lynninge cloth with sylcke and with Christall Iuda and the londe off Israel occupide with the and brought vnto thy markettes wheate balme hony oyle triacle Damascus also vsed marchauÌ„dies with the in the best wyne and whyte woll because thy occupienge was so greate and thy wares so many Dan Iauan and Meusal haue brought vnto thy markettes yron redy made with Casia and Calamus acordinge to thyne-occupienge Dedan occupied with the infayre tapestry worke and quyszhyns Arabia all the princes off Cedar haue occupied w t the in shepe wethers and goates The marchauntes off Seba and Rema haue occupied also with the in all costly spices in all precious stones and golde which they brought vnto thy marckettes Haran Chene and Eden the marchauntes off Saba Assiria and Chelmad were all doers with y e and occupied with the In costly rayment off yalow sylke and nedle worke very precious therfore packte bouÌ„de together w t roapes Yee and in Cedâ—e wodde at the tyme off y e marckettes The shippes of Tharsis were the chefe off thy occupienge Thus thou art full and in greate worshipe euen in the myddest off the see Thy maryners were euer brynginge vnto the out of many waters But y e easte wynde shal ouerbeare the in to the myddest off the see so y t thy wares thy marchauÌ„dies thy ryches thy maryners thy shipmasters thy helpers thy occupiers that brought the thinges necessary the men off warre that are in the yee and all thy comons shall perish in the myddest off the see in the daye off thy fall The suburbes shall shake at the loude crie-off thy shippmen All whirry men and all maryners vpoÌ„ the see shall leape out of their bootes and set them selues vpon the loÌ„de They shal lift vp their voyce because off the and make a lamentable crye They shall cast dust vpon their heades aÌ„d lye downe in the asshes They shal shaue them selues put sacke cloth vpon them for thy sake They shall mourne for the with hertfull sorow and heuy lamentacion yee their children also shall wepe forthe Alas what cite hath so bene destroyed in the see as Tyre is When thy wares marchaundies came froÌ„ the sees thou gauest all people ynough The kynges off the earth hast thou made rich thorow the multitude off thy wares and occupienge But now art thou cast downe is to the depe of the see all thy resorte of people is perished with the. All they that dwell in the Iles are abasshed at the and all their kynges are afrayed yee their faces haue chaunged coloure The marchauntes of the nacions wondre at the In that thou art so clene brought to naught coÌ„mest nomore vp The XXVIII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man tell the prynce of Tyre Thus saieth the LORDE God because thou hast a proude hert and hast sayde I am a God I haue my seate in the myddest off the see like a god where as thou art but a man not God yet stondest in thine owne coÌ„ceate that thou art God Beholde thou thynkest thy selfe wyser then Daniel that
there is no secretes hyd from ye. With thy wiszdome thy vnderstōdinge thou hast gottē the greate welthynesse and gathered treasure of syluer golde With thy greate wiszdome and occupienge hast thou increased thy power and because of thy greate riches thy hert is proude Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God For so moch as thou hast lift vp thine herte as though thou werst God beholde I will bringe enemies vpon the euen the tyrauntes of the Heithē these shal drawe out their sweardes vpon thy beuty and wiszdome and shall defyle thy glory They shal cast the downe to the pytte so that thou shalt dye in the middest of the see as they that be slayne Let se yff thou wilt saye then before thē that slaye y e I am God where as thou art but a man and not God in the hondes of them that slaye the. Dye shalt thou euen as the vncircumcised in the hōdes of y e enemies for I myself haue spoken it saieth the LORDE God Morouer the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off man make a lamentable complaynte ouer the kynge of Tyre tell him Thus saieth the LORDE God Thou art a seale of a licknesse full off wyszdome excellent beuty Thou hast bene in y e pleasaūt gardē off God thou art decte with all maner of precious stones with Ruby Topas Christall Iacyncte Onyx Iaspis Saphir Smaragde Carbūcle golde Thy beuty y e holes y t be in y e were set forth in the daye of y e creacion Thou art a fayre Cherub stretched wyde out for to couer I haue set the vpon the holy mount off God there hast thou bene and walked amōge the fayre glisteringe stones From the tyme of thy creacion thou hast bene right excellent tyll wickednesse was founde in the. Because off thy greate marchaundise thy hert is full of wickednesse thou hast offended Therfore wil I cast the from the mount of God O thou coueringe Cherub and destroye the amōge the glisteringe stones Thy hert was proude in y e fayre beuty thorow thy beuty thou hast destroyed thy wiszdome I will cast y e downe to the grounde y t in y e sight of kynges Thou hast defyled thy Sāctuary w t the greate wickednesse off thy onrightuous occupyenge I wil bringe a fyre from the myddest of the to consume the ād wil make the to asshes in the sight of all thē y t loke vpon the. All they that haue bene acquaunted with the amonge the Heithē shal be abasshed at the seinge thou art so clene brought to naugth and cōmest no more vp And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man set thy face agaynst Sidō Prophecie vpō it and speake Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde o Sidon I wil vpō the get me honoure in the that it maye be knowne how that I am y e LORDE when I punysh her get me honoure in her For I will sende pestilence bloud sheddinge in to hir stretes so y t those which be slayne with the swerde shal lye rounde aboute in the myddest of her they shal knowe that I am the LORDE She shal no more be a prickinge thorne an hurtinge brere vnto the house of Israel ner vnto thē that lye rounde aboute her and hate her and they shal knowe that I am the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE God when I gather the housholde of Israel together agayne from the nacions amonge whom they be scatred then shal I be sanctified in thē in y e sight of the Gētiles they shal dwell in the lōde y t I gaue to my seruaunt Iacob They shal dwell safely therin buylde houses and plante vynyardes Yee safely shal they dwell therin when I haue punyshed all those that despyse them rounde aboute and then shall they knowe y t I am the LORDE their God The XXIX Chapter IN the x. yeare vpon the xij daye off the x. Moneth the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayēge O thou sonne off mā set now thy face agaynst Pharao the kynge off Egipte Prophecye agaynst him and agaynst the whole lōde of Egipte Speake and tell him thus saieth the LORDE God beholde o Pharao thou kinge of Egipte I wil vpō the thou greate whall fysh y t lyest in y i waters Thou y t sayest the water is myne I haue made it myself I wil put an hoke in thy chawes hāge all the fish in thy waters vpō thy skales after y t I wil drawe the out of thy waters yee all the fish of y e waters that hange vpon thy skales I wil cast the out vpon the dry lōde with the fish of thy waters so that thou shalt lye vpon the felde Thou shalt not be gathered ner taken vp but shalt be meate for the beestes of the felde for the foules off the ayre that all they which dwell in Egipte maye knowe that I am the LORDE because thou hast bene a staff of rede to the house of Israel When they toke holde of y e w t their hōde thou brakest and prycdest them on euery syde and yff they leaned vpō the thou brakest ād hurtdest the reynes of their backes Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE God beholde I will brynge a swearde vpon the and rote out of the both man and beest Yee the londe of Egipte shal be desolate and waist they shal knowe that I am the LORDE Because he sayde the water is mine I my self haue made it Beholde therfore I wil vpon the vpon thy waters I will make the londe off Egipte waist and desolate from the towre of Syenes vnto the borders of the Moriās londe so that in xl yeares there shall no fote off man walke there nether fote of catell go there nether shal it be inhabited I wil make the londe of Egipte to be desolate amonge other waist countrees and her cities to lye voyde xl yeares amonge other voyde cities And I wil scatre the Egipcians amonge the Heithen and nacions Agayne thus sayeth the LORDE God Whē the xl yeares are expyred I wil gather the Egipcians together agayne out off the naciōs amonge whō they were scatred and wil bringe the presoners off Egipte agayne in to the londe off Pathures their owne natyue councre that they maye be there a lowly small kyngdome yee they shal be the smallest amonge other kyngdomes lest they exalte them selues aboue the Heithen for I will so mynish them that they shall nomore rule the Heithen They shall nomore be an hope vnto the house off Israel nether prouoke thē enymore to wickednesse to cause them turne backe and to folowe them ād they shal knowe that I am the LORDE God In the xxvij yeare the first daye of the first Moneth came y e worde off the LORDE vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off man Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon hath made his hoost with greate trauayle
and laboure to come before Tyre that euery heade maye be balde and euery shulder bare Yet hath Tyre geuen nether him ner his hoost eny rewarde for y e greate trauayle y t he hath taken there Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God beholde I wil geue the loÌ„de of Egipte vnto Nabuchodonosor the kynge off BabiloÌ„ y t he maye take awaye all hir substauÌ„ce robbe hir robberies aÌ„d spoyle hir spoyles to paye his hoost their wagies withall I wil geue him the londe of Egipte for his laboure that he toke for me before Tyre At the same tyme wil I cause the horne off the house of Israel to growe forth open thy mouth agayne amonge them that they maye knowe how that I am the LORDE The XXX Chapter MOrouer the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man prophecy speake thus saieth the LORDE God Mourne wo worth this daye for the daye is here the daye of y e LORDE is come the darcke daye of y e HeitheÌ„ the houre is at honde the swearde commeth vpon Egipte When the wounded men fall downe in Egipte when hir people are taken awaye and when hir foundacioÌ„s are destroyed the Morians londe shal be afrayed yee the Morians londe Lybia Lydia all their comon people Chub all y t be confederate vnto theÌ„ shal fall w t theÌ„ thorow y e swearde Thus saieth y e LORDE The maynteyners of the loÌ„de of Egipte shal fall the pryde of hir power shal come downe eueÌ„ vnto the tower off Syenes shall they be slayne downe w t the swearde saieth y e LORDE God amonge other desolate countrees they shal be made desolate amoÌ„ge other waist cities they shal be waisted And they shal knowe y t I am y e LORDE when I kyndle a fyre in Egipte when all hir helpers are destroyed At that tyme shal there messaungers go forth frome in shippes to make y e carelesse Morians afrayed and sorowe shal come vpon them in the daye of Egipte for doutles it shal come Thus saieth the LORDE God I wil make an ende of the people of Egipte thorow the honde of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon He and his people with him yee and the cruell tyrauntes of the Heithen shal be brought to destroye the londe They shal drawe out their sweardes vpon Egipte and fyll the londe full of slayne men I will drye vp their floudes of water aÌ„d sell the loÌ„de in to the hondes of wicked people The loÌ„de and all y t is therin wil I destroye thorow the enemies EueÌ„ I the LORDE haue sayde it And thus saieth the LORDE God I will destroye the Idols and brynge the ymages of Noph to an ende There shal nomore be a prynce of Egypte and a fearfulnesse will I sende in to the Egipcians londe As for Pathures I wil make it desolate aÌ„d kyndle a fyre in Zoan Alexandria will I punysh poure my wroth full indignacioÌ„ vpoÌ„ Sin which is the strength of Egipte All the sustaunce of Alexandria will I destroye and kyndle a fyre in Egipte Sin shal be in greate heuynesse Alexandria shal be roted out and Noph shall haue daylie sorowe The best men off Heliopolis Bubasto shal be slayne with the swearde aÌ„d caried awaye captyue At Taphnis the daye shal be darke when I breake there the scepter of the londe of Egipte and when y e pompe of hir pow r shal haue an ende A clonde shal couer her and hir doughters shal be led a waye in to captyuyte Thus will I punysh Egipte that they maye knowe how that I am the LORDE It happened in the xi yeare vpon the seueÌ„th daye of y e first Moneth y t the LORDES worde came vnto me sayeÌ„ge Beholde thou sonne of maÌ„ I wil breake y e arme of Pharao kynge of Egipte and lo it shal not be bouÌ„de vp to be healed nether shal eny playsâ—re be layed vpon it for to ease it or to make it so stroÌ„ge as to holde a swearde Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God beholde I will vpon Pharao y e kinge of Egipte brusse his stroÌ„ge arme yet is it but a broken one will smyte the swearde out of his honde As for the Egipcians I wil scatre them amonge the Heithen strowe theÌ„ in the londes aboute Agayne I wil strength y e arme of the kinge of BabiloÌ„ geue him my swearde in his hoÌ„de but I wil breake Pharaos arme so y t he shal holde it before him piteously like a wounded man Yee I will stablish the kynge of BabiloÌ„s arme the armes of Pharao shal fall downe that it maye be knowne that I am the LORDE which geue the kynge off Babilon my swearde in his hoÌ„de that he maye drawe it out vpon the londe of Egipte and that when I scatre the Egipcians amonge the Gentiles and strowe them in y e loÌ„des aboute they maye knowe y t I am the LORDE The XXXI Chapter MOrouer it happened in the xi yeare y e first daye of the thirde Moneth that the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man speake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte aÌ„d to all his people Whom art thou like in y t greatnesse Beholde Assur was like a Cedre tre vpoÌ„ the mount of Libanus with fayre brauÌ„ches so thicke that he gaue shadowes and shot out very hye His toppe reached vnto the cloudes The waters made him greate and the depe set him vp an hye RouÌ„de aboute the rotes of him raÌ„ne there floudes of water he sent out his litle ryuers vnto all the trees of the felde Therfore was he hyer thoÌ„ all the trees of the felde and thorow y e multitude of waters that he sent froÌ„ him he optayned many and longe braunches All foules of the ayre made their nestes in his brauÌ„ches vnder his bowes geÌ„dred all the beastes of y e felde vnder his shadow dwelt all people Fayre and beutifull was he in his greatnesse and in the length of his braunches for his rote stode besyde greate waters no Cedretre might hyde him In the pleasauÌ„t garden of God there was no Fyrre tre like his brauÌ„ches the playne trees were not like y e bowes of him All the trees in the garden off God might not be coÌ„pared vnto him in his beuty so fayre and goodly had I made him with the multitude of his braunches In so moch y t all the trees in the pleasauÌ„t gardeÌ„ of God had envye at hiÌ„ Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as he hath lift vp himself so hie stretched his toppe in to the cloudes seinge his hert is proude in his highnesse I wil delyuer him in to y e hondes of y e mightiest amoÌ„ge y e HeitheÌ„ which shall rote him out AcordiÌ„ge to his wickednes will I cast him awaye the enemies shal destroye him the mighty men of the Heithen shall so scatre him that his braunches shal lye vpon all
mountaynes in all valleys his bowes shall be broken downe to the grounde thorow out the londe Then all the people of the londe shal go from his shadowe and forsake him When he is fallē all y e foules of y e ayre shal syt vpon him and all wilde beestes of the felde shal go aboute amonge his braūches so that from hence forth no tre in the water shall attayne to his hyenesse nor reach his toppe vnto the cloudes nether shall eny tre off the water stonde so hye as he hath done For vnto death shall they all be delyuered vnder the earth and go downe to y e graue like other men Morouer thus saieth the LORDE God In the daye when he goeth downe to the graue I wil cause a lamentacion to be made I will couer the depe vpon him I will staunch his floudes and the greate waters shal be restrayned I shall cause Libanus to be soroufull for his sake and all the trees off the felde shall be smyttē I wil make the Heithen shake at the sounde of his fall when I cast him downe to hell with them y t descende in to the pytte All the trees of Eden w t all the chosen and besttrees of Libanus yee and all they that are planted vpon the waters shal mourne with him also in the lower habitaciōs for they shal go downe to hell w t him vnto thē that be slayne with the swearde which dwelt afore vnder the shadow off his arme amōge the Heithē To whom shalt thou be lickened that art so glorious greate amonge the trees off Eden Yet art thou cast downe vnder y e earth amonge the trees off Eden where thou must lye amonge the vncircumcised with them that be slayne w t the swearde Euen thus is it with Pharao all his people saieth the LORDE God The XXXII Chapter IN the xij yeare the first daye of the xij Moneth the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man take vp a lamentacion vpō Pharao the kynge of Egipte saye vnto him Thou art reputed as a Lyon of the Heithen as a whalfish in the see Thou castest y t waters aboute the thou troublest the waters w t thy fete and stampest in their floudes Thus sayeth the LORDE God I wil sprede my net ouer y e namely a greate multitude of people these shal dryue the into my yarne for I will cast the vpō the lōde and let the lye vpō the felde that all the foules of the ayre maye syt vpō the I wil geue all the beastes of the felde ynough off the. Thy flesh will I cast vpō the hilles and fyll the valleys with thy hyenesse I will water the londe with the abundaunce off thy bloude euen to the moūtaynes y e valleys shal be full off the. When thou art put out I will couer the heauen and make his starres dymme I will sprede a cloude ouer the Sonne ād the Moone shall not geue hir light All the lightes off heauen will I put out ouer the and bringe darcknesse vpon thy londe saieth y e LORDE God I wil trouble the hertes off many people when I bringe thy destruccion amōge the Heithen and countrees whom thou knowest not Yee I will make many people with their kynges so afrayed thorow y e that their hayre shal stonde vp whē I shake my swearde at their faces Sodenly shal they be astonnyed euery man in him self at y e daye of thy fall For thus saieth the LORDE God the kynge of Babilons swearde shal come vpon y e with y e sweardes of the worthies will I smyte downe thy people All they that be mightie amonge the Gētiles shal waist the proude pompe of Egipte and brynge downe all hir people All the catell also of Egipte wil I destroye that they shal come nomore vpō the waters so that nether mās fote ner beastes clawe shal stere them eny more Then wil I make their waters cleare and cause their floudes to runne like oyle sayeth the LORDE God when I make the londe of Egipte desolate and when y e countre with all that is therin shal be layde waist and whē I smyte all thē which dwell in it that they maye knowe that I am the LORDE This is the mournynge that the doughters off the Heithen shall make Yee a sorow and lamentaciō shal they take vp vpon Egipte and all hir people saieth the LORDE God In the xij yeare the xv daye of the Moneth came the worde off the LORDE vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man Take vp a lamentacion vpon the people of Egipte and cast them downe yee ād the mightie people of the Heithē also euen with thē that dwell beneth and with them that go downe in to the graue Downe how fayre so euer thou be and laye the with the vncircircumcised Amōge those that be slayne with the swearde shal they lye The swearde is geuen alredy ▪ he shal be drawen forth and all his people The mightie worthies and his helpers y t be gone downe and lye with the vncircumcised and with them that be slayne with y e swearde shal speake to him out of the hell Assur is there also with his company ād their graues rounde aboute which were slayne ād fell all with the swearde whose graues lye besyde him in the lowe pytte His comōs are buried rounde aboute his graue alltogether wounded and slayne with the swearde which men afore tyme brought feare into y e londe off the lyuynge There is Elam also with all his people and their graues rounde aboute which all beynge wounded and slayne with the swearde are gone downe vncircumcised vnder the earth which neuertheles somtyme brought feare in to the londe off the lyuynge for the which they beare their shame with the other that be gone downe to y e graue Their buryall is geuen them and all their people amonge them that be slayne Their graues are rounde aboute all them which be vncircumcised and with them that be slay ▪ thorow the swearde for seynge that in tymes past they made the londe off the lyuynge afrayed they must now beare their owne shame with them that go downe to the pytte and lye amonge them that be slayne There is Mesech also and Tubal and their people and their graues rounde aboute These all are amonge the vncircūcised and them that be slayne with the swearde because afore tyme they made the londe off the lyuynge afrayed Shulde not they then lye also amonge y e worthies and vncircumcised Giauntes which w t their weapens are gone downe to hel whose sweardes are layed vnder their heades whose wickednesse is vpon their bones because that as worthies they haue brought feare in to y e lōde of y e lyuinge Yee amōge the vncircūcised shalt thou be destroyed and slepe with them that perished thorow the swearde There is the lōde off Edom with hir kynges and prynces also which w t
in his honde wente out vnto the east dore he measured a M. cubites thē he brought me thorow y e water euē to the ancles so he measured yet a thousande brought me thorow y e water agayne vnto the knees yet measured he a thousande and brought me thorow the water vnto the loynes After this he measured a thousande agayne then was it soch a ryuer y t I might not wade thorow it The water was so depe that it was nedefull to haue swymmed for it might not be waded ouer And he sayde vnto me hast thou sene this o thou sonne of man and with that he brought me to the ryuer banck agayne Now when I came there there stode many trees vpon ether syde of the ryuer bācke Then sayde he vnto me This water that floweth out towarde the east and runneth downe in to the playne felde commeth into the see and from the see it runneth out maketh the waters whole Yee all that liue and moue where vnto this ryuer commeth shal recouer And where this water cōmeth there shal be many fysh For all that commeth to this water shall be lusty and whole By this riuer shal the fyszshers stonde from Engaddi vnto En Eglaim there sprede out their nettes for there shal be greate heapes of fysh like as in the mayne see As for his claye and pyttes they shal not be whole for why it shal be occupide for salt By this ryuer vpon both the sydes of the shore there shall growe all maner of frutefull trees whose leaues shall not fall of nether shal their frute perish but euer be rype at their monethes for their water runneth out of the Sanctuary His frute is good to eate and his leaf profitable for medycine Thus sayeth the LORDE God Let this be the border wherin ye shall deuyde the londe vnto the xij trybes of Israel with the lyne Parte it indifferently vnto one as vnto another of the which lōde I swore vnto youre fathers that it shulde fall to youre enheritaunce This is the border of the londe vpon the northsyde from the mayne see as men go to Zadada namely Hemath Berotha Sabarim from the borders of Damascus and Hemath vnto Hazar Tichon that lieth vpon the coastes of Hauerā Thus the borders frō the see forth shal be Hazar Euan the border of Damascus the north and the borders of Hemath that is the north parte The east syde shal ye measure from Haueran and Damascus from Galead and the londe of Israel by Iordane and so forth from the see coast that lieth eastwarde and this is the east parte The south syde is from Thamar forth to the waters of strife vnto Cades the ryuer to the mayne see and that is the south parte The west parte namely the greate see from the borders therof till a man come vnto Hemath this is the west parte This londe shal ye parte amonge you acordinge to the trybes of Israel and deuyde it to be an heretage for you and for the straūgers that dwel amōge you and begette children For ye shal take them amonge the childrē of Israell like as though they were of youre owne housholde and countre and they shal haue heretage with you amonge the childrē of Israel Loke in what trybe the straunger dwelleth in the same trybe shal ye geue him his heretage saieth the LORDE God The XLVIII Chapter THese are y e names of the trybes that lye vpon the northsyde by the waye of Hetlon tyll thou commest vnto Hemath and Hazar Enam the borders of Damascus towarde the north besyde Hemath Dan shal haue his porciō from the east quarter vnto the west Vpon the borders of Dan from the east syde vnto the west shal Asser haue his porcion Vpon the borders of Asser frō the east parte vnto the west shal Nephtali haue his porcion Vpon the borders of Nephtali from the east quarter vnto the west shal Manasses haue his porcion Vpon the borders of Manasses from the east syde vnto the west shal Ephraim haue his porcion Vpon the borders of Ephraim from the east parte vnto the west shal Ruben haue his porcion Vpō the borders of Ruben from the east quarter vnto the west shal Iuda haue his porcion Vpon the borders of Iuda from the east parte vnto the west ye shal set a syde one porciō of xxv M. meteroddes longe and brode like as another porcion from the east syde vnto the west wherin the Sanctuary shal stōde As for the porcion that ye shal separate out for the LORDE it shal be xxv M. longe and x. M. brode Which separated holy porcion shal belonge vnto these namely to the prestes towarde the north xxv M. towarde the west x. M. brode towarde the east x. M. brode also towarde the south xxv M. longe wherin the Sanctuary of the LORDE shal stonde Yee this same place shal be the prestes y t are of the childrē of Sadoch haue kepte my holy ordinaunce which wente not astraye in the erroure of the children of Israel like as the Leuites are gone astraye and this separated pece that they haue of the londe shal be the most holy harde vpon the borders of the Leuites And nexte vnto the prestes shal the Leuites haue xxv M. lōge and x. M. brode This shal be on euery syde xxv M. longe and x. M. brode Of this porciō they shal sell nothinge ner make eny permutacion therof lest the chefe of the londe fall vnto other for it is halowed vnto the LORDE The other v. M. after the bredth y t lyeth by the xxv M shal be comon it shal belonge to the cite and to the suburbes for habitacions and y e cite shal stonde in the myddest therof Let this be the measure towarde y e north parte v. C. iiij M towarde the south parte v. C. iiij M towarde the east parte v. C. and iiij M towarde y e west parte v. C. and iiij M. The suburbes harde vpon the cite shall haue towarde the north L. and ij C towarde the south L. and two C towarde the east L. and two C towarde the west also L. and two C. As for the residue of the length that lyeth hard vpon the separated holy grounde namely x. M. towarde the east and x. M. towarde the west next vnto the holy porciō it and the increase therof shal serue for their meate that laboure in the cite They that laboure for the welth of the cite shall manteine this also out of what tribe so euer they be in Israel All that is separated of the xxv M. longe and xxv M. brode on the foure partes y t shall ye put a syde for the separated porcion of the Sanctuary for the possession of y e cite The resydue vpon both the sydes of the Sanctuary and possession of the cite shall belonge to the prynce before the place of y e xxv M. vnto the east
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
might brynge theÌ„ farre froÌ„ y e borders of the â—rowne countrees Beholde therfore I will rayse them out of the place where ye haue solde them will rewarde you euen vpon youre heade You re sonnes youre doughters will I sell thorow the hondes of the childreÌ„ of Iuda so they shal geue them forth to sell vnto theÌ„ of Saba a people of a farre couÌ„tre for the LORDE himself hath sayde it Crie out these thinges amonge the Gentiles proclame warre wake vp the giauntes let them drawe nye let theÌ„ come vp all the lusty warryours of theÌ„ Make you sweardes of youre ploweshares and speares of youre syckles sythes Let y e weake man saye I am stronge Mustre you and come all ye HeitheÌ„ rouÌ„de aboute gather you together there shall the LORDE laye all thy giauntes to the grounde Let the people aryse and get them to the valley of Iosaphat for there wil I syt and iudge all HeitheÌ„ rouÌ„de aboute Laye to youre sythes for the haruest is rype come get you downe the wynepresse is full yee the wynepresses runne ouer for their wickednesse is waxen greate In the valley appoynted there shal be many many people for the daye of the LORDE is nye in y e valley appoynted The Sonne and Moone shall be darckened the starres shal withdrawe their light The LORDE shal roare out of Sion crie out of IerusaleÌ„ that the heauens the earth shal quake withall But the LORDE shal be a defence vnto his owne people aÌ„d a refuge foâ— the childreÌ„ of Israel Thus shal ye knowe y t I the LORDE youre God dwell vpoÌ„ my holy mount of Sion Then shal IerusaleÌ„ be holy there shal no straungers go thorow her eny more Then shal the mouÌ„taynes droppe swete wyne the hylles shall flowe with mylcke All the ryuers of Iuda shal haue water ynough out of the LORDES house there shal flowe a sprynge to water y e broke of Sitim but Egipte shal be layed waist EdoÌ„ shal be desolate because they haue dealte so cruelly with the childreÌ„ of Iuda and shed innocent bloude in their londe Agayne Iuda shal be inhabited for euermore IerusaleÌ„ from generacion to generacioÌ„ for I wil not leaue their bloude vnauenged And the LORDE shal dwell in Sion The ende of the prophet Ioel. The Prophet Amos. What Amos conteyneth Chap. I. He prophecyeth agaynst Damascus Gasa Tyre Edom and Ammon Chap. II. Punyshment vpoÌ„ Moab Iuda and Israel Chap. III. God warneth before he punysh Chap. IIII. He sheweth them their wickednesse and the plages fo the same and exorteth theÌ„ to amende Chap. V. He complayneth for the captyuyte off Israel Chap. VI. He reproueth the welthy ydyll and delicate people tellinge them their destruccion Chap. VII The punyshment off the people shewed by dyuerse visions Chap. VIII A vision agaynst the covetous people and false waightes The hunger of Gods worde Chap. IX Plages vpon Iuda The power off God The receauynge off the Heithen Conuersion off the Iewes The first Chapter THese are the sermons that were shewed vnto Amos which was one of the shepherdes at Thecua vpon Israel in the tyme of Osias kynge of Iuda in the tyme of IeroboaÌ„ y e sonne of Ioas kynge of Israel two yeare before y e earthquake And he sayde The LORDE shal roare out off Sion shewe his voyce froÌ„ IerusaleÌ„ so that y e pastures of the shepherdes shal be in a miserable case y e toppe of Charmel dryed vp Thus sayeth the LORDE for thre foure wickednesses of Damascus I will not spare her because they haue throszhed Galaad w t yroÌ„ fâ—ales But I wil sende a fyre in to y e house of Hazael the same shal consume the palaces of Benadab Thus wil I breake the barres off Damascus rote out the inhabiter froÌ„ the felde of Auen and him y t holdeth the scepter out of y e pleasunt house so y t the people shal be dryuen out of fayre Siria â–ª sayeth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE For thre foure wickednesses of Gaza I wil not spare her because they make the presoners yet more captyue haue dryuen theÌ„ in to the loÌ„de of Edom. Therfore wil I sende a fyre in to y e walles of Gaza which shal deuoure hir houses I wil rote out theÌ„ y t dwell at Asdod him y t holdeth the scepter of Ascalon and stretch out myne honde ouer Accaron that the remnaunt of the Philistines shal perish saieth the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre and foure wickednesses off the cite off Tyre I will not spare her because they haue increased y e captiuyte of the Edomites and haue not remembred the brotherly couenaunt Therfore will I sende a fyre into the walles off Tyre that shal consume hir pallaces Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre and foure wickednesses of Edom I wil not spare him because he persecuted his brother with the swerde destroyed his mothers wombe bare hatred very longe and so kepte indignacion all waye by him Therfore will I sende a fyre in to ThemaÌ„ which shal deuoure the pallaces of Bosra Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre aÌ„d foure wickednesses of the children off Ammon I will not spare them because they rypte vp the womeÌ„ greate with childe in Galaad to make the borders of their londes the wyder Therfore I wil kyndle a fyre in the walles of Rabbath that shall consume hir palaces with a greate crie in the daye of batel in tempest and in the daye off storme so that their kynge shal go in to captiuyte he and his priÌ„ces together sayeth the LORDE The II. Chapter THus sayeth the LORDE For thre and foure wickednesses off Moab I will not spare him because he brent the bones off the kynge of Edom to asshes Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Moab which shal coÌ„sume y e pallaces of Carioth so y t Moab shal perish with a noyse and the sounde of a shawme I will rote out the iudge from amoÌ„ge them and slaye all his prynces with him sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE for thre aÌ„d foure wickednesses of Iuda I wil not spare him because he hath cast asyde the lawe of the LORDE and not kepte his commaundementes for why they wolde nedes be disceaued with the lyes that their forefathers folowed Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Iuda which shal consume the palaces of Ierusalem Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre foure wickednesses of Israel I wil not spare him because he hath solde the rightuous for money and the poore for shues They treade vpon poore mens heades in the dust of the earth croke the wayes off the meke The sonne and the father go to the harlot to dishonoure my holy name they lye besyde euery aulter vpon clothes taken to pledge and in the house of their goddes they drynke the wyne of the oppressed Yet
sayde to Amasias As for me I am nether prophet ner prophetes sonne but a keper of catell Now as I was breakynge downe molberies and goynge after the catell the LORDE toke me sayde vnto me Go thy waye and prophecy vnto my people of Israel And therfore heare thou now the worde off the LORDE Thou saiest prophecy not agaynst Israel and speake nothinge agaynst the house off Isaac Wherfore thus sayeth the LORDE Thy wife shal be defyled in y e cite y t sonnes and doughters shal be slayne with the swerde and thy londe shal be measured out with the lyne Thou thy self shalt dye in an vnclene londe and Israel shal be dryuen out off his owne countre The VIII Chapter THe LORDE God shewed me me this vision and beholde there was a maūde with sommer frute And he sayde Amos what seist thou I answered a maūde with sommer frute Then sayde the LORDE vnto me the ende commeth vpon my people of Israel I wil nomore ouersee them In that daye shall the songes off the temple be turned in to sorow sayeth the LORDE God Many deed bodyes shal lye in euery place be cast forth secretly Heare this O ye y t oppresse the poore and destroye the nedy in y e londe sayenge Whan will the new moneth be gone that we maye sell vytale and y e Sabbath that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne to make the buszshel lesse and the Sycle greater We shall set vp false waightes y t we maye get the poore vnder vs with their money and the nedy also for shues yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne The LORDE hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob these workes of theirs will I neuer forget Shal not the londe tremble and all they that dwell therin mourne for this Shal not their destruccion come vpon them like a water streame flowe ouer thē as the floude of Egipte At the same tyme sayeth the LORDE God I shall cause y e Sōne to go downe at noone and the londe to be darcke in the cleare daye Youre hye feastes will I turne to sorow and youre songes to mournynge I wil brynge sack cloth vpō all backes baldnes vpō euery heade yee soch a mournynge wil I sende them as is made vpon an only begotten sonne and they shall haue a miserable ende Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the LORDE God y t I shal sende an hūger in to y e earth not the hunger of bred ner the thyrst of water but an hunger to heare the worde off the LORDE so that they shal go from the one see to the other yee from y e north vnto y e cast runnynge aboute to seke the worde of y e LORDE and shal not fynde it In that tyme shal the fayre virgins and the yonge men perish for thyrst yee euen they that sweare in the offence off Samaria and saye as truly as thy God lyueth at Dan and as truly as y e God lyueth at Bersaba These shal fall and neuer ryse vp agayne The IX Chapter I Sawe the LORDE stondinge vpon the aulter and he sayde smyte the dore cheke that the postes maye shake withall For their couetousnesse shal fall vpon all their heades and their posterite shal be slayne with the swerde They shall not fle awaye there shall not one off them escape ner be delyuered Though they were buryed in the hell my honde shal fetch them from thence though they clymme vp to heauen yet shal I cast them downe though they hyde them selues vpō the toppe of Carmel yet shal I seke them out and brynge them from thence Though they crepe downe fro my sight in to the depe of the see I shal cōmaūde the serpente euen there to byte them Yff they go awaye before their enemies ī to captyuyte then shall I commaunde the swerde there to slaye them Thus wil I set myne eyes vpon them for their harme and not for their wealth For when the LORDE God of hoostes toucheth a londe it cōsumeth awaye and all they that dwell therin must nedes mourne And why their destruccion shal aryse as euery streame and runne ouer them as the floude in Egipte He that hath his dwellinge in heauen ād groundeth his tabernacle in the earth He that calleth the waters of the see and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde his name is the LORDE O ye children off Israel are ye not vnto me euen as the Morians sayeth the LORDE haue not I brought Israel out off the londe off Egipte the Philistynes from Capthor and the Sirians frō Cyr Beholde the eyes of the LORDE are vpon the realme that synneth to rote it clene out of the earth Neuertheles I will not vterly destroye the house of Iacob saieth the LORDE For lo this I promyse though I siffte y e house of Israel amonge all nacions like as they vse to sifte in a syue yet shall not y e smallest grauel stone fall vpō the earth But all the wicked doers of my people that saye Tush the plage is not so nye to come so hastely vpon vs those shal perish with the swerde At that tyme wil I buylde agayne the tabernacle off Dauid that is fallen downe and hedge vp his gappes and loke what is brokē I shal repayre it Yee I shal buylde it agayne as it was afore tyme y t they maye possesse the remnaunt of Edom yee and all soch people as call vpon my name w t thē saieth the LORDE which doth these thinges ▪ Beholde the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that the plowman shal ouertake y e mower and y e treader off grapes him that soweth sede The mountaynes shall droppe swete wyne and the hilles shall be frutefull and I wil turne the captyuyte of my people of Israel they shal repayre the waist cities haue thē in possessiō they shal plante vinyardes ād drynke the wyne therof they shal make gardens and enioye the frutes off thē And I wil plāte them vpō their owne groūde so that I will neuer rote them out agayne from their londe which I haue geuen thē sayeth the LORDE thy God The ende of the prophet Amos. The Prophet Abdy What Abdy conteyneth Chap. I He prophecyeth agaynst the proude stomackes of the Edomites that vexed the Israelites in their aduersite He sheweth what plages shal come vpon them The first Chapter THis is the vision that was shewed vnto Abdy Thus hath y e LORDE God spokē vpō Edō We haue herde of the LORDE y t there is an embassage sent amonge the Heithen Vp let vs aryse and fight agaynst them Beholde I will make y e small amōge the Heithen so that thou shalt be vtterly despised The pryde of thine herte hath lift the vp thou that dwellest in y e strōge holdes off stone and hast made the an hye seate Thou sayest in thyne herte who shal cast me downe to the grounde But though thou wentest vp as
longe wil he lade himself with thicke claye O how sodenly wil they stonde vp y t shal byte the awake that shal teare y e in peces yee thou shalt be their pray Seinge thou hast spoyled many Heithen therfore shall the remnaunt of the people spoyle the because of mens bloude for the wronge done in the londe in the cite vnto all them that dwel therin Wo vnto him that couetously gathereth euell gotten goodes in to his house that he maye set his nest an hye to escape from the power of mysfortune Thou hast deuysed y e shame of thine owne house for thou hast slayne to moch people and hast wilfully offended so that the very stones of the wall shal crie out of it and the tymbre that lieth betwixte the ioyntes of the buyldinge shall answere Wo vnto him y t buyldeth the towne with bloude and maynteneth y e cite with vnrightuousnes Shal not the LORDE of hoostes bringe this to passe that the laboures of the people shal be brent with a greate fyre and that the thinge wher vpon the people haue weeried them selues shall be lost For the earth shal be full of knowlege of the LORDES honoure like as the waters that couer the see Wo vnto him that geueth his neghboure dryncke to get him wrothfull displeasure for his dronckennesse that he maye se his preuyteâ—s Therfore with shame shalt then be fylled in steade of honoure Dryncke thou also till thou slombre withall for the cuppe of the LORDES right hoÌ„de shall compasse the aboute and shamefull spewinge in steade of thy worshipe For the wroÌ„ge that thou hast done in Libanus shal ouerwhelme the and the wilde beastes shal make the afrayed because of mens bleude and for the wronge done in the londe in the cite and vnto all soch as dwel therin What helpe than wil y e ymage do whom the workman hath fashioned Or the vayne cast ymage wherin because the craftesman putteth his trust therfore maketh he domme Idols Wo vnto him that saieth to a pece of wod arise and to a domine stone stonde vp For what instruccioÌ„ maye soch one geue Beholde it is layed ouer with golde and syluer there is no breth in it But the LORDE in his holy teÌ„ple is he whom all the worlde shulde feare The III. Chapter A prayer of the prophet Abacuc for the ignoraunt O LORDE when I herde speake of y e I was afrayed The worke y t thou hast taken in honde shalt thou perfourme in his tyme O LORDE and when thy tyme commeth thou shalt declare it In thy very wrath thou thinkest vpon mercy God commeth from Theman and the holy one from the mount of Pharan Sela. His glory couereth the heauens and the earth is full of his prayse His shyne is as y e sonne beames of light go out of his hondes there is his power hid DestruccioÌ„ goeth before him and burnynge cressettes go from his fete He stondeth measureth the earth He loketh the people consume awaye the mouÌ„taynes of y e worlde fall downe to powlder and the hilles are fayne to bowe them selues for his goinges are euerlastinge and sure I sawe that the pauilions of the Morians and the tentes of the londe of Madian were vexed for weerynesse Wast thou not angrie o LORDE in the waters was not thy wrath in the floudes and thy displeasure in the see yes wheÌ„ thou sattest vpon thine horse and when thy charettes had the victory Thou shewdest thy bowe opeÌ„ly like as thou haddest promised with an ooth vnto the trybes Sela. Thou didest deuyde the waters of the earth When the mountaynes saw the they were afrayed y e water streame weÌ„te awaye the depe made a noyse at the liftinge vp of thine honde The Sonne and Mone remayned still in their habitacion Thine arowes wente out glisteringe and thy speares as the shyne of the lightenynge Thou trodest downe the londe in thine anger and didest throâ—â— she the Heithen in thy displeasure Thou câ—â—mest forth to helpe thy people to helpe thiâ—â— anoynted Thou smotest downe the heade in the house of the vngodly discoueredest his foundacions eueÌ„ vnto y e necke of him Sela. Thou cursest his septers the captayne of his men of warre which come as a stormy wynde to sâ—atre me abrode are glad when they maye eat vp y e poore secretly Thou makest a waye for thine horses in the see euen in the mudde of greate waters WheÌ„ I heare this my body is vexed my lippes tremble at y e voyce therof my bones corruppe I am afrayed where I stonde O that I might rest in the daye of trouble that I might go vp vnto oure people which are alredy prepared For the fyge trees shal not be grene the vynes shal beare no frute The laboure of y e olyue shal be but lest and the londe shall brâ—nge no corne the shepe shal be taken out of y e folde and there shal be no catell in y e stalles But as for me I wil be glad in the LORDE and will reioyce in God my Sauioure The LORDE God is my strength he shall make my fete as the fete of hertes he which geueth y e victory shal bringe me to my hye places synginge vpon my psalmes The ende of the prophet Abacuc The Prophet Sophony What Sophony conteyneth Chap. I. He prophecieth of plages for to come vpon Iuda Chap. II. He exorteth them to ameÌ„de that they maye escape the wrath of God and sheweth the Gentiles their punyshment Chap. III. Punyshment because of the wickednesse of the Iewes whom God therfore refused and chose the Heithen The first Chapter THis is the worde of the LORDE which came vnto Sophony the sonne of Chusi the sonne of Gedolias the sonne of Amarias y e sonne of Hezechias in the tyme of Iosias the sonne of Amonkinge of Iuda I will gather vp all thinges in the londe saieth the LORDE I wil gather vp man and beest I wil gather vp the foules in the ayre and the fysh in the see to the greate decaye of the wicked wil vtterly destroye the men out of the londe saieth the LORDE I wil stretch out myne honde vpon Iuda and vpon all soch as dwel at Ierusalem Thus wil I rote out the remnaunt of Baal from this place and the names of the Kemuryns and prestes yee soch as vpon their house toppes worshipe bowe them selues vnto the hoost of heauen which sweare by the LORDE and by their Malchom also which starte a backe from y e LORDE and nether seke after the LORDE ner regarde him Be still at y e presence of the LORDE God for the daye of the LORDE is at honde yee the LORDE hath prepared a slayne offeringe and called his gestes therto And thus shall it happen in the daye of the LORDES a slaynofferynge I will vyset the prynces the kinges children all soch as weere strauÌ„ge
geuē of y e LORDE God of Israel So Eszdras the hie prest brought the lawe vnto the whole multitude to man and woman to all prestes y t they might heare the lawe in the new moone of the seuenth moneth And he red in y e floore y t is before y e holy porte of y e tēple from the mornynge early vntill the euenynge before men wemen And they applied their mynde all vnto the lawe And Eszdras the prest reder of y e lawe stode vp vpon a scaffolde of wodd which was made therfore vpon his right hande there stode by him Mathathias Samus Ananias Azarias Vrias Ozechias Balsamus Vpon his lefte hāde stode Faldeus Misael Malachias Abuschas Sabus Nabadias Zachary Then toke Eszdras y e boke before the whole multitude for he was y e pryncipall and had in most hono r of thē all And whā he had red out y e lawe they stode all straight vp vpon their fete So Eszdras praysed the LORDE the most hye God the Allmightie God of hoostes And all y e people answered Amen helde vp their hādes fell downe flat vpon the earth praysed y e LORDE Iesus Beneas Sarebias Iaddimus Accubus Sabbatheus Calithes Azarias Ioradus Ananias Philias the Leuites which taught the lawe of the LORDE red the lawe of the LORDE in the cōgregacion euery man sett those before y t vnderstode the lawe Then spake Atharathes vnto Eszdras the hye prest reder to the Leuites y t taught the multitude sayenge This daye is holy vnto the LORDE all they y t had herde the lawe wepte ▪ So Eszdras sayde Departe yo r waye then eate the best drynke the swetest sende giftes vnto them y t haue nothinge for this daye is holy vnto the LORDE and be not ye sory Then wente they their waye euerychone ate and dronke and were mery sent rewardes vnto thē y t had nothinge y t they also might eate with gladnesse for they were exceadingly reioysed thorow the wordes that were red vnto them in the lawe And so they were all gathered together at Ierusalem to holde the feast acordinge to the couenaunt of y e LORDE God of Israel The ende of the thirde boke of Eszdras The IIII boke of Eszdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. God reproueth the people for their vnthankfulnes and rehearseth vnto them his owne louynge mercy that he maye bringe thē agayne yf they wyl not amende he wil chose another people Chap. II. The Synagoge cōplayneth vpō hir children ▪ The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. Eszdras sheweth of the excellent workes of God done vnto the people and hath a frendly contencion with God because he suffreth the Babilonians to haue the dominion ouer them where as they yet are sinners also Chap. IIII. The angel rebuketh Eszdras for takinge in hāde to seke out the grounde of Gods iudgment and instructeth him with fayre symilitudes Chap. V. A communicaciō of Eszdras and the angel together Chap. VI. The angel enfourmeth Eszdras and answereth him to his questions Chap. VII The angel sheweth Eszdras many secrete matters and thinges for to come Chap. VIII Eszdras prayeth for the people that God wyll rather loke vpon his owne louynge mercy and the godlynes of few thē vpon the wycked synnes of many Chap. IX Tokens of the tyme and punyshment for to come Visions are shewed vnto Eszdras Chap. X. A communicacion betwixte Eszdras and the woman that appeared vnto him Chap. XI XII.XIII Of certayne visions and the interpretacions therof Chap. XIIII God appeareth vnto Eszdras in the bush talketh with him and cōmaundeth him what he shal doo Chap. XV. God sheweth Eszdras the punyshmēt that he wyl sende vpon the synfull people and commaundeth him to tell them the same Chap. XVI Punyshment vpon the Heithen and how the people of God shal behaue them selues therin The first Chapter THe seconde boke of y e prophet Eszdras y e sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias y e sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Sallū the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amerias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Maraioth the sonne of Sarahias the sonne of Vzi the sonne of Boccus the sonne of Abisu the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron of the trybe of Leui which was presoner in the lande of the Meedes in the raigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia. And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Go thy waye shew my people their synfull dedes their children their wickednesses which they haue done against me that they maye tell their childers childrē the same for the synnes of their fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me haue offred vnto straunge goddes Am not I euen he that brought them out of the lande of Egipte from the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath despysed my councels Pull thou out then the hayre of thy heade and cast all euell ouer them for they haue not bene obedient vnto my lawe It is a people without lernynge nourtoure How longe shal I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so moch good Many kynges haue I destroyed for their sakes Pharao w t his seruaūtes and all his power haue I smytten downe and slayne All y e nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before them and in y e east haue I brought two landes and people to naught euen Tyre Sydon and haue slayne all their enemies Speake thou therfore vnto them sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE I led you thorow the see and haue geuen you sure stretes sence the begynnynge I gaue you Moses to be youre captayne and Aaron to be the prest I gaue you light in a piler of fyre greate wōders haue I done amōge you yet haue ye forgotten me sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the allmightie LORDE I gaue you quales to eate and tentes for youre sucoure Neuertheles ye murmured and ascrybed not y e victory of youre enemies vnto my name yee this same daie do ye yet murmoure Where are the benefites that I haue done for you Whan ye were hongrie in the wildernes dyd ye not crie vnto me Why hast thou brought vs in to this wildernes to kill vs It had bene better for vs to haue serued y e Egipcians then to dye in this wildernesse Thē had I pitie vpon youre mourninges and gaue you Manna to eate Ye ate angels foode Whā ye were thyrstie dyd not I hew y e hardstone caused water ynough to flowe thereout For the heate I couered you with y e leaues of the trees A good pleasaunt fatt londe gaue I you I cast out the Cananites the Pheresites and Philistynes before you What shal I do more for you saieth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE Whan ye were in the wildernes in the water of the Amorites beynge a
by the smoke had the vpper hande After this there wēte ouer before me a watery cloude and sent downe moch rayne w t a storme whan the stormy rayne was past the droppes remayned still Then sayde he vnto me like as the rayne is more then the droppes and as the fyre exceadeth the smoke euen so y e measure of the thinges that are past hath the vpper hande Then wente the droppes and the smoke aboue and I prayed and sayde Maye I lyue thynkest thou vntyll that tyme Or what shall happen in those dayes He answered me and sayde As for the tokēs wherof thou axest me I maye tell the of thē in a parte but as touchinge y e life I maye not shewe the for I am not sent therfore The V. Chapter NEuerthelesse as concernynge the tokens mark this Beholde the dayes shal come that they which dwell vpon earth shal be takē in a greate nombre the waye of the trueth shal be hyd and the lōde shal be baren from faith but iniquyte shal haue the vpper hande like as thou hast sene now and as thou hast herde lōge agoo And the londe that thou seist now to haue rule shalt thou shortly se waist But yf God graunte the to lyue thou shalt se after y e thirde trompet that the Sonne shal sodenly shyne agayne in the night and the Moone thre tymes in the daye bloude shal droppe out of wodd and the stone shal geue his voyce and the people shal be vnquyete and euen he shal rule whom they hope not that dwell vpon earth and the foules shal flyt and the Sodomitysh see shal cast out his fish and make a noyse in the night which many shal not knowe but they shal all heare the voyce therof There shal be a cōfucion also in many places and the fyre shal be oft sent agayne and the wylde beastes shal go their waye menstruous wemen shal beare monsters and salt waters shal be founde in the swete one frende shal fight agaynst another then shal all wyt and vnderstandinge be hyd and put asyde in to their secrete places shal be sought of many and yet not be founde then shal vnrighteousnes and volupteousnes haue the vpperhande vpon earth One lande also shal axe another and saye Is righteousnes gone thorow the And it shal saye No. At the same tyme shal men hope but nothinge optayne they shal laboure but their wayes shall not prospere To shewe the soch tokens I haue leue and yf thou wylt praye agayne wepe as now and fast seuen dayes thou shalt heare yet greater thinges Then I awaked and a fearfulnes wente thorow all my body my mynde was feble and carefull so that I allmost swowned withall So the angell that was come to talke with me helde me comforted me and sett me vp vpon my fete And in the seconde night it happened y t Salathiel the captayne of the people came vnto me sayenge Where hast thou bene and why is thy countenaunce so heuy Knowest thou not y t Israel is commytted vnto the in the londe of their captyuyte Vp then and eate and forsake vs not as the shepherde that leaueth his flock in the handes of wicked wolues Then sayde I vnto him Go thy waye fro me and come not nye me he herde it and as I sayde so wēte he his waye fro me And so I fasted seuen dayes mournynge and wepynge like as Vriell the angell commaunded me And after seuen dayes it happened that y e thoughtes of my hert were very greuous vnto me agayne my soule receaued y e sprete of vnderstandynge I begāne to talke w t the most hyest agayne and sayde O LORDE LORDE of euery wod of y e earth of all the trees therof thou hast chosen y e one onely vynyarde and of all londes of the whole worlde thou hast chosen the one pytt and of all floures of the groūde thou hast chosen the one lylie and of all the depthes of the see thou hast fylled the one ryuer and of all builded cities thou hast halowed Sion vnto thy self and of all y e foules that are created thou hast named the one doue and of all the catell y t are made thou hast prouyded y e one shepe amōge all y e multitudes of folkes thou hast gotten the one people and vnto this people whom thou louedest thou gauest a lawe y t is proued of all And now O LORDE why hast thou geuē this one people ouer vnto many vpon the one rote thou hast prepared other and why hast thou scatred y e one onely people amonge many which treade thē downe yee which haue euer withstonde y e promyses neuer beleued y e couenaūtes And though thou werest enemye vnto y e people yet shuldest thou punysh thē w t thine owne handes Now whā I had spokē these wordes the angell y t came to me y e night afore was sēt vnto me sayde vnto me Heare me herkē to y e thinge y t I saye I shal tell y e more And I sayed Speake on my LORDE Thē sayde he vnto me Thou art sore vexed troubled for Israels sake Louest thou y t people better then him y t made them And I sayde No LORDE but of very grefe cōpassion haue I spokē For my reynes payne me euery houre because I wolde haue experience of the waye of the most hyest and to seke out parte of his iudgment And he sayde vnto me that thou mayest not And I sayde wherfore LORDE Where vnto was I borne then Or why was not my mothers childesbed then my graue So had I not sene the mysery and trouble of Iacob and the trauayle of my people of Israel And he sayde vnto me Nōbre me y e thinges y t are not yet come gather me together y e droppes that are scatred abrode make me y e floures grene agayne ▪ y t are wythered opē me the thinge that is closed and bringe me forth the wyndes that are shutt vp Shewe me the ymage of a voyce and then shal I declare the the thinge that thou labourest to knowe And I sayde O LORDE LORDE who maye knowe these thinges but he that hath not his dwellynge w t mē As for me I am vnwyse how maye I thē speake of these thinges wherof thou axest me Thē sayde he vnto me like as thou canst do none of these thinges y t I haue spoken of Euen so canst thou not fynde out my iudgment or in the ende the loue that I haue promysed vnto my people And I sayde Beholde o LORDE yet art thou nye vnto them that haue no ende and what shal they do that haue bene before me or we that be now or they that shal come after vs And he sayde vnto me I wyl lycken my iudgment vnto a rynge Like as there is no slacknesse of the last euen so is there no swiftnesse of the first So I answered sayde
that tyme hath kepte himself They that be fallen in to harme are soch as haue workes saith vnto the Most mightie Knowe this therfore that they which be left behynde are more blessed then they that be deed This is the meanynge of the vision Where as thou sawest a man commynge vp from the depe of the see y e same is he whom God the Hyest hath kepte a greate season which by his owne self shall delyuer his creature he shal ordre theÌ„ that are left behynde And where as thou sawest y t out of his mouth there came a blast of wynde fyre storme how y t he lift vp nether swerde ner weapen but y t the ruszshinge in of him destroyed the whole multitude y t came to fight agaynst him it signifieth that the dayes come whan God wyll delyuer theÌ„ y t are vpon earth in a traunce of mynde shall he come vpon theÌ„ y t dwell in the earth And one shal vndertake to fight agaynst another one cite agaynst another one place agaynst another one people agaynst another one realme agaynst another Whan this commeth to passe then shal the tokens come that I shewed the before and theÌ„ shal my sonne be declared whoÌ„ thou sawest clymme vp as a maÌ„ And whan all y e people heare his voyce euery man shal in their owne loÌ„de leaue the battayll y t they haue one agaynst another and an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together as they that be willinge to come and to ouer come him by fightinge But he shal stoÌ„de vpon the toppe of the mount Sion Neuertheles Sion shall come shall be shewed beynge prepared buylded for all men like as thou sawest the hill grauen forth without eny haÌ„des But my sonne shal rebuke the people y t are come for their wickednes with the tempest and for their euell ymaginacions and their paynes wherwith they shal be punyshed are lickened vnto the flamme and with out eny laboure shal he destroye them euen by the lawe which is coÌ„pared vnto the fyre And where as thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable people vnto hiÌ„ those are the ten trybes which were caried awaye presoners out of their owne londe in the tyme of Oseas the kynge whom Salmanasar the kinge of Assiria toke presoner and caried them ouer y e water and so came they in to another londe But they gaue them this councell y t they shulde leaue the multitude of the HeitheÌ„ and to go forth in to a farther countre where neuer mankynde dwelt that they might there kepe their statutes which they neuer kepte in their owne lande And so they entred in at the narow passages of the water of Euphrates and God shewed tokens for theÌ„ and helde styll the floude tyll they were passed ouer for thorow that countre there was a greate waye namely of a yeare and an half iourney for the same region is called Asareth Then dwelt they there vnto the latter tyme and when they come forth agayne y e Hyest shall holde styll the sprynges of the streame agayne that they maye go thorow therfore sawest thou the multitude with peace And they that be left behynde of thy people are those that be founde within my border Now whan he destroyeth the multitude that is gathered together he shal defeÌ„de his people that remayne and then shal he shew them greate wonders Then sayde I O LORDE LORDE shew me this wherfore haue I sene the man commynge vp from the depe of the see And he sayde vnto me Like as thou caÌ„st nether seke out ner knowe these thinges that are in the depe of the see euen so maiest thou not se my sonne or those that be with him but in the tyme of the daye This is the interpretacion of the dreame which thou sawest therfore thou onely art here lightened for thou hast forsaken thine owne lawe and applied thy diligence vnto myne and sought it Thy life hast thou ordred in wyszdome and hast called vnderstondinge thy mother and therfore haue I shewed the y e treasure of the Hyest After thre dayes I wil shew the more and talke with the at more large yee heuy and wonderous thinges wyl I declare vnto the. Then wente I forth in to y e felde geuynge prayse and thankes greatly vnto God because of his wonders which he dyd in tyme and because he gouerneth the same and soch 〈◊〉 is in tyme and there I satt thre dayes The XIIII Chapter VPon the thirde daye I satt vnder an oke tre then came there a voyce vnto me out of the bush sayde Eszdras Eszdras And I sayde here I am LORDE and stode vp vpon my fete TheÌ„ spake he vnto me In the bush dyd I appeare vnto Moses talked w t him whaÌ„ my people serued in Egipte and I sent him and led my people out of Egipte brought him vpoÌ„ y e mount Sion where I helde him by me a longe season and tolde him my wonderous workes and shewed him y e secretes of the tymes and the ende and commaunded him sayeÌ„ge These wordes shalt thou declare not hyde theÌ„ And now I saye vnto the that thou laye vp in thine hert the dreames that thou hast sene and the interpretacions which I haue shewed the for thou shalt be receaued of all thou shal be turned and remayne w t my councell and with soch as be like the vntyll y e tymes be ended For the worlde hath lost his youth and the tymes begynne to waxe olde For the tyme is deuyded in to twolue partes and ten partes of it are gone all ready and half of the tenth parte yet remayneth there that which is after y e half of y e tenth parte Therfore prepare and ordre thy house and refourme thy people comforte soch of thou as be in trouble and tell now of the destruccion let go from the mortall thoughtes cast awaye the burthens of man put of the weake nature laye vp in some place y e thoughtes that are most heuy vnto the and haist the to flyt from these tymes for soch euell wickednesse as thou hast now sene happeÌ„ shal they do yet moch worse For the weaker that the worlde and the tyme is the more shal 〈…〉 wickednesse increase in them that dwell vpoÌ„ earth For the trueth is fled farre awaye lesynge is hard at hande For now haâ—â—teth the vision to come that thou hast sene Then answered I and sayde Beholde LORDE I wyl go as thou hast commaunded me and refourme the people which are present But they y t shal be borne afterwarde who wyl exhorte or rebuke theÌ„ Thus the worlde is set in darcknes and they y t dwel therin are without light for thy lawe is kyndled becâ—use no man knoweth the thinges that are done of the or that shal be done Yf I haue fouÌ„de grace before the sende the holy goost in to me and I shall wryte all that hath bene done
greate power shal they come and stonde fightinge with theÌ„ and shal waist the porcion of the londe of the Assirians And then shal the Dragons haue the vpper hande not remembringe their byrth and shal turne aboute swearinge together in greate power to persecute them But these shal be afrayed and kepe sylence at their power and shal fle and one out of the londe of the Assirians shal besege theÌ„ and consume one of theÌ„ and in their hoost shal be feare and drede and strife amonge their kynges Beholde cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and they are very horrible to loke vpon full of wrath and storme They shal smyte one vpon another and they shal smyte at y e greate starre vpon earth and their starre and the bloude shal be from the swerde vnto the bely and the smoke of maÌ„ vnto y e Camels lytter And there shal be greate fearfulnes and tremblinge vpoÌ„ earth and they that se the wrath shal be afrayed and a tremblinge shal come vpon them And then shal there come greate raynes from y e south and from the north and parte from the west and from the stormy wynde from the east and shal shutt them vp agayne the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre to cause feare towarde y e east and west wynde shal be destroyed the greate cloudes shal be lift vp and y e mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they maye make all the earth afrayed and theÌ„ y t dwell therin and that they maye poure out ouer all places an horrible starre fyre and hâ—le and flyenge swerdes and many waters y t all feldes maye be full and all ryuers they shal breake downe the cities walles mountaynes hylles all trees wod and the grasse of the medowes and all their frute And they shal go stedfast vnto Babilon and mâ—ke her afrayed they shal come to her and besege her the starre and all wrath shal they poure out vpon her Then shal the dust and smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be aboute her shal bewayle her and they that remayne vnder her shal do seruyce vnto them that haue put her in feare And thou Asia y t coÌ„fortest thyself also vpoÌ„ the hope of Babilon and art a worshipe of hir personne Wo be vnto the thou wretch because thou hast made thyself like vnto her hast decte y e daughters iÌ„ whoâ—dome that they might tryumphe and please thy louers which haue allwaye desyred to coÌ„mytte whordome w t the thou hast folowed the abhominable cite in all hir workes and invencions Therfore sayeth God I wyl sende plages vpon the wyddowhode pouerte hoÌ„ger warres and pestilence to waist thy houses with destruccion and death and the glory of thy power shal be dryed vp as a floure whan y e heate aryseth y t is sent ouer the. Thou shalt be sick as a poore wife that is plaged beateÌ„ of wemen so y t the mightie and louers shal not be able to receaue the. Wolde I so hatâ— the saieth the LORDE Yf thou haddest not allwaye slayne my chosen exaltinge the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer their death whan thou wast dronkeÌ„ set forth the betwâ—â— of thy countenaunce The rewarde of thy whordome shal be recompensed the in thy bosome therfore shalt thou receaue rewarde Like as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayeth the LORDE euen so shal God do vnto the and shal delyuer the in to the plage Thy childreÌ„ shal dye of honger thou shalt fall thorow y e swerde Thy cities shal be broken downe all thine shal perish w t the swerde in y e felde They y t be in y e mouÌ„taynes shal dye of honger eate their owne flesh drinke their owne bloude for very hoÌ„ger of bred thyrst of water Thou vnhappie shalt come thorow the see receaue plages agayne In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne cite shal rote out one parte of y e londe coÌ„sume the porcion of thy glory They shal treade the downe like stuble they shal be thy fyre and shal consume the thy cities and thy londe thy wod thy frutefull trees shal they burne vp with the fyre Thy children shal they cary awaye captyue and loke what thou hast they shal spoyle it and marre the bewtie of thy face The XVI Chapter WO vnto the Babilon Asia wo vnto y e Egipte Syria gyrde yo r selues w t clothes of sack hayre and mourne for youre childreÌ„ be sory for yo r destruccion is at honde A swerde is sent vpon you who wil turne it back A fyre is kyndled amoÌ„ge you who wil quench it Plages are sent vnto you what is he that wil dryue them awaye Maye eny man dryue awaye an hoÌ„grie lyon in the wod Or maye eny maÌ„ quench the fyre in the stubble whan it hath begonne to burne Maye one turne agayne the arowe y t is shot of a stronge archer The mightie LORDE sendeth the plages what is he that wil dryue them awaye The fyre is kyndled gone forth in his wrath what is he that will quench it He shall cast lightenynges who shal not feare He shal thonder and who shall not be afrayed The LORDE shal threaten who shal not vtterly be beaten to poulder at his presence The earth quaketh the foundacions therof y e see aryseth vp w t wawes from the depe and the floudes of it are vnquyete the fishes therof also before the LORDE before the glory of his power For stronge is his right hande that holdeth the bowe his arowes that he shuteth are sharpe shall not mysse whan they begynne to be shot in to y e endes of the worlde Beholde y e plages are sent shal not turne agayne tyll they come vpon earth The fyre is kyndled shall not be put out tyll it consume the foundacions of the earth Like as an arowe which is shot of a mightie archer returneth not bacwarde euen so y e plages y t shal be sent vpon earth shal not turne agayne Wo is me wo is me who wyl delyuer me in those dayes The begynnynge of sorowes greate mourninge the begynnynge of derth greate death the begynnynge of warres the powers shal stonde in feareâ— the begynnynge of euels they shal tremble euery one What shal I do in these thinges whan the plages come Beholde hoÌ„ger and plage trouble anguysh are sent as scourges for amendement But for all these thinges they shal not turne froÌ„ their wickednesses ner be allwaye myndefull of y e scourges Beholde vitayles shal be so good cheape vpon earth y t they shal thinke themselues to be in good case and euen then shal myschefe growe vpoÌ„ earth warres derth greate disquietnes For many of them that dwell vpoÌ„ earth shall perish of hoÌ„ger the other that escape
continued in a good life and holy conuersacion so that they were loued accepted both of God and men and of all the people of the londe The ende of the boke of Tobias The boke of Iudith What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the noble cite Egbathanis Of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of the Assirians of his victory and power Chap. II. The vnsaciable desyre that Nabuchodonosor had to raigne of his hoost tyrānye Chap. III. Dyuerse kynges and prynces yelde themselues for feare The tyranny of Holofernes and pryde of the kynge Chap. IIII. The Iewes are afrayed and carefull for Ierusalem and the temple make their londe strōge prepare them selues to the battayll call vpon God and Eliachim the prest comforteth them Chap. V. Holofernes taketh indignacion at the children of Israel because they go aboute to defende them selues Achior beareth wytnesse to the trueth Chap. VI. Achior for tellynge the trueth is takē ▪ and delyuered vnto the people of the Iewes vnto whom he telleth all the matter which moueth the people to crye vpon God Chap. VII Holofernes layeth sege to Bethulia The children of Israel crye vpon God Holofernes taketh the water from them so that they in the cite haue greate thyrst and are vnpacient Osias comforteth them and appoynteth fyue dayes to the grace of God Chap. VIII Iudith reproueth the elders that set◠a tyme to the mercy of God she exorteth the people to amēdemēt to praier rehearseth the benefites of God and telleth them hir deuyce Chap. IX Iudith goeth in to hir oratory and prayeth feruently vnto God for the deliueraūce of hir people Chap. X. Iudith decketh herself of the best fashiō taketh hir maydē with her goeth forth by night in to Holofernes tent Chap. XI Iudith telleth Holofernes the cause of hir cōmynge which pleaseth him well Chap. XII Holofernes commaundeth to intreate hir well and geueth hir liberty to go in and out to hir prayer maketh a greate supper byddeth hir to it and is dronken Chap. XIII Iudith seketh oportunite prayeth vnto God for strēgth smyteth of the heade of drōken Holofernes and bryngeth it in to the cite where the people reioyse and prayse God Chap. XIIII Holofernes heade is stickte vp vpon the walles the children of Israel fall vpon their enemies which take their flight Achior cōmeth in to the nombre of the people of God Chap. XV. Holofernes hoost are out of their wyttes after his death the Israelites folowe vpō thē the other cities of Israel helpe them they wynne greate spoyles cōmēde Iudith Chap. XVI Iudith syngeth prayse vnto the LORDE The people come together vnto Ierusalē to geue thankes and prayse vnto the LORDE How Iudith made hir ende The first Chapter ARphaxat the kynge of the Medes subdued many people vnto his dominion buylded a noble strōge cite which he called Egbathanis The walles of it made he of fre stone foure squared seuētie cubites hye and thirtie cubites brode He made towres therevpon of an hundreth cubites hye But vpon the foure corners euery syde was twentie fote brode He made the portes in the heith like as the towres This kynge trusted in his mightie hoost in his glorious charettes So in y e twolft yeare of his raigne it happened that Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of the Assirians which raigned in the greate cite of Niniue fought agaynst Arphaxat and ouercame hī in y e greate felde called Ragau besyde Euphrates and Tigris and Iadason in the felde of Erioth the kinge of the Elikes Then was the kyngdome of Nabuchodonosor exalted and his hert was lift vp and he sent vnto all them that dwelt in Celicia in Damascus in Libanus and vnto the Heithen that dwelt in Carmel and Cedar and to soch as dwelt in Galile in the greate felde of Eszdrelō to all them that were in Samaria and beyonde the water of Iordane vnto Ierusalem and the whole londe of Iesse vnto the mountaynes of Ethiopia Vnto all these dyd Nabuchodonosor the kynge of y e Assirians sende messaungers But they all w t one consent wolde not agree vnto him and sent the messaungers agayne emptie and put thē awaye without honoure Then Nabuchodonosor the kynge toke indignaciō at all those londes and sware by his trone by his kyngdome that he wolde be auenged of all these countrees The II. Chapter IN the xiij yeare of kynge Nabuchodonosor vpon the xxij daye of y e first moneth it was deuysed in the courte of Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of the Assiriās that he wolde defende himself So he called vnto him all y e elders all his captaynes and men of warre and shewed them his secrete councell and tolde them that his purpose was to brynge the whole earth vnder his domynion Now whan they were all content with this sayenge Nabuchodonosor the kinge called Holofernes the chefe captayne of his warres and saide vnto him Go thy waye forth agaynst all the kyngdomes of the west and specially agaynst those that haue despysed my commaundement Thou shalt spare no realme all stronge cities shalt thou brynge in subieccion vnto me Then Holofernes called together all the captaynes rulers of all the power in Assiria and mustred the soudyers vnto the hoost like as the kynge commaunded him namely an hundreth and twētye thousande fightinge men vpon fote and twolue thousande archers vpon horsebacke All his ordinaunce sent he before with an innumerable multitude of camels so that the hoost was well prouyded for with oxen and small catell and y t without nombre He caused corne to be prepared out of all Syria for his hoost Moch golde and syluer also toke he out of the kynges house So he toke his iourney he and all his hoost with charettes horsmen and archers of whom there were so many that they couered the grounde of the lande like the greshoppers And whan he was gone past the borders of the Assirians he came towarde the greate mountaynes of Ange which lye vpon the left syde of Celicia and so he wente vp in to all their castels and wanne euery strōge holde As for y e welthy cite of Melothus he brake it downe spoyled all the childrē of Tharsis and the Ismaelites which laye towarde the wyldernes and vpon the south syde of y e londe of Chelon He wente ouer Euphrates also and came in to Mesopotamia and brake downe all the hye cities that were there from the broke of Mambre tyll a man come to the see and he toke the borders in from Celicia vnto the coastes of Iaphet towarde the south He caried awaye all the Madianites and spoyled all their goodes who so euer withstode him he slew them with the swerde After this he wente downe in to the felde of Damascus in the tyme of haruest and brent vp all the corne and all the trees and caused the vynes to be cutt downe And the feare of him fell vpon all them that dwelt in y e earth The III. Chapter
daye they stickte vp Holofernes heade vpon the walles and euery man toke his weapen and so they wente out with an horrible crye Whan the spyes sawe that they ranne vnto Holofernes tent And they that were within the teÌ„t came before his chamber and made a greate russzhinge to wake him vp because they thought with the noyse to haue raised him For there durst not one of the Assirians knocke go in ner to open But whan the captaynes and prynces and all the chefe in the kynge of the Assirians hoost came together they saide vnto the chamberlaynes Go youre waye in and wake him vp for the myse are crepte out of their holes and darre prouoke vs vnto battayll Then wente Vagao in to his chamber stode before the bed and clapped with his handes for he thought he had bene slepynge with Iudith But whaÌ„ he had herkened perfectly with his eares and coude perceaue no sterynge he wente nyer to the bed and lift it vp and then sawe he the deed body of Holofernes lyenge there without a heade weltred in his bloude vpon the earth Then cried he with loude voyce and with wepynge rent his clothes and wente in to Iudiths tent and founde her not And so he leapte out vnto the people and sayde one womaÌ„ of y e Iewes hath brought all Nabuchodonosors people to shame For lo Holofernes lyeth vpoÌ„ the grounde and hath no heade Whan the chefe of the assirians hoost herde that they rente their clothes and there fell an intollerable feare and tremblinge vpoÌ„ them so y t theyr myndes were sore afrayed And there was an exceadynge greate crye in the whole hoost The XV. Chapter NOw whan all the hoost herde that Holofernes was headed their mynde and councell fell from them and soch a feare came vpon them that they vndertoke to defende themselues by flyenge awaye one spake not to another but hanged downe their heades left all behynde them and made haist to escape from the Hebrues for they herde that they were haistinge to come after with their weapens and so they fled by the wayes of the feldes and thorow all the fote pathes of the dales And whan y e children of Israel sawe that they fled they folowed vpon them and wente downe with troÌ„pettes blowinge and makynge a greate crie after theÌ„ As for the Assirians they had no ordre and kepte not theÌ„ selues together but fled their waye Neuerthelesse the children of Israel fell vpon them with one company and ordre and discomfited as many as they might gett And Osias sent messaungers vnto all the cities and couÌ„trees of Israel So all the regions and euery cite sent out their best men after them in harnesse smote them with the swerde tyll they came to y e vttemost parte of their borders And the other that were in Bethulia came into the teÌ„tes of the Assirians and toke all that they which were fled had left behynde them and so they founde greate good And they that came agayne to Bethulia from the battayll toke with them soch thinges as had bene theirs there was no noÌ„bre of the catell and of all costly Iewels so that from the lowest vnto the hyest they were all made riche of the spoyles of them And Ioachim the Hye prest at IerusaleÌ„ came to Bethulia with all the elders that they might se Iudith Now whan she came out vnto them they beganne all to prayse her with one voyce sayenge thou worshipe of the cite of Ierusalem thou ioye of Israel thou hono r of oure people thou hast done manly and thy hert is comforted because thou hast loued clenlynes and chastyte hast knowne no man but thine owne huszbande therfore hath the haÌ„de of the LORDE comforted the and blessed shalt thou be for euer And all people sayde so be it so be it In thirtie dayes coude the people of Israel scarse gather vp the spoyles of the Assirians But all that belonged vnto Holofernes and had bene his specially whether it were of golde of syluer precious stones clothinge and all ornamentes they gaue it vnto Iudith And all the people reioysed both wemen maydens and yonge people with pipes and harpes The XVI Chapter THen sange Iudith this songe vnto the LORDE Begynne vnto the LORDE vpon the tabrettes singe vnto the LORDE vpon the cymbals O synge vnto him a new songe of thankesgeuynge be ioyfull and call vpon his name It is the LORDE that destroyeth warres euen the LORDE is his name Which hath pitched his tentes in the myddest of his people that he might delyuer vs from the hande of all oure enemies Assur came out of the mountaynes in the multitude of his strength His people stopped the water brokes and their horses couered the valleys He purposed to haue breÌ„t vp my londe and to slaye my yonge men with the swerde He wolde haue caryed awaye my children and virgins in to captiuyte but the allmightie LORDE hurte him and delyuered him in to the handes of a woman which brought him to confucion For their mightie was not destroyed of the yonge men It was not the sonnes of Titan that slew him nether haue the greate giauntes sett them selues agaynst him but Iudith the daughter of Merari w t hir fayre bewtye hath discomfited him and brought him to naught For she layed awaie hâ—r widdowes garment and put on the appared of gladnesse in the reioysinge of the children of Israel She anoynted hir face and bounde vp hir hayre in an hooue to begyle him Hir slippers rauyshed his eyes hir bewtye captyuated his mynde with the swerde smote she of his neck The Persians were astonnyed at hir sted fastnesse and the Medes at hir boldnes Then howled the armyes of y e Assirians whan my symple appeared drye of thyrst The sonnes of the daughters haue pearsed them thorow and slayne them as fugityue childreÌ„ they peryshed in the battayll for the very feare of the LORDE my God Let vs synge a songe of thaÌ„kesgeuynge vnto the LORDE a new songe of prayse wyl we synge vnto oure God LORDE LORDE thou art a greate God mightie in power whom no man maye ouercome All thy creatures shulde serue the for thou spakest but the worde they were made thou sente thy sprete they were created and no man maye withstonde thy voyce The mountaynes shal moue from the foundacions with the waters the stony rockes shal melt before the like waxe But they that feare the shal be greate with y e in all thinges Wo vnto the people that ryse vp against my generacion for the allmightie LORDE wyll auenge him self of them in the daye of iudgmeÌ„t wyl he vyset them For he shall geue fyre wormes in to their flesh that they maye burne and fele it for euermore After this it happened that after the victory all the people came to Ierusalem to geue prayse and thankes vnto the LORDE And whaÌ„ they were purified they offred all their brent sacrifices and their
t the wynde as y e remembraunce of a straūger y t tarieth for a daie thē departeth But y e righteous shal lyue for euermore their rewarde also is w t the LORDE their remembraunce w t the Hyest Therfore shal they receaue a glorious kyngdome a beutifull crowne of the LORDES hande for w t his right hande shal he couer thē w t his owne arme shall he defende thē His gelousy also shal take awaye the harnesse he shal wapē y e creature to be auēged of y e enemies He shal put on righteousnes for a brest plate take sure iudgment in steade of an helmett The invyncible shylde of equite shall he take his cruell wrath shal he sharpē for a speare the whole compase of the worlde shall fight with him agaynst the vnwyse Thē shal the thonder boltes go out of y e lighteninges come out of the rayne bowe of the cloudes to the place apoynted out of the hard stony indignacion there shall fall thick hales y e water of y e see shal be wroth agaynst thē the floudes shal renne roughly together Yee a mightie wynde shal stōde vp agaynst them a storme shall scater thē abrode Thus the vnrighteous dealinge of thē shal bringe all the lōde to a wyldernes wickednes shall ouerthrowe the dwellinges of the mightie The VI. Chapter WYszdome is better then strength a mā of vnderstādinge is more worth thē one y t is strōge Heare therfore O ye kinges vnderstonde O lerne ye y t be iudges of the endes of the earth Geue are ye y t rule y e multitudes delite in moch people For the power is geuē you of the LORDE the strēgth from the Hyest which shal trie yo r workes and search out yo r ymaginaciōs How that ye beynge officers of his kyngdome haue not executed true iudgment haue not kepte the lawe of righteousnes ner walked after his will Horribly that right soone shall he appeare vnto you for an harde iudgmēt shal they haue y t beare rule Mercy is graūted vnto the symple but they that be in auctorite shal be sore punyshed For God which is LORDE ouer all shall excepte no mās personne nether shal he stande in awe of eny mans greatnesse for he hath made y e small and greate careth for all alyke But the mightie shal haue y e sorer punyshmēt Vnto you therfore o ye kinges do I speake y t ye maye lerne wyszdome and not go amysse for they y t kepe righteousnes shal be righteously iudged and they y t are lerned in righteous thinges shal finde to make answere Wherfore set yo r lust vpon my wordes loue thē so shal ye come by nurtor. Wyszdome is a noble thinge neuer faydeth awaie yee she is easely sene of thē that loue her founde of soch as seke her She preuēteth them y t desyre her y t she maye first shewe herself vnto thē Who so awaketh vnto her by tymes shal haue no greate trauayle for he shal fynde her syttinge ready at his dores To thinke vpon her is parfecte vnderstandinge who so watcheth for her shal be safe that soone For she goeth aboute sekynge soch as are mete for her sheweth her self cherefully vnto them in their goynges meteth them w t all diligēce For y e vnfained desyre of refourmacion is hir begynnynge to care for nurto r is loue and loue is the kepinge of hir lawes Now the kepinge of y e lawes is perfeccion an vncorrupte life an vncorrupte life maketh a man familier w t God And so the desyre of wyszdome ledeth to y e kingdome euerlastinge Yf yo r delyte be thē in royall seates cepters o ye kynges of the people set youre lust vpō wyszdome y t ye maye raigne for euer more O loue the light of wyszdome all ye y t be rulers of the people As for wyszdome what she is and how she came vp I wil tell you and will not hyde the misteries of God from you but wil seke her out from y e begynnynge of the natiuyte and brynge the knowlege of her in to light and wil not kepe back the trueth Nether will I haue to do w t cōsumynge envye for soch a man shal not be partaker of wiszdome But the multitude of the wyse is the welfare of the worlde and a wyse kynge is the vpholdinge of the people O receaue nourtoure then thorow my wordes and it shal do you good The VII Chap. I Myself also am a mortall man like as all other am come of y e earthy generaciō of him y t was first made in my mothers wōbe was I fashioned to be flesh In the tyme of ten monethes was I brought together in bloude thorow the sede of man the cōmodious appetite of slepe Whan I was borne I receaued like ayre as other men fell vpon the earth which is my nature crienge wepinge at the first as all other do I was wrapped in swadlinge clothes brought vp w t greate cares For there is no kinge y t hath had eny other begynnynge of byrth All men then haue one intraunce vnto life one goinge out in like maner Wherfore I desyred and vnderstandinge was geuē me I called the sprete of wyszdome came in to me I set more by her thē by kingdomes royall seates counted riches nothinge in cōparison of her As for precious stone I compared it not vnto her for all golde is but grauell vnto her syluer shal be counted but claye before hir sight I loued her aboue welfare beutie purposed to take her for my light for hir shyne can not be quenched All good thinges came to me w t her innumerable riches thorow hir hādes I was glad in thē all for this wyszdome wēte before me I knew not y t she is the mother of all good thinges Now as I myself lerned vnfaynedly so do I make other men partakers of her hyde her riches from no man for she is an infinite treasure vnto men which who so vse become partakers of the loue frendshipe of God and are accepted vnto him for the giftes of wyszdome God hath graunted me to talke wysely conueniētly to hādle the thinges y t he hath graciously lent me For it is he y t ledeth vnto wyszdome teacheth to vse wyszdome a right In his hāde are we o r wordes yee all o r wyszdome o r vnderstandinge knowlege of all o r workes For he hath geuē me y e true sciēce of these thinges so that I knowe how y e worlde was made the powers of y e elemētes y e begynnynge endinge myddest of y e tymes how the tymes alter how one goeth after another and how they are fulfilled y e course of the yeare the ordinaunces of the
his porcion and enheritaunce The thirde noble and excellent mā is Phineas the sonne of Eleazer which pleased the God of Israel because he had y e zele feare of the LORDE For whan the people were turned back he put him self forth right soone that with a good wyll to pacifie the wrath of the LORDE towarde Israel Therfore was there a couenaūt of peace made with him y t he shulde be the principall amonge the righteous and the people that he and his posterite shulde haue the office of the presthode for euer Like as there was made a couenaūt with Dauid of the trybe of Iuda that frō amonge his sonnes onely there shulde be a kynge And that Aaron also his sede shulde be the heretage to geue vs wyszdome in o hert to iudge his people in righteousnes that his goodes shulde not come in to forgetfulnes and that their honoure might endure for euer The XLVI Chapter MAnly stronge in battaill was Iesus y e sonne of Naue which in steade of Moses y e prophet was geuen to be captayne of the people which acordinge vnto his name was a greate sauioure vnto the electe of God to punysh the enemies that rose vp agaynst Israel y t Israel might optayne their inheritaunce O how greate noble and excellent was he whan he lift vp his hande and drew out his swerde agaynst the cities Who stode so manly before him For the LORDE himself brought in the enemies Stode not the Sonne styll at his commaundemēt and one daye was as longe as two He called vpon the Hyest most mightie whā y e enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde and the LORDE herde him with the hayle stones They smote y e Heithenish people mightely in fallinge downe they slew all y e aduersaries so that the Heithē knewe his hoost and all his defence that the LOR himself fought against them for he folowed vpon the mightie men of them In the tyme of Moses also he and Caleb the sonne of Iephune dyd a good worke which stode agaynst the enemies withelde the people from synne and stylled y e wicked murmurynge And of sixe hundreth thousande people of fote they two were preserued whan they were brought in to the heretage namely a londe that floweth with mylke hony The LORDE gaue strength also vnto Caleb which remayned with him vnto his age so that he wente vp in to the hye places of the londe and his sede conquered the same for an heretage that all the childrē of Israel might se how good a thinge it is to be obedient vnto the LORDE And the iudges or rulers euery one after his name whose hert wente not a whoringe ner departed from y e LORDE and that forsake not the LORDE vnfaithfully whose remembraūce hath a good reporte Yee their bones florish out of their place and their name shal neuer be chaūged Samuel the prophet beloued of the LORDE ordeyned a kinge and anoynted the prynces ouer the people In the lawe of the LORDE ruled he and iudged the congregacion the LORDE had respecte vnto Iacob The prophet was founde diligent in his faithfulnes yee in his faithfulnes was the faithfulnes of the vision knowne He called vpon y e LORDE the mightie whā the enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde what tyme as he offred the suckynge lambes And the LORDE thondred from heauen and mayde his voyce to be herde w t a greate noyse He discomfited the prynces of Tyre all the rulers of the Philistynes Before his last ende he made protestacion in the sight of the LORDE his anoynted that he toke nether substaunce ner good of eny man no not so moch as a shue no man might accuse him After this he tolde that his ende was at honde and shewed the kynge also his ende and death from y e earth lift he vp his voyce in the prophecie y t the vngodly people shulde perishe The XLVII Chapter AFterwarde in the tyme of kynge Dauid there rose vp a prophet called Nathan For like as the fat is taken awaye from the offrynge so was Dauid chosen out of the childrē of Israel He toke his pastyme w t the lyons as w t kyddes and with beares like as with lambes Slew he not a giaunte whan he was yet but yonge toke awaye the rebuke from his people what tyme as he toke the stone in his hande smote downe proude Goliath w t the slynge For he called vpon the hyest LORDE which gaue him strength in his right hande so that he ouerthrew the mightie giaunte in the battayll that he might set vp the horne of his people agayne Thus brought he him to worshipe aboue all prynces and made him to haue a good reporte in the prayse of the LORDE y t he shulde weere a crowne of glory For he destroied the enemies on euery syde roted out the Philistynes his aduersaries brake their horne in sunder like as it is brokē yet this daye In all his workes he praysed y e Hyest Holiest ascrybed the honoure vnto him With his whole hert dyd he prayse and loue him that made him He set syngers also before the aulter and in their tune he made swete songes He ordeyned to kepe the holy daies worship fully and that the solempne feastes thorow the whole yeare shulde be honorably holdē with praysinge the name of the LORDE with synginge by tymes in the mornynge in the Sanctuary The LORDE toke awaye his synnes and exalted his horne for euer He gaue him y e couenaunt of the kyngdome and the trone of worshipe in Israel After him there rose vp the wyse sonne called Salomon and for his sake he droue y e enemies awaie farre of This Salomon reigned with peace in his tyme for God gaue him rest from his enemies on euery syde that he might buylde him an house in his name prepare the Sanctuary for euer like as he was well īstructe in his youth fylled with wyszdome and vnderstōdinge as it were with a water floude He couered and fylled the whole londe with similitudes and wyse prudent sentences His name wente abrode in the Iles because of his peace he was beloued All londes marueled at his songes prouerbes symilitudes and at his peace and at the name of y e LORDE God which is called the God of Israel He gathered golde as tynne he had as moch syluer as leade He was moued in vnordinate loue towarde wemen and was ouercome in affeccion He stayned his hono and worshipe yee his posterite defyled he also in bringinge the wrath of the LORDE vpon his children and sorowe after his ioye so y t his kyngdome was deuyded Ephraim became an vnfaithfull an vnconstant kingdome Neuertheles God forsoke not his mercy nether was he vtterly destroyed because of his workes y t he shulde leaue him no
the people lest they shulde thrunge him for he healed many of them in so moch that all they which were plaged preased vpon him that they might touch him And whan the foule spretes sawe him they fell downe before him and cried and sayde Thou art the sonne of God And he charged them strately that they shulde not make him knowne And he wente vp in to a mountayne and called vnto him whom he wolde and they came vnto him And he ordeyned y e twolue that they shulde be with him and that he might sende them out to preach and that they might haue power to heale sicknesses and to cast out deuyls And vnto Symon he gaue the name Peter and Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon the brother of Iames and gaue thē the name Bonarges that is to saye the children of thonder and Andrew and Philippe and Bartylmew and Mathew and Thomas and Iames y e sonne of Alpheus and Taddeus and Symon of Cana and Iudas Iscarioth which betrayed him And they came to house Then assembled the people together agayne in so moch that they had no leysure to eate And when they that were aboute him herde of it they wente out to holde him For they sayde he taketh to moch vpon him But the scrybes that were come downe from Ierusalem sayde He hath Belzebub and thorow the chefe deuell casteth he out deuyls And he called them together and spake vnto them in symilitudes How can one Sathan dryue out another And yf a realme be deuyded in it self how can it endure And yf a house be deuyded agaynst it self it can not contynue Yf Sathan now ryse agaynst him self and be at variaunce with him self he can not endure but is at an ende No man can entre in to a stronge mans house and take awaye his goodes excepte he first bynde the stronge man and then spoyle his house Verely I saye vnto you All synnes shal be forgeuen the children of men and the blasphemy also wherwith they blaspheme But who so blasphemeth the holy goost hath neuer forgeuenes but is giltie of the euerlastinge iudgment For they sayde he hath an vncleane sprete And there came his mother and his brethrē and stode without and sente vnto him and called him And the people sat aboute him and sayde vnto him Beholde thy mother and thy brethrē axe after the without And he answered and sayde Who is my mother and my brethren And he loked rounde aboute him vpon his disciples which sat rounde in compasse aboute him and sayde Beholde my mother and my brethren For who so euer doth the will of God the same is my brother and my sister and my mother The IIII. Chapter ANd he begāne agayne to teach by y e see side And there gathered moch people vnto him so that he wente in to a shippe and sat vpon the water And all the people stode vpon the londe by the see syde And he preached longe vnto thē by parables and sayde vnto thē in his doctryne Herken to beholde there wente out a sower to sowe it happened whyle he was sowinge that some fell by the waye syde Then came the foules vnder the heauen and ate it vp Some fell vpon stonye grounde where it had not moch earth and anone it came vp because it had not depe earth Now whā the Sonne arose it caught heate and in so moch as it had no rote it wythred awaye And some fel amonge the thornes the thornes grew vp and choked it and it gaue no frute And some fell vpon a good grounde which gaue frute that came vp and grew And some bare thirtie folde and some sixtie folde and some an hundreth folde And he sayde vnto them Who so hath eares to heare let him heare And whan he was alone they that were aboute him w t the twolue axed him concernynge this parable And he sayde vnto thē Vnto you it is geuen to knowe the mystery of the kyngdome of God but vnto them that are without all thinges happen by parables that with seynge eyes they maye se and not discerne and that with hearinge eares they maye heare and not vnderstōde lest at eny tyme they turne and their synnes be forgeuen them And he sayde vnto them Vnderstonde ye not this parable How wyl ye then vnderstonde all other parables The sower soweth the worde These be they that are by the waye syde where the worde is sowne and as soone as they haue herde it immediatly commeth Sathā and taketh awaye the worde that was sowen in their hertes And likewyse are they that are sowen on the stonye grounde which when they haue herde the worde receaue it with ioye and haue no rote in them but endure for a tyme. When trouble and persecucion aryseth for y e wordes sake immediatly they are offended And these are they that are sowen amōge the thornes which heare the worde and y e carefulnes of this worlde and the disceatfulnes of riches and many other lustes entre in and choke the worde and so is it made vnfrutefull And these are they y t are sowen vpō a good grounde Which heare y e worde and receaue it and brynge forth frute some thirtie folde and some sixtie folde and some an hundreth folde And he sayde vnto thē Is a candle lighted to be put vnder a buszhell or vnder a table Is it not lighted to be set vpon a candelsticke For there is nothinge hyd that shal not be openly shewed and there is nothinge secrete y t shal not be knowne Who so hath eares to heare let him heare And he sayde vnto them Take hede what ye heare With what measure ye mete with the same shal it be measured vnto you agayne And vnto you that heare this shal more be geuen For who so hath vnto him shal be geuen and who so hath not from him shal be taken awaye euen that he hath And he sayde The kyngdome of God is after this maner as when a man casteth sede vpon the londe and slepeth and stondeth vp night and daye and the sede spryngeth vp groweth he not knowinge of it For the earth bryngeth forth frute of her selfe first the grasse afterwarde the eare then the full wheate in the eare But whan she hath brought forth the frute he putteth to the syckell because the haruest is come And he sayde Where vnto wyl welicken the kyngdome of God Or by what symilitude wyl we compare it It is like a grayne of mustarde sede which whā it is sowē vpō the londe is the leest amonge all sedes of the earth And whā it is sowen it groweth vp and is greater then all herbes and getteth greate braunches so y t the foules vnder the heauē maye dwell vnder y e shadowe therof And by many soch parables he spake the worde vnto thē there after as they might heare it without parables spake he nothinge vnto
in to thine house thou hast geueÌ„ me no water vnto my fete but she hath watred my fete with teares and dryed theÌ„ w t the hayres of hir heade Thou hast geueÌ„ me no kysse but she sens the tyme she came in hath not ceassed to kysse my fete Thou hast not anointed my heade w t oyle but she hath anoynted my heade with oyntment Therfore I saye vnto the Many synnes are forgeuen her for she hath loued moch But vnto whom lesse is forgeuen the same loueth the lesse And he sayde vnto her Thy synnes are forgeuen the. Then they that sat at the table with him beganne to saye within them selues What is he this that forgeueth synnes also But he sayde vnto the woman Thy faith hath saued the Go thy waye in peace The VIII Chapter ANd it fortuned afterwarde that he wente thorow the cities and townes and preached and shewed y e Gospell of the kyngdome of God and the twolue w t him And certayne wemen also whoÌ„ he had healed froÌ„ euell spretes and infirmities Namely Mary which is called Magdalene out of whom wente seuen deuels and Ioanna y e wife of Chusa Herodes stewarde and Susanna and many other that mynistred vnto them of their substaunce Now whaÌ„ moch people were gathered together and haisted vnto him out of the cities He spake by asymilitude There wente out a sower to sowe his sede whyle he was sowynge some fell by the waye syde and was troddeÌ„ vnder fote and the foules of the ayre ate it vp And some fell on stone and whan it was spronge vp it wythred awaye because it had no moystnesse And some fell amonge thornes and the thornes sprange vp with it and choked it And some fell vpoÌ„ a good grounde and sprange vp and bare frute an hundreth folde WhaÌ„ he sayde this he cryed Who so hath eares to heare let him heare And his disciples axed him and sayde What symilitude is this And he sayde Vnto you it is geueÌ„ to knowe the mysteryes of the kyngdome of God but vnto the other in parables y t though they se it they shulde not se it and though they heare it they shulde not vnderstonde This is the parable The sede is the worde of God As for those that are by y e waye syde they are they that heare it afterwarde commeth the deuell and taketh awaye the worde out of their hertes that they shulde not beleue and be saued But they on y e stone are soch as whan they heare it receaue the worde with ioye and these haue no rote they beleue for a whyle and in the tyme of temptacion they fall awaye As for it that fel amonge the thornes are soch as heare it and go forth amonge the cares riches and volupteousnesses of this life and are choked and brynge forth no frute But that on the good grounde are they that heare the worde and kepe it in a pure good hert and brynge forth frute in pacience No man lighteth a caÌ„dell and couereth it with a vessell or putteth it vâ—der a table but setteth it vpon a candelsticke that soch as go in maye se light For there is nothinge hyd that shal not be openly shewed and there is nothinge secrete that shal not be knowne and come to light Take hede therfore how ye heare For who so hath vnto him shal be geueÌ„ but who so hath not from him shal be taken awaye eueÌ„ the same that he thynketh to haue There wente vnto him his mother and his brethren and coude not come at him for the people And it was tolde him Thy mother and thy brethren stonde without and wolde se the. But he answered sayde vnto theÌ„ My mother and my brethren are these which heare the worde of God and do it And it fortuned vpon a certayne daye y t he wente in to a shippe and his disciples w t him he sayde vnto theÌ„ Let vs passe ouer to the other syde of y e lake And they thurst of froÌ„ the loÌ„de And as they sayled he slepte And there came a storme of wynde vpon y e lake and the wawes fell vpon theÌ„ and they stode in greate ioperdy Then weÌ„te they vnto him and waked him vp sayde Master master we perishe Then he arose and rebuked the wynde and the teÌ„pest of water and they ceassed and it waxed calme But he sayde vnto theÌ„ Where is youre faith Neuertheles they were afrayed and woÌ„dred and sayde one to another What is he this For he coÌ„maundeth the wyndes and the water and they are obedient vnto him And they sayled forth in to the countre of the Gadarenites which is ouer agaynst Galile And whan he wente out to londe there met him out of y e cite a maÌ„ which had a deuell longe tyme ware no clothes taried in no house but in the graues Neuerthelesâ— whaÌ„ he sawe Iesus he cried and fell downe before him and cried loude sayde What haue I to do with the Iesus thou sonne of the Hyest God I beseke the that thou wilt not tormeÌ„te me For he coÌ„maunded the foule sprete that he shulde departe out of the maÌ„ for he had plaged hiÌ„ a loÌ„ge season And he was bounde with cheynes and kepte w t fetters and he brake the bondes in sonder and was caried of the deuell in to the wyldernesse And Iesus axed him and sayde What is thy name He sayde Legion For there were many deuels entred in to him And they besought him that he wolde not coÌ„maunde theÌ„ to go in to the depe But there was there a greate heerd of swyne fedynge vpon the mountayne and they besought him that he wolde geue them leue to entre in to y e same And he gaue theÌ„ leue Then departed y e deuels out of the maÌ„ and entred in to the swyne And the heerd ruszhed headlynges with a storme in to the lake and were drowned But whaÌ„ y e herdmen sawe what had chaunsed they fled and tolde it in the cite and in the vyllagies Then wente they out for to se what was done and came to Iesus and founde the maÌ„ out of whom the deuyls were departed syttinge at Iesus fete clothed and in his right mynde and they were afrayed And they y t had sene it tolde theÌ„ how the possessed was healed And the whole multitude of y e countre of the Gadarenites besought him that he wolde departe from them for there was a greate feare come vpon theÌ„ And he gat him in to y e shippe and turned agâ—yne And the man out of whoÌ„ the deuels were departed besought him y t he might be with him But Iesus sent him awaye and sayde Go home agayne and shewe how greate thinges God hath done for the. And he wente his waye preached thorow out all y e cite how greate thinges Iesus had done for hiÌ„ And it fortuned whaÌ„ Iesus came agayne the people receaued him for