that thou do nat after thyne owne ymaginacion nether seke thine owne wyll nor speake thyne owne wordes Then shalte thou haue thy pleasure in the Lorde whiche shall carye the hye aboue the earthe and fede the with the herytage of Iacob thy father for y â— Lordes owne mouth hath so promysed ¶ The Lorde is myghtye to saue and readye to heare oure requestes CAPI LIX BEHOLDE the Lordes hande is nat so shortened that it can nat helpe neyther is his eare so stopped that it maye nat heare But youre mysdedes haue separated you from youre God and youre synnes hyde his face from you that he heareth you not For your handes are defyled with bloude and youre fingers with vnrighteousnes Your lyppes speake lesynnes and youre tonge setteth oute wyckednes No man regardeth ryghteousnes and no man iudgeth truly Euery maÌ„ hopeth in vayne thynges and ymagyneth disceate conceaueth weerynesse and bryngeth forthe euyl They brede cokatryce egges weaue the spyders webbe Who so eateth of theyr egges dyeth But yf one treade vpon them there commeth vp a serpent Theyr webbe maketh no clothe and they maye not couer theÌ„ with theyr labours Theyr dedes are y â— dedes of wyckednes and the worcke of robbery I haue set ☜ watchmen vpon thy walles O Ierusalem which shal neither cease daye nor nyght to preache the Lorde And ye also shall not kepe hym close nor leaue to speake of hym vntyll Ierusalem be set vp and made the prayse of the world The lorde hath sworne by his ryght hande and by his stronge arme that from hence forth he wyll not geue thy corne to be meate for thyne eue mâ—esâ—uor thy vyne wherin thou hast laboured to be drynke for the straungers But they that haue gathered in the corne shall eate it and gyue thankes to the Lorde and they that haue borne in the vine shal drinke it in the courte of my Sanctuary Stande backe and departe a sunder ye that stande vnder the gate make rowme ye people repayre the strete and take awaye the stones and set out a token for the people Beholde the Lorde proclaymeth vnto the endes of the worlde tel the daughter Sion se thy sauyour coÌ„meth beholde he bringeth his treasure with him and his workes go before him For they whom the Lorde de liuereth shal be called the holy people and as for the thou shalte be named the greatly occupied and not the forsaken cytie ¶ Of the redempcy on promysed to the people CAPI LXIII WHAT is he this that commeth frome EdoÌ„ with redde coloured clothes of Bosra whiche is so costely clothe and coÌ„meth in so nimbly with all his strength I am he that teacheth rightuousnes and am of power to helpe Wherfore then is thy clothyng reade and thy rayment lyke his y e treadeth in the wyne presse I haue troaden the presse my self alone and of al people there is not one with me Thus wyll I treade downe myne enemyes in my wrath and set my fete vpon them in my indignacyon And theyr bloude shal be sprong vpon my clothes and so wyll I stayne all my rayment For the daye of vengeaunce that I haue take in hanÌ„de the yere of my delyueraunce is come I loked aboute me and there was no maÌ„ to shewe me any helpe I marualed that no man helde me vp TheÌ„ I helde me by myne owne arme and my feruentnesse susteyned me And thus wyll I treade downe the people in my wrathe and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the earth wyll I laye their strength I wyl declare the goodnesse of the Lord ye and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hathe geuen vs for the greate good that he hath done for Israel whiche he hath geuen them of his owne fauoure and accordynge to the multitude of his louynge kyndnesses For he sayde These no doute are my people and no shrynkynge chyldren and so he was theyr sauyour In theyr troubles he forsoke them not but the Angell that wente forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue and kyndnesse that he had vnto them redemed he them He hathe borne them and caryed theym vp euer sence the worlde beganne But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde he was theyr enemye and fought agaynste them hym selfe Yet remembred he the olde tyme of Moyses and his people Howe he brought them from the water of the see as a shepherde doth with his shepe howe he had giuen his holy spiryte amonge them howe he had led Moses by the ryght hande with his glorious arme howe he had deuided the water before theym wherby he gat hym selfe an euerlastyng name howe he led them in the depe as an hors is ledde in the playne that they shâ—lde not stumble The spirite of the Lord led them as a tame beast goeth in the felde Thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious name with all Loke downe then from heuen and beholde the dwellynge place of thy sanctuary and thy glory Howe is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercyes and thy louynge kyndnesse wyll not be entreated of vs yet arte thou our father For Abraham knoweth vs not neyther is Israel acquainted with vs. But thou Lord arte our rather and redemer and thy name is euerlastynge O Lorde wherfore haste y â— led vs out of thy waye Wherfore haste y â— hardened our herces y â— we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake that are of the generacion of thyne herytage Thy people hathe had but lytle of thy Saynctuary in possessy on for our enemyes haue taken it in And we are become euen as we were from the begynnynge but thou arte not their Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name ¶ The Prophete vnder the person of the Iewes be wayleth theyr exple and banyshement Mannes ryghtuousness is lyke a cloth fyled with the floures of a woman CAPI LXIIII. O THAT thou woldest cleue the heauen in sonder and come downe that the mountaynes myght melte away at thy presence lyke as at an hote fire and that the malycious myght voyle as the water dothe vpon the fyre Wherby thy name myght be knowen amonge thyne enemyes and that the Gentyles myght trymble before the. That thou myghtest come downe with thy wonderous straunge workes theÌ„ shuld the hylles melt at thy presence For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none excepte thou O God that hearde or perceaued neyther hathe any eye sene what thou dost for theÌ„ that put theyr trust in the. Thou helpest hym that doth ryght with cherefulnesse and them that thyncke vpon thy wayes But lo thou hast bene angrye for we offended and haue bene euer in synne and there is nat one whole We are all as an vnclene thynge and all oure ryghtuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman we fal
speakest then shulde not he pardon the yf thou open thy selfe before hym and put thy truste in hym Then vseth he no violence in his wrath neyther hath he pleasure in curious depe inquisicions Therfore doth Iob open his mouth but in vayne and folysshly doth he make so many wordes ¶ Elihu sheweth wherfore god punysheth and corâ—â—â—teth CAPI XXXVI ELihu proceded forth in his talkyng and sayd Holde the styll a lytell and I shall shewe the what I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe I wyl open vnto the yet more of myne vnderstandyng and proue my matter ryghteous And truely my wordes shall not be vayne seynge he is with the that is perfyte in knowledge beholde the great god casteth awaye no man for he hym selfe is myghtye in power and wysdome As for the vngodly he shall not preserue hym but shal helpe the poore to theyr ryght He shall turne his eyes awaye from the ryghteous but as kynges shall they be in theyr trone he shall stablysshe them for euer and they shall be exalted But yf they be layde in pryson and cheynes or bounde with the bondes of trouble then wyll he shewe them theyr worke and the synnes wherewith they haue vsed cruell vyolence He with punysshynge and nurturyng of them roundeth them in the eares warneth them to leaue of from theyr wyckednesse and to amende If they nowe wyll take hede serue hym they shall weare out theyr dayes in prosperite and theyr yeres in pleasure and ioye But yf they wyll not herken they shall go thorowe the swerde and perysshe or euer they be aware As for suche as be fayned ypocrites they shall heape vp wrathe for them selues for they call not vpon hym though they he his prysoners Thus shal theyr soule perysshe in folysshnes and theyr lyfe shal be condemned among the fornicatours The poore shall he delyuer out of his affliccion and rounde them in the care when they be in trouble Euen so shal he kepe the yf thou wylte be contente from the bottomlesse pyt that is beneth and yf thou wylt holde the quyete he shall fyll thy table with plenteousnesse Neuerthelesse thou hast condemned the iudgement of the vngodly yea euen suche a iudgement and sentence shalte thou suffre For then shall not thy cause be stylled with crueltye nor pacified with many gyftes Thynkest thou that he wyll regarde thy rychesse he shall not care for golde nor for all them that excell in strengthe Prolonge not thou the tyme tyll there come a nyght for the to set other people in thy steade But beware that thou turne not asyde to wyckednesse and synne whiche hytherto thou hast chosen more then mekenesse Beholde god is of a myghty hygh power Where is suche a gyde and law gyuer as he Who wyll reproue hym of his waye Who wyll saye vnto hym thou haste done wronge O consydre howe great and excellent his workê be whom all men loue and prayse yea wondre at hym and yet they se hym but a far of Beholde so great is God that he passeth our knowledge neyther are we able to come to the experience of his yeares He turneth the water to small droppes He dryueth his cloudes togyther for to rayne so that they powre downe and droppe vpon men He can sprede out the cloudes a coueryng of his tabernacle and cause his lyght to shyne vpon them and to couer the botome of the see By these thynges gouerneth he his people and gyueth them aboundaunce of meate With the cloudes he hydeth the lyghte and at his coÌ„maundement it cometh agayne The rysynge vp therof sheweth he to his frendes and to the cattell ¶ Elihu proueth that the wysdome of god is vnsearchable CAPI XXXVII AT this my herte is astonyed moued out of his place Heare then the sounde of his voyce and the noyse that goeth out of his mouth He gouerneth euery thyng vnder the heuen and his lyght reacheth vnto the ende of the worlde A roryng voyce foloweth hym for his glorious maiesty gyueth suche a thondreclap that though a man here it yet may he not perceyue it afterwarde It gyueth an horryble sounde when God sendeth out his voyce greate thynges doth he whiche we can not comprehende When he commaundeth the snowe it falleth vpon the carthe As soone as he gyueth the rayne a charge immediatly the showres haue theyr strengthe and fall downe He sendeth â—â—are vpon euery maÌ„ that they myght know theyr owne workes The beastes crepe into theyr dennes and take theyr rest Out of the south cometh the tempest colde out of the north At the breth of God the frost cometh and the waters are shed abrode He maketh the cloudê to do theyr laboure in gyuynge moystnesse and agayne with his lyght he dryueth away the cloude He distributeth also on euery syde according as it pleaseth hym to deale oute his workes that they may do what soeuer he coÌ„mauÌ„deth them thorowe the hole worlde whyther it be to punysshe any lande or to do good vnto them that seke hym Herken vnto this O Iob stande styl and consydre the wonderous workes of god Arte thou of counsel with god when he doth these thynges When he causeth the lyght to come forth of his cloudes Arte thou of his counsel when he spredeth out the cloudes Hast thou the perfyte knowledge of his wonders and howe thy clothes are warme when the lande is styl thorowe the South wynde Hast thou helped hym to spreade out the heuen whiche is to loke vpon as it were cast of cleare mettall Teache vs what we shall say vnto hym for we are vnmete bycause of darknesse Shall it be tolde hym what I say Shuld a man speake or shulde he kepe it backe For euery man seeth not the lyght that he kepeth cleare in the cloudes which he clenseth when he maketh the wynde to blowe Golde is brought out of the north but the prayse and honoure of Goddes feare cometh from God hym selfe It is not we that can fynde out the almyghtye for in power equite and ryghteousnes he is hygher then can be expressed Let men therfore feare hym for there shall no man se hym that is wyse in his owne conceyte ¶ The wonâ—ers and maâ—â—els that the Eoâ—de hath done from the begynnynge CAPI XXXVIII Then answered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the storme and sayd What is he that hydeth his mynde with folysshe wordê Gyrde vp thy loynes lyke a man for I wyl question with the se thou gyue me a directe answere Where wast thou when I layde the foundacions of the earth Tell playnely yf thou hast vnderstandynge Who hath measured it knowest thou Or who hath spred the lyne vpon it Whervpon stande the pyllers of it Or who layde the corner stone therof Where wast thou when the sterres praysed me togyther and all the chyldren of god reioysed triumphauntly Who shut the see with dores when it brake forthe as a chylde out of the mothers wombe When I made the
that regioÌ„ he thought vpon Abraham and sent Lot out from the myddes of the ouerthrâ—wyng when he ouerthrew the cyties where Lot dwelled And Lot departed out of Zoar dwelled in the mouÌ„tayne his ii daughters were w t hym for he feared to tary in Zoar but dwelled in a caue he his ii daughters And the elder sayd vnto the yonger Our father is olde there is not a maÌ„ in the earth to come in vnto vs after the maner of al the worlde Come we wyl make our father dronken with wyne lye w t him that we may saue seed of our father And so they made theyr father dronken with wyne that nyght And the elder daughter wente lay w t her father And he ê‘ceyued it not neyther when she lay downe nor wheÌ„ she rose vp And on the morowe it happened that the elder sayde vnto the yonger beholde yesternyght laye I with my father Let vs make hym dronke with wyne this nyght also and come thou lye w t him that we may rayse vp seed of our father And they made theyr Father dronke with wyne that nyght also And the yonger arose lay with hym And he perceyued it not neyther wheÌ„ she lay downe neyther when she rose vp Thus were bothe the doughters of Lot w t chylde by theyr father And the elder bare a son called his name Moab The same is the father of the Moabytes vnto this daye And the yonger bare a son also called his name Ben Ammy The same is the father of the chyldren of Ammon vnto this daye ¶ Abraham went as a straunger in the lande of Gerar. The â—yngeo Gerar taketh away his wyfe CAPI XX. ANd Abraham departed thence toward the south couÌ„tre and dwelled bytwene Cades and Sur and Soiourned in Gerar. And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe she is my syster And Abimalech kyng of Gerar sent and fet Sara awaye But God came to Abimalech in dreame in the nyght and sayd to hym Se thou shalt dye for the womans sake whiche thou haste taken away for she is a mans wyfe But Abimalech had not yet come nye her he sayde Lorde wylte thou sley ryghtwyse people sayd not he vntome she is my syster Yea â–ª and sayd not she her selfe he is my â–ª brother with a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done this â–ª And God sayde vnto hym by a dreame I wote it well that thou dydeâ—â— â–ª it 〈◊〉 the purenesse of thy herte I kepte the also that thou shuldest not syn agaynst me and therfore suffred I the not to touche her Nowe therfore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne for he is a prophete and he shal pray for the that thou mayst lyue But yf thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that y u shalte dye the death bothe thou and all that thou hast And so Abimelech rysynge vp beâ—ymâ—s in the mornyng called al his seruauntes and tolde al these sayenges in theyr eates and the men were sore afrayd And Abimelech called Abraham sayd vnto hym What hast thou done vnto vs and what haue I offended the â–ª that thou hast brought on me on my kyngdome so great a synneâ— thou hast done dedes vnto me that ought not to be done And Abimelech sayde vnto Abraham What saâ—pest thou that thou hast done this thyng AbrahaÌ„ answered For I sayd surely the feare of god is not in this place and they shall slâ—e me for my wyues sake yet in verye dede she is my syster for she is the doughter of my father though she be not the doughter of my mother and she became my wyfe And after god caused me to wandre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her This kyndnesse shalte thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come that thou say of me he is my brother Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen men seruauntes and women seruauntes and gaue them vnto Abraham delyuered hym Sara his wyfe agayne And Abimelech sayde Beholde my lande lyeth before the dwell where it pleaseth the best But vnto Sara he sayde Se I haue gyuen thy brother a thousande peces of syluer Beholde it shal be a coueryng of thyne eyes vnto all that are with the. And thus withall was she reproued And so Abraham prayed vnto god and god healed Abimelech and his wyfe and his maydens and they bare chyldren For the Lorde had closed to al the matryces of the house of Abimelech bycause of Sara Abrahams wyfe ¶ Isaac is borne Agar is cast out with her yonge â—orme Iâ— â–ª â—aâ—â—â— The angeâ—â— comforteth Agar The couenaunt â—yâ—â—â—ent Abimelâ—ch and Abraham CAPI XXI THe lorde vysyted Sara as he had sayde and dyd vnto her accordynge as he had promysed For Sara was with chylde and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age euen the same season which the lorde had appoynted hym And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto hym whiche Sara bare hym Isaac And AbrahaÌ„ cyrcumcysed Isaac his sonne when he was viii dayes olde as God commaunded hym And Abraham was an hundred yere olde when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto hym But Sara sayd God hath made me â— laâ—ghyng stocke so that all that heare wyll laughe at me She sayde also â— Who wolde haue sayde vnto AbrahaÌ„ that Sara shulde haue gyuen chyldren sucke for I haue borne hym a sonne in his olde age The chylde growe and was weyned and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weyned And Sara sawe the Sonne of Agar the Egyptyan whiche she had borne vnto Abraham to be a mocker Wherfore she sayd vnto Abraham * Put away this bonde mayde and her sonne for the sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heyre with my sonne Isaac and this sayenge was very greuous in Abrahams syght bycause of his sonne And God sayde vnto Abraham Let it not be greuous in thy fyght bycause of the lad and of thy bonde mayde All that Sara sayth vnto the here her voyce for * in Isaac shall thy seed be called More ouer of the sonne of the bonde woman wyl I make a nacyon by cause he is thy ‡ seede And so Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng and toke breade and a bottel of water and gaue it vnto Ager puttynge it on her shoulders with the lad also sent her away who departynge wandred vp and downe in the wyldernes of Beer Seba. And the water was spente in the bottell and she cast the lad vnder a busshe and went and sat on the other syde a great waye as it were a boweshot of for she sayde I wyll not se the deathe of the chylde And she syttynge downe on the other syde lyfte vp her voyce and wepte And god herde the voyce of the chylde And the angell of God called Ager out of heuen and sayde vnto her What ayleth the Ager Feare not for God hath herde the voyce of the chylde Aryse and lyfte
so my Lorde heare me The felde gyue I the and the caue that therin is gyue I the also euen in the presence of the sonnes of my people gyue I it the bury thy deed And AbrahaÌ„ bowed hym selfe before the people of the land and spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey sayenge I praye the heare me yf it please the I wyl gyue syluer for the feld take it of me and I wyl bury my deed there Ephron answered Abraham sayenge vnto hym My Lorde harken vnto me The land is worth .iiii. hundred sycles of syluer what is that betwyxte the me bury therfore thy deed And Abraham harkened vnto Ephron weyed him the syluer which he had sayd in the audience of the sonnes of Heth. Euen iiii hundred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauÌ„tes And the felde of Epron w t the duoble caue which was before MaÌ„re euen the felde and the caue that was therin and all the trees thâ—t were in the felde that were in all the b 〈…〉 s rounde aboute was made sure but 〈…〉 ham for a possessyon in the syght 〈…〉 ldren of Heth before al that went in at the gates of the citye After this dyd Abraham burye Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the felde that lyeth before Mamre The same is Hebron in the lande of Chanaan And so bothe the felde the caue that is therin was made vnto Abraham a sure possessyoÌ„ to bury in of the sonÌ„es of Heth ¶ Abraham sendeth a seruaunt to seke a wyfe for his sonne The faythfull Isaac taketh fayre Rebecca to wyfe CAPI XXIIII ABraham was olde and strykeÌ„ in dayes and the Lorde had blessed hym in all thyngê And Abraham sayde vnto his eldest seruaunte of his house whiche had the rule ouer all that he had Put thy hande vnder my thye I wyll make the swere by the Lorde god of heuen god of the earth that thou shalte not take a wyfe vnto my son of the doughters of Chanaan among which I dwell But thou shalte go vnto my countrey and to my natyue lande take a wyfe vnto my son Isaac But the seruaunt sayde vnto hym peraduenture the woman wyl not agre to come w t me vnto this lande shall I bryng thy son agayne vnto the lande whiche thou cammest out of To whome Abraham answered be ware that thou brynge not my son thyther agayne The Lorde God of heuen whiche toke me froÌ„ my fathers house from the lande where I was borne and whiche spake vnto me and that sware vnto me sayenge vnto thy seed wyll I gyue this land he shall â—ende his angell before the and thou shalte take a wyfe vnto my son from thence Neuerthelesse yf the woman wyll not agree to folowe the then shalte thou be with out daunger of this my doth Onely brynge not my sonne thyther agayne And the seruaunt put his hande vnder the thye of Abraham his mayster sware to hym as concernynge that maâ—â—er And the seruant toke .x. camels of the camels of his mayster and departed had of all maner goodes of his master with hym and stoode vp and went to Mesopotamia vnto the citye of Nahor And made his camels to lye downe without the citye by a wels syde of water at euen aboute the tyme that women come out to drawe water he sayde Lorde god of my mayster Abraham I besech the sende me good spede this day and shewe mercy vnto my mayster Abraham Lo I stande here by the well of water and the doughters of the men of this citye come out to drawe water Nowe the damsell to whome I saye holde downe thy pytcher I praye the that I maye drynke Yf she say also drynke and I wyl gyue thy camels drynke the same is she that thou haste ordeyned for thy seruant Isaac yea and therby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my mayster And it came to passe or he had lefte speakyng beholde Rebecca came out the doughter of Bethuel sonne to Mylca the wyfe of Nahor Abrahams brother and her pytcher vpon her shoulder The damsell was very fayre to loke vpon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man And she went downe to the well and fylled her pytcher and came vp And the seruant rennynge vnto her sayde Let me sup a lytle water of thy pytcher And she sayde drynke my lorde And she hasted let downe her pytcher vpon her arme and gaue hym drynke And when she had gyneÌ„ hym drynke she sayd I wyll drawe water for thy camels also vntyll they haue dronke ynough And she powred out her pytcher in to the trough hastely ran agayne vnto the wel to fet water and drewe for all his camels And the man wondred at her But helde his peace to wete whether the Lorde had made his iourney prosperous or not And it fortuned as the camels had lefte drynkynge the man toke a golden earynge of halfe a sicle weyght and two bracelettes for her handes of ten sicles weyght of gold and sayd Whose doughter arte thou tell me I pray the is there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in She answered hym I am the doughter of Bathu ell the son of Milca whiche she bare vnto Nahor sayd moreouer vnto hym we haue litter and prauonder ynough also rowme to lodge in And the man bowed hymselfe worshypped the Lorde and sayde blessed be the Lorde god of my mayster AbrahaÌ„ which ceaseth not to deale mercyfully and truely w t my mayster and hath brought me the way to my maisters brothers house And the damsel ran tolde them of her mothers house these thynges And Rebecca had a brother called Laban And he ran out vnto the man euen to the wel for as soone as he had sene thy earynges and the bracelettees in his systers handes and herde the wordes of Rebecca his syster sayenge thus sayde the man vnto me he went out vnto the man And loo he stoode with the camels by the wel syde And he said come in thou blessed of the Lorde Wherfore staÌ„dest thou wtout I haue dressed the house and made rowme for the camels And then the man came in to the house and he vnbryd led the camels and Laban brought lytter and prauonder for the camels and water to washe his fete and the mennê fete that were with hym and set meate before hym to eate â–ª But he sayde I wyll not eate vntyll I haue sayde myne erande And he sayd say on And he sayd I am Abrahams seruaunt and God hath blessed my mayster out of measure that he is become great hath gyuen hym shepe and oxen syluer and golde menseruantes mayde seruantes camels and asses And Sara my maysters wyfe bare him a sonne when she was olde and vnto hym hath he gyuen al that he hath And my mayster made me swere sayenge thou shalte not take a wyfe to my sonne amonge the
Pharaos doughter He kylleth the Egyptian He fleeth and maryeth a wyfe The Israelites crye vnto the lorde CAPI II. ANd there went a man of the house of Leuy And toke a doughter of Leuy And the wyfe conceyued bare a son And when she sawe that it was a proper chylde she hyd hym thre monethes And wheÌ„ she coulde no longer hyde hym she toke a basket of bulrusshes and dawbed it with slyme and pytche and layd the chylde therin put it in the flagges by the ryuers brynke And his syster stode a farre of to wete what wolde come of it And the doughter of Pharao came downe to wasshe her selfe in the ryuer and her maydens walked along by the ryuers syde And when she sawe the basket amonge the flagges she sente her mayde to fetche it And wheÌ„ she had opened it she sawe it was a chylde and beholde the babe wepte And she had compassyon on it and sayde It is one of the Hebrues chyldren Then sayd his syster vnto Pharaos doughter shal I go and call vnto the a nurse of the Hebrues women to nurse the the chylde Pharaos doughter answered her Go. And the mayd ran and called the chyldes mother To whom Pharaos doughter sayde Take this chylde awaye and nurse it for me I wyl rewarde the. And the woman toke the chylde and nursed it vp The chylde grewe and she brought it vnto Pharaos doughter and it was made her son and she called the name of it Moses bycause sayd she I toke hym out of the water And it happened in those dayes when Moses was waxed great that he wente out vnto his brethren and loked on theyr burdens and spyed an Egyptian smytyng an Hebrue which was one of his brethren And he loked rounde aboute and when he saw no man by be slewe the Egyptian and hyd hym in the sand And wheÌ„ he was gone out another day beholde two Hebrues stroue togyther And he sayde vnto hym that dyd the wronge wherfore smytest thou thy felowe He answered Who made the a man of auctoryte to iudge vse Speakest thou to kyll me as thou kylledst the Egyptyan And Moses feared and sayd of a suretye this thyng is knowen And Pharao herde of it and wente aboute to sâ—ee Moses And Moses fleynge from the face of Pharao dwelte in the lande of Midian and he sat downe by a welles syde The preest of Midian had vii doughters which came and drewe water and fylled the troghes for to water theyr fathers shepe And the shepherdes came and droue them awaye But Moses stode vp and helped them and watered theyr shepe And wheÌ„ they came to Raguel theyr father he sayd How happeneth it that ye are come so soone to day And they answered A man of Egypte delyuered vs from the hande of the shepherdes and so drewe vs water and watered the shepe He sayde vnto his doughters And where is he why haue ye so lefte the man Call hym that he may eate breade And Moses was content to dwell with the man And he gaue Moses zephora his doughter whiche when she bare a sonne called hym Gerson for he sayde I haue ben a straunger in a straunge lande †And she bare yet another sonne vvhome he called Elieser sayenge the God of my father is myn helper and hath ryd me out of the handes of Pharao And it chaunced in processe of tyme that the kynge of Egypte dyed and the chyldren of Israell syghed by the reason of bondage and cryed And theyr complaynte came vp vnto God from the bondage god herde theyr mone And god remembred his promyse with Abraham Isaac and Iacob And God loked vpon the chyldren of Israel and God had respecte vnto them ¶ Moses hopeth shepe He seeth God in a busshe he is sent to the chyldren of Israell and to Pharao that cyrauiit CAPI III. MOses kepte the shepe of Iethro his father in lawe â–ª preest of Midian and he droue the flocke to the backesyde of the deserte and came to the mountayne of God Horeb. And the angell of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in a Flambe of fyre out of the myddê of the busshe And he loked behold the busshe burned with fyre and the busshâ— was not consumed Therfore Moses sayde I wyll go nowe and se this great syght how it cometh that the busshe burneth not And when the Lorde sawe that he came for to se God called vnto hym out of the myddes of the busshe and sayd Moses Moses He answered here am I. And he sayd Come not hyther put thy shoes of thy fete for the place whereon thou standest is holy grounde And he sayd I am the god of thy father the god of Abraham the god of Isaac and the god of Iacob And Moses hyd his face for he was afrayed to loke vpon god And the Lorde sayde I haue surely seue the trouble of my people which are in Egypt haue herde theyr crye froÌ„ the face of theyr taske maysters For I knowe theyr sorowes and am come downe to delyuer them out of the hande of the Egyptyans and to brynge them out of that lande vnto a good land and a large and vnto a lande that floweth with mylke and hony euen vnto the place of the Cananites and Hethytes and Amorites and Pherezites and Heuites and of the Iebusites Now therfore the complaynt of the chyldren of Israel is come vnto me And I haue also sene the oppressyon wherwith the Egyptians oppresse them Come thou therfore I wyll sende the vnto Pharao that y u mayst brynge my people the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt And Moses sayd vnto god what am I to go vnto Pharao and to brynge the chyldren of Israel out of Egypte And he answered I wyll be with the. And this shall be a token vnto the that I haue sent the. After that y u hast brought the people out of Egypt ye shall serue God vpon this mountayne And Moses sayde vnto God Beholde when I come vnto the chyldren of Israel I shal say vnto them The god of your fathers hath sent me vnto you and yf they saye vnto me what is his name what answere shall I gyue them And god answered Moses I am that I am And he sayd this shalte thou say vnto the chyldren of Israel I AM hath sent me vnto you And God spake further vnto Moses Thus shalte thou say vnto the chyldren of Israel the Lorde God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the god of Isaac and the god of Iacob hath sent me vnto you this is my name for euer and this is my memoryall in to generacyon and generacyon Go and gather the elders of Israel togyther and thou shalte saye vnto them The Lorde god of your fathers the god of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob appeared vnto me and sayde In visityng haue I visited you and know that whiche is done to you
hym and toke vi hundred chosen charettes and al the charettes of Egipt and cap taynes vpon euery one of them And the lord hardened the herte of Pharao kynge of Egypt and he folowed after the chyldreÌ„ of Israell But the Chyldren of Israell went out with an hye hande and the Egyptians folowed after them al the horses and charettes of Pharao and his horsemen his hoste oueroke them abydynge by the see besyde Pi Hiroth before Baalzephon And when Pharao drew nye the chyldren of Israell lyfte vp theyr eyes beholde the Egyptians folowed after them they were sore afrayed the chyldren of Israell cryed out vnto the Lorde But they sayd vnto Moses bycause there were no graues in Egypt hast thou therfore brought vs awaye for to dye in the wyldernesse Wherfore haste thou serued vs thus for to carye vs out of Egipte Dyd not we tel the this in Egypt saynge let vs be in rest that we maye serue the Egyptians For it had ben better for vs to haue serued the Egiptians then for to dye in the wyl dernesse And Moses sayde vnto the people feare ye not stande styl beholde howe the Lorde shall saue you this daye For ye that haue sene the Egyptians this daye shall se them nomore for euer The Lorde shal fyght for you and ye shall holde your peace And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses wherfore cryest thou vnto me Speake vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel that they go forwarde But lyfte thou vp thy rod stretch out thy hande ouer the see deuyde it a sondre and let the chyldren of Israel go on drye grouÌ„de thorow the myddest of the see And beholde I wyll harden the herte of the Egyptians that they maye folow them And I wyl get me honour vpon Pharao and vpon all his hoost and vpon his charettes and vpon his horsemen And the Egyptians shal knowe that I am the Lorde when I haue gotten me honoure vpon Pharao vpon his charettes and vpon his horsemen And the Angell of god whiche went before the hoost of Israell remoued began to go behynde them And the clowden pyller that was before the face of them begaÌ„ to stande behynde them and came bytwene the hoost of the Egyptians and the hoost of Israel It was ☞ also a darke clowde and gaue lyght by nyght and al the nyght longe the one came not at the other And Moses stretched forth his hande ouer the see and the Lorde caryed away the see by a very stronge East wynde all that nyght and made the see drye lande the waters were deuyded And the chyldren of Israel went in to the myddest of the see vpon the drye grouÌ„de And the waters were a walle vnto them on theyr ryght hande on theyr lefte hande And the Egiptians folowed and went in after them to the myddest of the see euen all Pharaos horses his charettes and his horsemen ✚ And in the mornyng watche the Lorde loked vnto the hoost of the Egyptians out of the fyrie clowdy pyller and troubled the hoost of the Egyptians toke of his charet wheles and caryed them away violently so that the Egyptians sayd Let vs fâ—e from the face of Israell for the Lorde fyghteth for theÌ„ agaynst the Egyptians And the lorde sayde vnto Moses stretche out thyne hande ouer the See that the waters may come agayne vpon the Egiptian vpon his charettes and vpon his horsemen And Moses stretched forth his hand ouer the see it came agayne to his course early in the mornynge the Egyptians fled agaynst it And the Lorde ouerthrew the Egyptians in the myddest of the see the water returned and couered the charettes the horsemen and all the hoost of Pharao that came in to the see after them so that there remayned not one of them But the children of Israel walked vpon drye lande thorowe the myddest of the see the waters were a walle vnto them on the ryght hande of them and on the lefte Thus the Lorde delyuered Israell the selfe same daye out of the hande of the Egyptians and Israell sawe the Egyptyans dead vpon the see syde And Israell sawe that myghtye power which the lorde shewed vpon the Egyptians and the people feared the Lorde byleued the lorde and his seruaunt Moses ¶ Moyses and the people with the women synge At the prayer of Moyses the bytter waters were swete God must be herde They come to Elim CAPI XV. THen Moses and the chyldren of Israel sange this songe vnto the lorde sayd I wyl syng vnto the lorde ⊢ for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse him that rode vpon hym hath he ouerthrowne in the see The Lorde is my strength prayse and he is become my saluacion He is my god and I wyll gloryfy hym my fahthers God and I wyll exalte hym The lorde is a man of war The lorde is his name Pharaos charettes his hoost hath he cast into the see His chosen captaynes also are drowned in the red See that deepe waters haue couered them they soncke to the botom as a stone Thy ryghthand lorde is become glorious in power thy ryghthande lorde hath all to dasshed the enemye And in thy greate glory thou hast ouerthrowne them that rose vp agaynst the thou sentest forth thy wrath which coÌ„sumed them euen as stoble Thorow the wynd of thy nose thrylles the water gathered togyther the floodes stode styl as an heape the depe water coÌ„geled togyther in the ☞ herte of the see The enemye sayd I wyl folowe on them I wyl ouertake theÌ„ I wyl deuyde the spoyle I wyll satisfye my lust vppon them I wyll drawe my swerde myne hande shall destroye them Thou blewest with thy wynde the see couered theÌ„ they sanke as lead in the mighty waters Who is lyke vnto the o Lorde amonge Gods who is lyke the so gloryus in holynesse ☞ fearfull in prayses shewynge wondres Thou stretchedst out thy ryght hand the earth swalowed them Thou in thy mercye hast caryed this people whiche thou delyueredsâ— and haste brought them in thy strength vnto thy holy habytacyon The nacyons herde and were afrayed sorowe came vpon the Philistines Then the dukes of the Edomytes were amased and the myghtyest of the Moabites tremblynge came vppon them al the inhabyters of Canaan waxed faynt herted Let feare drede fal vpon them in the greatnesse of thyne arme let them be as styl as a stone tyl thy peple passe thorow o Lorde whyle this people passe thorowe whiche thou hast gotten Thou shalt brynge them in plante them in the mountayne of thyne enherytaunce the place Lorde which y u hast made for to twel in the saintuary o lord which thy handes haue prepared The lorde shall raygne ☞ euer alway For Pharaos horse went in with his charettes horsemen into the see the Lorde brought the waters of the see vpon them But the chyldreÌ„
other for a burntofferynge with the meatofferynge And the preest shal make an attonement for hym that is to be clensed before the Lorde This is the lawe of hym in whom is the plage of leprosy whose hande is not able to get that whiche perteyneth to his clensyng And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge When ye be come vnto the lande of Canaan whiche I gyue you in possessyon And yf I put the plage of leprosye in a house of the lande of your possessyon he that oweth the house shall come and tell the preest sayenge Me thynke that there is as it were a leprosye in the house And the preest shal cōmaunde them to empty the house before the preest go in to it to se the plage that all that is in the house be not made vncleane and then must the preest go in to se the house If the Preest also se that the plage is in the walles of the house that there be holowe strakes pale or red whiche seme to be lower thē the wal it selfe the preest shall go out at the house dores shut vp the house seuen dayes And the preest shall come agayne the seuenth day and yf he se that the plage be increased in the walles of the house the preest shal cōmaunde them to take away the stones in which the plage is and let them cast them in to a foule place without the cytie and he shall cōmaunde the house to be scraped within round aboute and powre out the dust that they scraped of without the Citye into a foule place And they shall take other stones and put them in the places of those stones and other morter to plaster the house withal And yf the plage come agayn breke out in the house after that he hath taken away the stones and scraped the walles of the house after that he hath plastered the house anewe the preest shall come and se it And yf he perceyue that the plage hath growne further in the house it is a freatynge leprosye in the house It is therfore vncleane And he shall breake downe the house and the stones of it and the tymbre therof and al the morter of the house shall he carye out of the Cytye vnto a foule place Moreouer he that goeth into the house all the whyle that it is shutte vp shall be vncleane vntyll the euen He that slepeth in the house shal wasshe his clothes He lykewyse that eateth in the house shall wasshe his clothes And yf the preest come se that the plage hath spred no further in the house after that it is newe plastred the preest shal iudge that house cleane bycause the plage is healed And let hym take to clense the house withall two byrdes Cedar wood purple clothe and ysope And he shall kyll one of the byrdes in an earthen vessell and vpon runnyng water and take the Cedar wood the ysope and the purple with the lyuynge byrde and dyp them in the bloode of the slayne byrde and in the runnynge water and sprynkle the house vii tymes clense the house with the bloode of the byrde and with the runnynge water with the lyuyng byrde with the cedar woode and the ysope and the purple clothe But he shall let the lyuynge byrde flee out of the towne in to the brode feldes and so make an attonemente for the house and it shall be cleane This is the lawe for all maner plage of leprosye and breakyng out and of the leprosye of clothe and house for a swellyng for a scab and for a whyte blystre To teache when it must be made vncleane and cleane This is the lawe of leprosye ¶ The maner of pourgynge the vnclennesse bothe of men and women CAPI XV. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayeng Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them Who soeuer hath a runnyng yssue out of his flesshe is vncleane by reason of that yssue And this shal be the token of his vnclennesse in his yssue when he is vnclene If his fleshe run or yf his flesshe congele by the reason of his yssue then is it vnclennes Euery couche wheron he lyeth that hathe the yssue is vncleane And euery thynge wheron he sytteth is vncleane Who soeuer toucheth his couch shall wasshe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen And he that sytteth on any thynge wheron he sat that hath the yssue shal wasshe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyl the euenynge He that toucheth the flesshe of hym that hath the yssue shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen If he also that hath the yssue spyt vpon hym that is cleane he shall wasshe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water be vncleane vnto euen And what horse harnesse soeuer he rydeth vpon that hath the yssue shall be vncleane And who soeuer toucheth any thynge that was vnder hym shall be vncleane vnto the euen And he that beareth any suche thynges shal wasshe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen And who soeuer he toucheth that hath the yssue and haue not fyrst wasshed his handes in water shall wasshe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen The vessel of earth that he toucheth whiche hath the yssue shal be broken and all vessels of wood shal be rynsed in water When he also that hath an yssue is clen sed of his yssue he shall nombre seuen dayes for his clensyng and wasshe his clothes and bathe his flesshe in runnynge water and so shall he be cleane And the viii daye he shall take to hym two Turtle doues or two yonge pygeons and come before the lorde vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse and gyue them vnto the preest And the preest shall offre them the one for a synoffryng and the other for a burntoffryng And the preest shall make an attonement for him before the lord as concernyng his yssue If a mans seede departe from hym in his slepe he shal wasshe his flesshe in water and be vncleane vntyll euen And all the clothes al the furres wherin is suche seede of slepe shal be wasshed with water and be vncleane vnto the euen And yf he that hath suche an yssue of seede do lye with a woman they shal bothe wasshe them selues with water and be vncleane vntyll euen If any womans natural course of blood do runne she shal be put aparte vii dayes Who soeuer toucheth her shall be vncleane vnto the euen And all that she lyeth vpon in the tyme of her natural dysease shal be vncleane lyke as euery thyng also that she sytteth vpō is vncleane Who soeuer toucheth her bed shal wasshe his clothes and bathe hym selfe with water and be vncleane vnto the euen And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that she sat vpon shall wasshe his clothes and bathe
barres pyllers and sockettes therof the pyllers that are rounde aboute the court with theyr sockettes pynnes cordes and with al the instrumentes of it for al theyr seruyce And by name ye shal reken the thynges that they must wayte vpō to beare This is the seruyce of the kynreds of the sonnes of Merari accordyng to all theyr offyce in the Tabernacle of wytnesse vnder the hande of Ithamar the Sonne of Aaron the Preest And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude nombred the sonnes of the Cahathites after theyr kynreds houses of theyr fathers from .xxx. yere and aboue vnto fyftye all that were able to go forth to the warre to do seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnes And the nombres of them throwout theyr kynreddes were two thousande seuen hundred and .l. This is the nombre of the kynreds of Cahath namely all that myght do seruyce in the tabernacle of witnes which Moses and Aaron dyd nombre accordynge to the commaundement of the Lorde by the hande of Mores These are the nombres of the sonnes of Gerson thorowout theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers from .xxx. yere vp vnto fyfty al that were able to go forth to the war for to do seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnes And the nombers of them thorowout theyr kynreds houses of theyr fathers were two thousande vi hundred and xxx This is the nombre of the kynreds of the sonnes of Gerson of all that dyd seruyce in the Tabernacle of wytnes which Moses Aarō dyd nombre accordyng to the cōmaūdement of the lorde And these are the nombres of the kynreddes of the sonnes of Merari thorowout theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers from xxx yere vp vnto .l. all that wente forth to the warre and serued the tabernacle of wytnesse And the nombres of them after theyr kynreddes were thre thousande and two hundred This is the somme of the kynreds of the sonnes of Merari whiche Moses Aaron nombred accordyng to the worde of the lorde by the hande of Moses And so all the nombres of the Leuites whiche Moses Aaron the lordes of Israel nombred after theyr kynreds and housholdes of theyr fathers from xxx yere vp vnto .l. euery one that came to do his offyce seruyce and to beare his burden in the tabernacle of wytnes were when they were nombred viii thousande fyue hundred and .lxxx. †Accordynge to the worde of the lorde dyd Aaron nombre them by the hande of Moses euery one accordynge to theyr seruyce and charge accordyng to theyr offices as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses ¶ The knowledge of synne The clensynge of synne The law of the fyrst fruytes and of ielousye CAPI V. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Cōmaunde the chyldren of Israel that they put ☞ out of the hoost euery leper euery one that hath an yssue who soeuer is ☞ defyled vpō a soule Both male and female shall ye put out euen out of the hoost shall ye put them that they defyle not the tentes amonge whiche I dwell And the chyldren of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoost euen as the Lorde spake vnto Moses so dyd the chyldren of Israel And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the chyldren of Israel whyther it be man or woman If they haue cōmytted any synne that a man doth and haue trespaced agaynst the lord that soule hath done amysse Therfore they shal knowledge theyr synne which they haue done and let hym restore agayne the hurte that he hath done in the hole put the fyfte parte of it more therto and gyue it vnto hym whom he hath trespaced agaynst But yf there be not a man to restore the hurte vnto nor a kynsman of his let the trespace be made good vnto the Lorde and it shall be the preestes besyde the ram ☞ of the attonement wherby an attonement shall be made for hym And euery heueofferyng that is made of the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel which they bryng vnto the preest shall be his and euery man 's halowed thynges shall be his what soeuer any mā gyueth the preest it shal be his And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them If any mans wyfe go a syde trespace agaynst hym so that an other man lye with her flesshely and it be hyd from the eyes of her husbande and is not come to lyght that she is defyled and there is no wytnesse agaynst her neyther she taken with the maner the spyryte of ielousye cometh vpon him so that he is ielouse ouer his wyfe which is defyled or yf the spirite of ielousye come vpon hym so that he is ielouse ouer his wyfe whiche is yet vndefyled then lette the man brynge his wyfe vnto the Preest and brynge with her an offeryng for her the tenth parte of an Epha of Barlye meale but lette hym powre none oyle vpon it nor put frākensence theron for it is an offerynge of ielousye an offerynge for a remembraunce causynge the synne to be thought vpon And the preest shall bryng her and set her before the Lorde and let hym ☞ take holy water in an erthen vessel and of the dust that is in the floore of the habitacyon and put it in to the water And let the Preest set the woman before the Lorde and vncouer the womans heade and put the memoryal of the offerynge in her handes whiche is the ielousye offeryng and the preest shal haue bytter and cursed water in his hande and the preest shal charge her and saye vnto the woman If no no mā haue lyen with the neyther hast gone asyde to vnclennesse without thy husbande then haue thou no harme of this bytter and cursed waters But and yf thou hast gone asyde behynd thyne husbande and arte defyled and some other man hath lyen with the besyde thyne husbande and the preest shal charge the woman with an horryble curse the preest shal say vnto the woman the Lorde make the to be an abhominacyon and a curse among thy people when the lorde dothe make thy thygh roote thy bely swell These cursed waters go into the bowels of the that they may make thy bely swel and thy thygh roote and let the woman ☞ say Amen Amen And let the preest wryte these curses And when they be clensed let hym cast them in to bytter waters and gyue the womā those bytter cursed waters to drynke that those cursed and bytter waters may enter in to her And then the preest shall take the ielousye offerynge out of the womans hande waue it before the lorde brynge it vnto the aulter and the preest shal take an handful of the offerynge for a memoryall burne it vpon the aulter and then make the woman drynke the water whē he hath made the womā drynke the waters yf she be defiled haue trespassed
But all the cattell and the spoyle of the cyties we caught for our selues And thus we toke the same ceason out of the hande of two kyngê of the Amorites the lande that was on the other syde Iordan froÌ„ the ryuer of Arnon vnto mounte Hermon whiche Hermon the Sidons call Sirion the Amorites call it Senyr al the cyties that lay in the playne and all Gilead and all Basan vnto Salecha and Adrat Cyties of the kyngdome of Og in Basan For onely Og kyng of Basan remayned of the remenaunt of the gyauntê whose bed was a bed of yron And is it not yet at Rabah amonge the chyldren of Ammon ix cubites doth the lengthe therof conteyne and foure cubites the bredth of it after the cubite of a man And so we conquered this lande the same tyme from Aroer whiche is by the ryuer of Arnon vnto halfe mount Gilead and the cyties therof gaue I vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites And the rest of Gilead and all Basan of the kyngdom of Og gaue I vnto the halfe tribe of Manasse euen all the regyon of Argob with all Basan whiche is called the lande of Glauntes Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the regyon of Argob vnto the coostes of Gesuri and Maachati and called them after his owne name Basan Nauoth Iair vnto this day And I gaue Gilead vnto Machir And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue halfe Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon halfe the valey beyonde euen vnto the ryuer Iabocke which is the border of the children of Ammon the playne also †of the vvyldernesse and Iordan the coost therof from Ceneroth euen vnto the see whiche is in the playne eueÌ„ the salt see vnder the springes of the hyll Eastwarde And I coÌ„maunded you the same tyme sayenge the LordeÌ„ youre GOD hath gyuen you this lande to enioye it ye shall go harnessed before youre brethren the Chyldren of Israell all that are mete for the warre Your wyues onely your chyldren and your cattell for I wote that ye haue moche cattell shal abyde in your cityes whiche I haue gyuen you vntyll the Lorde haue gyuen rest vnto youre brethren as well as vnto you and vntyll they also haue conquered the lande whiche the lorde your god hath gyuen them beyonde Iordan and then shall ye returne agayne euery man vnto his possession whiche I haue gyuen you And I warned Iosua the same tyme saynge thyne eyes haue sene al that the lorde your god hath done vnto these two kynges euen so shal he do vnto all kyngdomes whyther thou goest Ye shall not feare them for the Lorde your god he shall fyght for you And I besought the Lorde the same tyme sayenge O Lorde God thou hast begonne to shew thy seruaunt thy greatnesse and thy myghtye hand for els where is there a God in heuen or in earth that can do after thy workê and after thy power Let me go ouer se the good lande that is beyonde Iordan that goodly ☞ mouÌ„tayne Libanon But the lorde was angrye w t me for your sakes wolde not heare me And the lorde sayd vnto me be content speake no more vnto me of this matter Get the vp into the toppe of the hyll and lyfte vp thyne eyes westwarde northwarde southwarde Eastwarde beholde it with thine eyes for thou shalt not go ouer this Iordan But charge Iosua courage hym bolden hym For he shall go before this people he shall deuyde vnto them the lande whiche y u shalt se. And so we abode in the valey ouer agaynst the house of Peor ¶ An exhortacyon to gyue dilygent hede vnto the lawe Ymages may not be mayde to worshyppe The thre Cityes of refuge CAPI IIII. AND nowe herken O Israell vnto the ordinaunces and lawes which I teach you for to do them that so ye may lyue and go in and conquere the lande which the Lorde God of your fathers gyueth you Ye shall put nothynge vnto the worde whiche I coÌ„maunde you neyther do ought therfrom that ye maye kepe the commaundementes of the lorde your God which I coÌ„maunde you Your eyes haue sene what the Lorde dyd vnto Baall Peor for all the men that folowed Baall Peor the Lorde youre God hath destroyed from amonge you But ye that cleue vnto the Lorde youre God are alyue euery one of you this day Beholde I haue taught you ordynaunces and lawes suche as the Lorde my god coÌ„maunded me that ye shuld do euen so in the lande whyther ye go to possesse it Kepe them therfore and do them for that is your wysdome and vnderstandynge in the syght of the nacyons that they maye heare all these ordinaunces and say Surely it is a wyse and vnderstandynge people it is a great nacyon For what other nacyon is so greate that goddes come so nye vnto as the Lorde oure God is nye vnto vs in all thynges as ofte as we cal vnto him Yea and what nacion is so greate that hath ordynaunces and lawes so ryghteous as all this lawe whiche I sette before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe therfore and kepe thy soule dilygently that thou forget not the thynges whiche thyne eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thyne herte all the dayes of thy lyfe but teache them thy Sonnes and thy sonnes sonnes Specially the daye that thou stodest before the Lorde thy god in Horeb when the Lorde sayd vnto me gather me the people to gyther I wyll make them heare my wordê that they may lerne to feare me all the dayes that they shall lyue vpon the earth that they maye teache theyr chyldren ye came stode also vnder the hyll and the hyll burnte with fyre euen vnto the myddes of heuen and there was darkenesse clowdes myst And the lorde spake vnto you out of the myddest of the fyre and ye herde the voyce of the wordes but sawe no ymage saue ye herde a voyce onely And he declared vnto you his couenaunt whiche he commaunded you to do euen x. verses whiche he wrote vpon two tables of stoone And the Lorde coÌ„maunded me that same ceason that I shuld teach you ordinaunces and lawes whiche ye ought to do in the lande whyther ye go to possesse it ☞ Take therfore good hede vnto your selues as perteynynge vnto your soules for ye sawe no maner of ymage in the daye that the lorde spake vnto you in Horeb out of the myddes of the fyre leest ye mar youre selues and make you a grauen ymage and pycture of any maner of figure the lykenesse of man or woman the lykenes of any maner of beast that is on the earth or the lykenesse of anye maner fethered foule that flyeth in the ayre or the lykenes of any maner worme that creyeth on the earth or the lykenesse of any maner fysh that is in the waters beneth the erth Yea and leest thou lyft vp
in the syght of all Israell ☞ they feared hym as they feared Moses all dayes of his lyfe And the Lorde spake vnto Iosua saynge coÌ„maunde the Preestes that beare the arke of wytnesse to come vp out of Iordane Iosua therfore coÌ„maunded the preestes sayenge Come ye vp out of Iordane And when the Preestes that bare the Arke of the appoyntment of the lorde were come vp out of the myddes of Iordan and assoone as the sooles of the preestes feet were set on the drye lande the waters of IordaÌ„ returned agayne vnto theyr place and went ouer all theyr bankes as they dyd before And the people came vp out of Iordane the tenth daye of the fyrst moneth and pytched in Gylgall euen in the East border of the citye Ierico And the twelue stoones whiche they toke out of Iordane dyd Iosua pitche in Gylgal And he spake vnto the Chyldren of Israell sayenge Yf your Chyldren aske theyr Fathers in tyme to come and saye what meane these stones ye shall shewe youre Chyldren and saye Israell came ouer this Iordane an drye lande For the lorde your god dryed vp the water of Iordane before you vutyll ye were gone ouer as the Lorde youre God dyd the red see whiche he dryed vp before vs tyl we were gone ouer that all the people of the worlde maye knowe the hande of the Lorde howe myghtye it is and that ye myght feare the Lorde your God for euer ¶ The Canaanites are afrayde CAPI V. ANd it fortuned that when all the kyngê of the Amorytes whiche are beyonde Iordan westwarde and all the kynges of the Cananytes whiche were by the see herde howe the Lorde had dryed vp the waters of Iordane before the children of Israel vntyll they were goone ouer theyr hertes faynted for feare And there was no spiryte in them any more for the presence of the chyldren of Israell That same tyme the Lorde sayde vnto Iosua Make the sharpe knyues of stone and go to agayne and circumcyse the Chyldren of Israell the seconde tyme. And Iosua made hym sharpe knyues of stone and circumcised the chyldren of Israell in the top of the foreskynnes And this is the cause why Iosua circumcysed all the people that came out of Egypte Namely suche as were males bycause that all the men of warre dyed in the wyldernesse by the waye after they came out of Egypte For all the people that came out were circuÌ„cysed But all the people that were borne in the wyldernesse by the waye after they came out of Egypt were not circuÌ„cised For the Chyldren of Israell walked fourtye yeres in the wyldernesse tyll all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egypte were consumed bycause they herkened not vnto the voyce of the Lorde Wherfore the Lorde sware that he wolde not shewe them the lande which the lorde sware vnto theyr fathers that he wolde gyue vs euen a lande that floweth with mylke and honye And theyr chyldren whome he sette vp in theyr steade them Iosua circuÌ„cysed for they were vncircumcised bycause they circumcised them not by the way And when they had circumcised all the people they abode styll togyther in the hooste tyll they were hoole And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosua this daye I haue taken awaye the shame of Egypte froÌ„ you wherfore the name of the same place is called Gilgall vnto this day And the children of Israell abode in Gilgall and helde the feast of passeouer the fourtene day of the moneth at euen in the playne of Ierico And they dyd eate of the corne of the lande on the morowe after passeouer swete cakes and parched corne in the selfe same daye For the Manna ceased on the morowe after they had begon to eate of the corne of the lande neyther had the chyldren of Israel Manna any more but dyd eate of the corne of the lande of Canaan that yere And it fortuned that when Iosua was nygh to Ierico he lyft vp his eyes loked and beholde there stode a man agaynst hym hauynge a swerde drawen in his hande And Iosua went vnto hym sayd vnto hym art thou on our syde or on our aduersaries And he sayd Naye but as a captayne of the hoost of the Lorde am I nowe come And Iosua fell on his face to the earth dyd reucrence and sayde vnto hym what sayeth my Lorde vnto his seruaunt And the captayne of the Lordes hoost sayd vnto Iosua do thy shoo of thy foote for the place wheron thou standest is holy And Iosua dyd so ¶ The walles of Iericho fall and it to destroyed CAPI VI. ANd Ierico was shut vp and locked bycause of the chyldren of Israel neyther myght any man go out or in And the Lorde sayd vnto Iosua beholde I haue gyuen into thyne hande Ierico her kyng and the stronge men of war And ye shall coÌ„passe the citye all ye that be men of warre and go rounde aboute it once and so shall ye do syre dayes And seuen preestes shall beare before the arke seuen trompettes of rammê hornes †that be vsed in the Iubilie And the seuenth daye ye shal compasse the citye seuen tymes and the Preestes shall blowe with the trompettes And when they make a longe blaste with the rammes horne ye heare the souÌ„de of the horne all the people shall shoute with a great shoute And then shall the wall ☞ of that citye fall downe and the people shall ascende vp euery man streyght before hym And Iosua the Sonne of Nun called the preestes sayd vnto them take vp the Arke of the appoyntment let vii Preestes beare seuen trompettes of Rammes hornes before the arke of the Lorde And he sayde vnto the people and go and compasse the citye let hym that is harnessed go before the Arke of the Lorde And when Iosua had spoken vnto the peple the seuen preestes bare the seuen trompettes of rammes hornes went forth before the arke of the lorde blewe with the trompettes and the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde folowed them And all the men of armes went before the Preestes that blewe w t the trompettes the coÌ„men people came after the arke and went and blewe with Trompettes And Iosua coÌ„maunded the people sayenge Ye shall not shoute nor make any noyse w t youre voyce neyther shall any worde procede out of youre mouth vntyl the day I byd you shoute then shall ye shoute And so the arke of the Lorde compassed the citye and went aboute it once and they returned in to the hoost and lodged there And Iosua rose early in the mornyng and the preestê toke vp the arke of the lorde and seuen preestes bare seuen trompettes of rammê hornes went before the arke of the Lorde blewe with the trompettes And all the men of armes went before them but the coÌ„men peple came after the arke of the lorde which went before with the blowynge of the trompettes
sente on theyr fâ—te into the valey when in departynge away of Ruben there were great men and wyse of herte Why abodest thou amonge the shepe foldes to heare the bleatynges of the flockes to seperate thy selfe awaye with great men wyse of herte Gilead also abode beyonde Iordane and why dothe Dan remayne in shyppes Aser contynued on the see shore taryed in his decayed places But the people of Zabulon haue ieoperde theyr lyues euen vnto the death lyke as dyd Nephthali in the hygh places of the felde The kynges came fought then fought the kyngê of Canaan in Thamah by the waters of Megiddo and wan no money They fought from heuen euen the sterres in theyr courses fought agaynst Sisara The ryuer of Cyson remoued them that auncient ryuer the ryuer Cyson My soule shall treade hym downe myghtely Then were the horse hoofes smytten asunder by meanes of the praunsinges that theyr myghtye men made Curse ye the citye of Meros sayd the angel of the lorde curse the enhabitours therof bycause they came not ☞ to helpe the Lorde to helpe the Lorde with the myghtye Iael the wyfe of Haber the Kenyte shal be blessed aboue other women blessed shall she be aboue other women in the tent He asked water she gaue hym mylke she brought forth butter in a lordly dysshe She put her hande to the nayle her ryght hand to the smythes hammer with the hammer smote she Sisera smote his head wounded hym and pearsed his temples He bowed hym downe at her feete he fell downe lay styll At her feete he bowed hym downe fell And when he had sonke downe he laye styll desolate The mother of Sisera loked out at a wyndowe and cryed thorowe the lattesse Why is his charet so longe a comynge Why cary the wheles of the cartes All the wyse ladyes answered her yea her owne wordes answered her selfe Surely they haue founde they deuyde the spoyles Euery maÌ„ hath a damsel or two Sisera hath a pray of dyuerse coloured garmentes euen a pray of rayment dyed with sondry coloures that are made of nedle worke rayment of dyuers coloures and of nedle worke which is mete for him that is cheyfe in distributyng of the spoyles So peryshe all thyâ—e enemyes O lorde but they that loue hym let them be as the Sonne when he ryseth in his myght And the lande had rest fourtye yeres ¶ Israell is oppressed of the Madianites Gedeon is sent of God to be theyr delpueâ—â—r CAPI VI. ANd the chyldren of Israell coÌ„mytted wyckednesse in the syght of the Lorde And the Lorde delyuered them into the handes of MadiaÌ„ seuen yeres And the hand of Madian preuayled agaynst Israell and bycause of the Madianites the chyldren of Israell made them dennes in the mountaynes and caues and strong holdes And when Israel had sowen the Madianites the Amalechites they of the East countrey came vp togyther agaynst them pytched theyr tentes agaynst â–ª them destroyed the encrese of the earth euen tyl thou come vnto Azah and lefte no sustenauÌ„ce for Israel neyther shepe ore or Asse for they went vp they and theyr cattel came with theyr tentê as a multitude of greshoppers so that both they also theyr camels were without nombre And they entred into the lande to destroy it And so was Israel excedyngly impoueryshed in the sight of the Madianites cryed vnto the Lorde And when the chyldren of Israel cryed vnto the lorde bycause of the Madiante â–ª the lorde sent vnto them a prophet whiche sayde vnto them Thus sayth the lorde God of Israell I fet you from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage and I ryd you out of the hande of the Egyptians out of the hande of al that oppressed you and cast them out before you and gaue you theyr lande And I sayd vnto you I am the lorde your god feare not the goddes of the Amorites in whose lande you dwell But you haue not obeyed my voyce And the angell of the lorde came and sat vnder an Oke whiche was in Ephrah that perteyned vnto Ioas the father of the Ezerites And his sonne Gedeon pressed out wheate of the eares in a presse to hyde it from the Madianites And the angel of the Lorde appeared vnto hym and sayde the lorde is with the thou myghtye man of warre And Gedeon answered hym Oh my Lorde yf the Lorde be with vs why is al this come vpon vs yea where be all his myracles whiche our fathers tolde vs of and sayd â–ª Dyd not the lorde brynge vs out of Egypte but nowe the Lorde hath forsaken vs and delyuered vs into the handes of the Madianites And the lorde loked vpoÌ„ hym and sayde Go hence in this thy myght and thou shalte delyuer Israell out of the handes of the Madianites Haue not I sent the And he answered hym Oh Lorde wherwith shall I saue Israell Beholde my kynred is poore in Manasses and I am lytell in my fathers house The lorde sayd vnto hym I wyll be with the and thou shalte smyte the Madianites as they were but one man And he answered hym Oh yf I haue fouÌ„de grace in thy syght then shewe me a sygne that it is thou that talkest with me Departe not hence vntyll I come agayne vnto the and tyll I bryng myne offrynge haue set it before the. And he sayd I wyll cary vntyl thou come agayne And Gedeon wente in and made redye a kydde and swete cakes of an Ephaâ— of floure and put it with the flesshe in a basket and put the broth in a pot and brought it out vnto hym vnder the Oke and presented it And the angell of god sayd vnto hym take the flesshe and the swete cakes and lay them vpon this rocke and powre out the broth And he dyd so Then the angel of the Lorde put forth the ende of the staffe that he helde in his hande and touched the flesshe and the swete cakes And there arose fyre out of the rocke and consumed the flesshe and the swete cakes But the angel of the Lorde vanysshed out of his syght And when Gedeon perceyued that it was an angel of the lorde he sayd Alas O Lorde God haue I therfore sene an angel of the lorde face to face that shulde dye And the Lorde sayd vnto hym peace be vnto the feare not thou shalte not dye Then Gedeon made an aulter there vnto the Lorde and called it The Lorde of peace And vnto this day it is yet in Ephrath that perteyneth vnto the father of the Ezerites And it fortuned that the same nyght the lord sayd vnto hym take a yonge bullocke out of thy fathers droue and another of vii yeres olde and destroy the aulter of Baal that thy father hath and cut downe the groue that is by it and make an aulter vnto the Lorde thy God vpon the top of this rocke in a conuenient
pytched Absalom a tent vpon the ☞ top of the house And he went in vnto his Fathers concubynes in the syght of all Israell And the counsayle of Ahithophell whiche he councelled in those dayes was as a man had asked counsayle of God euen so was all the counsayle of Ahithophell both with Dauid and with Absalom ¶ Ahithophell seynge his counsell disalowed of â—usâ—â— and forsaken hangeth hym selfe CAPI XVII AHithophel sayde vnto Absalom let me chose out nowe xii M. men And I wyl vp folow after Dauid by nyght And I wyl come vpon hym whyle he is werye weyke handed wyll feare hym And all the people that are w t hym shal flee And so wyl I smyte the kynge onlye and wyll brynge agayne all the people vnto the †euen as easely as yf I wolde brynge any other thyng And when I haue sleyn the man whom thou sekest al the peple shall haue rest And the saynge pleased Absalom well and all the elders of Israell Then sayd Absalom call also Husai the Arachite and let vs heare his counsayle When Husai was come to Absalom Absalom spake vnto hym sayenge Ahithophell hath gyuen suche counsell Shal we do after his saynge or no tell thou Husai answered vnto Absalom the counsayle that Ahithophel hath gyueÌ„ is not good at this tyme. For sayd Husai y u knowest thy father his men howe that they be stronge And yf they be chaufed in theyr myndes they are euen as a Beare robbed of her whelpes in the feelde Thy father is a man also practised in warre maketh no taryenge with the people beholde he lurketh now in some caue or in some other place And though some of his me be ouerthrowen at the fyrst brunt yet they that heare it wyll saye The people that foloweth Absalom be put to the worse And the best men thou haste whose hertes are as the hertes of Lyons shal shrynke therat For al Israel knoweth that thy father is a mightye man and they which be with hym are all men of warre Therfore my counsayle is that all Israel be gathered vnto the from Dan to Beerseba which are as the sande of the see in nombre and that thou go to battayle in thyne owne person For so shal we come vpon hym in one place or other where we shal fynde hym and we wyll fall vpon hym euen as thycke as the dewe falleth on the grounde And of all the men that are with him we shal not leaue him one Moreouer yf he be gotten into a towne then shall all the men of Israel bryng ropes to that citye and we wyl drawe it into the ryuer vntyll there be not one stone fouÌ„de there And Absalom and al the men of Israel sayd the counsayle of Husai the Arachite is better then the counsell of Ahithophel For it was euen the lordes determinacion to destroy the good counsayle of Ahithophel that the lorde myght bryng euyll vpon Absalom Then sayd Husai vnto Sadocke Abia that the preestes of this and that maner dyd Ahithophel and the elders of Israell counsayle Absalom And thus and thus haue I counsayled Nowe therfore sende quyckely and shewe Dauid saynge tary not all nyght in the feldes of the wyldernesse but get the ouer lest the kyng be deuoured all the people that are with hym Nowe Ionathas and Ahimaaz abode by the well Rogell for they myght not be sene to come into the citie And a wenche went tolde them And they wente and shewed kynge Dauid Neuerthelesse a lad sawe them and tolde it to Absalom But they wente bothe of them away quyckly and came to a mannes house in Bahurim whiche had a wel in his yearde into the whiche they went downe And a woman toke spred a couerlet ouer the welles mouth and strawed furmenty corne theron And the thyng was not spyed And when Absaloms seruauÌ„tê cam to the wife to the house they sayde Where is Ahimaaz Ionathas The woman answered them they be gone ouer the lytell broke of water And when they had sought them and coulde not fynde them they returned to Ierusalem And as soone as they were departed the other came out of the well went and tolde kynge Dauid sayde vnto hym vp get you quyckly ouer the water for suche counsayle hath Ahithophel gyuen agaynst you Then Dauid arose and al the peple that were w t hym they were come ouer Iordan by that it was day so that there lacked not one of them that was not come ouer Iordan And when Ahithophel saw that his counsayle was not folowed he sadled his Asse arose and gat hym home to his owne house to his owne citye and put his house holde in order hanged hym selfe dyed was buryed in the sepulthre of his father Then Dauid came to Mahanaim And Absalom passed ouer Iordan he and all the men of Israel with hym And Absalom made Amasa captayn of the hoost in stede of Ioab whiche Amasa was a mannes sonne named Iethra an Israelite that went in to Abigail the doughter of Nahas syster to Zeruia Ioabs mother So Israel AbsaloÌ„ pytched in the lande of Gilead And when Dauid was come to Mahanaim Sobi the son of Nahas out of Rabba the citie of the chyldreÌ„ of Ammon Machir the son of Ammiel out of Lodeber Berzelaâ— the Geliadite out of Roglim brought beddê basyns earthen vessels wheat barly floure parched corne beenes rice ootemele hony butter shepe chese of kyne for Dauid al the people that were w t him to eate For they sayd the people is hungrye werye and thrystye in the wyldernesse ¶ Absalom is ouercome in battayle He haugeth by the head in an Oke He is kylled and put in a dytche Dauid is so sorowfull for the death of Absalom that he wepeth CAPI XVIII AND Dauid nombred the people that were with hym and set captaynes of thousandes of hundredes ouer them And Dauid sent forth one parte of the people vnder the hande of Ioab and an other parte vnder the hande of Abisai the sonne of Zeruia Ioabs brother and the thyrde parte vnder the hande of Ithaâ— the Gethite And the kyng sayd vnto the people I wyl go w t you also And the people answered Thou shalte not go forth for yf we flee our aduersaries wyll not care for vs neyther shal they regarde vs though halfe of vs were sleyne But thou arte worth ten thousande of vs. Wherfore it is better that thou soccoure vs oâ—te of the citye And the kynge sayde vnto them what semeth you best that wyll I do And the kyng stode by the gate syde all the people came out by hundreds by thousandes And the kynge coÌ„maunded Ioab Abisai Ithaâ— saynge entreate the yonge man Absalom gentylly for my sake And all the people herde that the kynge gaue all the captaynes charge concernyng Absalom And so the people went out into the felde agaynst
shew theyr fathers house nor theyr seed and that they were of Israel The chyldren of Dalaiah the chyldren of Tobia and the chyldren of Nocoda syxe hundred two and fourtye And of the preestes the chyldren of Habaiah the chyldren of Hacos the chyldren of Bersilai whiche toke one of the doughters of Bersilai the Gileadite to wyfe was named after theyr name These sought theyr wrytyng in the register of theyr generacion but they were not founde therfore they were put from the preesthode And Hathirsata sayd vnto them that they shuld not eate of the moost holy tyll there came vp a preest whiche shulde weare Urim and Thumim And so the hole congregacyon togyther was two and fourtye thousande thre hundred thre score besyde theyr seruauntes and maydes of whom there were seuen thousand thre hundred and seuen and thyrty And they had two hundred and seuen and fourtie syngyng men and women Theyr horses seuen huÌ„dred and syxe and thyrtye and theyr Mules two hundred and fyue and fourtie The camels foure hundred and fyue and thyrtye syxe thousande seuen hundred and twentye Asses And certayne of the auncient fathers gaue vnto the worke Hathirsatha gaue to the treasure a thousand peces of golde fyftye basens fyue hundred thyrtye preestes garmentes And some of the cheyfe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke xx thousande peces of golde and two thousande two hundred pounde of syluer And the other people gaue twentye thousand peces of golde and two thousande pounde of syluer and thre score and seuen preestes garmentes And the preestes and Leuites the porters and the syngers and the other of the people and the Nethmims and all Israell dwelte in theyr cityes And the seuenth moneth came and the Chyldren of Israell were in theyr cityes ¶ Esdras gathereth the people togyther and redeth to them the Lawe They kepe the feast of Tabernacles or bothes CAPI VIII ANd ✚ all the people gathered them selues togyther as one maÌ„ in the strete that was before the water gate they sayde vnto Esdras the scribe that he shulde fetche the boke of the law of Moses which the Lorde coÌ„maunded to Israel And Esdras the Preest brought the lawe before the congregacyon bothe of men and women and all that coulde vnderstande dyd herken vnto it vpon the fyrste daye of the seuenth moneth and he red therin in the strete that was before the water gate from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye before men and women that dyd herken to it and the eares of all the people were enclyned vnto the boke of the lawe And Esdras the scribe stode vpon an hyghe pulpyt of wood which they had made for the preachynge besyde hym stode Mathathia Sema Anania Uriah Helkia and Maasia on his ryght hande and on his lefte hande stode Pedaia Misael Malchia Hasum Hasebadana Zachary and Mesulam And Esdras opened the boke before all the people for he stode aboue all the people And when he opened it all the people stode vp And Esdras praysed the Lorde the great God And all the people answered Amen Amen with theyr handê vp and bowed themselues and worshypped the Lorde fallynge downe vpon theyr faces to the grounde And Iesua Baam Serabiah Iamin Acub Sebathai Hodaia Maasia Celita Azaria Iozabad Hanan Pelaia the Leuites caused the people to gyue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in theyr place And they red in the boke of the lawe of god distynctly and playnly so that men vnderstode the thynge that was red And Nehemiah whiche is Hathirsatha and Esdras the preest and scribe the Leuites that caused the people to take hede sayd vnto al the people this day is holy vnto the Lorde your God be not ye sory and wepe not For al the people wepte when they herde the wordes of the lawe And he sayd vnto them go your waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared them selues for this day is holy vnto the lord be not ye sory therfore for the ioy of the lorde is your strength ⊢ And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayd holde your peace for the day is holy vexe not ye your selues And al the people went theyr way to eate drynke and to sende parte vnto other and to make great myrth bycause they had vnderstande the wordes that was declared vnto them And on the nexte day were gathered togyther the cheyfe fathers amonge all the people and the preestes Leuites vnto Esdras the scribe that they myght vnderstande the wordes of the law And they founde wrytten in the law which the Lorde had coÌ„maunded by Moses that the chyldren of Israell shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth and that they shulde cause it to be declared proclamed in all theyr cityes and thorowout Ierusalem sayenge Go forth vnto the mount fetche Olyue braunches Pyne braunches Myrte braunches Palme brauÌ„ches braunches of thicke trees to make bothes as it is wrytten And so the people went forth and fet them and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in theyr courtes and in the courtes of the house of god in the strete by the water gate and in the strete by porte Ephraim And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captiuyte made bothes and sat vnder the bothes For synce the tyme of Iosua the son of Nun vnto this day had not the chyldren of Israel done so and there was very great gladnesse And euery day from the fyrst day vnto the laste red Esdras in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast and on the eyght day the gatheryng togyther accordynge vnto the maner ¶ The people repent forsake theyr straung wyues Esdras recyteth the benefytes of god and the synnes of the people CAPI IX IN the foure and twentye daye of this moneth came the chyldren of Israel togyther agayne with fastyng and sacke clothes and earth vpon them and they that were of the seede of Israell were separated from all the straunge chyldren and stode and knowledged theyr synnes and the wyckednesse of theyr fathers and stode vp in theyr place and red in the boke of the lawe of the Lorde theyr god foure tymes on the day and they knowledged and worshypped the Lorde theyr god iiii tymes on the day And the Leuites stode on hygh namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sabaniah Buni Sarebiah Bani Chanani and creyed loude vnto the Lorde theyr God And the Leuites Iesua and Cadmiel Bani and Hasabnia Serebia Hodia Sebania and Phathahia sayd stande vp and prayse the Lorde your God for euer and let thankes be gyuen vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankes gyuynge and prayse Thou arte Lorde alone thou hast made heuen and the heuen of all heuens with all theyr hoost the earth and all thyngs that are therin
be men of lowe degree he knoweth not Whyle he lyueth his flesshe muste haue trauayle and whyle the soule is in hym he must be in sorowe ¶ Eliphas reprehendeth Iob bycause he asâ—â—ybeth wysdom and purenes to hym selfe He descrybeth the course that falleth on the wyched rekenyng Iob to be one of that nombre CAPI XV. THen answered Eliphas the Themanite and sayde Shal a wyse mans answere be the scyence of the wynde and fyl any mans bely as it were with the wynde of the east Shall he reproue with a worde that is nothynge worth and speake the thynges whiche can do no good As for shame thou hast set it a syde els woldest thou not make so many wordes before god but thy wyckednesse teacheth thy mouthe and so thou haste chosen the a craftye tongue Thyne owne mouth condemneth the and not I Yea thyne owne lyppes shape an answere agaynst the. Art thou the fyrst man that euer was borne Or wast thou made before the hylles haste thou herde the secrete counsayle of God that all wysdom is to lytle for the What knowest thou that we knowe not And what vnderstandest thou but we can the same With vs are bothe olde aged men yea soche as haue lyued longer then thy father Thynkest thou it a small thynge of the consolacyons of god with the is a lyenge worde Why doth thyne herte so be with the And wherfore wynkest thou with thyne eyes that thy mynde is so pufte agaynst god and lettest soche wordes go out of thy mouth What is man that he shulde be cleane what hath he whiche is borne of a woman wherby he myght be ryghtuous Beholde he doth not truste his sayntes Yey the very heuens are not cleane in his syght Howe moch more then an abhomynable and vyle man whiche drynketh wyckednesse lyke water I wyll tell the heare me and I wyll shewe the that I haue sene which wyse men haue told and hath not bene hyd from theyr ☞ fathers vnto whome onely the earth was gyuen and no straunger went amonge The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman traueylynge of chylde and the nombre of a tyrauntes yeres is vnknowen A fearfull souÌ„de is euer in his eares and when it is peace yet feareth he destructyon He byleueth neuer to be delyuered out of darkenesse for the swerde is alwayâ— before his eyes When he goeth forth to get his lyuynge he seeth playenly that the dayâ— of darkenesse is at hande Sorowe and carefulnesse wyll make hym afrayde and compasse hym counde aboute lyke ☞ as it werâ— a kynge with his hoost redy to the battayle For he hath stretched out his hande agaynst God armed hym selfe agaynst the almygh tye He runneth proudly vpon hym and with a styffe necke fyghteth he agaynst him where as he couereth his face with fatnesse and maketh his body well lykynge Therfore shall his dwellynge be in desolate cityes and in houses whiche no man inhabyteth but are become heapes of stones He shall not be ryche neyther shall his substaunce coÌ„tynue nor encrease vpon earth He shal neuer come out of darkenesse the flame shall drye vp his braunches with the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken awaye He byleueth not that he is in vanite yet he is out of the waye and vanite shall be his recoÌ„pence He shall peryshe before his tyme be worne out his braunch shall not be grene He shal be plucked of as an vntymely grape from the vyne and shal let his floure fall as the olyue doth For the congregacion of ypocrytes shall be desolate and vnfruytfull and the fyre shall consume the houses of soche as are gredy to receyue gyftes He conceyueth trauayle and beareth vanite and theyr body bryngeth forth dysceyte ¶ Iob repeatynge his miserye sayth that he suffereth more then his wyckednesse hath deserued CAPI XVI IOb answered and sayde I haue ofte tymes herde soche thynges Myserable gyuers of conforte are ye al the sorte of you Shall not thy vayne wordes come yet to an ende Or hast thou yet anye more to saye I coulde speake as ye do also But wold god that your soule were in my soules steade then shulde I heape vp wordes agaynst you and shake my heade at you I shulde confort you with my mouth and release your payne with the talkynge of my lyppes †But vvhat shal I do For all my wordes my sorowe wyll not cease and though I hold my tongue yet wyl it not departe fro me But nowe that God hath sent me aduersite thou hast troubled al my congregacyon And that thou hast fylled me with wrynkles my fleshe is recorde and my leanesse ryseth vp agaynst me and beareth wytnesse agaynst me He is angry at me he hateth me and gnassheth vpoÌ„ me with his teethe Myne enemye scouleth vpon me with his eyes ☞ They haue opened theyr mouthes wyde vpon me and smytten me vpon the cheke despytefullye they gather them selues togyther agaynst me God hath put me in prease with the vngodly delyuered me in to the handes of the wycked I was in welth but he hath brought me to nought He hath taken me by the necke he hath rent me and set me as a marke for hym selfe His archers compasse me rounde aboute he wounded my loynes and doth not spare My bowels hath powred vpon the grounde He hath gyuen me one wounde vpon another and is fallen vpon me lyke a gyaunt I haue sewed a sacke cloth vpon my skyn and lye with my heere in the dust My face is swollen with wepynge and in myne eyes is the shadowe of death Howbeit there is no wyckednesse in my handes but my prayer is cleane O earth ☞ couer not thou my blood and let my cryenge fynde no rowme For lo my wytnesse is in heuen he that knoweth me is aboue in the heygth My frendê gyue me many wordes to scorne and myne eye powreth out teares vnto god O that a body might pleate with god as one maÌ„ doth with another yet the nombre of my yeares is come and the waye that I must go is at hande from whence I shall not turne agayne ¶ Iob sayth that he consumeth away and yet dothe paciently abyde it CAPI XVII MY breth stynketh my dayes are shortened I am harde at deathes dore Frowarde men are with me and myne eye must contynue in the bytternesse of them O delyuer me and loke out one to be my surely in thy syght what is he that knoweth who wyll promyse for me For thou hast withholden theyr hertes from vnderstandynge therfore shalt thou not set them vp on hygh He promyseth his frendes parte of his good but his owne Chyldren spende it He hath made me as it were á by worde of the people where as before I was theyr ioye Myne eye is dymme for very heuynesse and all my strength is become lyke a shadowe Uertuous men therfore shall well consyder this the innocent shall take parte
myne hert in the nyght season thou hast tryed me and shalte fynde no wyckednes in mâ— â–ª for I am vtterly purposed that my mouth shall nat offende Because of mens workes that are done agaynste the worde of thy lyppes I haue kepte me from the wayes of the distroyer O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes that my â—oâ—e steppes sâ—ppe nat I haue called vpon the O God for thou shalt heare me encline thyne eare to me and herken vnto my wordes Shewe thy meruelous louyng kyndnesse thou that arte the Sauyour of them whiche put theyr trust in the from suche as resist thy ryght hande Kepe me as the apple of an eye hyde me vnder y â— shadowe of thy winges From the vngodly y â— trouble me Myne enemyes coÌ„passe me rounde about to take away my soule They main tayne their owne welthinesse their mouth speaketh proude thynges They lye waytynge in our waye on euery syde turnynge theyr eyes downe to the grounde Lyke as a lyon y â— is gredy of his pray and as it were a lyons whelpe lurckinge in secrete places Up Lorde disapoynte hym and cast hym downe deliuer my soule from the vngodly which is as a swerde of thyne FroÌ„ the meÌ„ of thy hande O Lorde from the men of the world which haue theyr porcion in this lyfe whose belyes thou fillest with thy treasure They haue chyldren at theyr desyre and leaue the reste of theyr substaunce for theyr babes But as for me I wyll beholde thy preseÌ„ce in ryghteousnes and wheÌ„ I awake vp after thy lycknesse I shall be satisfied The. xviij Psalme ¶ To the chaunteâ— of Dauid the seruaunt of the Lorde whiche spake vnto the Lorde the wordes of this songe in the daye that the Lorde delyuered hym from the hande of al his enemyes and from the hande of Soul and he sapâ—e I Wyl loue the O Lorde my strengthe The Lorde is my stonye rocke and my defeÌ„ce my Sauyour my God my myght in whom I wyl trust my buckler the horne also of my saluacyon and my refuge I wyll call vpon the Lorde which is worthy to be praised so shal I be safe fro myne enemyes The sorowes of death compassed me and the brookes of vngodlynes made me afrayed The paynes of hel came about me the snares of death ouertoke me In my trouble wyl I cal vpon the Lorde coÌ„playne vnto my God So shal he heare my voyce out of his âšœ holy temple and my coÌ„playnte shal come before him euen in to his eares The earth trembled and quaked the very fouÌ„dacyons also of y â— hylles shâ—ke and were remoued because he was wroth There weÌ„t a smoke out of his nostrels a consuming fyre out of hê mouth so y â— coles were kyndled at it He bowed the heaueÌ„s also came downe and it was darke vnder his fete He rode vpoÌ„ the Cherubins and dyd flye he came flyenge with y â— wynges of the wynde He made darcknesse his pany lyon rounde about him with darcke water thycke cloudê to couer hiÌ„ At y â— brightnes of his pÌ„seÌ„ce his cloudê remoued with hayle stones coles of fire The lord also thoÌ„dred out of heuen and the hyghest gaue his thoÌ„dre with hayle stones and cooles of fyre He sent out his arrowes scatred them he cast forthe lyghtnynges and destroyed them The springes of waters were sene and the fouÌ„dacions of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chydynge O Lorde at the blastynge of the brethe of thy displesure He shal sende downe from the heygth to fetche me shall take me out of many waters He shal delyuer me fro my strongest enemy and froÌ„ theÌ„ which hate me for they ar to mighty for me They preuented me in the daye of my trouble but the Lorde was my defence He brought me forth also into a place of libertye he brought me forth because he had a fauour vnto me The Lorde shall rewarde me after my ryghteous dealyng according to the clennesse of my handes shal he recompense me Because I haue kepte the wayes of the Lorde and haue nat behaued my selfe wyckedly agaynste my God For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes and wyll nat cast out his commaundmentes from me I was also vncorrupte before him eschued myne owne wyckednes Therfore shal the Lord rewarde me after my rightuous dealyng accordyng vnto the clennesse of my handes in his eye sight With the holy thou shalte be holy with a perfecte man thou shalte be perfecte With the cleane thou shalt be clene and with the frowarde thou shalt learne frowardenes For y u shalte saue the people that are in aduersite shalte bryng downe the hye lokes of y e proude Thou also shalt lyght my candle the Lorde my God shall make my darckenes to be lyght For in the I shal disconfyte an host of men with the helpe of my God I shall leape ouer the wal The way of God is vndetyled the word of the Lorde also is tryed in the fyre he is the defender of all them that put theyr trust in him For who is God but the Lorde Or who hath any streÌ„gth except our God It is God that gyrdeth me with streÌ„gth of warre and maketh my waye perfecte He maketh my fete lyke hertes fete and setteth me vp on hye He techeth myne handes to fyght and myne armes shall breake euen a brasen bowe Thou haste giuen me the defence of thy saluacion thy right hand also shall holde me vp and thy louyng correccyon shall make me greate Thou shalt make rowme ynough vnder me for to go y â— my fore steppes shall nat styde I wyll folowe vpon myne enemyes ouer take theÌ„ and wyll nat tourne agayne tyll I haue dedestroyed them I wyl smyte theÌ„ that they shall nat be able to stande but fal vnder my fete Thou haste gyrded me with strength vnto warre thou shalte throwe downe mine enemyes vnder me Thou hast made min enemyes also to tourne theyr backes vpon me and I shall destroye them that hate me They shall crye but there shall be none to helpe them yee euen vnto the Lorde shal they crye but he shall nat heare them I wyll beate them as small as the dust before the wynde I wyll cast them out as the claye in the stretes Thou shalte delyuer me frome the stryuynges of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the HeitheÌ„ A people whom I haue nat knowen shall serue me Assone as they heare of me they shall obey me but the straunge chyldren shall dissemble w t me The straunge chyldren shall fayle and be frayed out of theyr habitacions The Lorde lyueth and blessed be my stronge helper and praysed be the God of my saluacion EueÌ„ the God which seeth that I be auenged subdueth the people vnto me It is he that delyuereth me from my cruel enemyes and setteth me vp aboue mine aduersaries
and saue me for thy mercyes sake Let me nat be confounded O Lorde for I haue called vpon the let the vngodly be put to confucion and be put to syleÌ„ce in the graue Let the lyenge lyppes be put to sylence whiche cruelly disdaynfully and despytfully speake agaynste the ryghtuous O howe plentyfull is thy goodnes whiche thou hast layed vp for them that feare theâ— and that thou hast prepayred for them that put theyr truste in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou shalte hyde them pryuely by thyne owne presence frome the prouokynges of al men thou shalte kepe them secretely in thy Tabernacle from the stryfe of tonges Thanked be the Lorde for he hathe shewed merueylous greate kyndenesse in a stronge cytie And when I made haste I saide I am caste out of thy sight of thyne eyes Neuertheles thou herdeste the voyce of my prayers when I cryed vnto the. O loue the Lorde al ye his sayntes for the Lorde preserueth theÌ„ that are faythfull plentuously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stronge he shal strength your herte all ye y t put your trust in the Lorde ¶ The. xxxii Psalme ¶ An instruccyon of Dauyd BLESSED is he whose vnrightuousnes is forgyuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whome the Lorde imputeth no synne and in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorowe my daylye complaynynge For thy hande is heuy vpon me day and nyght and my moysture is lyke the drough in Sommer Sela. I wyll knoweledge my synne vnto the myne vnryghteousnesse haue I nat hyd I sayd I wyl coÌ„fesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde so thou forgauest the wyckednesse of my synne Dela For this shall euery one that is godly make hys prayer vnto the ☞ in due season but in the greate water floudes they shall nat come nye hym Thou arte my defeÌ„ce thou shalte preserue me froÌ„ trouble thou shalt coÌ„passe me about with soÌ„ges of delyuerauÌ„ce Sela. I wyl enfourme the teach the i the way wherin y u shalt go I wyll gyde y â— with myne eye Ye shal nat be lyke a horse mule whiche haue no vnderstaÌ„ding And whose mouthes must be holdeÌ„ w t byt brydle leste they fall vpoÌ„ y â— Great plages remayne for y â— vngodly but who so putteth his trust in y â— Lorde mercy embraceth hi on euery syde Be glad O ye righteous reioyse in y â— Lorde and be ioyfull all ye that are true of hrete ¶ The. xxxiii Psalme REioyce in the Lorde O ye ryghtuous for it becommeth well the iuste to be thankful Prayse the Lord with harpe synge Psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Synge vnto the Lorde a newe soÌ„ge synge prayses lustely âšœ vnto hym with a good corage For the worde of the Lorde is true and all his workes are faythful He loueth ryghtuousnes and iudgement the earth is ful of the goodnesse of the Lorde By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the Hoostes of them by the breth of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the see togyther as it were vpon a heape and layeth vp the depe in secret Let al the earth feare the Lorde stande in awe of him all ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stode fast The Lorde bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to nought and maketh the deuices of the people to be of none effecte âšœ and casteth out the councels of Prynces The councell of the Lorde shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his hert from generacyon to generacyon Blessed is the people whose God is the Lorde Iehouah and blessed is the folke that haue chosen beÌ„ to be theyr inheritaunce The Lorde loked downe frome Heauen and behelde all the chyldren of men from the habitacion of his dwellyng he consydreth all them that dwel in the earthe He tashyoneth all the hertes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no kynge that can be saued by the multitude of an hoste neyther is any myghty man delyuered by muche strength A horse is counted but a vayne thynge to saue a man neyther shal he delyuer any maÌ„ by his greate strength Beholde the eye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr truste in his mercye To delyuer theyr soules from deathe and to fede theÌ„ in the tyme of dearth Our soule hath paciently taried for the Lorde for he is our helpe and our shylde For oure herte shall reioyce in hym because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercyful kyndnesse O Lorde be vpon vs lyke as we haue put our trust in the. ¶ The. xxxiiij Psalme ¶ Of Dauyd when he chaunged his speache before Abimilech whiche droue him awaye and he departed I Wyll all waye gyue thankes vnto the Lorde hê prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shal make her bost i the Lorde the humble shall here therof and be glad O prayse the Lorde with me and let vs magnyfye his name together I soughte the Lorde and he hearde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They had an eye vnto him and were lyghtened and theyr faces were nat ashamed Lo the poore cryeth and the Lorde heareth hym yee and saueth hym out of all hys troubles The Aungell of the Lorde tarieth rounde about them and feare hym and delyuereth them O taste and se howe gracious the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth in him O feare the Lorde ye that be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothyng The lyons do lacke suffre hunger but they whiche seke the Lorde shall wante no maner of thyng that is good Come ye children and herken vnto me I wyl teach you the feare of the Lorde What man is he that listeth to lyue and woloe fayne se good daies Kepe thy tonge from euell and thy lyppes that they speake no gyle Eschue cuyll and do good seke peace and ensue it The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the rightuous his eares are open vnto their prayers The countenaunce of the Lorde is agaynst them that do euyll to rote out the re membraunce of them from the earth The rightuous crye and the Lorde heareth theÌ„ and delyuereth them out of all theyr troubles The Lorde is nye vnto them that are of a contrayte herte and wyll saue suche as be of an humble sprete Greate are the troubles of the ryghteous but the Lorde delyuereth hym out of all He kepeth all his bones so that nat one of them can be broken Eut mysfourtune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate the rightuous shal be desolate The Lorde delyuereth the soules of his seruauntes and all they y â— put theyr trust in him shal nat be destitute The â–ª xxxv
and hys fete nat be hurt Euen so whosoeuer goeth into his neighbours wyfe and toucheth her cannat be vngyity Men do nat vtterly despyse a thefe that stealeth to satysfye hys soule when he is hongry but yf he may be gotten he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche or els he maketh recompeÌ„se with all y â— good of his house But who so coÌ„mitteth aduoutry with a woman he is a foole hryngeth hys lyfe to destruccion He getteth hym selfe also shame dishonour such as shall neuer be put out For the gelousy and wrath of y â— man wyll nat be intreated no though thou woldest offre hym greate gyftes to make amendes he wyll nat receaue them ¶ God ought to be feared and honoured His commaunde inentes ouâ—â—h 〈◊〉 to be hepte wanton apperytes and desyres ought to be shonned CAPI VII My sonne kepe my wordes and laye vp my comaundementes by the. Kepe my commaundementes and my lawe eueÌ„ as the apple of thine eye and thou shalt lyue Bynde them vpon thy fingers and wryte them in the table of thyne herte Saye vnto wysdome thou art my syster call vnderstandyng thy kynswoman that she maye kepe the from the strauÌ„ge woman and froÌ„ the harlot which geueth swete wordes For out of the wyndowe of my house I loked thorowe the latysse and behelde y â— simple people and among other yong folkes I spyed one yong foole going ouer y â— stretes by the corner in the way toward the harlottes house in the twylight of the euenynge when it beganne nowe to be nyght darke And beholde there met him a womaÌ„ in an harlottes apparell a dysceytfull wanton and an vnstedfast womaÌ„ whose fete coulde not abyde in the house nowe is she without nowe in the stretes and lurketh in euery corner she caught the yong man kyssed hym was nat ashamed faynge I had a vowe of peace offerynges to paye ☞ and thys day I perfourme it Therfore came I forth to mete the y â— I myght seke thy face so I haue founde the. I haue deckte my bed with couerynges clothes of Egypte My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre Alos and Cynamon Come let vs lye together and take oure pleasure tyll it be daye lyght For the good maÌ„ is nat at home he is gone farre of He hathe taken the bagge of money with hym who can tell when he commeth home Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame hym and with her flattering lyppes she entysed him to folowe her as it were an oxe led to the slaughter and lyke as it were a fole to the stockes to be punyshed so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer w t her darte lyke as yf a byrde hasted to the snare nat knowyng that the parell of his lyfe lyeth ther vpon Heare me nowe therfore O my chyldren marke the wordes of my mouth Let nat thyne herte wandre in her wayes and be nat thou disceaued in her pathes For many one hathe she wouÌ„ded and cast downe ye many a stronge man hath bene slayne by the meanes of her Her houses are the waye vnto hell and bring meÌ„ downe into the chambers of deth ¶ The prayse of the wysdome of God CAPI VIII DOth nat wysdome crye dothe nat vn derstan â—ynge put forth her voyce Standeth she nat in the hye places in the stretes and wayes dothe she nat crye before the whole cytie and in the gates where meÌ„ go out and in It is you O ye men sayeth she whom I call Unto the chyldren of meÌ„ do I lyfte vp my voyce Take hede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunte be wyse in herte O ye foles Geue eate for I wyll speake of greate matters and open my lyppes to tell thynges that be ryght For my throte shal be talkynge of the truth and my lyppes abhorre vngodlynesse All the wordes of my mouth are ryghteous there is no frowardenesse nor falshede therin They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande and ryght to them that fynde knowledge Receaue my doctryne and nat syluer and my knowledge more then fyne golde For wysdome is more worth then precyous stones yee all thynges that thou canst desyre maye nat be compared vnto it I wysdome haue my dwellynge with knowledge and prudente councell is myne owne The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wyckednesse pryde disdayne and the euyll waye and a mouth that speakethe wycked thynges I vtterly abhorre I can geue councell and be a gyde I haue vnder standynge I haue strengthe Thorowe me kynges reygne thorowe me prynces make iust lawes Thorowe me do prynces beare rule and all iudges of the earthe execute iudgement I am louynge vnto those that loue me and they that seke me early shall fynde me Ryches and honour are with me Yee excellent goodes and ryghteousnesse My frute is better then golde and precyous stone and myne encrease more worthe then fyne syluer I wyll gyde the in the waye of ryghteousnesse and in the strete of iudgemente That I may sende prosperyte to those that loue me and to encrease theyr treasure ☞ The Lorde him selfe had me in possessyou ☞ in the begynnynge of his wayes or euer he beganne hys worckes aforetyme I haue bene ordeued from euerlastyng and froÌ„ the begynnynge or euer the earth was made When I was borne there were nether depthes nor springes of water Before the foundacions of the mountaynes were layed ye before al hylles was I borne The earth and all that is vpon the earth was nat yet made no nat the grounde it selfe For when he made the heauens I was present when he set vp the depthes in ordre when he hangd the cloudes aboue when he fastened the springes of the depe when he shut the see with in certayne boundes that the waters shulde nat go ouer theyr marckes When he layed the foundacions of the erath I was with him ordrynge all thynges delyâ—ynge dayly and reioysynge alwaye before hym As for the rounde compase of thys worlde I make it ioyfull for my delyte is to be amonge the chyldren of men Therfore herken vnto me â–ª O ye chyldren blessed are they that kepe my wayes geue eare vnto nurtour be wyse and refuse it nat Blessed is the man that heareth me watchynge dayly at my gates and geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores For who so fyndeth me fyndethe lyfe and shal obtayue fauour of the Lorde but who so offendeth agaynst me hurtethe his owne soule And all they that hate me are the louers of deathe ¶ Wysdome monethe all men to embrace her The property of a whore CAPI IX WYsdome hathe buylded herselfe ☞ an house hewen out seuen pyllers he hath kylled her vitayles powred out her wyne and prepared her table She hathe sente forthe her maydens to crye vpon the hyest place of the cyty who so is ignoraunte let hym come hyther And to the vnwyse she sayde O come on yours waye eate my breade and drynke
nat Shall nat he recompence euery man accordynge to his worckes My sonne eate thou hony and the swete hony combe because it is good and swete in thy mouth Euen so shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule as sone as thou haste gotten it And there is good hope yee thy hope shal nat be in vayne Lay no preuy wayte wyckedly vpoÌ„ the house of the ryghteous and disquyete nat his restynge place For a iuste man falleth seuen tymes and ryseth vp agayne but the vngodly fall in to wyckedness Reioyse hat thou at the fal of chyne enemye and let nat thyne herte be glad when he stomblech Leste the Lorde when he seyth it be angrye and turne hys wrathe from hym vnto the. Let nat thy wrath and gelousy moue the to folowe the wicked and vngodly And why the wicked hath nothinge to hope for and the candle of the vngodly shal be put out My sonne feare thou the Lorde and the kynge and kepe no company with the sclaunderous for theyr destruceyon shall come sodenly who knoweth the aduersyte of them bothe These are also the saynges of the wyse It is nat good to haue respecte of any persone in iudgement He that sayeth to the vngodly thou arte ryghteous him shall the people curse yee the comenty shall abhorre hym But they that rebuke the vngodly shal be commended and a ryche blessynge shall come vpon them ☞ Euery man shall kysse hys lyppes that geueth a good answere Fyrste make vp thy worcke that is without and loke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the felde and then builde thyne house Be no false wytnesse agaynste thy neyghbour and hurte him nat with thy lyppes Saye nat I wyll handle him euen as he hathe dealte with me and wyll rewarde euery man accordyng to hys dede I went by the felde of the slouthfull and by the vyneyarde of the folysh man And lo it was alcouered w t nettels and stode ful of thistels and y â— stone wall was broken downe This I sawe and coÌ„sydred it well I loked vpon it toke it for a warnynge Yee slepe on styl âšœ I saye a lytle stoÌ„ber a lytle folde thine handes together yet a lytle so shal pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the waye and necessyte lyke an armed man ¶ These also are the parables of Salomon whiche the men of Ezekiah Kynge of Iuda copyed out CAPI XXV IT IS y â— honour of god to kepe a thinge secrete but the kynges honoure is to searche out a thynge The heauen is hye the earth is depe and the kynges herte is vnsearcheable Take the drosse froÌ„ the syluer and there shal be a cleane vessell therof Take awaye vngodgodlynesse froÌ„ the kynges syght his seate shal be stablished in ryghteousnes Put nat for the thy selfe in the presence of y â— kynge preace nat iÌ„to y â— place of great meÌ„ For better is it y t it be saide vnto y â— come vp hither then thou to be set downe in the preseÌ„ce of y â— prynce whoÌ„ thou seyst with thine eyes Be not hasty to go to y e law lest happly y â— ordre thy selfe so at y â— last that thy neighbour put the to shame Handle thy matter with thy neyghbour hiÌ„selfe discouer not another maÌ„s secrete lest wheÌ„ meÌ„ heare therof it turne to thy dishonour lest thyne euyll name do nat ceasse âšœ Grace frendshyppe do the deliuer whiche se that thou kepe for thy selfe lest thou be reproued a worde spoken in due season is lyke apples of golde in a syluer dishe The correccyon of the wyse is to an obedient eare a golden cheyne and a Iewel of golde Lyke as the colde of snowe in the haruest so is a faythfull messenger to them that sende him for he refressheth his maysters mynde Who so maketh great bostes and geueth nothynge is lyke cloudes and wynde without rayne With pacience is a Prince pacified and with a softe tonge is rygorousnes broken If thou fyndest hony eate so muche as is sufficiente for the leaste thou be ouerful and perbrake it out againe Withdrawe thy fote from thy neyghboures house lest he be wery of the and so abhorre the. Who so beareth false wytnesse againste his neyghbour he is a very speare a swerde and a sharpe arrowe The hope of the vngodly in tyme of nede is lyke a rotten to the and a slyppery fote Who so taketh awaye a mans garmente in the colde wether is lyke vyneger vpon chalke or lyke him that syngeth songes to an heuy harte âšœ Lyke as the moth hurteth a garment and a worme the tre so doth the heuynesse of a man hurte the hert If thine enemye honger feade hym yf he thryste geue hym drynke for so shalte thou heape coles of fyre vpon his heade and the Lorde shall rewarde the. The North winde dryueth awaye the rayne euen so dothe an earenest sobre countenaunce a backebyters tonge It is better to syt in a corner vnder the roâ—e then with a brawlynge woman in a wyde house A good reporte out of a far couÌ„tre is lyke colde water to a thrysty soule Aryghtuous man ☞ fallynge downe before the vngodly is lyke a troubled well a sprynge that is destroied Lyke as it is nat good to eate to muche honye euen so he that wyll searche out hye thynges it shall be to heuy for him He that can not rule hym self is lyke a cyte whiche is broken downe and hathe no walles ¶ CAPI XXVI LIke as snowe is not mete in Sommer nor rayne in haruest euen so is worship unsemely for a fole Lyke as the byrde and the swalowe take theyr flyght and fle here there so the curse that is geuen in vayne shal not lyght vpon a man Unto the hors belongeth a whyppe to the Asse a brydle a rodde to the foles back Geue not the fole an answere after his folyshnesse least thou become lyke vnto him but make the fole an answere to his folishnesse lest he be wyse in his owne conceate He is lame of his fete yea droncken is he in vanite that commytteth any thynge to a foole Lyke as it is an unsemely thynge to haue legges and yet to halte eueÌ„ so is a parable in the foles mouth He y t setteth a â—oole in hye dignite that is euen as if a man dyd cast a precious stone vpon the galous A parable in a foles mouth is lyke a thorne that prycketh a dronken maÌ„ in the hande A man of experience discerneth all thynges wel but who so hyreth a foole hyreth suche one as wyll take no hede Lyke as the dogge turneth agayne to his vomyte euen so a foole begynneth his folyshnesse agayne a fresshe If thou seest a man that is wyse in his owne conceyt there is more hope in a foole then in hym The slouthfull sayeth there is a leoparde in the way and a lyon
more fauoure at the last then he that flatereth hym Who so robbeth his Father and mother and sayeth it is no synne the same is lyke vnto a destroyer He that is of a proude stomake stereth vp strife but he that putteth his truste in the Lorde shal be well fedde He that trusteth in his owne herte is a foole but he that walketh wysely shall be safe He that gyueth vnto the poore shall not lacke but he that turneth awaye his eyes from suche as be in necessytie shall suffre greate pouerte hym selfe When the vngodly are come vp men are fayne to hide them selues but when they peryshe the ryghtuous increase CAPI XXIX HE THAT is styfnecked and wyll nat be refourmed shal sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe When the ryghtuous haue the ouer hande the people are in prosperite but when the vngodly bereth rule there the people mourne Who so loueth wysdome maketh hys Father a glad man but he that kepetheÌ„ company with harlottes spendeth away that he hath With true iudgement the kynge setteth vp the lande but yf he be a man that is couetous he turneth it vp syde downe Who so flatereth hys neyghbour layeth a nette for his fete âšœ The synne of the wycked is his owne snare but the ryghtuous doth synge and reioyse The ryghtuous consydreth the cause of the poore but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandynge Wycked people brynge a cytie in decaye but wyse men set it vp agayne If a wyse man go to lawe with a foole whether he deale with hym frendly or roughely he getteth no reste The bloude thyrstye hate the ryghtuous but the iuste ☞ seke hys soule A foole powreth out hys sprete all together but a wyse man kepeth it in tyl afterwarde If a Prynce delyte in lyes all his seruauntes are vngodly The poore and the lender mete togyther and the Lorde lyghteneth bothe theyr eyes The seate of y â— Kynge that faythfully iudgeth the poore shall contynue sure for euer more The rodde and correcion mynysâ—re wysdome but yf a chylde be nat loked vnto he bryngeth his mother to shame When the vngodly come vp wyckednes increaseth but the ryghtuous shal se theyr fall Nurtoure thy sonne with correccyon thou shalt be arrest yea he shal do the good at thyne herte When the worde of god is not preached the people peryshe but well is him that kepeth the lawe A seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstande yet wyll he nat regarde them Yf thou seest a man that is hastye to speake vnaduysed thou mayst trust a foole more then hym He that delycately bryngeth vp his seruauÌ„t from a child shal make hym his mayster at length An angry man stereth vp stryfe and he that beareth euyll wyll in his mynde doth moche euyll After pryde commeth a fall but a lowely sprete bryngeth greate worshyppe Who so kepeth company with a thefe hateth his owne soule he hereth blasphemyes and telleth it not forthe He that feareth men shal haue a fall but who so putteth his truste in the Lorde is without daunger Many there be that seke the Prynces fauoure but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde The rightuous abhorreth the vngodly but as for those that be in the ryght waye the wycked hate them âšœ A chylde that kepeth the worde shal be without destruccyon ¶ The putenes of the worde of God and what we ought to requyre of God with certayne wonderfull thynges that are in this worlde CAPI XXX THE wordes of Agur the sonne of Iakei and the Propherye that the same man spake vnto Ithiel euen vnto Ithiel and Uchall I am more foolysshe then any man and haue no mans vnderstandynge I neuer lerned wysdome nor had knoweledge of holy thynges Who hathe clymmed vp into Heauen Who hathe come downe from thence Who hathe holden the wynde faste in hys hande Who hathe comprehended the waters in a garmente Who hathe sette all the endes of the worlde What is hys name or his sonnes name Canste thou tell All the wordes of God are pure and cleane for he is a shylde vnto all them that put theyr truste in him Put y u nothynge vnto his wordes lest he reproue the and thou be founde a lyar Two thinges haue I requyred of the that thou wylt not denye me before I dye Remoue frome vanyte lies geue me neyther pouerte nor ryches onely graunte me a necessary what were errour and folishnes And I perceâ—ued that thys was but a vexacyon of mynde for where muche wysdome is there is also great trauaile aud disquyetnes and the more knowledge a man hathe the more is hys care ¶ Aboundaunce of rychesse of pleasure and of buyldynge are vayne thynges CAP. II. THen sayde I thus in my herte Nowe go to I wyl take myne ease and haue good dayes But lo that is vanite also in so muche that I sayde vnto laughter thou arte mad and to myrthe what doest thou So I thought in my herte to withdrawe my flesshe from wyne to applye my mynde vnto wysdome and to comprehende folishnesse vntyll the tyme that amonge all the thynges whiche are vnder the Sunne I myght se what were beste for men to do so long as they lyue vnder heauen I made gorgyous fayre worckes I buylded me houses and planted vyneyardes I made me orchardes and gardeÌ„s of pleasure and planted trees in them of all maner frutes I made pooles of water to water the grene and frutefull trees withall I boughte seruauntes and maydens and had a greate housholde As for catell and shepe I had more substaunce of them then all they that were before me in IerusaleÌ„ I gathered syluer golde together euen a treasure of kinges and landes I prouyded me syngers wemen whiche coulde playe of instrumentes to make men myrth and pastyme I gat me psalteries and songes of musycke And I was greater and in more worshype then all my predecessours in Ierusalem For wysedome remained with me and loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desyred I let them haue it and wherin soeuer my hert delyted or had any pleasure I with helde it nat froÌ„ it Thus my hert reioysed in all that I dyd this was my porcyon of all my trauayle But when I considred all the worckes that my handes had wrought and al the labour that I had taken therin lo all was but vanite and vexacyon of mynde and nothynge of any value vnder the Sunne Then turned I me to consydre wysdome errour and folyshnesse for what is he among men that myght be compared to me the kyng in such worckes and I sawe that wysdome excellethe folyshnesse as farre as lyghte dothe darckenesse For a wyse man hath hys eyes in his head but the foole goeth iÌ„ the darckenesse I perceaued also that they bothe had one ende Then thought I in my minde Iâ— it happen vpon the foole as it dothe vnto me what nedeth me theÌ„ to labour eny more for wysdome So
from the hye mountaynes ascrybynge glorye vnto the Lorde and magnyfyinge him amonge the Gentyles The Lorde shall come forth as a gyaunt and take a stomacke to him lyke as a freshe man of warre He shall roare crye and ouercome his enemyes I haue longe holden my peace sayeth the Lorde shulde I therefore be styll and kepe sylence for euer I wyll crye lyke a trauaylynge woman and once wyll I destroy and deuoure I wyll make waste bothe mountayne and hyll and drye vp euerye grene thynge that groweth theron I wyl drye vp the floudes of water and dryncke vp the ryuers I wyll brynge the blynde into a strete that they knowe not and lede theÌ„ into a fote pathe that they are ignoraunt in I shall make darkenesse lyght before them and the thynge that is croked to be streyght These thynges haue I done vnto theym and not forsaken them And therfore let them conuerte be ashamed earnestly that hope in Idoles and say to fashyoned ymages ye are our goddes Heare O ye deafe men and sharpen your â—yghtes to se O ye blynde Who is blynde but my seruauÌ„te Or so deafe as my messauÌ„gers whom I sent vnto them For who is so blynde as my people and they that haue the rule of them Thou vnderstandest much and kepest nothyng the eares are open and no man heareth The Lorde is mercyfull vnto them for his ryghtuousnesse sake that his worde myght be magnified and praysed But it is a mischeuous and wycked people Theyr yonge men belonge all to the snare and be shut into prison houses They be caryed awaye captyue and no man dothe lowse them They be troden vnder fote and no man doth labour to bryng them againe But who is he amonge you that pondreth this that consydreth it and taketh it for a warnynge in tyme to come Who suffred Iacob to be troaden vnder fote and Israel to be spoyled Dyd not the Lorde Because we haue synned agaynst hym and haue had no delyte to walke in his wayes neyther bene obedyente vnto his lawe Therfore hathe he poured vpon vs his wrathfull displeasure and stronge bataile whiche maketh vs haue to do on euery syde yet wyl we not vnderstaÌ„de He burneth vs vp yet syncketh it not into our hertes ¶ God promyseth to sende his Christ which shal delyuct his people He forgeueth synnes for his owne sake CAPI XLIII BVT nowe the Lorde that made the O Iacob and he that fasshyoned the O Israel sayeth thus Feare not for I haue redemed the. I haue called the by name thou art myne owne Yf thou goest thorow the water I wylbe with the that the strong floudes shulde not pluck the away And if thou walkest thorowe the fyre it shall not burne the and the flame shal not kindle vpoÌ„ the. For I am the Lorde thy God y â— holy one of Israel thy Sauyour I gaue Egypt for thy delyueraunce the Morians and the Sabees for the because thou waste deare in my syght and because I set by the loued the. I wyl geue ouer al men for the and deliuer vp al people for thy sake feare not for I am w t the. I wyl bryng thy sede froÌ„ the East â— and gather the together from y â— West I wil say to the North let go And to the South kepe not backe but bring me my soÌ„nes froÌ„ far and my daughters from the endes of y â— worlde Namely all those that be called after my name For them haue I created fasshyoned and made for myne honoure Bryng forth that people whether they haue eyes or be blynde deafe or haue eares If all nacyons come in one and be gathered together whiche amonge them shall declare suche thynges and tell vs what is to come Let them brynge theyr wytnesse so shall they be fre els let them heare and saye it is trueth You are my wytnesses sayeth the Lorde and my seruaunt whom I haue chosen therfore be certyfyed geue me faythfull credence and consydre that I am he before whom there was neuer any God and that there shal be none after me I am onely the Lorde and without me is there no Sauyoure I geue warnynge I make whole I teache you that there shulde be no straunge God amonge you And this recorde must ye beare me your selues sayeth the Lorde that I am God And euen he am I from the begynnynge and there is none that can take any thynge out of my hande And what I do can no maÌ„ chaunge Thus sayeth the Lorde the holy one of Israel youre redemer for youre sake I haue sente to Babylon and brought downe the strongest of them All they are fugitiue with the Chaldees that boost them of theyr shyppes Euen I the Lorde youre holy one whiche haue made Israel and am youre kynge Thus sayeth the Lorde euen he ☞ that maketh a waye in the see and a footepath in the myghty waters whiche bryngeth forth the charettes and horses the hoste and y â— power of warre that they may fall and neuer ryse and be extincte lyke as towe is quenched Ye remembre nat thynges of olde and regarde nothynge that is paste Therfore beholde I shall make a newe thynge and shortely shall it appere ye shall well knowe it I tolde it you afore but I wyll cell it you agayne I wyll make stretes in the deserte and ryuers of water in the wyldernes The wylde beastes shall worshyppe me the dragons and the yonge Estriches For I shall geue water in the wyldernes and streames in the desert that may geue drynke to my people whoÌ„ I chose Thys people haue I made for my selfe and they shall she we forth my prayse For thou Iacob woldest nat call vpon me but thou haddest an vnlust towarde me O Israel Thou gauest me nat thy yonge beastes for burnte offrynges neyther dydest honoure me with thy sacrifyces Thou boughtest mâ— no deare spyce with thy money nether pouredest the fat of thy sacryfyces vpon me Howe be it I haue nat beâ—e chargeable vnto y â— in offringes nether greuous in inceÌ„se But thou hast laden me with thy synnes and weeried me with thyne vngodlynes Where as I yet am euen he onely that for myne owne selfes sake do awaye thyne offences and forgette thy synnes so that I wyll neuer thynke vpon them Put me nowe in remembraunce for we wyll reason together and shewe what thou hast for the to make the ryghteous Thy fyrst father offended sore and thy rulers haue synned agaynste me Therfore I ether suspended or slue the chefest prynces I dyd curse Iacob and gaue Israel into reprofe ¶ Chryste promyseth to delyuer hys churche whiche he hathe redemed Idolatry and knelynge before ymages 〈◊〉 are confuted CAPI XLIIII SO heare nowe O Iacob my seruaunte and Israel whom I haue chosen For thus sayth the Lorde that made the fashyoned the and helped the euen from thy mothers
multytude and made intercessyon for the mysdoers ¶ Of the greate dominyon of Chryst. The indignacyon of God endureth but a shorte space â–ª but his mercye is euerlastynge CAP. LIIII BE glad nowe thou baren that barest not reioyce synge and be mery thou that arte not with chylde For the desolat hathe moâ— chyldren then the maryed wyfe sayth the Lorde Make thy tence wyder and sprede out the hangynges of thyne habitacyon spare not laye forthe thy coardes and make fast thy stakes for thou shalte be multiplyed on the right syde and on the left and thy sede shall haue the Gentyles in possessyon and dwell in the desolate Cyties Feare not for thou shalt not be confounded Be not ashamed for thou shalt nat come to confusyon Yea ☞ thou shalte forget the shame of thy youth and shalte nat remembre the dishonour of thy wedowed For he that made the shal be thy Lorde and husbande whose name is the Lorde of hostes and thy redemer shall be euen the holy one of Israel the Lorde of the whole worlde For the Lorde hathe called the beynge as a desolate sorowfull woman and as a yonge wyfe that hath broken her wedlocke sayeth thy God A lytle whyle haue I sorsaken the but with greate mercyfulnes shall I take the vp vnto me When I was angry I hydde my face from the for a lytle season but thorowe euerlastynge goodnesse haue I pardoned y â— sayeth the Lorde thy redemer And this is vnto me as the water of Noe for lyke as I haue sworne that I wyll nat brynge the water of Noe any more vpon the worlde so haue I sworne that I wyll neuer be angry with the nor reproue the The mountaynes shal remoue and the hylles shall fall downe but my louynge kyndnesse shall nat moue and the bonde of my peace shall nat fall downe from the sayeth the Lorde thy mercyfull louer Beholde thou poore vexed and despysed I wyll make thy walles of precyous stones and thy foundacyons of Saphyres thy wyndowes of Chrystall thy gates of fyne cleare stone and all thy borders of pleasaunte stones Thy chyldren shall all be taught of God and I wyll geue them plenteousnesse of peace In ryghteousnesse shalfe thou be grounded and be farre from oppressyon for the whiche thou nedeste nat be afrayed neyther for hynderaunce for it shall nat come nye the. Beholde the alyaunt that was farre from the shall dwell with the and he that was sometyme a straunger vnto the shal be ioyned with the Beholde I make the smyth that bloweth the coales in the fyre and he maketh a weapen after his handy worke I make also the waster to destroye but all the weapens y â— are made agaynste the shall nat prospere And as for all tunges that shall resyste the in iudge mente thou shalt ouercome them and condempne them Thys is the herytage of the Lordes seruauntes and theyr righteousnes commeth of me sayeth the Lorde ¶ A consolacion and comforte to the people The â—ruâ—e and profet of the worde of God CAPI LV. COME to the waters all ye that be thrusty and ye that haue no money Come bye that ye maye haue to eate Come bye wyne and mylcke without any money or money worthe wherfore do ye laye out youre money for the thynge that fedeth not and spende youre labour aboute the thynge that satysfyeth you nat But herken rather vnto me and ye shall eate of the beste and youre soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse Enclyne youre eares and come vnto me take hede and youre soule shall lyue For I wyll make an euerlasting couenaunte with you euen the sure mercyes of Dauyd Beholde I gaue hym for a wytnesse amonge the folke for a Prynce and captayne vnto the people Lo thou shalte call an vnknowen people and a people that had nat knowledge of the shall runne vnto the because of the Lorde thy God and the holy one of Israell whiche gloryfyeth the. Seke the Lorde whyle he maye be founde and call vpon hym whyle he is nye Let the vngodly man forsake hys owne wayes and the vnryghtuous hys owne ymagynacyons and turne agayne vnto the Lorde so shall he be mercyfull vnto hym and â—o oure God for he is redy to forgyue For thus sayeth the Lorde my thoughtes are not youre thoughtes and youre wayes are not my wayes but as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earthe so farre do my wayes exceade yours and my thoughtes yours And lyke as the rayne and snowe commeth downe from heauen and returneth not thyther agayne but watereth the earthe maketh it frutefull and grene that it may geue corne and bread vnto the sowet So the worde also that commeth out of my mouthe shall not turne agayne voyde vnto me but shall accomplyshe my wyll and prospere in the thynge wherto I sende it And so shall ye go forthe with ioye and be led with peace The mountaynes and hylles shall synge with you for ioye and all the trees of the felde shall clappe theyr handes For thornes there shall growe Fyrre trees and the Myrre tre in the steade of breers And thys shal be done to the prayse of the Lorde and for an euerlastynge token that shall nat be taken awaye ¶ An exorâ—aâ—yon to iudgemente and ryghtcousnes and to the spy â–ª ytual kepynge of the Sabboth Agaynst â—â—â—pherdes that deuoure theyr floâ—ke CAPI LVI THus sayeth the Lorde Kepe equyte and do ryght for my sauynge healthe shall come shortly and my ryghteousnesse shal be opened Blessed is the man that doth this and the mans chylde which kepeth the same He that taketh hede that he vnhalowe nat the Sabboth that is he that kepeth him selfe that he do no euyl Then shal nat the straunger whiche cleauethe to the Lorde saye Alas the Lorde hathe shut me cleane out from hys people Nether shall the gelded man saye lo I am a drye tre For thus sayeth the Lorde vnto the gelded that kepeth my Sabboth Namely that holdeth greatly of the thyng that pleaseth me and kepeth my couenaunte Unto them wyl I gyue in my housholde and with in my walles a better herytage and name then if they had bene called sonnes doughters I wyll gyue them an euerlastynge name that shall not perysshe Agayne he saythe vnto the straungers that are disposed to stycke to the Lorde to serue hym and to loue his name That they shal be no bonde men And all they whiche kepe them selues that they vnhalowe not the Sabboth namely that they fulfyll my couenauÌ„t Them wyl I bryng to my holy mountayne and make them ioyfull in my house of prayer Theyr burnt offerynges and sacrifyces shal be accepted vpon myne aulter For my house shall be called an house of prayer for all people Thus sayth the Lorde God whiche gathereth together the scattered of Israell I wyll brynge yet another congregation to hym Come all ye beastes of the felde
they shal be afrayed taken for lo they haue caste out the worde of the Lorde what wysdome can then be amonge them Wherfore I wyll geue theyr wyues vnto aleauntes their feldes to destroyers For from the loweste vnto the hyeste they folowe all filthy lucre from the Prophete vnto the preste they deale all w t lyes Neuerthelesse they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge â–ª peace peace where there is no peace at all Fye for shame howe abhomynable thynges do they and yet they be nat ashamed yee they knowe of no shame Wherfore in the tyme of theyr vysitacyon they shall fal among the deed bodies sayeth the Lorde Moreouer I wyll gather them in sayeth the Lorde so that there shal not be one grape vpon the vine nether one fygge vpon the fygge tre and the leaues shal be plucte of Then wyll I cause them to departe and saye why prolonge we the tyme Let vs gather ourselues together and go into the stronge cytye there shall we be in reste For the Lorde oure God hath put vs to sylence and geuen vs water myxte with gall to dryncke because we haue synned agaynste hym We loked for peace and we fare not the better we wayted for the tyme of healthe lo here is nothynge but trouble The noyse of hys horsses is hearde from Dan the whole lande is afraied at the ueyenge of hys stronge horsses for they are come in haue deuoured the lande with al that is in it the cytyes and those that dwell therin â–ª Moreouer I wyl sende Cockatrices and serpentes amonge you which wyll not be charmed and they shal byte you sayeth the Lorde Sorowe is come vpon me and heuynesse vexeth my hert for lo the voyce of y â— cryeng of my people is herde from a farre countre Is not the Lorde in Sion Is not the King in her Wherfore then haue they greued me â–ª shal the Lorde say with theyr ymages and foolysh straunge fashyons The haruest is gone the Sommer hathe an ende we are not helped I am sore vexed because of the hurt of my people I am heuy and abashed for there is no more Triacle at Gylead and there is no physycyon that can heale the hurte of my people ¶ The complaynt and bewaylyng of the prophete the â—â—lyce of the people In the knowledge of God ought we onely to reioyse The vncyrcumcysyon of the herte CAPI IX O Who wyll geue my heade water ynough and a wel of teares for myne eyes that I maye wepe nyghte and daye for the slaughter of my people Wolde God that I had a cotage some where farre from folcke that I myght leaue my people and go from theÌ„ for they be all aduoutrers and a shrynckynge sorte They bende theyr tunges lyke bowes to shute out lyes As for the trueth they maye nothynge awaye withall in the worlde For they go from one wyckednes to another and wyl nat knowe me sayeth the Lorde Yee one must kepe hym selfe from another no man may safely trust his owne brother for one brother vndermyneth another one neyghboure begyleth another Yee one dissembleth with another and they deale with no trueth They haue practysed theyr tunges to lye and taken great paines to do myschefe Thou syttest in the myddes of a dysceatfull people whiche for very dissemblynge falshede wyll nat knowe me sayeth the Lorde Therfore thus sayth the Lorde of Hostes beholde I wyll melte them and trye them for what shulde I els do to my people Theyr tunges are lyke sharpe arowes to speake disceate With theyr mouth they speake peacyable to theyr neyghboure but preuely they laye wayte for hym Shuld I nat punysh them for these thynges sayth the Lorde Or shulde I nat be auenged of any suche people as this Upon the mountaynes wyll I take vp a lamytacyon and sorowfull crye and a mournynge vpon the fayre playnes of the wyldernesse Namely howe they are so brent vp y t no man goeth there any more Yee a man shall nat heare one beaste crye there Byrdes and catel are all gone from thence I wyll make IerusaleÌ„ also an heape of stones and a denne of venymous wormes And I wyll make the cyties of Iuda so waste that no man shall dwell therin What man is so wyse as to vnderstande thys Or to whom hathe the Lorde spoken by mouth that he maye shewe this and saye O thou lande why peryshest thou so Wherfore art thou so brynt vp and lyke a wyldernes that no maÌ„ goeth thorowe Yee the Lorde hym selfe tolde the same vnto them that forsoke his lawe and kepte nat the thynge that he gaue them in commaundemente nether lyued therafter but folowed the wickednes of theyr owne hertes and serued straunge Goddes as theyr fathers taught them Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel Beholde âšœ I wyll fede this people with wormwod and geue them gall to drynke I wyl scater theÌ„ also among the Heathen whom nether they nor theyr fathers haue knowne I wyl sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntyll I brynge theÌ„ to naught Moreouer thus sayeth the Lord of Hostes loke that ye cal for mourning wyues and sende for wyse wemen that they come shortely and synge a mournynge songe of you that y e teares may fall out of our eyes and that our eye liddes maye gusshe on t of water For there is a lamentable noyse hearde of Sion O howe are we so sore destroyed O how are we so pyteously confounded We muste forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shut out of our owne lodgyngges Yet heare the worde of the Lorde O ye wemen and let youre eares regarde the wordes of hys mouthe that ye maye lerne your daughters to mourne and that euery one maye teache her neyghboresse to make lamentacyon Namely thus Death is clymynge vp in at oure windowes he is come into oure houses to destroye the chylde before the dore the yonge man in the strete But tell thou playnely thus sayeth the Lorde The deed bodyes of men shall lye vpon the grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the heye after the mower and ther shal be no man to take them vp Thus sayeth the Lorde Let not the wyse man reioyse in hys wysdome nor the stronge man in hys strength nether the ryche man in his rychesse But who so wyll reioyse let him reioyse in thys that he vnderstandeth and knoweth me for I am the Lorde whiche do mercy equyte and ryghteousnesse vpon the earthe Therfore haue I pleasure in such thynges sayeth the Lorde Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the Lorde that I wyll vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncyrcumsysed The EgypciaÌ„s the Iewes the Edomytes the Ammonytes the Moabytes and the shauen Madyanytes that dwell in the wyldernes For all the Gentyles are vncyrcumcysed in the flesshe but all the house of
that robbe the wyll I make also to be robbed For I wyll geue the thy health agayne and make thy woundes whole sayeth the Lorde because they reuyled the as one caste away and despysed O Syon For thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde I wyll set vp Iacobs tentes agayne and defende his dwellynge place The cytie shal be buylded in her olde estate the houses shall haue theyr ryght foundacyon And out of them shal go thankesgeuyng and the voyce of ioye I wyll multiple them and they shall not be fewe I shall endue them with honour no man shall subdue them Theyr chyldren shal be as a fore tyme and theyr congregacion shall continue in my syght And all those that vexe them wyll I vyset A captayne also shall come of them and a prynce shall sprynge out from the myddest of them him wyl I chalenge to myselfe and he shal come vnto me For what is he that geueth ouer his hert to come vnto me sayth the Lorde Ye shal be my people also and I wylbe your God Beholde on the other syde shal the wrathe of the Lorde breake out as a stormye water as a myghtye whyrle wynde and shall fal vpon the heades of the vngodly The terryble dyspleasure of the Lorde shal not leaue of vntyl he haue done perfourmed the intent of his herte Which in the latter dayes ye shal vnderstande At the same tyme sayeth the Lorde shall I be the God of al the generacyons of Israel they shal be my people CAPI XXXI ¶ He prophetyeth that the people of Israel shal be restoâ—ed agayne vnto theyr prosperite To be turned from synne is the gyfte of God The byrthe of Christe is prophecyed All the wycked shall dye in theyr wyckednes The newe testament and couenaunte so prophecyed The Chrysten art taught and instructe of the Lorde Oute synnes shall so be remytted that they shall not ones be thought on God promyseth that he wyll caste of the Iewes The buyldynge agayne of Ierusalem THVS sayeth the Lorde The people of Israel whiche escaped in the wildernesse from the swearde founde grace to come into theyr reste Euen so shall the Lorde nowe also appere vnto me from far and saye I loue the wyth an euerlastynge loue therfore do I sprede my mercye before the. I wyll repayre the agayne O thou daughter of Israel y â— thou mayest be faste sure Thou shalt take thy tabrettes agayne go forth with them that lede the daunce Thou shalte plante vynes agayne vpon the hylles of Samaria and the grape gatherers shall plante and synge And when it is tyme the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall cry Aryse let vs go vp vnto Syon to our Lord God for thus sayeth the Lorde Reioyce with gladnes because of Iacob crye vnto the head of the Gentyles speake out synge and saye The Lorde shall delyuer his people the renaunt of Israel and make them whole Beholde I wyll bryng them agayne from out of the North land and gather them from y â— endes of the worlde with the blynde and lâ— me that are amonge them with the wemen that be great with chylde and such as be also delyuered and the company of them that come agayne shal be greate They departed from hence in heuynes but with ioye wyll I brynge them hyther agayne I wyll lede theÌ„ to the ryuers of water in a strayght waye where they shall not stomble For I am Israels father and Ephraim is my fyrst borne Heare the worde of the Lorde O ye Gentiles preache in the Iles that lye far of and saye he that hathe scatred Israel shall gather him together agayne shall kepe hym as a shepherde doth his flocke For the Lord hath redemed Iacob and ryd him from the hande of the vyolent And they shall come and reioyse vpon the hyl of Syon and shal haue plentuousnes of goodes whiche the Lorde shall geue theÌ„ Namely wheate wyne oyle yonge shepe and calues And theyr conscyence shal be as a wel watred garden for they shall no more be hongrye Then shal the mayde reioyse in the dauÌ„ce yee both yonge and olde folkes For I wyl turne theyr sorowe into gladnesse and wyll comforte them and make them ioyfull euen from theyr hertes I wyl poure plentuousnes vpon the hertes of the prestes and my people shal be satisfyed with my goodnesse sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde ☜ The voice of heuynes wepyng and lamentacion was herd on hye euen of Rachel mournynge for her chyldren and wolde not be comforted be cause they were away But nowe sayeth the Lorde leaue of from wepynge and cryenge witholde thyne eyes from teares for ☜ thy laboure shal be rewarded sayeth the Lorde And they shall come agayne out of the lande of theyr ennemyes Yee euen thy posterytie shall haue consolacyon in this sayeth the Lorde that thy chyldreÌ„n shall come agayne in to theyr owne lande Moreouer I herde Ephraim that was led away captiue complaine on this maner O Lorde thou hast correcte me thy chastenynge haue I receyued ☜ as an vntamed calfe Conuerte thou me and I shal be conuerted for thou arte my Lorde God Yee as sone as y â— turnest me I shall refourme my selfe and when I vnderstand I shal smyte vpon my thyghe For verely I haue commytted shamefull thynges O let my youth beare this reprofe and confusion Upon this complaynt I thought thus by my selfe is not Ephraim my deare son Is he not the chylde with whome I haue had all myrth and pastyme For sence the tyme that I fyrste commened with hym I haue hym euer in remembraunce therfore my very herte driueth me vnto hym gladly and louingly wyl I haue mercy vpon hym sayth the Lorde Get the watchmen prouide teachers for the set thyne hert vpon y â— ryght waye that thou shuldest walke and turne agayne O thou daughter of Israell turne agayne to these cities of thyne Howe longe wylt thou go astraye O thou shrynkynge daughter For the Lorde wyll worke a newe thynge vpon earthe A woman shal compasse a man For thus sayth the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel It wyl come therto y t when I haue brought Iuda out of captiuite these wordes shal be herde in the lande and in his cities The Lorde which is the faire bryde grome of ryghtuousnesse make the fruteful O thou holy hyll And there shall dwel Iuda and all her cityes the shepherdes and husbande men For I shal fede the hongry soule and refreshe all faynte hertes When I herde this I came agayne to my selfe I mused lyke as I had bene waked out of a swete slepe Beholde sayeth the Lord the dayes come that I wyll sowe the house of Israell and the house of Iuda with meÌ„ and with catel Yee it shall come therto that lyke as I haue gone about in tymes past to rote them out to scatre them to breake them â—â—wne to destroye
There is gone aboute the lande a crye of a slaughter â—reat murthur namely on thê maner Howe happeneth it that the haÌ„mer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brosed in sonder Howe chauÌ„ceth it that Babylon is become a wyldernes amonge the Heathen on thys maner I my selfe haue layed wayte for the and thou art takeÌ„ vnawares art thou trapped snared for why thou haste prouoked the Lorde vnto anger The Lorde hathe opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For y â— thing that is done in the lande of the Caldees it is the Lorde of hostes worcke These thynges shal come vpon her at the laste they shall breake into her preuy chambres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shal so destroye her that nothing shal be left â–ª They shal sleye al theyr myghtie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto them for the daye and tyme of theyr vysitacion is at hande Me thynke I heare all ready a crye of them that be fled and escaped out of the lande of Babylon which shewe in SyoÌ„ the vengeaunce of the Lorde our God the vengeauÌ„ce of his temple yee a voyce of theÌ„ crye agaynst BabyloÌ„ Cal vp al the archers agaynst Babylon pytch your tâ—ntes rounde about her that none escape Recompence her as she hathe deserued and accordynge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hathe set vp her selfe agaynste the Lorde against the holy one of Israel Therfore shall her yonge men fall downe in the stretes and all her men of warre shal be roted out in that daye sayeth the Lorde Beholde I speake vnto the O thou proâ—de sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes for thy daye shall come euen the tyme of thy vysytacyon And the proude shall stomble and fall and no man shall helpe hym vp I wyll burne vp hys cytyes with fyre and it shall consume all that is rounde aboute hym Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes The chyldred of Israell and Iuda suffer violence together All they that haue them in captyuyte kepe them faste and wyll nat let them go but theyr auenger and redemer is myghtye whose name is the Lorde of Hostes he shall maynteyne theyr cause he shal make the lande shake and iudge them that dwel therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees sayeth the Lorde vpon them that dwell in Babylon vpon theyr prynces and vpon theyr wyse men The swearde vpon theyr sothsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpon theyr worthyes so that they shall stande in feare The swearde vpon theyr horsmen and charettes and vpon all the comen people that dwell vnder them so that they shall all become lyke wemen The swearde vpon theyr treasure so that it shall be stolen awaye The swearde vpon theyr waters so that they shal be dryed vp For the lande worshyppeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thynges Therfore shall wylde beestes Apes and Estriches dwel therin for there shall neuer man dwel there neyther shall any man haue his habytacyon there for euermore Lyke as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorre with the cyties that laye there aboute sayeth the Lorde So shall no man dwell there also neyther shall any man haue there his habytacyon Beholde there shal come a people from the North with a great bonde of men and many kynges shall stande vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes and buclers cruell are they and vnmercyfull Theyr voyce roareth lyke the ragyng see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fyght agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kynge of Babylon hereth tel of theÌ„ hys handes shall waxe feable Soro â—ee and heuynes shal come vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ as on a womaÌ„ trauelynge with chylde Beholde lyke as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wyll I dryue theÌ„ forth make them ruâ—â—e agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordayne to such a thynge For who is lyke me or who wyl stryne with me or what shepherde may staÌ„de agaynste me Therfore heare the councel that the Lorde hathe geuen vpon Babylon and the deuyce that he hathe taken vpon the lande of the Caldees The least amonge the people shall teare them in peces and loke what pleasauÌ„t thyng they haue they shal laye it wast The noyse at the wynnynge of Babylon shall moue the earth and the crye shal be herde amonge the Gentyles ¶ Howe Babylon shulde be ouerthrowen Ieremy geueth his boke to Saraias CAPI LI. THVS hath the Lorde sayde beholde I wyll rayse vp a perlous wynde agaynst Babylon and her cytezeÌ„s that beare euell wyll agaynste me I wyll fende also in to Babylon fanners to fanne her out and to destroye her lande for in the daye of her trouble they shal be about her on euery syde Moreouer the Lorde hathe sayde vnto the bowe men and to them that clyme ouer the walles in brest plates Yee shal nat spare her yonge men kyll downe all her hoost Thus the sleyne shal fal downe in the lande of the Caldees and the wounded in the stretes As for Israel and Iuda they shall nat be forsaken of theyr God of the Lorde of Hostes of y e holyone of Israel no though they haue fylled al theyr lande full of synne Flye awaye from Babylon euery man saue his lyfe Let no man holde his tunge to her wyckednes for the tyme of the Lordes vengauÌ„ce is come yee he shall rewarde her agayne Babylon hathe bene in the Lordes hande ☞ a golden cuppe that maketh all landes droncken Of her wyne haue all people droncken therfore are they out of theyr wyttes But sodenly is Babylon fallen and destroyed Mourne for her brynge plasters for her woundes yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne We wolde haue made Babylon whole sayeth they but she is nat recouered Therfore wyll we let her alone and go euery man into his owne countre For her iudgement is come into heauen and is gone vp to the cloudes And therfore come on we wyll shewe Syon the worcke of the Lorde oure God Make sharpe the arowes and fyll the quyuers for the Lodre shal rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meeades whiche hath all ready a desyre to destroye BabyloÌ„ Thys shal be the vengaunce of the Lorde and the vengaunce of his temple Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babylon make youre watch stronge set youre watch men in araye yee holde preuye watches and yet for all that shall the Lorde go forth with the deuyce whiche he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babylon O thou that dwellest by the greate waters O thou that hast so great treasure and riches thyne ende is come the rekenynge of thy wynninges The Lorde of hoostes hath sworne by hym selfe that he wyll ouer whelme the with men
araye hastely they cliÌ„me vp the walles yee the engins of the warre are prepared all ready The water portes shal be opened and the kynges palace shal fall The quene her selfe shall be led awaye captiue and her gentylwemen shal mourne as the doues and grone within their hertes Niniue is lyke a pole full of water but theÌ„ shall they be fayne to fle Stand staÌ„de shal they crye there shall not one turne backe Awaye w t the syluer awaye with the golde for here is no ende of tresure Ther shal be a multitude of al maner of costly ornameÌ„tes Thus must she be spoyled emptied clene striped out that their hertes may be melted awaye their knees tremble all their loynes be weake and theyr faces blacke as a pot where is nowe the dwellyng of the lyons the pasture of the lyons whelpes where the lion and the liones went with the whelpes no man frayed them awaye But the lyon spoyled ynough for hys yonge ones deuoured for his lyonesse he fylled his dennes with his praye his dwellynge places with that he had rodbeb Beholde I wyll vpon the sayeth the Lorde of hostes wyll set fyre vpon thy charettes that they shall smoke with all the swerde shall deuoure the yonge lyons I wyl make an ende of thy spoylyng from out of the earth the voyce of thy messaungers shall nomore be herde ¶ The fall of Niniue CAPI III. WO to that bloudthrusty cyty whiche is all full of lyes robbery wyl not leaue of from rauishing There a man maye heare scourgynge russhynge the noyse of the wheles the cryenge of the horses the rollyng of the charettes Ther the horsemen get vp with naked swerdes and glysterynge speares There lyeth a multytude slayne and a greate heape of deed bodies There is no ende of deed coarses yee meÌ„ fall vpoÌ„ their bodyes And that for the great and manyfolde whordome of the fayre beutyfull harlot which is a masiresse of witch craft yee selleth the people thorow her whordome and the nacioÌ„s thorowe her witch craft Beholde I wyll vpon the saieth the Lord of hoostes and wyl put thy clothes ouer thy head that I maye shewe thy nakednes amonge the Heathen and thy shame amonge the kyngdomes I wyll cast dyrte vpoÌ„ y â— to make the be abhorted and a gasynge stocke Yee all they that loke vpon the shall starte backe and saye Niniue is destroyed Who wyll haue pytye vpoÌ„ the where shall I seke one to coÌ„forte the Art thou better theÌ„ the greate eyte of Alexandria that laye in the waters and had y â— waters rouÌ„de about it which was strongly feÌ„ced walled with y â— see Ethiopa and Egypt were her streÌ„gth and y â— exceding great aboue mesure Aphrica Libia were her helpers yet was she driuen awaye brought into captyuyte her yonge chyldren were smytten downe at the head of euery strete the lottes were cast for y â— most auncyent men in her al her myghtye men were bounde in chaynes Euen so shalt thou also be droncken hyâ—e thy self seke some helpe agaynste thyne enemy All thy stroÌ„ge cyties shal be lyke figetrees with ripe figes which when a man shaketh they shall fall into the mouth of the eater Beholde thy people within the are but wemen the portes of thy laÌ„de shal be opened vnto thyne enemyes and the fyre shall deuoure thy barres Drawe water nowe agaist y â— be beseged make vp thy stroÌ„g holdes go into the clay teÌ„pre y â— morter make stroÌ„ge bricke yet y â— fyre shal coÌ„sume the y â— swerde shall destroye the yee as the locuste doth so shal it eate y â— vp It shal fal heuely vpoÌ„ y â— as y â— locustes yee ryght heuely shal it fal vpon the eueÌ„ as y â— greshoppers Thy marchauÌ„tes haue bene noÌ„bred w t the starres of heauen but nowe shal they sprede abrode as the locustes fle their waye Thy Lordes are as the greshoppers thy captaynes as the multytude of greshoppers which wheÌ„ they be colde remayne in the hedges but when the Sunne is vp they fle away no maÌ„ can tel where they are become Thy shepherdes are a slepe O kynge of Assur thy worthyes are layed downe thy people is scarred abrode vpoÌ„ the mountaynes and no maÌ„ gathereth them together agayne Thy wouÌ„de cannot be hyd thy plage is so sore All they that heare this of the shal clappe their handes ouer the. For what is he to whom thou hast not alway bene doing hurte The ende of the Prophecye of Naum. ⧠The Booke of the Prophet Abacuk A complaynt agaynst Israel CAPI I. THys is the heuy burthen whiche the Prophet Abacuk dyd se. O Lorde howe long shal I cry thou wylt not heare Howe loÌ„ge shal I coÌ„plaine vnto y â— suffriÌ„ge wroÌ„ge and y â— wylt not helpe why letrest thou me se wermes labour Tiranny and vyolence are before me power ouergoeth righte for the lawe is toarue in peces there caÌ„ not ryght iudgment go forth And why the vngodly is more set by then the rightuous this is the cause that wroÌ„ge iudgmeÌ„t procedeth Beholde amonge the HeatheÌ„ loke wel woÌ„dre at it be abashed for I wyl do a thynge in your tyme whiche though it be tolde you ye shall not beleue For lo I wyl rayse vp the Caldees that bitter and swyfte people which shall go as wyde as y â— lande is to take possessioÌ„ of dwelling places y â— be not theyr owne A grimme and boysterous people is it these shal sit in iudgment punishe Their horses are swifter then the cattes of the mountayne byte sorer then y â— wolues in the euenyng Their horsmen come by great heapes from farre they â—le hastely to deuour as the Aegle They come all to spoyle out of them commeth an east wynde whiche bloweth and gathereth their captyues lyke as the sande They shal mocke the kinges and laugh the princes to scorne They shal not set by any strong holde for they shal lay ordynaunce agaynste 〈◊〉 and take it Then shall they take a fresh corage vnto theÌ„ to go forth to do more euil and so ascrybe the power vnto their God But thou O Lorde my God my holy one thou art from the begynnyng therfore shal we not dye O Lorde thou hast ordened them for a punyshement and set them to reproue the myghtye Thyne eyes are clene thou mayest not se euyll thou canste not beholde the thynge that is wycked Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly and holdest thy tunge when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better theÌ„ him self Thou makest meÌ„ as the fyshe in the see and lyke as the crepynge beastes that haue no gyde they take vp all with theyr angle they catch it in their net gather it in the yarne wherof they reioice and are glad Therfore offre they vnto
stablysh theyr fete As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen the there shall nat one of them perysh for I wyl seke them from thy noÌ„bre vexe nat thy selfe For when the daye of trouble and heuynes coÌ„meth other shall wepe and be sorowfull but thou shalt be mery and plenteous The HeatheÌ„ shal be gelous but they shal be able to do nothynge agaynst the sayeth the Lorde My handes shall couer the so that thy children shal nat se the fyre enerlastyng Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy chyldren for I wyll delyuer the sayeth y â— Lorde Remembre thy deed chyldren for I shall brynge them out of the earth and shewe mercy vnto them for I am mercyfull sayeth the Lorde almyghty Embrace thy chyldren vntyll I come and shewe mercy vnto them for my welles runne ouer and my grace shall nat fayle I Esdras receaued a charge of the Lorde vpon the mount Oreb that I shulde go vnto Israell But when I came vnto Israell they set me at naught and despised the commaundemente of the Lorde And therfore I saye vnto you O ye HeatheÌ„ that heare and vnderstande Loke for youre shepherde he shall geue you euerlastynge rest for he is nye at hande that shall come in the ende of the worlde Be readye to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastynge lyght shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of your glory I testifie my sauyour openly O receaue the gyfte that is geuen you be glad geuynge thankes vnto hym y â— hathe called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stande faste beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lorde whiche are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued gloryous garmentes of the Lorde Take thy nombre O Syon and shut vp thy puryfyed whiche haue fulfylled the lawe of the Lorde The nombre of thy chyldren whom thou longedest for is fulfylled beseche the power of the Lorde that thy people whiche haue bene called froÌ„ the begynnynge maye be halowed I Esdras sawe vpon the mount Syon a great people whom I coulde nat nombre and they all prysed the Lorde with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of them there was a yonge man of an hye stature more excellente then al they vpon euery one of theyr heades he set a crowne was euer higher and higher whiche I marueled at greatly So I asked the angel and sayd Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothynge and put on the immortal and haue testifyed and knowledged the name of God Nowe are they crowned receyue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the Aungell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth theÌ„ the palmes in theyr handes So he answered sayde vnto me It is y â— sonne of God whom they haue knowledged in the worlde Then begaÌ„ne I greately to coÌ„mende theÌ„ y â— stode so styfly for the name of the Lord And so the angel sayd vnto me Go thy way tell my people what maner of thinges and howe greate wonders of the Lorde thy God thou hast sene ¶ The wonderous workes whiche God dyd for the people are recited Esdras marueleth that God suffreth the BabiloniaÌ„s â–ª to haue rule ouer his people which yet are siners also CAPI III. IN the thyrtyeth yeare of the fall of the cytie I was at Babylon and laye troubled vpon my bed and my thoughtes came vp ouer my herte for I sawe the desolacion of Syon and the plentuous wealthe of them that dwelte at Babylon and my sprete was sore moued so that I beganne to speake ferefull wordes to the most hyest and sayd O Lorde Lord thou spakest at the begynnyng when thou plantedst the earth and that thy selfe alone and gauest commaundement vnto the people and a body vnto AdaÌ„ whiche was a creature of thy handes hast brethed in him the brethe of lyfe so he lyued before the and thou leddeste him into Paradyse whiche garden of pleasure thy ryght hande had plaÌ„ted or euer y â— earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemente to loue thy way whiche he traÌ„sgressed and immedyately thou appoyntedst death in hym and in his gâ—neracions Of hym came nacyons trybes people and kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walcked after their owne wyll and dyd nyce thynges before the as for thy coÌ„maundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelte in the worlde and destroyedst them And lyke as the death was in Adam so was y â— water floude also in these Neuerthelesse one of theÌ„ thou leftest namely Noe with his house holde of whome came all ryghtuous men And it happened that when they that dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multyplye and had gotten many chyldren and were a great people they begaÌ„ne to be more vngodly theÌ„ the fyrste Nowe when they all lyued so wyckedly before the thou dydest chose the a man froÌ„ amonge them whose name was Abraham Him thou louedst and vnto hym onely thou shewedst thy wyl and madest an euerlasting couenaunt with hym promysynge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac * vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As 〈◊〉 Iacob thou dydest chose him and put baâ—â—â— Esau. * And so Iacob became a greate multytude And it happened that when thou leddest his sede out of Egypt thou broughtest theÌ„ vp to the mounte Syon bowyng downe the heauens settynge fast the earthe mouynge the grounde makyng the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glorye went thorowe foure partes of fyre and earthquakes and wyndes and colde that thoâ— myghtest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob diligeÌ„ce vnto y â— generacion of Israel And yet tokest thou not away from them that wycked herte y â— thy lawe myght brynge forth frute in them For the fyrst Adam â—aâ—â— a wycked hert transgressed and was ouercome so be all they that are borne of 〈◊〉 Thus remayneth wickednes with th 〈…〉 in the herte of the people w t the wyckeâ—â—â—â— of the rote so that the good departed away and the euyll abode styll So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then dydest thou rayse the vp a seruauÌ„t called Dauid whom thou coÌ„mauÌ„dedst to buylde a cyte vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacryfyce vnto the therin This was done nowe many yeares TheÌ„ the inhabiters of the cyte forsoke the in all thiÌ„ges dyd eueÌ„ as AdaÌ„ al his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cyte ouer into the handes of thyne enemyes Are they of Babylon theÌ„ better and more ryghtuous then thy people that they shall therfore haue the domynyon of Syon For when I came there and sawe theyr vngodlynes
I said O Lord Lord now are we al ful of sine for our sake peraduenture it is not y t the barne of the ryghtuous shal not be fylled because of the sines of theÌ„ that dwel vpon the earth So he answered me sayd Go thy waye to a womaÌ„ with chylde and aske of her wheÌ„ she hath fulfylled her nyne monethes yf her chyldebed may kepe y â— birth any longer with in her Then sayd I No Lorde that can she not And he sayde vnto me In hell the secret places of soules are lyke the preuy chambre of a woman For lyke as a woman that trauayleth maketh haste when the tyme and necessyte of the byrthe is at hande Euen so doth she haste to delyuer it that is commytted vnto her Loke what thou desyrest to se it shall be shewed the from the begynnynge Then answered I sayde If I haue fouÌ„de fauoure in thy syght and yf it be possyble and yf it be mete therefore shewe me then whether there be more to come then is past or more paste then is for to come What is paste I knowe but what is for to come I knowe not And he sayde vnto me Stande vp vpon the ryght syde and I shall expounde the symylitude vnto the. So I stode and behold an whote burnynge ouen wente ouer before me and it happened that when the flamme was gone by the smoke had the vpper haÌ„dâ— After this there went ouer before me a watery cloude and sent downe much rayne with a storme when the stormy rayne was past the droppes remayned styll Then sayde he vnto me lyke as the rayne is more then the droppes and as the fyre exceadeth the smoke euen so the measure of the thynges that are past hath the vpperhande Then wente the droppes and the smoke aboue and I prayed and sayde May I lyue thynkest thou vntyll that tyme Or what shall happen in those dayes He answered me and sayde As for the tokeÌ„s wherof thou askest me I may tell the of them in a parte but as touchynge thy lyfe I may not shewe the for I am not sent therfore ¶ Esdras and the Angell comen together CAPI V. NEuerthelesse as concernynge the tokens marke this Beholde the dayes shall come that they whiche dwell vppon earth shal be taken in a greate nombre and the waye of the trueth shal be hyd the land shal be baren from fayth but iniquite shal haue the vpperhande lyke as thou hast sene nowe as thou hast herde longe ago And y â— lande that thou seyst now to haue rule shalt thou shortly se waste But yf God graunte the to lyue thou shalt se after the thyrde troÌ„pet that the suÌ„ne shal sodenly shyne againe in the night the mone thre times iÌ„ the day bloude shall droppe out of wodde and the stone shall geue his voyce the people shal be vnquyete and euen he shall rule whom they hope not that dwell vpon earthe the foules shall flyt the Sodomytshe see shall cast out his fysh make a noyse in the night which many shall not knowe but they shall all heare the voyce therof There shal be a coÌ„fusion also in many places and the fyre shal be oft sent agayne and the wylde beastes shall go theyr waye and menstruous wemen shall beare monstres salt waters shall be founde in the swâ—teâ—one frende shal fyght agaynst another then shal all wyt and vnderstandyng be hyd and put aside iÌ„to their secrete places shal be sought of many and yet not be fouÌ„deâ— then shal vnryghtuousnes and voluptuousnes haue the vpperhande vpon earth One laÌ„de also shal aske another and say Is ryghtuousnes gone thorowe the And it shall saye No. At the same tyme shall men hope but nothynge optayne they shall laboure but theyr wayes shall not prospere To shewe the suche tokens I haue leue and yf thou wylte praye agayne wepe as nowe and fast seuen dayes thou shalt heare yet greater thinges Then I awaked and a fearefulnes went thorowe all my body and my mynde was feble and carefull so that I almost sowned withall So the angell that was come to talke with me helde me coÌ„forted me and set me vpon my fete And in the seconde nyght it happened y e Salathiel the captayne of the people came vnto me saying Where hast thou bene and why is thy countenaunce so heuy Knowest thou not that Israel is coÌ„mitted vnto the in the lande of theyr captiuite Up then eate forsake vs not as y â— shepherde that leaueth his flocke in the handes of wycked wolues Then sayd I vnto hym Go thy way fro me come not nye me he herde it as I said so went he his way fro me And so I fasted seueÌ„ dayes mournyng wepyng lyke as Uriell the angel coÌ„maunded me And after seueÌ„ daies it happened y â— the thoughtes of my herte were very greuous vnto me agayne my soule receyued the sprete of vnderstandyng and I beganne to talke with the moste hyest agayne and sayde O Lorde Lord of euery wood of the earth and all the trees therof â— thou hast chosen the one onely vyneyarde and of all landes of the whole worlde thou hast chosen one pyt and of al floures of the grounde thou hast chosen the one lylye and of all the depthes of the see thou hast fylled the one ryuer and of all buylded cyties thou hast halowed Syon vnto thy selfe and of al the foules that are created thou hast named the one doue of all the catell that are made thou hast prouyded the one shepe and amoÌ„g all the multytudes of folckes thou hast gotten the one people vnto this people whom thou louedst thou gauest a law that is proued of all And nowe O Lorde why haste thou geuen this one people ouer vnto many and vpon the one rote thou hast prepared other why hast thou seatâ—ed thy one onely people among many whiche treade them downe yee whiche haue euer withstande thy promyses and neuer beleued thy couenauntes And thoughe thou werest enemye vnto thy people yet shuldest thou punysh them with thyne owne haÌ„des Nowe wheÌ„ I had spokeÌ„ these wordes y â— angell y â— came to me y â— nyght afore was sente vnto me snyde vnto me Heare me and herken to the thynge that I say I shal tel the more And I said Speke on my Lorde Then sayd he vnto me Thou arte sore vexed troubled for Israels sake Louest thou that people better theÌ„ hym that made them And I sayd to hym No Lorde but of very grefe coÌ„passion haue I spoken For my reines payne me euery hour because I wolde haue experieÌ„ce of the way of y e most hiest to seke out parte of his iudgmeÌ„t And he sayde vnto me y â— thou mayest not And I sayde Wherfore Lorde where vnto was I borne then Or why was not my mothers childbed then my graue So had I not sene
ordre al thinges I haue loued her laboure for her euen fro my youth vp I dyd my diligeÌ„ce to mary my selfe with her such loue had I vnto her beuty Who so hath the company of God commendeth her nobilite yee the Lorde of all thynges himselfe loueth her For she is the scolemay stresse of the nurtoure of God and the choser out of hys workes Yf a maÌ„ wolde desyre ryches in this lyfe what is rycher then wysdome that worketh all thynges Thou wylte saye vnderstandynge worketh What is it amonge all thynges that worketh more then wysdome If a man loue vertue and ryghtuousnes let hym laboure for wysdome for she hath great vertues And why she teacheth sobernesse prudence rightuousnes and strength which are such thynges as men can haue nothynge more profytable in their lyfe If a man desyre muche knowledge she can tel y â— thinges that are paste and discerne thynges for to come she knoweth the soteltyes of wordes and caÌ„ expounde darke sentences She can tell of tokens and wonderous thiÌ„ges or euer they come to passe and the endes of al tymes and ages So I purposed after thys maner I wyll take her vnto my company and comen louyngly with her no doute she shall gyue me good councell and speake comfortablye vnto me in my carefulnes and grefe For her sake shall I be well and honestely taken amonge the comens and Lordes of the councell Thoughe I be yonge yet shall I haue sharpe vnderstandyng so that I shal be maruelous in the syght of greate men and the faces of Prynces shal wonder at me When I holde my tonge they shall byde my leasure when I speake they shall loke vpon me and yf I talke muche they shal lay their handes vpon theyr mouth Moreouer by the meanes of her I shall optayne immortalite and leaue behinde me an euerlastynge memoryal amonge them that come after me I shall set the people in ordre and the nacyons shall be subdued vnto me Horrible tyrauntes shal be afrayed when they do but heare of me amoÌ„g the multytude I shal be counted good and myghtie in battayle When I come home I shal fynde reste with her for her coÌ„pany hath no bitternes her felowshyp hath no tedyousnesse but myrth and ioye Nowe when I consydered these thynges by my selfe and pondered them in my herte how that to be ioyned vnto wysdome is immortalyte and greate pleasure to haue her frendshyp howe that in the worckes of her handes are infynyte ryches howe that who so kepeth company with her shall be wyse and that he which talketh w t her shall come to honoure I went aboute sekyng together vnto me For I was a lad of a rype wytte and had a good vnderstandynge But when I grewe to more vnderstandyng I came to an vndefyled body Neuerthelesse when I perceyued that I coulde not kepe my selfe chaste excepte God gaue it me and that was apoynte of wysdome also to know whose gyft it was I stepped vnto the Lorde and besought him with my whole herte I sayde after this maner ¶ A prayer of Salomon to optayne wysdome CAPI IX O God of my fathers and Lorde of mercyes thou that haste made all thynges with thy worde and ordayned man thorowe thy wysdome that he shulde haue domynyon ouer the creature whyche thou haste made that he shulde ordre the worlde accordynge to equyte and ryghtuousnes and execute iudgemeÌ„t with a true hert geue me wisdome which is euer about thy seate and put me not out from amonge thy chyldren for I thy seruaunt and sonne of thy handmayden and a feble personne of a short tyme and to yonge to the vnderstandyng of iudgemente and the lawes And though a man be neuer so perfecte among the chyldren of men yet if thy wysdome be not with hym he shal be nothyng regarded But thou hast chosen me to be a kynge vnto thy people and the iudge of thy sonnes and daughters Thou hast commaunded me to buylde a teÌ„ple vpoÌ„ thy holy mounte an aulter in the cytie wherin thou dwellest a lickenesse of thy holy tabernacle whyche thou hast prepared from the begynnynge thy wysdome wyth the which knoweth thy worckes which also was with the when thou madest the worlde knewe what was acceptable in thy syght and ryght in thy coÌ„maundementes O sende her out of thy holy heauens and froÌ„ the trone of thy maiesty that she may be with me and labour with me that I maye knowe what is acceptable in thy syght For she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thynges and she shal lede me soberly in my worckes and preserue me in her power So shall my workes be acceptable and then shall I gouerne thy people ryghtuously and be worthy to syt in my fathers seate For what man is he that may know y e councel of God Or who can thinke what the wyll of God is For the thoughtes of mortall men are miserable and oure forecastes are but vncertayne And why a mortal and vncorruptible body is heuy vnto the soule and the early mansyon kepeth downe that vnderstandyng that museth vpon many thinges Uery hardly can we discerne the thynges that are vpon earth and greate laboure haue we or we can fynde the thynges which are before our eyes Who wyll then seke out the grounde of the thynges that are done in heauen Oh Lorde who can haue knowledge of thy vnderstandyng and meanyng excepte thou geue wysdome and sende thy holy ghost from aboue â— that the wayes of them whiche are vpon earthe maye be refourmed that men maye learne the thynges that are pleasauÌ„te vnto the and be preserued thorowe wysdome ¶ The delyueraunce of the righteous commeth through wysdome CAPI X. WYsdome preserued the fyrste man whom God made a Father of the worlde wheÌ„ he was created alone brought him out of his offence toke hym out of the moulde of the earth gaue hiÌ„ power to rule all thynges When the vnryghtuous went away in hys wrath from this wysdome the brotherhed perysshed thorowe the wrath of murthur Agayne wheÌ„ the water destroyed the whole worlde wysdome preserued the ryghtuous thorow a poore tre wherof she was gouerner herself Moreouer wheÌ„ wyckednesse had gotten the vpper hande so that the nacions were puft vp with pryde she knew the ryghtuous preserued him fautlesse vnto God and layed vp sure mercye for his chyldren She preserued the rightuous wheÌ„ he fled froÌ„ the vngodly that eâ—pyshed what tyme as y â— fyre fell downe vpon the. v. cyties Lyke as yet thys daye the vnfruteful waste and smokynge land geueth testimony of their wyckednesse yee the vnrype vntymely frutes that growe vpon the trees And for a token of a remembrauÌ„ce of the vnfaythfull soule there standeth a pyler of salt For al suche as regarded not wysdome gat not onely thys hurte y t they knewe not the thynges whiche were good but also lefte behinde them vnto meÌ„ a memoriall of their foolishnes so that
compare thinges that cannot fele vnto them and they are worse then those Yet is there not one of these beastes that with his syght can behold any good thing nether haue they geueÌ„ prayse nor thanckes vnto God ¶ The punyshment of Idolatrers and the benefytes done vnto the faythfull CAPI XVI FOr these and suche other thynges haue they suffred worthy punyshement and thorowe the multytude of beastes are they roted out In steade of the whiche punyshmentes thou hast gracyously ordred thyne owne people and geuen their desyre that they longed for a newe and straunge tayst preparynge them quales to be theyr meate to the intent that by the thynges which were shewed and sent vnto them they that were so gredy of meate myght be withdrawen euen froÌ„ the desyre that was necessary But these with in shorce tyme were brought vnto pouertye and tasted a newe meate For it was requysite that without any excuse destruccion shulde come vpon those which vsed tyranny and to shewe onely vnto the other how their enemyes were destroyed For when the cruel woodnesse of the beastes came vpon them they peryshed thorow the stinges of the cruel Serpentes Notwithstandynge thy wrath endured not perpetually but they were put in feare for a lytle season that they myght be refourmed hauyng a token of saluacyon to remeÌ„bre the commaundemeÌ„t of thy lawe For he that coÌ„uerted was not healed by the thynge y â— he sawe but by the O sauiour of all So in this thou shewedst thyne enemyes that it is thou which deliuered troÌ„ all euyll As for them wheÌ„ they were bytteÌ„ â–ª w t greshoppers and flyes they dyed for they were worthy to perysh by such But neyther y â— teth of dragoÌ„s nor of venimous wormes ouercame thy chyldreÌ„ for thy mercy was euer by theÌ„ helped theÌ„ Therfore were they punyshed to remeÌ„bre thy wordes but hastely were they healed agayn lest they shuld fal into so depe forgetfulnes y â— they myght not vse thy helpe It was nether herbe nor playster that restored theÌ„ to the helth but thy word O lord which healeth all thynges It is y u O Lord that hast the power of lyfe and death thou ledest vnto deathes dore and bryngest vp agayne But maÌ„ thorow wickednes slayeth his owne soule and when hys sprete goeth forth it turneth not agayne neyther may he call agayne the soule that is taken awaye It is not possyble to eskape thy hande For the vngodly that wolde not knowe y â— were punyshed by y â— strength of thyne arme wyth straunge waters hayles and raynes were they persecuted and thorowe fyre were they consumed For it was a wonderous thynge that fyre myght do more then water whiche quencheth all thynges but the worlde is the auenger of the ryghtuous Somtyme was the fyre so tame that the beastes which were sent to punysh the vngodly brente not and that because they shulde se and knowe that they were persecuted with the punyshmente of God And some tyme brent the fyre in the water on euery syde that it myght destroye y â— vnrightuous nacion of the earth Againe thou haste fed thyne owne people w t Angels fode and sent the breade redy from Heauen without their laboure beynge very pleasaunt and of good tast And to shewe thy ryches swetenesse vnto thy chyldren thou gauest euery one theyr desyre so that euery maÌ„ myght take what lyked hym best But the snowe and yse abode the vyolence of the fyre melted not that they myght knowe that the fyre burnyng in the hayle and rayne destroyed the frute of the enemyes the fyre also forgat his strength agayne that the rygh tuous myght be noryshed For the creature that serueth the whiche art the maker is fearse in punyshyng y â— vnryghtuous but is easy geÌ„tle to do good vnto suche as put their trust in the. Therfore dyd all thynges alter at the same tyme and were all obedient vnto thy grace whiche is the nurse of all thynges accordynge to the desyre of them that had nede therof that thy chyldren O Lord whoÌ„ thou louest myght knowe that it is not nature and the growynge of frutes that fedeth men but that it is thy worde whiche preserueth them that put theyr truste in the. For loke what myght not be destroyed wyth the fyre as soone as it was warmed wyth a lytle SuÌ„ne beame it meltetd y â— al meÌ„ myght knowe that thankes ought to be geuen vnto the before the Sunne ryse and that thou oughtest to be worshypped before the daye springe For the hope of the vnthaÌ„kfull shall melt awaye as the wynter yse perysshe as water that is not necessary ¶ The iudgementes of God vpon the Egyptions CAPI XVII GReate are thy iudgementes O Lord and thy councels can not be expressed therfore men do erre that wyl not be refourmed w t thy wysdome For when y â— vnryghsuons thought to haue thy holy people in subieccyon they were bounde with the bandes of darknes long nyght shut vnder the rofe thynkynge to escape the euerlastynge wysdome And whyle they thought to be hyd in the darckenesse of their synnes they were scatred abrode in the very middest of y â— darke couerynge of forgetfulnes put to horryble feare woÌ„derously vexed for the corner wher they myght not kepe them from feare because the sounde came downe and vexed them yee many terrible and straunge visions made them afrayed No power of the fyre myght geue them lyght nether myght the cleare tlammes of y â— starres lyghteÌ„ that horrible nyght For there appeared vnto them a sodayne fyre verye dredefull At the which when they sawe nothynge they were so afrayed y â— they thought the thynge whiche they sawe to be the more fearfull As for the sorcery enchauntmeÌ„t that they vsed it came to derysyon and the proude wysdome was brought to shame For they that promysed to dryue away the fearefulnes drede from that weake soules were sicke for feare them selues and y â— with scorne And though none of the wonders feared theÌ„ yet were they afrayed at the beastes whiche came vpon them at the Hyssyng of the serpentes In so much that with treÌ„blyng they swowned sayd they sawnot y â— ayre whiche no man yet may escape For it is an heuy thynge when a man 's owne conscience beareth recorde of his wyekednes and condempneth hym And whyâ—a vexed and wounded conscyence taketh euer cruell thynges in haÌ„d Fearefulnes is nothyng els but a declaring that a man seketh helpe and defence to answere for hym selfe And loke how much lesse the hope is within the more is the vncertentye of the matter for the whiche he is punyshed But they y â— came in the myghtye nyght slepe the slepe that fel vpon them from vnder and from aboue somtyme were they afrayed thorowe the feare of the wonders and somtime they were so weake that they swowned withall for an hastye and sodayne ferfulnes came vpon
floudes I am as a great waterbroke oute of y â— riuer I am as the ryuer Dorix and as a water condyte am I come out of the garden of pleasure I sayde I wyll water the garden of my yong plantes and fyll the frute of wy byrth So my waterbroke became exceadynge greate and my riuer approached vnto the see For I make doctryne to be vnto all men as syght as the fayre morning and I shal make it to be euer the clearer I wyll pearse thorow al the lower partes of the earthe I wyll loke vpoÌ„ all such as be a slepe and lighten al theÌ„ that put theyr trust in the Lorde I shall yet youre out doctryne lyke as prophecye and leaue it vnto such as seke after wysdome their generacions shall I neuer fayle vnto the holy euerlasting world Behold howe that I haue not laboured for my self onely but for all them that seke after the trueth ¶ Of thre thinges which please god and of thre which he hateth Of nyne thynges that be not to be suspecte and of the tenth the fely of the malyce of a woman CAPI XXV THre thynges there are that my spryte fauoureth whiche be also alowed be-before God and men The vnyte of brethren the loue of neighbours and man and wyfe that agre well together Thre thynges there be whiche my soule hateth and I vtterly abhorre the lyfe of them A poore man that is proude A ryche man that is a lyar and an olde body that dotethe and is vnchaste If thou haste gathered nothynge in thy youth what wylte thou fynde then in thyne age O howe pleasaunt a thynge is it when gray headed meÌ„ are dyscrete ‡ wheÌ„ y â— elders caÌ„ geue good couÌ„cel O how comely a thig is wysdome vnto aged men yee vnderstandyng and councel is a glorious thing The crowne of olde men is to hane much experience the feare of god is theyr worshyppe There be nyne thynges whiche I haue iudged in my hert to be happy and y â— tenth wyll I tell forth vnto men with my tonge A man that whyle he lyueth hathe ioye of his chyldren seyeth y â— fal of his enemyes Well is hym that dwelleth with an houswyfe of vnderstanding and that hath not falleÌ„ with his tong and that hath not bene fayne to serue such as are vnmete for hym Wel is him that fyndeth a faythful frende and well is him which talketh of wysdome to an eare that heareth hi. O how great is he that fyndeth wysdome and knowledge Yet is he not aboue him y â— feareth the Lord. The feare of God hath set it selfe aboue all thynges Blessed is the man vnto whom it is graunted to haue the feare of God Unto whoÌ„ shal he be lyckened that kepeth it fast The feare of God is the beginnynge of his loue and the begynning of fayth is to cleue faste vnto it The heuynes of the hert is all the punyshemeÌ„t the wyckednes of a woman goeth aboue al. All punishmeÌ„t plage is nothynge in comparyson of the plage of the hert euen so all wyckednes is nothyng to the wyckednes of a woman Whatsoeuer happeneth vnto a maÌ„ is nothynge in coÌ„parison of it that his euyl wyllers do vnto him and al vengeaunce is nothynge to the vengeaunce of the enemye There is not a more wycked heade then the head of the serpent there is no wrath aboue y â— wrath of a womaÌ„ I wyll rather dwell with a lyon and dragon then to kepe house with a wycked wyfe The wyckednesse of a womaÌ„ chauÌ„geth her face she shall moffel her countenauÌ„ce as it were a Beare as a sack shal she shew it amoÌ„ge the neghbours Her husbande is brought to shame among his neghbours and wheÌ„ he heareth it it maketh him to syghe All wyckednes is but lytle to the wyckednes of a woman the porcion of the vngodly shall fall vpon her Lyke as to clymme vp a sandy waye is to the fete of the aged euen so is a wyfe full of wordes to a styll quyete man Loke not to narowly vpoÌ„ the bewtye of a womaÌ„ leste thou be prouoked iÌ„ desire towarde her â–ª The wrath of a woman is dishonoure and great confusioÌ„ If a woman get the mastrey then is she contrary to her husbande A wycked wyfe maketh a sory herte an heuy countenaunce and a deed wouÌ„de Weake haÌ„des and feble knees is a womaÌ„ that her husbaÌ„d is not the better for Of the woman came the begynnynge of synne thorowe her we all are deed Geue thy water no passage no not a lytle nether geue a wycked womaÌ„ her wyll If she walcke not after thy hande she shall confounde the in the syehgt of thy enemies Cut her of then from thy flesh that she do not alwaye abuse the. ¶ The pâ—ap se of good a womaÌ„ Of the feare of thre thynges and of the fourth Of the Ielouze and droncken womaÌ„ Of two thynges that cause sorow and of the thyrde which moueth wrath CAPI XXVI Happye is the man that hathe a verteous wyfe for the nombre of his yeares shal be dubble An honest woman maketh her husbande a ioyfull man and she shall fyll y â— yeares of his lyfe in peace A verteous womaÌ„ is a noble gyft whiche shal be geuen for a good porcion vnto such as feare God Whether a man be rych or poore he may haue euer a mery hert and a chearful countenaunce There be thre thinges that my hert feareth and my face is afrayed of y â— fourth Treason in a cytie a sedicious people and noisome tonges all these are heuyer theÌ„ the death But when one is gelous ouer hys wyfe it bryngeth payne and sorowe vnto the herte and a woman that telleth out all thynges is a scourge of the tonge When one hathe an euell wyfe it is euen as when an vnylke payre of oxen muste drawe together he that getteth her he getteth a scorpyon A droncken woman is a great plage for she cannot couer her owne shame The whordome of a woman maye be knowen in the pryde of her eyes and eye leddes If thy daughter be not shamefast holde her straytly lest she abuse herselfe thorowe ouermoche lyberte Beware of all the dishonestye of her eyes and maruell not yf she do agaynste the. Lyke as one y t goeth by the waye and is thirstie so shall she open her mouth and dryncke of euery next water that she maye get By euery hedge shal she set her downe and open her quyuer against euery arowe A louynge wyre reioyseth her husbande and fedeth his bones with her wisdome A woman of fewe wordes is a gyfte of God and to all well nurtured myndes maye nothynge be compared An honest and manerly woman is a gyft aboue other gyftes and there is no weyght to be compared vnto a mynde that can rule itselfe Lyke as the Sunne when it aryseth is an ornament in the hye heuen
lye round about And the discyples of IohnÌ„ shewed hym of al these thynges And IohnÌ„ called vnto hym two of his discyples and sente them to Iesus sayenge Art thou he that shulde come or shal we loke for a nother When the men were come vnto hym they sayde IohnÌ„ Baptyste sent vs vnto the sayenge Art thou he that shuld come or shall we wayte for an other And in that same houre he cured many of theyr infyrmytes and plages and of euyll spirytes and vnto many that were blynde he gaue syght And he answered and sayde vnto them Go youre wayes and brynge worde agayne to IohnÌ„ what thynges ye haue sene herde howe that the blyndese the halte go the lepers are clensed the deafe heare the deade ryse agayne to the poore is the glad tydyngê preached and happy is he that is not offended at me And when the messengers of IohnÌ„ were departed he began to speake to the people concernynge IohnÌ„ What went ye out in to the wyldernesse for to se a reede shaken with the wende But what wente ye out for to se A man clothed in softe rayment Beholde they whiche are gorgeously apparelled and lyue delycatly are in kynges courtes But what went ye forth to se A Prophete Yea I saye to you more then a Prophet This is he of whome it is wrytten Beholde I sende ☞ myne Angell before thy face which shall prepare thy waye before the. For I saye vnto you among womens chyldren is there not a greater Prophet then Iohn Baptyste Neuerthelesse he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God is greater then he ⊢ And all the people and the Publycans that herde hym ☞ iustifyed God and were baptysed with the baptyme of Iohn But the Pharyses and lawyers despysed the counsayle of God agaynst them selues and were not baptised of hym And the Lorde sayde wherunto shall I lyken the men of this ge neracyon and what thynge are they lyke They are lyke vnto chyldren syttynge in the market place cryenge one to an other and sayenge We haue â—yped vnto you and ye haue not dauÌ„sed We haue mourned to you and ye haue not wepte For Iohn Baptyste came neyther eatynge breade nor drynkynge wyne and ye saye he hath the deuyll The sonne of man is come and eateth and drynketh and ye saye beholde a glotonous man and an vnmeasurable drynker of wyne a frende of publicans and synners ☞ And wysdome is iustifyed of all her chyldren ✚ And one of the Pharises desyred hym that he wolde eate with hym And he wente in to the Pharises house and sat downe to meate And beholde a woman in that citie whiche was a synner as soone as she knew that Iesus sat at meate in the pharises house she brought an alabaster box of oyntment stode at his fete behynde hym wepynge and began to wasshe his fete with teares dyd wype them with the heere 's of her heade and kyssed his feete and anoynted them with the oyntment When the Pharise whiche had bydden hym sawe he spake within hym selfe sayenge yf this man were a prophet he wold surely knowe who and what maner of woman this is that toucheth hym for she is a synner And Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym Simon I haue somwhat to saye vnto the. And he sayde Mayster saye on There was a certayne lender which had two detters the one ought fyue huÌ„dred pence the other fyftye When they had nothynge to paye he forgaue them bothe Tell me therfore which of them wyll loue hym most Simon answered and sayde I suppose that he to whom he forgaue most And he sayde vnto hym Thou hast truely iudged And he turned to the woman and sayd vnto Symon Seest thou this woman I entred in to thyne house thou gauest me no water for my fete but she hath wasshed my feets with teares and wyped them with the heere 's of her heade Thou gauest me no kysse but she synce the tyme I came in hath not ceased to kysse my feete Myne heade with oyle thou dydest not anoynt but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment Wherfore I saye vnto the Many synnes are forgyuen her for she loued moche To whome lesse is forgyuen the same doth lesse loue And he sayde vnto her thy synnes are forgyuen the. And they that sat at meate with him began to say with in them selues Who is this whiche forgyueth synnes also And he sayde to the womaÌ„ Thy fayth hath saued the Go in peace ⊢ ¶ Chryst with his apostles goeth from towne in towne and preacheth she weth the parable of the seede telleth who is his mother and his brother stylleth the ragynge of the see delyuireth the possessed and dryueth the deuyls in to the heerde of swyne helpeth the sycke woman and Iairus doughter CAPI VIII ANd it fortuned afterwarde that he him selfe also wente throughue cityes and townes preachynge and shewynge the kyngdom of God and the twelue with hym And also certayne women which were healed of euyll spirites and infirmites Mary whiche is called Magdalen oute of whom wente seuen deuyls and Ioanna the wyfe of Chusa Herodes stewarde and Susanna and many other whiche ministred vnto hym of theyr substaunce ✚ When moche people were gathered togyther were come to hym out of all cityes he spake by a similitude The sower went out to sow his seede and as he sowed some fell by the way syde and it was troden downe the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp And some fell on a stone and as soone as it was sprong vp it wethered away bycause it lacked moystnesse And some fell amonge thornes the thornes sprang vp with it and choked it And some fell on good ground and sprang vp and bare fruyte an C folde And as he sayd these thynges he cryed He that hath eares to heare let hym heare And his disciples asked hym saynge what maner of similitude is this And he sayde vnto you is it gyuen to knowe the secretes of the kyngdom of God but to other by parables that when they se they shulde not se wheÌ„ they heare they shulde not vnderstande The parable is this The seed is the worde of God Those that are besyde the waye are they that heare then cometh the deuyll and taketh away the worde out of theyr hertê lest they shuld byleue and be saued They on the stones are they whiche when they heare receyue the worde with ioye and these haue nâ— rootes which for a whyle byleue and in tyme of temptacyon go awaye And that which fel among thornes are they whiche when they haue herde go forth and are choked with cares and ryches and voluptuous lyuynge and brynge forth no fruyte That which fell in the good grounde are they whiche with a pure and good herte heare the worde and kepe it and brynge forthe fruyte thorowe pacience ⊢ No man when he lyghteth a candel couereth it with a
Ierusalem at Easter in the feast daye many byleued on his name when they sawe his myracles whiche he dyd But Iesus dyd not commyt hym selfe vnto them bycause he knewe all men and neded not that any maÌ„ shulde testifie of hym For he knewe what was in man ⊢ ¶ The coÌ„municacyon of Chryst with Niâ—ddemâ—s The doctrine baptym of IohnÌ„ what wytnes he teareth of Christ CAPI III. THere was a man of the pharises named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iues. The same came to Iesus by nyght and sayd vnto hym Rabbi we knowe that thou arte a teacher come from god for no man coulde do suche myracles as thou doest excepte God were with hym Iesus answered and sayde vnto hym Uerely verely I say vnto the excepte a man be borne from aboue he can not se the kyngdome of God Nicodemus sayeth vnto hym ☞ howe can a man be borne when he is olde Can he enter in to his mothers wombe be borne agayne Iesus answered Uerely verely I say vnto the excepte a maÌ„ be borne of water of the spirite he can not enter in to the kyngdome of God That whiche is borne of the flesshe is flesshe and that whiche is borne of the spirite is spirite Meruayle not thou that I sayde to the ye must be borne from aboue The wynde bloweth where it lysteth and thou hearest the sounde therof but canst not tell whence it cometh whyther it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirite Nycodemus answered and sayd vnto him howe can these thynges be Iesus answered sayde vnto hym arte thou a mayster in Israel and knowest not these thynges Uerely verely I saye vnto the We speake that we do knowe and testifie that we haue sene and ye receyue not our wytnesse If I haue tolde you earthly thynges and ye byleue not how shall ye byleue yf I tell you of heuenly thynges And no man ascendeth vp to heuen but he that came downe frome heuen euen the sonne of man whiche is in heuen And as Moses lyfte vp the serpent in the wyldernesse euen so must the son of man be lyfte vp that who soeuer byleueth in hym peryshe not but haue eternall lyfe ⊢ ✚ For God so loued the worlde that he gaue his onely begotten son that who soeuer byleueth in hym shuld not perisshe but haue euerlastyng lyfe For God sent not his son in to the worlde to condemne the worlde but that ☞ the worlde through hym myght be saued He that byleueth on hym is not condemned But he that byleueth not is condemned all redy bycause he hath not byleued in the name of the onely begotten son of God And this is the condemnacyon that lyght is come in to the worlde and men loued darkenesse more then lyght bycause theyr dedes were euyll For euery one that euyll doeth hateth the lyght neyther cometh to the lyght leest his dedes shulde be reproued But he that doth truth cometh to the lyght that his dedes maye be knowen howe that they are wrought in God ⊢ After these thynges came Iesus and his disciples in to the lande of Iurye and there he taryed with them ☞ and baptysed And IohnÌ„ also baptised in Enan besyde Salim bycause there was moche water there they came and were baptysed For IohnÌ„ was not yet cast in to pryson ✚ And there arose a questyon bytwene IohnÌ„s disciples and the Iues aboute purifienge And they came vnto IohnÌ„ and sayd vnto hym Rabbi he that was with the beyonde Iordan to whom thou barest wytnes beholde the same baptiseth all men come to hym IohnÌ„ answered and sayd A man can receyue nothynge excepte it be gyuen hym from heuen Ye youre selues are wytnesses howe that I sayde I am not Chryst but am sente before hym He that hath the bryde is the brydegrome But the frende of the brydegrome whiche standeth and heareth hym reioyseth greatly bycause of the bryde gromes voyce This my ioye therfore is fulled He must encreace but I must decreace He that cometh from on hygh is aboue al He that is of the earth is earthly and speaketh of the earth He that cometh from heuen is aboue al and what he hath sene and herde that he testifieth and no man receyueth his testimonye He that hath receyued his testimonye ☞ hath set to his seale that God is true For he whom God hath sent speaketh the wordes of God For ☞ God gyueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym The father loueth the sonne and hath gyuen all thynges into his hande He that byleueth on the sonne hath euerlastynge lyfe He that byleueth not the sonne shall not se lyfe but the wrath of God abydeth on hym ⊢ ¶ The louynge coÌ„municacyon of Christ with the woman of Samaria by the welles syds How he healeth the rulers son CAPI IIII. AS soone as the Lorde knewe howe the Pharises had herde that Iesus made and baptised mo disciples then IohnÌ„ though that Iesus hym selfe baptised not but his disciples he lefte Iuery and departed agayne in to Galile For it was so that he must nedes go thorowe Samaria ✚ Then came he to a citye of Samaria which is called Sichar besydes the possessyon that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph and there was Iacobs well Iesus then beynge werye of his iourney sat thus on the well And it was aboute the syxte houre and there came a womaÌ„ of Samaria to drawe water Iesus sayth vnto her gyue me drynke For his disciples were gone awaye vnto the towne to bye meate Then sayeth the woman of Samaria vnto hym howe is it that thou beyng a Iue askest drynke of me whiche am a Samaritane For the Iues medle not with the Samaritans Iesus answered and sayde vnto her yf thou knewest the gyfte of God and who it is that sayeth to the gyue me drynke thou woldest haue asked of hym and he wolde haue gyuen the water of lyfe The womaÌ„ sayeth vnto hym Syr thou hast nothyng to drawe with and the well is depe from whence then hast thou that water of lyfe Arte thou greater then our father Iacob which gaue vs the well and he hym selfe dranke therof and his chyldren and his cattell Iesus answered sayde vnto her who soeuer drynketh of this water shal thyrst agayne But ☞ who soeuer drynketh of the water that I shal gyue hym shal neuer be more a thyrst but the water that I shall gyue hym shall be in hym a well of water spryngynge vp in to euerlastyng lyfe The woman sayeth vnto hym Syr gyue me of that water that I thyrst not neyther come hyther to draw Iesus sayeth vnto her Go call thy husbande and come hyther The woman answered and sayde vnto hym I haue no husbande Iesus sayde vnto her Thou hast well sayde I haue no husbande For thou haste had fyue husbandes and he whome thou nowe hast is not thy husband In that
a worshypper of ymages hath any enherytaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man deceyue you w t vayne wordes For because of suche thynges commeth the wrath of God vpon the chyldren of dysobedyencâ— Be not ye therfore companyons of theÌ„ Ye were somtime darckenes but now are ye lyght in the Lorde Walcke as chyldren of lyght For the fruyte of the spyryte consysteth in all goodnes and ryghtuousnes and trueth ⊢ Accepte that whyche is pleasynge vnto the Lorde and haue no felowshyppe wyth the vnfruytefull workes of darckenes but rather rebuke them For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of theÌ„ in secret but al thinges when they are rebuked of the lyghte are manyfest For whatsoeuer is manifest that same is light Wherfore he sayeth awake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ shal gyue the lyght ✚ Take hede therefore howe ye walcke â—ircâ—â—spectly not as vnwise but as wyse meÌ„ auoydynge occasyon because the dayes are euyll Wherfore be ye not vnwyse but vnderstande what the wyl of the Lorde is and be not droncke with wyne wherin is excesse but be fylled with the spirite speakyng vnto youre selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spiritual songes syngyng and making melodie to the Lord in your hertes gyuyng thankes alwayes for al thynges vnto God the father in the name of oure Lorde Iesus Christ submyttyng your selues one to another in the feare of God ⊢ Ye wemeÌ„ submyt your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the Lorde For the husbaÌ„de is the wiues head eueÌ„ as Christ is the head of the congregacion the same is he that ministreth saluacion vnto the body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccyon to Christ lyke wyse let the wemeÌ„ also be in subieccion to their husbandes in all thynges Ye husbaÌ„des loue your wyues eueÌ„ as Christ also loued the coÌ„gregacion gaue him selfe for it to sanctyfye it clensed it in the fountayne of water thorowe the worde to make it vnto him selfe a gloryous congregacioÌ„ without spot or wrynckle or any such thyng but that it shulde be holy without blame So ought men to loue their wyues as their owne bodyes He that loueth his wyfe loueth himself For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his owne flesshe but norysheth cheryssheth it eueÌ„ as the Lorde doth the congregacion For we are meÌ„bers of his body of hys flesshe of his bones For this cause shall a man leue father mother shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and of two shal be made one flesshe This is a great secrete but I speake of Christ of the congregacion Neuerthelesse do ye so that euery one loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe And let the wyfe fere her husbande ¶ Howe chyldren shulde be haue them selues toward theiâ—â—â—rtutes Seruauntes towarde their maystees An exhorâ—â—â—yon to thâ— spiritâ—â—l baâ—â—aylâ— CAPI VI. C HyldreÌ„ obey your fathers mothers in the Lord for that is ryght Honour thy father mother the same is the fyrst coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t in the promes that y â— mayest prospere lyue longe on the earth Ye fathers moue not your childreÌ„ to wrath but ye shal bring them vp thorow the nurtur informacion of the Lorde Ye seruauÌ„tes be obedyent vnto theÌ„ that are your bodely maisters with feare tremblyng euen with the synglenes of youre herte as vnto Christe not doynge seruyce vnto the eye â–ª as they that go about to please men but as the seruauntes of Christ doyng the wyl of god from the herte w t good wyl seruyng the Lorde not men Knowyng this that what soeuer good thiÌ„g any man doth the same shall he receyue agayne of god whether he be boÌ„de or fre And ye maisters do euen the same thynges vnto theÌ„ puttyng away threatninges Knowyng that your master also is in heauen nether is there any respecte of person with him ✚ Finally my brethren be stronge thorowe the Lord and thorow the power of his myght Put on all the armour of God that ye may stande agaynst the assautes of the deuyl For we wrestle not agaynst bloude and fleshe but agaynst rule agaynst power agaynst worldly rulers eueÌ„ gouerners of the derckenes of this worlde agaynst spiritual craftynes in heauenly thynges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye maye be able to resyst in the euyl day and stande perfect in all thinges Stande therfore your loynes gyrde with the trueth hauyng on the brest plate of ryghtuousnes hauyng shoes on your fete that ye maye be prepared for the Gospell of peace Aboue al take to you the shâ—ld of faith wherwith ye may quenche al the fyrie dartê of the wycked And take the helmet of saluacion the sweard of the spirite which is the worde of God ⊢ And pray alwayes w t al maner of prayer supplicacion in the spirite watche therunto with all instaunce supplicacion for al sanctes for me that vtteraunce may be gyuen vnto me that I maye open my mouth frely to vtter the secretes of my Gospel wherof I am messenger in bondes that therin I maye speake frely as I ought to speake But that ye may also knowe what condycyon I am in and what I do Tichicus the deare brother and faythfull mynyster in the Lorde shall shewe you of al thynges whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that ye myght knowe what case we stande in and that ye myght comforte your hertes Peace be vnto the brethren and loue wyth fayth from God the Father and from the Lord Iesus Christ. Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen ¶ Sente from Rome vnto the Ephesyans by Tichicus ⧠The Epystle of Saynte Paule the Apostle to the Phyllippians ¶ He exhorteth them to increase in loue in knowledge and experyence of Godly thynges CAPI I. PAule and Timothe the seruauÌ„tê of Iesu Christ. To al the saynctes in Christ Iesu whiche are at Philippos with the Byshops and Deacons Grace be vnto you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christ. ✚ I thancke my God wyth all remembraunce of you all wayes in al my prayers for all you and pray with gladnes because ye are come into the fellowshyppe of the Gospel from the fyrst daye vnto nowe ✚ and am surely certyfyed of this that he whiche hath begoÌ„ne a good worke in you shall perfourme it vntyll the day of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me so iudge I of you all because I haue you in my herte forasmuch as ye all are coÌ„panyons of grace with me euen in my bondes and in the defendyng and stably shynge of the Gospell For God is my recorde howe greately I longe after you all from the very herte rote in Iesus Christe And thys I praye that your loue maye increace yet more and more in knowledge and in all vnderstandynge that ye may
Apostles of the Lord and sauiour This fyrst vnderstande that there shal come in y â— last dayes mockers in dysceaytfulnes which wyl walke after their owne lustê say Where is the promes of hys coÌ„myng For sence the fathers dyed all thynges contynue in the same estate wherin they were at the begynnynge For thys they know not that wylfully how that the heaues a great whyle ago were and the earth out of the water appeared vp thorow the water by the worde of God by the whyche thynges the world that then was peryshed beyng ouer runne with water But the heaueÌ„s earth which are now be kept by his word in store and reserued vnto fyre agaynst the day of iudgemeÌ„t and perdicion of vngodly meÌ„ Derely beloued be not ignorauÌ„t of thys one thynge howe that one daye is with the Lord as a thousand yeare and a thousande yeare as one day The Lorde that hath promysed is not slacke as some meÌ„ count slacknes but is pacient to vs warde for asmuch as he wolde haue no man lost but wyll receyue al men to repentaunce Neuerthelesse the day of the Lord wyll come as a thefe in the nyght in the whyche daye the heauens shal passe away in maner of a teÌ„pest and the elemeÌ„tes shal melt wyth heat the earth also and the workes that are therin shal burne Seyng then that al these thynges shall peryshe what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersacion godlynes lokyng for and hastyng vnto the commyng of the daye of God by whom the heauens shall perysh with fyre the elementes shal melt wyth heate Neuertheles we accordyng to his promes loke for a newe heauen and a new earth wherin dwelleth rightousnes Wherfore derely beloued seying that ye loke for such thinges be deligeÌ„t that ye may be founde of hym in peace wythout sporte and vndefyled And suppose that the longe suffrynge of the Lord is saluacyon euen as our dearely beloued brother Paule also accordyng to the wysdome gyuen vnto hym hath wrytten vnto you ye almoste in euery Epistle speakyng of suche thynges among which are many thinges harde to be vnderstaÌ„de which they that are vnlearned vnstable peruert as they do also the other scriptures vnto their owne destruccion Ye therfore beloued seynge ye be warned afore haÌ„d beware least ye wyth other men be also plucked awaye thorowe the errour of the wycked and fall from your owne sted fastnes but grow in grace and in the knowledge of oure Lorde and sauyoure IESVS Chryste To whom be glory both nowe and for euer Amen ⧠The fyrste epistle of Saynte Iohn the Apostle ¶ True wytnesse of the euerla stynge worde of God The bloude of Chryst is the purgaâ—yon from synne No man to wytho ut synne CAPI I. THat whiche was from the begynnyng whiche we haue hearde whiche we haue sene w t our eyes whiche we haue loked vpoÌ„ out haÌ„des haue haÌ„dled of the worde of the lyfe And the lyfe appered we haue sene bere wytnes shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was w t the father appered vnto vs. That whiche we haue sene herd declare we vnto you y â— ye also may haue fellishyp w t vs that our felly shyp may be with the father and his soÌ„ne Iesus Christ And this writ we vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioy may be full And this is the tydinges which we haue hearde of him declare vnto you that God is lyght and in him is no derkenes at al. If we say that we haue felowshyp with hym walcke in darkenes we lye and do not the truth ☞ But yf we walcke in lyght euen as he is in lyght then haue we felowshyp w t him and the bloude of Iesus Christe hys sonne clenseth vs from all synnes If we say that we haue no sinne we de ceyue ourselues the trueth is not in vs If we knowledge our synnes he is faythful iust to forgiue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from all vnryghtuousnes If we haue not synned we make hym a lyer his word is not in vs. ¶ Chryst is our aduocate Of true loue howe it is tryed CAPI II. ✚ MY lyttel children these thinges write I vnto you that ye sinne not And yf any maÌ„ sine we haue an aduocate w t the father Iesê° Christ the rightuous he it is that op tayneth grace for out synnes not for out sin nes onely but also for the sines of al y e world ✚ And hereby we are sure y t we know hiÌ„ yf we kepe his coÌ„mauÌ„dementes He that sayth I know him kepeth not his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes is a lyer the verite is not in him But whoso kepeth his worde in hi is the loue of God perfect in dede hereby know we that we are in him He y â— sayth he bydeth in hym ought to walke euen as he walcked ⊢ Brethren I wryte no newe commaundement vnto you but that olde commaundemeÌ„t which ye haue had froÌ„ the begynuynge The olde commaundement is the worde which ye haue hearde from the begynnyng Agayne a new commaundemeÌ„t I wryte vn to you that is true in him the same is true also in you for the derkenes is past and the true lyght now shyueth ⊢ He that sayeth how that he is in the lyght yet hateth hys brother is in darcknes euen vntyl this time He that loueth hys brother abydeth in the lyght and there is none occasyon of euyll in hym He that hateth his brother is in darkenes walketh in darcknes and caÌ„not tel whither he goeth because y t darckenes hath blynded hys eyes Babes I wryte vnto you how y t your synnes are forgyueÌ„ you for his names sake I wryte vnto you fathers howe that ye haue knowen him that is from the beginning I wryte vnto you yonge men howe that ye haue ouercome y t wycked I wryte vnto you lytel chyldren how y t ye haue knowen the father I haue wrytteÌ„ vnto you fathers howe that ye haue knowen hym that is from the begynnyng I haue wrytteÌ„ vnto you yonge men howe that ye are strong and the worde of god abideth in you and ye haue ouercome that wycked Se that ye loue not the worlde neyther the thynges that are in the worlde If any man loue the world the loue of the father is not in hym For all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe and the lust of the eyes the pryde of lyfe is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde passeth a waye and the lust therof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abideth for euer Lytel chyldren it is the last tyme and as ye haue heard how that Antichrist shall come euen now are there many begoune to be Autichristes all redy wherby we knowe y t it is the last tyme. They went out
which staÌ„deth vpon the see â— vpoÌ„ the erth And I went vnto y â— angell sayde to hym geue me the lytel boke and he sayde vnto me take it eate it vp it shall make thy belly bytter but it shal be in thyâ— nouth as swete as hony And I toke y â— lytl â— boke out of his hande and eate it vp and it was in my mouth as swete ashony and â—s sone as I had eaten it my belly was bytâ— er And he sayde vnto me y â— muste prophesy agayne among the people and nations and toÌ„ges and to many kynges ¶ The temple is measured The seconde wo io past CAPI XI ANd then was giuen me a rede lyke vnto a rodde and it was sayde vnto me Ryse meate the teÌ„ple of god the aulter them that worshyp therin the queer whyche is within the temple cast out meate it not for it is gyuen vnto the Gentyles the holy cytie shall they treade vnder fote xliâ— monethes And I wyl gyue power vnto my two wytnesses they shall prophesy a thousande two hundreth and. lx dayes clothed in sacke clothe These are two olyue trees two candelstyckes standyng before the god of the earth And yf any man wyl hurt them fyre shall procede out of their mouthes and consume their enemyes And yf any man wyll hurte them this wyse must he be kylled These haue power to shut heauen that it raine not in the dayes of their prophesying and haue power ouer waters to turne them to bloude to smyte the earth with al maner plages as often as they wyll And when they haue fynyshed their testimony the beast that came out of the bottom lesse pyt shall make warre agaynste them shall ouercome the and kyl them And their bodyes shall lye in the stretes of the greate cytie whiche spiritually is called Zodom Egypte where our Lorde was crucyfied And they of the people and kynredes tonges and they of the nacioÌ„s shall se their bodies iij. dayes and an halfe shal not suffre their bodies to be put in graues And they that dwel vpon the earth shall reioyce ouer them be glad and shal sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth And after iii. dayes an halfe the spirit of lyfe from God entred into theÌ„ And they stode vp vpon their fete great feare came vpon them which saw them And they herde a great voyce from heauen saying vnto theÌ„ Come vp hyther And they ascended vp into heauen in a cloude and their enemyes sawe them And the same hour was there a great earthquake the tenth part of the cytie fell and in the earth quake were slaine names of men seuen M. and the remnaunt were feared and gaue glory to God of heauen The seconde wo is past beholde the thyrde wo wyll come anone And the seuenth angel blewe there were made greate voyces in heauen sayinge the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes his Christes he shal raigne for euermore And the. xxiiij elders which syt before God on their seates fell vpon their faces worshypped God sayinge we gyue the thankes O Lorde God almightye which art wast and arte to come for thou hast receyued thy great myght and hast raygned And the nacions were angrye and thy wrath is come and the tyme of the dead that they shulde be iudged and that thou shuldest gyue reward vnto thy seruauntes the Prophetes and Saynctes and to them that feare thy name small and great and shuldest destroy them whiche destroy the earth And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there was sene in his temple the arcke of his testameÌ„t and ther folowed lyghtnynges and voices and thondrynges and earthquake and muche hayle ¶ The seuenth Angell bloweth his crompet There appereth in heauen a womaÌ„ dothed with the soÌ„ne Michael â—igh teth with the dragon whiche persecuteth the woman CAPI XII ANd there appeared a great wonder in heuen A woman clothed with the soÌ„ne and the mone vnder her fete and vpon her heade a crowne of xij starres And she was with chylde cryed trauaylynge in byrth payned redy to be delyuered And there aâ—red another wonder in heauen for behold a great red dragon hauyng vij heades ten hornes crownes vpon his heades and his tayle drue the thyrde part of the starres and cast them to the earth And the dragon stode before the woman whiche was redy to be delyuered for to deuoure her chylde as sone as it were borne And she brought forth a man chylde whych shulde rule all nacions with a rod ofyron And her sonne was taken vp vnto god and to his seate And the woman fled into wyldernes where she had a place prepared of God that they shulde fede her there â— M. ij hundreth and lx dayes And there was a great battayle in heauâ— Michael his Angels fought with the dragon and the dragoÌ„ fought and his angels and preuayled not neyther was there place founde any more in heauen And the great dragon that old serpeÌ„t called the deuyl and Sathanas was cast out Which deceyueth al the worlde And he was cast into the earth and his angels werecast out also And I hearde a loude voyce sayinge in heauen is now made saluacion and strength the kyngdome of our God and the power of his Christ. For he is cast downe which accused them before God day and nyght And they ouercame him by the bloude of the laÌ„be and by the worde of their testimonye they loued not their lyues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heuens and ye that dwel in theÌ„ Wo to the inhabiters of the erth and of the see for the deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath gret wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the womaÌ„ whiche brought forth the maÌ„ chylde And to the woman were gyuen two wynges of a great Egle that she myght flye into the wyldernes into her place where she is noryshed for a tyme tymes and halfe a time from the presence of the serpent And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had bene a ryuer because she shulde haue bene caught of the flode And the erth holpe the woman and the erth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer whych the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went and made warre wyth the remnaunt of hyrsede which kepe the commaundementes of God haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sande ¶ A beast ryseth out of the see with seuen heades and ten hururs Another beaste commeth out of the earth with two hornes CAPI XIII ANd I sawe a beast tyse out of the see hauyng seuen heades and ten hornes and vpon his hornes ten
the song of Moses the seruaunt of god and the song of the lambe saying Great and maruelous are thy worckes Lorde God almyghtye iuste and true are thy wayes thou kyng of Saynctes Who shal not feare O Lorde gloryfy thy name For thou onely atte holy and all gentels shal come and worshyppe before the for thy iudgementes are made manyfest And after that I loked beholde the teÌ„ple of the tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen and the seuen angels came out of the temple which had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynneÌ„ and hauyng their brestes gyrded w t golden gyrdels And one of the fowre beestes gaue vnto the seueÌ„ angels seuen goldeÌ„ vyalles full of y â— wrath of God which lyueth for euermore And the temple was full of the smoke of the glory of God and of his power no man was able to entre into the temple til the seuen plages of the seuen Angels were fulfylled ¶ The Angels power out theyr vyalles ful of wrath CAPI XVI ANd I herde a great voyce out of the temple sayinge to the seuen Angels go youre wayes poure out your vyalles of wrath vpon the erth And the fyrste Angell went and powred out his Uyall vpon the erth and there fell a noysome a sore botche vpon the men whiche had the marcke of the beast and vpon theÌ„ which worshypped hys ymage And the seconde Angel shed out his vyall vpon the see and it turned as it were into the bloude of a dead man and euery lyuyng thyng dyed in the see And the thyrde Angel shed out his viall vpon the ryuets fountaynes of waters and they turned to bloude And I herde an angell say Lorde whiche arte and waste thou art ryghtuous and holy because thou hast giuen suche iudgementes for they shed out the bloud of saites and Prophetes therfore haste y u geneÌ„ theÌ„ bloude to dryncke for they are worthy And I herde another out of the aulter saye euen so Lorde God almyghtye true rightuous are thy iudgementes And y e fourth angel powred out his vial on the sunne power was gyuen vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre And the men raged in great heat spake euil of the name of god which hath power ouer those plages and they repeÌ„ted not to giue him glory And the fyft angel powred out his vial vpon the seate of the beast and his kyngdome wexed darcke they gnewe their tonges for sorow and blasphemed the God of heauen for sorowe and paine of their sores and repented not of their dedes And the syxt Angel powred out his vial vpon the gret ryuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the wayes of the kynges of the east shulde be prepared And I sawe thre vncleane spirites lyke froggê come out of the mouth of the Dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false Prophete For they are the spirites of deuyls workyng myracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battayle of the great day of God almyghty Beholde I come as a thefe Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes left he walke naked men se his 〈◊〉 And he gathered them togyther into a place called in the Hebrue tonge Armagedon And the seuenth angell powred out hys vial into y e ayre And there came a gret voyce out of the teÌ„ple of heauen from the seate saying it is done And there 〈◊〉 voices thondrynges lyghtnynges there was a great earthquake such as was not sence meÌ„ were vpoÌ„ the earth so mighty an erthquake so great And the great cytie was deuided into thre parties the cities of all nacyons fel. And great Babilon came in remeÌ„brauÌ„ce before God to gyue vnto her the cup of the wyne of the fearcenes of his wrath Euery yle also fled awaye the mountaynes were not founde And there fel a great haile as it had bene talentes out of heauen vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plage of the hayle for it was great the plage of it sore ¶ He descrydeth the woman syttynge vpon the â—â—ast with ten hornes CAPI XVII ANd ther came one of the seuen angels whiche had the seuen vyalles and talked with me sayinge vnto me come I wyl shewe the the iudgment of the great whore that sitteth vpon many waters with whom haue coÌ„mitted fornicacion the kinges of the earth the inhabiters of the erth are dronc ken with the wyne of her fornicacion And the spirit caryed me awaye into the wyldernes And I sawe a woman syt vpon a rose colored beast full of names of blasphemye which had seuen hedes and ten hornes And the woman was arayed in purple rose colour decked with golde precyous stone pearles and had a cup of golde in her hand ful of abhominacions filthines of her fornicacioÌ„ And in her forhed was a name written a mystery great Babylon the mother of whoredome abhominacions of the earth And I sawe the woman droncken with the bloude of saynctes with the bloude of the wytnesses of Iesu. And when I sawe her I wondred with great maruayle And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore maruaylest thou I wyll shewe the the mystery of the womaÌ„ of the beast that beryth her which hath seueÌ„ heades and ten hornes The beast that thou seest was and is not â— shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pyt and shall go into perdicion and they that dwell on the earth shall wondre whose names are not writteÌ„ in the boke of lyfe from the begin nyng of the worlde when they beholde the beast that was is not And here is a minde that hath wysdome The seuen heades are seuen mouÌ„taynes on whiche the woman sytteth they are also seueÌ„ kynges Fyue are falleÌ„ and one is and another is not yet come And when he commeth he must coÌ„tinue a short space And the beast that was is not is eueÌ„ the eight and is one of the seuen and shall go into destruccion And the ten hornes which y u sawest are ten hynges which haue receyued no kyngdome as yet but shal receyne power as kinges at one houre with the beast These haue one mynde and shall gyue their power and streÌ„gth vnto y e beast These shal fyght with the lambe and the lambe shal ouer come theÌ„ For he is Lorde of Lordes and Kynge of kynges and they that are on hys syde are called and chosen and faythfull And he sayde vnto meâ—the waters whiche thou sawest where the whore sitteth are people and folke and nacions and toÌ„ges And the ten hornes which thou sawest vpon the beast are they that shall hate the whore and shal make her desolate and naked and shal â—atâ— her flesshe burne her w t fyre For God hath put in their hertes to fulfyll his wyll